hoyer: the father of indian independence, mahatma gandhi, who is 150th birthday we mark on october 2,e defined democracy as, and i quote, week --g that gives the weak the same chance as the strong. [cheers and applause] that, my friends, at its heart is with the ideal of the ideal ofhat american democracy and indian democracy are all about. an equal opportunity to dream and work hard to make that dream come true. are,proud, as all of you that the u.s.-india relationship has remained with democrats and republicans working to bring the nations closer in pursuit of that goal and our common principles. in recent decades, president clinton had the vision to forge a new plan for u.s.-india relations. [cheers and applause] rep. hoyer: president bush, where was he from? [cheers and applause] rep. hoyer: president bush strengthened the ties between our nations. and president obama solidified them. president trump continues that effort today. [cheers and applause] rep. hoyer: 25 years since the founding of the congressional caucus on india and indian americans, the united states and india will

but remember what mahatma gandhi said the soul of india lies in its villages and in order to transform india it's important to transform the villages a local collective of farmers from 15 villages in the region is trying to bring this taught to life by empowering the farmers to solve their problems head on. and. this is the district of b. in the mud out of our bodies and off maharashtra it's known to most as one of the worst drought affected regions in india battling a pigeon you'll want a crisis as well as struggling with the highest number of farmers who cite. that on the administratively gin of barley is the most affected but the lowest irrigation rates in the country the average in a gated area in india is 40 percent violent only it's a mere 1.72 percent it's almost impossible to make a living from agriculture many people here are dispirited. and in desperation turn to alcohol. but this was partly situation about 3 years ago today the global poli initiative put 15 villages in a sport has managed to treat right its story. the way. but surely. the idea was the brainchild off my own g

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the russian writer leo tolstoy with someone who is known as the father of the nation and in the mahatma gandhi so it's this kind of warmth respect and the desire to hear each other's opinions that there is form and vladivostok will be real. number 4 on the sidelines of the economic forum in vladivostok of the malaysian prime minister again criticized the ongoing investigation into the downing of flight m.h. 17 saying the probe will remain biased lessmore countries are involved all 298 people on board died when their plane crashed in eastern ukraine in 2014 it was bound for blazer from the netherlands when it was shot down the dutch led joint investigation team blamed russian backed rebels in eastern ukraine a preliminary report claims that the rebels used a russian made book missile system though moscow has repeatedly said that the anti-aircraft system was left in ukraine after the breakup of the soviet union in a separate experiment looking at how the plane was brought down a russian air defense company concluded the missile could not have been fired from the region a lead in the report those

inherit something good and live a life of happiness mahatma gandhi used to speak about the principle of trusteeship and he used to always say it is with that spirit that we know just think we are the trustees of this planet. we have to. not just think about what is required by us and we should not snipe from someone else just satisfy our needs if we can bring these principles into our social structures only then can we saw the problems we can think that technology will solve the problems or if we work together to be problems but it is really about the individual behavioral changes of each individual the individuals must be sensitized to no direction to go we need to develop technology for example in india during 21. we have a fixed target of creating $175.00 gigawatts of energy. through renewable energy so that we can contribution a positive manner towards ending climate change today i'm proud to say that after our target of $175.00 gigawatts we have to extend shifted to worse so his solar energy we have contributed in a big way already to this target and the target that we had set f

washington writer leo tolstoy with someone who is known as the father of the nation and in the mahatma gandhi so it's this kind of warmth respect and the desire to hear each other's opinions that is form and vladivostok will be remembered for. it's likely one of the morning is minister from russia coming up as well after the break look at these pictures the flooding that terrible russia's far east hit by severe flooding in some places many homes really under water this been for a month where the men say it's probably going to get better but it still will bring you the latest when we come back. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sport i'm showbusiness i'll see that. good morning the world's biggest oil corporations have spent 50000000000 dollars on projects that undermine climate goals according to reports by financial think tank carbon track and i want climate activists insist large companies and governments should come up with proper initiatives to tackle the problem seems some experts proposals are pretty radical. of. cours

the russian writer leo tolstoy with someone who is known as the father of the nation and india mahatma gandhi so it's this kind of warmth respect and the desire to hear each other's opinions that is form and vladivostok will be remembered for. talking of a story for russia this is another one as well look at the depth of water that russia's far east hit again by severe flooding is not the whole thing was pretty but there are many homes underwater for a month now. tell you what the prognosis is but we come back. you know world of big part of the law and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the back shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now we're watching closely watching the hard. to the public well. when the ruling classes protect. the room. 20 minutes past the hour the world's biggest oil corporations have spent $50000000000.00 on projects that undermine climate goals accordi

india became a burden london was also unable to counter the growing independence movement led by mahatma gandhi to fix it britain appointed lord louis mountbatten as the last viceroy of india he made it clear it was not his dream job. i am prepared to accept the job only on one condition india must be granted independence by july 948 and i will not stay there a day longer. once he arrived though he decided he couldn't wait that long it needed to be sorted more quickly in just 5 weeks to be precise enter lord cyril radcliffe a british lawyer who had never set foot in india he was tasked with drawing a line between the most cohesive. islam and hindu populated areas just like mountbatten radcliffe to found india not to his liking. it was impossible to undertake the field survey in june because of the heat so how does anyone who's not familiar with the situation on the ground decide where the border is going to be well studied the maps obviously it's all in there the demographics the religious majority it's also simple isn't it but the areas with the majority of muslims in pakistan and the hindus i

washington writer leo tolstoy with someone who is known as the father of the nation and in the mahatma gandhi so it's this kind of warmth respect and the desire to hear each other's opinions that there is for him and vladivostok will be remembered for. was because all corporations have spent $50000000000.00 on projects that undermine climate goals according to reports of financial think tank carbon tracker a world climate activist and says large companies and governments should come up with proper initiatives to tackle the problem seems some experts proposals are pretty radical. of course as it sounds at the moment the main official initiative is that 2015 paris club agreement ratified by 185 states citing measures that country should take to limit global warming but maybe just said than done most of the signatories a failed to live up to the commitments next up teased. discusses the issue with a pile of experts. the hours of cold was not legally binding there was no reason for anyone to stick to it they can do what they like and they carried on doing what they were like i'm afraid we're in t

the russian writer leo tolstoy with someone who is known as the father of the nation and in the mahatma gandhi so it's this kind of warmth respect and the desire to hear each other's opinions that is form and vladivostok will be remembered for well on the sidelines of the economic forum and lot of all stock the malaysian prime minister has again criticized the ongoing investigation into the downing of flight m.h. 17 saying the probe will remain biased unless more countries are involved all 298 people aboard died when their plane crashed in eastern ukraine in 2014 on route to malaysia from the netherlands. the. internet to lead the nation of investigation it is heavily we that on the side of the people. who suffered because of this case so there may not be. fair and neutral we need to have a neutral body investigate we shouldn't get the experts from many countries who. is for them to decide. what actually happened. but when you have the countries that suffered because. of this. bound to be a little be bias the dutch led joint investigation team blamed russian backed rebels in eastern ukraine pr

on the second of october this celebratese country the 150th birth anniversary of mahatma gandhi, indiaopen defecation payment in the last five years, india has also bid farewell to over 1500 outdated laws. the complex web of dozens of taxes in india were an obstacle to creating a friendly environment. our government has been -- bid farewell to these taxes. we have made the theme of one nation, one tax, come true in our country. setting we are ourselves the challenge to do away with corruption and we are working towards bidding farewell to it in all endeavors. toia has also bid farewell companies.red we have also bid farewell to names that have existed just on paper in order abet investment schemes. can you imagine how much money we have saved by preventing it from falling into the wrong hands? approximately 1.5 trillion , that is almost $20 billion u.s. country, we are creating suchnsparent ecosystem that the benefits of development .an be enjoyed by every indian depriving even one indian of acceptable tot india. facingntry was also another challenge for the last 70 years. a challenge

passing day especially if you live in the hotshot egypt of eastern maharashtra but remember what mahatma gandhi said the soul of india lies in its religious and in order.