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Speaking at the launch of author Kallol Bhattacharjee's "Nehru's First Recruit" here on Tuesday, Aiyar, who literally describes himself as the "last IFS recruit" of the first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, said the country has overcome the "bad features" of its first generation recruits
Congress leader and former diplomat Mani Shankar Aiyar called the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) of yore an 'upper caste' service, which he claimed is becoming more democratic now with the flavour of the country getting into it.
President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa reignited a row by suggesting making amends for past "crimes".
The Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, has attractive old buildings, and some unfinished new ones, eye-catching snacks, but also a crime problem and harrowing reminders of Khmer Rouge genocide.
Content Author: Analysis by Stephen Reinhart Anyone who says something important in political Berlin books the big room at the federal press conference.