thomas gets india. >> i cannot go. i do not wish to go. >> to a first-century judean, india was on the other side of the world, so it would've been enormously daunting for anyone to think about traveling to india. >> how can i, as a hebrew man, go among the indians to proclaim the truth? >> the lots are drawn. >> we have a human moment. thomas says, "i'd rather not go to india. i mean, that's a whale of a long way from here. and who says that i would even be able to understand the people at the end of the earth?" >> according to the acts of thomas, not even jesus can persuade him. >> fear not, thomas. go away to india and proclaim the word, for my grace shall be with you. >> wherever you wish to send me, send me elsewhere. to the indians, i am not going. >> i don't see thomas as a stubborn skeptic. i see him as someone who may be a critical thinker, someone who has to reason his way into faith, and too often we separate faith and reason, but faith is a reasoned trust. >> after a night of prayer, thomas finally accepts

sense of hope that they have been to reach india and the remaining india india is in me is the safe harbor you know and that is the message i think enhances your strength as our regional power it gives us you know people across these countries were looking at bleak features to their very existence why is harsh mander not talking about the minorities in pakistan bangladesh and afghanistan are being are facing genocide the situation that i'm focusing on but when i hear that you should come under the indian government's jurisdiction let me tell you where in the dying minutes of this debate as well it is our at sponsibility in this region to maintain the safety and security of people who not we want peace and a brotherhood in this neighborhood and that's not happening because this consistent genocide mindset an ethnic cleansing happening of minorities in this country let me let so you and only the road in the we're hearing from mr charlie that the motivation behind this bill is increasing soft power part of it is to increase soft power and to protect minorities would you agree that that's like

blt >> kerala, southwest india. around seven million christians here trace their faith directly to the apostle famous for his doubt. they believe their ancestors were baptized by one of jesus' 12 disciples, thomas. >> stop doubting and believe. >> my lord, my god. >> thomas vanishes from the new testament after the resurrection, but his story is taken up by a third-century epic narrative, the acts of thomas. >> now, it seems that the acts of thomas preserves at least some historically accurate information. >> but the acts of thomas is not the only account of his mission to india. >> [ speaking in foreign language ] >> there are two different sets of songs that we continue to sing. one is called the "ramban pattu," song of the ramban, which narrates the activities of saint thomas, his missionary activities in kerala, and the other is "margamkali," dance of the way, which is still being danced in kerala. >> it seems extraordinary, maybe even unlikely, to us that a song could survive for 2,000 years, but we have to rea

a secular india and some of the b. whether its will be deal more she say that's the indian institution starts with we the people not to be the indians not to be the muslims it is a sense anonymously community that they are now going to be dougherty that they would have been but many are not including that they in fact are indian citizens x. would say that this may take india even closer to being a hindu nation and further away from a secular state. well let's bring in our guests from new delhi by skype or joins boy harsh mander director of the social justice advocacy organization center for equity studies in london ronan lee a visiting scholar at queen mary university of london and from sunny parts in india also by skype straighter and charlie a professor and dean at the gentle school of international affairs gentlemen welcome see you all if i could start with you harsh mander what do you think about this bill which has passed the lower house of parliament in india do you feel it's controversial. it's not just controve

it is not a bollywood habit, it is an india habit. one year on, those who spoke up say the movement's momentum has slowed. i now realise, a year later, that this was more of a social movement, and, legally, we still need to progress and evolve at a far greater pace. producer and director vinta nanda came out last year accusing veteran actor alok nath of rape in 1999. her court case against him continues, but in january, nath he was given bail without being arrested, with the court ruling he could have been framed. his lawyers have filed a court case for defamation. some working in the industry are frustrated with how unequal the movement has been. some have very openly gone back to work. some have not. and these things are all very much to do with, you know, how powerful certain individuals are, and what other powerful people they know and what the network is. in the aftermath of it all, konkona sen sharma joined a collective of 11 women filmmakers who promise not to work with proven offenders. so, what more needs to be done? film set

today i sit here as an extremely proud citizen if india. a a country whose citizens not just a minority students are willing to take to the streets to defend the rights of minorities and they and the constitution has hope does this mean that the supreme court will uphold this law i think that pound us as a right it and saying that we don't know the supreme court. is a complicated institution and some would say even a compromise institution it's a record in the last few years has not been clear but what the people are claiming despite this propulsion it an extremely violent use of police force you know. students sitting in the library and studying where the police don't and beat them where not damaging any public property china's reaction to hong kong looks saintly compared to what democratic india has done to its own people so in that context when people in that tens of thousands they can do the streets demanding the right to interpret their own constitution this is not a movement being led by the opposition because the opposition isn't tha

-india relationship with also managing the india, china relationship. liselote odgaard, senior fellow at hudson institute will now talk about u.s.,, china, europe i believe primarily also the u.s. >> thank you. i will talk about whether europe has a role to play in between u.s. and chinese strategic competition in the indo-pacific, and i will argue that indeed europe does have a role to play. when i came here sometimes when europe was mentioned, people would say that europe just sails a couple of ships to the south china sea and that doesn't really make a difference to anyone. and i would like to explain why i think it makes a difference in the indo-pacific. to do that i need to explain how europe works because that is often misunderstood here in d.c., in my opinion, either people see your as a sort of failed attempt to be a unitary state or idiosyncrasies as a multilateral institution. but in reality it is probably somewhere in between. also in washington currently there's a lot of talk about the frailty of europe and how it is disintegrating, when you

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what is happening in india is an appraising by all the people who believe in the very idea of india that was built on secular foundations and that appraising as a doctor the government and the government on the one hand is deploying forces deploying go fuz internet shutdown has become so common that day before yesterday even in the national capital of india you had internet shut down many but for some i was but that is not going to stop the protests i mean protests haven't got almost every part of the country if you are right so just to interrupt you there for a 2nd if i may flee if you will right and this is an uprising not so much. uncoordinated protests that will fizzle and die in the next couple of days perhaps a week if you are right about it being an uprising what does it tell us about the government and about mr modi that they didn't anticipate the size of the reaction and the strength of the reaction. i mean if you see that we missed an a in the movie or but it's i remember he was in the u.s. a couple of months ago and with mr donald trump he tried to tell the world that eve

india harsh mander is director of the center for equity studies he believes the bill goes against india's secular constitution. it's quite transparent he doesn't get into the muslim minorities in india and in fact it is probably the the most feet. to the entire idea of india as imagine doing a freedom struggle or as gauged in the constitution of india but the central idea of india was this this is a country that we don't believe. in the bushes and george do me good they can do to got pissed off that it is a good thing even though but just on the spot out of india asms the nation was back on he in fact dade in defense of this idea that india would instantly joyous to live in india or would be equal citizens in m.t.v. . the present government is part of the whole i don't tickle steam that was opposed to this idea from the very start and they never accepted this secular constitution and this law this no i mean this bill which is being considered bought into the if it does passed i do believe that it marks the end of the secular democratic institution of india because you don't deem that we h

your anti india if you are not with modi no it's possible for a different party or l.t. and let me point out it's of course possible to be against mr modi and still not be anti india but sadly many people in the opposition have taken a stance or made comments which are being used by terrorist organizations which are being used by the government of pakistan which is indeed anti india so if those people self identify as being both against mr modi and also anti india then that's their own choice it's not just pakistan terrorists who are criticizing the position of your government is it your your ruling party is said to have instilled a climate of fear something of which the world renowned and respected indian academic marty has sent highlighted recently an interview he said people were scared of your government i've never seen this before he added when someone says something critical of the government on the phone with me they said. i better talk about it when i see you because i'm sure they're listening to this conversation that's not a way to run a democracy he says it's

which are the ones that use in india. he sells everything the from soaks through toothpaste and sweets so he selling asbestos sheets with sweets. so what we know is that if i was a man and sheets off a sometimes thought to degrade we could even see it already in these new sheets yeah at the edge of it it's already started degrading and and then the fibers will come out from not. if you go anywhere in india you'll see 5 this memory thing empathizes being a kind of strong building material that lasts for a long time that will protect you from the sun it will take you from the rain. start to my your coach and he gets up in the sea hundreds and hundreds of tonnes of asbestos. since 997 when companies closed in the west the consumption of us bestest products quadrupled in india. used to see it on a boat full of. stuff while i was walking in the factories of it doing their best kind are often not allowed to go well there's the boy. i've done that. was clearly drawn from this very good one thing about this vegas and i saw this w

and that's triggered a reaction across india. britain's prime minister plans a new law to prevent any extension of the brexit transition process beyond the end of 2020. growing concern in australia over the worsening wildfires and extreme weather — fire chiefs speak out — saying the country needs to be better prepared. boeing has announced it is temporarily halting production of its 737 max aircraft. the planes have been grounded since march, a response to crashes in indonesia and ethiopia that killed 346 people. regulators in the united states, criticised for earlier decisions on the 737—max, are now saying they will not approve any return to service before next year. here's our north america correspondent, peter bowes. grounded and now pulled from production. boeing's problems have gone from bad to worse, with the aviation giant forced to admit it can no longer continue to make the 737 max. the temporary halt in production is because the regulatory authority — the federal aviation administration — has still not cleare

and the foot soldiers of nationalism in india is the prime minister of. india into a theocracy. welcome to. it's good to have you with us china has done more death sentences than the rest of the world combined that is a few what human rights organizations suspect the official numbers are kept secret death sentences away fault out of these to show their commitment to law and order often times suspects in violent or disturbing crimes have a high risk of being sentenced to death even if they're innocent. i met a group of men who have been through this. the foreman didn't expect anything when police showed up at their homes one evening in 2000 to 2 years earlier a gruesome murder had happened near their village. i think they suspected the culprits lived in our village they came and just arbitrarily took people from there we weren't even hanging out together at the time you were with the devil another would take you on the. the missiles and they didn't say much they just said immediately you're the one who did it. the poor ultimately found guilty of killing a young man and raping and

prime minister of india for the 1st time in 2014 india's muslims faced lynchings beatings and assaults often times of the hands of those connected to his internationalist b j p party but the ideological roots of the party lie in another organization the russians from civic song or r.s.s. as a vision of india as primarily a hindu mission a mission where other religions do exist but within a larger hindu context here's a closer look at nearly a century old and with membership across the country. its shortly after sunrise and then matching india's r.s.s. has more than 4000000 members all of the men. it's the largest volunteer organization in the world. they're the foot soldiers of hindu nationalism for them india is a holy fatherland and all indians must recognise the predominance of hinduism in it . there are cultural. traditions and. there's a lot of work even though they are the ones that have differences in practices of belief system of divinity but the. unity thread of unity is there that oneness is what which i have ordered he mentioned the goodness. in his speeches r s s president

has cut off access the internet more than $100.00 times in fact under new render modi india really has become the king of internet shutdowns and he's here's those statistics you're mentioning these are from last year this is coming from access now which tracks global internet freedom as you can see india last year 134 shutdowns 2nd place pakistan just. well for iraq and yemen both with $77.00 bangladesh with 5 in 5 last year india should tell the internet more times than the rest of the top 10 countries combined and this is part of a trend in india the shutdowns of increased dramatically in just the past a few years really since the render modi came into power then take a look this is going back 4 years now since the since year 2015 just 14 shutdowns than increasing to $31.00 doubling again and then basically doubling again last year so clearly this is been going on for a fused years now but really it has spiked in 201829 to co we are seeing a clear trend that what is behind it why is india increasingly you know making this move to shut down the internet the reason the government gives

in india police of the receiving end of criticism to images like these. forced to pick up student protests against the citizenship. and speed dating with a difference. taking a long patterns match making. i'm british welcome to the news asia it's good to have you with us pakistan's former army chief. has been sentenced to death in a treason case it's the 1st time such a sentence has been handed down to a farm on the chief in pakistan the case from its to 2007 when musharraf as president imposed a state of emergency suspended the constitution and placed several judges under house arrest. in a bloodless coup in 1909 toppling the civilian government of sharif. in the united arab emirates where he's receiving medical treatment. i'm for more i'm joined by family chums from. some of them to say you why is this sentence so significant well it is significant symbolically because you see that the military is so powerful in pakistan the military dictators broke the constitution they suspended the constitution through government elected civilian governments so and t

and a heated debate in india's parliament as politicians began discussion over a new citizenship amendment bill that would exclude muslims. i'm melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us turnout continues to trump expectations in hong kong as hundreds of thousands of people showed up for a largely peaceful protest 6 months into the movement the past couple of weeks had been relatively quiet in the territory and some pro democrats themselves even wondered if momentum had slowed but the message those who took to the streets sent is that they are not going away now a lot of those out there on the front lines are young teenagers or college students some have gone out week after week despite parental disapproval others have done so only to lose their jobs g.w. shot tells until takes a look at how these frontline years receive support behind the scenes faces hidden location concealed only then with these hong kong entrepreneurs agreed to be filmed. they set up an online shopping service which supports the pro-democracy movement. it employs protesters who've been arrested or kicke

but here in india my daughter was able to get an education and i'm proud of that. but there were no opportunities like that in tibet when i was growing up. maybe it's different today but that's what it was like back then. well yes. dharamsala has become a tourist destination over the last few decades due in part to it simi plantation climate and thriving buddhist culture many of the tibetan residents work in the tourism industry. tensing grow up on the city's main street there are lots of souvenir shops here her parents used to own this one. today her sister in law works here the family used to make a good living with the shop but not anymore. and pushing. the city has changed a lot these days business at the shops is down because too many of them sell the same goods and the restaurants have fewer customers because of all the fast food shops. this is. the situation of the exiles is complicated by the fact that the indian government hasn't made much of an effort to integrate them into society. especially with the legal documents that they have an india it's very har

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korea labs innovation could be one solution to the air pollution problem in india. every one of us has a cup of tea daily which is made from a pile now if. you can. read the market on the supply side of it so our technology. will actually connect the. 2. and provide. the farmers as well. if the technology is adopted on a large scale $20000000.00 tonnes of residue could be turned into eco friendly plates and bowls. engineers and scientists around the world coming up with creative solutions on how to clean our air more frequently some of them are almost artistic and some get inspired by nature. bubbling currents of water with micro spirulina swirling around in it. this was the alkie folliot expo in milan 2015 designed by the italian architects marco paoletti and cloudier per square all. the hollow structure was home to countless micro which function as photosynthesis machines they absorb c o 2 from the atmosphere and oxygenate the air in return the same team also collaborated on this curtain installation at the climate innovation summit in dublin last year each model

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i see india passing through a mormon pretty much similar to the 1930s india and yet such criticism of hindu nationalism is rare meanwhile the r.s.s. has popularity continues to grow they want to create a new india confident strong and hindu for many indians this seems a tempting prospect. devastating effect of the thank you thank you very much as we live in now with a jolly underwater christmas celebration of the 4 x. aquarium. santa has recruited sting rays and even my mates to help make the season bright that's a direct answer next time. what secrets lie behind these walls. discover new adventures in 360 degree. and explore fascinating world heritage sites. p.w. world heritage 316 get the map now. every journey begins with the 1st step and every language the 1st word can cause the coaxing germany to such. why not learn with him. to snuff it simple our mind on your mobile and free. p.w. zealand in course speak german made easy. the food. in the privacy of half a 1000000000 teenagers at risk u.s. lawsuit accuses video outtake talk of sending user data to china will take a closer look.

he in fact date in defense of this idea that india would instantly joyous to live in india or would be equal citizens in it to be. the present government is part of the whole i don't tickle gene that was opposed to this idea from the very start and they never accepted this secular constitution and this law this no i mean this bill which is the incident bottom in 2 d. if you just asked i do believe that it marks the end of the secular democratic of india because you don't mean that we are doing this in order to persecute in minorities in an evil neighborhood what about the new india in in mind what about the lydia's in pakistan what about the hussein in china. who wouldn't dream of not be accepted or not be given citizenship and the difference between them and instance it is their duty just they didn't and that is not the basis in the india was ever imagined and it must be abused. as a strong and is firmly. but if the indian who believes that this should be a humane and into civil war you mentioned the constitution critics say this draft at least as conflict with the constitution do you

charlie and we thank you very much for speaking to us from india. a court of pakistan has sentenced a university lecturer to death for blasphemy junaid hafiz was arrested in 2013 accused of insulting the prophet muhammad on facebook he spent nearly 6 years in solitary confinement waiting for his trial pakistan's controversial blasphemy law carries an automatic death penalty and the country has yet to carry out a death sentence for the charge but the law has drawn widespread condemnation from rights groups and about 40 people convicted of blasphemy are on death row in pakistan a christian woman spent more than 8 years on death row before her conviction was overturned a year ago she has since sought asylum in canada her case attracted global attention and led to the killing of punjab governor. he was shot dead by one of his bodyguards in 2011 syrup pose the laws and had called for a b.b. to be part and now 3 months later pakistan's minorities minister was killed by gunmen in islamic shahbaz bhatti a christian had received death threats after suggestin

to the entire idea of india as imagine doing a freedom struggle or as gauged in the constitution of india but the central idea of india was this this is a country that we don't believe. in the bushes and george do me good they come to you to go into this off that it is a good thing even though but just on this part out of india asms the mission garden he in fact daid in defense of this idea that india would instantly joyous to live in india would be equal citizens in m.t.v. . the present government is part of the whole stream that was opposed to this idea from the very start and they never accepted this secular constitution and this law this no i mean this bill which is being considered bottom to be if it does bust i do believe that it marks the end of the secular democratic or of india because you don't deem that we are doing this in order to persecute and minorities in an evil neighborhood what about the new india in in line money what about the hand lydia's in but just on what about the losing in china their own in a neighborhood. demon or be accepted they may not be given citizenship

india's prime minister defends a new citizenship at all that has sparked protests and denies accusations that it discriminates against muslims. hello again i missed the attain this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up an exclusive report from mexico where al jazeera reveals just how easy it is for cartels to smuggle in from the u.s. . afghanistan's incumbent president looks on track to a 2nd but his main rival plans to appeal preliminary election results. and why it was back on my votes are being counted in the fast parliamentary election and a new leader promising reform. now india's prime minister is refusing to back down on a controversial citizenship you know that opponents say discriminates against muslims they argue the legislation is an attack on the country's secular constitution but he insists there's no trace of discrimination in his policies or in his walk to be mistress to has the latest from you daddy. if the creators challenge india's prime minister narendra modi has faced since he came to power 5 years ago dozens of people have been killed during protest against a c

shah rukh khan to india is equal to what water is to india, what air is to india. i have memorised each of his dialogues, each of his songs. i probably could do each of the steps that he does in all of his movies. he is very honest, very humble, and a guy who teaches the value of hard work. he has given me the inspiration to do something in life, become someone. in many ways, it's not just about acting, it's about the personality of that person. the way he can talk, the way he can make people want him, that is a very important part of him. you're very kind. thank you very much. hello there. there's a lot of weather heading away over the week ahead. iwant weather heading away over the week ahead. i want to focus, though, on the next few days. it's all about wind and rain. there will be some heavy rain or heavy showers, combined with gales or severe gales. probably the strength of the wind likely to be the bigger issue. right, we've had some very blustery already, and that's been blowing on already, and that's been blowing on a lot of showers from the west. the main

tensing was born in india and has never been to bant. chinese censorship makes it hard for her and her staff to find out what's really going on there. our target audience is the tibetans inside at that it's like when you fire a week and they were in there so they're going to make anything any story from inside tibet of course it's it's had this because you don't know the place but with the advent of technology that the death band of you know different different channels like social media. we do find you know a lot of options to try to get inside tibet but at the same time china is spending huge now the entry sources to stop all this flow of information an estimated 6000000 tibetans live in china in recent years only a few of them have managed to leave the country because the government is making emigration more difficult. this editor was smuggled out of china as a child we're not going to identify him because he's afraid that the chinese authorities will punish his parents who still live there. and there was. my mother and i stay in touc

we return to see how the students and the school helping change the face of india. you're with al jazeera let's take you to the top stories this hour the search for a deal on tackling climate change is deadlocked in madrid talks at the u.n. summit have dragged on for more than 36 hours past the deadline and they've been protests by activists just outside the. india's home minister says he's willing to discuss suggestions for changes to a controversial new citizenship law after days of protests the law allows minorities from neighboring countries facing persecution to apply for citizenship but it excludes muslims and china suspended tariffs on u.s. exports which was supposed to start on sunday u.s. cars corn and wheat would all have been affected the decision comes days after the world's 2 top economies announced phase one of the deal aimed at ending the trade or. now the rebels in yemen are appealing for international assistance as an abandoned tanker off the country's coast leaks fuel into the red sea but the yemen's government claim ownership of the vessel and its

and that's marriage in india. as for divorces, get this. only 1% of marriages end in divorce in india. compare that to 50% in the united states. there's a lot of societal and family pressures, and also there's probably a little bit of love floating around, too. ramy asencio, new delhi. >> and here in the u.s., some couples are trying to get away from those massive weddings. adriana diaz met one couple in ohio who decided to go tiny on their big day. >> it was instant chemistry. she just got me. >> reporter: this ohio pair is so compatible, even their names are a per 23ek9 perfect match. meet shaun and fawn. >> tinder. >> whatever, i'm confident. i can do this. >> this lady is going to be getting her doctorate. what? >> read my personal bio. >> reporter: student shaun stephens bonded over camping and outdoor sports. >> i think the second date you told me you loved me. >> yes. i saw the sun and it was reflecting off of her hair. i could imagine growing old with this person and all the zappy stuff that men don't want to admit. you know, i wore

that key interest rate to boost they cannot make good in india but clearly they actually. were a bit cautious this time and right the power of the humble onion ashutosh panday joining us there from bonn thank you. japan's government has unveiled a stimulus package worth over $200000000000.00 once private spending is included week exports and a drop in consumption have put pressure on the world's 3rd biggest economy which already has a debt burden twice the size of its economic output. it's quite the cash injection $13.00 trillion yen that's more than $120000000000.00 is the sum the japanese government thinks is needed to kickstart the economy. the reasons for the move are manifold. the purpose is to accelerate recovery from natural disasters overcome economic risks from overseas like the trade friction between the united states and china also to achieve sustainable economic growth led by private demand by speeding up the impact of nomics. fiscal stimulus is a key feature of so-called oben nomics the name given to the economic policies of prime minister shinzo ave they were

let's catch up without him in india. it is one of the world's largest online markets but doesn't have laws to protect customers' data. now it is one step closer to having a legal framework for a new set of regulations. more, let's cross to mumbai and we are joined by my colleague and business reporter monica miller. some stories on the news highlighting this problem. what can you tell us? well, just last month customers were incredibly angry and took it out on social media at a popular cafe chain here in india. just as a test, they have launched some facial recognition technology at a few of their stores by taking pictures as pa rt their stores by taking pictures as part of a loyalty programme. however, customers were saying that they weren't given the opportunity to opt in or opt out. now, the issue is there is nothing wrong with that here in india. as it stands, there are no privacy protection laws on the books. however, that's about to change. there was a bill that was created in 2018. he finally got passed out of com