more than 400 million devotees are expected to converge at a holy city in uttar pradesh for the six—weekal. archana shukla joins me live from mumbai for more. archana, take us through the economic impact of the event. 0rganising the movement of millions and hosting them in one single place itself generate so much economic activity. a temporary city has been set up where the festival takes place with about 150,000 tenths being set up to accommodate millions, and some of these are in fact luxury temps with hotel chain group like the indian hotels which runs a group of hotels setting up luxury tents. some would pay more than 350, $400 per night to stay there, and apart from that, new electricity connections to power these 150,000 homes have been set up, new road lines have been set up in this temporary city, and the government, the government of uttar british, that host this festival, this entire event over 45 days could generate economic activity with $23 billion, and that would include some in the sector to travel and tourism payments group cetera that are hoping to benefit out of this. g

in his village in uttar pradesh, this man sits in silence, grieving., for years. last february, he was one of around 5 million who took an exam to fill 60,000 constable posts, but it all came crashing down. the exams were leaked and cancelled again. translation: after the paper leak, i consoled him _ and told him it's ok. but he was shattered. the next morning, he took his life. he had burned all his college certificates. he said his degrees were useless, that they can't get him a job. our only hope is gone. what do we look forward to? despite paper leaks, in 2024 alone, six major exams were compromised. nearly 10 million students left in the lurch, enraged. as pressure mounted, the government was dismissive of any failure, promising reforms. these assurances, however, mean little for this graduate, desperate to join the police. but his dreams destroyed by exam lea ks. crying. translation: my father works as a construction worker- but hopes i will get a governmentjob so my family doesn't struggle for daily wages anymore. but he still keeps trying, like

and these are live pictures from prayagraj in uttar pradesh state where a procession is currently underllion people and can even be seen from space. we will leave you with these images of people bathing in the waters. hello. we had really big contrasts in weather across the uk on monday. in highland scotland, here in plockton, there was a lot of cloud, outbreaks of rain, but it was very mild, and just along the road from here, we had temperatures up to 111 degrees in achnagart. so a real contrast then to the 3 celsius that was recorded in fylingdales in north yorkshire. the reason for this? well, the cold air that we had last week hasn't entirely gone away from eastern areas, and the winds were blowing over the snow—covered north york moors, keeping those temperatures well suppressed in our coldest parts. now, over the next few hours, there's a little bit of rain to come across parts of southern scotland, northern ireland, into northern england, the north midlands and north wales, as well. for most, it's going to be a mild start to the day on tuesday, but you mightjust see an odd nip of

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tens of millions of people have gathered to take a holy dip at the maha kumbh mela in uttar pradesh. erupted there around 1:30 am. now the mela is held every 12 years. it's considered the largest human gathering on earth, celebrating india's cultural and spiritual traditions. and those are the latest gb news headlines. i'll be back with more in just under half an hour. >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com/alerts. >> good afternoon britain. at 1:09, we have some breaking royal baby news 1544 00:08:56

tens of millions had gathered to take a holy dip at the maha kumbh mela in uttar pradesh when chaos eruptednd 1:30 am. at the kumbh mela, which is held every 12 years. it's considered to be the largest human gathering on earth. it celebrates india's cultural and spiritual traditions. much more to come as we go through the morning. but those are the latest gb news headunes those are the latest gb news headlines for the moment. more from me in less than half an houn >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com/alerts. >> good morning. welcome to britain's newsroom live across the uk with me, bev turner and andrew. if you're listening on the radio, andrew pierce is wearing one of those pathetic blue masks which do nothing. never did anything. >> she's had the flu. >> she's had the flu. >> i got a rumour. >> i got a rumour. >> there's a rumour she had covid and we know her view of covid. >> what's covid? there we are. listen, i worked hard. i played hard in dc. it's slightly caught up on me the last few days of my t