Explanation:

• The Appointments Committee of the Union Cabinet has extended the tenure of Research & Analysis Wing (RAW) chief Samant Kumar Goel and Intelligence Bureau (IB) head Arvind Kumar by one year.
• Kumar, the current IB Director, has also been heading the post for almost the past 24 months. The 1984-batch Assam-Meghalaya cadre IPS officer was appointed as the head of the domestic intelligence agency on June 26, 2019.