thank you. good to see you again, stephen. you just heard me talk about india s current place in the world, the most populous nation, a growing economy, a stable government. would you agree that india right now is in a good place? it s not in a bad place in overall terms. that is that it s a country, it has always been, i think, a country to be reckoned with on the world stage, but now it s number one in global population, it s number three in purchasing power parity terms in the overall gdp, number five in dollar terms. it s a country of some substance. it does have free and fair elections. every once in a while we sort of overturn state governments, so we haven t yet been able to overturn the central government. so it counts for a great deal on the world stage. and i must say that when you look at things like technology, it s done rather well for a so called developing country. it s got some very fine talents. we seem to have exported an awful lot of ceos around the world w
there are other factors, which really encourage investors, to modify our rules and revelations in regard to the procedures of financial transfer, and at the same time fiscal policy, and improving certain rules and regulations which are attached to investors and the banking system. the government is very serious to take actions around all these lines, and i want to report the security of iraq is good and iraq has been enjoying a period of safety and security for the last few years. what about corruption? there has been, over many years, a worry about the level of corruption in iraq. a recent news article, the director of the iraq initiative at londons chatham house said: the system of corruption and political patronage is entrenched and has stifled any reform attempts for the past 20 years. what are you doing to address this? corruption is a disease in any society, and it s a serious disease. we have to fight it and we have to really put laws and enforce these laws against cor
hello, i m matthew amroliwala. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. let me start with that breaking news. london s metropolitan police says they have arrested a man during a major incident at a hospital in west london. armed officers have been deployed to the central middlesex hospital following been deployed to the central middlesex hospitalfollowing reports of a stabbing. social media posts say staff and patients were advised to stay locked in their rooms. there has been a statement from london ambulance service, but i want to show you live pictures from the hospital first. show you live pictures from the hospitalfirst. this is the show you live pictures from the hospital first. this is the scene, with staff and patients outside the doors as the hospital was locked down for a while. the ambulance service say they have treated two people so far at the scene and that the number of injuries is expected to rise. that
three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. let s turn to that massive search off the newfoundland coast for a missing submersible near the wreck of the titanic. us coastguards have confirmed that underwater noises have been detected. the sounds were picked up by a canadian aircraft. according to one report, there was a banging noise at 30 minute intervals, but searches so far have produced no results. five people are on board, three of them british. it s estimated they only have a day s supply of oxygen left. earlier i spoke to rear admiraljohn maugerfrom the us earlier i spoke to rear admiraljohn mauger from the us coast guard. earlier i spoke to rear admiraljohn maugerfrom the us coast guard. he spoke to me and our correspondent jonathan amos about the search and oxygen supplies. the? jonathan amos about the search and oxygen sunplies- oxygen supplies. they indicated that the have oxygen supplies. they indicated that they have an oxygen suppl