J&K: IRS officer selected for Antarctica expedition from February 27
(WorldNews Argentina)

The Indian group comprises of around 15 members, they will start their voyage on February 28 from Ushuaia in Argentina in a ship towards Antarctica. Hailing from a remote hamlet in Jammu and Kashmir`s Ramban district, 30-year-old Afaq Ahmed Giri, an IRS officer, has been selected as a member of 80 experts for the International Antarctic Expedition beginning February 27. Giri, an officer of the IRS batch 2015, is presently posted at Indore as an assistant commissioner in the Central Board of Excise and Customs . ......