Washington, Oct. 9 -- The US Senate on Tuesday confirmed Sergio Gor as the next US Ambassador to India and Paul Kapur as Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia. Both key diplomatic positions have been vacant since the Trump administration took office in January this year. The confirmation took place after a lengthy political battle, which saw Donald Trump's Republican Party push through 107 diplomatic nominees in a single bloc confirmation. The Senate voted to confirm the nominees by a 51-47 vote, with the Democratic Party voting against the measure. Gor is understood to be a close ally of President Trump. He served as the director of the influential White House Presidential Personnel Office, which selects hundreds of appointees to crucial positions within the US government. Kapur, who will take over as State Department's top official on South and Central Asia, was a professor at the US Naval Postgraduate School before this assignment. Kapur has written several books on India, Pakistan, terrorism and conflict. Gor and Kapur will have to handle a relationship that has faced strains over trade and Washington's 50% tariff on India....