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The big focus of this episode of 5 Live is on the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case. As the CBI probe into the NEET paper leak case widens, more and more questions are mounting.
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00:00Hello and welcome. You're watching Five Live. I'm Sourma Mehrotra Kapoor.
00:04Two top stories that we've got our eyes on today.
00:07We'll start by unearthing a story and an angle on leak,
00:12on the neat paper leak that is going to make you want to really question the government.
00:19We found out, we dug deep into the entire leak fiasco and found out,
00:25that in 2024, when the paper had leaked, at that time,
00:30there were guidelines set up by a special committee of experts.
00:34A former ISRO chief sat down on it and he gave a step-by-step
00:38into what should be done to ensure it never happens again.
00:42And then there was a check done on those guidelines in 2025,
00:46only to realise the government had been sitting on it.
00:49They had the solution, they knew of the problem,
00:52they only, they also knew where it is coming from.
00:57But the education ministry has been sitting on this matter for the past three years.
01:04We'll decode why we are saying that and have some questions
01:07for the education minister on the programme that I'll take you through.
01:10Also, on the other side, I happened to speak with the doctor who was treating Prateek.
01:17And what I can tell you is that it's not steroids that killed him,
01:20it's something else, something called Lama.
01:23What exactly is it and why you and I should care about it?
01:26What lessons can be learned from this is also what we'll focus on the programme.
01:30But as always, first up, let me take you through
01:33what else are the headlines on Top of 5.
01:38The neat leak money trail has deepened.
01:41Another accused, Manisha Akmare, is in custody, a petition by profession,
01:46now under the scanner for suspicious transactions.
01:4910 lakh deposited into her account with 31 different sources.
01:53Investigators say she's key aide of the main accused, Dhananjay.
01:58The money trail is now at the centre of the probe.
02:03Vidi Satishan named next Kerala Chief Minister
02:0611 days after the United Democratic Front scripted a sweeping victory in Kerala
02:10by winning 102 seats in the 140-member assembly.
02:14The Congress has finally ended the suspense over the Chief Minister's post.
02:17Satishan thanked lakhs of Congress workers for the win,
02:21says the party will move forward as one team.
02:26Vijay MLA sparks Rao with abolished Sanatan remark.
02:30The controversy erupted after the VNS Mustafa was asked about the return
02:36of Sanatan eradication rhetoric and TVK's stand on it.
02:39In response, TVK's MLA said that as followers of Periyar and Ambedkar,
02:46they had entered the political arena to abolish Sanatan.
02:49BJP hits back sharply, questions why Vijay has not sort of condemned the MLA.
02:54Earlier remarks as well.
02:58The AIADMK rift is now out in the open.
03:02After the Tamil Nadu floor test, a vertical split has emerged within the AIADMK.
03:0725 rebel MLAs backed the ruling TVK, also prompting EPS to swing into action.
03:13Both EPS faction and CP Sanamugan have now approached the Assembly Secretary separately.
03:20The party has now cracked the whip.
03:23Rebel MLAs removed from key party posts.
03:29Fuel savings push hits Delhi and it could change how the city works.
03:34Rekha Gupta government has now announced two-day work from home plan for its employees,
03:38along with a 20% cut in fuel allocation from 200 litres earlier.
03:43Government officials will now get just 160 litres as part of the broader push to reduce consumption.
03:49There's also a no-car day appeal, revised office timings and a big push for public transport
03:57with Mera Bharat, Mera Yogdan at the centre.
04:04A big breakthrough in Punjab, army camp blast case.
04:08Punjab police has arrested the prime accused in the Jalandhar B.S.F. headquarters blast case.
04:13Remember, the bomber inserted his own SIM card inside the IED.
04:17Punjab police confirms that the accused is a resident of Punjab
04:20and had allegedly used an improvised explosive device.
04:24That's an IED to carry out the blast.
04:28Meanwhile, at the National Capital is hosting the key BRICS meet,
04:33Foreign Minister Jai Shankar during the opening session of the summit said
04:37the meeting is taking place amid an ongoing conflict, economic uncertainty
04:41and that BRICS meet enables an exchange of perspectives on crucial matters.
04:46Prime Minister Modi also greeted Russian Foreign Minister Sergio Rau at the meeting,
04:52also being held at Bharat Vandapam.
04:57The Trump and Xi Jinping handshake and warm meeting at Beijing's Great Hall of People,
05:04Trump calling it the biggest summit ever,
05:07struck a personal note as well, describing Xi as a friend
05:10and expressing confidence in stronger ties.
05:14Xi, however, made China's position very clear,
05:16saying cooperation must overweigh differences,
05:20but warning that Taiwan remains a red line.
05:25Both Trump and Xi discussed Iran and agreed on the need to reopen the Strait of Hormuz
05:30to stabilise global energy supply.
05:32Xi opposed any tolls on vessels over there
05:37and even signalled interest in buying more of the US oil,
05:41reducing China's dependence on Gulf imports.
05:43With trade, Tehran, Taiwan on the table,
05:47this summit could shape the next phase of US-China ties,
05:51also the global economic set-up.
05:56And India's wholesale inflation accelerated sharply in April 2026,
06:01with the wholesale price index-based inflation rising 8.3% from 3.88% in March,
06:09driven mainly by a steep increase in fuel, crude oil and metal prices.
06:19All right, for the next story,
06:21I want you to sit back and understand the chronology.
06:25I want you to sit back and understand how the events unfolded.
06:31The warnings were not acted on.
06:35Education ministry was not blindsided by the NEED 2026 leak.
06:42It was forewarned in writing by its own experts, not once but twice.
06:51The first warning came in October of 2024.
06:54A high-level committee of experts chaired by the former ISRO chief,
06:59Dr. Radhakrishnan, handed the education ministry a precise, actionable report.
07:07He said that following changes must be done
07:10if we want to avoid any such leaks in the future.
07:15Remember, 2024 was when a leak had happened.
07:18What did he say?
07:19We dug up all those papers to find out the top key takeaways.
07:23He said that print papers at the exam centres,
07:28encrypt them in transit,
07:32geotag the transport,
07:34blacklist any centre with a history of malpractice.
07:39Very clear-cut measures
07:41that the expert panel and the committee
07:44had asked the education ministry to do.
07:46These were not vague advisories.
07:48They studied the subject for months
07:50and came up with a step-by-step fix.
07:55Then there was a second warning that came,
07:58this time a year later, in December of 2025.
08:01What happened then?
08:03The parliamentary standing committee reviewed what had changed since the report.
08:07The answer that they got was this.
08:11That essentially, very little was done.
08:15What had happened?
08:16The blacklisted firms were still winning contracts.
08:20Say they were blacklisted from Madhya Pradesh,
08:23but the same firm found its way through Rajasthan.
08:27Blacklisted in Maharashtra found its way through Kerala.
08:32Blacklisted firms were getting innovative,
08:35but still winning contracts.
08:38NTA's examination failures were piling up.
08:42The committee then towed the NTA.
08:44NTA was informed.
08:46Think of that.
08:47In an official parliamentary document saying,
08:50act now.
08:52This is December of 25.
08:55But what did the ministry do?
08:56What did Dharmendra Pradhan do as the education minister?
09:01Looks like nothing.
09:04The question we are asking tonight is not just about the accused.
09:08Of course, we'll talk about the money trail.
09:10Of course, we'll talk about how did it actually happen,
09:12the accused, the CBI, which is going to deal with them and all of that.
09:15But the question is about the minister
09:17who received not one but two warnings.
09:21He presided over the system that ignored both.
09:24And now what has he to explain to 24 lakh students and their families?
09:32Why was nothing done?
09:35That is not an investigative question, remember.
09:38This is a policy question, and it needs a straight answer.
09:43Now, here is the part that needs to sink in a little bit.
09:48Let's go back.
09:49Let's rewind a little bit more.
09:51This is not a 2024 problem.
09:53In fact, it has been a 2018 problem.
09:56The previous government as well.
09:58Go back to 2015.
10:01The Madhya Pradesh Vyapam scam happened.
10:04Medical seats, government jobs, police recruitment brought.
10:08They were bought out.
10:10They were sold through a network so deep,
10:12it took years to even map it.
10:15Over 2,500 accused.
10:202,500 accused in this entire scam.
10:23And when the investigations would sort of come down,
10:28it would become like a file that has been passed away.
10:31Headlines would fade away.
10:32They would move on.
10:33All of us moved on to another story as well.
10:36No national framework for examination security was built.
10:39Nothing structural changed.
10:42And what happened?
10:44Three years later, in 2018, CBSE papers were on WhatsApp the night before the exam.
10:51Again, 28 lakh students woke up that morning not knowing if the paper were all about to write,
10:56had already been sold to someone else.
10:58The re-exam was ordered.
11:01Reforms were announced.
11:02The external printing presses, the very point of compromise stayed exactly where it was.
11:11Same problem, same modus operandi.
11:15They had the solutions.
11:16They still did not act.
11:19So when 2024 happened, it was not a surprise.
11:24Which is why 26 should not be a surprise for those in the system who know what is at fault.
11:29It was a consequence.
11:31And when 2026 happened, it wasn't just a consequence.
11:35It was a choice.
11:37The policy makers and the education ministry simply does not care to implement suggestions
11:44which have been handed over to them by the inquiry that they only formed,
11:48by a committee that they formed.
11:50All they had to do was just implement.
11:54Because by 2026, this government somehow had a roadmap.
11:58That's at least a good thing.
11:59They had a roadmap.
12:02The HLCE had specifically recommended that the NTA build 1,000 government-owned testing centers
12:09to get private contractors out of the examination chain.
12:14All right?
12:15They shouldn't be privy.
12:16They should not have access.
12:18This was written in the report.
12:20That did not happen.
12:23The private players are still there.
12:25The external presses are still printing the papers.
12:28And the Parliamentary Committee confirmed just six months ago
12:32that blacklisted firms are still finding their way back in.
12:38All of what I have told you is not some investigative journalism, mind you.
12:43This is documented.
12:45These are documented facts.
12:47All of it on record and all of it ignored.
12:51So when Dharmedra Pradhan speaks about this leak,
12:55and he should, he's not opened his mouth so far, but he should,
13:00there is one question that needs a straight answer.
13:04It's not about the accused.
13:06It's not about the investigation timeline.
13:09It is which of the 2024 recommendations were actually implemented.
13:17And importantly, why were they not?
13:21Because that answer will tell us what happened this week was a failure.
13:27Not just of investigation, it was a failure of political will
13:33to sort out the future of the youth of this country.
13:37The CBI will find its individuals.
13:39It usually does.
13:41They'll get to the bottom of it.
13:42Their web is already wide.
13:43They have caught on to most of the prime accused in this case.
13:46But the individuals did not build this system.
13:49They just found the gaps in it.
13:51And those gaps were flagged.
13:53They were documented.
13:54They were handed to the government.
13:55Not once, but twice.
13:58The reports are on record.
14:00The recommendations are on record.
14:03And now, so is the leak.
14:06On record, what we only don't have on record
14:09is an answer from the Education Minister.
14:13Why?
14:14Why did you not act upon it?
14:19Makes me really angry when you understand all these details.
14:23Makes you so upset that why does the government
14:26sit on initiatives like these?
14:27This is about the future of our country, right?
14:30These are about aspirations.
14:31People who really want to serve back to the nation
14:35in form of medicine.
14:39But having understood that,
14:41there is work happening on the investigation front.
14:43Let's tell you about that a little bit.
14:45As the probe into the DEET 2026 paper intensifies,
14:48the real story now is on the money trail,
14:51exposing how the leak network actually operated
14:55In the NEET leak probe,
14:56investigators are now zeroing in
14:58on what could be the key.
15:01We are told it's this woman,
15:04Banisha Wangmari,
15:05a beautician by profession,
15:07but sources say she ran an admission consultancy
15:10in Pune,
15:12charging up to Rs. 25,000
15:13to facilitate medical admissions.
15:15Now, under the scanner,
15:17after Rs. 10 lakh were deposited into her account
15:19from as many as 31 different sources,
15:22investigators believe she is a close aide
15:24of the main accused Dhananjai
15:27and may have played a crucial role
15:29in moving money through the network.
15:31And this is how the alleged leak web actually unfolded.
15:35Let's tell you all about that.
15:37From Lokhande to his associate,
15:39Dr. Omkar,
15:41to Shubhman,
15:43the paper leak suspect,
15:45remember the first one who was actually caught,
15:47the entire chain is now in front of the investigating agency.
15:52The paper is then allegedly sold onwards.
15:56Alright,
15:57it started there.
15:57Lokhande
15:58to Omkar,
16:00Dr. Omkar,
16:01then to Shubhman,
16:02and then the paper leak suspect,
16:04remember,
16:05and from allegedly there,
16:06sold onwards.
16:07Reaching the counsellor in Gurugram,
16:10and then eventually in the candidates,
16:12to the candidates and their families.
16:14That's what the whole web there actually looks like.
16:18Very organised in its planning,
16:20in its form,
16:21clearly not the first time they're doing it.
16:24It's a multi-city network,
16:25a clear chain,
16:26and now a money trail
16:27that could expose the entire operation.
16:32What exactly is CBI doing differently
16:34to have cracked it at such speed?
16:36This report will take you through that.
16:44The big fish are being protected.
16:48Shocking claim by a neat leak accused,
16:51while in CBI custody,
16:53alleging that influential people are being protected,
16:56and only small fries are getting napped.
17:05Despite the claim,
17:06CBI has intensified its probe
17:08into the neat paper leak case.
17:10And layer by layer,
17:12shocking details of the leak are coming to the fore.
17:15Sources informed India today
17:17that CBI is probing six leads,
17:19including exact source of paper leak,
17:22possible mole in NTA,
17:24and bringing Bihar paper leak gang under scanner.
17:28The central agency has also taken another suspect,
17:31Manisha Wagmare,
17:33into custody from Pune.
17:34And with her arrest,
17:36a huge trail of possible illicit transactions
17:39has come to light.
17:42Informed sources said,
17:44Manisha is a close aide of accused,
17:46Dhananjay Lokhande.
17:47She worked as a beautician,
17:49and also ran an admission consultancy in Pune,
17:52where she allegedly charged
17:5325,000 rupees from each candidate
17:56to facilitate medical admissions.
17:59Sources added that investigators discovered
18:02deposits worth 10 lakh in her account
18:04from 31 different sources.
18:08CBI has nabbed several accused in the case,
18:11including Dhananjay Lokhande,
18:14Dinesh Biwal,
18:15in Jaipur,
18:16whose family saw four members clearing neat.
18:20Arrested accused,
18:21Shubham Khernar from Maharashtra,
18:23allegedly started the chain reaction
18:25in the paper leak case.
18:27He operated from an office in Nasik.
18:31You can see behind me,
18:33there's a board.
18:34SR Education Consultancy,
18:36we help students with careers
18:38in MDDS, BAMS,
18:40BDS,
18:40BHMS,
18:41all UG, TG,
18:43paramedical and engineering.
18:44Admission process,
18:45guidance,
18:46management and support,
18:47Dr. Shubham Khernar,
18:48also his mobile number is mentioned.
18:50This consultancy was run by Shubham Khernar,
18:53the prime accused who has been arrested
18:55by the CBI
18:56in the next paper leak case.
18:58Shubham Khernar is the link
18:59who provided the question paper,
19:01the case paper,
19:02which reached Haryana,
19:04then Rajasthan,
19:05then to multiple coaching institutes
19:06and to multiple students
19:07across various states.
19:09Shubham Khernar was running
19:11this country in Nasik's
19:13high-profile commercial complex.
19:15You can see over here,
19:16this was his office.
19:18AARP workers in Ahmedabad
19:21staged a protest
19:22against the paper leak.
19:25But for nearly 23 lakh students,
19:27the damage has already been done.
19:30And an uncertain future
19:32awaits them.
19:35With the Vyesh Singh,
19:36Bureau Report,
19:37India Today.
19:44All right, so you understood
19:46how this has repeatedly been happening.
19:49Now you've understood
19:49the entire chain of operations as well.
19:52But let me bring in
19:53some, you know,
19:55a perspective here
19:56from somebody who's actually
19:57reported this news
19:58from the ground.
19:59Sharath Kumar,
20:00my colleague,
20:01joins us.
20:02Sharath,
20:03what all of this
20:04started
20:05with that Facebook post
20:07which
20:09a person
20:10boasts
20:11and tells
20:12that
20:13our family
20:13has
20:15cracked
20:15this year.
20:16This is 25.
20:19And now we understand
20:20that the same person
20:22who boasted about this
20:23on Facebook
20:24back in 25
20:27is in the dock.
20:28So something went wrong
20:29which raises questions
20:30on the 25 operations as well.
20:33But what do you know
20:33about this?
20:34what do you want to know
20:34about this?
20:38Will,
20:39what do you have to tell
20:41the audience of this?
20:45What do you want to know
20:46about this?
20:46Do you want to look at it?
20:54foreign
21:52Thank you very much.
22:01Thank you very much.
29:37All right.
29:37And the other big story that we are tracking and I'm sorry to not break any other good news
29:41to you at this point.
29:42But your monthly budget may not have changed just yet.
29:46But the warning signs, they are flashing.
29:48Why do I say that? Because wholesale inflation numbers are out and they have jumped sharply to 8.3%
29:56in April from just 3.88% in March.
30:00The biggest rise in three and a half years.
30:04See that again from 3.88% almost 4% to 8.3%.
30:11Now why does this matter? What exactly is wholesale price inflation? Let me explain to you.
30:16Now wholesale prices are the first signal.
30:20They show the cost pressures before they actually hit your and my wallet.
30:24Meaning when companies pay more for fuel, raw materials and logistics,
30:30those higher costs eventually get passed on to you and me in terms of the MRP then.
30:35What's driving the spikes? I'm sure you've guessed it by now.
30:38The massive surge is on fuel prices, jumping from over 1% to nearly 25%.
30:46We haven't seen it impact, but the impact is coming and the impact will be huge.
30:51Along with rising manufacturing costs that jumped from 4.62 to 3.9, 3.39 there.
31:03Also at the heart of it, a global energy shock with the West Asia conflict pushing up the crude oil
31:09prices.
31:09For now, retail fuel prices are being held.
31:12We don't know how long that will last, but LPG prices are already rising.
31:16And the risk of a pass-through is building up.
31:19Pass-through meaning passing over to you and me.
31:21And if that wasn't enough, even the forecast we have got, even forecasters, you know,
31:28that they were looking at the situation, they got it wrong.
31:30Inflation was expected at 4.4. It came to 8.3.
31:36The forecast was 4.4, keeping all the geopolitical tensions, the war in mind and all of that.
31:45But even that came wrong and wrong by half, more than half.
31:48The sharp upside surprise and a clear signal that price pressure will be hitting soon.
32:00But talking about rise in prices, let's talk about one that has already been passed on,
32:04which is the price of milk.
32:05Now, you saw that news already yesterday, but let me explain why milk is costly today.
32:11It is not just about the dairy items.
32:14It is about the packet in which they come.
32:18Milk prices have gone up across variants.
32:21Amul, Mother Dairy, sort of revising their rates as well.
32:23Well, two rupees per liter hike now is in effect from the 14th of May.
32:27And you know, when Amul and Mother Dairy revise their prices, everybody in the market jumps up as well.
32:33But here's the bigger story, like I was telling you.
32:35It's not the milk price that has gone up.
32:38It's the cost of the packaging and the packet that is going up.
32:42The severe plastic crunch that we are facing because of the war,
32:46driven by sort of polymyer shortages and sort of rising global prices as well,
32:51is pushing input costs higher.
32:55From packaging to transport, supply chain pressures are building
32:59and the companies are passing those costs on,
33:02which is why Abduod is going to be mehengah.
33:04So what you are seeing in milk today is what I was talking about.
33:09Wholesale inflation basically means that it could be passed on
33:13to other essential items as well, soon enough.
33:20All right, let's move on from that story and take you to UP now,
33:25where another story has unfolded.
33:28This is the story of a 38-year-old man,
33:31fit, young, also the son of Mulayam Singh Yadav,
33:36husband of Aparna Yadav.
33:37But at 38, he suddenly lost his life.
33:42And ever since the news broke, social media has been on fire.
33:45Is it steroids? Is it protein powder?
33:47How can a healthy young man really die?
33:50I mean, look at him.
33:51He's a gymmer. He owns a couple of gyms as well.
33:54He's bulked up.
33:56People said it had to be steroids, no?
33:58Let me tell you, breaking news, it's not.
34:02We spoke with the doctor who was treating Prateek,
34:05not just in the interim, but for the past five years.
34:09And what she's told me is very disturbing.
34:12And I'm bringing these details to you today
34:15only because I want you to learn a lesson,
34:17which is at the end of the story.
34:18So please stick around to understand this.
34:21This is not a steroid story.
34:22This is a DVT story.
34:24And it ends up with a decision that Prateek made.
34:27And no one could stop him.
34:29That costed his life.
34:30Now, what happened five years ago?
34:31Let me quickly recap.
34:33Prateek Yadav walked into a clinic
34:34with a chest pain and breathlessness.
34:36He was then, they ran a couple of tests
34:38and he was diagnosed with DVT, deep vein thrombosis.
34:42A condition where blood clots form
34:44inside the deep veins of your body.
34:45You would have heard sometimes they get it in their calves.
34:47Sometimes it travels in your body.
34:49You know, it can appear anywhere.
34:51They are very dangerous.
34:52Now, on its own, DVT can be managed.
34:54Once you know about the problem,
34:56you are generally put on blood thinners.
34:58There are regular checkups and monitoring required.
35:01And that is exactly what Prateek was doing for five years.
35:03He stayed under the care of the doctor.
35:05There was support at home as well.
35:07Life was going on until the 29th of April.
35:12This year.
35:13What happened on 29th of April?
35:15His doctor got a call that Prateek
35:17was rushing to the hospital
35:19because he was again feeling very dizzy.
35:22He had a massive chest discomfort.
35:24He was feeling breathless as well.
35:26In fact, the previous day, he had had a fall.
35:30They ran tests, put him in the ICU immediately.
35:33For a couple of days, things seemed to be stabilizing.
35:35See, with a disease like DVT,
35:37you need constant monitoring.
35:38Otherwise, it gets difficult.
35:39So he was being looked at.
35:41They were tracking all his markers.
35:43They were running tests and scans on him.
35:45Then came the 1st of May.
35:471st of May, when Prateek told the doctors
35:49that he just wanted to go home.
35:52Now, the doctor said,
35:53No, you can't.
35:54You have to be in the hospital.
35:55It's a serious condition.
35:56I can't let you go off.
35:58And then Prateek insisted.
36:02The doctors had to let him go back home
36:04on something called Lama.
36:06What is Lama?
36:07Please understand this.
36:08And I would suggest not to use it ever.
36:11It's called Leave Against Medical Advice.
36:14It is not a discharge that the doctor is giving you.
36:17It is doctor saying,
36:18I have convinced that the patient is insisting
36:20and overriding the doctor
36:22and is still walking out of his will.
36:24That is Lama.
36:25He signed those documents
36:28and he went.
36:30The doctor has described
36:33that Prateek was the kind
36:35who, if he had made up his mind,
36:37nobody could reason him.
36:38She also explained to us
36:39that she,
36:40the doctor told Prateek
36:42that this is suicidal.
36:43His wife, Aparna,
36:45was there in the room.
36:46She reasoned with him as well.
36:47She requested him.
36:48Prateek did not listen.
36:50Why?
36:51Why did he want to go back home?
36:53Now, this is where a lot of you
36:54who have ever had an ICU visit
36:56or had anybody in their family
36:57will connect.
36:59Prateek just could not stand
37:00the constant beeping
37:01of the machines inside the ICU.
37:04You know,
37:04the noise that comes in.
37:06He just could not stand it.
37:08It was making him very anxious.
37:09There was constant nurses coming in,
37:10going out, etc.
37:11It is,
37:12it's not easy.
37:13He got very restless
37:14and he said,
37:15I want to go back home to my children.
37:17The doctors reasoned,
37:18his wife reasoned,
37:19but Prateek had made up his mind
37:20and nobody,
37:21not even his doctor,
37:22his wife could change that.
37:23He signed the Lama.
37:24He walked out.
37:26Now, here is something important.
37:27Prateek was not left alone at home.
37:30He had a nursing staff
37:31of not one and two,
37:32but three people
37:32who were looking after him
37:33round the clock.
37:3424-7 care was happening for him.
37:37His doctor stayed in touch with him.
37:39She recalled to me
37:39that the last time she spoke to him
37:41was the 3rd of May as well.
37:42She confirmed that Prateek
37:43was taking all his meds.
37:44He was, you know,
37:46taking,
37:46was under the care
37:47of the hospital,
37:48of the nursing staff as well.
37:49Everything was going fine.
37:52But then that call came
37:53on the morning of 13th of May
37:55at 5.55 a.m.
37:56Prateek Yadav was declared dead
37:58at a civil hospital
38:00and the post-bottom report
38:01actually has gone viral.
38:03But I'll give you
38:04a quick glimpse of that now.
38:06The post-bottom report
38:07obviously tells you
38:08that it is DVT.
38:09The DVT is not new,
38:10like we told you.
38:11He was suffering from it
38:11for the past five years,
38:12his doctor has confirmed.
38:14The records show
38:15that the cause of death
38:16is cardiorespiratory collapse
38:18due to massive
38:18pulmonary thrombosis,
38:20that's DVT.
38:21It had travelled to his lung.
38:23The clot had been managed
38:24for five years
38:25and finally broke free
38:26and reached his lungs.
38:28There are six injuries
38:29in his body.
38:30The doctor explained
38:31all of them,
38:32three of them from the fall
38:33that he had on
38:34on the 28th of May,
38:35that is seven days
38:36before he died.
38:38And that is,
38:39the other one
38:40was just the day before,
38:41both because he had
38:42lost consciousness.
38:43And what happens is
38:44that when you are
38:45on blood thinners,
38:47your,
38:47your,
38:48you know,
38:48the injuries,
38:49they also get bigger.
38:50Right?
38:51That's a vague way
38:52of me to explain to you.
38:54Okay,
38:54but these are serious enough
38:56when he had had the fall also,
38:57they were serious enough
38:58that the doctor had ordered
38:59a CT scan to check
39:00if everything was fine.
39:02Now,
39:02the injuries,
39:03remember,
39:03like I was telling you,
39:04they look more severe
39:05than they might otherwise
39:06because Prateek was
39:07on blood thinners.
39:08And this is what
39:09sort of anti-caugulants do.
39:11They make bruises
39:12look more dramatic.
39:13It is not evidence
39:14of anything sinister.
39:15It is the biology
39:16of a man
39:17sort of,
39:18you know,
39:18a long-term medication
39:19who fell twice.
39:21Now,
39:21why I'm telling you
39:22all these stories
39:23in details?
39:24Because there is a lesson
39:26in this for all of us.
39:28Now,
39:28why did Prateek
39:29take that call
39:30to sign the lama
39:30and go back home?
39:31He thought,
39:32he's 20,
39:32he's 38,
39:34he fell a couple of times,
39:36he thought he would be fine,
39:37maybe he could just,
39:38he believed that
39:39nothing is going to happen,
39:40he's got age on his side,
39:42and you know,
39:43it's nothing serious,
39:43it's fine,
39:44he missed his kids,
39:45he just wanted to get out
39:46of that hospital atmosphere,
39:47go home.
39:47He did.
39:49And look what happened.
39:52I'm sharing the story
39:53in hope that somewhere,
39:54someone watching the story
39:55will think twice.
39:56If your doctor tells you
39:58that you cannot leave,
39:59please listen.
40:00The beeping of the machines,
40:01the discomfort
40:02of the hospital room,
40:03the longing of being
40:04with someone else,
40:05someone you love,
40:05is all worth it,
40:06but not,
40:07it's not worth your life.
40:09Small discomforts
40:10inside hospital exist
40:11to prevent
40:12the permanent silence
40:14outside of it.
40:16Prateek did not die
40:17because of steroids,
40:18he died because
40:18he did not listen
40:19to his doctor,
40:21and he was stubborn
40:22about it.
40:23So take that as a lesson
40:24when you think
40:25about Prateek's story.
40:27Turning our focus
40:28to everything that's happened
40:29with the Trump
40:29and Xi Jinping meeting,
40:31they discussed Iran
40:32and reopening
40:32of the state of Hormuz.
40:33Let me give you
40:34through some quick pointers
40:35over there.
40:36U.S. President
40:37and his Chinese counterpart
40:38were in agreement
40:39that the Strait of Hormuz
40:40needs to be opened
40:41to support global energy needs
40:43according to the readout
40:44of their Thursday meeting
40:46by the White House office.
40:48Xi also opposed
40:50any implementation
40:51of tolls on vessels
40:52crossing the Strait,
40:53which effectively
40:54has sort of closed
40:55since the start
40:56of the U.S. and Israel
40:57war against Iran.
40:59Point number three,
41:00he expressed interest
41:01in China purchasing
41:02more U.S. oil
41:03to reduce future
41:04Chinese dependence
41:05on Gulf oil,
41:06according to the official,
41:07who was not authorised
41:08to comment publicly
41:09but spoke on conditions
41:10of anonymity.
41:11And point number four
41:12there is that the leaders
41:13also discussed
41:14further stemming
41:15the flow
41:16of the precursor chemicals,
41:18also fentanyl,
41:22into the U.S.
41:23and increasing Chinese purchases
41:25of the U.S. agricultural products.
41:27And as Donald Trump
41:28and Xi Jinping meeting
41:29of the Grand Hall
41:31of People happened,
41:32you're looking at pictures
41:33of that on your screen
41:34right now,
41:35the world
41:36is watching closely
41:37with trade tensions,
41:39Iran and Taiwan
41:40all on the table.
41:42The next report
41:43really breaks down
41:43for you the symbolism,
41:45the signals
41:45and the sharp messaging
41:46behind all those smiles.
41:49Take a look.
42:01Red carpets,
42:03military salutes,
42:04carefully choreographed smiles.
42:07Two superpowers,
42:09one table.
42:10Donald Trump arrived
42:11at Beijing's
42:12Great Hall of the People
42:14for a summit
42:15designed to project stability,
42:17even as the world
42:18edges deeper
42:19into geopolitical uncertainty.
42:21The optics were grand.
42:23Rows of Chinese
42:24honor guards
42:25lined the entrance.
42:27Schoolchildren
42:28waved American
42:29and Chinese flags.
42:35Trump called
42:37Xi Jinping
42:37a great leader
42:39and a friend.
42:40We had extremely positive
42:42and productive
42:43conversations
42:44and meetings today.
42:45First connection
42:46has grown into
42:47one of the most consequential
42:49relationships
42:50in world history.
42:52Xi responded
42:54with a message
42:55of coexistence
42:56saying the success
42:57of China
42:58and the US
42:58should be seen
42:59as an opportunity,
43:01not a threat.
43:03But behind
43:04the diplomatic theatre
43:05lies a tense agenda
43:06shaped by
43:07three explosive tees.
43:09Trade,
43:10Tehran,
43:11Taiwan.
43:13Xi Jinping
43:14issued a blunt warning
43:16on Taiwan
43:16calling it
43:17the single most
43:18important issue
43:19in the US-China ties
43:20and cautioning
43:21that mishandling it
43:23could push both nations
43:24towards clashes
43:25and even conflict.
43:27At the same time,
43:29the shadow of Iran
43:30loomed large
43:31over Beijing.
43:36We both believe
43:38that the China-US
43:39relationship
43:40is the most
43:41important bilateral
43:42relationship
43:43in the world.
43:44We must make it work
43:46and never
43:47mess it up.
43:49Both China
43:49and the United States
43:51stand to gain
43:52from cooperation
43:53and lose
43:54from confrontation.
43:56Our two countries
43:57should be partners
43:58rather than rivals.
44:07U.S. Secretary of State
44:08Marco Rubio
44:09made it clear
44:10Beijing is both
44:11America's biggest
44:12geopolitical challenge
44:14and its most important
44:16relationship to manage.
44:18We've made clear
44:19to them
44:20that any support
44:21for Iran
44:21would obviously
44:22be detrimental
44:22for our relationship.
44:24That obviously
44:24is going to come up
44:25in this conversation.
44:26On trade,
44:27look,
44:28the United States
44:29is very clear.
44:29We have to be able
44:30to make our own stuff.
44:31We cannot depend
44:32on China
44:32or any country
44:33for that matter
44:33for 100%
44:34of anything
44:35that we need.
44:36And while
44:37political tensions
44:38dominated closed-door talks,
44:40corporate America
44:41was also watching closely.
44:44Top CEOs
44:45including Elon Musk
44:47and Tim Cook
44:47were part of
44:48the high-powered
44:49American presence
44:50in Beijing,
44:51signaling that
44:52business interests
44:53remain deeply tied
44:54to the outcome
44:55of this summit.
44:57The handshakes
44:58were warm.
45:00The language
45:01was careful.
45:02But beneath
45:03the ceremony
45:04lies a hard
45:05geopolitical reality.
45:06The world's
45:07two most powerful
45:09nations
45:09are trying
45:10to manage rivalry
45:11without sliding
45:13into confrontation.
45:15Bureau Report,
45:16India Today.
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