Indians most concerned about global issues

India tops a global survey for increased concern about global issues (84 per cent) and use of global news coverage for making decision about how to protect their families (58 per cent), a BBC World News study finds. More than three quarters of Indians feel that news from other parts of the world is more relevant to them now than in the past.

Globalisation is driving interest and behavioural change, with more than half of those surveyed globally saying that they pay more attention to global news (55 per cent) and that they discuss international news with friends and family as a result of watching global news stories (58 per cent).

The survey, which was conducted in the US, Germany, Japan, South Africa, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and India, finds that the main areas of concern were news stories about terrorism (70 per cent), war/conflict (59 per cent), health (55 per cent) and environment (52 per cent). Terrorism was the main concern in five of the eight countries, including India, where 71 per cent of people surveyed flagging it as a concern. People from India were more likely than any of the other nations polled to be concerned about the environment (62 per cent). Health (63 per cent), corruption (60 per cent) and human rights (52 per cent) also scored strongly in the country.