. —— mumbai. there are still many u na nswered mumbai.answered questions about this project. after a lot of hurdles and delays, adani is moving ahead with the project but there are still a lot of questions that remain unanswered. the biggest one of them, how was adani going to finance this project? the total cost of building this coalmine is $12 billion. adani is in no position to finance this project internally because it has a huge debt on its books. it's already highly leveraged and is in no position to bring down that debt in the few years. the other option is banks. but the big australian banks have already said they will not finance this project because of the huge controversy it is basing on the ground. the indian banks are already struggling due to high levels of non—performing assets except —— except for the state bank of india. its already announced it will extend the loan of $1 billion for this project but that will not be enough. adani is saying it is looking to secure $650 —— 600 $50 million from the australian government to

teesta setalvad is a civil rights activist and journalist based in mumbai, india. she is the secretary of citizens for justice and peace. and here in new york prachi , patankar, co-founder of the south asia solidarity initiative. we welcome you both to democracy now! talk about the significance of this meeting today between trump amid the president of the united states, and modi. >> just like the other predecessors of these leaders of these countries, the u.s. and india, i imagine they will talk about similar long-term issues like economic trade deals and nuclear deals and things like you mentioned, the arms deal they are about to sign. of course, given the latest pulling of from the climate deal that trump saw, they will talk that as well. what differs from past leaders is they come together for their authoritarianism. modi led the way if years ago, coming to power led by very much fascist and fundamentalist take regime followed by what he did. bringshink this is what them together. another thing that brings them together is there populist and symbolic rhetoric. t

teesta setalvad is a civil rights activist and journalist based in mumbai, india. arundhati roy up next. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy nowow!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. now t to one of india's most famous writers arundhati , roy. 20 years after her debut novel "the god of small things" made her a literary sensation, she is theme a leading critic of rise of hindu nationalism. now she has returned to fiction, just released her second novel titled "the ministry of utmost happiness." last week, nermeen shaikh and i sat down with arundhdhati roy in our studio. i asked her how winning the booker prize, at the time she was the youngest writer ever to win it, affected her life as a writer. was thrilling to win the booker prize. it was something that i had .hought about after that, it became complicated because if you actually become very well known and then let's say you move to a place, london or new york, where lots of well-known international people live, then it's a different story. but if you want to carry on living where yo

shares of adani enterprises jumped nine percent in mumbai on tuesday after news that the adani groupial coal mine project in australia. adani will break ground at its carmichael mine and rail project by september. just to say that we are looking at the situation with regards to qatar and their dispute with saudi arabia and their dispute with saudi arabia and other countries. all the detail on that to come. this is a brief look at the market. a flat, next session. investors were keen to stay cautious this side of an election in the uk. i will see you soon. hi there. the weather caused all kinds of problems on tuesday. a number of serious accidents caused by the strong winds in southern england, in particular. the winds gusted over 60 mph in a number of places, bringing down a few trees and causing those problems. the low pressure that‘s been responsible for that windy spell of weather still with us then into wednesday but the winds will be very slowly easing a bit over the next 24 hours. this is how we start off the day on wednesday, then. still the winds gusting to 40s and 50s miles

large parts of london and they have been practising that time and time again, particularly since the mumbaiey worked out the end that a similar thing could happen in london. there is an issue and it's come out in the election campaign. we saw from jeremy corbyn last night this line that you cannot protect the united kingdom on the cheap and he was making a point that theresa may was being, running the home office and then the government for the past few years at a time when police numbers have been cut and it isn't just a police numbers have been cut and it isn'tjust a question of having armed officers on the streets, a question of visible policing and how important it is and whether police and security services have the resources to do this, we will see if that plays into the election. the figaro, extremely poignant, because they had a period of time like we are with attack after attack. —— le figaro. it is the point as to whether people are egged on by seeing on attack and wanting to do something and coming out and doing it and as you said france had it time and time again including in th

mumbai's business standard looks at the introduction of a goods and services tax in india.ports that finance minister arunjaitley has met a handful of top business bosses, urging them against increasing prices. in the guardian, the brexodus of banks. ireland's capital, dublin, claims more than a dozen london—based banks plan to move part of their operations there because of brexit. and britain arguably does quite well in the parliamentary pomp and circumstance stakes. well, it's finally loosening up — just a little bit. male members of parliament will no longer have to wear ties. that's in the times. not in this studio, not this morning! with us is kulveer ranger, director of digital public services for atos. good morning, good to see you. we shall talk about that story a little later, but let's start with china, and the presidency visiting hong kong for the first time, and all the talk really is about independence, and we are told it's just a small minority that are actively campaigning for independence for the territory, but a big concern for china. it is, especially the

mumbai's business standard looks at the introduction of a goods and services tax in india.ful of top business bosses, urging them against increasing prices. in the guardian, the brexodus of banks.

tracks are leading the to clear the final check post before the capital -- timesave stopped 17 between mumbaind new delhi. them, the introduction of a single tax system is the end of a logistical nightmare. >> if there is one tax for the whole country, allstate, large or small, then everyone will benefit. gsp is the only way for our country to move forward. with the tax changes finally here after 17 years, the transition is likely to be rocky. this is the head of the traders union, he is acting on behalf of the government. >> there are secure people that were unhappy with the tax raise, and government must take -- of the issues raised by them. >> small businesses could pay more, and everybody would have to declare their income online. some companies might have to ,ile 1400 tax -- in the state but leaders believe it is absolutely necessary. theyaders could come in, want the kind of platform, so -- in two to three years time, maybe things might ease a little. where only 3000 people pay income tax, the government hopes to expand the taxpayer base. >> now to japan where a major trade deal with th

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discounting products to encourage consumers to spend, and that includes the half-built trump tower in mumbai larger group, trump's business party in the city,/$100,000 off the asking price in an effort to attract buyers before the tax changes come. the trump tower is the group of the flagship in india's business capital. three-bed apartments are selling for $1.5 million. rochelle: let's bring it back here in france. trouble recruiting summer workers this year. stephen: some 200,000 people work on fruit farms every summer picking fruit. often above the national average of 10% cured farmers say this year, though, are having difficulty finding workers and are resorting to bringing in staff from abroad. andrew hager has the story. france's supermarket shelves are overflowing with strawberries. they come from fields like these where laborers toiling away on a daily basis to meet consumer demand. these workers are guaranteed the french minimum ways. -- wage. it stands at 1150 euros per month. if they gathered 1110 kilograms of fruit, they have an additional $.96 for each extra kilo, but this year,

. >> fangane, population 300, is a three-hour drive from mumbai, and a world apart.tional gender roles are largely maintained -- but there have been changes since the school opened. initially hostile, housabai's own son now finds the idea a positive one. >> women who can read and write do not pose a threat to us men. perhaps we will see more educated women marrying into our village. that would be great for us. >> the school for grandmothers charges no fees. but in return, the women sit down with their teacher in the morning to help her make bread. she finds a lot of things have improved for women in recent years. but despite the efforts being made, india remains a long way from gender equality. >> given the choice, i would have been born a man. many women are still unable to marry the one they want to -- or just go out with someone. men have a far easier time. >> the school is a small-scale local project. but sheetal more's commitment has changed the lives of housabai kedar and her fellow students. something that nobody can now take away from them. >> that's all for

reporter: piled up containers at india's largest port at mumbai, the rent some attack that hit around the world. the damage operations had been done. the malicious code locked machines and demanded that victims post ransom for $300 in bitcoin or lose data entirely. security experts are questioning whether the financial been was the real goal of the attack, or whether the hackers were driven by more destructive motives. analysts in russia, which was hard hit by the attack, say very few companies understand the importance of information security. "nowadays there is lots of money online. huge amounts of important information are being processed somewhere on the internet and company computers. these attacks spread so quickly because of a lack of software updates." the cyberattack appears to have started in ukraine. the first infections were traced their. companies and government systems across the globe are dealing with the fallout of the attack. >> for more analysis, let's bring in our financial analyst jens korte new york. cybercrime has changed. tell us more. jen: it has changed quite

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warm relationship with mr trump's predecessor ba rack 0bama. 0ur correspondent yogita limaye is in mumbaire anything to go by, both men want to make this work? certainly. donald trump sent out a message on twitter saying that narendra modi was a true friend. a senior white house official told the bbc that there we re official told the bbc that there were plans to roll out the red carpet for narendra modi. among the issues that will be discussed will be trade and investment, and also the energy partnership. india and the energy partnership. india and the us have a similar nuclear agreement. if this message is anything to go by, that should set the tone for the meeting. there are other issues that could be hurdles to the relationship. this is the first time that prime minister narendra modi and president trump will be meeting. there could be some sticking points. india is very concerned about the review of how theseis concerned about the review of how these is monitored in the us, it could affect tens of thousands of it workers. president trump also took a jibe at india when he was pulling

sameer hashmi is in mumbai for us. it is understandable why this is so controversial?it isa controversial? well, that is right. it is a controversial deal, investment, rather. it has been in the making for a while. even adani, after a lot of hurdles, has decided they will go ahead with the deal. they have given clearance to the investment plan and they plan to start the construction of the coal mine by the end of the year. why is it controversial? because there are two sides. it has deeply polarised australians. on one hand, you have the queensland communities, where it will be built, who feel it is a good investment because it will create jobs. queensland has been lagging behind when it comes to development and jobs creation. then you have climate scientists, environmentalists and activists that have been opposing it because they think it will really harm the already ailing great barrier reef, and exasperate global warming, which isa and exasperate global warming, which is a big issue over there. they claim the amount of carbon dioxide it will emit will be much more t

the plane was redirected to mumbai so that the mother and child could go to the hospital according to the airline they're doing just fine after being sent in to a local hospital there now jet airways apparently gave the newborn a very nice birthday gift they've confirmed that free flight tickets for trips between saudi arabia and india has been bestowed on the n. friend for life it joins only a half dozen other companies to do so the baby however games another rare title it's passport will now hold the line holder born on an airplane go figure that's all for now folks check out the show on youtube youtube dot com slash boom bust r.t. thanks for watching the next time. you see the u.k. in crisis after a series of deadly terrorist attacks a hung parliament and the horrific human tragedy of the grenfell towers as well as the burning issue of brakes and many are asking if the ruling elite. but. you. can't. read those you don't consume you've been talking to them to do and to stand on the in that are equal distances until what he calls instance me going on in. this window we don't know him

the help of a trained paramedic who happened to be among the passengers the plane was redirected to mumbai so that the mother and child could go to the hospital according to the airline they're doing just fine after being sent in to a local hospital there now jet airways apparently gave the newborn a very nice birthday gift they've confirmed that free flight tickets for trips between saudi arabia and india has been bestowed on the n. friend for life it joins only a half dozen other companies to do so the baby however gains another rare title it's passport will now hold the line holder born on an airplane go figure that's all for now folks check out the show on youtube youtube dot com slash boom bust r.t. thanks for watching the next time. the supreme court sides with top u.s. officials over post september eleventh detentions on this edition of. politicking holmes in for larry king this week the supreme court ruled that muslim men detained after the september eleventh attacks cannot sue u.s. law enforcement officials in the george w. bush administration it was afforded to a decision that ha

the monsoon prof is making slow progress at the moment, pushing the mumbai area and then through the as it is a bit behind the curve at the moment and that is why the areas that have seen the monsoon thus far are having some 16% at the average above what would we expect. the story further north and west is one of pre—monsoon heat, with temperatures at least 40 degrees and the number of locations in the north—west of india and also into pakistan. coming closer to home, no worries about high temperatures while that low—pressure delivers quite a lot of disturbed weather through the baltic states and western russia. for the heat you have to come back towards iberia, 36 degrees in madrid but if any of that coming to the uk? maybe in the midweek. louise as the details in a few minutes. —— has the details. welcome to outside source. in may has been saying sorry of worsley‘s disastrous election result, telling mpsi disastrous election result, telling mps i got us into this mess, and i will get us out of this. it is certainly complicated at the moment. brexit negotiations coming down, the que

yes, i mean this came out originally of the mumbai attacks but most importantly the paris attacks, theret capable response by the best armed police officers we have ever had, who are already trained to be more aggressive in dealing with this sort of threat. and it did seem to work obviously fortunately they attacked the best policed and best armed police force in the country. and there is a point there, because the criticism is that outside london, perhaps, under resourcing, under policing is an issue, how important are police numbers? well police numbers are important for crime in general and for community reassurance, the issue is we are talking about terrorism because there have been three attacks. the debates have been should we be spending so much on counter—terrorism any way. community police officers have an important role to play but radicalisation and counter radicalisation are about other government departments. local government is important. police are partners but some say it should be taken out of the security picture and should be pushed much more into education and local a

the help of a trained paramedic who happened to be among the passengers the plane was redirected to mumbai so that the mother and child could go to the hospital according to the airline they're doing just fine after being sent in to a local hospital there now jet airways apparently gave the newborn a very nice birthday gift they've confirmed that free flight tickets for trips between saudi arabia and india has been bestowed on the infant for life. it joins only a half dozen other companies to do so the baby however gains another rare title it's passport will now hold the line holder born on an airplane go figure that's all for now folks check out the show on youtube youtube dot com slash r.t. thanks for watching the next time. i'm going to just look at your watch it's hard to. move. your launching an r. t. america got special report with a name that's bugs you insult me as one of five basically everything that you think you know about civil society have broken down. there's always going to be somebody else one step ahead of the game. we should not be dismissed all the normalising mind. we

car inre buying a mumbai, the amount of money in -- what this try to do is remove exceptions and bringer one taxation umbrella. the implications in the long-term everybody agrees is going to be beneficial for the economy at large for consumers, manufacturers, and the but in the short-term, everybody critic short-term disruption. rishaad: tell me, are you guys gst? for but it only seemed yesterday that we were talking about the problems in getting it all past. has it been thought through properly? there must be concerns on the ground. >> there are serious concerns on the ground. legally, it is clear. it has been many years in the works. it has passed through several state assemblies and so on, but implementation on the ground is the problem, many small and medium-sized japan are's don't have the infrastructure to get this going. the large guys can hire someone to implement this for him. second, many people do not know how this will work. the third one is cost of collides compliance. 37 times of the year is a lot of paperwork for someone running a small business. people expect this to ge

terminal on the outscores of mumbai. and merck was the first major u.s.are. computers would receive a message like this before demanding a payment, this time, $300 in bitcoin. security experts say this attack is similar to last month's attack. systems that did not perform necessary microsoft security patches made for easy targets. a microsoft spoke person says we're continuing to investigate and will take appropriate actions to protect customers. neil? >> tracee thanks very much. now a crack down on laptops. not that you can't use them but you'll have to go through hoops from a lot of countries, better than 100 coming from there to here. could be a matter of time before it affects those here going through. fred, the problem is lab tops could be a problem and used for other means including nefarious ones. so this cut back on their use. what we don't know is whether this will be an outright ban. we do know it involves better than 100 countries and better than 325,000 passengers what do you think? >> two thoughts on this. it appears the trump administration

we will be live in mumbai. david: and japan springs a surprise trade deficit from a.e key factors. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: this is "bloomberg markets: asia." air asia is changing strategy. the ceo says his long-haul unit is going to concentrate on asia from now on, sticking to flights of 8-9 hours. he says they will not read dragged into a price war on flights to london and he is happy to see the field. there is a tweak in the design of the latest playing in the hope of reviving sales. it says it will raise fuel efficiency by 4% and the changes will allow more passengers more costs per seat. the plan also gets more crowded. fallhave seen production about one per month. bolinger said to be closing in on $5 billion worth of orders for the longest version of the 737. they are in talks with spice jet for about 28 claims while another is looking as many as 50. the deals may be announced this week at the paris air show. exports out of japan jumped almost 15% from a year back but for the strongest growth in a year-and-a-half they almost doubled. joining us inside, the gl

that has gone into place in the last nine yea rs, gone into place in the last nine years, since the mumbaio the real threat of the marauding terrorist attack in london, all that training and practice, and the deployment of armed response vehicles, that are constantly driving around london, their aim is never to be more than eight minutes from the scene of an attack like this. in the backs of those vehicles, there are blocked armouries that have very powerful and accurate weapons that are able to bring down effect of firepower very quickly. so that has paid off. the paramedics did an incredible job, as did some members of the public. but that is no consolation to those caught up in this, the victims and the families. we are still at severe, we might not go to critical, meaning that another terrorist attack is highly likely. the numbers are big and they're going to have to be even more vigilant stop with attacks like this. thanks very much for now. we'll have more from you over the course of midday. the bbc security correspondent frank gardner there. we're still waiting to hear from the prim

bloomberg news, mumbai. julia: a romance? i love that. let's get more on the meeting.nternational economics and policy respondent mike mckee. align withamerica "made in india" in a positive sense? mike: it is not clear. i am not sure how much romance there will actually be. some things have been talked about. the u.s. would like to sell defense agreement to the indians, who would like to buy it. there is talk of putting an assembly line in india. that is not create jobs in the united states. so it is not clear whether that is wishing on a star or not. the indians would like to make it easier to sell generic drugs in the u.s. they may be able to work out some sort of deal in return for changing some intellectual property laws. india blocked a lot of u.s. intellectual property work in the legal area, and that might be grounds for cooperation. at this point, there is not a lot of solid ground for deals. it is more the hope that if they get along, they can cooperate in the future. thelet: and lurking in background is what to do with work visas. mike: india does rely and th

heaviest of the rains tend to be towards the south—west that we will see storm is getting postman to mumbaisoon heat is building. into the 40s by sunday afternoon. in contrast to these scenes in bolivia, they are experiencing the coldest weather in about half a century. temperatures all year long around 17—18, not much variation, in the next few days the night—time temperatures have been creeping up after frost. yesterday you would have seen these pictures from germany on tuesday, severe standard storms rattling across berlin and we have seen more and more to come. the storms across alpine regions take on the thursday morning and went to friday there will be back again. some of these would be torrential in places and we will see a few more across the balkans over the next few days. it is being caused by the build—up of heat over the past few days, temperatures are widely high 20s or 30s across central and western new europe, much cooler to the north—west. north—east even. as we go into saturday the temperature drops and to get into fresh air units having to an active weather system coming t

did not discount the potential for three or more people coming together, as we have seen in paris, mumbaicently down from critical, how has that affected preparation? would you expect it to return to critical estimate it depends what jtac says to cobra. -- return to critical? although we were at critical? although we were at critical and if you read between the lines, it means a threat is highly likely and imminent, it means the authorities know the threat is potentially going to materialise but they do not note by whom, where or when. severe, it still means a threat is highly likely, so it is not like we have been caught unprepared like perhaps on 7/7. the authorities to a certain extent believe they know where most of the threats could originate. the emergency services have been praised highly for the reaction to this incident. within minutes, they were attending to people at the scene and neutralising the attacker. totally phenomenal response, it shows why we are world leaders in this particular sector and how much rehearsal preparation and training has gone into reacting to these type

so those planning a trip to india in the future, you can have a new york flight to mumbai and kolkata as less. andillion in american 2008 over $100 million. enough of the introduction, let's get into the meeting. in thet question is title of our conversation today, innovation, many people talk technologyation as and how it has to do with information technology. where do things stand? where do we see them going forward? >> first of all, i am glad to be here. global base. the , 50% of that is in the united states. so, it innovation. i think first of all it is good to be on a panel with ge and boeing. know, if you are a student of innovation. if you have members talking about innovation, children coming and seeing the technology, there has never been a better time to be working in the space than right now. we have -- we are extremely proud to be associated with things round innovation. digital, cyber security, analytics, artificial intelligence. it means blackhawks. silicon valley and was ating, but today if you look innovation, a long global the unitedfrom states, we are the leaders in

on "bloomberg markets: middle east" we will hear from a mumbai billionaire and talk about the shakeupabia, isolation of guitar, and oil prices. yvonne: peter smith also joins us from berlin at half past 3:00 hong kong time. very early in new york. betty: on bloomberg "surveillance," we will hear from robert schiller. 6:00 p.m. hong kong time, it :00 in sydney. this is bloomberg. ♪ yvonne: a quick check of the latest business flash headlines. merkel is jumping as a push into the cloud picks up momentum and sparks a fourth consecutive quarter of revenue game -- gain. the cloud business grew in the fourth quarter as sales topped estimates. the ceo says the cloud hypergrowth in expanding oracles profit margins and the company expects earnings per share growth to accelerate i. atty: toyota has tumbled in rating of quality. buyers reported 98 problems per 100 vehicles in the first three months of ownership. south korea's kia motors took top-quality honors for a second straight year. this is bloomberg. ♪ yvonne: 8:30 and singapore, looks a lot nicer there than in hong kong. we are seeing mor

you can have in mumbai and calcutta as well. a billion dollars in the united states in 2008 and over $100 billion. enough with the introductions. let's get to the nitty-gritty. let's start with you. my first question to you in today's innovation, people talk about innovation of technology in houston with information technology. where do things stand and where do we see things going forward? >> first of all, glad to be here. the number you mentioned is a global employment. but still, having said that, 50% of that is in the united states. >> okay. >> so i think first of all it's good to be on a panel because a certain -- [inaudible] if you are a student of innovation, if you have family members, children who come and see in digital technology, there's never been a better time to work on the skills for now. we have extremely associated with things in what innovation means in our industry. it means cybersecurity. it means artificial intelligence . today i live in silicon valley standards and i'm overdressed today. if you look at inn

shares jumped in monday -- mumbai.he super agenda -- superjumbo below once a month. they said rate one should be sustainable. the lack of demand means production is being reviewed. 80s aresaid the a3 backing up because customers are unwilling to take them. korean airlines will be the first customer to receive new planes with new engines. they will take 30-35 jets sometime in the second half. they're rolling out the new engines after a series of glitches. since the debut last year, they had a problem with a faulty oil seal. that is it from us on daybreak asia. here's what is coming up in the next few hours. i know you're very excited about next hour. rishad: we will be talking about some of the stocks they have looked at. , he is tired of answering those questions. what is next? their day be racing of reckoning. everybody faces that someday. one of the warning signs and alarm bells they go off for him when he looks at a company's bond she and realizes this is not worth looking at and recommends something else. him, hong

we have to remember terrorist attacks have also happened in france, bangkok, mumbai, the u.s. in many markets, including australia, not too long ago. these things, as tragic as they often massively affect business sentiment. it could impact tourist numbers to some small degree over the coming two or three months. often these things rebound quite quickly. really, really tragic events. but in the long term for u.k.-china relations, it should not have too much impact. manus: nicholas, the one thing we are debating here is markets, sterling, and the inward investment impact into the u.k. if a hard brexit, which is our -- many do not know what a theresa may assumption is. but if we are talking a less aggressive exit, a form of relationship with europe in terms of the eea, does that shift the dial on the conversation in terms of london, destination number one, number two after new york or hong kong? i think the outcome of the brexit negotiations are going to have an impact on certain industries. certainly banking and finance, passporting rights of investment banks. beckett have an i

conducted the mumbai attack in india that killed more than 160 people with pakistani assistance. l.e.t. is a terrorist group. 2009, taliban leader who had begun peace negotiations with the afghan government was arrested by pakistan authorities for negotiating a peace talk because pakistan did not want and does not want peace in afghanistan. 2010, pakistani intelligence is believed to have leaked the the identity of an america can't c.i.a. intelligence chief based in pakistan. he had to flee the country. 2010, pakistan closed the nato supply route into afghanistan for one week in response to nato's helicopter strike that killed three pakistani soldiers. documents leaked in 2010 revealed direct meetings between i.s.i. and the taliban to organ or chest trait attacks on american soldiers in afghanistan. that was in 2010. i'll continue. the terrorist perpetrator of the 2010 attempted car bombings in times square, that's in the united states, was known to have undergone weapons training in pakistan. 2011, osama bin laden, we all know who he was, the number one terrorist in the world hi