The overwhelming victory of India’s next Prime Minister sends a chill through one community – Colombia and its rebels reaches a deal to fight illegal drugs – North Korea’s military grows – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

The man who is likely India’s incoming Prime Minister says the election results are a mandate for his economic development plans.  Narendra Modi’s coalition won 282 seats in Parliament, more than enough to form a government and relegating the long-ruling Congress Party of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty to opposition status.  He dismisses notions that the vast electorate was more interested in voting out long-standing corruption than in his growth agenda. 

Some Muslims in India are worried that Modi’s victory will mean more discrimination by the Hindu majority.  Modi was Chief Minister of Gujurat state in 2002 when anti-Muslim rioting caused 1,000 deaths.  The supreme court cleared him in 2012, but suspicions remain about the self-described Hindu nationalist.  Modi’s party platform includes building a Hindu temple on a site that was once a mosque, the demolition of which sparked rioting.  And his BJP Party has also vowed to introduce a “Uniform Civil Code” that would end the use of traditional laws by religious communities.

Twin bombings in Kenya’s capital Nairobi killed at least ten people and injured dozens more.  It happened near the Gikomba market, an open-air market hundreds are often milling about doing business.  It’s the latest attack in a wave of unrest attributed to Islamist militants, especially the al-Shaabab group which attacked an upscale shopping mall in Nairobi last year killing 67 people.

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has called off a planned visit to Chibok, where more than 200 schoolgirls were abducted by the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram more than a month ago.  Instead, he’ll fly straight to Paris for an international conference.  Jonathan’s government is criticized by many Nigerians for its perceived indifference to the plight of the girls.

Turkish police used riot tactics on peaceful protesters in Soma, the town where some 300 miners died in Turkey’s worst coalmine accident on Tuesday.  Thousands shouted anti-government slogans because of the ruling party’s refusal to investigate safety issues at the mine before this week’s disaster – and were met with water cannons, tear gas, and beatings.  18 miners are still missing.  Many were buried together in a mass grave – families said they worked together shoulder-to-shoulder, and should be interred that way.

Colombia’s two main rebel groups have announced a ceasefire for the Presidential Election from 20 to 28 May.  President Juan Manuel Santos is seeking re-election.  He’s been heavily criticized by the far right for launching peace talks with the Marxist FARC guerillas.  Those talks have also just produced an agreement for the two sides to cooperate in eliminating illicit drug production and exports from Colombia.

Hmmm

North Korea has added two helicopter frigates to its Navy, according to the monitoring website 38 North.  Although the North Korean fleet still consists largely of small, outdated and low-tech gunboats, this shows that Pyongyang is still able to build its military portfolio – despite international economic sanctions that have crippled the economy.  Each new ship has a helicopter-landing deck at the stern and anti-submarine rocket launchers at the bow.

Maybe a little Cialis will help with that.

American Regulators smacked General Motors with a US$35 Million fine for delays in recalling small cars with faulty ignition switches.  It’s the toughest fine allowed by law.  The faulty switches are linked to 13 deaths, and critics say fewer might have died had GM acted earlier.