India on Saturday announced its six-week-long general election will start on April 19, with most surveys predicting a victory for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party in the country of 1.4 billion people. CBC | World News
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Why do India’s farmers keep clashing with the Modi government? | About That
Tens of thousands of Indian farmers are converging near Delhi to demand action from the government, claiming promises to improve the industry have gone unfulfilled. Andrew Chang breaks down the conflict at the heart of the protest and the ongoing tension between the government and the agriculture sector. CBC | World News
Read More »Prayer and politics: New temple brings Modi praise, but critics see it as election gambit
The unfinished Hindu temple — set to be India’s largest — opens Monday on the controversial site where a 16th-century mosque once stood, delivering on a decades-old Hindu nationalist promise. CBC | World News
Read More »Beach visit by Indian PM Modi sparks diplomatic tiff with Maldives
Some in the Maldives took offence after a tweet from India’s prime minister promoting the beaches of Indian territory Lakshadweep, and it snowballed into a diplomatic fight, with loud calls on social media for Indian tourists to boycott the island country that relies heavily on tourist dollars. CBC | World News
Read More »Narendra Modi orders ‘total lockdown’ of India to combat coronavirus spread
India will begin the world’s largest lockdown, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced in a TV address Tuesday night, warning that anyone going outside risked inviting the coronavirus inside their homes, and pledging $ 2 billion US to bolster the country’s beleaguered health care system. CBC | World News
Read More »Modi appeals for calm in India as citizenship protest death toll rises to 20
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi appeals for calm after days of clashes between Hindus and minority Muslims over a controversial citizenship law in some of the worst sectarian violence in the capital in decades. CBC | World News
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