things about india there are. these casual chats may not seem like much but they have a big effect meeting people and realizing that they too are people just like us has been. really important in it shaping my view of what india is they're just as into our culture and they're just as into our musicians our movie that we are into their. now i know how they are just like i was and there's no point in. here it was made in a spark but the thing to get everyone cooled down we take a lot of time and i think it's very important to let them express that hatred you know because i don't think you can move on from partition because partition isn't a static over because it continues to shape us it will continue to. norman these students are trying their best to reach across the divide. but 70 years of hostility are difficult to overcome. the violent birth of these 2 nations is a legacy seared into their collective memory. as long as the true. reconciliation remains a distant dream. hello there some pretty nice sunshine across

and india. harris not in the united states but in india the possibility of an indian american becoming the next u.s. president national pride. especially in her grandparents' native tonight in the south of the country what a break gives me immense pride as a woman to learn that a woman with roots in this city is all set for the u.s. vice presidential election the thing that came to fruition. and. i want to finish your thought was just really great if you can get to do it did not feel bad to read if you had the comma harris invoked her indian heritage while accepting her nomination for the u.s. vice presidency and there's another woman whose name isn't known whose story isn't shared another woman whose shoulders i stand on. and that's my mother sama lago pollin harris. she came here from india at age 19 to pursue her dream of curing cancer. many indians wonder what a winning biden harris ticket in november would mean for relations with the united states. by the hour they. come on the harris is of

india looks down again to stop the corona bars and chokes the economy owners abandon their businesses economists say a vaccine is the only hope. gold takes on a new shine a precious metal rallies a sign of more uncertainty about the pandemics long term effects. and if you ever feel uneasy about eating chocolate maybe it's because in slaves children in africa harvested the cocoa beans. and been physical and let's do business the corona death toll continues to rise globally one person is dying every 15 seconds india is leading and daily deaths and you infections it's been in and out of lockdown a failure in the fight against the virus and a blow for business. less than a month ago stores in the indian tech hub of bangalore were forced to close once again. numbers of covered $1000.00 cases have risen after the steady easing of india's initial lockdown. still businesses and citizens alike clamored for the chance to get back to work. and they got what they wanted since late july restrictions have been gradually relaxed. but once again came a renewed surge in corona virus cases new infectio

situation in india. so definitely has been consistently putting out the message that this epidemic essentially has a long way to go because the populations of the world are still not exposed and susceptible to this virus and again coming back to the size of the population the education i. have. jested open slums cities with populations of 5000000 which costs the population of some of the countries involved and then you have smaller towns and villages which kept their own. challenges and across the world you see this in the developing world in particular the challenges of open settlements is quite different from the challenges that one would see in food. like access to health. and. you know less help to the to see and so on are challenges and concern about all possible with this fiction has been digging in to see that the epicenter has need an. automatic and that in the last few weeks but also many countries an issue. that have continued challenges and we see across europe that some countries and i'll see

rising scientists in india are under pressure with india's vaccine industry. trade leading the way in a business dominated by men. you know. and the pension not doing anything but living the retired life. all of these people. i'm british welcome back to. it's so good to be able to bring you up program again since the coronavirus disrupted our broadcast we hope you're coping well through this crisis which for the time being at least doesn't look like it's disappearing anywhere fast which is why work is progressing at fever pace to develop a vaccine india is one of the many countries working on developing its own human trials have begun at least 2 that has also been political controversy around these trials but that doesn't take away from the important role india will have in producing any future vaccine told the pharmacy of the world because it manufactures 60 percent of the world's vaccines the world is watching india now more than ever. with more than 50000 new covered cases every day india is rapidly approaching the 2000000 mark yet india has entered its unl

in india have access to smarts. but he did mention about some statistics bear of the north that the beneficial in that have been pressured and the amount of number of smartphones in the women's us going to be this many less so the dark of using smart phones are internet. one of them wards off axis tool. or education. that is deciding that despite being more touretzky education so. be yes might not be smart phones. or need more. education. i just wanted to continue on this point any better now professor mentioned back education. war yet comes on our border people are. using it against our smartphones and our mobile application. i saw this job of providing access to education in a physical form or you can say you have completed only what's on this bed before overt so it was the education but in my head we can see quality of education was always a challenge. in such a big country later garlic and india saw what he had of bendis prices in the actually as a going to get the whole he did not have of any luck solution. whi

maybe a successful rock scene for india and india itself is currently testing the vaccine to make sure it is affective cable have to lead to that base bus h s market thank you thanks. is a strong indicator of the growing on me about the global economic outlook the gold price is set yet another great chord investors have been piling into the precious metal it's usually seen as a store of value if stock prices decline well equities are all over the place at the moment there's still so much uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus. for weeks the price of gold has hit a record off the record so reaching the magic $2000.02 is merely a question of time overall since the beginning of the year the price has gone up by around 30 percent and analysts say the trend is set to continue but that's just the shiny side of the coin the flip side is rather different the current pandemic looks increasingly unlikely to disappear any time soon many countries are already experiencing a 2nd wave with devastating consequences for people and economies at the same time central banks are also printing large amoun

and china and india can't bitch. of course as a number 3 casualties and fatalities are right now and nonetheless it's decided to relax its pandemic guidelines what's behind. mode of government endeavor and continue into the quarter and then again especially in what was it i'm not phases to emphasize that people have to learn to live that divide us and we can't slow down the economy but any longer and that be must forge want to head out let's get precautions are not in sight and even go the burden of the disease is rising just quickly like you cross the 2000000 mop this meat in yet also emphasizing the fact that the ecology is just very high it's vet about 65 plus and already as of today and in cities such as andy is actually lost and i was sent my daddy on the other hand is having a little when reports and so this is what is making it to believe that it can manage this and next measure thanks so much for that from delhi. on other news it's to formula one now and britain's lewis hamilton claimed victory in his homegro

done in india that the number people who've been exposed to the slides. in them but it's been done and that's all that is. why they have. minimal symptoms and have not been detected at all so that's good news and and fact. the good news of course is that the virus. has an infection fatality tissue which is significantly lower than the case that doctor to treat and so but if you take the denominators number of people affected in unity and section that attitude issues certainly under one percent. the bad news is that all of these people in the community got infected but never detected and therefore didn't get at this so we need to understand much more now of course you need. all these people who. have antibodies we don't know how long these aren't persist how long did we need to even insist. that a response that's quite active. so this is a lot of research questions helped certainly i think what we're learning is. the response to this and i think. i can deal with this really to focus on those because as so she mentioned is documented if at. all then your pa

in just under week millions of students in india will be expected to sit university entrance exams that despite the country are reaching new heights in the spread of the coronavirus many students say that's not good enough and they're fighting back so-called black protests being held online and across the country demanding the government to spend on the tests but leaders say and a delay would waste the academic year and they're not backing down so why are these exams such a big issue in india 2500000 students are with just the part in september to gain entry to medical and engineering colleges the students say they are worthy of they could cast the corner virus if they are tanned and would have to cope with wearing clothes and baths while under stress thousands of students staged a virtual hunger strike this week after the supreme court rejected an appeal to delay their exams their concerns are getting international attention with climate and youth activists grettir thunder are among those urging india's prime minister to delay the tests. for more on this joined by our guests all from n

preparing some of india's poorest children for entry into its toughest universities. we return to see how the students and the scheme a helping change the face of india. super 30 announces iraq. i care about how the u.s. engages with the rest of the world i cover foreign policy national security this is a political impasse here's the are we telling a good story. we're really interested in taking you into a place that you might not visit otherwise and to actually feel as if you were there. this is al-jazeera. 1800 hours g.m.t. here on al-jazeera sons on the radio and this is the news hour tensions are rising further in the mediterranean turkey will now conduct live naval drills as the standoff with greece escalates also 30 journalists rounded up by police while covering more anti-government protests this is a better route. a large chemical fire and widespread damage after her laura hits the southern u.s. coast.

by india there is a new. there's a new wave a new vehicle of resentment against the atrocities being committed across the sea the rest assured the people of pakistan stand with you and he adds kashmir will be part of pakistan. inshallah. pakistan. at the end of verse 3 of the autonomy revocation the kashmir conflict seems as far from resolution as ever and little seems to have changed in the region itself now did have a correspondence allowed to join me now from vanderbilt just on the outskirts of sri lanka in indian controlled kashmir allow then what is the situation on the ground in indian controlled kashmir today. british situations where you are calm and very peaceful i would say because the government has taken you know these steps. have announced i mean dad you know i was cut a few which has been lifted last night but it is highly deprived of security forces and you can see a preliminary clip of blocking it's so in that sense government has control of dorky you know the entire crushed me but then on the

india is now the 2nd largest how. a chance i'm going to internet base i have but endured india only 50 percent how the us have access to internet services and this is 3 times higher in our bunny india. keep in mind that digital and digital are no desire we need to defend so having internet connection is not like having that predictably quality of internet connection. everything is an issue in the who really india r e i j i hear you and you tube is listening to you very clearly so we are saying this i'm going to share this with you professor sadly in india our against the bureaucracy will destroy education is that what you mean by input and output professor. what i mean is there's. not. here we are ready and much more now are we believe we should just come to weeks back that. of the blues and all the shins don't think about for they see the policy act 2 missing only a look at out so anyone can come and god knows who would any kind of peace even that wasn't even someone who hasn't heard says those who are willing i'm su

about the pandemic in india thank you so much for your time. and of course so a lot of measures are in place but do they reach everyone well not necessarily so often the crisis is proving hardest of those already living at the margins of society like the st kitts in delhi. 15 year old justin sometimes likes to watch t.v. in this dimly lit room because home which he shares with some 30 people this room is one of the many shelters that houses countless homeless families like his own who live on the streets. many such families were given space in these shelters after the nationwide lockdown was announced to curb the spread of call that 19. many people are still out on the street. with this father in poor health it has fallen on just i'm the oldest of all siblings to on for the whole family before the lockdown bluestone like other street children did all the jobs to support his family after going to india by local school no more like a ballet or a battery for the lockdown i used to go for backpacking at the railway station after that i saw a nearby

is actually influencing india we are right as we've seen the u.s. has really been at the forefront of that war against wall way calling on all of its allies to ban the tech giant and claiming that there are legitimate national security concerns when it comes to wall ways ties to the chinese government now always has repeatedly denied those claims but the u.s. is still pressured a number of countries to turn against them including india and as we saw earlier this year when president trump made a direct visit to india he met with officials and he said that they discussed the importance of a secure 5 g. wireless network and the need for this emerging technology to be a tool for freedom progress and prosperity and it is notable to see how the trumpet ministration has almost encourage these increased tensions between india and china and we're talking about neighboring countries here who are very large but also at the same time are nuclear powers absolute. and we'll see what else they follow suit in doing the united states has been our tease rachel blevin

this is due to other news a show on today's program and unwelcome milestone in india. the country's official coronavirus to slow it. the 3rd highest in the us how clique of cause for concern is this we also can expect in delhi. as true for booming coffee schools a supermajority in the parliamentary elections a controversial change in the constitution would be on the cards we look at what this means for the country's democracy. i'm british welcome to deed after news asia glad you could join us in the past 3 weeks alone india has added 1000000 cases of confirmed about us infections do it store tally this now stands at more than 2000000 the 3rd highest in the world off of the united states and brazil while testing rates in the country have gone up dramatically there are concerns the figure of 2000000 may not represent the true extent of covert 1000 infections in the country. 2000000 cases off a deadly highly contagious why this these are not the scenes you expect. yet india seems to have taken cool but 19 minutes trade. shopkeeper at the needed is keeping busy. the busine

india's main opposition party is calling for a parliamentary investigation into facebook and what's up for allegedly favoring the ruling b j p the congress party bases its allegation on a wall street journal newspaper report the number of coronavirus deaths in the us now exceeds 170000 health officials are concerned the coming change of seasons will see a surge in cases chile is expected to begin a phase lifting the one of the world's longest coronavirus lockdowns on monday restrictions will be gradually eased in parts of the capital santiago after more than 150 days chile's recorded more than 385000 cases those are the headlines coming up next on al-jazeera it's inside story by. how high can the price of gold go to the purses but will is being sold for a record $2000.00 an ounce what's driving the gold rush and could it affect the chances of economic recovery from the coronavirus and that this is a story. hello welcome to the program on iran kong the coronavirus pandemic means we are facing a worst ever recession shutdowns to control the spread of the virus have forced many businesses

india is one of the world's fastest growing economies. an economic boom has brought with it new wealth and consumers. but india also has the not just number of slaves in the world. and in addition to poverty and desperation the new prosperity has brought in its wake and new scenes of slave. bright traffic. but the parthenon why nasa planned out that life got that. turn that it was my. father then to plunder the pivot a piece of that has ever been you. got me a company but a dope but i. mean my job i think. but a lot more to get in return. so the past 20 years bright traffic has have preyed on vulnerable young women from india's vast rural hinterland promising to deliver them into a traditionally arranged marriage but in reality selling them over and over into a life of sexual slavery and forced labor. drove you at the end would do no come but i was sick of the. 6 legged what the air. the make in the. heart temple. is scalable ok. john why don't. almost had it come on good you've. got. less than 2 hours from the country's capital new delhi

india 70. instituted a hostage. and. that. done without saying attention to the interests of the floor at all. and we. couldn't get. him to sign. it. and buying food. and they didn't have. to and so i think it was. done. in a way that through it have had to really made beach florida. and there was a prize winning economist of up to say and you can watch that entire interview in full on our website www dot com or go on the coronavirus continues to disrupt life as we know it across the world but it's not only humans that are suffering from the consequences of the pandemic a dog shelter in indonesia has been overrun with canines what abandoned by their own as some out of desperation some out of fear. and enthusiastic welcome for son a somali as she starts her work day the shelter she runs in jakarta is now home to around 1400 dogs and. most of them arrive injured the dogs that used to live in a home and have been abandoned are usually depressed when they're depressed they don't want to eat and they're also more susceptible to dis

yet india seems to have to conclude with 19 minutes trade. shopkeeper at the needed is keeping busy. the business is fos lower than what it once was he is just glad to be up and running once more simple but life has to start again everyone knows that we need to take precautions people know that they have to maintain social distancing because things are going to stay this way. despite the high caseload people are still finding via shortens compile the numbers out of every cheek with 1000 patients in india have a couple of the official mortality of each is low as well and delhi has set an example. in june that he has passed october home ben by a dramatic rise in cases but that's the best thing i can to day that would probably be its time that 90 percent there could be more than meets the eye in the sample survey the delhi government found that a fault of the people tested had had the quota and i was. this would mean 5000000 cases in delhi alone yet people seem confident. but it doesn't keep sitting at one place and you have to move on and see i

many point the finger at india's then colonial masters. when britain ruled india it was the jewel living empires crown plundered for its natural resources. but in the devastating aftermath of world war 2 britain had its own problems on the home front. was returned with renewed fighting and a recent opinion in the country and bankrupted itself fighting itself to death of the nazis. and so british authorities say that it was the exhaustion of them power and the bankruptcy of the mother country that led to the realization that the simply no way the british could keep this enormous empire in chains the moment to come to go head back home to a land of rationing drugs or low light and leave the exotic plagues of india behind . after decades of crushing any movement towards indian independence postwar britain had not had the will or the might to fold on to its common. there was massive demonstrations across india. and there was. an awareness that the leaders the film struggle could call strikes and protests which would paralyze the country. seizi

india is one of the world's fastest growing economies. an economic boom has brought with it new wealth and consumers. but india also has the largest number of slaves in the world. and in addition to poverty and desperation the new prosperity has brought in its wake and new form of slavery. bright traffic. but but and why nasa planned out that the wife got. sick again. was my. father's indicate. that he said that as i've been here. 32 but so do i but i. mean my god i think. but a lot more get in return. so the past 20 years bright traffic is have preyed on vulnerable young women from india's vast rural hints and promising to deliver them into a traditionally arranged marriage but in reality selling them over and over into a life of sexual slavery and forced labor. drove you do not come but i was sick of the. what the air. the make any. hard temple. is scalable ok. john why don't. more side it come. about that. less than 2 hours from the country's capital new delhi a traditional arranged wedding is about to take place. 2 brothers from nearb

anywhere of indian origin india is. perceived and is an important player in the vaccines for supply for the world this pressure however took a political tone india top medical research body in a letter to trial sites said that the trials should be expedited to have the vaccine ready to launch by mid of this raised serious concerns on whether these extraordinarily expedited trials will be safe and the move was seen by critics as the indian prime minister to make a dramatic announcement in his independence day speech on aug 15th are rallying on a cry that can be self-reliant. but after pressure from medical community the government body. clarified that no compromises would be made on safety and that the deadline was simply to expedite the trials and. in geology the research is see that it could take close to a year for the 1st 2 phases of the indian vaccine trials to be completed and so far there's been no works here it's just gone. up and cycle. steady roxy mistaken if you if you are so. many vaccines. which promises. bu

also coming up india is in the grip of the coronavirus pandemic the health crisis also lays bare the country's economic inequalities we go live to delhi. hello and welcome to your business on want to go to have you with us the german economy is on the road to recovery that's according to the president of germany's institute the think tanks latest survey shows german business morale improved more than expected in august the survey offers a silver lining to europe strongest economy which suffered a record to 9.7 percent contraction in the 2nd quarter as private consumption investments and exports all collapsed at the height of the cold 1900 meek. and for more i'm joined now by the president of the e 4 institute like its institute for economic research at the university of new nickname it's forced good to have you with us so i hear that you expect the economy to grow by almost 7 percent in the 3rd quarter what will spur such crevasse. well to some extent this is a mechanic because in the 2nd quarter we had a strong contraction due to the lockdown now this lockdown is it has gone away an

the pandemic and because of the actions from central banks and governments earn kimo and new delhi india traditionally has valued gold for a very very long time you're looking quite small right well. reserves of gold into court huge yes you know goldman is one of the assets in the portfolio i think that people who are and when there is uncertainty people shift toward gore so the pandemic has created a huge uncertainty and that's why people are shifting toward gore with a good thing is that you know there are cultural values associated with poor so in india and china people voted argemone of poor because up you know reasons of waiting and you know was so on and so forth but also let me say that a good price in india is determined by the international price because india hardship uses any gold and i think what's happened is that the demand is shot up but the supply of gold is limited because it mine only you know through country to go straight russia. will go short fall in that supply of gold but the demand has shot up a lot of people shipping clerk buying gold and that's why the price of

c cotton ine bt india.said this is not a matter of helping farmers grow their land, also making them dependent on those big corporations. corporationsof into agriculture is so wrong, because corporations only bring poisons. most of them have roots in hitler's's germany, and making gases to kill people in concentration camps. >> that is not their aim. >> no, no. the aim was to make chemicals that kill people. afterwrward they said, why shoud we stop making these? they will kill pests, they will be fertilizers. >> that is not the same goal. >> the companies are the same and the processes are the same. your rhetoric might change, but the goal does not. the materiality of a debt-making chemical does not change when you say it is for feeding the world. i did a bobook on the violence f the green revolution because punjab was destroyed. when monsanto came in as a result of mobilization, because until the 90's 90% of the seed was in the farmers hands. the risk came from research institutions. monsanto came, illegal