the new rising star is hyderabad.indian tech city is, we find out how hyderabad stacks up as one of asia's silicon valley is. —— indian tech city is. —— silicon valleys. —— indian tech cities. prices have risen, transportation is becoming a real issue in bangalore, which for a start—up removes some of the agile benefits of being a small company. the ecosystem is vibrant and very dynamic. there's a lot of government support. the ease of doing business isa support. the ease of doing business is a fact. bureaucracy has been reduced and there is a lot of support for very early stage start—ups. we've grown it with a plan in place, we've grown it in a way that makes any everything integrated so we are building milestones and we are hitting a job those milestones. the fa ct we hitting a job those milestones. the fact we have government support, it's being done in a good man and people here are willing to help each other out and that's the differentiating thing between us and bangalore. in other business news making headlines

i was born in hyderabad, which is in the central part of india.: and so growing up, your parents doted on you, i assume? satya: yeah, they did. david: and they told you you were going to be prime minister or something important in the country. what did they want you to be? satya: they just wanted me to stop playing cricket and take my studies a little more seriously. david: you were an avid cricket player, is that right? satya: yes. that is correct. i was in love with it. david: and when did you realize you wouldn't be a professional cricket player? satya: it was pretty soon. [laughter] satya: quickly i realized at best i would play what is considered perhaps first-class in india, but i was not going to go much further than that. but that is when my dad, in fact -- i remember one of the big decisions that changed my life was -- my entire outlook was so provincial when i look back at it. which is, hey, i want to stay in hyderabad, maybe study economics and political science and work for a bank. that was about the extent of my ambition. he looks at

katie a start up from hyderabad he's hoping to give these small holders a future providing reliable crop yields despite the uncertain climate the company has developed a cheap modular greenhouse in open food if you use fifty liters of water to grow one kilogram of vegetables inside the greenhouse just one liter that's one aspect farmers find a great value with this greenhouse grow more with less water apart from the greenhouse katie offers up the services farmers in the region can get advice on taking out a loan or own choosing the right fertiliser or seeds the aim is to make harvests more reliable. i think healed here is higher in outdoor farming it's very low if this were growing outdoors where the crops would have been destroyed already by the rains. it would have been a total loss of them upon the someone. the company has set up fifty such greenhouses. demand is high. now katie needs the infrastructure to give farmers from across the country access to that business model. cuba is trying to cope with a new reality after u.s. sanctions imposed on its exports came soon after relations h

which is, hey, i want to stay in hyderabad, maybe study economics and political science and work for bank. that was about the extent of my ambition. he looks at me and says, what are you doing? you have got to get out of this place. he pushed me out to get to an engineering school, and that pretty much, of course, defined the trajectory afterwards. david: your father was a member of the senior civil service, which is an important position, i guess, in india, is that right? satya: my dad was a different guy than me. his academic prowess, which is humorous when you look at my report card. he was always humorous. he would look at my report cards and say i don't understand how anybody can have these kinds of marks. but the nice thing about it was he would say it in such endearing ways, that he would never make me feel bad. [laughter] david: the marks weren't high enough? satya: not high enough. the guy never met an exam he did not ace, as he would say. [laughter] david: ok. satya: and so, it was astounding to me that he would have a son who could not ace an exam. david: your father is st

it does look fine dry warm and sunny and poor around thirty one celsius as is the case today to hyderabad there you go a little more cloud there across southern parts of the golden that could lead one to two showers into eastern and southern parts of colombo at around twenty nine degrees still cool enough in new delhi gentle breeze here so the fog and smoke are remaining a problem twenty seven celsius in karate stays fine and is fine and try to cross much of the arabian peninsula so much to the side of the moment the temperature is no higher than around twenty two celsius here in doha or over the next couple of days we are going to see that shamar winds continuing so always a chance of lifted dust and sand. the scene for us where on line what is american sign in yemen that peace is always possible but it never happens not because the situation is bad but because no one cares or if you join a sunset there are people that there are choosing between buying medication and eating this is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone who's an activist just posted a story

katie a startup from hyderabad he's hoping to give these small holders a future providing reliable crop yields despite the uncertain climate the company has developed a cheap modular green house in open field if you was fifteen metres of water to grow one kilogram of vegetable inside the green nose you require just one leader that's one aspect farmers find a great value with this green knows grow more with less water apart from the greenhouse katie office of the services farmers in the region can get advice on taking out a loan or own choosing the right fertiliser or seeds the aim is to make harvests more reliable. the yield here is higher in outdoor farming it's very low if this were growing outdoors where the crops would have been destroyed already by the rains. it would have been a total loss. the company has set up fifty such greenhouses so far demand is high. now katie needs the infrastructure to give farmers from across the country access to that business model. some corporate news now and in a surprise move u.s. cable giant comcast has challenge tycoon rupert murdoch it says it's

. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ my mom was born hyderabad but she grew up mumbai, my dad is from a small tiny village in theof nowhere in southern usdia. there was always in my house, my mom and dad were always listening to something. on one hand u know-- you know they were listening to, you know, soul music and soul artists like you know, bill withers and you know, marvin gaye and you know, curtis mayfield and cats like that, but then also you know, the music of india and pakistan. as i got more and more into music i've really just kind of realiz that's me, that's where i grew osu know, that's really where i feelat home. when it came to you know, performing it, i felt like i could let out all of my energy whether it was good or bad. when i got to high si was in gospel choir and that was a very transformative experience thcause here i am, i'm the only i'only person in the choir who's not black. until they heard me sing of course, they've been looking at me funny like what's this guy ing here? did he get lost? you know, chess club is that way bro. i've been a big belier in just leaving it all on stage and go