After announcing that she won't contest the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, Union Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj said, "I am not retiring from politics." She added, "It is just that I am not contesting the next Lok Sabha election due to my health issues." Swaraj is an MP from Madhya Pradesh's Vidisha.

Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia will retire on November 30, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Saturday. "Hasmukh Adhia, the Finance Secretary, retires at the end of this month. He has been in the Finance Ministry for four years and held the specific responsibility of the Revenue Secretary for the last three years," he said in a Facebook post.

Former India cricketer Subramaniam Badrinath has announced his retirement from all forms of the game. The stylish Tamil Nadu middle-order batsman, who played two Tests, seven ODIs and a lone T20 international, said he had been pondering retirement for the past one year and took the decision as he wanted to spend more time with his family.