thank you for the update from delhi, india business report devina gupta.s australia's culinary queen, creating a business including tv shows and cookbooks. in the latest edition of foodie empires we look at the next step for her after the closure of her magazine. food needs to look beautiful in the bowl, on the plate, and i guess my creative spirit wanted everything to be beautiful as well, to sell people who dream. i love the styling, i love the creative process behind every book, every magazine. the magazine can be a little bit more flippant, a little bit more creative, a little bit more macro —— arty, whereas books i think need to bea arty, whereas books i think need to be a little bit more classic. when you write recipes, you naturally become a perfectionist if you want them to work and if you want people's trust that if you are going to be that one of your recipes, follow it, it looks great, it looks like the photo. we have dabbled in homewares. i have baking ranges in the supermarkets. little bits and pieces that we just wanted to have fun with. it w

let's cross over to business reporter in delhi, the bbc‘s devina gupta.l that's the hope, rico, because we are 100 day from a general election in the world's biggest democracy and transparency on digital platforms has been a big concern, because the majority of voters are exposed to digital media on the one way or another, so we have about 850 million estimated voters who will cast their vote in almost 50 —— and almost 50% of them are online. that is why google is now trying to ensure that it will give details on who is paying for political advertisements, it will label them as political advertisements, and it won certification from the election commission of india to ensure that it is not trying to influence a political party or doesn't get into that kind of domain that we have seen other tech giants accused. similarly we have seen twitter coming out with a dashboard of expenditure done on political ads by political parties, that will go live inafew political parties, that will go live in a few months. and facebook interestingly has also said that this t

india business reportjoins us from delhi, devina gupta.driving consumption and inward growth. it says that india could achieve about 7.6% of growth, and it has given the thumbs up to the recent reforms by the indian government, especially the taxation front, where now there is a uniform tax policy called a goods and services tax. but on the other side it is cautious about the trade war which could hurt the global growth. we have already seen that china has seen the slowest growth in its fourth quarter in almost 28 years. and that could have a spillover effect on the other global economy. but we have also heard interestingly another side of the comment from the imf chief christine lagard who is right now in the world economic forum in davos. she has said that for india the growth could have been faster. there is an agricultural sector which employs almost 50% of the population, where there is a crisis, and more reforms are needed. and that, combined with a high unemployment rate of about 3.8%, could put a halt on the indian growth plans. st

devina gupta reports.a centuries—old tradition at this hindu temple. in the cover of the dark, these two women in their 40s are seen going inside the sabarimala shrine in the south indian state of kerala — an act that has broken gender barriers. this temple is home to the hindu lord ayyapa, who is believed by devotees to be a celibate. so, women of menstruating ages, defined as between 10 and 50 by the temple, were not allowed here. although india lifted the ban on women entering sabarimala temple last year, there were protests by conservative hindu groups preventing women of menstruating age from entering the shrine. activists bindu and kanaka durga have finally entered the temple, but they were escorted by two policemen. the issue has divided women across the country. just yesterday, thousands of women gathered to make a human chain to protest against conservative groups. today, they hailed this act as a symbolic victory. translation: the entry of women in sabarimala is a historic win for us. it's a vict

devina gupta reports.g a centuries—old tradition at this hindu temple. in the cover of the dark, these two women in their 40s are seen going inside the sabarimala shrine in the south indian state of kerala — an act that has broken gender barriers. this temple is home to the hindu lord ayyapa, who is believed by devotees to be a celibate. so, women of menstruating ages, defined as between 10 and 50 by the temple, were not allowed here. although india lifted the ban on women entering sabarimala temple last year, there were protests by conservative hindu groups preventing women of menstruating age on entering the shrine. activists bindu and kanaka durga have finally entered the temple, but they were escorted by two policemen. the issue has divided women across the country. just yesterday, thousands of women gathered to make a human chain to protest against conservative groups. today, they hailed this act as a symbolic victory. translation: the entry of women in sabarimala is a historic win for us. it's a vict

devina gupta reports from delhi these women are moments away from breaking a centuries—old traditiontheir 40s are seen going inside the sabarimala temple in the state of kerala, an act that has broken gender barriers. this temple is home to the hindu lord ayyappa, who is believed by devotees to be a celibate, so women of menstruating ages, defined as between ten and 50 by the temple, were not allowed here. although india's top court lifted the ban on women entering the temple last year there were protests by conservative hindu groups eventing woman of menstruating age from entering the shrine. activists have finally entered the temple but they we re finally entered the temple but they were escorted it policeman. the issue has divided woman across the country. just yesterday thousands of women gathered to make a human chain to protest against dividend groups but today, another group protested against what they called desecration of their state. even be temple or shut down for a purification ritual and violet grasses —— clashes were reported across the state. the ruling party was accus

devina gupta, in delhi, explains. said to be home to lord that mac which is a deity considered to be celibate, and that's why menstruating women between the age of ten and 50 are not allowed to enter the temple. mail deities have to fast for days and wear black clothes, take a pilgrimage, which is on top of a temple sits, and they have to climb this hill, that's how the conservatives deities see this pilgrimage. but forwomen, conservatives deities see this pilgrimage. but for women, this has been a right to fight for the quality in their... had lifted the band... between september last year and from the cities of protest, women trying to enter the temple, they've been blocked by these people and for these two women, it is with police protection that they were able to enter the temple with these policemen dressed in plainclothes, so that they don't get suspicious. it was around 3:45am, local time, where they were able to enter the shrine, and they had to do it in a very hurried manner so that before there's any law and

devina gupta reports from delhi these women are moments away from breaking a centuries—old traditione, were not allowed here. although india's top court lifted the ban on women entering sabarimala temple last year, there were protests by conservative hindu groups, preventing women of menstruating age from entering the shrine. activists bindu and and kanakadurga have finally entered the temple. but they were escorted by two policeman. the issue has divided women across the country. just yesterday, thousands of women gathered to make a human chain to protest against conservative groups. today, they hailed this act as a symbolic victory. translation: the entry of women in sabarimala is a historic win for us. it's a victory of the movement for equality and it's a victory of women power. but another group of women have protested against what they call desecration of their faith. even the temple will shut down for a purification ritual and violent clashes were reported across the state. a sign that the fight for their right to pray is far from overfor women here. a murder investigation is