india's first president. also on this day, march 12th, 1962, india her people and prime minister jawaharlal nehru expect a mr., from a sister democracy, 9000 miles across oceans and continents. accompanied by the american ambassador, kenneth galbraith, comes mrs. jacqueline kennedy, wipe 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, also people a varied backgrounds and customs, of many faiths about races and believes. the united states embassy in the center of new delhi, combining modern architectural techniques in ancient indian motives, reflects the new world and the old. the long-standing friendship between our countries. between the united states and india. mrs. kennedy has a special interest in the culture and traditions, old and new, of the world she's about to enter. this is

india. so the reason why my son. farms are from punjab and haryana is because most of the farmers and an id on a do actually get a minimum support price for their project mr mishra speaking about that $6.00 this and shikha saying that only 6 percent of the country's finest get that minimum support price. wallace. there is a lot of debate about that that that 6 percent i think the doctors from about 2012 there needs to be more recent and better analysis. basically it's because they are the farmers that are going to be impacted a lot by the laws they're also very very organized and so they've been able to to jennie's for what is. essentially stand up for themselves. to take isn't ready for. the ready or the let me call for a protest was given to the states as own daily when we talked about you know walking into daily to speak to the central government of india. it was a call given to farmers from. the british just. for all of the farmers in the country this is this was in october that was said. as we call it in india i

this is india, 1962. kings and emperors and explores of high centuries ago, new and treasured the silk of banares. today the ancient art of leaving joins the 20th century in a procession of silk brocades and muslins for fashion around the world, the continuity of artistic tradition moves in an unbroken line from the richness of the past, to the living art of today. art reaches across many barriers, mix many friends, in her own land, jacqueline kennedy has given a new place of importance to the american artist. mrs. kennedy finds in the young indian artists who have come to meet her, welcome close to her heart. mrs. candy, my friend, it gives me great pleasure to present to you today, the children's art a carnival, a present to the children of india. the art of children is the same the world over, and so of course is that were feeling to children. in a world where there is quite enough to divide people, we should cherish a language and in a motion that unite us all. thank you. ♪ ♪ >> the distance from

political corruption and nepotism are nothing new to india showing them like this in a t.v. series definitely is it's here to ashton. i'm. just a bit. since i was a boy. to be a shoulder. had been hammered into my skull. the yawning gap between india's rich and poor is the focus of the white tigers on netflix i had a patient of the booker prize winning novel by our robin. i had to buy i drove the car. was the one. thing. if. you need me saying they're going to. find you. this is an anti slumdog millionaire where virtue is punished and the only way for a poor boy to make it in india is through corruption and violence was to break free . streaming giants are giving indians a new view of themselves and it's not always a pretty picture. there so i was woken up. orders to force. gripping stuff there and here to tell us more about how these new streaming shows are revelent lucian izing television in india it's got rocks for a welcome once again scott now these are a real departure obviously from something like bollywood both in aesthetic and and content how do these new indian ser

, india. very interesting. so they are used to being _ india. very interesting. so they are used to being able _ india. very interesting. so they are used to being able to _ india. very interesting. so they are used to being able to roll _ india. very interesting. so they are used to being able to roll out - india. very interesting. so they are | used to being able to roll out major public health vaccination programmes like this, are they, despite the relative poverty in which a large portion of the population lives? they did an extraordinaryjob on stopping polio in india. not only did they vaccinate, but their surveillance, their ability to find where polio might be, was again outstanding. every time i hear about the abilities to do campaigns in india, iam the abilities to do campaigns in india, i am always impressed by the quality of what they do.— quality of what they do. there are countries in _ quality of what they do. there are countries in the _ quality of what they do. there are coun

., . , do for the future of test cricket in india? ., ., , ., ., , india? contrary to popular belief, test cricket _ india? contrary to popular belief, test cricket hasn't _ india? contrary to popular belief, test cricket hasn't lost _ india? contrary to popular belief, test cricket hasn't lost its - test cricket hasn't lost its popularity. i think what has happened is crowd attendance has dwindled, obviously, and a lot of the younger people taking to the game are finding the shorter formats clearly a lot more exciting. but if ever there was an advertisement for large format cricket, than this series has certainly provided it. the drama, the life in five days, and the magic that it generates in terms of ebbs and flows, and grit and character. i think it isjust unbelievable, and i think there will be a fairfew unbelievable, and i think there will be a fair few converts to the long format of the game after what happened in this series. finally, where do you — happened in this series. finally, where do you think _ happened in this series. finally, where do y

this is india 1962. kings and emperors and explores of five centuries ago knew and treasured the silk of the area. today the art of weaving joins the 20th century for fashions that go around the world. the continuity of artistic tradition moves in an unbroken line from a variety and richness of the past to the living art of today. art reaches across many barriers, makes many friends. in her own land, jacqueline kennedy is given a new place of importance to the american artists. mrs. kennedy finds in the young indian artists who have come to meet her, a welcome close to her heart. >> mrs. gandhi, my friends, it gives me great pleasure to present to you today the children's art carnival, a present to the children of india. i noticed the art of children is the same world over. i think it is good in a world where there's quite enough to divide people that we should cherish the language and emotion that unite us all. thank you. ♪ ♪ the distance from the prime minister's gardens is measured not only in air

india has a huge experience in vaccinating the population. we have, i am sure you have heard of the universal immunisation programme of the government of india, but this is the first time adults are going to be vaccinated, so it is going to be a really big exercise and we are aware that india has several states com pletely that india has several states completely there are diverse from each other, with different levels of public health infrastructure, health systems, in terms of how strong they are. soi systems, in terms of how strong they are. so i think this was a really major effort and i think absolutely necessary to do a drill of this vaccination administration. today, the drill started in all the states, but i don't know whether you are aware a week ago it has started in four states in india, punjab, gujarat, assam and andhra pradesh. and today it has happened in 116 districts in the entire country, so it isa districts in the entire country, so it is a huge, but completely necessary , it is a huge, but completely necessary, exercise, to

infrastructure and in india can be quite challenging. so we have a universal munition program which we learn a new lease of where we vaccinate young children and pregnant women and that has been the backbone of the program that now is being done for actually i think over 19 a number of dryden's have been done to make sure that the courtship has been done in the vaccination vaccinating sites are appropriate vaccinators have been trained to acts and individuals and of all women has been created so that individuals can be sent a message that you're due for recognition they can come on that particular did you have a huge task even in the 1st of. us that we were in to do we are actually having to rights need 300000000 people so that is a huge number of people that we need to actually even just in the 1st please and that is equal to the population of many countries combined but we're rolling it out and we are hopeful that we should be able to achieve it in the coming few months how is india managing to do this i know some people have to travel

like india has never seen before. i think he's just doing. this crime is not just here's. the only crime in november delhi crime became the 1st indian series to win best drama at the international emmy awards. this project was led by women it was financed and put together and released by women this crime was so by women this is the courage of those women and all women who not only must endure the violence so many men inflict on them but are then tasked with the problem i know that i should make the most concrete. the nasty side of me in full attacks is the focus of the new amazon series. which is billed as an indian version of house of cards. for the special. political corruption and nepotism are nothing new to india showing them like this in a t.v. series it definitely is it. just. since i was a boy is i will be a show that. had been hammered in my skull. the yawning gap between india's rich and poor is the focus of the white tigers on netflix i had a patient of the booker prize winning novel by our robin. i had to buy i drove the car. was a pollutant. if. you need me say

india green lights to coronavirus vaccines for the public but was the decision too rushed that's what some critics say pointing out clinical trials have not rap for at least one of the approved drugs and being smaller has its advantages how these home bound cooks in delhi turned their limited operations into big business during the pandemic. plus you may think you know this spice but it's likely you've never tasted the real thing why lovers of what sabi you want to reintroduce it to the world. i'm melissa chan welcome to news asia we're glad you could join us india has approved 2 coronavirus vaccines the astra zeneca oxford one and a 2nd vaccine called kovacs and developed locally by bharat biotech production facilities in the country will manufacture both jabs prompting a triumphant prime minister narendra modi to comment in a twitter post that it makes every indian proud not all indians feel as excited though with some experts expressing concern over the government's lack of transparency and for its authorization of kodak's in which is still in clinical trials the general public ref

infrastructure in india can be quite challenging. so we have a universal human addition program which we learn a new lease of where we vaccinate young children and they need women and that has been the backbone of the program that now is being done for vaccinating over 19 and a number of dryden's have been done to make sure that the courts investment in the vaccination vaccinating sites are appropriate vaccinators have been trained to execute individuals and of all when it has been created so that individuals can be sent a message that you're due for recognition they can come on that particular did you have a huge task even in the 1st of. us that we were in to do we are actually having to rights need 300000000 people so that is a huge number of people that we need to actually even just in the 1st please and that is equal to the population of many countries combined but we're rolling it out and we're hopeful that we should be able to achieve it in the coming few months how is india managing to do this i know some people have to travel

of india. this is our country. we are appealing to the gst council for affordability. at one point in time the gst council may decide to put energy product in this and this is what we expect in the next few months . affordability will be the major outcome. rishaad: do you expect that to happen in the upcoming budget? indian retail prices are about half those prices in taxes. dharmendra: you see, very consciously india took this decision a few years back. we know transportation, all of these are commodities. we go by the formula, the price disparity, domestic markets and we have given price to marketing companies, whether or not they are big groups. but given marketing freedom, we have [indiscernible] we have to have -- looking into the emerging-market, looking into that aspirational area, we are very conscious about the pricing. it is nothing related to budget. we have given marketing freedom tower companies. -- tower companies. it is marketing dynamics. it has to be passed through the consumer

came and helped young people in india. you know it should just getting big yeah i just wanted to. cry that speaks to me because i remember when we were inundated with information from all sides you know the politicians talking we had economists talking b.s. financial nears the end you know maybe not enough from health care officials but there wasn't enough to address a demographic an important demographic of young adults or younger kids and that's why i feel that he has not present needed that so many people because we talked about children who. were not being addressed was was feelings are not being talked about at this time. i'm just saying you know kids who were. the lady said if you just give me what a little a little tiny little space i can just say. from the comic as well i am looking at the picture here and we've got a beautiful tigress imprint who is a superhero wearing her cape and then scenes scenes from india from back in march when people were saying this one here is on my laptop is i'm going to show one this one on my laptop so that you can see the scenes because thes

sold out of the all india drug action network in delhi thank you very much. it's now tickets astraea where 4 young flyers have taken on the world's most notorious downhill ski run in suits and parachutes just days before the high can come races for daredevils dropped out of a helicopter 2 and a half kilometers above kids group and executed a world 1st flight sweeping down the course known as the stripe they reached beads up to 250 kilometers per hour just take a look. that's it from v.w. news i'm terry martin thanks for watching. it's about billions. it's about power. it's about the foundation of the new world order the new silk road. china wants to expand its influence with this trade network. putting europe there's a sharp morning when for accepting money from the new superpower will become dependent took place.

political corruption and nepotism are nothing new to india showing them like this in a p.v. series it definitely is easier to ashton. since i was a boy if i could be a show that. had been hammered into my skull. the yawning gap between india's rich and poor is the focus of the white tigers on netflix i had a patient of the booker prize winning novel by our robyn i dig up i had to buy i drove the car. was the one. getting. to meet me saying they're going to. find. this is an anti slumdog millionaire where virtue is punished and the only way for a poor boy to make it in india is through corruption and violence do break free. streaming giants are giving indians a new view of themselves and it's not always a pretty picture. there from what i was hoping to. learn there is still through our sincere. gripping stuff there and here to tell us more about how these new streaming shows are revelent lucian izing television in india it's got rocks for a welcome once again scott now these are a real departure obviously from something like bollywood both in aesthetic and and content how do

big fat so with vaccines it should not be taken middle of the 3 major in india. yeah this is really a surgeon and to miss. but missing the him a share everybody has an oblate who know me start them preparing lunch. so missin misinformation all true of the coronavirus and unfortunately the misuse of sap has we call it walks up you know what city it's because of misinformation and. the end to higher media and each of us have a responsibility will be on the outside groups all of the media that hold that gives us black farms has to be very alert in the jail because this has caused us a lot of damage in terms of mental health. and wrong behavior spread of information and on the web scene one i think we should learn from our mistakes in the past and make sure that the information is all would be inundated people with the right information and takeaway to take off the wrong information and this is not something this is a responsibility that each individual has to take in support of the media and. becomes and let me just bring in preamp here at the end of the show can go

infrastructure in india can be quite challenging. so we have a universal human addition program which we learn a new lease of where we vaccinate young children and they need women and that has been the backbone of the program that now is being done for vaccinating covert 19. a number of dryden's have been done to make sure that the courtship has been done in the vaccination vaccinating sites are appropriate vaccinators have been trained to acts and individuals and of all women has been created so that individuals can be sent a message that you're due for recognition they can come on that particular did you have a huge task even in the 1st of. us that we were in to do we are actually having to rights need 300000000 people so that is a huge number of people that we need to actually even just in the 1st please and that is equal to the population of many countries combined but we're rolling it out and we're hopeful that we should be able to achieve it in the coming few months how is india managing to do this i know some people have to tr

political corruption and nepotism are nothing new to india showing them like this in a t.v. series it definitely is easier to. use . since i was a boy if you believe your shoulders. being hammered into my skull. the yawning gap between india's rich and poor is the focus of the white tigers on netflix had a patient of the booker prize winning novel by our i've been. i. i drove the car. was the one. thing. this is an anti slumdog millionaire where virtue is punished and the only way for a poor boy to make it in india is through corruption and violence what do break free. streaming giants are giving indians a new view of themselves and it's not always a pretty picture. i'm sure from our wars will pick up. whatever is going through our skins. gripping stuff there and here to tell us more about how these new streaming shows are revelent lucian izing television in india it's got rocks for a welcome once again scott now these are a real departure obviously from something like bollywood both in aesthetic and and content how do these new indian series actually measure up to other int

well approval of sputnik v india. could come within weeks once it completes trials india's also making the job on its territory for both domestic and global development the country's envoy to russia again sells us why the new delhi got involved doesn't come as a surprise that we have a such a long tradition of cooperation between india and russia their cooperation continued during the cold pandemic so when the idea. was to kill the material approach the indian authorities or the testing of the sputnik alexina this was really come to an india these previous 2 trials of the pink box you have been completed has 3 trials commenced and be assured that as soon as the regular 3 approvals are given in india it will be available for use in india . aim is to finally. cover the vaccination of 300000000 indians so it is one of the not just vaccination programs in the world but at the same time we wish to reach out to dear friends and neighbors and we have done so be have given the nation doses. supplies have been sent by air to a

viewers havejust been watching a report about india and the ambitious roll—out in india. but i suppose a priority for the who must be to ensure countries who don't have the means or infrastructure also have access to vaccines. ~ , , , , �* vaccines. absolutely. equity isn't jeopardised- _ vaccines. absolutely. equity isn't jeopardised. but _ vaccines. absolutely. equity isn't jeopardised. but we _ vaccines. absolutely. equity isn't jeopardised. but we need - vaccines. absolutely. equity isn't jeopardised. but we need to - vaccines. absolutely. equity isn't jeopardised. but we need to be l jeopardised. but we need to be realistic and pragmatic. there is the global... but it is non—binding. somehow we could expect that in the beginning market forces will dominate the distribution. and we have to be realistic in this. may be a number of countries are setting the stage for us to learn before the global system picks up. giee the stage for us to learn before the global system picks up.— global system picks up. give us an idea at the — global system picks up. give us an

clashes in india. police clash in india box 72 yeah. the. travels to the heart of the problem. how to make cities. what individuals can do to make. welcome. to join us when we have used tear gas and bitten charges as farmers forced their way into the company to protest a set of laws. to enter the capital. with the military and culture in the heart of the city the celebration of the adoption of the constitution in 1950 which made. public. for 3 months. a complete repeal. they say we hurt their livelihoods and leave them. exploitation by business conglomerates correspondent michelle just paul was at the site of the farmers valley and sent us this report. broken the. force. the already deployed. the popular. among them the bill will proceed and even more for the timing when the fighting. line. many believe from now on them. coming through in the. truck to protest had already been approved by delhi police beforehand but no one anticipated the force with which it eventually proceeded the farmers had already been protesting the government's new farm laws for months now the laws opene

from an india perspective, there is a very strong u.s.-india relationship. india is a natural ally for the u.s. the values are the same. the democracy we have in india is very vibrant. we feel there is a lot more we can do together. this is one area where we would urge both governments to work very closely for a strong trade, and look at how we can together. tom: that was a mahindra group deputy of md, anish shah. this is bloomberg. ♪ tom: let's bring you a check of the latest headlines. they have hired top banks for a bond offering that may go as high as $11 billion. we are told the company will hold investor calls in the u.s., europe, and asia on tuesday to gauge interest. they sold a blockbuster bond and japan last year, pricing almost 3.5 billion dollars of security to help pay for marathon petroleum's speedway gas station operation. the second-home problem -- the second high-profile departure this month. we are told the previous head of global markets that deutsche bank is leaving and he focused on tech waivers when working division fund. he is going

2000000 dead is the coronavirus pandemic defies the efforts of governments to halt rising confections india launches the biggest vaccination program the world has ever seen the government hopes to give an antique over jab to 300000000 people in just 6 months also coming out u.s. drugmaker finds that comes back deliveries of its coated 19 faxing to europe to allow for an increase production later in the year. and german chancellor angela merkel's party chooses its next leader who will be in a strong position to become germany's next later. i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program 2000000 people have now died from the corona virus case numbers are spiking around the world driven by new likely more contagious strains of the disease governments say mass inoculation drives as the only way out of the crisis and one of the biggest is now getting underway in india the country am's to inoculate one quarter of its 1300000000 people by july and the country's health secretary says every willing indian can get a shot by the end of the year india has approved 2 vaccines neither of which require ultra

it will be available for use in india. aim is to finally. cover the vaccination of 300000000 indians so it is one of the largest vaccination programs in the world but at the same time we wish to reach out to dear friends and neighbors and we have done so be have given the nation doses. supplies have been sent by air to an apollo booked on bangladesh myanmar shows small leaves and this is just the beginning we do not believe in vaccine competition we do not believe in vaccine nationalism we believe in vaccine cooperation and friendship and we intend to extend double hand of friendship through support for their explanation programs of a number of countries. who are in need of this and really live up to the u.n. to double which will as people and i'm sure in the weeks ahead they will be cooperation between india and russia on the global vaccination programs and there will be great potential for cooperation because a number of the vaccines that are produced in india will also be used abroad and that will include the russian sp

amongst the poor and the most marginalised in india which is the large majority of people do not have access to access to online schooling. they do not. fear of child marriage hunting young the images of these migrants and young kids walking with their parents back or was equally hunting and finally you know. if you pull on me a little too out in the grounds. suddenly came to an end so you need mediums like per store entertain them along with education so it's great i would this is great entertainment education that we've seen in this comic farm and i like the opportunity bacon and the core writers to make a superhero females to play hero and that. has added gravely. and. for many of the girls i've seen one you see the hero but 2 super heroes and also one is from so this is the this is the crossover of all time because one is from india female superhero another female superhero is from pakistan and then. up together and they're taking all coronavirus shubra people's heads must have exploded when they saw this because you are you're causing a disparity to booze and in our like a real s

political corruption and ethical and economic disparities in india and it's kind of a mix. is a bit more melodramatic probably than your typical us show and it's that touches a sort of magic realism which you probably wouldn't have in the u.s. show but it's it's interesting cause it's like a lot of these new history new series out of india the kind of a hybrid between sort of the western way of telling a story and then the indian way ok that's interesting you know why do you think this indian streaming boom is happening now. well i mean it's a quite simple reason money netflix and amazon are just pouring money into the indian market in the attempt to get a hold of the audiences there i mean netflix alone which is only been in india for like 4 years they spent up to a half a $1000000000.00 on an indian content so just throwing money at it in creatives ask them to make shows for them and they're giving them a huge amount of creative freedom i mean you mentioned bollywood boley wooden sort of mainstream indian television is quite censored it's quite formulaic typically these s

astrazeneca has tied up with a local partner to produce the vaccine in india. the indian prime minister, narendra modi, expressed hisjoy for the fact that both the vaccines will be produced in india, but within hours of the approval of the two vaccines, controversy has erupted. the opposition raising concerns over the permission given to the locally made covaxin. critics argue that safety and efficacy of the vaccine has not been reviewed. but the drug regulatory authority said both the vaccines were safe to use. experts say the government needs to allay the fears over the vaccine. i think the way to deal with resistance is to have a very strong communication strategy. that needs to be developed. and also for the government to work very closely with communities, both in the kind of urban setting as well as the rural setting. and understand, for example, working with, you know, opinion leaders within communities, religious, nonreligious social leaders, you know, people who have a lot of influence. approving the vaccine is only the first step. the challenge is a g

is under $25.00 would that have been a better strategy for india. so this was looked at and this is also as per the literal guidelines the frontline workers and the elderly who don't want ality is how i should be would be vaccinated 1st and this is basically to basically do 2 things one is to decrease the mortality and mortality was hired in the elderly and those commodities and therefore they became productivity and secondly is to really motivate our health care workers and they are getting exposed because of the type of work that they're doing the full care workers of franklin workers and if we do actually need them 1st after that we would move on to the younger age group what about the spread of the virus though in parts of the country that are so densely populated so we've had multiple spikes in the last last year to me just by x. and another one but currently our cases are down we are actually seeing a very low number of cases are in our country now and it seems as if the worst is over also our mortality is less and if you actually look at the

india greenlights to corona virus vaccines for the public but was the decision too rushed that's what some critics say pointing out clinical trials have not rap for at least one of the approved drugs and being smaller has its advantages how these home bound cooks in delhi turned their limited operations into big business during the pendennis. plus you may think you know this spice but it's likely you've never tasted the real thing why lovers of was sobbing it want to reintroduce it to the world. i'm melissa chan welcome to news asia we're glad you could join us india has approved 2 coronavirus vaccines the astra zeneca oxford one and a 2nd vaccine called kovacs in developed locally by bharat biotech production facilities in the country will manufacture both jabs prompting a triumphant prime minister narendra modi to comment in a twitter post that it makes every indian proud not all indians feel as excited though with some experts expressing concern over the government's lack of transparency and for its authorization of kodak's in which is still in clinical trials the general public re

and will be available for use in india. and there is a vaccine vexation between britain and brussels and escalating dispute over supplies that sees the u.k. . plan to tightly controlled medicine exports. are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our to international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us. joe biden have held their 1st of phone conversations since the new u.s. president's inauguration and they touched on a number of hot button topics archies reports. well the phone call was initiated by joe biden and it seems that much of the call focused on these start treating this is one of the nuclear agreement that was signed between the usa and russia at the conclusion of the cold war and it limits the number of nuclear weapons and nuclear delivery systems that both the united states and russia have now in the trumpet ministration period there were a number of nuclear treaties that expire the clear skies agreement expired the i.n.f. short range agreement expired as well and the new sta

the situation in india got out of control in 1975 the government of india gandhi forced 8000000 women and men to undergo sterilization this dark chapter in indian history became known as emergency period. the idea of population control what was so seductive to national leaders people like indira gandhi was the idea that they could achieve maturity in one generation and they could do it with crash programs even if it required taking some risks even if were some people were going to get hurt this was something that was going to make india a modern nation and was going to improve everyone's welfare in the long run what they didn't understand though is that in many rural societies these children were their parents only source of security in all these right and not only that but in poorer societies even children in many cases are able to support themselves and help their parents even from a relatively young age. people or places like the population council or the ford foundation they realize that parents and poor societies in many cases prefer to have sons there what they began to think wa

however it's likely that in the initial stages the india minister of india vaccine would be available in larger quantities than they've added by dick vaccine however both these are approved and both would go into a program of. you know he lazing 300000000 people in a short space of time is going to be an enormous undertaking can india do it and how do you overcome a vaccine suspicion about about the vaccines well the 1st part of the answer is that we are certainly optimistic india's immunization fundamentals are strong there has been a period of preparation but to put this campaign in terms of logistics training and so on however this is a very big country very diverse conditions multicultural and therefore we do expect that there could be problems with aids logistics but it's deliberate whether it's communications related and therefore await set of measures are also being taken to address vaccine concerns concerns around vaccine confidence and safety but we expect that vaccine demand will continue to be high and whatever teething troubles we may face in the initial rollout stages sho

india tens of thousands of health in india tens of thousands of health workers and volunteers ta ke health workers and volunteers take part in a one—day mass immunisation rehearsal. let's stay with that story now and dr lipika nanda is from the public health foundation of india. she outlined some of the main challenges the authorities there are facing. well, it is going to be a mammoth task, that is no doubt about it. india has huge experience in vaccinating the paediatric population. we have. ..i'm sure you've heard of the universal immunisation programme of the government of india. but this is the first time adults are going to be vaccinated, so it's going to be, kind of, a really big exercise and you are aware that india has several states completely very diverse from each other, with different levels of public health infrastructure, health systems, you know, in terms of how strong they are, so i think this is a really major effort, and i think it was absolutely necessary to do a drill of this vaccination administration. well, today the drill started in all the states, but i don't kno

was on match making practices in india. so what happened do you think in july when everybody started to what india matchmaking with your professional expertise apply what could you say actually how do you i mean. well i mean they would talk to reasons broadly one is that people could relate to the show so many several indians the many of them or at least even people that i worked with i researched on been indians many of them have solicited services of matchmakers so there was one element of faith which is that we can relate to it we understand what's happening and then there was a there was another group which also felt that look this is what happens this is how indian picture hockey works this is how colorism works and obviously when it's sort of right there in your face staring at staring at you in your face you just feel you know you're just if you're going over bound and you feel angry at it as well. and it gets personal let me see some of the beautiful pictures you created this amazing world of romance i'm going to sh

from working 12 to 14 hour days scrambling to find a supplies ran out during india's lockdown. but she got tired help in the kitchen get the goods more hands on deck could mean more exposure if things get better in 2021 door she hopes to expand put the move one. to somebody and her daughter nicole have had a fantastic 2020 do they run a food delivery service spoiled morden deli named after an ever changing menu inspired by whatever is in the mood to cook because of my loves the kitchen and had always wanted to do something with food 2 years ago she launched moved on instagram with nicole's help cooking dishes from her childhood influenced by cuisines from me bhutan and tibet. mood started as a once a week after india's lockdown the spike in demand has meant to the now also 5 days of to me orders have multiplied 4 or 5 food. recalls job has been updating instagram and charging the customers she love sharing good reviews be deceived because nicole says mood has been ted a few ticks making the months fly by in a yogurt she hasn't left since early march it was just a huge blessing

india launches its covert 1000 vaccination campaign one of the biggest and most complicated in the world. play watching al-jazeera live from doha with me fully back to you bill also coming up u.s. president elect joe biden unveiled his vaccine plan and promises to improve on what he calls donald trump's to small failure. as search for survivors after a powerful earthquake in indonesia dozens are dead and the toll is expected to rise and on hold what sop postpones privacy changes that prompted many users to abandon the messaging service for it's my voice. thank you very much for joining us india has begun its vaccination campaign one of the biggest and most challenging in the world on saturday 300000 people are set to receive the region to receive jobs nationwide with health care workers given priority india is using to vaccines the oxford x. stores seneca vaccine and a locally developed one called call backs in india has a 2nd highest case count in the world after the us. great johnny. those who need the vaccine the most will get it 1st those who face the greatest risk of infection they

i think that could have been done better in india. the phase three trials for covaxin has not been completed yet. enrolments aren't complete. this... i can't even a nswer complete. this... i can't even answer a question to a patient about what the efficacy and safety of this vaccine is. when the questions asked by our patients about what we think about the vaccine, we need to have data to be able to respond to these questions and i believe that the government had engaged better with the public and with positions that aren't necessarily employed by them -- if aren't necessarily employed by them —— if they had engaged with us better, then we would be able to address these concerns better. yes. india is very well—versed, let's say, and when it comes to mass immigration programmes. we have also had the authorities are saying that the evidence they see in terms of efficacy is adequate. do any of these factors reassure you? well, that's part of it, that the regulators have approved it, that they have been over the data, that isa they

india's republic day as farmers rallied nearby this. is what another side of the capitol looks like a festive display of the country's cultural diversity and military strength is that by the year. the entire country watches delhi on republic day so when the farmers roll the tractors into delhi and the message goes out that the farmers fight is not yet over it's just started we are fighting for our rights by entering the city. opposition just 3 agricultural last pass in november is challenging the authority of prime minister narendra modi. the reforms will relax rules on the sale price and storage of farm produce the government says the changes will boost incomes and private investments but farmers insist they are an invitation for conglomerates to take over agriculture in india it's come up that. the government has passed these laws without any discussions without any thought they just imposed them. about half of india's 1300000000 people work in agriculture the government's offer to delay the new laws for 18 months has been rejected by