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Amid escalating West Asia tensions, Donald Trump has extended a pause on attacks against Iran's energy infrastructure until April 6, claiming diplomatic talks are progressing.
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00:01hello and welcome it's almost 30 days since the west asia war started and today what we're looking
00:08at is uncertainty more than anything else but let's start this bulletin by giving you everything
00:14you need to know about the war where it's headed and the impact that you and i face here at
00:19home
00:20so donald trump appears increasingly interested in finding an off-ramp with iran or what he calls
00:26his winding down the war but his exit strategy is unclear trump's mixed messaging suggests he's still
00:34undecided about what would work best ramping up the conflict to try and end it quickly as quickly
00:41as possible or pushing further for negotiation settlement with tehran which way is it headed
00:47is what we'll try and focus on on the program first up here are the top 10 war headlines
00:54donald trump says that he will further delay the attacks on iran's energy infrastructure by 10
00:59days this will continue until april 6th as he continues to claim talks with iran are on the
01:05peace deal and are going very well according to him but tehran claims that it is not satisfied with
01:12washington's current proposal describing it as an unrealistic negotiation iran however has left the
01:19door open for diplomacy signaling that talks could move forward but only if the united state adopts
01:25a more realistic approach to its demands meanwhile iran's of the finance minister there abbas
01:34aragachi has delivered a speech at the emergency u.n human rights council session on the attacks on a
01:40school in minab aragachi said that the aggression is brutally ruthless and that iran's defense will
01:46continue as long as needed on the other side white house and pentagon are considering sending at least
01:5410 000 additional combat troops to the middle east in the coming days if the trump administration
02:00decides to send extra troops it will significantly increase the number of combat soldiers the u.s has
02:07in the region and you know what that indicates meanwhile israel has issued displacement orders
02:13for all residents of lebanon's living south of the zehrani river there near the border with israel as
02:22israel intensifies its ground invasion lebanon's health ministry has reported that more than
02:28thousand almost 1100 people have been killed in israel's attacks since the 2nd of march
02:38meanwhile back home here in the country as an impact government has slashed excise duty on petrol
02:43and diesel excise duty on petrol has been slashed to three rupees a litre from three rupees to 13
02:50excise duty and on diesel it's been reduced to zero government says it chose not to hike fuel prices for
02:56citizens also government of india has rubbished lockdown rumors amid crisis as lockdown reports are
03:06false they are misleading also asking people to avoid panic and that we have enough stock
03:15and also in a moment from now a pm will be chairing a key meeting with chief ministers on west
03:21asia war
03:22chief ministers will join the prime minister virtually and assess the states different states of the
03:29country's readiness prime minister modi has earned team india approach to assure no fuel crisis
03:37massive uproar in jambu and kashmir assembly the ncmla is protested against uh kamenai's killing
03:44ncmla's uh slogan aired with the kamenai posters also israel murdabad slogans were heard in the assembly
03:55and in another relief another lpg cargo ship named jag wasanth has docked in gujarat's port
04:02the ship carried a total of 42 000 metric tons of lpg and the mid-sea transfer of lpg is
04:08expected to
04:08begin anytime now all right so those were the top 10 war headlines related to it across the globe and
04:19back here in india but there is enough and more news that is uh in the rounds here in the
04:25country
04:25let's take a look at that bloodbath at the dal street amid west asia war as it rages on the
04:30sensex
04:31snow dive nearly about 1700 points and nine lakh crore of investor wealth wiped out in a single
04:37day session we'll tell you on the program why exactly that has happened also entitlement of the
04:43highest order karnataka mlas have united not on a policy but on perks they are seeking free entry and vip
04:51treatment at rcb's ipl games and the government there has called it all right they've actually
04:59agreed to it the alabad high court has ruled that a married man in a living relationship with a
05:05consenting adult woman is not committing any offense under the law the court observed that
05:11morality cannot override the duty to protect citizens rights
05:18and this is the normal trump's world where we are all simply living in it currency notes
05:22in the united states will soon bear signature of president trump this is the first time a
05:28president sign will feature in the notes
05:34and massive embarrassment for the pakistan super league the ball changes color mid game turning
05:41pink and then red due to dye coming off on the player's kids cricketers left stunned saying they
05:48have never seen anything like it all right i'm told some more updates are coming in and this
05:58is ahead of the tamilnadu polls here in the country we are told it's going to be a big setback
06:04for
06:04vijay now tvk sources saying that no not to vijay's pirambur rally because of lack of space permission for
06:14vijay's rally has been denied the rally was expected to happen tomorrow remember and that permission
06:20has just not come in also tvk has given a request letter citing permission for almost
06:273 000 people at the venue remember the background the rally the nude that had gone uh had turned
06:34into a stampede that is the backdrop on which the decision has been taken it seems officials have
06:41denied permission stating the venue that was decided is too constricted and for having many people
06:47so many people in one arena and this comes right a day before the rally which is really
06:53uh setback in a way for vijay it was said to be held tomorrow at 10 a.m my colleague
07:02anaga joins us
07:03for more details on this anaga uh permission denied rally was tomorrow do we have a response on what
07:10vijay is going to do listen folks uh vijay is too close is adavarjuna and sangotian are on their way
07:18to secretariat to sort of seek a clarification as to why is it that the permission was declined
07:23uh in fact adavarjuna and sangotian will also likely be applying for a re-permission because all
07:30arrangements from tbk side have been have been made tomorrow to hold that mega campaign
07:35in fact for a few other constituencies as well vijay had sought permission to campaign in chennai but
07:40it looks like authorities have declined the permission citing lack of space the authorities
07:45are of the view that the area which vijay had thought was very constricted in terms of area which
07:51really cannot accommodate just you know just 3 000 people in fact if vijay comes almost the whole of
07:57chennai would just come just to see vijay and the amount of space that perambur holds is not possible
08:03to accommodate that many people and in order to prevent any untoward incident like how and what
08:09happened in karu authorities this time looks like are being all the more careful in fact the main
08:14justification as to given uh by the administration as to why the permission could have been declined
08:19is about the protocol in fact this morning chennai's corporation commissioner kumar gurubaran
08:24was speaking to media why he said that vijay has to follow protocol it's not okay if you just
08:29knock in on our doors and submit an application 24 hours prior the proper protocol is to apply
08:34online at the suvida portal which vijay has not followed and therefore that could also be one of
08:40the contributing reasons why vijay's permission could have been declined apart from lack of space
08:45right but anaga his movie not being allowed to be released his rally is getting this pushback
08:52this cases cbi cases which are not held in the state but here in the capital as well all of
08:59this sort
08:59of uh vijay has picked up and said that he's been targeted especially because he's not allying
09:04with anyone in the state over there uh help us understand these restrictions these permissions
09:12are all rallies at the moment following this protocol across party lines
09:28so the other parties seem to be seamlessly having their election campaigns going on in chennai but
09:34somehow when it comes to tv kids vijay there seems to be a lot more scrutiny and the reason that
09:39the
09:39authorities give is that the kind of crowd that comes to vijay is just uncontrollable that forces us
09:45to have a lot more scrutiny because we've already been bitten once we saw what happened in karur where
09:5041 people died so we don't want another karur to happen anywhere else ever in the future and that's
09:56why the authorities are saying that we need a lot more time to decide if the area can really hold
10:02on
10:02to that many people in fact if vijay comes it's not just tv case followers that come we're talking about
10:07the fans that vijay has built over the last 35 years that kind of crowd can perambur can you know
10:13can
10:13it handle can such a constricted road handle that's the big question mark and it looks like the
10:17authorities are being cautious at the moment uh but still not all doors are closed in about 10 to 15
10:24minutes we can expect adhavarjuna and sangotian to come to secretariat and meet with the officers
10:29in fact a re-permission will also be will also be sought and an alternative venue would also be likely
10:35sought by the tv kids to sort of clear the roadblocks and make sure that vijay campaigns in vijay uh
10:41in
10:41terambur because it is quite likely that vijay might contest from terambur as an mla candidate
10:47all right so that's an interesting seat and interesting developments that are coming in
10:53as well thanks anaga for joining us with the very latest as the heat for battleground tamil nadu gets
10:59on let's switch our focus now to everything that's been happening here in the country is a fallout of
11:08the war just one month of west asia war and oil prices surged over 100 right climbing dangerously
11:16close to that 150 dollar per barrel mark as well and yet here in india what have we seen that
11:23petrol
11:24and diesel prices have not moved at least so far now not because the pressure isn't there but because
11:31still now the oil companies were sort of absorbing that shock and that escalated price it was not
11:38being passed on to you and me but with the latest excise duty cut the government has now finally
11:45stepped in not to reduce your and my fuel price but to ensure that it does not increase any further
11:54excise duty on petrol has been slashed from 13 rupees to just three rupees look at the data over there
12:01that gives you an idea of how much it has been passed on and change has happened on the consumer
12:07uh for india vis-a-vis the world right and diesel what happened excise duty on petrol slashed on 13
12:14to
12:14three on diesel it's come down to zero now what does this tell you this is a very clear signal
12:19that
12:19the burden is now shifting from the oil companies to the government the companies just cannot take it
12:24anymore so for those asking will this petrol and diesel become cheaper the answer is simple this is
12:32not about making fuel cheaper this is about stopping it from becoming more expensive however there is a
12:40second layer to this entire strategy export duty has been imposed on jet fuel export duty remember i'm
12:47saying nearly 30 rupees per liter on diesel export duty is over 21 rupees per liter at the moment why
12:55this is to keep fuel within the country to prioritize domestic supply at a time when global supply chains
13:00are obviously choking but this protection comes at a cost markets have already reacted we told you that
13:09stocks are under pressure bond yields are at a 16 month high rupee is weakening why because the
13:16government is now absorbing that massive fiscal hit so understand this clearly you are not seeing
13:22cheaper fuel because the government is making sure of it you don't see costlier fuel as well
13:29now in middle of the global energy crisis that is a real relief real relief to you and me and
13:36let's
13:36go back to that graphic where we compare india to the globe to see how much of that you know
13:42escalated
13:43prices passed on to the consumers and in india we are still sort of shielded from that but the question
13:51really at this point is how long how long will the relief last that really is the million dollar question
14:03but on one end we see the government has managed to sort of absorb that oil price rise but there
14:12are
14:12other ways in which the battle has already hit home the war is far away but it is hitting our
14:18kitchens now
14:20our grocery bills gadgets even our home now why is that happening because india depends heavily on imports
14:28from the region which is at war so far war has hit oil shipping supplies and prices they are just
14:35crawling up slowly this is not a normal inflation remember this is a war induced shock and to see how
14:43it's affecting uh and you know it's difficult to track these numbers because different markets have
14:48different parameters so we thought how about we track these prices on a you know one marketplace for the
14:55country at the moment which is amazon amazon prices before the war and after sector by sector item by
15:04item let's take a look at that okay let's start with the kitchen fuel induction cooktops at the moment we
15:11already know that they have escalated the price was earlier about 2899 now it is 4598 if the stock is
15:20still there let's look at electric cookers earlier the price was about 1900 now it's over 2199 the backup
15:29as we say is no longer cheaper but that's not the only basket we looked at we looked at some
15:34dry fruits
15:34as well we looked at the food basket their dates for example earlier about 797 now about 951
15:42and also imported dry fruits let's look at those from 419 they have gone up to 549 we also looked
15:52at tech
15:52technology is taking a hit as well we looked at some hp laptops the price earlier was about a
15:59lakh 5990 now it's about a lakh 9990 a small sort of correction there offer has increased that has happened
16:09but it's not a brand only issue if you look at other brands as well even dell laptops for that
16:15matter
16:16there a dell laptop was about 39 509 now it's about 45 990 but the shocking bit in here is
16:26that even
16:26basics like water packaged water that has also gone up say earlier a big chunk of it was costing you
16:33about
16:34749 now it's 899 and the hardest hit is on things like cooking oil earlier 1400 now almost 1700 raw
16:45materials
16:46aluminium earlier 741 now it's 829 and petroleum based products of course petroleum jelly for example
16:56right earlier 1884 now 2184 this is of course a chunk of them that we're looking at like your
17:03month uh you know a big chunk of it in wholesale that you get and construction building materials
17:08as well 2143 earlier now 3257 so to put the entire routine together to put it all together
17:20this is to tell you this is not inflation induced price rise this is a price rise which is inflicted
17:28by the war it is triggered by the war it is a chain reaction where energy transport supplies all push
17:36prices higher and the real cost of conflict like we keep reminding you every day it's not just at the
17:42border it's not just between those two three countries in the gulf nations perhaps it is impacting
17:47the world it's the fallout is inside our homes and remember this is just 30 days in for now compared
17:56to the world india is still holding steady but if the signals ahead are right we may have to brace
18:03for
18:03impact we'll have to see how exactly that goes all right let's move on from the latest on the war
18:14front
18:15uh to what's actually happening at the border there now the latest development at the moment is that
18:21trump's five-day pause on destroying energy infrastructure has come to an end and he has now
18:27imposed a fresh 10-day pause that has been announced so how should we see this is it finally safe
18:34to say
18:34that there is a significant de-escalation earlier we were skeptical should we now
18:38uh at least tell ourselves that we are in a better territory well perhaps too early to say that even
18:44now because since the pause has come along there has also been parallelly escalation of military
18:51preparedness that's happening another 10 000 troops are being prepped up by the us to almost be at the
18:59war front iran on the other hand what are they doing they are recruiting kids as young as 12 to
19:04join the
19:05army so which way is this really headed is it diplomacy in motion which is why we have us at
19:14least so israel
19:15continues to attack but us at least is not attacking energy infrastructure or is this simply a pause
19:20before a larger confrontation as many are saying right let's understand that in detail we have with us
19:30now uh gaurav savans joining us and also uh geeta mohan but before we go to them and get an
19:37analysis
19:38here's the report to wrap up all the developments for you
19:49u.s forces continue to eliminate threats by the iranian regime striking over 10 000 targets since the start
19:56of operation epic fury however in a move that could reshape the trajectory of u.s iran tensions trump
20:04has extended the pause on any offensive action against iranski energy assets by further 10 days
20:10a decision that comes amid heightened fears of conflict in west asia the announcement came in a post
20:17on truth social where trump said the extension followed a request from tehran and confirmed the pause
20:23would run until april 6th the announcement follows weeks of aggressive rhetoric and rising military
20:33posturing with both sides signaling readiness while avoiding direct confrontation they want to make a
20:41deal the reason they want to make a deal is they have been just beat
20:47iran's energy infrastructure remains at heart of this standoff from vast oil fields to critical
20:53export terminals the sector fuels iran's economy and serves as a strategic lever in global geopolitics
20:59any disruption here could send shock waves far beyond the region you know speculate on what it
21:05would take it can be open tomorrow if iran stops threatening global shipping which is an outrage and a
21:11violation of international law for all the pensions that care about international law
21:14they should be doing something about it trump also insisted that iran was pushing for a deal
21:21to bring the war to an end stressing that previous iran leaders lost their lives for failing to reach
21:27an agreement with him but they say oh we're not talking to anybody would know that and only
21:34a total full and they're not fools they're very smart actually in a certain way
21:39and they're great negotiators i say they're lousy fighters but they're great negotiators
21:43uh and uh they are begging to work out a deal trump further claimed that iran gifted oil tankers to
21:54u.s by allowing 10 pakistani flagged oil tankers to pass through hormo straight as a goodwill gesture
22:00during ongoing back channel talks a statement that has raised eyebrows
22:07we're going to let you have eight boats of oil eight boats eight big boats of oil this was two
22:13days ago and they'll sail up tomorrow that was three days ago and i didn't think much about it
22:22trump also said that taking control of iran's oil was an option but said that he would not talk about
22:35it but it's an option for iran its oil network is not just economic it's strategic any attack could
22:47provoke retaliation potential escalating into a border regional conflict involving multiple actors
22:53the pause offers a narrow window for negotiations but also keeps the threat of action alive
23:00as the day 10 clock ticks uncertainty dominates the global stage whether this pause leads to diplomacy
23:07or simple delays confrontation remains to be seen bureau report india today
23:16all right let's cut across to our reporters and understand this in a little bit more detail
23:23gita mohan is with us on global strategy how exactly are these world leaders uh thinking on
23:28diplomacy gaurav savants to understand how exactly are the combat ships really moving and
23:33ashraf my colleague who's been braving it out there in labnan and has been reporting on all of those
23:39details we'll come to gaurav first gaurav just give us an understanding how real is this threat of
23:46boots on ground by the us at the moment because the five day has now become 15 days
23:53we keep talking about ships which are you know going to reach we now know about 10 000 more
23:59troops who are being prepped up is this just donald trump speak or is there a real significant threat
24:05that is going is looming upon us and is all prepared to fire in case stocks fall off
24:14so the threat is very real the escalation is very real troop mobilization is real um you know the two
24:21marine expeditionary units uh the first has reached the uh central command area of responsibility uh it
24:28now depends on the cencom commander where he wants to deploy one of the meus the second meu uh the
24:34marine expeditionary unit which is x san diego that will still take a couple of weeks to get to the
24:40battle zone so they will wait for all forces to come and you need sizable numbers before you can
24:46mobilize uh and and take undertake any action but then boots on ground at least preparation has
24:52started remember 50 000 already uh in the overall gcc uh territory uh plus these marine expeditionary
25:00unit elements plus the 82nd airborne elements and there are some reports that seem to indicate that
25:05there are other elements that are being mobilized now they wouldn't be mobilized because mobilization
25:09takes a lot of money uh men material resources are spent uh all of this does indicate that there's a
25:16bigger plan and so far all of what is happening does indicate there's a very gradual escalation but
25:23there is escalation all the same in the past you've seen whenever negotiations have happened uh iran has
25:28accused the united states that they've used negotiations as tactics to build up and then launch an attack so
25:34iran is also not taking it lying down and for the first time in this battlefield you actually notice
25:40america using uh autonomous boats or garc uh you know now these are about 15 uh feet long uh autonomous
25:49units which are used both for surveillance and can be used in strike operations so this does indicate
25:55more men more material are coming into this battle zone unless there is a solution found which does as
26:01of now very unlikely there will be an escalation and if there's a wider game plan that escalation is
26:06bound to happen got to hold on to that thought and i know geeta is waiting as well but i'm
26:11told ashraf
26:11wants to come in at this point and he uh has something new to report ashraf i'm coming cutting
26:16across to you now to get a sense of what these 30 days really mean on the ground where you
26:22are in
26:23south of lebanon at least we've seen an escalation on ground give me a sense
26:29a sense of where we are in terms of day one of this war versus almost day 30 what is
26:36the difference
26:37that you see well actually it seems now uh this war is uh uh that it is past it because
26:46first time we
26:46have seen a voice from the side uh uh they were not thinking as like the us that there will
26:54be the such
26:54capability in the iran they will respond in such a way where the not only the life uh in these
27:03two
27:03countries israel and us will get affected all across the country uh actually uh all the memes and all
27:10the ways of tactics because this is the war on the israel uh us is fighting this war for israel
27:18against iran against iran and also where i am currently this is also a one side of war between
27:23uh lebanon and the israel uh actually uh uh the tactics which were earlier used by the israeli
27:31against hamas against tutis against lebanon in 2023 2024 those are not working against iran and in
27:42reading the potential and capability of iran both and wrong israel even the us and now there is also
27:49a lot of pressure on the us president as well as on the united states that they have to find
27:55this war
27:56so they want some kind of deal but for that uh iran is not ready as on the terms put
28:03by the us they
28:05want the deal on their own terms on the uh point which has been played by the iran so something
28:13uh
28:13particularly these 10 days the uh another pause which has to be given for the attacks on the energy
28:19and other possibilities by the us but as far as the reality on iraq we see here is what kind
28:24of a pass
28:25they are trying all means and all uh studies how to degrade the iran but on other side with all
28:33the
28:33losses all the damages iran is not giving any kind of sign of to surrender or to let off so
28:40it means
28:40that properly this war is in its final stage because it's not of pressure on us now also
28:47inter-propression is right right but ashraf give me an understanding where you are of course there
28:53has been no pause right the pause is only coming from the united states side israel continues to attack
28:59you're talking about houthis etc that conflict continues to happen you've been there for
29:03almost more than two weeks now how are you managing what about food supply what about
29:10places to stay what about how what exactly is the atmosphere like
29:16so no actually uh we make the journalists we have to take the real facts
29:23but also one should remember whether there is war there is peace a human being tries to survive
29:29i have seen in afghanistan when more 10 years that was regularly bombed by the garbage bombs by the us
29:35even there people were living they were uh spending the time what the life needs and also one thing is
29:42there when some countries under bar and they are used to trade uh i know that iran is like such
29:49country
29:49which is used for because they have seen the 10 years of war with the iraq with their neighbors then
29:56hostile so many decades and they learned how to live in that kind of atmosphere so here where
30:03currently i am standing i am in the south abdon here i see it is all kind of trouble all
30:08kind of
30:09problems but even they have learned how to live how to survive but other things they left on the
30:15destiny when there could be the aerial strike at any place that will not pass them whether who are there
30:20or not not there so there are hundreds of thousands of people who suffer but parallel there are other
30:27people trying to survive yesterday i want to share a small story that we have a podcast network and
30:33lady was a house which was completely formed there was nothing left her mother of four daughters was
30:41just clearing a space for her here in that particular room she said i am not going to leave my
30:47home
30:47but the style will fall dally on my house that is the commitment the people who live on their homeland
30:54they want to serve and die there too that is the story that is the ground real
31:02gosh uh ashra giving me goosebumps to listen to you right now and you still managed to keep that smile
31:08on your face so kudos to you kudos to everybody who's actually doing their job in such such difficult
31:12circumstances uh geeta give us a sense give us a sense of how soon ashraf can actually finish his
31:19project come back home our other colleagues can come back home is there an end in sight at all or
31:25are
31:25we still at the end of 30 days looking at a messy exit plan is us any do they have
31:33any clarity on where this
31:35is going well sonal there is no exit plan because america has to declare victory now uh president
31:42trump has to define that victory and leave and while while uh that is a plan that uh trump wants
31:49implemented uh there are troops that are going to be deployed very soon so a lot of iranians are saying
31:54that this additional 10-day pause is yet another decoy america is preparing for ground offensive we'll have
32:00to wait and see if that certainly is the case or not because if that is the case then this
32:04is not
32:05going to be an a war that's going to end so soon or end well for either side or end
32:13well for the world
32:14at all geeta right we were looking at the cost of war in today's world and while this is not
32:19world war
32:19three clearly or you know something like that this seems to have engaged the entire globe in some form
32:25or the other is there escalating pressure on trump to end it at least he keeps scribbling about how
32:32you know countries are not coming you know to support him in this trying to take control of
32:36hormones is there pressure on the opposite side at least to try and say okay let's bring it into this
32:41mess well that's right there is immense pressure on trump not just from uh other world leaders and the
32:48global economy completely in a shambles but more importantly his own domestic front uh there are
32:55people who are marga supporters now are questioning whether if they should have supported him and
33:00this war effort effort at all because it is costing uh america they're not feeling the pinch as much as
33:06the rest of the world because they're not dependent on this uh state of humus for oil but in some
33:12time
33:12you will be seeing inflation rise you will see price rise and they are feeling that pinch already so
33:19not good for him before his meeting with his counterpart uh in china uh and certainly not
33:25good before uh the 250th anniversary of independence day in america on that note on that meeting gita what
33:34exactly are we expected to see because the timing is very critical it comes almost at the time uh you
33:40know when the pause is there or will would have expired by then how exactly are we to look into
33:45it
33:45well uh trump certainly does not want this war to be the focus of the conversation when the meeting
33:52is held in may uh it's still a long way off from uh where we are at today uh there's
33:58a a month and a
33:59half uh before uh the two leaders meet but that's the window he's giving to define victory and exit
34:06the war theater if not it's going to be very very difficult for trump uh to justify this entire global
34:12economic crash that we will see all right uh geeta mohan there got a quick last word from you uh
34:20before we go on to our uh you know more reports that are coming to us from the ground at
34:24the moment
34:25when we talk about there was a very disturbing news that came earlier on that iran is actually
34:30recruiting kids as young as 12 now to join in the you know to join in the army there to
34:36join in the war as
34:37well there is something about and what ashra was saying i'm just trying to tie it in together
34:41even in war the love for motherland sort of comes first and instead of leaving people more fragmented
34:47they seem to be now getting together to say that okay we will keep fighting out until the very end
34:52that seems to be the echoing theme across uh these uh you know the nations at this point looking at
35:00the
35:00strategy what is your sense on these 10 days so far we saw that the five-day principle actually did
35:07hold
35:08us did not attack any of the uh you know oil infrastructures over there over the next 10 days
35:15what are you expecting
35:20so energy infrastructure hasn't been attacked but uh decapitation operations continue uh relentlessly just
35:27late last night uh you know ali reza tangsiri the irgc uh navy commander he was eliminated the head of
35:34bandarabbas operations with his chief of intelligence and chief of operations other
35:38decapitation operations continue and when 12 year old soldiers boys are recruited as you know child
35:43soldiers remember last when it happened in iran uh that war had lasted eight years the iran iraq war
35:49um will this last that long god forbid but this is uh sadly expected to last uh uh you know
35:57long for the
35:58simple reason the two sides are actually gearing up for long operations israel doesn't want a quick
36:03end for the simple reason israel doesn't want any threat to israel's security to remain and that is
36:08why israel has expanded this war uh all the way to litani river uh south of lebanon so that operations
36:14will not be uh you know very very speedily concluded similarly hamas operations they are expanding on the
36:20other front on golan heights uh they've gone up they've gone up on mount hormon so all over israel
36:26is expanding increasing the security buffer zone similarly america will also stay in this fight
36:32to ensure iran does not remain a threat and till the time iran remains a military threat uh this
36:38operation will continue and iran will continue to remain a military threat for quite some time so
36:44whether it's the state of hormuz or babal mandab iran also has a couple of aces up its sleeve
36:49as far as we are concerned uh you know for us energy security is our primary concern uh and the
36:55government
36:55actually if i may just 30 seconds it's given out details that we are sorted as far as lpg is
37:00concerned
37:00uh for the next 30 days at least you know india's increase our own domestic production to 50 tmt as
37:06against a daily requirement of 80 tmt so which means 60 of own production uh we are doing 800 tmt
37:12one month
37:13on those those inputs are coming in so next 60 days 30 days we are sorted out for lpg next
37:1860 days we are
37:19sorted out uh for for uh crude oil all of that is being worked out but then contingencies are still
37:26work in progress yep karsavan keita mohan thank you so much for joining us with all that perspective
37:35all right so those uh were all the details coming to you from the west asia war how it is
37:42exactly
37:42unfolding on the ground and how it impacts us as well updates now coming in from karnataka and they will
37:50shock you as it's finding it hard to even bring this news to you bvip mindset on display and how
37:56because now sources are indicating that not just free tickets karnataka mlas will get a separate
38:02stand to watch ipl matches so what people like you and me should stand in line and bbip treatment
38:09should be given to public representatives karnataka deputy chief minister dks has now requested for free
38:16ipl tickets per mla for two free ipl tickets per mla a dedicated stand as well as being thought of
38:24which should be given to all the emily's and remember why are we showing you those pictures
38:29from last year because that is where the entire chaos and stampede had happened they just did not
38:35know how to manage it and in the same stadium once ipl actually starts that is the solution that
38:42emily's should be given treatment so that there is better crowd management does that even make sense
38:49let's cut across to our reporter to try and understand more on the story but before that
38:53we've got some reactions coming in take a look
38:55we've got some reactions coming in take a look
39:10we've got some reactions coming in take a look
39:29The ticket has already been sold. There is no place. There are so many members. So as per the direction
39:39of my honorable speaker, the direction has given to the government. I know that I discussed with him. Four tickets
39:46can't be given. So out of one, every MLA, MP, minister used to get one on the seat.
40:05All right. So for those of you joining in, let's give you a background on the story. In Karnataka, rare
40:10political unity has come over. This is not for any policy. This is over IPL tickets.
40:14Congress and BJP MLAs are coming together, demanding VIP access to cricket matches, even as past crowd management concerns at
40:23stadiums continue to raise questions.
40:25The demand was raised inside the Assembly over IPL access. MLAs seeking priority entry. There was special seating, even as
40:35stampede concerns were packed when you remains to be the main issue.
40:41The issue was also raised inside the Karnataka Assembly with MLAs complaining about not getting enough IPL tickets from the
40:48Cricket Association there.
40:50Now, leader of opposition there, R. Ashoka, questioned why legislators must pay 20,000 per ticket despite the state giving
40:56land to stadium at minimal rent.
40:59Then, the Congress MLAs there, Vijayananda, backed the demand, seeking at least five tickets per MLA, along with separate seating
41:06and lounge access, saying legislators cannot stand in queues.
41:11Now, this demand comes amidst lingering concerns over crowd control, with previous instances of overcrowding, chaos at major matches as
41:19well, raising safety red flags.
41:22But they are not concerned about that. They are concerned about their own tickets.
41:25The Speaker there, UT Khan, there then asked the government to ensure minimum tickets have been allocated.
41:30So, it's like a market. I want five tickets. I want four tickets.
41:34Finally, two tickets have been decided. A D.K. Sivakumar, Deputy Chief Minister, is saying that that will be handed
41:39out.
41:40But the BJP MP, Tejasui Surya, has now slammed the move, calling it entitlement, feudal thinking as well.
41:52Demanding, as a matter of right, tickets for themselves and their families to attend IPL, is nothing short of a
42:03feudal, entitlement-oriented mindset.
42:05No, no, irrespective of, irrespective of the party, whoever has made this, shows that they do not respect and value
42:14those people who have elected them.
42:18This culture of VIP entitlements must stop.
42:23My colleague Naga Arjun joins us now for the latest on this.
42:27Naga, give sense. Why? How?
42:30And while all of this is what we are hearing from them, is there any security mechanism in place?
42:37Is there a plan in place? Is anybody even caring about the general public who will go there?
42:43Absolutely bizarre, rational. In fact, Netas, instead of discussing development issues and the concerns, grievances of the citizens of Karnataka,
42:52they were discussing about who gets what tickets and what lounge access in the Karnataka Cricket Association, stadium for IPL
42:592026.
42:59Absolutely bizarre. In Karnataka, that opposition and treasury benches, MLA, unite for this cause and put pressure on the government
43:06to ensure tickets have been given.
43:07Now, government did put pressure and finally came to…
43:10So, you're saying opposition and treasury both united, but Tejasui Surya is saying a different story right now.
43:15No, Tejasui, in fact, I heard the bite. He's saying, irrespective of the party, he's condemning the feudal attitude.
43:20Both BGP and Congress, both MLS, in fact, it was R. Ashok and Vijayanan Karshnaipur, both who we saw on
43:27screen just a moment.
43:33The MLS quota and MLCs in Karnataka Assembly and Legislative Council, that happened.
43:38So, the onus is on all 224 MLS across party lines, cutting across party lines, pressurize the government to ensure
43:44tickets have been given.
43:45No other state, we have seen this. This is absolutely unacceptable.
43:47People, fans, genuine fans stand in the queues while the Netas show entitlement, VBIP entitlement saying, why not us?
43:55We need a separate lounge and we need to have hospitality access.
43:59We need food inside those stands.
44:01And now what we are hearing from our sources is that tomorrow they will have a separate stand to watch
44:06the first match of 2026 IPL in Bengaluru.
44:10So, it's quite bizarre that the Netas themselves have demanded something that should go for common citizens.
44:17Imagine 224 MLAs plus 75 MLCs plus their own wives and children will be getting access to the match tomorrow
44:31on the inauguration match between Bangalore and Hyderabad.
44:35All right, Nagarjun there. Troubling story. Can't get lower than this for our political leaders and troubling even more because
44:42this is not just one political party.
44:44Across party lines, they seem to be united on one issue, which is getting a ticket to go and watch
44:49IPL with all their privilege.
44:56All right, let's move on now and bring you a story that is coming to us from Nepal.
45:01Nepal. And this is an interesting one because Nepal has a new Prime Minister today.
45:07His name is Balendra Shah.
45:0935 years old, born in Kathmandu, son of an Ayurvedic doctor and a homemaker.
45:15He doesn't come from a political dynasty. He has not inherited the seat.
45:19No party machine behind him as well.
45:22Before he dismantled Nepal's political elite, he was destroying opponents in underground rap battles, right?
45:29And this is not a metaphor that I'm using for you. This is actually basically his biography. This is his
45:35resume.
45:36He was channeling his inner 50 cent and he took it to a series on YouTube that was happening back
45:44in 2013 where he penned down lyrics about deep-rooted inequality, systemic corruption as well.
45:51His tracks were entertainment, but they were not just entertainment. They were sort of a report from the ground.
45:58You know, his tracks spoke about broken roads, locked out youth, a system that worked only for the few.
46:06And those in power dismissed it, saying it's just noise. He's just this young guy doing his thing.
46:11But the country's young people, they were listening to him.
46:15Remember, he's trained as a structural engineer. He's got degrees in Nepal. He also studied here in India.
46:21And this kind of profile that usually leads to a desk job, right? A structural engineer, maybe a quiet life.
46:29But instead, he kept rapping and eventually he ran for office.
46:33In 2022, he entered the Kathmandu sort of mayoral race as an independent.
46:38Again, no party, no machine, just following built on his music and a message.
46:43He won. 38.6% of the votes. Became the first independent candidate to hold office.
46:51As a mayor, he was not subtle. Even when he took office, he was not subtle.
46:56There were demolitions of illegally constructed structures.
47:00There were crackdowns on squatter settlements. There was enforcement against street vendors.
47:04He even, and this is really interesting, stopped garbage collection at the Prime Minister's office to make a point about
47:11accountability.
47:12The then Prime Minister.
47:14Now, supporters saw him as a doer. Look at his fan following.
47:18And this is for a neta, imagine that. This is now for a sitting Prime Minister.
47:23Critics said, oh, he's just a bulldozer. But from a young age, what does his family say?
47:28His cousins have told the Kathmandu post that I was reading earlier, that he was dissatisfied always with the way
47:34city was run.
47:36He was often, you know, heard saying that Kathmandu is beautiful and can be developed into a livable city as
47:41well.
47:42But that restlessness that was in him as a child, that never left.
47:47And in September of 2025, Nepal's streets, they exploded.
47:53Remember what happened in September of 2025?
47:5777 people were killed in protests that toppled the government of K.P. Sharma early.
48:02The uprising sort of catapulted Shah to a national prominence. Crowds demanded to take the helm immediately.
48:09He sort of bided his time as well, waited for formal election, secured a true democratic mandate.
48:16Many questioned why he was silent then. But he was waiting. He was waiting in the wings.
48:21That discipline was worth it. Because now look at the outcome.
48:26He could have moved on, on that moment, chose, you know, to sort of get into the steam of things.
48:31But he did not speak. We didn't hear a word from him.
48:34But when he did run for office, he made it symbolic.
48:38He contested from K.P. Sharma, Oli's own constituency, a seat Oli had held since 2008.
48:45Shah secured 68,348 votes, which is the highest individual vote tally in Nepal's parliamentary election history.
48:55Surpassing even the previous record of 57,139 seats that were, of course, by Oli himself in the same constituency
49:02in 2017.
49:04Right? His party won the largest mandate in Nepal's sort of modern electoral era.
49:11His party said he would hold no victory rallies to honour the martyrs of the revolution.
49:16And that too tells you something about him.
49:21Now we have finally got the youngest prime minister in the world.
49:25Hope he will not forget all his promises and will work on the behalf of people.
49:30Wish him good luck. Thank you.
49:32We trusted you. Now you should not play with our trust.
49:37We love your balance. Okay, bye-bye.
49:39That's the sentiment on the ground.
49:41And then yesterday, the day before his swearing in, he broke his public silence.
49:48Not with a press conference.
49:50Not with a speech.
49:52With the same.
49:54This time, a rap again.
49:56A track is called Jai Bahakali.
49:58He sang it in Nepali.
50:00I'll let you listen to it first and I'll tell you what it means.
50:03Jai Bahakali.
50:23Jai Bahakali.
50:37I did Nepal that is the time he's saying my heart is full of courage my red blood is boiling
50:43my brother
50:44stand with me this time we will rise it sort of racked up ten thousands of views within minutes
50:49and no other head of government ever in the world has actually announced themselves this way he is
50:55now becoming the youngest ever in Nepal's history he has more than a dozen uh you know promises that
51:02he's gone but what he's walking on is a very unchartered territory for any millennial a gen z
51:09sort of brought him into power but what he does now will be critical he's this dark glasses wearing
51:15engineer precision rapper instinct all knowing what the crowd really needs but is this the conversation
51:21and the combination that is required for Nepal well the answer begins only today we leave
51:30you with that see you again tomorrow bye bye
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