before we get there, arunoday, lets talk numbers. there are 980 million eligible voters going to vote in 1.2 million polling booths. imagine everyone in both london and new york becoming election workers. that s 15 million humans needed to pull it off. speaking of numbers, listen to this one a poll tracking global leaders popularity put prime minister narendra modi s approval rating at 78%. by comparison, a domestic poll in the uk recently put prime minister rishi sunak s approval rating at negative 48%. ten years since coming into office, how, is mr modi still so popular? a triumphant tourfor prime minister narendra modi, finally making good on a decades old promise. speaks hindi ..to bring the hindu god ram back to his birthplace here in ayodhya. translation: ram is the faith of india. - ram is the foundation of india. ram is the thought of india. ram is the constitution of india. those are the words by the prime minister of a secular country made building a hindu temple
in it, it matters to the world. now, in india, there are dozens of political parties in this country, but two really dominate the bjp and the congress. before we get there, though, let s take a look at the election in numbers. 968 million eligible voters. 1.2 million polling booths across the country. 15 million election workers. that is almost the populations of both london and new york combined. ok, so speaking of numbers, get this one. a poll that tracks the popularity of global leaders put prime minister narendra modi s approval rating at 78%. by comparison, a domestic poll in the uk put prime minister rishi sunak s approval rating at 48%. 50 ten years on, how is it that mr modi remains so popular? a triumphant tourfor prime minister narendra modi, finally making good on a decades old promise. ..to bring the hindu god ram back to his birthplace here in ayodhya. translation: ram is the faith of india. - ram is the foundation of india. ram is the thought of india. ram is
over several weeks. and the results don tjust matter to the people living in it, it matters to the world. now, in india, there are dozens of political parties in this country, but two really dominate the bjp and the congress. before we get there, though, let s take a look at the election in numbers. 968 million eligible voters. 1.2 million polling booths across the country. 15 million election workers. that is almost the populations of both london and new york combined. ok, so speaking of numbers, get this one. a poll that tracks the popularity of global leaders put prime minister narendra modi s approval rating at 78%. by comparison, a domestic poll in the uk put prime minister rishi sunak s approval rating at 48%. 50 ten years on, how is it that mr modi remains so popular? a triumphant tourfor prime minister narendra modi, finally making good on a decades old promise. ..to bring the hindu god ram back to his birthplace here in ayodhya. translation: ram is the faith of in
you need to be hungrier. you need to be bolder. you need to be more imaginative. we talk disinformation. there s a lot of propaganda and disinformation coming i from non ij handles also. and we ask, what matters? the most raw, yet nuanced political conversations in india often happen at these kind of tea stalls. welcome to this is india. today we re talking elections. india is the world s largest democracy, an economic powerhouse set to become the world s third largest economy. internationally, india is having its moment courted by the united states as a counterweight to china. a voice for the global south. any day now, india will call elections. voting will take place over several weeks, and the results don tjust matter to the people living in it. it matters to the world. now, in india, there are dozens of political parties in this country, but two really dominate the bjp and the congress. before we get there, though, let s take a look at the election in numbers. 968 milli
time for a look at the weather. thank you, the weather is relatively cool and showery but i want to touch on the temperature recorded in sardinia yesterday. it was 48.2 celsius, a near record, the second highest temperature ever recorded on the european continent during the summer. the extreme heat is not going to last much longer. if we look at tomorrow, a dip in the jet stream from the north west to the mediterranean means the extreme heat will be pushed further towards the east and look at the values. palermo yesterday was actually at 47 celsius and tomorrow it will be 29 and nowhere near as hot as sardinia so the temperature is easing in the central med. back to our neck of the woods, this afternoon, sunny spells and scattered showers. it is relatively cool. if you re wondering when summer is going to return it looks as if it will stay more or less the same into the first week of august. so temperature into the high teens, low 20s, perhaps more persistent showers for a ti