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"News next. And we begin in India where prime minister Narendra Modi has suffered a major loss in one of the country's swing states at Baxter has more from the Bloomberg newsroom in San Francisco Ed. Doug three big elections Asia going on today are at India Modi has conceded the loss in Karnataka. This a rare victory of raul Gandhi's opposition Congress party as it looks to build some momentum ahead of the national elections next year. Is the only southern state in which Modi's BJP held power is the first of several key state elections. Thailand's pro democracy parties have notched a resounding victory on Sunday's parliamentary vote, Bloomberg's hasland amun is in Bangkok. What's clear though is the performance of the move forward party. This is a party led by Peter Lim jun Ron rat. Now he is a leader of 42 years old, trained in Harvard and MIT, a very charismatic speaker and of course Peter as well as the move forward party campaigned on a very bold idea so far reforms reforms of the military reforms are the monarchies. Yeah, this sets up the biggest challenge to the royalists back to establishment since the military seized power in a coup, nearly decade ago. Turkish president Erdoğan is locked in a very tight race with rival Kamal, coach leru, different polling showing a difference in numbers, but Bloomberg's semi democracy says 96% of the vote has been counted out. Neither of the two main candidates have managed to secure more than 50% of the vote, and this could mean that we have a runoff two weeks later, which would be May 28th. It's turkey's most pivotal elections in a generation, and Erdoğan, by the way, is addressing his supporters now in Ankara. There are some signs that the talks and the work that has been going on behind the scenes on the debt ceiling in the United States are progressing nicely. But again, warning today from Congress from Michael McCall about the international perils of the fall, McCall and ABC as heard on Bloomberg says adversaries are definitely watching. I think they would love nothing more, particularly China to see us default in our full faith and credit under the constitution. I'm a call says he's optimistic. It can be solved before it goes that far. And so far the flow of migrants across the U.S. southern border has not been as intense as it been feared, as a matter of fact, down about 50% Homeland Security secretary Alejandro mayorkas says it may be because they know there are more legal pathways now and they're more stringent penalties in place as well. If one arrives at the southern border without either accessing the lawful pathways we've made available to them or seeking relief in one of the countries through which they have traveled, then they will have a higher threshold to meet. Major San ABC has heard here on Bloomberg says still a large group gathered south of the border so the drama will continue to play out. Japan, U.S. South Korea set to meet on the sidelines now of the G 7 this week in Hiroshima, president UN prime minister fumio Keisha had hinted at it last week, but it has now been officially set. In San Francisco, I met Baxter. This is Bloomberg back to New York City. Douglas, Eddie thank you. Let's get to our guests. James joins us now. He's in the New York studio, James is CIO at Main Street research. Thanks for being with us. Let's talk a little bit about what you're seeing play out in the equity market. It seems like there has been a level of resistance here that the market just can't seem to get above right now. What do you think the psychology is these days? Doug gets a good question. We sort of, it's a resilient market on one hand, but it also seems like it can't seem to get ahead of itself. I think it's a lot about market participants. Some people looking for a pivot that probably isn't going to happen. And then some resilience is pretty amazing because you've got a lot of headwinds. There's a long list of them, which we can talk about. You'd think the mark would be vulnerable, but we seem to be stuck in this trading range. And we think that's very symptomatic of the last phase of this bear market. So I'm happy to chat about that. Yeah, so the issue here, when you're talking about the pivot, I mean, that's the notion that the fed is going to see something so alarming that it's forced to cut interest rates between now, let's say in the end of the year. The assumption at this point that the market is making is that June will represent the beginning of the pause do you see things that way that we're not going to see rate cuts between now and the end of the year? Well, I would say for sure we're not going to see much more in the sense of rate hikes, we're sort of, I'd say that people who are worried about inflation and the fed raising rates, those are not the worries that people should have. I think the worries that one should have is the effect of all those rate hikes and those embedded that still have an effect of the economy. Sort of throwing us into obviously some stuff has already broken with the banks. And then you've got some corporate profits that coming in under expectations. So the market appears to want to price in those rate hikes. I'm sorry, wait a reductions in the second half. And the market may be very well right. The fed's breaking stuff with the banks and earnings are definitely vulnerable here. And even the most recent unemployment numbers looking a little bit worse than expected. So you're starting to get that tipping point. Typically the last phase of a bear market has a lot of that in it and many of those indicators and oftentimes you sort of write when you get into recession, the bear market comes to an end as it starts to obviously price a bad news. Well, you mentioned the banks. Is this an area that represents opportunity right now? Or is there still so much risk out there that you would be a little resistant to maybe take a flyer on a regional bank? Doug, I think it's a market where there's so many great opportunities. I'm not sure why investors would go towards that. There's a systemic problem just in the sense of how these banks are run. That I think investors would be better off looking at other places. So give me a couple of other places that you feel represent opportunity right now. Yeah, the market that this is a bear market still at 16 months old, but that's why we think it's coming to its last phase. There's been opportunities in the healthcare space and the consumer Staples, those more recessionary proof companies. And that's kind of where we've lived for the last 9 or 12 months. But now you're starting to also see some opportunities in the technology space. Now, that's an area where valuations have come down dramatically. Companies have completely gotten crushed. But then again, investors should be really careful. I think looking at recent earnings releases is a guide to what's going to be working in the next bull market that we envision. So look at AI driven companies like Microsoft or Google or some of the semiconductor businesses in tech. My inclination is
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Ukraine seeks medical, war recovery assistance from India
"Ukraine's seeking medical and war recovery assistance from India. Keefe has asked Delhi to supply medicines and medical equipment and help it rebuild war damaged infrastructure. The requests being conveyed by the deputy minister of foreign affairs and Ukraine's most senior official to visit India since Russia's invasion began over a year ago, who also handed a letter by president volodymyr zelensky to India's prime minister Narendra Modi, the leaders was spoken over the phone in the past year, but India's refrained from condemning Russia's invasion and has abstained several times from voting on UN resolutions against Moscow. I'm Charles De Ledesma
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Ukraine tensions flare at G-20 finance meetings in India
"Tensions over the war in Ukraine have flared up at meetings of the group of 20 leading economies in India. We are also witnessing rising geopolitical tensions in different parts of the world. Indian prime minister Narendra Modi touched on a sensitive topic in his speech in the G 20 host city of bengaluru, those tensions boiled over and meetings between G 20 financial chiefs, specifically over Russia's war in Ukraine. US Treasury secretary Janet Yellen said the Russian officials at the conference bear the responsibility for the lives and livelihoods being taken in Ukraine and the harm caused globally, Yellen, outlined her focus in a speech a day earlier, continued robust support for Ukraine will be a major topic of discussion during
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"And you can move personnel between them and this has been as a long storied history in Indian business culture. In the United States, they used to be common back in the day. They are much less so now and one thing that people that I talk to ahead of writing the story pointed out to me was that within these conglomerates, historically, there has tended to be quite a bit of related party transactions and money being moved between different parts of the conglomerate and some plants that might have been done in ways that orders would not pick up on or that securities lawyers maybe would frown upon because it was sort of a family affair. And that's something that some people already talked to stressed that here you have a certain culture of doing business, certain way of doing business that has worked extremely well for the country over a really long time. That is now clashing with how things are done in the financial centers of capital like New York and London where the culture is very different. Most companies tend to have a really broad shareholder base and not be controlled by family, boards tend to not be stacked by family members. Executive roles tend to not be stacked by family members. And a lot of people in India are feeling a sense of frustration. I think because they feel like people in the west just look at this kind of corporate structure and think that there's something inherently suspicious when in reality it's just a slightly different way of just looking at how businesses down and how priorities are set. The other thing I just want to Anders we just have about a minute left here is I think another layer that you do so well in your reporting is the connection between India, the country, India, the prime minister, and adani, right? The relationship just seems very close. Yes. Dani and prime minister Narendra Modi have known each other for 20 years. And people that know India well, they say that these two are quite close and they're gold star aligned and they have benefited from each other and in that vein adani has especially in recent years taking on a really strong profile of trying to link himself and his company with the future. And the success of India and that's also something that is pushed really hard on now that the company is under attack by the New York short seller. That last voice Bloomberg news wealth reporter, unders melon, along with Bloomberg businessweek markets and finance editor pat Ragnar. Now this story is the cover story of Bloomberg businessweek. We caught up with them a little bit earlier for our weekend broadcast. But really gets into what guacamole, the tough year he's certainly having and we continue to see the pressure shares of the adani empire overnight again, so it continues to be certainly on investors radar. Coming up, we're going to have more on the story, including the little research company that came up with that big short on a Donnie. That's coming up next with our Joel Weber and Ed led low. We're talking about the research firm that is run by Nate Anderson and his Hindenburg research. You might remember Nikola when he ran after that company, so it's interesting to hear about the 400 pages plus, if you will, that he put together on a Donny. Hey, I do want to mention on the markets right now. We are seeing pretty much stocks at their lows of the session and it's coinciding with an uptick in yields, which have moved to their highs of the session that to your note, hitting four and a half percent for the first time that we've seen that since November 30th. So again, that yield curve we're certainly seeing that inversions deepen as well. All right, you are listening to Bloomberg businessweek, watching us as well right now. Let's get a check on world of national news off to D.C. and Nancy Lyons, hey Nancy. Thanks, Carol. Ukraine's president will zelensky is continuing his tour of Europe appealing to the EU today for more support in the fight against Russia. Bloomberg's Maria taddeo has more from Brussels. He was very clear that Ukraine needs weapons and they need weapons for two reasons. They expect Russia to enact some form of quote revenge of the country, coinciding obviously with the one year mark of the invasion, but also they worry about the spring offensive that may be to come and for that he repeated. I need long-range missiles and I will need to fighter jets. It's not clear. He's coming home with that. Bloomberg's Maria today owned Brussels. Top Republican donors are trying to choke off any momentum that Donald Trump might try to build for a third run for The White House. But the anti tax club for growth and the donor network founded by billionaire Charles Koch and his late brother David have indicated they want someone else other than Trump to run in 2024. House Republicans are stepping up their investigation into President Biden's family and its financial dealings as we hear from Bloomberg's Nathan Hager. The House oversight committee is demanding banking travel and other records from President Biden's son hunter, his younger brother James, and James Biden's business partner oversight chairman James comer says Republicans want to know, quote, who peddled influence to generate millions of dollars for the Biden family. Hunter Biden's lawyer, Abby Lowell says the Republicans requests have no valid legislative purpose. There's no immediate comment from The White House. In Washington, I'm Nathan Hager, Bloomberg radio. What? 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"More people to work. Richly, can we talk for a minute about India's relationship with China. It's an important relationship. They compete and there have been some tensions. How do the two nations regard each other? India and China, having shared a great relationship and we have seen tensions on border off and on in recent years. Sometimes the tensions blew up a little bit, but things remain under control. I think both the leaders India and China, they understand this is not the time. These are two superpowers in Asia and they have to think about their economy. So that is the reason we think that we have seen some tensions on border, but things are in the control and both the leaders are conscious of the fact that they have to take care of their economy, India has to take care of the needs of its 1.4 billion people. It is investment. It needs right now. China also has bigger issues to take care of right now. So we believe that they will continue to focus on their economies while protecting their border at the same time. India will host the G 20 summit this year. It's a big platform for Modi to showcase India and make his case to other world leaders. How does Modi intend to take advantage of this opportunity? Prime minister Narendra Modi would like to send a strong signal to global leaders as well as investors that India is the place to do business right now. But there is also pressure on him to shift focus from businesses to the poor people ahead of next year journal elections in 2024 India is going far elections and peer Modi is going to seek a reelection again. He has been a prime minister for two times now and for a third time he will be seeking votes. And there's a lot of pressure on his government to do something for the poor to create jobs because we know unemployment is a major issue in the country. One of Maori's big goals is to make India the world's third largest economy behind the U.S. and China in a relatively short amount of time. Looking down the road, do you think that that's a realistic goal? I do think it's a realistic goal, banks have predicted that India will drive a 5th of world expansion this decade, making it only one of three in the world that can generate more than 400 or so $1 billion in annual output growth and so I think that it's something that's within reach as we've discussed growing inequality problems with employment and this bigger question of whether India can beef up its manufacturing sector are three sticking points. If mode these successful in improving those, then I think that the country has a real shot. Kay Schultz, Richie Benny Roth, thanks
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"Say the collapse of a bridge is killed more than a 130 people. So shmita patak reports. Ambulance and screams filthy air in the town of morbi Sunday evening, after the cables of the suspension Brits snapped, sending the middle span of the bridge stumbling into the mature river. Onlookers waited into the water to pull out any one they could. Local resident Ajay was trying to save two children. But he says only one survived. I shudder to think of what the family's must be feeling like that. He told local news channel India TV. Prime minister Narendra Modi, who is from Gujarat, called the collapse, one of the most painful things in his life. He's expected to visit more B Tuesday. As divers continue to look for those still missing, investigators are beginning to examine why the Brits snapped. A video taken earlier Sunday shows people packed closely together on the bridge. It's a popular tourist destination, and the crowd is unusually large yesterday, because it was the weekend, and its the festive season in India. Gujarat's home minister harsh Sam we told reporters his government has opened an investigation. The bridge was from the late 19th century, and it had recently been renovated. It reopened just last week. Song we said the private company in charge of maintaining the bridge will face criminal charges. The head of the local municipality told Indian media that esteem did not sign off on reopening the bridge. But the company claims to have been swaying it, which caused the collapse. For NPR news
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"In New Delhi. Ishaan gerg says hundreds of people are believed to have been on the bridge when the incident occurred. Media reports say people clung onto the cables of the collapsed bridge, but most fell into the river, prime minister Narendra Modi who's on a wizard to his home state Gujarat has ordered immediate rescue efforts, but finding survivors in the middle of the night is proving to be difficult, experts believe the death toll could rise even further. Opposition parties are demanding an investigation, alleging that the construction was shoddy is. Senator Amy Klobuchar says the growing rhetoric targeting political leaders played a role in the brutal attack on House speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband. A vicious attack in which she has been villainized for years and big surprise. It's gone viral, and it went violent. Appearing on NBC's meet the press, the Minnesota Democrat, said Friday's attack that left Paul Pelosi with a skull fracture is an example of the violence spreading through the political system. Klobuchar also suggested that extending security to the families of top U.S. officials should be strongly considered. The Powerball jackpot is now an estimated $1 billion from Monday night's drawing, the cash option on that works out to just north of 497 million, while there was no grand prize winner last night, ticket sold in California, Maryland, Michigan and Texas, each won a $1 million. One ticket sold in Florida is worth 2 million because the winner matched 5 numbers with the power play option. I'm Tammy trujillo. Former president Obama urging all Americans to get out and vote in the midterm elections. Speaking at a democratic rally in Detroit, Michigan on Saturday, Obama noted an election requires everyone to do their part. Obama is among the political heavy hitters working to rally Democrats before the midterms. LeBron James is calling on Elon Musk to look into a sharp increase in racist slurs used on Twitter. Reports. The NBA star shared a study over social media that showed the use of the N word increased by 500% after Musk took over Twitter on Thursday. James described the uptick in the use of the slur on Twitter as scary and added that he hopes must will take it very seriously. He also said too many people are equating hate speech to free speech. I'm Chris coraggio. New filings show most UFO reports are simply foreign surveillance or airborne trash, a public report released last year revealed over 100 unexplained UFO incidents between 2004 and 2021, igniting theories about aliens from other planets. Now as intelligence agencies prepare to update that report to Congress on Monday, The New York Times reports most of these incidents are attributed to countries attempting to spy on the U.S. or things like weather balloons, commercial drones, and optical illusions. Morrissey is set to release a new album next year, the former Smiths frontman announced bonfire of teenagers will drop in February. The album's title track includes a reference to the 2017 bombing at England's Manchester arena that killed 22 people following an air on a Grande concert. Morrissey is lined up a long list of collaborators for the album, including Miley Cyrus, Iggy Pop, and Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist flea, the album is set to be released worldwide except in the singer's native UK, where ironically he currently doesn't have a record deal. I'm Tammy trejo. And I'm Susanna Palmer in the Bloomberg newsroom. Goldman Sachs Group economists said they now expect the U.S. Federal Reserve to raise interest rates to 5% higher than previously predicted. Economists led by January wrote in a research report yesterday the Central Bank will lift its benchmark rate to a range of four and three quarters to 5% in March. That's 25 basis points more than the earlier expected. Investors meantime have been wondering all weekend of stocks can keep up the momentum from the last couple of weeks. There is a bit of a good foundation forming, says Mona mahajan, Edward Jones, senior investment strategist. Well, we are certainly starting to hear a little bit more optimism about a Federal Reserve that may be looking to raise rates at a more moderate pace. Now, of course, next week's meeting, the 75 basis point, the .75% rate hike. Almost baked into the cake, it's probably going to happen, but really all eyes will then focus on that December rate hike meeting. Will they go 50 basis points? Or will they go 75? And in fact, we heard a little bit more from some bed governors that perhaps a more moderate rate of rate hikes probably make sense here. Just given, giving them an opportunity to pause assess the economy, see what's happening. Mahajan interviewed there on Bloomberg Wall Street week with David Westin. Nets star Kyrie Irving is denying claims he's anti semitic after posting an offensive tweet, Irving faced a backlash on Thursday when he shared a link to a documentary that has been harshly criticized for its anti semitic messages. Irving had a testy exchange with the media following Saturday night's lost to Indiana. Do I do anything illegal? Did I hurt anybody? Dot harm anybody? Am I going out and saying that I hate one specific group
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Biden's warning to Vladimir Putin over Ukraine
"President Vladimir Putin is vowing to press the attack against Ukraine despite Russian forces being forced into retreat in the face of a Ukrainian counteroffensive in the country's northeast I'm Ben Thomas with the latest The Russian leader was in Uzbekistan for a summit of the Shanghai cooperation organization In a one on one meeting Indian prime minister Narendra Modi told him this should not be an era of war urging him to go on a path of peace Putin replied had heard Modi's concerns repeatedly and Russia intends to end the war as quickly as possible but added its Ukraine that won't negotiate and wants to achieve its goals on the battlefield Later Putin told reporters deliberation of Ukraine's entire eastern Donbass region remains Russia's main military goal no change After the Ukrainian counter offensive Putin said let's
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Queen Elizabeth II changed the monarchy forever
"Constant in my life the world mourns Queen Elizabeth II The queen was much more than Britain's monarch she was a sovereign to another 14 nations and a rare figure who was almost universally admired through hemispheres generations social divisions and politics tributes to her have come in from other monarchs leaders dignitaries and rockstars even in places where the relationship with British monarchy is complicated for tributes flowed in India prime minister Narendra Modi said Elizabeth personified dignity and decency in public life while Caribbean leaders from Jamaica to Bermuda Monte death which occurred as several British territories in the Caribbean seek to replace the monarch with their own heads of state I'm Charles De Ledesma
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"Weston is a Bloomberg business flash. Thank you so much, Charlie pellet. This is balance of power coming from the Bloomberg interactive broker studio in New York. A 75 years ago that is part of independence from Great Britain that nations of India and Pakistan were born with a partition of the two countries, very controversial time led to an awful lot of violence and awful lot of death and blood being shed. So to take us back through what has happened over that 75 years we welcome now Michael kugelman of the Wilson center where he is deputy director and senior fellow for Asia. So Michael, thank you so much for being with us. I guess it's helpful to go back in history a little bit and remember just why sectarian violence blew up so badly why they decided to divide the countries in the first place. Right, well this is a decision that the British colonial leaders made essentially to grant independence to British India and that entailed splitting this huge colonial possession into two countries and of course one being Hindu majority India, the other being muscle majority Pakistan, as you would suggest that it led to this exit of millions of people, millions of Muslims swing India, millions of Hindu swing Pakistan to relocate to their new religious homelands and that was a company by just horrific horrific levels of violence and some estimates say that there could have been up to 2 million deaths emerging from partition and it continues to have a pretty significant legacy even now 75 years later. Well, let's talk about that legacy specifically. First of all, in the conflict between India and Pakistan, which have been rivals, I think, understates it. Ever since then, what is the relations right now between Indian Pakistan? Well, they are very tense. And they have typically been tense, not as tense as they had been during the first few decades after both countries were given their independence. They fought multiple wars. Several of them over the issue of Kashmir, which of course is a disputed region that had not been settled after you had that partition. But over the last few decades, we have not seen wars between the countries. We've seen strong pensions, mainly over the Kashmir issue, and also India has been very concerned about the terrorist groups that are present in Pakistan and have attacked India over the years. But there has been some success stories. There's been some limited trade between the two countries over the years and in fact they've done some limited trade even when they're diplomatic tensions were really bad. But I think it can best be described as an uneasy stability between the two and the sense that they're not about to fight each other anytime soon. But they do have nuclear weapons, which they did not have until the late 1990s and that, I think, is really why it's such a flop relationship. What about sectarian conflict within the two countries? First of all, are there many Hindus in Pakistan? No, they're a very small number. It's hard to give estimates. There are some there and those that are there suffer significant level of discrimination. Many of them, unfortunately, have fled over the years, just like similarly, there are small Christian communities inside Pakistan, the Hindu community is even smaller. Whereas in India, of course, as you would know, you've got large numbers of Muslims, about 200 million Muslims in India, though they are the minority in that India has such a large population of upwards of 1 billion people. I think it's like the third largest population of Muslims in the world, I believe. I read. And what is their status within India? Well, very fraught. And particularly because over the last few years, the government and India led by prime minister Narendra Modi has taken a position that many observers describe as Hindu nationalists in the sense that the idea has been to elevate the place of the Hindu majority within state and society and that has led to some laws and also some speeches and really some hate speech quite frankly. So by leaders of this ruling party, against Muslims, there have been several laws that have been passed that have been discriminatory against Muslims. We've seen, unfortunately, cases of lynchings and mob violence against Muslims. I don't want to overstate how much that happens, but it is something that we're hearing about a lot more in recent years with this government in power in India now. Michael, take us through the economics of it because I'm a little puzzled. I read that as recently as 1970 or so, Pakistan had one and a half times the size of India's. I think India is now something like ten times the sense of Pakistan. Why has there been such a divergence economically? Right, yeah, it's a great question when those conversations were happening about the Asian tigers, so to speak back in the day, Pakistan at one point had been mentioned as one of the countries that we could become an Asian Tiger. Obviously, it did not, neither in India, the answer to your question is essentially several things. One is that the Pakistan, there's this long legacy of military rule, the military has played a very strong predatory role in the state, which many argue has made it difficult for the state to truly prosper. And see the types of growth that you would want to see, whereas in India, the military has always been subservient to the civilians, is not meddled in policy, including economic policy. And also India has been able to capitalize on a number of growth industries that Pakistan was not able to, such as a tech industry, which in India has of course become a really big one. And it's made a better effort to educate the masses than Pakistan has over the years. And so you just had a higher level of young people who graduate with the vocational skills or the education to be competitive within the Indian economy and more globally as well. There was a time when I think people might characterize India as being quite protectionist. And not just in trade, but also in foreign direct investment. How far have they reformed from that? Is there more foreign investment? Is it friendlier for foreign investment now? Yes, absolutely. That's a key point when you want to look at the Indian growth story over the years in the early 1990s India was suffering a severe economic crisis mainly because it's foreign reserves had fallen to dangerously low levels. So at that point, it decided to open up to the world economically, which it had not done for much of the Cold War era. So it pursued liberalization policies and reforms and it engaged more economically with the west. And it passed a number of reforms that put it in a position where it was not certainly was not as protection as it had been. Most certainly those have this do die hard on some levels. We do continue to see some of those protectionist policies, particularly in areas like agriculture. But certainly on the whole, the early 90s was really 1991 with a key year to look at because that's when it passed these major liberalization reforms that are enabled it to capitalize on globalization and other benefits of engaging with the global economy at that time. So looking forward to the next 75 years, what are the key determinants for those two countries? Honestly, I think demographics both countries are very young demographically. The median age in both countries is in the low 20s and it will probably be that way for quite some time to end on a note of optimism. I often meet with young Indians in Pakistanis and they always tell me that they don't see the other side of enemies. And that suggests that there is a willingness to buy in from many within the younger communities to try to move forward and bring better relations to this very fraught relationship. It's fascinating. Thank you so much
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"And COVID cases in China decreasing restrictions those staying put it baxters got details If yeah exactly right Paul Beijing will close Jim's in cinemas over the Labor Day weekend holiday Meanwhile Shanghai will keep virus measures in place despite falling cases and continued effect on the economy And this is no new cases reported for the first time outside the lockdown areas since the recent outbreak started Health officials say they're at a crucial and critical stage now U.S. House speaker Nancy Pelosi has led a congressional delegation on a surprise visit to Ukraine pledging continued support Thank you For your fight for free And says the U.S. will be there until a fighting ceases Ukraine's president of volodymyr zelensky Says Russian commanders lie to their soldiers when they say that they have some serious penalties for refusing to fight and at the same time they do not tell them for example about the preparation of additional refrigerators for storage of corpses of the Russian army Zelensky also said evacuation route has been open so that trapped civilians can make it out of the steel plant in Mary a pool Ukraine's ambassador to the U.S. oksana makarova saying the Russia will not withdraw and that they do have to win the war Even after the courts as early as 16th of March mandated to Russia to stop this operation and leave we do not see the change of their behavior their Dublin down in the south and east of the country And she says they have no choice German Chancellor Olaf Shaw plans to show us I should say plans to invite Indian prime minister Narendra Modi as a special guest to the G 7 as part of the broader effort to force a global alliance against Russia The EU is set to propose a ban on Russian oil by the end of the year with some restrictions Put on until then a decision and a vote could be made this coming week And president Joe Biden the U.S. made an appearance at the correspondents dinner over the weekend Shall we have a little fun see what Joe Biden sounds like as a standup He took he took some shots at his head himself and then of course at Donald Trump This is the first time president attended this dinner in 6 years.
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"India and the United States trying to smooth some rough waters created by Russia's invasion of Ukraine Let's get to Ed Baxter in San Francisco with the details All right Juliet thank you virtual meeting today between prime minister Narendra Modi and president Joe Biden Bloomberg showed Schneider says Biden telling Modi The U.S. would be willing to help them in terms of energy to really diversify their energy resources so they were not as dependent on Russia They said that talk went well but it is a complicated relationship right now Now we're told that India gets about 2% of its energy needs from Russia The U.S. would like that spiga turned off and White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki says the message is forceful The imports from the United States are already significant for much bigger than the imports that they get from Russia And we of course the president conveyed very clearly that it is not in their interest to increase that Yeah both sides characterize a talks as friendly The U.S. State Department has ordered government employees to leave Shanghai This says Bloomberg's John Liu is reporting that it appears the rosy picture painted yesterday about an easing of restrictions may not be exactly the true picture saying it appears to be just on some hotels and not housing complexes so we'll see how it shakes out Philadelphia has become the first major U.S. city to put the inside mask mandate back into effect This April 18th in just the past ten days a 50% increase in cases On his first official day as COVID task force director doctor Ashish jha said other cities may very well want to revise policy and go back to indoor masking but he says in the interim It is absolutely essential that every adult who's more than 5 months out get that booster I mean I think it's just critical And as we reported yesterday doctor Anthony Fauci says it'll be an individual decision as to whether to protect yourself if the government doesn't act UK prime minister Boris Johnson has rejected calls from his national health service for measures to try to mitigate the large surge Johnson says hospital data so far does not warrant giving up in quotes living with COVID The health officials say there is a coming critically high demand for emergency care if they don't act In San Francisco I'm Ed Baxter this is Bloomberg Douglas thank you Eddie Let's get to Dan Schwartzman for a look at global sports.
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"Path of virtual meeting today between prime minister Narendra Modi and president Joe Biden Bloomberg's Jody Schneider says Biden telling Modi The U.S. would be willing to help them in terms of energy to really diversify their energy resources so they were not as dependent on Russia They said that went well But it is a complicated relationship right now Now we're told India gets about 2% of its energy needs from Russia the U.S. would like that Spigot turned off and White House spokesman Jen Psaki says the message from President Biden was well it's forceful The imports from the United States are already significant for much bigger than the imports that they get from Russia And we of course the president conveyed very clearly that it is not in their interest to increase that Both sides characterize a talks though is friendly Shanghai is eased its lockdown for 43% of its housing complex is this a sign that the government is trying to exit the lockdown and it has wrought havoc on residents daily lives Authorities have divided the city into smaller areas and have put each area into one of three categories first sign of a potential pathway any way to lock down exit Philadelphia has become the first major U.S. city to put the inside mask mandate back into effect This April 18th in just the past days ten days 50% increase in cases on his first official day as COVID force task force director doctor Ashish jha said other cities may very well want to revise our policy and go back to indoor masking as well but says in the interim It is absolutely essential that every adult who's more than 5 months out get that booster I mean that I think is just critical And as we reported yesterday doctor Anthony Fauci says it'll be an individual decision as well to protect oneself UK prime minister Boris Johnson is rejecting calls bucking his national health service for new measures to try and mitigate the large surge that the UK has Johnson says hospital data is this far does not warrant giving up living with COVID in quotes which is where they say the stage is now or the prime minister does Now the health officials say there is a coming critical high demand for emergency care and something has to be done now In San Francisco I'm Ed Baxter this is Bloomberg Douglas Thank you Eddie Let's get to global.
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"I'm John Tucker in New York with your global look ahead at the top stories for investors in the coming week India is an ally of the U.S. but it's also a large country with a strong independent streak and that is about to play out in an interesting way in the coming weeks for more let's go to Bloomberg daybreak Asia host Brian Curtis John India and Russia will be meeting in the coming week to discuss the latest developments in the Asia Pacific The two countries defense in foreign ministers will focus on Afghanistan and Syria and a host of other issues It is likely to be a degree of consternation perhaps in the Biden administration ahead of Russian leader Vladimir Putin's visit And joining us now for some insights on this is suti runs on sen Bloomberg government reporter in New Delhi So this is the first meeting in this two plus two format with India How would you say the mood is ahead of this summit with Russia First of all thank you for having me And moving on what we are getting to understand that India is balancing its relationship between the United States and Russia Russia being an old ally in the United States is something that you have become very very friendly with And that brings up very many contradictions and that requires India to balance it very carefully It has given Russia the two plus two is the first two plus two Therefore we signaling that how important Russia is for India So that is number one takeaway that we have or we are getting from New Delhi Also what we are getting is that pending issues like sales or weapons which India was primarily a country that used to use only weapon for a very very long time but we've been trying to move over to the western side getting more weapons from the United States from and other countries in the west So that has left Russia slightly unhappy So we are going to have to see how we kind of balance it And at the same point of time there is the issue of sanctions If you do business with Russia So all these things are going to be at play And what we can say very clearly is that India is balancing both Russia and United States the best it can The upcoming summit between Vladimir Putin and prime minister Narendra Modi I think it will be the 20th time the two of them have met since 2014 It would seem to suggest that the relationship is still bulletproof is it It is a very very strong relationship It is indeed a very strong relationship but all no matter how strong the relationship is it needs to be taken care of It needs to be nurtured And the sense that India is moving away from its old allies or getting more close to the United States is quite strong And that is also seen in the way we are teaming up with the United States whether it is the board lateral security dialog which has the United States Japan and Australia and India and its primarily focusing on the indo Pacific Which Russia has lost kind of rejected legalized kind of accepted So it's come out today on taking a very cautious line on that So while the relationship is very very strong it needs to be needed to be constant nurturing of that relationship And is it likely that Vladimir Putin when he comes will be bringing S 400 missiles with him in the sense that they would most likely be made available And then if that is the case then how do you get around the sanctions That is the big question And that is the question that we will ask in almost every one who is dealing with this We don't have a clarity but what India seems to be kind of banking on is the wireless side delivery's are going to happen there They are expected to reach India by end of December We've seen that the United States have taken a very very lenient line towards this earlier it was we were told that when there is a team that has been done jumping up on Carter right now we're not throwing in the sanctions or bringing the sanctions right now Let the payments happen We will look at it The payments went when we were told that weight lets you earn the delivery comes Now the delivery has come From the Indian side from on the ground loss you understanding is India is kind of banking on the fact that it is a very important and a critical role in the entire global strategy to contain China And that's what it's banking on Thanks so much for joining us It's really a pleasure and definitely learned a lot Sunni rangan Bloomberg government reporter in New Delhi I Brandon Curtis along with Doug Chris You can catch us every weekday here for Bloomberg daybreak Asia beginning at 7 a.m. in Hong Kong and 6 p.m. on Wall.
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"Global looking ahead at the top stories for investors in the coming week India is an ally of the U.S. but it's also a large country with a strong independent streak and that is about to play out in an interesting way in the coming weeks but more let's go to Bloomberg daybreak Asia host Brian Curtis John India and Russia will be meeting in the coming week to discuss the latest developments in the Asia Pacific The two countries defense in foreign ministers will focus on Afghanistan and Syria and a host of other issues It is likely to be a degree of consternation perhaps in the Biden administration ahead of Russian leader Vladimir Putin's visit And joining us now for some insights on this is Sunni runs on sen Bloomberg government reporter in New Delhi So this is the first meeting in this two plus two format within India How would you say the mood is ahead of this summit with Russia First of all thank you for having me And moving on what we are getting to understand that India is balancing its relationship between the United States and Russia Russia being an old ally in the United States is something that you have become very very friendly with And that brings up very many contradictions and that requires India to balance it very carefully It has given Russia the two plus two is the first two plus two therefore Signaling that how important it is that Russia is for India So that is number one takeaway that we have or we are getting from New Delhi Also what we are getting is that ending issues like sales or weapons which India was primarily a country that used to use only weapon for a very very long time but we've been trying to move over to the western side getting more weapons from the United States from and other countries in the west So that has left Russia slightly unhappy So we are going to have to see how we kind of balance it and at the same point of time There is the issue of sanctions which we do business with Russia So all these things are going to be at play And what we can say very clearly is that India is balancing both Russia and United States the best it can The upcoming summit between Vladimir Putin and prime minister Narendra Modi I think it will be the 20th time the two of them have met since 2014 It would seem to suggest that the relationship is still bulletproof is it It is not very very strong relationship It is indeed a very strong relationship but all no matter how strong the relationship is it needs to be taken care of It needs to be match up And the things that India is moving away from its old allies are getting more close to the United States is quite strong And that is also seen in the way we are teaming up with the United States whether it is the board lateral security dialog which has the United States Japan and Australia and India and its primarily focusing on the indo Pacific Which Russia has lots kind of rejected Even as it kind of accepted So if you come out today I'm taking a very cautious line on that So while the relationship is very very strong it needs to be need to be constant not sharing of that relationship And is it likely that Vladimir Putin when he comes will be bringing S 400 missiles with him in the sense that they would most likely be made available And then if that is the case then how do you get around the sanctions That is the big question And that is the question that we will ask in almost every one who is dealing with this We don't have a clarity but what India seems to be kind of banking on is the wireless delivery is going to happen there They are expected to reach India by end of December We've seen that the United States have taken a very lenient line towards this earlier it was we were told that there is a team that has been done jumping up on Carter right now throwing in the sanctions to bring in the sanctions right now Let the payments happen We will look at the payments when we were told that weight lets you in the delivery comes Now the delivery has come From the Indian side from underground loss you understanding is India is kind of banking on the fact that it is a very important and a critical role in the entire global strategy to contain China And that's what it's banking on Thanks so much for joining us It's really a pleasure and definitely learned a lot Sunni run Johnson Bloomberg government reporter in New Delhi I Brian Curtis along with Doug Chris You can catch us every weekday here for Bloomberg daybreak Asia beginning at 7 a.m. in Hong Kong and 6 p.m. on Wall Street.
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"prime minister narendra modi" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Location at the top stories for investors in the coming week India is an ally of the U.S. but it's also a large country with a strong independent streak And that is about to play out in an interesting way and coming weeks for more or less good a Bloomberg daybreak Asia host Brian Curtis John India and Russia will be meeting in the coming week to discuss the latest developments in the Asia Pacific The two countries defense in foreign ministers will focus on Afghanistan and Syria and a host of other issues It is likely to be a degree of consternation perhaps in the Biden administration ahead of Russian leader Vladimir Putin's visit And joining us now for some insights on this is Sunni runs on sen Bloomberg government reporter in New Delhi So this is the first meeting in this two plus two format with India How would you say the mood is ahead of this summit with Russia First of all thank you for having me And moving on what we are getting to understand that India is balancing its relationship between the United States and Russia Russia being an old ally in the United States is something that you've become very very friendly with And that brings up very many contradictions and that requires India to balance it very carefully It is given Russia the two plus two is the first two plus two therefore Signaling that how important graduate is Russia is for India So that is number one takeaway that we have of we are getting from New Delhi Also what we are getting is that ending issues like sales or weapons which India was primarily a country that used to use only weapons for a very very long time but we've been trying to move over to the western side getting more weapons from the United States from and other countries in the west So that has left Russia slightly unhappy So we are going to have to see how we kind of balance it And at the same point of time there is the issue of sanctions if you do business with Russia So all these things are going to be as play And what we can say very clearly is that India is balancing both Russia and United States the best it can The upcoming summit between Vladimir Putin and prime minister Narendra Modi I think it will be the 20th time the two of them have met since 2014 It would seem to suggest that the relationship is still bulletproof is it It is a very very strong relationship It is indeed a very strong relationship No matter how strong a relationship is it needs to be taken care of It needs to be match up And the sense that India is moving away from its old allies are getting more close to the United States is quite strong And that is also seen in the way we are teaming up with the United States whether it is the global security dialog which has the United States Japan and Australia and India and its primarily focusing on the indo Pacific Which Russia has not kind of rejected We don't have this kind of accepted So it's come out today I'm taking a very cautious line on that So while the relationship is very very strong it needs to be a need to be constant nurturing of that relationship And is it likely that Vladimir Putin when he comes will be bringing S 400 missiles with him in the sense that they would most likely be made available And then if that is the case then how do you get around the sanctions That is the big question and that is the question that we will ask almost every one who is dealing with this We don't have a clarity but what India seems to be kind of banking on is the wilderness delivery is going to happen as they are expected to reach India by end of December We've seen that the United States have taken a very very lenient line towards this earlier It was we were told that there is a team that has been done right now We're not throwing in the sanctions or bringing the sanctions right now Let the payments happen We will look at the payments when we were told that weight lets you in the delivery comes Now the delivery has come From the Indian side from underground loss you understanding is India is kind of banking on the fact that it is a very important and a critical role in the entire global strategy to contain China And that's what its banking on Thanks so much for joining us It's really a pleasure and definitely learned a lot Sunni run Johnson Bloomberg government reporter in New Delhi I'm Brian Curtis along with Doug Chris You can catch us every weekday here for Bloomberg daybreak Asia beginning at 7 a.m. in Hong Kong and 6 p.m. on Wall Street John.
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"Is set to pass today the $2 trillion social and climate policy Bill. A vote was expected Thursday night, but in hours long speech by minority leader Kevin McCarthy delayed that. Never in American history has so much been spent at one time. Never an American history will so many taxes be raised and so much borrowing to be needed to pay for all this reckless spending. Earlier Thursday, the nonpartisan congressional budget office determined the bill would add $367 billion to the deficit over the next decade. Some Democrats said the CBO analysis doesn't fully account for the revenue the bill would bring in. And while there are concerns in the U.S. about the economy overheating, Japan's government has today approved a $490 billion spending package to support the pandemic recovery. It includes cash payments to most families in some smaller companies. The size of the package was nearly double what analysts were expecting earlier this month and amounts to about one tenth of Japan's GDP. Japan's economy remains smaller than its pre-pandemic peak while the U.S. and China have already made up their pandemic setbacks. In India, prime minister Narendra Modi is repealing controversial farm laws that have drawn massive protests since being enacted last year. The journal Sean Lee is in New Delhi, and she says, it's a setback to Modi's efforts to overhaul India's economy. A lot of economists agree that the farming sector in India does need to be overhauled and that reforms need to be implemented to make agriculture more responsive to market forces. But this backtracking by Modi shows that he's not politically invincible and any reforms you will want to make in terms of the farming sector, he will have to consult farmers going forward. Protesting farmers have argued the laws would begin to dismantle the system of regulations and subsidies that bolsters their incomes. And Nike has launched a digital play space on Roblox, allowing users to dress their avatars in Nike branded clothing. The move comes a month after the company filed trademark applications to sell digital versions.
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Landslides in Western India Kill 47, While Floods Trap More
"Several hundred people have died after heavy monsoon rains triggered landslides and flooding in western India was more than a thousand people trapped by flood waters were rescued at the fifty died from flooding in western Maharashtra states many of those who were rescued was stranded on rooftops and even on top of buses on highways more than thirty people were missing after landslides dozens were also killed in Satara district houses collapse was swept away by raging floodwaters prime minister Narendra Modi's said he was anguished by the loss of lives disasters caused by landslides and flooding are common in India during the June September monsoon season when heavy rains weakened the foundations of stocks is that are often poorly built I'm Karen Thomas
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"The world. Prime Minister Narendra Modi argues it's best to leave decisions about restrictions to local leaders. India keep setting unwanted world records posting another 414,000 infections today in London, Simon Oh, in Fox News, you live Market update is up Next. It's 9 31. Hi Pat Sullivan here of Sullivan. Hardware and Garden. Yes, we have thousands of home improvement items in stock. But what separates us are the things you won't find in a typical big box store, a wide selection of annuals and perennials, many grown right here in Indianapolis, a wide array of patio furniture at our keystone low. Occasion are Weber grills and don't forget the world's best smoker and grill the big green egg available. It's Sullivan Hardware and garden. If you have dead spots in your lawn Chances are you May have grubs they attack underground, so you don't know they're there. Apply. Scott's grow backs now and protect your lawn for up to four months. Scott scrub ex controls the grubs that are there now in the soil and prevents new invasions. See your local do it. Best for Grub Ax. Visit Sullivan Hardware in Garden 71st in Keystone, 49th and Pen, Cicero and now Alison Gill Home and Garden by Sullivan and Fissures service when the way There turn severe turned to the WBC storm desk presented by technology recyclers. Corporate electronic recycling visit Attack Dash recyclers com Your life Market update on.
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How India Is Confronting Disinformation on Social Media
"Are holding elections this month. The party of Prime Minister Narendra Moody is trying to win control of some of the last bastions of opposition role to do that it is doubling down on social media betting the voters these days maybe influenced more by what's on their smartphones, then by the reality on the ground, but Social media is also where politics can sometimes cross over into disinformation as part of our series on fighting disinformation around the world. NPR's Lauren Frayer has spent the last year looking into how Indians are confronting it. Hard Mama Mama. At an election rally last month in West Bengal, eastern India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi bragged about the crowd. He dream, the man helicopter said. They're riding by helicopter. I couldn't see any free space. MODY, exclaimed. Officials from the prime minister's Barty, a janitor party, BJP. Tweeted out photos of massive crowds. The problem is that the photos were from an opposing party's rally in 2019 and the real footage. Promoters event actually did show some free space and a slightly smaller crowd, and all we had to do is just run. It was miss such that traced it back Swastika. Chatterjee is a fact Checker at Boom in Indian website The debunks fake news. Within hours. She traced the rally photos and tweeted out the correct once. But the damage was done. News outlets as far away as France were running reports of Modi's huge crowd Nice, Barris, fasting and troops. Troop comes crawling after so that's our problem. Debunking disinformation like this can sometimes feel like a drop in the bucket too little too late. The fact checkers don't have as many followers, his political parties and no politician in the world has a many followers is Moti his party invested in the digital world two decades ago before most Indians wherever online the BJP has always
All Things Considered
How India Is Confronting Disinformation on Social Media Ahead of Elections
"Are holding elections this month. The party of Prime Minister Narendra Moody is trying to win control of some of the last bastions of opposition role to do that it is doubling down on social media betting the voters these days maybe influenced more by what's on their smartphones, then by the reality on the ground, But social media is also where politics can Sometimes cross over into disinformation as part of our series on fighting disinformation around the world. NPR's Lauren Frayer has spent the last year looking into how Indians are confronting it. Hard my body's heart of my money. At an election rally last month in West Bengal, eastern India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi bragged about the crowd, he dream man. Helicopter said they're Karaha to arriving by helicopter. I couldn't see any free space, MODY exclaimed. Officials from the prime minister's Barty, a janitor party, or BJP tweeted out photos of massive crowds. The problem is that the photos were from an opposing party's rally in 2019 and the real footage. Promoters event actually did show some free space and a slightly smaller crowd, and all we had to do is just run. Every was amiss such that traced it back Swastika. Chatterjee is a fact checker at Boom in Indian website The debunks fake news. Within hours. She traced the rally photos and tweeted out the correct ones. But the damage was done. News outlets as far away as France were running reports of Modi's huge crowd lice. Paris fast in Angel's drug comes crawling after so that's our problem. Debunking disinformation like this can sometimes feel like a drop in the bucket too little too late. Fact, checkers don't have as many followers, his political parties and no politician in the world has a many followers is Moti, his party invested in the digital world two decades ago before most Indians wherever online the BJP has
BBC World Service
Violence breaks out in fresh Bangladesh protests
"During the third day of protests sparked by a visit by the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. At least 15 people were injured as police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at demonstrators who blockaded roads and torched vehicles in Bremen barrier where five people were killed. On Saturday, passengers were hurt as angry crowds managed to stop an express train. The president of the
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4 die in clashes set off by India's Modi visiting Bangladesh
"The prime minister of india is in neighboring bangladesh celebrating fifty years of that country's independence but his visit has sparked violent protests there and four people reportedly died sushmita. Potok has the latest as malady. She leaders welcomed indian prime minister. Narendra modi's advocated the airport demonstrators. That mosque in the capital. Hukou were waving as a sign of disrespect. Bangladesh has a muslim majority and protesters accused moore these hindu-nationalist party discriminating against muslims in india. According to bangladeshi media police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters as clashes broke out between them. Dozens of people were reportedly injured in a similar protest on thursday. On the eve of bangladesh's historic independence day celebrations validates used to be a part of british colonial india and later pakistan for npr news. I'm sushmita potter. in
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India's Farmer Protests: Why Are They So Angry?
"Next on a protest movement movement in India. in India. It has drawn the It interest has drawn of pop the interest stars of pop and stars climate and activists climate activists and sent people and sent into the people streets into for the streets a cause. for a cause. What's fascinating What's fascinating about the cause about they're the cause fighting for, they're fighting for, is how is unfasten how unfasten ating ating it initially it seems, initially seems, farmers are protesting farmers are protesting over new rules over new for rules wholesale for wholesale markets. markets. One of those rules One matter of those rules so much. matter so much. The answer reveals The answer something reveals about something a giant about nation, a giant its nation, past its past and its possible and its future. possible future. NPR's Lauren NPR's Lauren Frayer begins at one of the markets in western India. Yeah, I like all day. So this is a wholesale market and sort of a dusty lot between looks like warehouses here. Yes, Yes. This is far. Good skunk. Oh, yeah, Wholesale agent, but this is all regulated by the government. Yes, they're appointed by the government. They're being market fees can vote How is showing me around his local wholesale market, one of thousands run by the government where Indian farmers sell their crops in auction. Takes bids for eggplants trucks disgorge bales of collie flower wave through waist high piles of green beans. These markets were set up in the 19 sixties in India's Green revolution. When the government started subsidizing pesticides and irrigation. It helped boost yields and made India self sufficient in food. It did not lift many farmers themselves out of poverty. My father has not much educated Lord Howe comes from a long line of grain farmers. The average Indian farm is about 2.5 acres. These are not big commercial farms like in the American West, and with climate change, mechanization and rampant development, not to mention the pandemic. Indian farmers are struggling load houses at our place. Water is not Copper supplies water. Not there. That's right. That's water as much as when you go. So exactly exactly exactly lot off problem is that the production costs off. Traditional farming is going higher day by day, so the help the Indian government passed three new laws last year they aimed to deregulate the way produces bought and sold. Wholesalers and grocery chains no longer have to buy it. These government run markets they could do deals directly with farms. Many farmers are not happy, though, because you know Agriculture prizes are subject to a lot of volatility. Economists seem a bad lawyer says farmers got used to selling of these government run markets, which guarantee them a minimum price. So it's a safety net for the farmers. When prices go down, the government says it will still set prices for certain crops, and it's not closing these markets just adding more options. But Sanjay Cohade is still worried. Ginger Allah Miggy. Eventually he's a middle man who buys from farmers here. He says he's worried big corporations will circumvent these markets and obliterate small traders like him. As we chat, another man interrupts. We have brought up Narendra Modi's. You will be the King of World nine innings, and this is basically what's happened with the farm laws. It's all devolved into political arguments. Agriculture reform has long been the third rail of Indian politics. Successive governments avoided it. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is trying to do it now on a national scale. The rules have always varied by state and by crop economist giant ego says mode. I made a mistake by not explaining this well. The amazing thing is that the more the government passed these laws in the middle of a pandemic. They just quickly passed it without any discussion. You could have gone to people talked about it Godfrey back because these are long term proposals proposals now laws that affect the approximately 800 million Indians who depend on farming for a living. There's been a lot of confusion. Farmers here in Western India don't have the same concerns as in the north of the country, but that didn what model? Is it? Me getting shit carry those air. The rich farmers from the north you see protest, Ng says a tomato farmer here named um, but a sun up. He's got nine family members to feed. He can't afford to take a day off to protest. The protests have been dominated by farmers from northern India, the country's bread basket. They grow mostly grain and rely on government markets. More than a tomato farmer like sun up who can sell out of the back of his truck. Northern farmers see these laws is the first step toward dismantling all the aid they've gotten since the Green Revolution. Including price guarantees for wheat, rice and 20 other crops. I'm your bony I mean about me, but not for my tomatoes. Sun up, says he's never been eligible for the price guarantees that wheat growers get a majority of India's farmers or not. Meanwhile, farmers in several states are already circumventing these government wholesale markets and have been for years well, These conveyor belts are moving quickly. This produce packing collective started more than a decade ago, when eight farmers banded together. Now it has a sprawling campus. It's co owned by more than 10,000 farmers. This is the man on I think Chambers Banana ripening chamber. This collective bypasses government wholesalers and sells directly to stores. The last Shin Dae is the founder. Market is ready to pay me back better place then I should capture that market is rapper Depending on government. He says he got fed up waiting decades for government reforms, so he took matters into his own hands and started this collective. For others, the pandemic has forced them to consider new ways of selling their produce. So these air your grapes here's yes. Yes, grandfather and then grape farmer Abby shake shall kisses. His harvest came right when government run wholesale markets closed last year because of Cove. It Actually long known there was opportunity. So he and his friends all farmers in their twenties who've gone to college, started selling on Twitter and got more for their produce. Abby Shake says his heart is with his fellow farmers who've been pro testing even if they don't share all the same concerns. His head, he says, is on how to solve some of the inefficiencies he sees in the way his forefathers have long done business and he doesn't really trust the government to do it when I'm just out to get the amulet and the mighty by it guys out the causal Calabrese. I think our generation is going to have to try to figure this out, he says. Lauren Frayer NPR news in Nash IQ. Maharashtra, India
Morning Edition
India's Farmer Protests: Why Are They So Angry?
"Next on a protest movement in India. It has drawn the interest of pop stars and climate activists and sent people into the streets for a cause. What's fascinating about the cause they're fighting for, is how unfasten ating it initially seems, farmers are protesting over new rules for wholesale markets. One of those rules matter so much. The answer reveals something about a giant nation, its past and its possible future. NPR's Lauren Frayer begins at one of the markets in western India. Yeah, I like. Okay, So this is a wholesale market and sort of a dusty lot between looks like warehouses here. Yes. Yes. This is good, Skunk. Oh, yeah, Wholesale agent, but this is all regulated by the government. Yes, they're appointed by the government. They're paying market fees can vote How is showing me around his local wholesale market, one of thousands run by the government where Indian farmers sell their crops Auction. Takes bids for eggplants trucks disgorge bales of collie flower wave through waist high piles of green beans. These markets were set up in the 19 sixties in India's Green revolution. When the government started subsidizing pesticides and irrigation. It helped boost yields and made India self sufficient in food. But it did not lift many farmers themselves out of poverty. My father has not much educated Lord Howe comes from a long line of grain farmers. The average Indian farm is about 2.5 acres. These are not big commercial farms like in the American West, and with climate change, mechanization and rampant development, not to mention the pandemic. Indian farmers are struggling load houses at our place. Water is not Report supplies water, Not there that much water as much as when you go. So exactly exactly exactly lot of problem is that the production cost off. Traditional farming is going higher day by day, so the help the Indian government passed three new laws last year they aimed to deregulate the way produces bought and sold. Wholesalers and grocery chains no longer have to buy it. These government run markets they could do deals directly with farms. Many farmers are not happy, though, because you know Agriculture prices are subject to a lot of volatility. Economists seem a bad lawyer says farmers got used to selling of these government run markets, which guarantee them a minimum price. So it's a safety net for the farmers. When prices go down, the government says it will still set prices for certain crops, and it's not closing these markets just adding more options. That son Jake Ohad is still worried. Ginger Allah Miggy. Eventually he's a middle man who buys from farmers here. Don't he says he's worried big corporations will circumvent these markets and obliterate small traders like him. As we chat. Another man interrupts. We're proud of you will be the King of World Niners, and this is basically what's happened with the farm laws. It's all devolved into political arguments. Agriculture reform has long been the third rail of Indian politics. Successive governments avoided it. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is trying to do it now on a national scale. The rules have always varied by state and by crop economist giant ego says mode. I made a mistake by not explaining this well. The amazing thing is that the more the government passed these laws in the middle of a pandemic. They just quickly passed it without any discussion. You could have gone to people talked about it Godfrey back because these are long term proposals proposals now laws that affect the approximately 800 million Indians who depend on farming for a living. There's been a lot of confusion. Farmers here in Western India don't have the same concerns as in the north of the country that they moved more delicious than me getting shit carry those air. The rich farmers from the north you see protest, Ng says a tomato farmer here named um, but a sun up. He's got nine family members to feed. He can't afford to take a day off to protest. The protests have been dominated by farmers from northern India, the country's bread basket. They grow mostly grain and rely on government markets. More than a tomato farmer like sun up who can sell out of the back of his truck. Northern farmers see these laws is the first step toward dismantling all the aid they've gotten since the Green Revolution. Including price guarantees for wheat, rice and 20 other crops. I'm your bony I mean, bony, but not for my tomatoes. Sun Up, says he's never been eligible for the price guarantees that wheat growers get a majority of India's farmers or not. Meanwhile, farmers in several states are already circumventing these government wholesale markets and have been for years well, These conveyor belts are moving quickly. This produce packing collective started more than a decade ago, when eight farmers banded together. Now it has a sprawling campus. It's co owned by more than 10,000 farmers. This is the banana, I think Chambers Banana ripening chamber. This collective bypasses government wholesalers and sells directly to stores. Villas. Shin Dae is the founder market is ready to pay me back. Better place then I should capture that market is Roper. Depending on government. He says he got fed up waiting decades for government reforms, so he took matters into his own hands and started this collective. For others, the pandemic has forced them to consider new ways of selling their produce. So these air your grapes Here's yes. If grandfather and great farmer Abby shake shall kisses. His harvest came right when government run wholesale markets closed last year because of Cove, it actually opportunity, so he and his friends all farmers in their twenties who'd gone to college, started selling on Twitter and got more for their produce. Bobby Shake, says his heart is with his fellow farmers who've been protesting even if they don't share all the same concerns. His head, he says, is on how to solve some of the inefficiencies he sees in the way his forefathers have long done business and he doesn't really trust the government to do it. When I'm just out to get the amulet and no I did buy it guys off the coast of Calabrese. I think our generation is going to have to try to figure this out, he says. Lauren Frayer NPR news in Nash IQ. Maharashtra, India
BBC Newshour
Scores protest in India against arrest of climate activist
"Let's turn to India now and the single issue which is dominating politics there, the now months long protests by hundreds of thousands of the country's farmers. They are against the series of agriculture laws, which the government says will modernize the sector. The farmers say the change will leave them at the mercy of corporations by taking away the safety net of guaranteed prices for certain crops. This matters because farming employs more than 50% off the country's workforce on this is the most serious political threat to the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Opponents say the threat is leading the government to frame it as an international conspiracy. The protests are getting lots of international support. The latest development is that Delhi police have issued arrest warrants for activists. Nikita Jacob And Shantanu. Two days after the arrest of a 22 year old climate change activist the shirt Ravi she volunteers for the climate change group Fridays for future and it's thought she disseminated a toolkit. Relating to climate change to the farmers. I spoke to the founder of the group, but Green Kandari. Toolkit is a very common bomb off communication that is done by most campaigners. They make this tool kids to disseminate information. You know, it's all this by media wings as well, as you know, maybe some tweets. Some kind of information about any particular topic that you're talking about is the shed. So that just simplifies situations for people who are trying to understand or any kind of Happening like this farmers protest. You know which apparently the shark she contributed to it since a very common thing. It's just like a cool large. You know, off information. Do you know what she is being charged with? Yeah, This is sedition charges that apparently we hear from the Delhi police. But more details coming out. I mean, today there is more Information about meeting on his own link with the foundation that is considered anti national. Is it your view that this tool kit that she might have contributed to and disseminated could have anything to do with sedition? No, no, I don't. I don't think so. I mean anything that we've seen on the toolkit. Whatever information was available on the social media didn't show anything that was anti national about it. And what has been the response of her arrest within your own movement. Anger. Disappointment, and the people are disheartened Children who were part of the movement. They're calling and because the parents have asked him to back off, you know if there's a lot of field, you know, apprehension. Now it's taken a toll on the movement.
Reveal
Scores Are Feared Dead In India After Himalayan Glacier Breaks Away
"Massive search and rescue operation is underway in northern India after part of a Himalayan mountain glacier broke off and triggered landslides and flooding. NPR's Lauren Frayer reports at least 125 people are missing. It started when part of the Nanda Davey Glacier broke off. Blasting through a hydro electric dam. Video recorded by witnesses shows an avalanche of mud, water and debris rushing through a ravine in India's Tera con state. Many of those missing are believed to be workers at that Damn, one local resident says. It happened so fast. There was no time to alert anyone. The military has been called in to help villages are being evacuated downstream. Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted that he's praying for everyone's safety. This is an area of the Himalayas, where environmental experts have cautioned against building such dams and
Morning Edition
1 tweet from Rihanna on farmer protests gets India incensed
"Star Rihanna have to do with farmers in India? Well, she's added her voice to the growing number of Americans supporting the protests in India against that country's prime minister. Double the one my sees a rune vinegar Paul reports on the evolving relationship between the two nations and how it's playing out in the Biden administration in 2008. Days after the election of Barack Obama, an article appeared in Counterpunch, a leftist publication about a member of the president elect's transition team. So anal Shaw The article titled Obama's Indian sided Shaw's involvement in the 19 nineties with Hindu nationalist groups in the Indian diaspora. That and the fact that our parents remained highly active in those groups. As a controversy grew shot, says she turned to powerful people on the Obama team like John Podesta. When I first raised the issue because I had seen what was happening, they sort of laughed because I thought it was dumb. And literally, like, laugh me out of the room and said, Don't waste your time on that stuff we've got other work to do now. Shaw is once again in the news, an Indian publication, said President Biden was blocking any appointees with links to Hindu nationalist groups. Aggressive groups claim this as a victory. But Shaz says she's not interested in a White House job, and an official in the Biden White House told me there is no such policy. The rumor, however, continues to circulate throughout the Indian news media were now taking every single person in South Asian origin that either may want to work in government or want to run for office. And we're holding a test to them. That has nothing to do with what they actually do. In addition to being wealthy Indian Americans now have political clout and representation visibly in the form of the new vice president. There are over four million people of Indian descent in the country and the largest population is right here in the New York City region. 60% of the community views India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi favorably, according to a recent survey, But a rising left leaning movement within the community is challenging the majority last year that translated into protests in New York and 30 other cities against a controversial law in India that critics say could disenfranchise millions of Indian Muslims. Yes, it is a preemptive Effort. On our part, he said. India's Muslims face an existential crisis and that President Biden and newly confirmed Secretary of State Anthony Blinken cannot afford to be soft on the Mod administration. When 200 million lives are at stake. We don't want to wait until it's too late and somebody Very senior in the Tony Blinken administration happens to be, you know, good friend of muddy we had to take preventive action in putting it on the table. So Chitra Vision is a human rights lawyer based in New York and runs the Polish project. An organization that documents state violence in India. Everybody has been silenced. Opposition is completely wiped out, and this includes him off India's most well known thinkers, writers, lawyers, scholars. So now we are in an actual authoritarian regime, where everybody has been silent. That includes much of the Indian media, which is why a single tweet by the American singer Rihanna had such an impact. Now. The External Affairs Ministry has reacted through the foreign celebrities remarks on the farmers protesting the vested interest groups. Trying to enforce their agenda and unprecedented statement by the External Affairs Ministry and tweet. Every had Adriana had shared a link to an article about the Indian government shutting down Internet access in response to massive protests by farmers against the motive, government. She asked. Why are we talking about this? The U. S the rising tensions air forcing people to take sides. Hello, Subject. This election man. Got a partner. He bet No America publisher wanted. Jonah. Hi. No matter in what language on Tuesday, let's all speak in one voice and get out the vote. An Indian American Democrat Sri Preston Kulkarni, just ran for Congress in suburban Houston. He out, raised his Republican opponent by a ratio of 3 to 1, and when that came to light, certain Muslim groups and South Asians withdrew their support for Kulkarni, then lost. A man who voted against certifying the electoral College vote for Joe Biden. Rishi Botha is a Hindi community leader who supported Kulkarni and also supports motive. There has to be away for Our communities to be able to work together, knowing that we will have some differences on some foreign policy issues. But recognizing in the domestic policy room that are issues are very much aligned. On Wednesday, the U. S. State Department issued a statement calling for dialogue between the two countries. And noting that peaceful protests are a hallmark of any thriving democracy to
Dialed in Detroit
Indian farmers begin hunger strike amid fury against Modi
"Farmers and their leaders are spearheading a more than two months long protest against agriculture laws, and they started a daylong hunger strike amid growing fury against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He and his government Farmer leaders say the strike will reaffirm the protests against the agriculture laws were peaceful.
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"prime minister narendra modi" Discussed on KQED Radio
"Some of the farmers, authorities have shut off the Internet in parts of Delhi, and now farmers have stormed the red fort and that's 1/17. Century Mogul fort in the heart of Delhi. It's really iconic on the deli skyline and the farmers climbed up the ramparts of this fort and are waving flags there and chanting slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Wow! Esso! What has been motives response? Well. Today, MODY attended a military parade and some ceremonies for Republic Day mention this national holiday. It's sort of like the Fourth of July. It's a day off work. It's a national holiday, and it marks 71 years since India's post colonial constitution took effect, so Moody presided over those ceremonies. His government has been negotiating with these farmers for months. In fact, his government recently offered the farm unions a deal to suspend these controversial agricultural laws for 18 months, and the farm Union said No, they want them repealed forever, So it's really a stalemate right now. I understand you've just gotten back from a solidarity rally in moon by what was that, like? So much more peaceful, smaller. These rallies have been held around the country, including here in Mumbai, where I am But I talked Tol ladies who are in their in their fifties who came out to show support for the farmers. They were dressed in white and orange and green, the colors of the Indian flag. And they really represent, you know, sort of people of all walks of life are expressing solidarity with these farmers. These ladies told me that their grandfathers had been farmers. You have so many Indian families. Have agricultural roots. You know a generation or two back, so it's It's really a big part of Indian identity, and these farmers have widespread support in the population..
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"prime minister narendra modi" Discussed on WNYC 93.9 FM
"At some of the farmers, authorities have shut off the Internet in parts of Delhi, and now farmers have stormed the red fort and that's 1/17. Century Mogul fort in the heart of Delhi. It's really iconic on the deli skyline and the farmers climbed up the ramparts of this fort and are waving flags there and chanting slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Wow! Esso! What has been motives response? Well. Today, MODY attended a military parade and some ceremonies for Republic Day mentioned this national holiday. It's sort of like the Fourth of July. It's a day off work. It's a national holiday, and it marks 71 years since India's post colonial constitution took effect. So Moody presided over those ceremonies, but his government has been negotiating with these farmers for months. In fact, his government recently offered the farm unions A deal to suspend these controversial agricultural laws for 18 months, and the farm Union said No, they want them repealed forever, So it's really a stalemate right now. I understand you've just gotten back from a solidarity rally in Mumbai. What was that, like, so much more peaceful, Smaller. These rallies have been held around the country, including here in Mumbai, where I am, But I talked to ladies who are in their in their fifties who came out to show support for the farmers. They were dressed in white and orange and green, the colors of the Indian flag. And they really represent, you know, sort of people of all walks of life are expressing solidarity. We These farmers. These ladies told me that their grandfathers had been farmers. You know, So many Indian families have agricultural roots. You know a generation or two back, so it's It's really a big part of Indian identity, and these farmers have widespread support in the population. NPR's.
KCRW
"prime minister narendra modi" Discussed on KCRW
"Now at some of the farmers, authorities have shut off the Internet in parts of Delhi. And now farmers have stormed the red fort and that's 1/17 century mogul fort in the heart of Delhi. It's really iconic on the daily skyline, and the farmers climbed up the ramparts of this fort and are waving flags. They're in chanting slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Wow, Esso! What has been motives Response Well today, Moody attended a military parade and some ceremonies for Republic Day mention this national holiday. It's sort of like the Fourth of July. It's a day off work. It's a national holiday, and it marks 71 years since India's post colonial constitution took effect. A motive presided over those ceremonies. But his government has been negotiating with these farmers for months, and, in fact, his government Recently offered the farm unions a deal to suspend these controversial agricultural laws for 18 months, and the farm Union said No, they want them repealed forever, So it's really a stalemate right now. I understand. You've just gotten back from a solidarity rally in Mumbai. What was that? Like? So much more peaceful, smaller. These rallies have been held around the country, including here in Mumbai, where I am But I talked Tol ladies who are in their in their fifties who came out toe show support for the farmers. They were dressed in white and orange and green, the colors of the Indian flag. And they really represent, you know, sort of people of all walks of life for expressing solidarity with these farmers. These ladies told me that their grandfathers had been farmers, You know so many Indian families. Have agricultural roots. You know, a generation or two back, so it's It's really a big part of Indian identity. And these farmers have widespread support in the population..
BrainStuff
What Is Populism?
"For years now. Populists have been popping up all over the globe from india and europe to the philippines in south america and of course into the united states politicians with populist leanings. And those who have gone full-fledged populist in their quest for power have been making a lot of noise and a good deal of trouble think marine le pen in france. Victor bon in hungary rodriguez do taste in the philippines. Former venezuelan president who chavez india's prime minister narendra modi end yes by many people's definition donald trump and the united states. But what is a populist. What is populism answering. That is notoriously difficult. A part of the difficulty arises from the fact that populists can come from all parts of the political spectrum. there are leftist populists around the world who combine various forms of socialism with their populist message. There are those on the right who push anti immigration and anti lgbtq plus platforms in their populism populism in general refers to a to ordinary people as a political ideology or approach it involves emphasizing. The wants needs voices and good qualities of the common people and it usually does so by contrasting this idea of the good common people with the bad elite working against them. Best case scenario a populist leader would be honestly looking at the issues that ordinary people face and helping create solutions for them bus making the will of the people law and that is what populist leaders tend to promise unfortunately what tends to happen and what political scientists have observed in the aforementioned places is these populist leaders bending the definitions of both the common people and the elite in order to gain power with an democratic system and then undermining the very fabric of that democracy in order to stay in power de emphasizing some of the crucial parts of the democratic process such as the articulation of varied interests and the thoughtful mediation of those interests it can be incredibly effective for the leader and incredibly damaging for the democracy that they're distorting and anyone who lives within that democracy who isn't in the group that the leader has defined as the common people so worst case scenario populism redefines the common people as a group with narrow interests and then insists only there will matters a we spoke with political scientists on a malla busa a professor at stanford university and the director of the school's global populisms project which published a white paper in march of twenty twenty called global populisms and their challenges addresses the threats of populism and identifies several possible solutions. According to the paper populism is growing across the globe because of the failure of major political parties to address the thorny issue that ordinary people face. today's world immigration economic inequality and globalism. Just to name a few. This gives populist leaders a sort of foot in the door to claim that not only. The elite members of those political parties are bad but that the whole system is bad. Populist leaders climb to prominence by dividing society splitting it into two not just separate but opposing factions the people and and the elite a university of georgia political scientist by of cast mood explained it this way in an article for vice quote. The key distinction between the people and the elite is not based on class. Our power but on morality is always the pure against the corrupt but again the people is often an exclusive group a to quote the stanford paper populists redefine the people often by excluding vulnerable ethnic or religious minorities immigrants and marginalized economic groups. The result is majority rule without minority rights. Once in power populist leaders attack not only the rights of individuals who don't fit into the defined majority but the very foundations on which the country lies that includes the paper's authors wrote quote the takeover and taming of courts and oversight institutions and new laws that limit the freedom of the media and civil society. We've seen this in the united states with trump calling the press the enemy of the people criticizing judges resisting congressional oversight claiming that elections are rigged flouting laws and claiming that a deep state of bureaucratic actors is out to get him to deny the will of the people he represents. It happens with other populist leaders all over the world schmila busa explained the mindset saying the position is the of the people. Why would you listen to them. The media is the swamp. Why would you listen to them. Everything is fake everything is suspect and no one is to be trusted except the populace end that populous remember does not include voices of the populations minorities or anyone who disagrees. With the labeled majority. Leader's malibu said this is not about making poor people wealthy. This is not about punishing me lead in redistributing wealth. There's almost nothing in the populist program that actually makes every day people's lives better populists don't do that. They simply don't. It's not the people who have suffered the most who support populist parties. It's really sort of the people who fear dropping further down inside of prestige and economic status. Populist leaders often don't spring from the working class roots of what's thought of as being the people though considered trump is a self professed billionaire real estate investor. Brazilian president shire dinar is a longtime congressman and military leader. Francis lapenne is the daughter of a career right wing politician. The philippines to therapy spent decades as mayor and lawyer and india's muddy came from humble beginnings. But he's been in politics more than forty years.
Monocle 24: The Globalist
Protesting farmers threaten to block railway tracks if demands not met
"Hundreds of thousands of indian. Farmers have been protesting outside new delhi for the past. Fortnight they're demonstrating against prime minister. Narendra modi's nufemme policies which they believe will hand. Their agricultural land overtook business. The unrest is spreading throughout the country and echoes. The recent demonstrations over the new citizenship law. Well is this now becoming a test for modi's groupon power to tell us more we're joined by tricky kapila who teaches indian history and politics at the university of cambridge. Good morning to schutte. What are the government plans for culture. Hello are so for some time for some long time. There has been a line on side of economic reform was in india that its agricultural sector needs needs to form so it's a complex system because the pricing of particularly wheat and arrives essentials tour staples is also set by the government. So it's a very complex system of procurement and pricing which is now being opened to as tour of corporate interests of big business. So it's really in a way for for decades because one of the things that happens in its becomes. Independent is that the farming sector is is left tax to kind of overcome the colonial legacy which had been seen a series of famines and as a result the first independent government in india decided. That farming will be taxed. So it's it's it's part of a knock history to buck. These reforms are pretty a pretty as it will. I wouldn't brutal but they're quite. Yeah it's one of about about. They're pretty brutal. They will allow. they will not allow the small farmer. The one acre farm off owns say just a little bit of land to survive and So the government is trying now to open talks it did not expect such a backlash it. It did expect some backlash to come a from a couple of northern states. It was prepared for that but it had it wasn't prepared. Moody was not prepared for aid holding power of off these farmers. Because they've actually gonna come a come and taken over the borders of the capital of the city the capital city in in deady and there are you know the camped up there and so it's it's interesting and because of the farming psycho but because farmers are not due to any great amount of farming till april. This could be a long haul. This protest is not gonna go anytime soon. And i mean it's not just about farm as the government's been trying to push through other reforms to the two sectors which the government has been interested in this particular has been interested in one us label laws and the other is a farm laws. Now movie if you recall has never blinked. He democratized the calling me overnight. This has come without as the parliament's sitting the winter session of parliament has not sat down. It has come to an ordinance so it's pretty as it were direct legislation the prime minister himself and his and his office. And we'll see whether this policy unlike say this ship amendment act which of course in the buddhist of that got interrupted partly because off the off the pandemic. Roberto bet that also is on the chef. But this this is really a set of laws are going to be a test of modi's true political metropcs the keys thus far he has been he's been pretty brazen in putting his agenda forward and pushing it through and taking the cost as an whether it's international opprobrium or criticism from intelligence. He's kind of brushed that aside. This is different because this this matters to a vast vast vast majority of north indian and usa bits of southern farmers So how rattled is mode. I mean is this a real threat to his power. I mean it's hard to say because aden he's not due to face a mandate for another four years so he's fine at that level but it is also interesting that every winter as your opener stated now does the second winter where there are there are large scale protests in the capital city over now a different a different issue. It took me shows that his agenda is not one of consensus his agenda whether it is in the economy because people fear that this would bring in a big corporate interests people who backed him like embodies audio danny's who will then as it were by big land takeover farmland but also take over a not just land but it was the entire system of buying and selling them into into the retail sector. So i think that real dangers in terms of the way in which corporate corporatization of indian agriculture and on the side but he has had some positive as it were support from the economic liberals in your delhi's intelligence circles or policy circa. This is a brief set of reforms. And he should it dozen this debate both in terms of the the policy world. But i think the scale of the protests are we seeing signs of blinking on the side of moody because he has now had got his representatives to talk to a farm and the leaders of these these and they cut across party lines. These the is these unions that have come come today so but those talks now. They've had two or three series of talks all failed. So let's see. This is of that moment whether he will make some concession. Particularly on pricing is what one gathers. There might be some concession. But i don't think the laws which is what they want. These three sets of laws to repeal. The farmers demand is pretty high. So i'm not sure where the room for maneuver is going to come from. And i mean the purchase had a knock on effect. I mean for instance. I understand that chon sports being badly affected. Yes i mean. The city is all the deli sort of sits between two or three very major. You know it's it's the route into central india. And the barricades have been erected before the i was going to come and you know because there there's so many farmers just lifted the barricades them aside and took over a the entry level the entry point into city so that we know that means good Goods shocking all of that is affected. And you really can't get out of the city lock as it were neighboring states in you know look at can bring in goods into into into the capital so i think a transport of course is a deeply affected but it's also very bad for moody to see You know the this kind of resort and it's not bad for his image if you have hundreds of thousands of peasants with their families you know it's not just been but the families a camping actually doorstep and and if if he looks like he he he doesn't engage with them he will also come across someone who's not die logic something. He's not met journalist. For instance. i think that will that will dent his it identifies image if he so. We'll see it's kind of interesting moment In whether he. I said whether he not concede something blink. Make some concessions. Or whether he's going to sue the remain ideologically a commit did to these reforms and we'll take the political slack as it comes
Morning Edition
Indian police agree to allow protesting farmers into capital
"Thousands of angry farmers faced tear gas and batons charges from police today as they resumed their march to the capital. Pro testing new laws they fear will give more power to corporations and reduce their earnings. Farmers began their march to New Delhi Thursday to mom pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government to abolish the laws but were stopped by large numbers of security personnel in riot gear. The last two months. Farmers unions unwilling to accept new legislation have camped on highways in Punjab and Arianna States.