What A Third Term For India's Modi Means For The World

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is widely expected to win a third term in power on Tuesday, leading a country with the world's biggest population and fastest-growing economy. The 73-year-old Hindu nationalist leader, who is pushing for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, has been courted by the United States and European allies as a counterweight to China. India, the world's fifth-largest and fastest-growing major economy, is a favourite of Western leaders -- despite warnings by rights activists about rising authoritarianism. Modi used India's holding of the G20...