an improvement in the rupee's weakness is boosting hopes that the stron inflationary pressure may ease. that's because of an expected drop in the cost of importing oil. now japan's been promoting the use of renewable energy. now a government panel has approved a draft plan for setting new prices that power companies used to buy the energy generated by business firms and households. under the law that went into effect two years ago, utilities are required to buy electricity produced by companies and households using renewable sources of energy. officials on the industry ministry commission say the costs of installing solar panels and other power production

. >> if you have a regular job, you might get 5000 rupees - that's $100 dollars for a month. but what the agents promise, you will get $800 dollars for a month. even i will think of moving there to get a job. >> we visited a small tea shop, and word spread that we were looking to talk to people who had worked on bases. it turned out this man serving tea himself had been recruited for a job in afghanistan - with supreme, a contractor that supplies food and fuel to nato. >> whether they made it to afghanistan or not, everyone here had a story about how they had been cheated. this man, nagaraj, paid three thousand dollars to an agent for a job as a cook in afghanistan. but when he arrived at the base, he was told he would be working as a waiter for a much lower salary. >> at bagram, the largest us base in afghanistan, nagaraj worked for ecolog, the same company that ravi had told us about. ecolog is one of the most prominent subcontractors in afghanistan, working on both fluor and dyncorp contracts. >> it's completely controlled on fear, the fear of losing the job and the fear o

. >> the rupee has been one of the more table emerging market currencies this year. and given, you know, the turmoil that you see in the market, i think the rupee has come through this period pretty well. and you've got the election come up. >> always difficult to speculate on the outcome of an election. but i think almost any government is going to be better than the current situation. because you have paralysis. you see capital investment has collapsed in india. as long as you have some government that is relatively stable, i think that's a better environment for business. >>> still to come, selfies, we'll find out how social media is getting teens to buy into the latest fashion trind. those reports, coming up in just a few moments. ♪ geico motorcycle. see how much you could save. [ male announcer ] how could switchgrass in argentina, change engineering in dubai, aluminum production in south africa, and the aerospace industry in the u.s.? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, global economy. it's just one reason over 75% of our mutual funds

gets toohe helpers wondered 50 rupees a day, about one euros and $.70. that is the price of risking their lives. no one is here as a volunteer. the nurses are state employees and this is part of the job. >> i am afraid. i want to stay alive but i am more worried about my children. nothe police say they do want to do their work, we will lose our jobs. the police should at least ensure our safety. today, we did our work. we will refusal must we have protection. -- time, we will refuse unless we have protection. >> some accused him of being western spies. others accuse the vaccines of being impure. the doctor says she does not understand why they are targeted. she hears more and more of these attacks but cannot make sense of why they happen. the residents of this neighborhood don't understand, either. no one here has come out against vaccinations. >> it is really terrible. people should support the teams. they're trying to make a better future for the children. vaccinations are necessary and the youth of today are the future. >> 2 million children are suppo

this objection is the ahmad the property which has launched a major campaign against the rupee optus chief paul with chief minister did he got scared mostly strong the body. it is that the two movies. which is that the centerpoint of the leeds county. i got it. i mean the activity. i got into it and i know what it might yet you see as often as i get to anybody not committed a study of the document to not get sick as it can get the job a bit about his thomas the family. this still leaves are getting. the bed bjp that is the pundits say frogs are too ambitious nobody can fault. it all the gp. does. great bible study on this coming up after the break. installation view of the dye in it. bollywood actors happy offer to me that his film ends with this box you're watching is itself a shia going on now. million baht to start is on the break spotting inflation coupled with increasing shortages is pushing the region into despair. you can focus on sinning with discontent rising food costs with listening and one is forcing people into scene. see the items being imported from the sixties song th

the indian rupee is 60 to the dollar. >> pauline, i will ask you if you could recommend to our audience one destination to consider that might not have been on the radar, what would that be. >> it depends who they are. for families with slightly older children, not toddlers, belize is pretty darn incredible. you do things there that would be illegal here in the united states because they would be too worried about insurance issues. you swim into caves and climb up ladders until you come to rooms which have priceless artifacts in them from when the mayans driver's license human sacrifices there secenturies ag yet they are calcified and there are human bones from the sacrifices. within the u.s., new orleans. everybody knows about new orleans. >> but not everybody knows you can go there and have a great time and while they are still struggling with some things, it remains a remarkable and sup a different tourist destination than so much in america. >> so much that's interesting there has to do with their struggles. you can take tours of where the levies broke and the money goes to people s

rupe ert is 83 years of -- rupert is 83 years of age. lachlan had a long history with news corp..idn't get along with a couple of the boys. he comes back in as a nonexecutive co-chair at 21st century fox and news corp. james comes in as co-chief operating officer. side by side with chase carey. no new role for elizabeth. i'm just reading from the news release if the father. he talks about realizing lachlan's entrepreneurial leadership. this is about bringing the children back to table. >> elizabeth is actually very successful in her own right. she has her own media hub. >> she is very much a success. if we look at lachlan, most of the company is written about him. he departed in twen. did he have difficulty with the fox news boss, with the new york post, businesses that he ran. this is very much about bringing back -- bringing lachlan back very much closer to the father's side. >> how is this going to go down with investors? >> this has been long suspected that rupered murdoch would make this of play. i want to talk about james, the younger brother. what interesting here, is that

. >> if you have a regular job, you might get 5000 rupees - that's $100 dollars for a month. but what the agents promise, you will get $800 dollars for a month. even i will think of moving there to get a job. >> we visited a small tea shop, and word spread that we were looking to talk to people who had worked on bases. it turned out this man serving tea himself had been recruited for a job in afghanistan - with supreme, a contractor that supplies food and fuel to nato. >> whether they made it to afghanistan or not, everyone here had a story about how they had been cheated. this man, nagaraj, paid three thousand dollars to an agent for a job as a cook in afghanistan. but when he arrived at the base, he was told he would be working as a waiter for a much lower salary. >> at bagram, the largest us base in afghanistan, nagaraj worked for ecolog, the same company that ravi had told us about. ecolog is one of the most prominent subcontractors in afghanistan, working on both fluor and dyncorp contracts. >> it's completely controlled on fear, the fear of losing the job and the fear o

he's with king felipe and belgium prime minister helio del rupe poe. later he'll be meeting the eu to discuss ukraine, russia and the crimea crisis. let's go to our correspondent matthew price who joins us outside the european union headquarters in brussels. this is quite significant now because the way in which this meeting and visit is happening is very different than what it would have been, say, three or four weeks ago had russia not annexed crimea. >> reporter: one of the items still at the top of their agenda is the continued negotiations for a transatlantic trade deal, an e.u.-u.s. trade deal to form the world's largest trading block. yet obviously ukraine dominating certainly the media coverage of these talks and probably also what goes on behind the scenes. certainly president obama's visit to nato headquarters this afternoon to talk to the nato secretary general will be closely watched because the u.s. has talked about the need to demonstrate tangibly to eastern european countries that nato is behind them, that the western alliance has got th

last year after the tapering minutes came out, we saw extreme .eakness in the indian rupee we are seeingation of to cali in indonesia. with the prospect of a change of government in india. >> the prospect of change of government is extraordinary. a lot of people are expecting reform. they're almost pricing it in. >> we think the move initially in market related to the current count stress is diminishing. now what we're beginning to see is a rotation in domestic cyclicals which i think is a better way of indicating whether people are pricing in a change of government. we think it is a very early stage. we let that not so much with the story every form. are after iss getting things done. it is the practical approach. it is reform of the current mode of operation. it is being more effective of governing. >> what do you like in terms of where you are overweight, underweight? indonesia, theht philippines and thailand. we find a lot of value in the property stocks. in the philippines it is the growth stocks. >> what you think of korea? >> korea we are overweight. we think once we get through t

he repeats this with a weakening of the rupee.rnings are driving the stocks. >> a lot of people in china looking at the national people's congress meeting as perhaps a little bit of a guidance for reform. what do you think you will be taking away from this? >> we are looking more for enterprise reform. are starting to see some announcements on that. we want to see more on that. we are looking for the capital account. on thene is done interest-rate site. the whole environmental health agenda we will see more details on that. >> pollution is said to be on the agenda as well. for morepeople looking free trade zones to pop up in china. we did see ballot to c in the volatility.d see >> there would be a lot more focus on that. there was a significant change in policy we saw last week with inbi.emnan what you may be seeing here is actually a mood to check real exchange rate appreciation, something we have been looking for. to actually combat the of setting slow down we got into the spending. you need to get more net export growth going a

has al feel the rupee long-run trajectory of weakening and that is not going to stop. a little bit of strength recently. if you look at the longer run chart, it is in the red line. into indiaoney flow is concerned, i think it is quite seasonal. i don't think there is that much more upside. >> interesting. overall, what is your take on china? is that the emerging -- the ultimate emerging-market? if china goes down, the rest of the world will go down with it. >> china has a problem to the extent that so many western big businesses are exposed to it. a lot of, mining, index percentages are exposed to chinese gdp. as far as that is concerned, it as to whatun topic chinese gdp is. relatively positive in the --ium term are there although there are a few signs that it is weakening. we are buying things that we like in china for the long-term. short-term, we would be neutral. >> thank you so much for now, johnny mehta. we will be talking more next. u.s. secretary of state john -- pusheded your russia's foreign minister to remove russian troops from the ukrainian border. the me

that have shown it is about 27% of people that in role -- that enrolled, so that 27% of 5 million rupeesuninsured. that is a pretty minimum amount of people that didn't have coverage before. if that is true, the administration needs to do more with the outreach efforts to reach out to the uninsured population. host: dana from alabama, independent line. caller: i have 3 questions for the lady. one, would it alabama do? -- what it alabama do? did they extend medicaid or were they one of the ones that didn't? my other question, i have a friend whose which jobs and paid $120 a month for blue cross blue himld and now they have put on cobra at $324 $.50. -- threat of $24.50. they say they have open enrollment and up until my he has got to pay this cobra. is there anything he could do online to get back -- to get something until may so that he would not have to pay this high thing for cobra? guest: that is something he would have to check with his previous insurer could i'm not positive on that one. as far as alabama, they did not extend medicaid. ehley, what are you most interested in followin

says the this will happen if russian troops enter ukraine yet russia is running for president and the rupee leads has become notorious for the violent guerrilla tactics throughout the andress in the country and its threats against the new ukrainians living the. no one tells us when to bear arms and when not to it was a huge give them to us and you will take them away from those cliffs including the group's promotional video are circulating online of the right sector may not be the biggest faction within the formal position but it was at the forefront of the uprising its members a stormed and told government buildings and attacked on armed police squads they also consistently rejected the concessions offered by their new provision administration when it was trying to invade to come the un rest up and now the right sector has become arguably one of the most and influential groups in ukraine british m.p. george galloway says the west needs to recognize the dangers it poses. have the means and capability easily to carry it out so the west must be wondering at least if they have any sense just w

the most wanted list at a national arrest warrant is now out for they have ukrainian knew nothing rupe russian prosecutors accuse him of publicly inciting terrorist extremist actions and concerns are growing over neo nazi movement gain power in the wake of the ousting of the old ministration and there he is we have an office in our reports. that got a lot of these are some of the new musters of ukraine doing what they want after spearheading the revolution the burst into a local parliament session in a town outside kiev wearing uniforms masks and nasty scene goals leaving the two guns the only among them other patriots of ukraine group one of its leader is igor morsi chook was recently released from jail as a political prisoner by the country's new authorities he had been serving six years for preparing a terror attack any attempts to infringe on ukraine's territorial integrity will be punished if the authorities can do that will handle it will go to the crimea and like before they'll run like rats while there is evidence that his fighters train with firearms a close associate of the p

and let's now get some analysis from a raina rupe the and he served as a senior officer for east german intelligence during the cold war mr reith welcome to our team nice to see you here so how much of an impact could this leak have. well i think it could be game changer but that very much depends on a number of factors first to what extent this becomes public knowledge actually goes spreads into in to restore public the second aspect is to what extent it can be spun by always spin doctors so that it is called something completely different from what it appears to be the first the first trial runs for you've seen already or i've seen already this morning on the is truman. initial public radio down phone where there was the christie to two said well if it wasn't. new cool your new cool bridge if it was and the new mind on leaders of the new government then it must have been putin who is behind this killing so you can see how how people are trying to spin the story around and the third factor on to about on what it of course fact already pains would be to what extent these can be denied t

travelers from russia spend over two billion euros again trade restrictions would also injure the rupee and economy france would have to pass up a one billion euro deal to supply russia with two mistral helicopter carriers and as well germany forty percent of its oil and gas consumes comes from russia and russian gas count for about a third of europe's consumption in general now moscow had several economic fallout with the west in the past two years including to gas conflicts that's why russia is looking east for economic partners now trade between russia and china has been growing in leaps and bounds since twenty ten when it surged by over forty percent in just a record trade volume of eighty nine billion dollars was reached last year and china is the world's biggest in part of crude oil and russia is the fourth largest supplier and starting this year russia will be selling up to thirty one million tons of oil to china pm twice as much as it used to well russia might start trading with china even more actively in light of possible sanctions from europe experts on economic relations rig