What's happening around the world on Monday:

-- TOP STORIES --

+ India votes in world's biggest election

+ Pistorius set to take the stand in murder trial

+ Rwanda commemorates genocide anniversary

DELHI: India starts voting in the world's biggest election that looks set to put Hindu hardliner Narendra Modi into power, with two states heading to the polls, in a staggered process lasting five weeks. Polls open at 0130 GMT (INDIA-ELECTION)

PRETORIA: Oscar Pistorius, the Paralympics hero charged with the murder of his girlfriend, is expected to give evidence for the first time as his trial resumes in South Africa. From 0730 GMT. Picture. Video (SAFRICA-TRIAL-PISTORIUS-DEFENCE)

KIGALI: Rwanda commemorates 20 years since the genocide in which 800,000 died with a ceremony attended by UN chief Ban Ki-moon, after France downgraded its delegation in a diplomatic row. Wreath laying ceremony at 0800 GMT, followed by speeches at the national football stadium (RWANDA-GENOCIDE)

-- OTHER AGENDA ITEMS --

BAMAKO: Mali's new prime minister Moussa Mara begins selecting ministers to form a new government tasked with leading the west African nation's post-war recovery after the surprise resignation of his predecessor and the entire cabinet at the weekend (MALI-POLITICS-GOVERNMENT)

GENEVA: The Director of Humanitarian Affairs at the UN, representatives from the UN High Commission for Refugees, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) meet in Geneva at 1000 GMT to discuss the funds received to deal with the Syria conflict and refugee crisis (SYRIA-CONFLICT-AID-REFUGEES-UN)

JERUSALEM: Israel's parliament holds a plenary session to debate the crisis-hit peace talks with the Palestinians amid US-led efforts to save the negotiations from collapse. From 0800 GMT. (ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-PEACE-US-POLITICS)

PERTH/KUALA LUMPUR: Full coverage of missing MH370 as a British ship carrying a black box locator arrives in the area in the Indian Ocean where a Chinese ship reportedly detected underwater signals, and as time ticks down on the battery life of the flight data recorder's tracking beacons (MALAYSIA-CHINA-AUSTRALIA-AVIATION)

LONDON: After months of legal battles, Shrien Dewani, the man accused of having arranged to have his wife murdered while on honeymoon in South Africa in 2010, is due to be extradited from the UK.

(BRITAIN-SAFRICA-SWEDEN-MURDER-EXTRADITE)

WELLINGTON: Britain's Prince William, wife Kate, and their baby son George arrive in New Zealand for their first official tour as a family (BRITAIN-ROYALS-NZEALAND)