Hello, by Kate Adi. Hello. Today there's praise for the Indian authorities, but also criticism.

They manage to avert one disaster, but could they have done more to prevent another one from

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anger and argument close to one of the most breathtaking views in the Caribbean

and a boost for the economy in southern Italy as foreigners jet in to buy homes described

as hovels built for the poor.

The government of India's Madhya Pradesh state yesterday launched an investigation into the

temple stampede which killed more than a hundred people at a crowded bridge over the river Sindh on

Sunday. It's not the first time an incident like this has happened at a religious

festival in India and the inquiry will look at suggestions the event was poorly handled, the security inadequate.

But it comes as the authorities in another state, Odisha, formerly known as of RISA, have been enjoying some rare praise. The precautions they took

are said to have prevented mass casualties in the huge cyclone that swept the region at the

weekend. Our man Andrew North was in the middle of the storm when it came ashore

and has been reflecting on what these two contrasting events tell us about India today.

We only just made it in time. The streets were starting to flood. Many

were already blocked by fallen trees and power lines, forcing us to turn around

several times before we found a way into the town where we were to spend the night.

It was the evening India's most powerful cyclone for years was due to hit land from the Bay of Bengal.

And just as we got inside our hotel, it came in at full force.

First one, then all the lobby windows exploded inwards,

glass shattering onto the stone floor. The rain followed. Soon the

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