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World Service,31 Jan 2014,55 mins

Indian Cars Score Zero In Crash Tests

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As five of India's small cars score zero in Global NCAP tests, what can manufacturers - and India's government - do to improve vehicle safety? In India, around 140,000 people die in road traffic accidents each year. We speak to Global NCAP's secretary general David Ward, who is in Delhi for the 2014 Emerging Market Automobile Safety Conference. Plus, the great human migration of the year - Celia Hatton looks at the scramble to get home that billions of Chinese citizens are undertaking in preparation to see in the Year of the Horse. Thailand is bracing itself for a contentious election amid anti-government protests aimed at bringing Bangkok to a standstill. The BBC's John Sudworth reports on the latest from the barricades. Also, citizen journalism in India - Jessica Mayberry from Video Volunteers in Goa explains about a scheme where ordinary people are filming stories in their own communities. And, leading data scientist Hilary Mason also joins us from New York. We're live in Malaysia, where the government is calling for national unity in an effort to quell fears that racial and religious tensions might erupt into violence. And what makes for a successful Twitter account? We get our top social media team on the case.

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