culture and indian punjab. among deep in his wife stepped up to visit his brother who lives nearby and now have their nice with them to visit the 1st and only partition museum on the indian subcontinent. the museum was opened in 2017 a town hall of them gets up to mark the 70th anniversary of partition most of the collection comprises photos and memorabilia of people directly affected by the partition ruins and life size replicas bear witness to the victims and give visitors a very physical and emotional impression of a suffering. 40 percent of the population you know operative completely on board the side. people lost their lives there are names. used it's been 70 years it was up not he. in june 1907 the british had agreed to separate muslim pakistan from the predominantly hindu india and grant the 2 nations independence barely 3 months later. british wanted to rule here so it was their policy to do why divide us it is one of the you know blackest step in the colonial rule. you know you know we need people wit

they were both born in punjab not far from where they now live in with. their making the trip on behalf of their respective families and are among the 1st to have been granted permission to go to qatar. i'm excited i am. living the moment i saw many video of the many big as many people going across but me visiting that place will be a good feeling physically and money to live. on in the region and that if you think that it didn't think many and wyndham's in. their journey takes them through the indian part of the punjab the bread basket of india and the only indian state where sikhs comprise the majority population the rule even romantic region is home to a chain of the 20000000 indian seats. as well as a monday can keep. them within pakistan are also under way on sikh holidays believers are required to visit a temple or. ideally one of the especially holy places like one kind of psyche birthplace of the religions founder would amount to. something that. one kind of sucky plies a good 3 hour drive away from cardboard this is where put into seeing lives of

ah, anyone who has driven through the state of punjab is familiar with this sect feels of paddy. the rice cropped historically rice has been grown here just like this. the method is called paddling where crops are submerged in water for weeks. this is one of the most water intensive ways to cultivate body. and the results are in, been job is now facing and increasingly severe water crisis. farmers and having to figure out ways around it. like go policing. who was experimenting with a technique that is making inroads in north india. ah bonnie, back in. okay. almost every year the water levels falling by 5 to 10 feet of a lot up to 3 meters in our line. arguable only be adopted. the died at sewing of rice technique because it requires less water level of thought. again, you started to understand how the direct sewing technique works, though we've got to look at the older method 1st. traditionally, saplings of rice are grown in a nursery for weeks and transplanted into the field which are flooded. but rice is not actually in aquatic crop. it just has a great ability to tolerate bein

p is not a significant player here in punjab. but if the congress does lose power here to one of the other parties, it would be a huge defeat for india's oldest party, which is only in power in 3 of $28.00 states in the country. and in asia is working to revive its pandemic hid tourism industry and regular direct flights to the popular dispassion of bali resume this month. while many on the island had eagerly awaited the return of foreign travelers. some question, the stability of the tourism industry. jessica washington reports from borrowing the highlands of barley have long attracted tourists visit has come here for the cool climate and to see barley's famous rice fields. but these fields and farms are more than just a tourist attraction. they provided a lifeline for the thousands who lost their jobs when the travellers stopped coming because of covert 19. kodak used to be a tour guide. now he farms cabbages. had the man. i don't want to go back to tourism. i want to continue to be a farmer. he says he is happier than before,

punjab. ready for it. all the powerful indian state allow it to happen or the here questions that only seem to be multiplying as tensions rise. and a manhunt continues. how much am g m a 0? me and law as military spokesman has confirmed to al 0 plan to repatriate were hanger. refugees will go ahead in mid april. but ro hanger writes, groups are calling it is a p r campaign. last week, a delegation for me and more visited a refugee camp in bangladesh to interview potential candidates for return. but many say they are too afraid to go back more than 5 years after a military crackdown drove nearly 800000 ra, hinders from their holes. tony cheng spoke with me and moore's military spokesman in navy door made a general's omen. turn. said the ringer, we'll welcome back to me, emma. he said the 1st group of volunteers would come back from bangladesh. in early april. they would spend several weeks in a processing camp before being allowed to return to their original homes. and most of all, he said he

he means that i do mean obstacles him farmer than punjab. generally don't own land large enough to justify the cost of machines on their own and paying for labor to plant rice by hand, especially during the labor shortage is costly. the 2nd reason is that it did a lot of lead. if there's no water weeds compete with plants and best attack freshly. so in seeds, this incidentally is why more seeds are needed for the same yield. controlling weeds and pests also requires more labor and we decides and pesticides. these can be expensive and also bad for the soil in the long run. it's a tough choice between saving water and protecting soil. but there are other reasons. testing has shown that d s. our crops need to be irrigated exactly 3 weeks after sewing to create the best results technology. the main issue is that i need to pump the water at a particular time and what we're doing with the electricity supply feels like it often does. i crops dry and i shift shambles belongs to the majority of small farmers who have not switched over yet. tv. okay,

one of india as was affected, states is punjab, known as the countries granary. there, the problem is compounded by water logging to help maintain farmers livelihoods. scientists are replacing wheat fields with bonds to form an animal. normally found hundreds of kilometers away in the seat. ah, do just a few kilometers from the india pakistan border lies shadonna village, infant job. his home to pharma, jack lamar's the greatest threat he and many of the farmers here faith is the loss of their generations, old agricultural livelihood. when we cannot grow anything here, we have to purchase grants, even for alone, consumption. i have a deck of 4 to 5 like rupees. i couldn't repay the dead because the bombing was unproductive. gotta be had a me what appears to be snow is in fact a pin layer of thought that is becoming an increasingly common site in this one's for dial region. this accumulation affects oil quality and is hitting farmer scrubs hard to live bonding, caught the water. it's a line. yeah. so the feed and the feed, but the cross even to die. you do not tho

or anyone who has driven through the state of punjab is familiar with this sect feels of paddy the rice chrome. historically rice has been grown here just like this. the method is called paddling where crops are submerged in water for weeks. this is one of the most water intensive ways to cultivate body and the results are in punjab is now facing and increasingly severe water crisis. farmers and having to figure out ways around it. like good breed thing. who was experimenting with a technique that is making inroads and not india bonnie vacuum gayona's already every year. the water level is falling by 5 to 10 feet or up to 3 meters in orlando, give or only be adopted the died at sewing of rice technique. good because it requires less water level of thought. again, you started to understand how the direct sewing technique works. now we've got to look at the old method 1st. traditionally, saplings of rice are grown in a nursery for weeks and transplanted into the field which are flooded. but rice is not actually an aquatic crop. it just has a great ability to tolerate being submerged. the

in the middle you have the fertile plains of like kansas of the punjab, the punjab and then up here right about where your finger joins the little bumps that would be islam ma bad the new capital and then on up here you get the mountains, pakistan, the great hindu kush going town 4,000 feet and then down to sea level. >> well, that is an interesting way. >> that is an interesting way to understand pakistan of course this is caused because the indian subcontinent is mushing into asia, causing mount everest and these sort of things, so india, pakistan, one entity, on the east, great jungles that lead into burma. so can't go that way. on the west, afghanistan with the fierce tribes and down below the great sis earth. so -- desert, natural protection and you can't go over to nepal and that way. that is pretty tough. there they are. pakistans you will remember became a country in 1947 by a mr. jinaw when the raj was ending. he was beating the table and said, we muslims need a separate country. they won in no small part due to christian minorities everybody was surprised. there is pakistan. >>

but it is a tribal society and each of the tribes, the sin in the south and punjabs in the middle and over the wild balukis and northern territories above islam ma bad they will ask you how are things in pakistan. and you say well, you are in pakistan and they say not really. some body showed up and said now you are a pakistani. but they all speak different languages, i said somewhere maybe back in switzerland the valleys were so steep you could talk to the next valley but you lose the language so their tribal areas, each of which spoke a different language, so then there was this great made up language called urdu kind of arabic kind of per january kind of this and -- persian kind of this and that but you can imagine if the baluki's couldn't speak to the sindhis and they couldn't speak to those in the north english became the language in which things were officially conducted. and so particularly -- and then it is caste system remember hindu is india and it is vertical -- i mean horizontal you are born in this caste you stay here you are born up here you stay up here. then islam come

farmers in punjab feel they have the most to lose from the laws punjab is known as india's bread basket it produces 40 percent of the country's cereal crops and a large part of the reason and he has food security is because of the rice and wheat punjab's farmers have grown for decades with guarantees of minimum prices. it's also because of punjab's fertile soil and high productivity that the state has nearly 30000 middle men who help farmers transport sell and store they produce for a commission they deny the government's claim that the new laws will make farmers wealthier by removing the need for middlemen glad to get. the new laws the agricultural sector will collapse because the commission agents facility didn't die a procurement process if you look at our work we have links with farmers we've had links with farmers for the past 50 years that's why they bring their crops to us. experts say the sector needs more regulation not less and the new laws risk turning punjab's farming success story into one of disaster if at this moment farmers are. the police department or. for the big. of

pakistani punjab, which is ten times the size of indian punjab, you'll have one shelf. and many of those books now literally decay in the past. as i said, my sense, however, is that the effects of urbanization and after all, you know, this is true in many other places as well. we know very well from other countries, playly in africa -- particularly in africa, that even, you know, tremendous growth of cities doesn't necessarily lead to fundamental changes in political patterns at all. or at any rate, i mean, in much more ambiguous and slow ways than we think. progress for the future, well, to some extent perhaps you could say that the biggest hope is china in, india out by which i mean input from china. there is a lot of hope in the pakistani industrial establishment that as china's population ages, as china's wages go up and living standards go up, so labor intensive, low-tech industries will move out of china into pakistan. of course, greatly helped by the geopolitical relationship with china. it's very striking when you think about it. china's tremendous rise as a gre

so the ag, because of the policy said has to change and the punjab government has to be tilted farmers to use alternative technology. that is something that the pollution control board but into is not empowered to add to it. it is a token to simply be had an ordinance putting, setting up a new commission that is supposed to look into all of this. but once again, this happened only last month after the pollution began. so we do need a better institution school or at least these issues that n.t.v. don't have to make this thing along with building infrastructure in terms of public transport and so on and public awareness as well. i think leave the institutions that the have an order to handle sirica. of course, on top of all of this, we now have the coronavirus. how is the pollution making life harder for people who are suffering from coronavirus? is it making things worse? see, call it 19 or fix that is pretty systematically and reduces the oxygen saturation even in the best of times. then you have the pollution increasing to such levels. this fitrakis just increases and so even patients

why hasn't the government able to talk a lot so so we're looking at you with the farmers in punjab on this matter. and i think the primary challenges that you know, this generation, a pharmacist country that is so used to this cycle of, you know, rice and wheat that for them to think of shifting away to something as rent. dick was systemic changes, right? right from the procurement options for alternative crop that they might so do training regarding, you know, how do you go bar, you know, cropping other other crops, the watering back down the resources required. all of that needs to start from scratch because the government actually spent a lot of time and money getting them to grow rice in the 1st place. you see they were actually left and you're talking about, you know, through the eighty's. and now, given that the not so much effort and money is gone into actually getting them on board to cultivate place, i think equal amount of effort needs to go in to sort of make a new learning all of that and telling them that, well, this is not sustainable for many of us. the most important o

and father very good fight in the punjab. -- fought a very good fight in the punjab are. the new engines to pakistani politics is likely to have an an effect as we go forward. the shape of the new government is still being decided. relationships with neighbors are going to be on the agenda. we look forward to covering all of these. one interesting point that i will leave you with is, despite all the talk of the islamic hesitation of pakistan, the islamic parties have not gone above the five percent mark. they are still hovering, 4.5, 4.8% of the total vote. that probably says something , the urbann parties class in pakistan and the opportunities that they have of establishing a proper policy in pakistan going forward. i am not win to take the place of our experts. let me go immediately to maleeha, since you are on the ground, how are things there and how do you read these results and after you have spoken we will invite the others to join us. thank you. >> i think you can see me. thank you, it is a great pleasure to have joined you this morning. i can't see it, i presume

so the cedar lima beetle voters in punjab. in northern india, the light is to go to the poles in state assembly elections. it's seen as a test for prime minister and render modi's party. the b j pain family make up the states biggest voting block. they were heavily involved in successfully protesting against agricultural reforms. last year. elizabeth parent has moved from the city of patio where to polling station in the city of piano, where people have been coming to cost a ballot all day. there are more than 21000000 eligible voters in punjab said is known as india is red basket. and so farming is always a big issue here. but people have been telling us about other serious issues with facing rising unemployment, rising cost of living inflation. while the wages remain low. so there are some other issues in punjab which a very unique to this place was depletion due to farming, organized crime in the form of mafia which control the legal sand mining, liquor, distribution and drugs. one of the biggest drug abuse problems in the

far from the bullets and explosives in afghanistan the people of punjab wonder how they too can escape the war that has started to impact millions of their own preassure either r t india. let's go back to europe where marina has more details on the whole energy debate taking place right now. will know that the has been fighting for transparency in the energy market for many many months now and five now it's proposing to basically have its member countries deal their oil and gas contracts and it's also want to push for universal points as the start of the next year the eve commission will also be able to take part in all energy talks the move columns. of us the geisha into gas from surprising strategy in europe last week. basically expresses doubts over the economic efficiency of europe's energy rules and let's take a look at some international markets this hour we'll start with because the markets kicked off the trading session here as we can see that there are now back and hauls the territory the arts yes it's getting over one percent and the my sex is right there in spite of the fact

such a situation across the country with this being a problem, particularly in the northern state of punjab. santo's gore was married for only 15 days when her husband suddenly left for the united states. leaving had behind 7 years have passed since the wedding, but there is no sign of him. she now lives with an elderly mother and 2 siblings, the town of louisiana in but jobs did. some thought she remembers her wedding ceremony, which cost the family $20000.00 euros, including the dowry grace, enough money. her parents mortgaged their house near santa lucius, struggling to pay back the loan. she now suffers from a hot gunshot and her family. my whole family went into depression, but we didn't show it to one another because of all of us used to cry. nobody cared for me and asked me how i found people used to make fun of me by asking when is your husband coming back? and when he going with him, god, you up us. in the hope of getting justice, she regularly meets a lawyer to discuss the progress of a key. but she feels frustrated and helpless. for the son, daughters case is not an isolated one.

one of india's was affected, states is punjab, known as the countries granted there. the problem is compounded by water logging, who helped maintain farmers livelihoods. scientists are replacing read fields with bonds to form an animal. normally found hundreds of kilometers a week in the see. the me just a few kilometers from the india pakistan border slide show that on our village in fun job. it is home to farmer jacob mas, the greatest threat he and many of the fibers here faith is the loss of their generations, all agricultural livelihood. when we cannot grow anything here, we have to purchase grants, even for alone. consumption. i have a deck of 4 to 5 leg, rubies. i couldn't repay the dead because the bombing was unproductive. had a me what appears to be snow is in fact a pin layer of thought that is becoming an increasingly common site in this one for dial region. this accumulation affects oil quality and is hitting farmers, crops hard. color bonding caught the water. it's a line here. we saw the feed and plot the feed, but the crop eventually died. yacht do not

one of india's was affected, states is punjab, known as the countries grande. there, the problem is compounded by water login to help maintain farmers livelihoods. scientists are replacing wheat fields with bonds to form an animal. normally found hundreds of kilometers away in the sea. ah, do just a few kilometers from the india pakistan border lies the shadonna village, infant job. it is home to farmer, a gentleman the greatest threat he and many of the farmers here faith is the loss of their generations. old agricultural livelihoods, my dear, we cannot grow anything. here we have to purchase grains even for our own consumption. i have a debt of 4 to 5 like rupees. i couldn't repay the debt because farming was unproductive academy, had i what appears to be snore is in fact opin layer of salt, that is becoming an increasingly common site in this one's for dial region. this accumulation affects oil quality and is hitting farmers, crops, hard color bar in colorado. the water is the line here. we saw the seeds and blood the fields, but the crops eventually died. y

there was a minter who was leading the campaign against armed groups inside punjab province and this crack down had started after the army school attack in december. for that he had become a major target of the groupings, there were threats against his life. one of his biggest achievements had been taking out the leader and his two sons of a banned group. and in the end it was supporters of that group who carried out this attack. there are three days of national mourning in punish jack provincd the attack has been condemned by poll ipoliticians, leaders and military. the big question is who will replace him take on the job of fighting armed groupings inside punjab. >>> fighting has broken out in the israeli city of ashkelon. the violence began during a demonstration in support of a palestinian man on minutinger strikhunger strikein an i had r0 people were arrested. >>> the west bank hundreds of children rally ed in solidarity with the man. he's believed to be in critical condition after 60 days without food to protest against detention without charge. he was arrested last november ac

once known as one of the most prosperous states in india punjab is now one of the biggest drug trafficking hubs in the world officials say most of the confiscated drugs are coming from nearby afghanistan the largest global producer of opium and the situation is getting worse the united nations has reported that opium production has more than doubled in afghanistan since the united states invaded the country in two thousand and one critics say that nato and the united states have not done enough to eradicate the narcotics producing poppy fields which they say is the afghans biggest source of income. is such a culture would lead is such a bankrupt lead used to its condition. trysts. are resistant to anything you see the community is hardened it's of so much so they're not going to listen to you if you say looks nice you know stop going to await the drug addiction problem in punjab this becomes so bad that at spirit say that one in three people are actually addicted to drugs and in this area alone people say that seventy percent of the people between the ages of fifteen and thirty five are vi

far from the bullets and explosives in afghanistan the people of punjab wonder how they too can escape the war that has started to impact millions of their own preassure either r t india. right now to see what's happening in the world of business and a lot of things developing there today especially when it comes to european investors maria's house more. well basically of russia is a working on something that could see it attract a lot of foreign investors if you up of course as well european ones and what we're talking about is a license as a all for its licenses in the energy rich arctic waters and this move right now foreign companies can operate on offshore projects but they can't go on the license norway starts well welcomes the move saying that will simplify the structure of investment and so russia and these comments come just hours before the energy ministers trip to london alexander meeting london listed oil for arms a lot says russia seeks to develop challenge and deposits. and europe is of course continuing to fight for transparency in its energy market and now it's come up

i'm in the broad and the indian stage punjab where people are finding ways to turn left over stroll from paddy into alex the city as an alternative to the pollution practice of crop stubble burning. 3 days ahead of the inauguration of u.s. president elect joe biden washington d.c. is virtually closed off as president and security of if it is a protest following the attack on the capitol earlier this month that left 5 people dead roads around the seats of the u.s. congress happened blocks with barricades and metal fences the national guard has been deployed and the f.b.i. has warned of possible marches by pro trump supporters. i'm not only concerned about their state capitals i'm also concerned about other parts of washington d.c. and what you're showing is really the federal enclave of washington d.c. now we're in the 700000 of us live so our police department working with our federal law enforcement partners and the united states army quite frankly are also has a plan to hit if we have any attacks in our neighborhoods. other states are also seeing heightened security governors have roll

the traditional method machine to save labor and related costs and landed in punjab whether it was a labor shortage quantity. i didn't like that. it wouldn't be yes. i have saved almost 20 percent of my water. and you can see here, this has not affected the quality of my paddy at all. i'm not gonna go that the engine state government is now offering farmers compensation for bees. 1500 around 18 euros a season to switch to the new method to conserve water landscape. while for more on the ground in india, we go now to our corresponding indelicate charo kartik high up. we just heard a bit ago about the struggles in the rice industry in india, but at the same time the country, it just registered the huge growth and g d. p in the 1st quarter. what seems to be working out there right now because some things are obviously struggling. well, christie, most economists are pointing out 2 things. one does do the b growth numbers is essentially because of the base effect. because last year the growth was pretty bad and i knew when the economy was still in the throes of urban demik, autonomic rela

far from the bullets and explosives in afghanistan the people of punjab wonder how they too can escape the war that has started to impact millions of their own preassure either r t m rights or india. just a few minutes is to retreat and the business. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. overcoming a barrier like this seems impossible. but then you create something higher. and when you reach the future. you'll do whatever it takes to get all the talk of the world on our t.v. . i don't welcome to the business update here on odyssey with me dmitri medvedev and co now russia's government is preparing a ground breaking move in order to facilitate foreign investment in the country it's the ready to provide licenses to foreign companies to drill for oil in the arctic meanwhile the head of russia's largest oil company rose have to go decision he's right now in london

far from the bullets and explosives in afghanistan the people of punjab wonder how they too can escape the war that has started to impact millions of their own preassure either r t m rights or india. or let's explore russia's energy rich ok waters with business good to see you today marina putting are saying recently that foreign investment is key for the country's growth and apparently the doing something about it yes they are already and basically what the country is considering is allowing access and its licenses and five to foreign companies to drill for oil in its energy rich arctic waters russia is of course the biggest producer of crude so this is very interesting for any foreign investor and still more about this leisure in our very own art scene or hello there and they can now my question to you is what served as this ice breaker for making russia consider allowing access and licenses in five to arctic shelf. cost and difficulty of getting the oil and gas. the government here is aware that it needs the western financial backing and technical exited expertise to make it happen

in punjab state. subjects and his cousin cut mustard leaves on their farm in the state of punjab the plant is one of around 20 crops which are guaranteed and a minimum price by the government but subsidies and many farmers fear that will end under new agricultural laws. and hundreds of thousands of others have been protesting against the laws for 6 weeks you know the major laws that we're talking about after these farm laws that implement is we fear that in the near future they will end the government procurement system with corporations dictating the prices which only happens in the states with the with dish and be hard on me. it's the suspicion of large corporations which has led to protests from farmers and on job to force the closure of $29.00 petrol stations belonging to one of india's biggest companies of reliance. they also damaged 1500 of reliance the cell phone towers forcing its owner to say the company will not invest in the agriculture sector farmers in punjab feel they have the most to lo

the traditional method machines also save labor and related costs, an advantage in punjab, whether is a labor shortage quantity to our democracy. good dsr, i have saved almost 20 percent of my water and you can see her here. this has not affected the quality of my paddy. at all, i do not get i got the punjab state government is now offering farmers compensation for bees. 1500 around 18 euros a season to switch to the new method to conserve water landscape. mrs. fears is the model for the version. dr. gor, they've seen kush as an independent agronomist from the region who says that d s r is of the way forward. this is very on board to inter. i totally know another country is you know they, they also do the dsr. oh, was fluid your job. i swamped united spears so you see an order not any big convention. it's dead. i mean there's used in other places. so it shouldn't be used in north in the year. but they have to adapt it, adapt this to the local, the shoes by local conditions. he means that i do mean obstacles him farmer than punjab generally don't own land large enough to justify the co

in the central government because of the farm laws because they were so unpopular here in punjab. and then the 3rd party is the army ard me, a common man party which is in power in delhi, has been in power in delhi for the past 7 years. and is really fighting to show that they can win elections outside of the capital. said those are the main parties . the main issues here in punjab are all firemen remains one of the biggest issues because it's known as the state, as known as india's bread, basket. and we've been speaking to voters today have been telling us about, you know, the real serious challenges facing them. the same as we hear in other parts of the country. you know, rising unemployment, the rising cost of living while their wages remain low. then there are issues which are very unique to punjab, environmental such as water. depletion is a lot of organized crime, mafias, which control and legal, sad mining, liquor, distribution, drugs, one of the biggest drug problems, drug abuse problems in the country with a real proliferation of heroin and opium. and of course, all parti

the other landholders provided they refrain from planting the seeds used to produce lays well meat of punjab he is managing director activated agri solutions and wrote a whole research paper on this right and who's wrong in this case. so. yes as you mention all hazard just their id that they have. for chip making back at the scene and then they have they just read that id and there's the. act which is also part of the family's veins act so. actually i'm allowed to get all that particular seat back there not to allow the senate as a seat so frankly speaking yes there is and on. and it but it goes but that's the scene that. is not the day so we cannot see that the families are wrong. what about this deal or settlement the pepsi is offering the farmers is it any good. so pepsi is essentially saying what is there what they have but it goes back to the farmers stop growing their oil that they work with them so they just essentially these things that you get are the more the potatoes and less you don't sell it to us. you know and the farmers have actually not excepted that and they have asked for

then he worked in a factory to earn enough money to build a villa back in punjab. we've been jobbies a famous for working hard. no matter where in the world we happened to be we're always successful and we like to show it everyone here admires me for my success. those who still live here anyhow but there aren't too many left almost every rooftop statue represents a story of migration their owners left to look for a better life elsewhere and europe and the usa or a struggle for example. many here dream of traveling hence the local love of airplanes most people living in punjab are followers of the sikh religion even in the sikh temples there are plenty of model planes the faithful here pray for safety while travelling well for family members already overseas. but what's the point of all these statues when no one's around anymore to see them sign talk sings wife by shan would rather be with their grandchildren in england. but my husband has always done what he wanted to. i've always just followed his wishes. we come out here for a month or so twice a year. when the c

farmers in punjab feel they have the most to lose from the laws punjab is known as india's bread basket it produces 40 percent of the country's cereal crops and a large part of the reason and he has food security is because of the rice and wheat punjab's farmers have grown for decades with guarantees of minimum prices. it's also because of punjab's fertile soil and high productivity that the state has nearly 30000 middle men who help farmers transport sell and store their projects for a commission they deny the government's claim that the new laws will make farmers wealthier by removing the need for middlemen. but the new laws the agricultural sector will collapse because the commission agents facility didn't die a procurement process if you look at our work we have links with farmers we've had links with farmers the past 50 years that. why they bring the crops to us. experts say the sector needs more regulation not less of the new laws risk turning punjab farming success story into one of disaster if at this moment farmers are thrown open to the believe capitalistic problem me or. befo

soldiers are mainly to kruger from the biggest province of punjab and the 2nd biggest ethnic group are the pushed around and there's a fear that month george bush seems the message is resonating that bush to an officer and soldier. so it becomes a case of sort of divided loyalties and sort of pakistani army wants to ensure that this doesn't carry on and they will do whatever they can to stop him washouts it was just talking about the message being spread over i'm curious if there is a media blackout against reporting on this movement how is the message spreading it is true indeed the has been a media blackout and you can't really cover or talk about the movement by maneuver seen on on local media. unless it is taking cues from the military and sort of. beating the talking points of the establishment but but as you said they have been a huge following both on the ground and on social media and i think it's partly due to their use of social media like twitter and facebook i've been following them for the last week. to begin and they have been using social media to call for protests acros

they will come to work in singapore a way from punjab, but we want them tojoin in their705, so punjab, but we want them tojoin in their 705, so that in the true 5pirit their 705, so that in the true spirit of vai5akhi we can celebrate together. that sounds wonderful. hgppy together. that sounds wonderful. happy vaisakhi and happy vaisakhi to all of our viewers, whatever you may be celebrating this weekend. let's watch a bit more! are not going to dance, even though i really want to. you've been watching newsday. stay with us. coming up, a bbc investigation which has found that some airbnb accounts have been hijacked by scammers. but inafew have been hijacked by scammers. but in a few minutes. 0ne one more addition of newsday to come. we will leave you with this last scene of clouds which appeared ona mountain last scene of clouds which appeared on a mountain in china, due to a weather front. stunning pictures. we have made it to the long easter weekend. this forecast should set you up for most of what you need to know about the weather as the weekend goes on. the —— it is on a coo