To business today. i m steve lai. let s begin in india where its 7 week long elections are reaching their culmination today as the votes get conted. today as the votes get counted. over 640 million people exercised their franchise exercised their right to vote in the world s largest democracy where the incumbent prime minister mr narendra modi has sought a third term, and post poll projections show he mayjust get that. financial markets, on their part, are already taking a cue. archana shukla has the details. on monday, indian stock exchanges hit their lifetime highs, shedding the nervousness they had during the entire election period. and the exuberance came from a clutch of post poll projections that predicted prime minister narendra modi s ruling party, janata party, and its allies on the road to a landslide victory. the post poll projections were released over the weekend, and the markets are hoping that this win would mean the infrastructure led economic drive and market friendly reforms would continue in the world s fastest growing
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To business today. i m steve lai. let s begin in india where its 7 week long elections are reaching their culmination today as the votes get counted. over 640 million people exercised their right to vote in the world s largest democracy where the incumbent prime minister mr narendra modi has sought a third term, and post poll projections show he mayjust get that. financial markets, on their part, are already taking a cue. archana shukla has the details. tell us more about how markets have reacted and what s expected today.- have reacted and what s expected today. i m standing riaht expected today. i m standing right outside expected today. i m standing right outside the expected today. i m standing right outside the bombay i expected today. i m standing l right outside the bombay stock exchange and we saw the exchanges hit lifetime highs yesterday and monday, driven largely by post poll projections that predict a third term and eight comfortable majority for prime
As part of a strike over the rising cost of living. millions were plunged into darkness after union members prevented operators at the country s power control rooms from working, shutting down electricity substations. passengers were stranded at the country s busiest airports. tibetan spiritual leader, the dalai lama, will travel to the us this month to undergo medical treatment for his knees, according to his representatives. the 88 year old lives in dharamsala in indian s himalayas. he fled to the country in 1959 after a failed uprising against chinese rule in tibet. thanks for watching, stay on bbc news. things are set to turn cooler for the rest of this week as we pick up arctic air, which will spread southwards across the uk during the course of tuesday. so it s going to be pretty disappointingly cool for the time of year, with some really chilly nights to come gardeners and growers take note and we ll see a mixture of sunshine and showers. it s all thanks to this area of low pressure pushing southwards out of the arctic,
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