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The US President has announced a sharp hike in tariffs on Indian goods, imposing an additional 25% duty—raising the total tariff to 50%—in response to India’s continued import of Russian oil. The new tariffs will come into force 21 days from now, starting August 27.
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00:00:00It's all about Trump tariff and threats.
00:00:04And right now we have more breaking news picking up from this very arena.
00:00:09Trump threatens of secondary sanctions now.
00:00:12After an additional 25% tariff attack on India,
00:00:15Trump has come out to threaten that it has just been eight hours.
00:00:19Russian oil pig tariff flashpoint.
00:00:22U.S. President Donald Trump initially gave Russia 50 days to sign a peace agreement with Ukraine,
00:00:27after which he threatened to impose 100% trade duties on Moscow and its trading partners.
00:00:33On July 29th, Trump said he was disappointed with Russia and the settlement progress
00:00:38and slashed the deadline to 10 days.
00:00:41Senior U.S. diplomat John Kelly told the United Nations Security Council
00:00:45that Trump had made it clear that he wants a deal to end the war by August 8th itself.
00:00:51Russian presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has said
00:00:55that Kremlin had read the statement by the American leader and taken note of it.
00:01:01So now this is the big news that we're picking up on this very story that has been gaining momentum.
00:01:07And now let's quickly listen in to what Trump has said on being asked about imposing additional tariffs.
00:01:15India penalties.
00:01:18Do you have any similar plans to enact more tariffs on China?
00:01:22Could happen. Could happen. Depends on how we do. Could happen.
00:01:26There are other countries that are buying Russian oil.
00:01:28It's okay.
00:01:29Like China, for instance, buys more.
00:01:31Why are you singling India out for these additional sanctions?
00:01:34It's only been eight hours.
00:01:37So let's see what happens over the next...
00:01:38We're going to see more secondary sanctions.
00:01:39Yeah, you're going to see a lot more.
00:01:41So this is a taste of...
00:01:42You're going to see a lot more.
00:01:43You're going to see so much secondary sanctions.
00:01:45With that, Pranay Upadhyay joins us on the broadcast this morning.
00:01:52Pranay, very good morning to you.
00:01:54This is what we see now.
00:01:56Already another additional 25% tariff coming in for India.
00:02:00Then again attacks or rather threats of an additional tariff or rather a secondary sanction that has been spoken about by the U.S. president.
00:02:11How are we looking at this?
00:02:13And more importantly, the question each day now rises with regards to can the U.S. also afford to do trade, continue doing trade like this with other nations?
00:02:25Good morning, Shaya.
00:02:26You're absolutely right.
00:02:27This remains a question because the tariff, this is actually primarily hurting the U.S. consumer because tariff is being imposed or the tariff duties are either absorbed by the importer.
00:02:41Or passed on to the consumer.
00:02:44Ultimately, the prices, you know, the CPI index has already gone up in the United States.
00:02:51And the U.S. consumers have to either pay or it has to be absorbed by the manufacturer in India or by the importers in the United States.
00:03:02But primarily what happens that it has to be absorbed by the importers because the manufacturer will not get impacted directly or like initially.
00:03:13We have to see because still there are 21 days because, you know, President Donald Trump, if you have heard him, he said that it's only been eight hours and like, you know, lots can happen in between.
00:03:24We have to see what will happen.
00:03:26So he has already pushed the deadline to 21 days.
00:03:30So now after 27th of August, this will come into effect.
00:03:34So he is also trying to give a possibility that he is ready to deal.
00:03:38He is open to deal.
00:03:39Come and talk to me.
00:03:40Come and deal with me.
00:03:41I am open.
00:03:42I can give you.
00:03:43So, you can call it that, you know, it's his high-headedness or he wants his, you know, it's either his way or highway.
00:03:53So this is what he wants to do.
00:03:55But as far as the government of India is concerned, you have seen the statement given by the Ministry of External Affairs yesterday,
00:04:01clearly making it out of the factual situation that what India did in case of the trade deal, in making the red lines clear,
00:04:07that is only to protect the Indian national interest because B, the energy trade, that is to ensure the energy security of India and 1.4 billion people.
00:04:17You know, India's per day energy import is around 52 lakh barrel and even the highest point, which is not now,
00:04:28even at the highest point, the energy import from Russia was only 40% of India's daily energy need,
00:04:35which comes to around 20 lakh barrels.
00:04:39So, that depends upon, you know, the availability of the crude oil and the prices you are getting for the crude import.
00:04:49So, clearly, the Ministry of External Affairs statement clearly makes it that the oil import was driven by the market forces.
00:04:55Secondly, it is to ensure the energy security.
00:04:58But if India is being penalized to ensure the energy security of its own people,
00:05:05then this remains a non-negotiable position because you cannot negotiate your energy security
00:05:11if someone desires so for his own things.
00:05:16And now, India has already moved beyond trade, Shreya,
00:05:20because now he is trying to use tariffs as a tool and a tactic to ensure and implement his foreign policy objectives.
00:05:28Absolutely, Pranay.
00:05:29Thank you for, in fact, putting it into perspective for us at this point in terms of how it looks from both the American side
00:05:36as well as the Indian side and how things have panned out so far.
00:05:40But viewers, we're not ending this story there.
00:05:42Let's continue and bring you all the details as to what all has developed so far.
00:05:46Dost Donald has delivered another big blow to Bharat.
00:05:50Escalating the tariff war, the US President has announced an extra 25% tariff on India
00:05:55as a penalty for the continued import of Russian oil, bringing the total tariff to a staggering 50%.
00:06:03Now, the penalty tariff will take effect in 21 days.
00:06:07However, India has hit back sharply, saying that US targeting of India over Russian oil imports is unfair.
00:06:15Unjustified and unreasonable.
00:06:18Not just that, it has also made it clear that it will take all necessary steps to protect its national interests.
00:06:24Meanwhile, sources have told India today that India is ready to counter Trump's tariff tyranny.
00:06:29Government sources suggest that the Prime Minister's office will review the impact of Trump's new tariff
00:06:34with the Ministry of External Affairs and Commerce Ministry officials.
00:06:37And the government sources have also clarified energy imports, including Russian oil, remain unaffected
00:06:43and that the tariffs are not being seen as a strategic threat.
00:06:47Now, earlier, India Today's Rajdeep Sartesai spoke to J.P. Morgan's Chief India Economist,
00:06:53Sajid Z. Chinoy.
00:06:56Listen in to what he had to say and his insights on the entire situation.
00:07:00Are we heading into a very, very dangerous tariff war territory?
00:07:06Weaponization of tariffs by the U.S. President, your first reaction?
00:07:09This is unfortunate that Mr. Trump has to come to these levels because, you know, if you step
00:07:18back, Rajdeep, at some level, what's happened over the last few weeks with high tariffs in
00:07:22different countries is not surprising.
00:07:24We're seeing a dramatic transformation of the global trading order in the last six months
00:07:29under the Trump presidency.
00:07:31It's important to recognize that the effective tariff rates that the U.S. has imposed on other
00:07:36countries, you know, is now about 16 percent.
00:07:40And if Mr. Trump follows through on his promises, we'll go to 20 percent.
00:07:44This is the highest level of effective tariffs in the U.S. since the 1930s under the Smoot-Hawley
00:07:49Act.
00:07:51So you're seeing a lot of global trade disruption with high tariffs in the U.S.
00:07:55as a result of which we're going to see, you know, China dumping a lot of its excess capacity
00:08:01to other economies, you know.
00:08:03And so if you're a country like India or other emerging markets, you're now facing the
00:08:07wind threat of a much more protectionist global economy, much more economic balkanization
00:08:14and potentially a China shock 2.0, where all this manufacturing capacity from China, which
00:08:21was headed to the U.S., think of the U.S. putting up a tariff wall like a dam.
00:08:25It kind of floods adjoining areas.
00:08:26So these are troubling times.
00:08:28These are worrying times.
00:08:30The hope is, however, and we've seen this in the case of other countries, that what Mr.
00:08:34Trump has done today is used as negotiating leverage.
00:08:38Remember, you know, with China, the tariffs had gone to 145 percent.
00:08:42And then when things got dialed down, the tariff in China is 42 percent.
00:08:46Europe was threatened with a higher tariff and has come down.
00:08:49So let's hope that these tariffs only go into place 21 days from now, that over the next
00:08:53three weeks, some common ground can be found.
00:08:56And today's announcements really are really a negotiating strategy.
00:09:02At the same time, tensions are rising between Washington and New Delhi over energy deals and
00:09:07trade policy.
00:09:08And now India's national security advisor, Ajit Doval, is in Moscow, aiming to deepen ties
00:09:14with Russia, even as the U.S. put additional tariffs.
00:09:17Take a look at this report.
00:09:21With growing strain between the U.S. and India over New Delhi's continued energy imports
00:09:27from Russia, NSA Ajit Doval has arrived in Moscow for high-level talks.
00:09:33His visit is seen as a move to reinforce India's strategic partnership with Russia, particularly
00:09:39defence and energy sectors.
00:09:41According to reports, Doval's visit was scheduled in advance and will focus on expanding military
00:09:48cooperation.
00:09:50Talks are expected to cover further purchases of S-400 missile systems and possible interest
00:09:57in Russia's next-generation Su-57 fighter jets.
00:10:01Russia has been a key defence supplier for India.
00:10:05NSA Doval is visiting Moscow for the preparation of President Vladimir Putin's visit to India.
00:10:11India later this year.
00:10:13Interestingly, Doval's Russia visit coincides with the visit of U.S. special envoy Steve
00:10:19Vitkov, who also landed in Moscow today.
00:10:23Trump sent his envoy ahead of his fast-approaching deadline for Russia to agree to a cease-fire with
00:10:28Ukraine.
00:10:31Vitkov held a key meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and was also seen walking with
00:10:36Kirill Dimitriev, the Kremlin's envoy for investment and economic affairs.
00:10:43It was quite a useful and constructive discussion.
00:10:48When it comes to its topics, first of all, it was the Ukraine crisis.
00:10:51And the second topic were prospects of possible development of strategic cooperation between
00:10:56the United States and Russia.
00:10:57On our part, in particular on the Ukrainian issue, some signals were transmitted.
00:11:01Corresponding signals were also received from President Trump.
00:11:07President Trump had initially given Moscow an ultimatum of 50 days, which he later cut down
00:11:13to 12 days.
00:11:14The deadline ends on August 8th.
00:11:16Meanwhile, India's diplomatic outreach with Russia continues as External Affairs Minister
00:11:23as Jai Shankar is also expected in Moscow later this month on August 27th and 28th for further
00:11:30talks on defence, energy and trade.
00:11:33Now all eyes are on Moscow.
00:11:35When Doval and Vitkov are reportedly meeting with Russian officials, sparking speculation over
00:11:41whether a direct meeting between the two will take place.
00:11:45With Neha Kumari, Bureau Report, India Today.
00:11:52Back home, political war of words explored over Trump's 25% additional tariff bomb on India.
00:11:59The opposition led by the Congress has lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi following
00:12:03Donald Trump's announcement of a 25% additional tariff on Indian products.
00:12:08Taking a scathing swipe at Prime Minister was Lok Sabha, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi,
00:12:13who urged Modi to prioritise Indian interests and not give in to Trump's attempt to bully
00:12:20India into an unfair state.
00:12:23While Donald Trump may call India a dead economy, remember that, the fact remains that he is
00:12:29betting big on Indian real estate.
00:12:33In fact, India is set to become the largest market for Trump-branded properties outside the
00:12:38United States.
00:12:40From four completed Trump towers in Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata, Gurugram to six more mega-projects
00:12:46in the pipeline, the Trump name is expanding its footprint across the Indian skylines.
00:12:54Did you know that while Donald Trump is dismissing India as a dead economy, his real estate empire
00:13:01in India is alive and kicking?
00:13:03In fact, India is poised to become the largest market for Trump-branded properties outside
00:13:09the United States.
00:13:11According to Tribeca Developers, which manages Trump-branded projects in India, upcoming real
00:13:17estate ventures are expected to generate sales worth at least 50,000 crore rupees.
00:13:23That is nearly 1.8 billion US dollars.
00:13:27Until last year, Trump has already earned over 175 crore rupees from seven real estate projects
00:13:36in Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata, and Gurugram.
00:13:41But what is striking is the pace of expansion.
00:13:44From around 3 million square feet, Trump's presence in India is set to quadruple to 11 million
00:13:50square feet once current projects are completed.
00:13:53While completed and ongoing projects account for 2.9 million square feet, projects of 8.3
00:14:00million square feet are in the pipeline.
00:14:04As of now, there are four completed Trump Towers in India, in Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata, and Gurugram.
00:14:12But six more projects have been announced across the country.
00:14:15This includes Trump World Tower in Pune, residential project in Gurugram, Trump Towers in Hyderabad,
00:14:25along with proposed project in Noida, a residential project in Bengaluru, and a second tower at
00:14:32the Lodha Park in Mumbai.
00:14:35Additionally, Trump's plan include India's first Trump-branded golf course and luxury villas.
00:14:41Though the location is yet to be disclosed, the project aims to tap into India's growing
00:14:47demand for ultra-luxury living.
00:14:51On the global stage, Trump may keep criticising India's economy.
00:14:56But in his boardrooms, it is a different sentiment.
00:14:59One that sees India as a booming market, ready to fuel his real estate empire.
00:15:05Bureau Report, Business Today Television
00:15:11The effect of this tariff bomb on India has been far-reaching.
00:15:15And definitely, it has been quite a shock for the political atmosphere within the country.
00:15:22The opposition has been mounting its attack on the government at this given point,
00:15:26lashing out at the Prime Minister following Donald Trump's announcement of an additional
00:15:2925% tariffs on the Indian products.
00:15:32And the LOP, Rahul Gandhi, has not kept shut about it.
00:15:36He himself has, in fact, come out to urge Prime Minister Modi to prioritise Indian interests
00:15:42and not give in to Trump's attempt to bully India into an unfair deal.
00:15:46Other leaders of the India bloc, too, have slammed the centre for staying silent,
00:15:51as well as further labelled the 50% tariff move on India as unacceptable and unfair.
00:15:57Meanwhile, India has reiterated that actions by the US are unfair, unjustified and unreasonable.
00:16:03Let's listen in to some of the reactions that's been coming in.
00:16:08Obviously, if that takes our total tariffs to 50%,
00:16:11then that's going to make our goods unaffordable to a lot of people in America.
00:16:16And particularly when you're looking at these percentages,
00:16:19you have to compare them with the tariffs being levied on some of our competitors.
00:16:24So that's not very good for our exports to America.
00:16:27This means we need to very seriously diversify to other countries and other markets
00:16:32which may be interested in what we have to offer.
00:16:35We now have an FTA with the UK.
00:16:37We are talking to the EU.
00:16:39There are many countries in which, hopefully, we would be able to.
00:16:42But in the short term, it is definitely a blow.
00:16:44I don't think we can sugarcoat it.
00:16:46This is pure and simple blackmail by America.
00:16:51Having said that, it's surprising that we've reached this spot
00:16:55where we can be bullied around by a superpower.
00:16:59When there was the peak of Cold War,
00:17:02we still managed to stand on our own.
00:17:06We are the architects of non-alignment.
00:17:08We did not tilt towards anyone
00:17:12and got the best from everyone,
00:17:16highlighting the Prime Minister,
00:17:17projecting the Prime Minister and his personal image,
00:17:20not the country's interests.
00:17:22Here we are paying a price for 11 years of self-projection
00:17:27at the expense of the country.
00:17:29Our country, our country, our country, was a poor thing.
00:17:34The people who don't understand the truth can't understand the truth.
00:17:39But the other countries of the world,
00:17:43it's hard to understand the world.
00:17:45It's hard to understand the first five years of the EU,
00:17:46it's hard to understand the first five years of the EU.
00:17:49The other people understand the popularity of Modi's future,
00:17:50it's hard to understand the second.
00:17:51The other people say that they are all an event manager.
00:17:56manager to be a man manager to be a man manager.
00:18:03We are not prepared in front of them.
00:18:06What are we doing in our country?
00:18:09We have a tariff on the first 25% of the year.
00:18:13And now we have 25% of the year.
00:18:17They are saying that we are from Russia.
00:18:22Mr. Trump, we are not a god country.
00:18:25foreign
00:18:45foreign
00:18:48foreign
00:18:53moving on to another story which is also associated with the recent developments
00:19:06in terms of the tariff war. Pakistan's Army Chief Field Marshal Aseem Munir
00:19:11is headed to the United States for the second time in just two months.
00:19:14Munir will be attending the farewell ceremony of U.S. Centcom Chief General Michael Kurila
00:19:20who is in fact set to retire. The visit comes on the heels of an agreement between the two nations
00:19:27which includes U.S. participation in developing Pakistan's oil reserves
00:19:30and a substantial reduction in tariffs on Pakistani exports to the United States.
00:19:36The Park U.S. tango has been going on for months. This trip further in fact comes out to solidify
00:19:42stronger ties between Washington and Islamabad at the time when India may look at pivoting
00:19:48to other strategic markets in response to Trump's doubled-up tariff tyranny.
00:20:00Moving on, we are getting some breaking news now and this is coming in from Ireland.
00:20:04A repulsive race attack on Indian-origin child in Ireland.
00:20:09Group of boys hit Indian-origin girl in the private park.
00:20:12Six-year-old girl punched, hit in private parks in waterfall.
00:20:16Boys shout, go back to India during assault.
00:20:19Yesterday, racial attack on Indian in Ireland.
00:20:22Unprovoked attack on the Indian-origin taxi driver as well.
00:20:26This is another case that we are bringing to you, viewers.
00:20:28Lakveer Singh struck on head with bottle.
00:20:31Racially abused.
00:20:32Again, asked to go back to his country.
00:20:35Indians seriously hurt in Ireland.
00:20:38Race attack.
00:20:39And remember, these are just among a few such cases that have been highlighted from Ireland.
00:20:47Racial attacks against Indians time and again that's been happening.
00:20:50In fact, Pranay Upad is joining me on the broadcast to bring us more details on these very attacks
00:20:54and the broader situation that seems to have developed in Ireland against Indians.
00:21:00Pranay, you know, this is another attack.
00:21:03Firstly, an attack on a six-year-old being asked to go back to the country.
00:21:07That is unacceptable.
00:21:09And also, this other person who's come out to say that he's been in Ireland for 23 years
00:21:15and this is the first time he's faced such a predicament in the country.
00:21:19Why such rise in racial attacks in Ireland suddenly?
00:21:22This remains a big question, Sreya, that why there is so much increase in racial attacks
00:21:29in Ireland.
00:21:31But unfortunately, in the recent past, we have seen many attacks and as you have rightly
00:21:35pointed it out, that, you know, these are the few cases which got highlighted because
00:21:40this is really, you know, disgusting that a six-year, eight-year-old girl is being targeted
00:21:45and unfortunately, most of these incidents which happened, you know, against targeting the
00:21:50Indians, there are the teenage, you know, gangs involved.
00:21:54So, most of the time in such attacks, when you, like, you know, people take it to the
00:21:58police or the security or the law enforcement agencies, these, you know, the perpetrators
00:22:04or those who carry out these attacks, they get away with that incident because they are
00:22:10treated as juveniles.
00:22:12Many Irish people, you know, in a recent incident a few days ago, I interviewed a girl, the woman
00:22:19who actually rescued an Indian techie who was badly beaten by this, you know, in Dublin
00:22:26by a teenage gang.
00:22:29And in that incident, she also said that, you know, this is unacceptable for many Irish
00:22:34people also.
00:22:35This is not the island, the kind of island we want.
00:22:39But certainly, this is a cause of concern for Indian community there in Ireland.
00:22:43This representative of the Indian community have also taken this issue up with the Irish
00:22:49authority.
00:22:49Also, the Indian ambassador in Ireland, Achillesh Mishra, he has also taken this issue up and
00:22:56also recently the statement by the Irish ambassador in New Delhi assuring the Indian government and
00:23:03Indian community that there will be a proper investigation in all these places and, you know,
00:23:09especially to apprehend the perpetrators and ensure the justice for the Indian victims.
00:23:15Right, Rana, thank you for bringing us all those details.
00:23:17And we are getting into the biggest story, not just for the day, but one that we have
00:23:24been focusing on for the whole week, the Trump tariff and threats.
00:23:28Those Donald has delivered another big blow to Bharat.
00:23:31After announcing an extra 25% tariff on India, the total tariff now stands at 50%, Trump has
00:23:37threatened to impose secondary sanctions in addition to that.
00:23:41Trump also hinted that U.S. administration could impose more similar sanctions on China.
00:23:45U.S. has imposed the sanctions as a penalty for continued import of Russian oil, bringing
00:23:50the total tariff to a staggering 50%.
00:23:52Penalty tariff will take effect in 21 days.
00:23:56However, India has hit back sharply, saying that U.S. targeting of India over Russian oil
00:24:01imports is unfair, unjustified and unreasonable.
00:24:05Not just that, it has also made it clear that it will take all necessary steps to protect
00:24:10its national interests.
00:24:11Meanwhile, sources have told India today that India is ready to counter Trump's tariff
00:24:15tyranny.
00:24:16Government sources have suggested that the Prime Minister's office will review the impact
00:24:19of Trump's new tariffs with the Ministry of External Affairs and Commerce Ministry officials.
00:24:24And the government sources have also clarified energy reports, including Russian oil, remain
00:24:28unaffected and that the tariffs are not being seen as a strategic threat.
00:24:34This is where we stand.
00:24:35Let's take a look as to what Donald Trump had to say on the matter.
00:24:39India penalties, do you have any similar plans to enact more tariffs on China as it relates
00:24:48to their purchase?
00:24:48Could happen, could happen.
00:24:49Depends on how we do.
00:24:50Could happen.
00:24:51There are other countries that are buying Russian oil.
00:24:54It's okay.
00:24:54Like China, for instance, buying more.
00:24:56It's okay, yeah.
00:24:56Why are you singling India out for these additional sanctions?
00:24:59It's only been eight hours.
00:25:01So let's see what happens over the next, yeah, you're going to see a lot more.
00:25:06So this is a taste of what's up.
00:25:07You're going to see a lot more.
00:25:08You're going to see so much secondary sanctions.
00:25:11You know, China has not stood out there and refused to let President Trump take credit for
00:25:18his role in the ceasefire.
00:25:20China has not had its leader have a long conversation with Trump on the phone and essentially dictate
00:25:27to him, well, what's right and what's wrong.
00:25:30These are things that happen with India.
00:25:32And so I think that that's why perhaps President Trump would reserve some of his greatest ire
00:25:37on the trade and tariff front for India and for the Indian government.
00:25:42Indeed, it's a double standard.
00:25:44It's hypocritical, whatever you want to say.
00:25:46But I do think that that might help explain why India, which has been such a close partner
00:25:53of the U.S., has been singled out for particularly harsh treatment by the U.S. president.
00:25:57Unfortunately, given just how the relationship has been developing in recent days, you know,
00:26:05this new announcement is not all that surprising.
00:26:09And the president has also appeared very committed to following through with tariffs.
00:26:14And in that sense, despite the potential impact, the damaging impact this could have on the
00:26:21U.S.-India relationship, it's not that much of a surprise to me that in the end, the president
00:26:26decided to follow through on his threat to impose this additional penalty.
00:26:30I think that this is the worst crisis that the relationship has faced over the last two decades
00:26:38of strategic partnership.
00:26:39I would argue that there is potential for this relationship to be salvaged,
00:26:45not just because of the natural shared interests and the strategic convergences and all that.
00:26:51But this is a relationship that is multifaceted and has many different areas of cooperation
00:26:57that play out on parallel tracks and have the insulation to withstand shocks to the broader relationship.
00:27:05Now, here is where the irony lies.
00:27:11RBI governor has categorically stated that India contributes more to the global economy than the United States.
00:27:17Listen in to what he had to say.
00:27:19You are all aware we have a very robust growth rate, 6.5 percent.
00:27:26And in fact, you know, as per IMF, 6.4 percent and 3 percent growth rate of the world when they look at that,
00:27:34we are contributing about 18 percent, which is more than U.S., where the contribution is expected to be much less
00:27:41at about, I think, 11 percent or something.
00:27:42So we are doing very well and we will continue to further improve.
00:27:52Now, India Today's Rajdeep Sardesai spoke to J.P. Morgan's chief India economist, Sajid Zed Chinoy.
00:27:58Listen in to what he had to say on the tariff threats.
00:28:01Are we heading into a very, very dangerous tariff war territory?
00:28:07Weaponization of tariffs by the U.S. president, your first reaction?
00:28:13This is unfortunate that Mr. Trump has to come to these levels because, you know, if you step back, Rajdeep,
00:28:19at some level what's happened over the last few weeks with high tariffs in different countries is not surprising.
00:28:24We're seeing a dramatic transformation of the global trading order in the last six months under the Trump presidency.
00:28:32It's important to recognize that the effective tariff rates that the U.S. has imposed on other countries,
00:28:38you know, is now about 16 percent.
00:28:41And if Mr. Trump follows through on his promises, we'll go to 20 percent.
00:28:45This is the highest level of effective tariffs in the U.S. since the 1930s under the Smoot-Hawley Act.
00:28:52So you're seeing a lot of global trade disruption with high tariffs in the U.S.,
00:28:57as a result of which we're going to see, you know, China dumping a lot of its excess capacity to other economies,
00:29:03you know, and so if you're a country like India or other emerging markets,
00:29:07you're now facing the twin threat of a much more protectionist global economy,
00:29:13much more economic balkanization and potentially a China shock 2.0,
00:29:19where all this manufacturing capacity from China, which was headed to the U.S.,
00:29:23think of the U.S. putting up a tariff wall like a dam.
00:29:26It kind of floods adjoining areas.
00:29:27So these are troubling times.
00:29:29These are worrying times.
00:29:31The hope is, however, and we've seen this in the case of other countries,
00:29:34that what Mr. Trump has done today is used as negotiating leverage.
00:29:39Remember, you know, with China, the tariffs had gone to 145 percent.
00:29:43And then when things got dialed down, the tariff in China is 42 percent.
00:29:47Europe was threatened with a higher tariff and has come down.
00:29:50So let's hope that these tariffs only go into place 21 days from now,
00:29:54that over the next three weeks, some common ground can be found.
00:29:57And today's announcements really are really a negotiating strategy.
00:30:01The situation currently is concerning, there is no doubt.
00:30:07But at the same time, when we speak of India facing 50 percent tariffs from the United States,
00:30:12one also cannot forget the fact that there is a certain sense of hypocrisy,
00:30:17there is a certain level of double standards that we see from the United States.
00:30:21Because remember, it is the United States itself,
00:30:23which back in the year 2024, May, had come out to say
00:30:27that countries should start importing Russian oil just to stabilize the global economy.
00:30:32And now, just a year later, we come in to see
00:30:35that this is the statement that's coming in from Donald Trump.
00:30:38Now, will this indeed have an impact on the Russia-Ukraine war?
00:30:43That is something that we need to wait and watch.
00:30:46We witnessed that Steve Witkoff himself had, in fact, gone to Moscow yesterday
00:30:51and he was again in talks.
00:30:53And yet Friday was the deadline for the peace deal to be finalized
00:30:57or at least some sort of an update to come in from the Russian side
00:31:01in terms of a peace negotiation with Ukraine.
00:31:03But we still do not see that.
00:31:05But India being singled out and targeted in the manner that it has been,
00:31:09well, that raises a lot of questions.
00:31:11And it's not just the United States that's been hypocritical in this entire situation.
00:31:17It's also the European Union as well that we see.
00:31:19Russian oil import by India has helped stabilize the global economy
00:31:25at a time when it was sinking because of multiple wars,
00:31:28because of a pandemic that had marred the entire world.
00:31:32With that, we'll bring you some numbers at this given point.
00:31:37The numbers that we're bringing to you here,
00:31:39United States net $80 to $85 billion from India annually.
00:31:45Annual estimated earnings of US companies and India tech giants,
00:31:49take Google, Meta, Amazon, all the others,
00:31:53up to $20 billion global capability centers, Dell, Walmart,
00:31:58all of these are also in that very particular category.
00:32:01Again, up to $20 billion banks and consulting firms.
00:32:06Examples include Citibank, JPMorgan, McKenzie,
00:32:10up to $15 billion pharma companies like Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson,
00:32:15up to $2 billion streaming platforms, up to $1.5 billion auto companies,
00:32:21up to $1.2 billion earnings from Indian students in the United States,
00:32:27up to $25 billion is what we see.
00:32:31This is the particular data that we're bringing to you
00:32:36of the economic side of how much goes to the United States from India
00:32:41at this particular point.
00:32:41But with that, joining me on the broadcast is a panel of esteemed guests
00:32:46at this point, Professor Andrew Latham,
00:32:48Distinguished Scholar of International Security,
00:32:51Strategic Studies in Political Economy, Macaulay State College.
00:32:55Mr. Latham, thank you so much for speaking to us
00:32:57and a very good morning to you from India, sir.
00:32:59My pleasure.
00:33:00Very firstly, I would like to come to you with the fact
00:33:04that 50% tariffs is what India is looking at.
00:33:07It's very close to China at this point.
00:33:08But the hypocrisy from the United States or from the West at large
00:33:13seems to be unreal at this given point.
00:33:17It's ironic how they have been targeting and singling out India
00:33:20while continuing their trade relations with Russia.
00:33:25Yes, it is not quite confusing, perhaps all too predictable.
00:33:29On the one hand, the Europeans are allowed to import Russian oil and gas.
00:33:32Perhaps the Chinese are certainly doing it.
00:33:35And the United States is importing other materials from Russia,
00:33:39critical minerals, et cetera.
00:33:41And yet India is being singled out.
00:33:44And my conjecture is that Trump thinks he won against Japan.
00:33:49He got them to roll over and play dead.
00:33:52Indonesia, the European Union.
00:33:54And the only fly in the ointment, as it were,
00:33:58the only country that has stood up to him is India.
00:34:01And I think it's really emboldened him on the one hand
00:34:05that he beat Japan in the European Union
00:34:06and enraged him that he can't get his way with India.
00:34:10And so he's doing what the art of the deal suggests.
00:34:12He's ratcheting up the pressure on India.
00:34:15But he doesn't understand that the Modi government
00:34:17only has so much wiggle room here,
00:34:19that there are certain domestic constituencies,
00:34:22in the agricultural sector, for example,
00:34:24which he simply cannot alienate
00:34:26if the BJP is to have any hope of winning again in the future.
00:34:30So the room for Modi to give Trump what he wants is pretty limited.
00:34:36Now, there are things that the Modi government could do.
00:34:39It could, for example, cut back on the re-export of oil.
00:34:43It's making a lot of money, not just consuming Russian oil,
00:34:46but then selling it on the world market and making some money.
00:34:49It could cut back on that, for example.
00:34:52There are some other things that it could do
00:34:54with respect to the defence industry.
00:34:56And there are some things that it could do diplomatically,
00:34:58just give Trump a phone call
00:35:00and maybe, you know, stroke his feathers a little bit.
00:35:03But it is ironic that India is being singled out this way
00:35:08and in a way that's likely to alienate
00:35:11America's best strategic partner in the Indo-Pacific.
00:35:15Absolutely, and that is what has been the concern at this given point.
00:35:21And, you know, when we speak of the hypocrisy, sir,
00:35:23it's not just with regards to economy.
00:35:26You know, while we're speaking of U.S. imposing extra tariffs,
00:35:30Trump has even come out to say there will be secondary sanctions.
00:35:33Firstly, let's also take a look at the fact that Trump himself,
00:35:37the businessman Trump that is known to be,
00:35:40his own company has one of the largest real estate markets in India.
00:35:45And we, in fact, even did a report on that.
00:35:47Trump Towers, four Trump Towers already existing in India
00:35:51and then six more projects that have been announced
00:35:53in a country where he himself has been flourishing
00:35:56and establishing himself.
00:35:57He's coming out to attack that country economically in a way,
00:36:01and that to a country that has been contributing
00:36:04to the global economy consistently.
00:36:08Yes, and, in fact, it's one of the,
00:36:09if not the fastest-growing economy on the planet.
00:36:12I mean, GDP per capita is still relatively low
00:36:15compared to some of India's peer competitors,
00:36:18China, for example.
00:36:19But it's growing very, very quickly,
00:36:21and there's a huge potential market there, obviously,
00:36:241.4 billion people.
00:36:25And Trump has already begun to exploit that market.
00:36:28So you're right.
00:36:29It's not just geopolitics at play here.
00:36:31It's not just, you know,
00:36:33having India as a partner against China in the Indo-Pacific.
00:36:37It's got very much to do with two other things,
00:36:39one of which is the geoeconomics, if I can put it that way.
00:36:43Why, after spending 20 years building an economic relationship with India,
00:36:48why are you torpedoing that now?
00:36:51But the other part of the equation that people sometimes forget
00:36:54is that the Indian diaspora in the United States
00:36:57is the wealthiest diasporates,
00:37:00the wealthiest constituency in the United States,
00:37:03one of 19 doctors in the U.S. are Indian, for example.
00:37:07And that constituency has, in the past,
00:37:10gravitated towards the Democratic Party.
00:37:13But it has, over the last 10 years or so,
00:37:15begun to drift in the direction of the Republican Party.
00:37:17And now what we see, because of Trump's intemperate actions against India,
00:37:24is he risks alienating that very important constituency.
00:37:28It's not a constituency that brings its weight to bear with respect to specific policies,
00:37:33but it does vote.
00:37:35And it can vote Democrat or vote Republican.
00:37:38And Trump is on the verge of pushing many, many Indian Americans
00:37:42back to voting Democrat as opposed to Republican.
00:37:44Right, Mr. Latham.
00:37:47Just stay with us at this given point.
00:37:49Let me just take our viewers through some more numbers
00:37:51that we have for them at this point.
00:37:53Viewers, we're taking you through how cheaper oil comes in from Russia.
00:37:57And this is per barrel estimate that we are giving you.
00:38:00There's a discount share of Russia that we're speaking of.
00:38:03In the year 2022, we look at an estimate of $30 billion.
00:38:08And that was increased to 22%.
00:38:12Again, $20 billion, 36% in 2023.
00:38:17In 2024, we'd seen $9 billion, 35 to 40%.
00:38:222025, $2 to $5 billion, 35 to 40%.
00:38:26Again, per PBL.
00:38:27This is the particular estimate that we are giving to you.
00:38:30If we look at it, per particular barrel, it is $2 to $5 at this given point in the year 2025.
00:38:39And with that, let's also, Mr. Latham, I'll come to you.
00:38:42Let me also introduce Seema Sirohi, columnist and author of Friends with Benefits,
00:38:46the India-US story, who's also joining us on the panel at this point this morning.
00:38:51Mr. Rhoi, thank you for speaking to us.
00:38:53And very good morning to you from India.
00:38:55Very firstly, Ms. Sirohi, I would want to ask you this, that, you know, we were discussing
00:38:59the hypocrisy involved, the double standards involved from the U.S.'s side at this given point.
00:39:05And, you know, it doesn't just restrict itself to the tariffs that we are speaking of.
00:39:12At the same time, we are seeing, and that is, if U.S. indeed is speaking of, you know,
00:39:18ending wars across the world.
00:39:19We are looking at the United States aiding a country which only months ago, in fact,
00:39:25came out to sponsor such a big terrorist attack in India itself, that is, Pakistan.
00:39:31We see U.S. coming out and reducing their tariffs and helping their economy to grow.
00:39:36That is a major double standard, and it's appalling at this given point,
00:39:40the U.S. and the stance that it is taking by singling out India for the Russia-Ukraine war.
00:39:45But at the same time, it's, in fact, you know, supporting economically a country which has
00:39:50been sponsoring terrorism over decades.
00:39:54Yes, it's very aggravating, and there is no clear logical line that you can draw from what
00:40:03Trump has done to what the reality is.
00:40:06It's true that China buys more Russian oil, for example, than India does.
00:40:13The EU buys more LNG from Russia than other countries.
00:40:20So, but he has somehow chosen to punish India.
00:40:24We can only speculate as to why.
00:40:27Something clearly sounds personal to me, you know, having covered this relationship for
00:40:34many decades, it's very carefully built, and there's a lot of effort that's gone into it.
00:40:43The diplomatic work, it's taken, you know, brick by brick to build it.
00:40:48And he is being so acerbic about India that it's impossible for any Indian government to not
00:41:00respond, for example.
00:41:02So, yes, the hypocrisy is there.
00:41:04Today, when he was asked, Friday evening, that is, sorry, not Friday.
00:41:13I'm getting confused about the time, Wednesday evening, he was asked about why he had not
00:41:21punished other countries or put tariffs on others.
00:41:24So, he says, well, it's only been eight hours.
00:41:27Wait, there'll be many more.
00:41:29So, we don't know.
00:41:31There may be other countries that come under the hammer.
00:41:35For right now, it seems it's India that's getting this very sort of third-degree treatment
00:41:45for no apparently palpable sort of reason that I can understand.
00:41:53You know, everybody's got trade problems with the U.S.
00:41:57He's imposed tariffs.
00:41:58He's negotiated with them, or his team has.
00:42:02Just as has India, but somehow perhaps the gap was too much between what he wanted, which
00:42:11was probably a total sort of supplication, and compared to what India was willing to give.
00:42:22Right, Mr. Rui.
00:42:23Professor Latham here, I would want to ask you this, that you just said a little while back
00:42:29that there is very little wiggle room for India at this given point.
00:42:32India has stood very firm on its stance that what has happened is unreasonable at this
00:42:38point, and they have said that they will also be taking actions.
00:42:41Would you want to throw some light on that very aspect, sir?
00:42:45Yes, I think it's quite telling that thus far India has not overreacted.
00:42:52The reaction has been very muted.
00:42:54India, the Modi government, on the margins, has tried to placate Trump and his administration.
00:43:00Like I said, they have done certain things in terms of lowering tariffs unilaterally, etc., etc.
00:43:06I mean, there have been some gestures made.
00:43:09But for whatever reason, the Trump administration, and I think it's bigger than Donald Trump, have
00:43:14just sunk their teeth into this issue, and they simply won't let go.
00:43:19I think the comparison with Pakistan is very telling as well.
00:43:26The Trump administration would love to have its cake and eat it, too.
00:43:29It would love to have a good partnership with both Pakistan and India, one to contain China,
00:43:35the other to balance against Iran.
00:43:37But, of course, Pakistan's track record is checkered, shall we say.
00:43:42On the one hand, yes, it counterbalances Iran.
00:43:45But on the other hand, it does support terrorists, some of which are actually Iranian-backed.
00:43:49So, right, there's a tension there.
00:43:53But you're never, for the foreseeable future, you're never going to get a team, America,
00:43:59which includes both India and Pakistan in equal measure.
00:44:01I just don't see that happening.
00:44:05So, what can the Modi government do?
00:44:07As I said, it can, on the one hand, continue on the margins making concessions, but it's
00:44:12not in a position to roll over with respect to the big issues about tariffs, about protecting
00:44:18certain sectors of the Indian economy, etc.
00:44:20It's simply not.
00:44:22The other thing, though, which is related to diplomacy is I really do think that Donald
00:44:27Trump is somebody who can be wooed, as it were.
00:44:34If Modi were to reach out, a telephone call, they have a good relationship by all accounts,
00:44:41good working relationship anyway, and try to smooth those ruffled feathers a little bit,
00:44:45that might go part of the way.
00:44:48Donald Trump would love to walk away from this saying, I won.
00:44:51And if Modi can create the illusion that Trump has won this trade war, then it's a win-win.
00:45:00Trump will go away and spike the football in the end zone, to use an Americanism, and Modi
00:45:04will do whatever the cricket equivalent is, and it's back to business as usual, which is
00:45:09trading and containing China.
00:45:12Those are the two.
00:45:14You know, I would like to bring in Mr. Rohi into the conversation here at this point.
00:45:18Mr. Rohi, do you think it is about a big win for Donald Trump at this given point in this
00:45:26entire situation?
00:45:28I think by using the kind of language he has, he's made it very difficult for Prime Minister
00:45:36Modi to even give him a big win, even if he wanted to.
00:45:41Earlier it wasn't possible because the parliament was in session.
00:45:44But now he's taken such extreme steps that no government, no Prime Minister can sort of
00:45:54immediately make a phone call.
00:45:57The political managers of Prime Minister Modi will not expose him to an unpredictable, you
00:46:06know, leader who can say anything, then go on Twitter and say the exact opposite.
00:46:10Whatever happened in the phone call, you may read on X an entirely different account.
00:46:17So it's too risky now.
00:46:20Since the goodwill is eroded, the confidence is gone that I don't think a phone call is
00:46:30likely.
00:46:31What is likely is for other people in the Trump administration, if they can stand up, those
00:46:37who have, you know, look after, let's say the State Department, Secretary of State Marco
00:46:44Rubio, for them to say something, for the Vice President to say something, to not allow
00:46:52the President to destroy a relationship to a point where it will be very difficult to rebuild.
00:47:01Absolutely.
00:47:02We saw Nikki Haley herself come out to warn Trump as well of not ruining the relationship
00:47:08with India at this given point.
00:47:09Except Nikki Haley has zero weight in the Republican Party right now, you know.
00:47:15Absolutely.
00:47:17With that, Ms. Seema Sarohi and Professor Andrew Latham, thank you for joining us on India
00:47:21today.
00:47:22I'm extremely sorry, but we'll have to end the conversation here that we are running out of
00:47:26time at this given point.
00:47:27But yes, viewers, that is the situation at this given point.
00:47:30Those were the insights being offered by our panelists on how the situation has been and
00:47:35how the situation, or rather what the situation looks like from here.
00:47:39And that is all that we have for you at the moment on the Trump tariff war that has currently
00:47:43been developed.
00:47:52And with that, viewers, we are now shifting our focus to some breaking news coming in.
00:47:56Gurugram's public perversion horror.
00:47:59Man masturbates in front of woman, unzips pants before model waiting for cab.
00:48:04Delhi NCR horror at crowded metro station.
00:48:08Shocking ordeal faced by women in Delhi NCR.
00:48:12It can't get more disgusting than this, viewers.
00:48:16This is the news that we are bringing to you.
00:48:18It is beyond concerning at this point.
00:48:21It is just unacceptable and to say the least, disgusting.
00:48:24Let's listen in to what the victim had to say on the matter.
00:48:2811 in the morning.
00:48:34Can you believe that?
00:48:35And they said, you have to come to the Thana for the FIR and all.
00:48:39We can't register your complaint online.
00:48:42I mean, what is this?
00:48:43Something miss happening at that moment.
00:48:46Like, we should go to the Thana to launch the complaint.
00:48:49We can't get any online help or nothing like this.
00:48:53I felt very disgusted and I'm also really making this video not to get any kind of attention.
00:48:58I just want me to be heard.
00:49:00Like, why is there no response from the government or from these sides?
00:49:04And I also don't know about these apps that promise us to provide safety, that Ola and Uber.
00:49:12Why are your drivers, like, kept ignoring our calls?
00:49:16I don't know.
00:49:46I don't know.
00:49:47I don't know.
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00:50:11One guy was doing a lot of work, which the model himself recorded in his mobile camera, and then the statement was put on social media.
00:50:22On the other hand, there are also some questions, like you said, that the woman's help line is put on that question.
00:50:29Now, the police said that the social media was put on it, and then the F.I.R. was launched.
00:50:37The accused will be arrested immediately.
00:50:41Well, viewers, let's quickly, once again, listen to the voice of the victim here.
00:50:49She's raised some very serious questions with regards to the women's help lines that exist in Delhi and C.R.
00:50:55For situations like this, let's listen into what she had to say.
00:50:59This happened at 11 in the morning. Can you believe that?
00:51:04And they said, you have to come to the Thana for the F.I.R. and all. We can't register your company online.
00:51:10I mean, what is this something miss happening at that moment?
00:51:15Like we should go to the Thana to launch the complaint.
00:51:18We can't get any online help or nothing like this. I felt very disgusted.
00:51:23And I'm also really making this video not to get any kind of attention. I just want me to be heard.
00:51:29Like, why is there is no response from the government or from these sides?
00:51:33And I also don't know about these apps that promise us to provide safety, that Ola and Uber.
00:51:41Why your drivers kept ignoring our calls?
00:51:45We have Brinda Ardike joining us on the broadcast to, in fact, share her insights on this rather horrifying incident that's come to occurrence in Gurugram.
00:51:56Ms. Ardike, very good morning to you and thank you for speaking to India today.
00:51:59I would want to ask you this as I was posing the same question to my colleague as well.
00:52:04Why is it that despite such helplines existing, we do not find them into use when such situations occur?
00:52:13That is a very big question. I think we need to ask the state what is it that is lacking in them, that they refuse to respond to calls of help, even when they have the helplines as well as there are apps.
00:52:29Because several police in many cities also have these safety apps.
00:52:33To a large extent, I think there is a lot of eyewash by these people, knee-jerk reactions whenever a case comes up and say,
00:52:41oh, yes, we've made an app and the helpline will reach you in 10 minutes.
00:52:44Nobody is monitoring them because we know that the CCTV cameras that have been bought with Nirbaya funds fixed across the streets everywhere in most of the cities are not monitored by anybody.
00:52:57So it is just fixed and we don't know how many of them are working, one.
00:53:01One. Two. The Ola company doesn't really have any stake because the government is also now looking at what are the laws they have to hold the company accountable.
00:53:15Nothing much. Because, you know, a lot of it is virtual.
00:53:19And so when calls are being made, because even in the Ola Uber app you have, do you want to report something?
00:53:25How do you report? You report by sending a message and then by praying, waiting, somebody will respond.
00:53:31Don't you think that is a very shoddy way of doing some business where safety is paramount? Yes.
00:53:39Where have the Uber in charge or the people who are minting the money from Uber Ola ever been pulled up anywhere in court? No way.
00:53:51They send their representatives and their lawyers, they pay a certain fine to the court and it is done.
00:53:57They don't look at it as a safety concern. They are not looking at it as the state extending protection and safety.
00:54:06It's just between an Ola driver and the passenger. And that is wrong because my state is responsible for my safety.
00:54:13Absolutely. Ms. Ariki, thank you for sharing your insights on that. And with that, viewers, that's all that we have for you on this very story at the moment.
00:54:22We are just 50 kilometers away from Dharali where massive floods hit and entire village was wiped out.
00:54:28Currently, we are standing at Bhatwari. This is the last point till any vehicle can come.
00:54:33And you can see behind me, BRO is currently trying to open this road, patch this sunken road and create a whole route for the relief material and NDRF teams, their vehicles, their equipment to move forward and go to ground zero where people are waiting to be helped.
00:54:53Now, before we begin this bulletin, we have some breaking news coming in. Let's dip into that.
00:54:58It seems the chief minister, Pushkar Singh Dhami, before the rescue operation started in the morning, met up with the teams that are involved with it before they left to start rescue operations in the disaster affected areas.
00:55:13Uttarakhand chief minister reviewed the ongoing rescue operation in Dharali by holding a meeting with the officials of NDRF and the ITVP at the camp office in Uttarkashi late last night.
00:55:25With the cooperation of Army, NDRF, ITVP, SDRF, Uttarakhand police and local administration, a massive rescue operation is being carried out in Dharali.
00:55:37And currently, this road is being patched and they are trying to build road connectivity to Dharali.
00:55:43And it was an afternoon that brought devastation to the village of Dharali in Uttarkashi.
00:56:07Currently, we are just 50 kilometers short of it.
00:56:10When at 1.45 in the afternoon, a deluge just came down with massive rocks, mud, silt and gravel, there was little time for people to escape.
00:56:21Along with it, it took away homes, cars.
00:56:25We can see that they all got buried.
00:56:27So, it is after that, that the rescue operation started.
00:56:32Tons of rubble lay on the site with ITVP Army and SDRF personnel rummaging through it for those trapped underneath.
00:56:40Uttarakhand chief minister, as we told you earlier also, he has been reviewing the situation and he had also visited the affected village of Dharali and met the affected families as well.
00:56:51Dharali urged people to stand with the victims as well as informed that arrangements are being made to provide best treatment to those who have sustained injuries.
00:57:02So far, five deaths have been reported, but over 190 people have been rescued to safety with 15 still reported to be missing.
00:57:13Over 225 army personnel, including infantry and engineering teams, are on the ground for search rescue operations.
00:57:23One, the workers who have been volunteers were out of the country.
00:57:28They are the workers who have been fighting for the investigation and they have been fighting for their involvement in every state of Kavadir.
00:57:33Those who have been in the organization, all at the same time, they have been living, all at the same time.
00:57:39My colleague Ashutosh Mishra managed to reach very close to
00:58:09the disaster spot. He brings you a news report from there.
00:58:39My colleague Ashutosh Mishra managed to reach very close to me.
00:58:46My colleague Ashutosh Mishra managed to reach very close to me.
00:58:48My colleague Ashutosh Mishra managed to reach very close to me.
00:58:50My colleague Ashutosh Mishra managed to reach very close to me.
00:58:52My colleague Ashutosh Mishra had to reach very close to me.
00:59:00That's all the problems in this car are because of the struggle.
00:59:05At this time, people started building around the lodge.
00:59:09This whole place was just this where the town is formed.
00:59:14This whole bridge is here.
00:59:17There is so many people in the water, I will take over the air to the water.
00:59:22Here is a crack rag.
00:59:26This is the first time we will be able to cut a parallel path, but how much time we will be able to cut 200 meters.
00:59:41This is why we will be able to cut a parallel path.
00:59:47It is loose.
00:59:48It is a great day.
00:59:49There is a lot of rain on the night.
00:59:50But now there is a nice day.
00:59:52It is always a very cold.
00:59:54There is a lot of rain on this side.
00:59:56There are a lot of rain on this side.
00:59:58This is the main issue of the road.
01:00:00The main issue of the road is that
01:00:02the help of this coast might be able to make the progress.
01:00:06The air force can be used to make this operation.
01:00:08The air force can be used to be used to do a lot.
01:00:11It is very difficult for us.
01:00:17so we are at the site where they're trying to fix the road remember this is
01:00:23the only connection road connection that leads up to that village that got
01:00:27affected now with me is the team of border road organization this is the
01:00:33greff which is responsible for building bridges and connecting the roads they're
01:00:37here right now sir aap loog yeh joo kaam chal raha hai thoda is taraf ko sir agar
01:00:41dechstake sir aap bhi a jae yeh kya koosish ho rhaie yagi Raat ko shahid aap look
01:00:46kar paay thy aah patch istarak ko jay madam aap theek raja weis ko continue
01:00:50connect n ethne ki koosish kar rag hebben we kamer ko bis road ko
01:00:53go ou oha koo ra dove kari da this page ko joo humare saamne hai
01:00:56leken noah Raat ko phiris Masaab hua hai jiske current se dponay road das
01:01:02chukai aahadi duvare reopen isko kaya jara hai 10 15 minitur koam ri open
01:01:06kari in a set aapko kya lag raha hai ki ee sorry Aapko kya lag raha
01:01:09I hope that this is open.
01:01:10Will we expect any time to come to be able to make a connection?
01:01:15I am going to be in a small place.
01:01:16This is the place that will be open in 10 minutes.
01:01:21After that, the street is 75 meters.
01:01:24We will be able to go to Gangnani.
01:01:28Gangnani is a bridge that was 25.75 meters.
01:01:36This bridge, remember, is very critical to reach the village.
01:02:02Then we will reach the village to reach the village.
01:02:08Do you believe that everything starts to be a buy road?
01:02:12Yes, yes.
01:02:13We will try to reach the village to reach the village.
01:02:22At 2 in the night, they had managed to fix the road, but then it collapsed once again.
01:02:30So, you told us, how did you know this night?
01:02:34Actually, I will tell you that,
01:02:36we have continued to reach the village to reach the village.
01:02:40So, we have been able to reach the village to reach the village.
01:02:50So, what time in the morning did you resume your work, sir?
01:02:56At 2 in the morning, we have been able to reach the village to reach the village to reach the village.
01:03:06So, what time in the morning did you resume your work, sir?
01:03:20At 2 in the morning, we have been able to reach the village to reach the village to reach the village to reach the village to reach the village.
01:03:30We have time to reach the village to reach the village to reach the village to reach the village to reach the village.
01:03:34So, do you have famed if we hope you reach the village?
01:03:36On the day, in the morning, there goes like to reach the village of the village to reach the village.
01:03:41In May, you're from 2 in the south, you're from various local villages in the valley.
01:03:47this condition that we are seeing this time has this happened before because we
01:03:52know roads go and sink and we see landslide all the time but it's not a
01:03:57long patch. In 2013 it happened like that, when water came in and when there was a cloudburst, it could happen
01:04:04anywhere.
01:04:06The cloudburst, hopefully we don't know whether it was a cloudburst or there
01:04:12was some other reason that happened in Dharali village. This is 50 kilometers away from it.
01:04:17So, this is the road sinking.
01:04:20The cloudburst is made. When there is a cloudburst, it will block the river.
01:04:26Then there is a cloudburst developed.
01:04:28But this is the damage. Who did it? Because we are 50 kilometers away from it.
01:04:32So, this is the damage?
01:04:33When the water comes from the water pressure, the dam works.
01:04:38Then, the dam breaks, the water comes from the other side.
01:04:43Then, the water comes from the other side. If the water comes from the other side, it will hit the right
01:04:50and if the water comes from the other side, it will hit the right.
01:04:52So, this is the nature of the water.
01:04:54So, when the water flows from one side, it will erosion from the other side.
01:04:59We have to understand that the Bhaagirati is coming here and it turns here.
01:05:04So, it comes and hits the wall around here and what they are saying is that it was so powerful
01:05:10and it had so much debris with it that it damaged the road.
01:05:13So, it basically moved the foundations of the road.
01:05:16Sir, this is the job that you guys do to maintain the whole road.
01:05:22Is this a whole year, or do you have to do more work in this year?
01:05:26This year is constantly working on the road, but this is an emergency.
01:05:32The road is still going on.
01:05:33The road is still going on.
01:05:34The road is still going on.
01:05:35It's a good road here.
01:05:36We have had a lot of road.
01:05:37It's not a block.
01:05:38It's not a block.
01:05:39It's not a block.
01:05:40It's not a block.
01:05:41It's not a block.
01:05:42Thank you very much.
01:05:43You guys are talking about it.
01:05:44Thank you very much.
01:05:45So, this was the team of the BRO.
01:05:46We will just show, sir.
01:05:47Let me show you a little bit here.
01:05:48Let me show you in the background.
01:05:49So, this was the team of the BRO.
01:05:51They were giving us details as to how they will, hopefully, they are saying that by tomorrow
01:05:58evening they will be able to fix the road link to the village, the affected village,
01:06:02and you can see the locals standing there.
01:06:04They are trying to cross this area, but let's also take a look at the report of what exactly
01:06:10happened at Uttarkashi, the village of Dharali. Well, as everybody says, there was a cloudburst,
01:06:18but that is yet to be confirmed. But a deluge of mud, of gravel, of silt came down the hill
01:06:25and it just engulfed the entire village. We are bringing you more details of the rescue
01:06:30operation and the incident in this report.
01:06:40Flash floods bury large chunks of Dharali village. A day later, at Ground Zero, rescue
01:06:52work is badly affected. The village is almost cut off from the rest of the state. Moving
01:07:01the heavy machinery to the epicenter to remove the debris is proving to be a struggle. The
01:07:07national highway to Gangotri has suffered heavy damage at multiple points, which means many
01:07:13rescue workers have had to walk through the forests.
01:07:18This is point number one and then about a kilometer ahead, there is point number two, where there
01:07:24is damage again and that's a much longer damage. This is about 60 meters as we were just told
01:07:30by the PWD official and then beyond that is about a hundred meter or a 150 meter long crack or sinking
01:07:40of the road that we have seen. So we are hoping that this will be fixed soon.
01:07:44We are constantly in touch with the BRO and we are choking out plan. First, what we are trying
01:07:55to do is we are, you know, that initial choke point which is there beyond which the heavy vehicles
01:08:03are not able to come. We are trying to send up Oakland there and, you know, after back cutting,
01:08:12maybe the heavy vehicles will be able to come to this point.
01:08:25और यह लाए गया है और अब हिने है यहां पर आइटी पीपिजा यहां पर प्रादोन है उस पर उनका प्रादोब चार किया जाएगा यह देखे किस तरह से जो कल भीषण आपधा
01:08:35Helicopters are doing the heavy lifting, bringing stranded people
01:09:04to the nearest army base.
01:09:32Three places were hit by flash flood, Dharali, Harsil and Sukhito.
01:09:37The route to reach these passes through Bhatwari and Gangwani.
01:09:41Roads have caved in at both locations.
01:09:43A bridge near Gangwani has washed away by the floods.
01:09:48Now here, this was the main connectivity and the entire concrete bridge.
01:09:55Now see the concrete bridge structure.
01:09:58So on the Khissu top, when the cloud burst happened, the cloud burst that was triggered,
01:10:02top of the hill, the flow of the water and the power that, the kind of energy that it
01:10:07had, it destroyed everything.
01:10:09And all these are the footprints of the devastation, everything.
01:10:13It brings the devastative images all across Gangwani.
01:10:16All we see, when the water started coming down from here, look at those size of the boulders
01:10:20and the stone, rocks, everything that came out.
01:10:23And when that hit this large, one of the largest bridge that was connecting Uttarkashi to Res Pratav
01:10:28of Dhanali and further to Gangotri, to Harsil district, Harsil city, now everything, the
01:10:36entire connectivity has been washed away.
01:10:39They have been washed away, but at the time of Pursasans, there was a boulders here, but
01:10:44the NDRF team arrived here in Gangwani, but they have built their rooms in their rooms.
01:10:51They have been set in their rooms, but they have not made the boulders here until now.
01:10:55In the morning, after 3 hours, we have reached Gangwani in Gangwani.
01:10:58If people put a bridge, like they will put a bridge, if they put a bridge for 2 hours, we
01:11:04can reach the bridge.
01:11:08With the internet connection lost, many villagers are awaiting word from their loved ones.
01:11:17More than 24 hours after the flash floods, there is still no clarity on possible casualties.
01:11:37What caused the flash floods also remains a mystery, with Met officials ruling out any
01:11:42cloudbursts in the region.
01:11:44Experts now believe a glacier breach or lake breach could be the reason.
01:11:50With Anjali Stawal, Omkar Bahuguna, Manjit Negi and Ashutosh Mishra, Bureau Report, India Today.
01:11:59It is extremely crucial that this road link is fixed to the affected Dharali village today or by tomorrow.
01:12:08Otherwise, it is only the air operations that are ensuring that relief material and rescue personnel are reaching the location and ground zero.
01:12:18So, we are hoping that this road link, which is being fixed right now by the BRO officials will be working soon.
01:12:25Because it is the heavy machinery, the supplies, the ration, that can only be taken via the roadway.
01:12:32Mass movement can only happen via road.
01:12:35Well, this is the situation in the hills and we pray that everybody over there is safe.
01:12:42That's all we have for you in this bulletin from this location.
01:12:45We bid you goodbye.
01:12:46Have a great day.
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