this is jharkhand, 1,000 kilometres east of delhi. the majority of child trafficking victims come from the poorest, most remote parts of the country like here. poonam toppo has dedicated her life to fighting india's child trade. there is no work? no work. in the region of khunti, where prospects are poor and poverty is high, child abduction has become a painful part of everyday life. poonam's brought us to jarro, a village ofjust 20 families, where 14 children are currently missing. she knows many of the parents. so, everyone in this village pretty much knows of someone who has gone missing? the family members themselves are sometimes involved when a child initially goes missing. amrita, not her real name, was traded by traffickers at the age of nine to a family she'd never met. herjob was to look after two children, aged five and three. for five years, amrita was treated like a slave. by the time she finally returned home, her mother had died. her childhood shaped by labour, not love. thanks to poonam's support launching a criminal i

house arrest we have delhi's chief minister the national capital region chief minister. has been placed under house arrest has a party the common man party as they're known and wish they say that after he came here to single on monday to express his support for farmers and returned to his residence police went there barricaded his home they're not letting anyone go in all come out and they're also saying that police be top members of the state assembly who went to have a meeting with the chief minister on monday now police are denying this and saying that any action that they have taken is to prevent any kind of violence but we're hearing of more opposition politicians including in the state of which borders delhi india's largest which is ruled by the country's governing body the jump the party we're also hearing that politicians opposition politicians there have been rounded up and placed under house arrest even ahead of this they call for a nationwide protest all right so let's have prime thank you for that update. at least 8 opposition activists have been arrested in

reports from delhi. its peak reading season in india like every yo couples who greeted for all species beats i'm . not bought it isn't quite like every oh. india is gonna do recording i don't put a 5000. while most restrictions have been eased there are still limitations on gatherings. which have had the great indian wedding hard. events of social prestige for most families where guest lists scanned run into the hundreds sometimes thousands. but couples like another in charge are finding these out. as corona cases in delhi will be king they move their wedding to the state of goa now for the deception they chose this open air venue in a suburb of denver. it can accommodate 1000 guests they have invited 300 to allow for social distancing family members have been tested regularly those showing any symptoms of voluntary missing the event. while the scale had to be reduced it was important for the couple to have all the ceremonies in style got a grand new entry fee which i am. intimidating yes bird will be ig

for was 2 weeks now elizabeth raman reports from single just outside new delhi. we have been coming here to single it's the main protest site over the past 10 days and i can tell you that the crowds are only getting bigger and so is the sentiment against the government and these 3 recent agriculture laws there are tens of thousands of farmers here on this key highway between the states of howdy out and delhi and it's a similar picture on 2 other key roads coming into india's capital region and there was a nationwide call to protest and nationwide call for a shutdown by farmers on tuesday and we have seen people around the country holding demonstrations farmers and punjab of blocked another highway in the capital chandigarh students lawyers transport banking trade unions have all been demonstrating in a number of states in the states of maharashtra west bengal in addition to people who are protesting on railway tracks and actually stopped trains again because of the fama school to shut down services by anyone who supported them now police on the borders of delhi s

new delhi is now the seat of power of india's democratic republic. in february, 1962, the world's largest democracy went to the polls for the third time in the history of the 12-year old republic. over 100 million voters cast their ballots in and for the democratic process, the process of free elections. march the 12th, 1962, a new session of parliament opens. dr. rajendra prasad once more takes his place, the first democratically elected successor to india's past heads of state, india's first president. ♪ also on this day, march 12th, 1962, indian people and prime minister jawaharlal nehru expect a visitor, ♪ from a sister democracy, 9,000 miles across oceans and continents. accompanied by the american ambassador, kenneth galbraith, comes mrs. jacqueline kennedy, wife of the 35th president of the united states, and her sister, invited guests of the prime minister and of his daughter. ♪ mrs. john f kennedy, a lover of the arts, and the mother of two young children, brings to the people of india the greetings of the people of her own country, al

thousands of farmers, a walk, roads leading into the indian capital delhi. they fear they'll be exploited under new actor cultural reforms. and they're prepared for a long battle ahead and a week travel to japan and to meet again down the giant of battle robots with an anti-war message. i'm quite richards, and welcome to the show. over 19 has dominated headlines this year. but there is another pandemic that still affects millions of people worldwide. now, united nations of figures show that 38000000 people were living with hiv last year . nearly 700000 of them died as a result of their hiv infection. prevention and treatment measures are showing some promise. in the last decade, the number of new infections has decreased as hasn't the number of aids related deaths. yet experts predict that this trend will reverse because of the covert in 1000 pandemic and lockdowns causing a shortage of hiv medication. it's estimated there could be an additional $1.00 point to $4000000.00 a deaths caused by hiv as a result. well joining us for more now from geneva is it tim

and delhi where traffic coming from for the remains closed coming into delhi as it has been for the last 2 and a half weeks and despite the disruption to traffic that the close in the 3 major highways into the national capital region has caused the protests of receiving support from delhi's ruling party state leader i've been members of his aam aadmi a common man posse taking part in the hunger strike today in solidarity with farmers on the weekend we saw farmers from the state of ra just on blocking a part of another major highway between rajastan and delhi and so far most of just increasing pressure on the government the government remains defiant we heard from prime minister that in the morning on the weekend about this the defense minister today he's been involved in talks between government ministers in the talks between government ministers and farmers and you know they say maintain the line that these laws are in the interest of farmers and that they are willing to listen to farmers but rejected the government's proposed amendments and they say they won't leave these highways unti

thousands of farmers camp on the outskirts of new delhi in protest against the government for its proposed new laws on farm produce. at a different type of exam season half a 1000000 students in south korea tackle the most important day in the academic calendar. in the past 24 hours more than 2700 americans have died from covert 19 that's the highest daily death toll in the country west affected by the virus since april further to bass for the 1st time hospital admissions across the u.s. topped 100000 in just 24 hours and 200000 new cases were reported that's another record now the head of the u.s. centers for disease control has warned that by february a further 200000 people could die from the virus. so we're in that range potentially now. to see if seen 100 to 2000 to 2500 nasa day. from this farm so yeah the mortality concerns are real. and i do think unfortunately before we see february we could be close to the floor and 50000 americans have died from this virus in the u.k. the pfizer bio and tech coated 19 vaccine will be administered to high risk groups within days it's the 1st coun

farmers have been protesting on the streets for 2 months in punjab and it has been 17 days in delhi and it has been very peaceful we will not leave this part of nonviolence the government is hoping for the movement to turn violent people get restless because that might work in their favor but we want to tell them that we have enough provisions to last one year and we will continue our peers. in protest meanwhile this battle over the protests and the laws is moving to court and the us supreme court is going to hear a plea on wednesday asking authorities to clear the highways to remove farmers saying that farmers are causing a disruption to traffic by blocking highways and that such protests shouldn't be held during a pandemic a law student who filed the petition is asking that the farmers be moved to a ground that was designated by the government for protests meanwhile far as you know themselves have asked the supreme court to wood to draw these 3 laws saying that they were passed without enough debate and that the deregulation of the agriculture sector is going to leave them at the merc

up and that's where i expect to happen on wednesday in lahore and on thursday if you're lucky in new delhi course it won't last most of the northern indian plane is settled and 40. jump into the stream and julian on global community bio diversity is biosecurity it is that essential for our species to survive be part of the debate i know you have my days and you can be part of this conversation when no topic is off the table the police are not neutral and all of these cases goal here is to terrorize and here's the other part of this there's no consequence to this stream on out as they are. the at. this is al-jazeera a quick reminder of the top stories for you this hour the world's 1st fluey trials corona virus vaccine has been pulled out it's in the u.k. $800000.00 doses of pfizer by on tax vaccine are now available in 70 hospitals out of the people and health workers are being prioritized. the years really of causes from a bill that breaches the withdrawal the dream it's with the e.u. has been a sticking point in talks to secure a future trade deal. and the ethiopian government says it's s

union leaders are on hunger strike at the 3 highways at least 3 highways into the capitol region of delhi which they've blocked for 2 and a half weeks now including here at the gaza crude border between the states of the for the nation and delhi they're on hunger strike from 8 am local time till 5 pm and they receive in political support from the state leader here in delhi i've been cagey while and his aadmi a common man party they have joined the hunger strike in solidarity with farmers and on the weekend we saw another part of a not a major highway between the states of raja stalin and delhi being blocked by farmers and so farmers are increasing the pressure but prime minister in that in the morning at least doesn't seem to be feeling it he was as defiant as ever when we heard from him on the weekend he was defending the law saying they will help farmers they will make them more prosperous by giving them new markets and attract investment in the agriculture sector the farmers maintain that the laws must be must be repealed and they've rejected the government's proposed amendments. hacke

these crowds are growing at the single border crossing between the states of hyaena and delhi and so too is their resolve to occupy this national highway for nearly 2 weeks the road has been closed to traffic as thousands of fama scamped on it and their trucks they say the government's recent agricultural laws allow large corporations to set prices for projects when farmers are already struggling to make ends meet the government. being don't want to be predicting you know any more by the good lady in the market you can interferes with the markets all by you also and see what happens fine for years it is. single has been the epicenter of the protest movement attracted not just farmers but this supporters delhi state leader iron cage iran's political party says police barricaded him inside his home after he came here to sing good to express support for farmers on monday and a number of other opposition politicians who've spoken out in support of farmers also put under house arrest ahead of the nationwide protest on tuesday. but that didn't stop many other opposition groups and unions a

. >> india is my country and delhi is the capital. i'm not even allowed to enter. our home movement has been peaceful. they're shooting this with water cannons. we were also beaten. but no farmers retaliated violently. amy: this comes as indian farmers continue to protest prime minister narendra modi's move to deregulate agricultural markets. we will speak to indian journalist p sainath, founder of people's archive of rural india. we will speak about narendra modi and covid in india. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. the united states experienced the worst day of the pandemic so far on wednesday, recording 200,000 new coronavirus infections as hospitalizations topped 100,000 for the first time. 3157 people died of covid-19 on wednesday unr the uned stat, the highest daily death toll of any nation since the ndemic ban. th is more people than died in the atcks on sepmber 11, 2001 and more than have died of covid-19 across japan in the -- route the pandemic. the head of the centers for di

in delhi joining us from oxford is nikita sued associate professor of development studies at oxford department international development and pandey is an agriculture policy specialist and the former director of the institute for social and economic change and he joins us from bangalore and welcome to you all our us are i'll start with you if i may just give a quick brief rundown of what the main the most significant reforms the new laws will bring about. i would sit there and the new laws there are 3 laws yes one goes with the our commerce and the. it's called farmers' produce trade and commerce act now this comes under the constitution's concordant list part occurred and there are 6 or 7 points which are covered in this law interstate and interstate trading are produced is free is allowed but if we did without any kind of cess duties or excedrin yes electronic trading is permitted trade dollars must trade a bit up bankcard bankcard is a. personal accounting number electronic registration are traitors is essential if we're told are terrified getting into. not today libyan creates no

thousands of farmers blocked roads leading into the indian capital delhi. they fear they'll be exploited in the new agricultural reforms and they're prepared for a long battle. and we go to japan to me, to get into the giant battle robot that surprisingly has an antiwar message. as welcome to the program, covered 19 has dominated headlines this year, but there is another pandemic that still affects and kills millions of people around the world. united nations figures show that $38000000.00 people were living with h.i.v. last year, nearly 700000 of them died as a result of their hiv infection. but prevention and treatment measures are showing some promise in the last decade, the number of new infections has deep priest. and so has the number of people whose death was caused directly by aids. all factors related to the immune deficiency syndrome. experts predict that trend will reverse this year because of the covert, 19 pandemic, and lock downs, causing a shortage of hiv medication. it's estimated there could be an additional $1400000.00 deaths caused by hiv

need harvesting in april elisabeth piron of al-jazeera delhi. at least 8 more opposition activists have been arrested in hong kong they're accused of taking part in apparent protest rally in july several former politicians are among those detained a member of abu dhabi is royal family has bought a 50 percent stake in an israeli football club baitullah jerusalem shake. the hand as also committed to investing more than $92000000.00 over the next 10 years that's despite beta being the only top club israel never signed the palestinian israeli player they also have a group of fans known as la familia which has been openly abusive towards palestinian israelis sorry for such reports now from west jerusalem. on the day that it was reported that a former israeli space security chief was confirming the existence of aliens this is perhaps the 2nd most sort of cognitively dissonant story in the media the idea that an arab rule family would buy into in such a large way the most overtly arab anti arab group of fans in israeli football and their club base our

on the delhi pradesh border fall is certainly keeping up the pressure as was the plan today. hello laura promises anything increasing pressure on the government around $45.00 union leaders are on hunger strike at the 3 highways at least 3 highways into the capital region of delhi which they have blocked for 2 and a half weeks now including here at the ghazi pooed border between the states of predation and delhi they're on hunger strike from 8 am local time to 5 pm and they're receiving political support from the state leader here in delhi k.g. while and has aadmi a common man party they join the hunger strike in solidarity with farmers and on the weekend we saw another part of a nother major highway between the states of roger stone and being blocked by farmers and so farmers are increasing the pressure but promised in that interim order at least doesn't seem to be feeling it he was i'm as defiant as ever when we heard from him on the weekend he was defending the laws saying they will help farmers they will make them more prosperous by giving them new markets and attract inve

elizabeth has the latest from the indian capital new delhi. prime minister modi said that everyone has been demanding reforms in the agriculture sector and he said that previous governments that opposition parties have been wanting to pass the same laws but haven't been able to he said that those parties who are now stoking the protests and that they're jealous of him for possibly laws which they weren't able to but he doesn't want credit for the law was he just wants to make farmers happy he also asked opposition parties to stop using farmers for political gain well that's not going to go down well with farmers these protests have been going on for 3 weeks now they're very much a grass roots movement and they are people who lead with tens of thousands of farmers if not more continuing to block 3 major highways into the indian capital region and this week they had some good news from the indian supreme court which was hearing petition seeking the immediate removal of farmers of protesters from highways but the supreme court said the farmers ha

. >> it has been a dark month for delhi. these ancient funeral ruals are how many indians say goodbye. as a modern-day virus claims lives, cremation is overwhelmed. in india, it's customarily to wear white at funerals. buo you are never expected t trust like this. -- but he never expected to be drsed like this. s home video she jokes s was fitter than her son. she died of coronavirus. he said he struggled to find her medical help. by the time he did, he believes it was too late. >> the major problem in delhi, we are searching. >> in this nation divided by rich and poor, covid-19 has become a leveler. even the c struggling to find beds. this intensive care unit at one of p delvate hospital -- delhi's hospitals had capacity. e it is adding press the health care system. with beds that capacity, some patients are being kept at the emergency ward. they have -as sheassed the worst of the virus and has this morning. >> people are not taking precautions. they are running around in the rkets, they are not aring masks. they are carele

that's why i live in delhi. one of my favorite for men to dishes is now at the center of a spat between south korea and china. the row over this kimchi and whether it is chinese or korean kimchi. according to the un is the korean neighbor preserved vegetables, seasoned with spices, and fermented seafood cabbage being one of the most common versions. but chinese state run newspaper global times claimed that china had received an international certification for kimchi, but what it had received was one for pout, chinese style salted for many vegetables. the chinese claim over kimchi didn't go down well in south korea, from to even the agriculture ministry. to issue a clarification, that kimchi shouldn't be confused with if the saying holds true that you are what you eat, then koreans are kimchi, 95 percent of them eat the spicy, pickled cabbage every day. that's $2000000.00 tons annually. even its preparation is a celebrated ritual. so reports that china had secured international certification for a comparable prod

the twins' mother also brings food medicine and mosques to delhi's outlying districts tens of thousands of migrant workers live in this settlement when her daughters got the 1st call for help people here had gone hungry for 5 days straight. a new call has come in for the twins they've already helped feed 50000 families in over 30 cities across the country now flour sugar and rice is heading to a family but the demand continues. and we can speak now to the founder of that help like a share and assist come barry welcome to you both great to have you on our program a ship let's start with you that report was filmed back in july can you tell us what the situation is like now in india is the need as great as it was then oh yes definitely i mean it is just as great of tone. from last year monster priorities have changed a lot mislead people were asking for russians absolute but now they're asking more for medical you'd hope just like jobs oxygen cylinders and electronic devices because schooling in india is true online you german millions of children don't have access to electronic devices an

stop them at tracks why police in new delhi wouldn't allow a group of athletes to return their medals to the president. out of the sites throughout china of wintry weather which is frost and snow on the ground are really quite beautiful you wouldn't get it from this is just like eyeing gray skies a lot of clouds around los temperatures not much forgot the sky but that is course is the forecast the sun's out for the korean peninsula for the northeast where of course it is brilliantly snowy on the ground it looks lovely and it's cold minus 45 in front of us or minus 18 harbored that cold air is what sets up the snow showers for cardio for honshu and drops the temperature in tokyo by a few degrees down to a rather chilly 12 and there's a wobble in the northeast monsoon which means the rains take a bit of a change in direction for taiwan and sudden granddaughter hong kong for example is got a disappointing 3 days a wednesday thursday and friday. active weather for the sas from that season sas china sea these a big shows off the coast of vietnam and again making their way to put into malay

reports from delhi. it's peak wedding season in india like every your couples who waited for auspicious dates i'm cool over there are tying the knot but it isn't quite like every oh. india is country recording around $35000.00 kroner virus cases every day. while most restrictions have been eased there are still limitations on gatherings. which have had the great indian wedding hard. events of social prestige for most families where guest lists scanned run into the hundreds sometimes thousands. but couples like another in charge are finding these out. as corona cases in delhi will be king they move their wedding to the state of goa now for the deception they chose this open avenue in a suburb of delhi. it can accommodate 1000 guests they have invited 300 to allow for social distancing family members have been tested regularly showing any symptoms of voluntarily missing the event. while the scale had to be reduced it was important for the couple to have all the ceremonies in style we were going to get anyw

and we can bring in correspondent michelle jones while standing by for us in delhi so farmers say that these reforms are against their interests the government on the other hand is saying that these new laws will not hurt farmers income so who is right here. let me get this or in just a matter of perspective the gotten rich is insisting that his new laws i don't necessary to just lucian and i mean agricultural in egypt and the correct import to the imbalance of the government regulated market structure that got our middle man a lot of pomalyst to access markets which i'm compared to because they allow that this and out saying is government regulated markets to play with players as well what about finance and so on and then once frank there's an offer to get in get in and then she got to get a look when they get by have to drag down prices dramatic weak links will launch in the long run they also might have the government back from a get a trace they had offered so far one spoke to steve will and this is special concern was not mentioned is guaranteed trades or the minimum support trade

thousands of farmers blocked roads leading into the indian capital delhi. they say plant crops, price reforms would ruin their livelihoods. they're prepared for battle ahead. i'm going to fight, i must and welcome december. as beginning with a raise for functioning coronavirus taxi us truck for modernize asking for emergency approval, offsets kovac 1000 vaccine, and both europe and the united states. it could be in use in the u.s. within weeks. what journo's product would be the 2nd drug likely to receive special series ation following in another, developed by pfizer and its german partner biotech. finding effective vaccines is a crucial part of tackling the corona virus pandemic. with madonna filing for emergency approval of its vaccine. on monday, it could get the green light before christmas. you only have yes, orders that are advisory meeting is likely to be on december 17th. it is highly possible that between the 17 and christmas ago, the product is approved. if the u.s. food and drug administration gives the go ahead, inoculations could start within h

i'm sure that's why i live in delhi. one of my favorite for men to dishes is now at the center of a spat between south korea and china. the row over this kimchi and whether it is chinese or korean kimchi, according to the un, is the korean neighbor preserved vegetables season with spices and fermented seafood cabbage being one of the most common versions. but chinese state run newspaper global times claimed that china had received an international certification for kimchi, but what it had received was one for power. chinese style salted for many vegetables. the chinese claim over kimchi didn't go down well in south korea, from thing, even the agriculture ministry, to issue a clarification, that kimchi shouldn't be confused with you know, if the saying holds true that you are what you eat, then koreans are kimchi, 95 percent of them eat the spicy pickled cabbage every day. that's 2000000 tons annually. even its preparation is a celebrated ritual. so reports that china had secured international certification for a comparab

back in july we reported on 17 year old twins in delhi who set up a national hotline to help we checked back in with them to say how it's been going . oh. what. a share can't hari and a sister a ses get a dozen calls per day the girls have set up a telephone helpline in delhi they use it to distribute food and medicine the coronavirus pandemic has plunged hundreds of thousands of indians into joblessness and poverty. when the lockdown started there was so many people out there who had lost their jobs even have enough money or resources to get the most basic necessities like food or medicine and we were so done tweeting. and asking the parties to take action so we thought we'd create this hope why. many people come to this barrier fence word has spread they can get help here mina malik has 3 children they were fed at school until the school closed due to the pandemic her husband lost his job and she did turn. i've had no job for 4 months my nobody needs us not even for a little odd jobs. between his mother helps finance the initiative as sakes they say doing good works is important to th

as we're reporting in delhi good to talk to you. now there is still no sign of a breakthrough after another day of brags that talks time is running out to make a trade deal and avoid economic chaos british prime minister boris johnson has now set to travel to brussels to try to strike a last minute deal in person the european union's chief negotiator michele bunny however is not hopeful about the chances of an agreement he says key sticking points remain. european leaders still locked in disagreement with the u.k. over the fatal terms of a trade deal held a high stakes call on monday to thrash out their positions. on the in a bed to unlock the jam e.u. commission president found a line spoke at length on the phone to yuki prime minister boris johnson but to no avail conditions were not there for an agreement they both said they plan to meet in passion in the coming days just a few sticking points have kept the sites from striking a deal one is the so-called level playing field that has rules governing business competition. a 2nd sti

thousands of indian farmers camp on the outskirts of new delhi in protest that proposed new laws on farm r.d.s. . we could be close to form 50000 americans have died from these farms. a warning from one of the top health officials in the u.s. after reporting the highest daily death toll since the coronavirus pandemic began also this hour and crisis in syria the cold of winter is putting millions of people at risk. to their schools to n.b.a. players get back to training as the houston rockets trade on store point god russell westbrook to the washington wizards. thank you very much for joining us we begin this news hour in hong kong where the pro-democracy movement has suffered a huge setback another prominent activist is facing time in prison media tycoon and pro-democracy advocate jamie law is the latest to be taken into police custody he'll be held until a court case in april next year jimmy law is accused of. fraud and this comes just a day after 3 other leaders were sentenced joshua wong agnes cha and ivan lamb will serve 1310 and 7 months in jail respectively the hong kong government

and the state off with the predation and delhi thousands remain camped out here even as those 3rd rounds of 3rd round of talks take place between the government and farm huge and leaders very interesting what you mentioned the problem is to get into already held a meeting with the ministers of defense agriculture and commerce between those ministers meeting with union leaders the close those ministers have met previously this week and prime minister modi getting involved at this stage shows just how much of a problem these protests are causing to the government there only expected to get bigger on sascha day we've had a number of prominent athletes from the states of punjab and haryana when many families of from they are traveling from punjab they're on their way to delhi picking up more athletes on the way including olympic gold medalist they all planning to go to the presidential building to return at their national awards in protest they say against how farmers have been treated by the government. still ahead on algis iraqi being the peace of security personnel are deployed across gha

albums of bombers struck roads leading into the indian capital delhi. they say crop price reforms would ruin their livelihoods, and they're prepared for a long battle ahead and travel to japan to meets gathered up a giant battle robots whose message is that war is always to tragedy. a massacre. not a human's. these star attractions to leave. i'm unify mustang welcome. december is beginning with a raise for a functioning coronavirus, backseat us truck for murder, not as asking for emergency approval off its covert 1000 vaccine in both europe and the united states. it could be in use in the us within weeks when us product would be the 2nd drug likely to receive special authorization following another developed by pfizer and its german partner by own too. finding effective vaccines is a crucial part of tackling the corona virus pandemic. with madonna filing for and that and see approval of its vaccine. on monday, it could get the green light before christmas. you end the year? yes. that our advisory meeting is likely to be on december 17th. it is high poss

tens of well known athletes have arrived here in the center of the capital new delhi after traveling for the past 2 days from the states of punjab and haryana where many farmers and protesting farmers are from they have been met with the largest security presence here on their way to the presidential building to return their national awards now they did make a brief stop at the main protest site single where they received a rapturous welcome from tens of thousands of farmers who were blocking a key highway it doesn't look like they're going to receive a warm welcome by president romney who has denied their request for an audience but pharma say that the athletes rather including a limpet gold medalist say that they support farmers they support their demands and they want to return their medals in protest against what they say is the government's ill treatment of fatness. we want to tell the government that farmers provide the food to the nation the government's been stubborn in its attitude towards farmers and it should stop behaving with arrogance these laws have been made for farme

key ministers to discuss the protest by tens of thousands of farmers on the outskirts of the capital delhi. the farmers are demanding the repeal of agricultural reforms, which they say favour big companies. the leaders of the farmers are due to hold another round of talks with the officials later in the day.the movement has gathered support from the punjabi community acorss the globe. the spokesperson for un chief antonio guterres and a group of 36 cross—party uk parliamentarians have come out in support of the agitating indian farmers, saying people have a right to demonstrate peacefully and authorities should let them do so. joining me from the delhi border is kavita kuruganti, she is a farmer union representative from the alliance for sustainable & holistic agriculture. thank you very much for being with us. thank you very much for being with us. just try and explain to us exactly why the farmers are so angry about these reforms. what is the cause of theirfury? about these reforms. what is the cause of their fury? well, they are saying that they cannot be left on their own, to fend fo

delhi has been the seat of power of seven ancient dynasties. new dell delhi is the seat of power. in february 1962 the world's largest democracy went to the polls for the third time in the history of the 12-year-old republic. over 100 million voters cast their ballots in and for the democratic process. process of free elections. march the 12th, 1962, a new session of parliament opens. the doctor takes his place. the first democratically elected successor to india's past heads of state. india's first president. ♪ also on this day, march the 12th, 1962, india, her people, and the prime minister expect a visitor. ♪ from a democracy 9,000 miles away comes mrs. jacqueline kennedy and her sister. invited guests of the prime minister and his daughter. mrs. john f. kennedy, a lover of the arts and the mother of two young children, brings to the people of india the greetings of the people of her own country, also a people of varied backgrounds and customs, of many faiths and races and a beliefs. the united states embassy combining modern architecture motives reflects the real world and