nikhil srinivasan is still with us.d your starkest conviction right now, one of your starkest convictions is actually buy euro. are there any other assets in europe that you find attractive at the moment? nikhil: i think european stocks are interesting because global investors are underweight here. gpsu.s. with massive growth, now i think it will turn a little bit. -- i think ona the growing side of europe is doing very well, like the germans who have done a good job. i think we have a better situation with covid. you have underweight investors, and so we have got the benefit now of a closer e.u. thanks to the recovery fund. and you have got a support in the ecb. on the other side, you have u.s. wouldons, and to me i have a bias toward european stocks, and the european indices have more cyclical anyway, which benefit from growth in china. are --l stocks in europe benefits from growth in china europe,w stability in and that will be good. where do you like -- i mean, what kind of stocks do you like in europe? is it the bi

nikhil inamdar, just tell us how important a trade deal is between the two?dia— china trade relationship after those skirmishes, there is recognition india needs today there is a fire its source markets —— needs to diversify. so it has been exporting goods and services but there is recognition perhaps in the european union that dependencies on china need to be reduced in this post covid-19 be reduced in this post covid—19 environment and also there is the added dimension that vietnam has recently ratified its sta of trade agreements with the european union, which is detrimental to india's interests in terms of how competitive its goods can be in the european union. so certainly, india is looking west, so to speak right now, and it will be crucial to see what comes out of these talks that begin later today. and what are the chances of a deal being done, do you think? i presume there are hurdles in the way? absolutely. you know, there have been various hurdles. these talks were stalled since 2013 over a number of sticking points ranging from a lack of consensus

the bbc‘s nikhil inamdar has been looking the impact the ban darshan singh is one of tick—tock‘s indian tiktok along with others chinese apps is coming is quite a blow. translation: all the ha rd a blow. translation: all the hard work we have put in over three orfour hard work we have put in over three or four years has hard work we have put in over three orfour years has been lost. the government should give us a substitute for tiktok we can transfer our content. from film stars to smalltown kids with big dreams, tiktok has more than 120 million monthly users in india. 30% of the's entire user base. the governance ban is expected to hit not just tiktokers governance ban is expected to hit notjust tiktokers but governance ban is expected to hit not just tiktokers but a third of indian smartphone users who are on wechat, shareit and club factory, other chinese apps. china has been shut out of the world's second biggest smartphone market and i could have an impact on experts warn more of restrictions could be on the way to chinese companies wanting to do business in india. this app thenis

nikhil was out i. go to get this ovations that said my heart of the modernity but the town itself a good one he said. bengal but trying to get them in but having the find a way of getting to tell all the what they are. betting team and if they know what show would. they want us out many times. advice would be needed no snake got a good movie there are only. for legit complicity in allowing the mob violence and killings to go unchecked during their more the was barred from visiting the us a ban that lasted for 10 years. india's top court has ruled that a disputed religious site be given to hindus for the construction of a temple hindu hard liners destroyed a 16th century mosque in 1902 sparking riots that killed at least 2000 people. i find myself wondering how far do these events i've loved about on this journey represents an attempt at a historical record are we witnessing a weakening of the secular character of modern men do that set of rules on which the newly founded country was established. can. i

nikhil inamdarjoins us with more details. big us with more details. country, big opportunity.w, the new policy states that foreign universities will be able to invest in indian set up campuses on their own and will be treated on par in terms of regulation with local universities. previously they would be able to do this only throughjoint ventures would be able to do this only through joint ventures with local partners. this is significant because this is a very big market we have. as many as half a million indians annually go into countries like the uk, us, canada and australia to study and maybe some of them now can be lowered into local campuses if and when they are set up. the government previously wasn't keen on doing something like this because they felt the cost of education would go up but clearly they seem to have come around it and there has been a rethink. the devil lies in the detail in terms of how the new universities will be incentivised to pump money into the indian market. understandably. but there will be ears picking up all over the uk and indeed many other p

nikhil inamdar reports.rty. this story is all—too—familiar in india. bias and discrimination against darker skin, colour is, is widespread, in families, film, and in society at large. in neighbouring pakistan, similar stories are deeply entrenched attitudes towards colour. this obsession with fairskin is kind colour. this obsession with fair skin is kind of like a norm, which is out there co nsta ntly. norm, which is out there constantly. throughout my life i have been made to realise that how fairness is equated with beauty. a young boy said how he was stopped from playing cricket several times because it would make his skin darker, and he would look like a boy from the slum. inspired by the black lives matter movement in the us, these young pakistani activists started an online petition in june to activists started an online petition injune to ban fairness creams, the most visible symbol of colourism in south—east asian society. there was a growing backlash in india as well, against a particular skin light