archana shukla reports. farms have been sown and tilled only with traditional know how one category should be with traditional know how. but some, like nitin patel, are trying out something different. with sensor devices on his vineyard that check whether in soil health and uses artificial intelligence to figure out when to water the crops, add fertilizer and tackle pests. he then receives a precise advisory on a mobile app. this vineyard where we are now, it has no ground water sources and we are growing these vines with the water that we purchase from outside tankers. with the help of this ai data, we are now able to irrigate them only at the crucial stage, and that's helping us to save around 50% of the water that they actually use. we used to give before. bilton india's silicon valley, bangalore by startup fossil agritech. the service has led to a near 25% boost in productivity on crops like grapes and guavas. informed decision—making is only one part of the solution to improve productivity, but weeding

archana shukla reports. at this government recruitment centre, willing to risk going to a country at war. the only hope, a well paying job- translation: we are just running around looking forjobs. _ if we get one here, why would we risk going to a war zone? translation: we have families to take care of. j all this crowd is waiting here only in hope for a good salary in israel. one among them is 24—year—old subriv, who travelled 300 kilometres to try his luck as a carpenter. ajob in israel will get him six times the salary he makes here through ad hocjobs. translation: i want to break the cycle of poverty _ my family has seen. if i get good money i will go, even if it's risky. these skilled workers are meant to fill part of the labour shortage in israel's construction industry after work permits of thousands of palestinian workers were revoked amidst the ongoing conflict in gaza. the job—seekers you see around me are part of india's sprawling and precarious informal economy. they do ad hocjobs with no formal

archana shukla reports.traditional know—how. but some like this man are trying out something different. with sensor devices on his vineyard, they check weather and soil health and use artificial intelligence to figure out when to water the crops, add fertiliser and tackle pests. he then receives a precise advisory on a mobile app. this vineyard where we are now, it has no groundwater sources and we are growing these wines with the water we purchased from outside tankers. with the help of ai data, we are now able to irrigate them only at the crucial stage and that is helping us to save around 50% of water that actually we used before. building india's silicon valley bangalore by startup fossil tech, the service has led to an almost 25% boost in productivity in crops like grapes and guava. informed decision—making is only one part of the solution to improve productivity but weeding out inefficiencies in the existing age—old agricultural practices is also crucial. ai—powered robots offer a solution. this one is

our india business correspondent archana shukla has more.nt is that these two major offshore agencies are not in line with indian finance law and many traitors are using these offshore platforms to miss paying taxes. the government questioned almost nine such firms on their compliance and since last week, first websites were blocked then their apps on apple store and even the google play store has blocked them. the indian government has been tightening since a boom in crypto tracing over the last few years where millions, especially those in the younger age group are trading in crypto currencies. in 2022 the government had imposed heavy taxes on crypto trading profits. users had moved away from local trading platforms to offshore exchanges like binance and kraken as domestic platforms had stricter know your customer rules. it is estimated that almost $4 billion worth of crypto assets are being traded on offshore exchanges and with the recent government crackdown some of these volumes are not coming back to domestic operators but it is a sect

our correspondent in india, archana shukla, has been finding out.onally relied apples at the time tonight any wrongdoing, but was concerned with ongoing legal gusts. a new substance has been discovered which could reduce lithium using batteries by up to 70%. the material has since been used to power a light bulb. irate used to power a light bulb. we think the used to power a light bulb. - think the opportunity for new energy technology, it will be absolutely amazing, and it is absolutely amazing, and it is absolutely required as well. it does fit into our sustainability goals. does fit into our sustainabili coals. sustainability goals. old green cabinet is usually _ sustainability goals. old green cabinet is usually storing - cabinet is usually storing broadband and phone cabling will be converted into electric vehicle charging points on some uk streets. with many of the metal cabinets nearing the end of life, bt hopes that up to 60,000 of them can be converted to help tackle shortfalls in electric cloud charges. and ces returned with transparent tv

our correspondent in india, archana shukla, has been finding out. relied upon generational wisdom and experience to make decisions on the field but are now faced with climate change and ever—depleting resources. so the need is for them to have efficient and more sustainable solutions. can artificial intelligence be the answer? this vineyard in southern india is testing it out. by using devices that are removing guesswork in assessing conditions on the farm and the crop. if we look at the whole system. on the top you have macro climatic sensors, which measures rainfall and wind related events. and then you have solar sensors which measure solar exposure or sunlight exposure to the crop. then you have sensors like leaf wetness and temperature and humidity, which measures moisture on the leaf. all that measurement comes to the brain of the system. ananda verma's start—up fasal agritech uses artificial intelligence to analyse the data collected by these sensors. if you provide this data, in raw form, to the farmer, probably he or she will not understand

let's speak to our india business correspondent archana shukla in mumbai.te change pressures? what was behind the influencing of this decision? the was behind the influencing of this decision?— this decision? the climate chance this decision? the climate change decisions - this decision? the climate change decisions and - this decision? the climate i change decisions and moving this decision? the climate - change decisions and moving to greener production units is certainly one of the aspects of it. but if you go to look at it, the overall business climate in the united states and europe over the last couple of quarters has been very dull for the steel industry. and tata steel's ceo has been warning over the last couple of quarters there is material uncertainty on how the businesses would progress, when the talks were with —— with the uk government were on, about giving subsidies to turn to a greener future, giving subsidies to turn to a greenerfuture, there's been added pressures of a dull business climate in terms of higher inflation, higher interest rate

archana shukla visited one such government—facilitated recruitment centre in the northern indian statends gather at this government recruitment centre, willing to risk going to a country at war. the only hope — a well paying job. translation: we are just running around looking - forjobs. if we get one here, why would we risk going to a war zone? translation: we have families to take care of. j all this crowd is waiting here only for the hope of a good salary in israel. one of those is 24—year—old sugriv, who travelled 300km to try his luck as a carpenter. ajob in israel will get him six times the salary he makes here through ad—hoc jobs. translation: i want to break the cycle of poverty my - family has seen. if i get good money, i will go, even if it's risky. these skilled workers are meant to fill part of the labour shortage in israel's construction industry after work permits of thousands of palestinian workers were revoked amidst the ongoing conflict in gaza. the jobseekers you see around me are part of india's sprawling and precarious informal economy. they do ad—hocjobs with no fo