Modi’s mess: a shock election result spells uncertainty for India
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The Economist
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🗓️ 5 June 2024
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Narendra Modi, the strongman of India, will have to compromise now his party has lost its majority. What does the surprise result mean for the country? As some foreign investors shy away from Africa, the continent’s private sector is serving domestic customers to fill that hole (10:02). And how mastering circus stunts could help future moon-dwellers exercise (16:42).
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| 1:16.2 | fresh perspective in the events shaping your world. Political and economic risk have created a $30 billion hole in Africa's foreign investment. |
| 1:29.0 | But more and more homegrown firms are stepping into the breach, many of them serving the continent's own consumers. |
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| 1:50.5 | to the circus. |
| 2:05.0 | First up though. Around a billion people were registered to vote in the largest democracy on earth. |
| 2:14.0 | Norendra Modi, India's Prime Minister, was forecast to win a sweeping victory. |
| 2:20.0 | But when votes were counted yesterday, the outcome was a total surprise. |
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