Salman Khurshid was appointed as India's minister of external affairs on 28 October, as part of an extensive cabinet reshuffle.Khurshid replaced 80-year-old SM Krishna, the previous postholder, who had been suffering from health problems. It is a return to familiar surroundings for Khurshid, who was a junior minister in the foreign office between 1993 and 1996during the government of PV Narasimha Rao. Durin ...