On Saturday, a day after SM Krishna put in his papers as union foreign minister, he said, "The flavour of the season is that youngsters must take over the reins of responsibility", but hastened to debunk suggestions of sarcasm by adding that he was gladdened by the turn of events.

Krishna, suave as ever and careful about his words, today said his time as external affairs minister was up. Krishna, 80, said demographic changes in India with "60 to 70 per cent population" being below 35-years meant that "senior citizens like me should make way". More on the Telegraph.


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