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00:58करता हूँ
01:04सात्यों हमारे देश में लंबे समय से एक अहवान चला आ रहा था जिसका जिक्र अभी निर्मला जी ने अपने
01:20भाषण में किया
01:22जय जवान, जय किसान, अटल जी ने इसमें जय विज्ञान और फिर मैंने इसमें जय अनुसंधान भी जोड़ा
01:3521 सदी का भारत इसी वीजन को लेकर आगे बढ़ रहा है
01:43और इसमें हमारे देश के युवा बहुत बहतर प्रतर्शन कर रहे है
01:50पिछले साल भारत ने मुंबई में इंट्रन्रेशनल ओलिम्पियाड और एस्ट्रोनमी एंड एस्ट्रोफिजिक्स का आयोजन किया था
02:05इसमें हमारे युवाओं ने बड़े उत्सा के साथ हिस्सा लिया
02:11और इस साल इसी ओलिम्पियाड के अगले एडिशन के लिए भारत के पाँच स्टुडेंस बियतनाम गए
02:21इन में से चार ने गोल्ड मेडल जीते हैं और एक ने सिल्वर मेडल जीता
02:32ये पूरे देश के लिए गर्व की बात है
02:36साथियों हमारे यंग स्टुडेंस साइंस के दूसरे खेत्रों में भी शांदार प्रदसन कर रहे हैं
02:46इस साल इंटरनेस्ट्राल ओलंपियार में भी भारत के विद्यार्थियों ने बड़ी उपलब्दिया हासिल की
02:57इन में मैथ्स, फिजीक्स, केमेस्ट्री और बायोलेजी जैसे विशेश शामिल थे
03:05सभी विद्यार्थियों ने गोल्ड या सिल्वर मेडल जीते
03:12ये भारत के लिए एक रिकार्ड उपलब्दी रही है
03:18यानि जब हमारे युवाओं को अवसर मिलते हैं
03:22जब उन्हें सिखने के लिए जरूरी समसादन मिलते हैं
03:27टेक्नोलोजी टूल्स और समसानों का सयोग मिलता है
03:31तो वो बड़ी उपलब्द्यों हासिल करके दिखाते हैं
03:38ये कोस्मोस प्रेनेटरियम भी अब उनके सपनों को आकार देने में
03:45बहुत मदद करने वाला है
03:49साथियों, आट टेक्नोलोजी दुनिया को बहुत तेजी से बदल रही है
03:56और कोई भी देश इसमें दीमी रफ्तार से चलने का रिस्क नहीं ले सकता
04:04बीते एक दसक में भारत ने हैं
04:07एस्ट्रोनॉमी, एस्ट्रोविजिक्स और स्पेस सेक्टर में
04:13अभूत पुर्व गती से काम किया है
04:16हमने देश में नए टेलिस्कॉप लगाए है
04:21स्पेस एस्प्रोरेशन के कई कटीम खेत्रों में
04:25भारत आज दुनिया के गिने चुने देशों में शामिल हो गया है
04:31चंद्रयान थ्री के माध्यम से
04:34इस्प्रों ने भारत को चंद्रमा के साउट पोल के पास उतरने वाला दुनिया का पहला देश बनाया
04:46आदित्य एल वन के रूपे भारत को स्पेस में अपनी पहली सोलर अब्जर्वेटरी मिली है
04:56पिछले साली भारत स्पेस में डॉकिंग और अन डॉकिंग की चंद्रमा दिखाने वाला दुनिया का चोथा देश बनाया है
05:08साथियों इसी दौरा एक भारतिय ने इंटरनेशनल स्पेस स्टेशन पर पहुँच कर नए नए एक्स्परिमेंट्स भी किये है
05:23इस मिशन से मिला अनुवव हमारे अपने हुमन स्पेस फ्लाइट प्रोग्रेम गगनियान के लिए भी उप्योगी हो रहा है
05:37साथियों हमारी सरकार ने स्पेस सेक्टर को ओपन किया
05:43इसे प्राइबेट सेक्टर के लिए नई संभावनाए बनी है
05:47बारत के स्टार्ट अप्स को भी अपनी क्षमता दिखाने का आफसन मिला है
05:52आज हमारी वा अपने रोकेट लांच कर रहे हैं
05:58सेटलाइट को और्बिट में पहुंचा रहे हैं
06:03All right, so that was the Prime Minister speaking in Mysuru Karnataka
06:07but let's quickly take a look at what we've got in focus for you on 5 Live today evening
06:12let's start with story number one on the one that has really impacted everybody who has anything to do with
06:17Microsoft
06:18if you are somebody who's using Outlook or Copilot or Teams or any Microsoft product or software
06:25you must have felt it and you're not the only one across the globe
06:29it's been a 17 hours and more counting of an outage that Microsoft is seeing
06:34why exactly is that happening nobody really knows but there are some conspiracy theories doing the round
06:39some people are blaming AI others are blaming the job cuts and engineers losing their job
06:44we'll discuss all of that and decode what exactly is the problem and when do we expect the systems to
06:48really come back
06:48story number two we have not letting the focus of Delhi pollution
06:53Delhi we keep speaking about it but it's not just Delhi there are other states as well
06:57some of them much worse than Delhi so we look at that
07:00and then there is the pitch that the Prime Minister made at the Kisanthak event of right
07:05the India Today group just yesterday he spoke about ensuring that save mother earth
07:11what did he mean by that he meant that while farmers in the country are using a lot of pesticides
07:17the impact it's happening on the soil and the impact it's having on the growth and the vegetables the
07:25you know pulses and everything that we grow with it is to be looked at it's an appeal that requires
07:30a lot of attention
07:31from both you and me as well so we look into that and then we look at election express showdown
07:36over the Hindu voters in Uttar Pradesh
07:38who's actually after them everybody has a BD formula somebody has a YD formula somebody has a you know
07:46DY formula as well but what is happening with the Hindu voters in Uttar Pradesh but first up as always
07:53let's quickly cut across to some breaking news coming in at this hour and it's a worrying one
07:58we are getting to know now that some 20 people are fear debt in a horrific head-on collision
08:03between a truck and a passenger traveler in Kaziranga
08:08we are now getting news that a devastating road accident has been reported in the Rogajan in Kaziranga Assam
08:15where a truck collided head-on with a passenger traveler vehicle a minibus of sorts
08:20and triggering fears that more than 10 people have been killed in that according to preliminary reports
08:27the traveler was traveling from the Bokukhat towards Nagaon where the accident occurred most of the passengers on board the
08:36vehicle are reportedly students
08:38and several passengers are fear trapped inside the mangled vehicle even as we speak
08:43now while local residents and police personnel have launched a rescue operation over there
08:49the injured have been rushed to the Kohura model hospital for treatment look at those visuals there
08:56it's a pretty strong head-on collision and these are rare to happen on the road at least
09:01so we really need to get down to understanding how exactly this could take place
09:05these are the first visuals that are coming to us of some of people who have not survived this accident
09:12being taken away and others injured who have been taken out of the rubble as well
09:17now rescue operations are still underway with several passengers reportedly remaining trapped inside the vehicle even as we speak
09:24we are trying to bring you more reports of how exactly the scene is unfolding
09:31we can cut across now to my colleague Rejoy Das live with us from Gohati
09:36Rejoy, what more do we know?
09:39yeah it's a very horrific news coming in from Kaziranga
09:42a truck and a bus minibus had a head-on collision the numbers have risen
09:46and the current number that we are getting is 23 people have died in this accident
09:52and you know the preliminary reports that we got is that there were students in the bus as well
09:58and all the injured and the bodies were taken to three different hospitals in Kohora Medical Hospital
10:08Kohora Primary Health Care Centre, Bokaghat Healthcare Centre and Jorhat Medical College and Hospital
10:13and there is a fear that the numbers will rise with this point of time
10:19it's a very sad news coming in from Kaziranga
10:20and the bus was travelling from Bokaghat towards Naga when this incident happened
10:27and the visuals are really really scary that we are getting and let me tell you once more that the
10:33death toll has risen to 23 as of now
10:37goodness 23 people dead in that one accident over there and how the visuals are at the moment
10:44Rejoy, it looks very clearly like most of the casualties might have happened in that mini bus where you are
10:51saying the students are
10:52Yeah, so the bus was heading towards Naga from Bokaghat and most of the passengers were trapped inside when this
11:03accident happened
11:04when the locals rushed there and also Minister Atul Bora from State Cabinet happens to be in that area
11:10who also rushed to that area and landed hand in the rescue operations and then the primary health care was
11:16given to the injured
11:18and most of them were in a very very critical situation and all the critical patients are transferred to Jorhat
11:25Medical College for further treatment
11:27but what we are getting in from the sources is that the number might rise with time and that's a
11:34very very scary situation in Kaziranga right now
11:38Alright, in broad daylight, in the middle of the day, there has been a head-on collision that has happened
11:43between a bus and a mini bus
11:45a truck in fact and a mini bus over there
11:49Rejoy, I can't really see what's been painted on top of that truck over there
11:53any idea what that truck was carrying?
11:57The truck was carrying normal passengers who were heading towards Nagao from Bokaghat
12:03and it's a usual route people take in that Kaziranga corridor
12:08and that's a corridor, you know, interestingly that's a place where the speed limits are, you know, controlled
12:14because there are cameras placed which, you know, instantly takes Chalan, takes pictures and Chalan has been, you know, initiates
12:23and that makes the case very worrying because that's a restricted zone and speed restricted zone
12:29and that's where the accident happened and the numbers are really scary
12:3523 is a big number and what we are getting as of now is that the number can rise and
12:40that's worrying
12:42Alright, so if you're just joining us right now, there's some worrying news coming in from Kaziranga in Assam
12:47where 23 people, if not more, have died in a head-on collision that happened in broad daylight
12:53between a truck and a mini bus, some of them said to be students as well
12:57We'll keep coming back to the story and tell you more as we understand and more details emerge
13:05Alright, 17 hours, in fact more than 17 hours and counting, that's how long Microsoft's engineers have been at it
13:14and by the company's own admission, they have had marginal success
13:18Now, you already know the story because if your Outlook was stuck spinning last night, it wasn't your Wi-Fi
13:25It was the entire Microsoft network
13:29from co-pilot to MS Teams where a lot of meetings take place to even Outlook
13:35which is one of the places where almost all companies operate when it comes to their emailing system as well
13:43Now, how did it start? It started in the US on Thursday afternoon
13:48For us, it was around 9.30 last night
13:50Outlook went first and then Teams started acting up and then it was co-pilot
13:55Within about an hour, people in 74 countries were reporting problems
14:00In India, the complaints started coming in around 11.30
14:04So, by the time most of us were logging off for the night, Microsoft already had a global problem on
14:10its hands
14:10Now, how big is this?
14:12Honestly, nobody can really tell you yet, not even Microsoft
14:15It hasn't said how many users were hit
14:18What we have is the down detector
14:21And the down detector only counts people who were bothered
14:25You know, who even bothered to complain over there
14:28So, in US alone, people who complained were about 1.3 lakh
14:32These are only people who have filed a complaint with Microsoft that their server has been hit
14:37And their Microsoft Outlook is not working
14:39You will hear another number online which is doing the round
14:42Which is 430 million
14:44That's how many people use Microsoft 365 apps worldwide
14:49430 million people use Microsoft 365 apps worldwide
14:54And it is not how many are really affected
14:56But, you know, it just tells you the scale of outage that people are really seeing
15:02And disruption that is really happening
15:03So, what actually broke?
15:05Now, Microsoft says that some of its servers suddenly went down
15:08The ones still running had to take everyone else's load
15:11And they, of course, buckled
15:13That's why
15:14And here's why this has sort of dragged on
15:17When engineers brought servers back, some crashed again
15:20As soon as the traffic hit them
15:22So, the big question at the moment that everybody is asking is
15:26Because we do not have a clear answer for Microsoft is
15:29Is this a hack?
15:30Microsoft says no
15:32Charles Lamana, one of the senior executives says
15:35That there's no sign of any cyber attack
15:37The real root cause is still under investigation
15:41So, while Microsoft is ruling out any kind of a hack
15:43It is not giving us a reason on what really happened
15:46So, the question next that comes to mind is
15:49Why should this bother you beyond the missed meetings?
15:52Some might actually enjoy it
15:53Well, because it wasn't just inboxes
15:56Banks, government offices, even courts in several countries reported disruption
16:01And co-pilot, the AI that's meant to sort out your email for you
16:06Couldn't reach it either
16:08Your AI is only as smart remember as your server
16:11It runs on
16:12So, everything is in a bit of a limbo at the moment
16:15But this is not the first time
16:17We did some research to find out how long have outages really lasted
16:22And this is what the figures tell us
16:24The last one that we heard of was actually
16:27In fact, let's go back to 2021 and start there
16:29In October of 2021, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram went dark for about six hours
16:35In July of 2024, one had CrowdStrike update knocked out just about 8.5 million Windows machines completely
16:44Flights were grounded, hospitals and banks were hit and some organizations even took close to 10 days to fully recover
16:52from that outage
16:53And we learn the same lesson every time, right?
16:56And every time we go back to putting everything in one basket
16:58Microsoft says it will publish a full root cause once this has been fixed
17:04It will be reading, you know, all of that very closely, of course
17:08Because the bigger question isn't about when Microsoft really gets back or Outlook gets back for all of us
17:15It is this, when a company that runs half of the world's offices goes down for a full day
17:23Who pays for that lost day?
17:27Right now, it's just the users
17:30We'll have to wait and see how that story really progresses
17:41In fact, we have an update coming in now
17:43Microsoft has given an update, it says, on its server outage
17:47It says, we have made additional progress towards service recovery
17:52With recovery actions completing across portions of the affected infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific region
17:58Traffic is being gradually restored and we are seeing improvement in key customer scenarios as well
18:03Focus is now on extending recovery actions across affected infrastructure in other regions as well
18:10So Microsoft there, since the sheer volume of numbers comes from the Asia-Pacific region as well
18:16They've made it a point to underline that, to say that they have made significant recovery
18:22Additional progress to be precise here
18:24Additional progress has been made during the service recovery
18:28Specifically in the Asia-Pacific region
18:31And once that is gradually restored
18:33They will be looking at improving the scenario in other parts of the world as well
18:41Alright, Saurabh Singh from Tech Today joins us for more details on these stories
18:46Saurabh, there are three kinds of theories online
18:48One, it's a hack
18:51Number two, well, too much of AI and very little of engineers
18:57This is why engineers, when you fire them, this is what happens
19:00That's the second theory online
19:02And the third theory really is that the servers simply do not have the capacity
19:07And they were not given additional support
19:09The constant, you know, mechanism to ensure that their servicing happens
19:14Has not happened, because the speed of which AI is really growing
19:18Are any of them true?
19:21Are none of them true?
19:22And how long are we expecting this to go on?
19:25So it's a very evolving thing
19:27Microsoft itself hasn't given out the exact details
19:31All of these three theories that you mentioned
19:33They are of course actively being discussed online
19:36But we do not have clarity as to, I mean, which one is true
19:39Of course, Microsoft says that servers have been sort of overwhelmed
19:44And this is what causing the exchange online errors
19:48Because of which Outlook and services that, you know, are used in communication
19:53Right from calendar to scheduling, they are not working
19:56It's been over 17 hours and the company is fixing
20:01They made some improvements
20:02They have informed that recovery is happening
20:06It's going to take some time though, it seems
20:09Some time
20:10So they can only thank the calendar that it's the weekend
20:14So they'll have a bit of a relief to actually restore this
20:17But any idea then on
20:21Is it really, when they say server capacity is limited
20:24What exactly does that mean?
20:27Does that mean some servers were not repaired in time?
20:30Does that mean there was suddenly too much of a load?
20:33Which the second one seems unlikely
20:34Because there's been no activity really that will get people online
20:37It's not like chat GPT under some, you know, meme has crashed
20:42It's not like that in this scenario
20:43So what exactly does this mean?
20:46Server crashing, what could the possible reason be?
20:48So Microsoft has sort of given some clarity
20:51That that was not really the case
20:53A second reason that they've also quoted alongside
20:57Is that they pushed out a configuration update
21:00And which is when these errors started to happen
21:03And servers sort of, you know, started getting overwhelmed
21:07So to say
21:08They have not mentioned that, you know
21:09Their servers capacity is sort of compromised
21:13But at the same time
21:15The errors because of the configuration update
21:17That was pushed out
21:18What could be a reason why
21:20The overwhelming happened, so to say, technically
21:24Alright, a bad update yet again
21:26That's getting company after company
21:28And Microsoft falling prey to that
21:29It looks like at least at the moment
21:32You know, that's the case
21:33Thank you so much for joining us
21:35Let's also take a look at a report
21:36Filed by Tech Today editor Cyrus
21:38To take you through the details
21:39Of what really, you know, happened here
21:45Microsoft is facing an outage globally
21:48And India has also been affected
21:50Now, I'm talking about services like Microsoft 365
21:53Its AI co-pilot
21:54And most importantly, Microsoft Outlook
21:57And it's causing businesses and services
21:59Disruption in their operations
22:01So what really has caused this outage?
22:04What is Microsoft doing to fix this issue?
22:06And when will users be able to use Outlook
22:09And other Microsoft services?
22:11Here is the full story
22:16The trouble began on Thursday, November the 12th
22:19When users started reporting problems with Outlook
22:22Some could not log in
22:23While others couldn't send or receive emails
22:25But the problem soon spread to other Microsoft services
22:29Including Teams, OneDrive, SharePoint, Co-pilot and Planner
22:33That's because many of these services rely on Microsoft's cloud infrastructure
22:38So when that ran into trouble
22:40Several connected services were affected as well
22:47So what went wrong?
22:49Microsoft found that some of its servers had stopped responding
22:52These servers handle millions of requests from users every day
22:56While several servers going offline
22:59The remaining ones had to handle more traffic than they could manage
23:03To make matters worse
23:05A system that helps establish secure connections also became overloaded
23:09Think of it as a traffic jam caused by several roads suddenly closing
23:14The remaining roads simply could not handle all the vehicles
23:18Microsoft is also investigating a network setting change
23:21That happened around the time the outage began
23:24The company says there is no indication of a cyber attack
23:33Getting these servers back online has not been easy
23:36Microsoft tried restarting them and shifting traffic to working servers
23:41But some of the restored servers stopped responding again
23:44When users started accessing them
23:48The company has since been working to bring them back gradually
23:51And prevent the same problem from happening again
23:54In the latest update
23:56Microsoft says a fix applied to part of its infrastructure
23:59Is showing positive results
24:01It is now testing this further
24:04And extending the fix to more servers
24:10The disruption has been reported across 74 countries
24:14According to Dundetector
24:16Reports of outlook problems peaked at over 1.38 lakh globally
24:20And the impact goes beyond emails
24:23Air India and Indigo reported problems with their email support services
24:28Although flight operations continued normally
24:30Government services in Singapore and Philippines also faced disruptions
24:35Businesses have struggled with communication
24:37With one US company even delaying an earnings call
24:41Even AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic reported problems
24:45Accessing some Microsoft 365 tools
24:49At the time of recording this video
24:51Microsoft has confirmed that it is seeing some positive results
24:54In terms of fixing the problems and releasing patches
24:57However, there is no confirmed timeline
24:59On when all of these issues will be fixed
25:01However, this is a sign of how the internet is so vulnerable
25:05And at the mercy of some of these big tech companies
25:09This is Cyrus John for India Today
25:15Dread it, run from it, put a mask on it
25:19But pollution arrives all the same
25:21If Delhi NCR thought its toxic relationship with pollution had finally broken
25:25Well, think again
25:26Because firecrackers are no longer burning
25:28Farm fire cases have come down from their peak
25:32Grab stage 3 restrictions are in place
25:34And still, national capital's air is only getting worse
25:38And the numbers tell you just how bad things have become
25:43As for the Central Pollution Control Board
25:45These are Government numbers, remember
25:46Delhi's AQI touched 403 at 8 in the morning
25:50That puts the city in the severe category
25:52If you look at AQI.in, which is an international website
25:55The reading was much higher
25:57The Government data set 403
25:59AQI.in set 542
26:01But that was at 1am
26:03And this isn't limited to one or two pockets of the city
26:07Look at these numbers again
26:08And we'll put up, you know, the chart on your screen as well
26:12IT Delhi recorded AQI 488
26:15Charni Chalks Red 479
26:17North Campus in Delhi University was 478
26:20This is where all the young bright minds are
26:22Buradi Crossing touched 456
26:24ITO JNU both recorded 451
26:28If you want to go more, I can go with the list
26:30Which is simply not dying
26:32Jahankirpuri, Vazirpur, Anand Vihar, Rohini
26:34Even the IGI Airport
26:3533 out of Delhi's 50 gate monitoring stations
26:39Recorded severe air quality
26:42Listen to that number again
26:4433 out of 58 monitoring stations
26:48All severe
26:50And here's the bigger picture
26:51Delhi may be getting all the attention
26:53And rightly so
26:54Given that the health emergency we all face
26:56Every single year
26:58But it is far from being the only city
27:00That is fighting the airpocalypse
27:02Look at the AQI.in city ranking at 1.30pm
27:06This is when things are supposed to get better
27:09Because the sun is higher, intensity is greater
27:11So the pollution sort of gets a little better
27:15At 1.30pm, Merat in Uttar Pradesh was topping the chart at 4.22pm
27:20Bulanchair, Panipat followed by 411 each
27:23Hapur 406, Badayu 402
27:26And the list goes on
27:27There is Bhatinda
27:27There is Karnal
27:28There is Sitapur
27:29There is Mudhafranagar
27:30Sivsa
27:30All reporting alarming numbers
27:32And by now you should know
27:33That Delhi does not even feature in the top 10
27:35Most of the days
27:38In fact, today
27:39National Capital does not even feature in the top 25
27:45There are other cities
27:47Almost 20 if not more of them
27:49From India
27:50From North India
27:51That feature and are much higher than Delhi
27:53So this is not just a Delhi story
27:55I keep talking about it every day to you
27:57Till the time you understand
27:58That this is an air emergency that the country faces
28:01The entire belt across Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab
28:05And even beyond
28:07Are battling toxic air
28:09And if you are wondering
28:10Where some of its pollution is coming from
28:12Well, farm fires is one of the reasons
28:15Punjab has long been blamed for Delhi's pollution
28:17But data shows
28:18It alone is not the only contributor
28:21Between September 15th and November 12th
28:23More than 10,800 farm fire incidents were detected
28:26Punjab accounted for the highest number
28:27With around 5,571 reported cases
28:31However, only 54 cases of stubble burning yesterday
28:34Madhya Pradesh followed with 2,500 cases of stubble burning
28:37Rajasthan recorded 1,406 cases of stubble burning
28:42Uttar Pradesh reported 886
28:44Haryana 218
28:45Uttarakhand 216
28:47Delhi 2
28:50All these states are burning
28:52And their stubble burning continues to happen
28:56And before we go to our reporters
28:58To bring you a live situation
28:59Let us also show you how toxic our cities looked
29:02This morning
29:05If you are out on a morning walk like this gentleman
29:09Today on November 13th morning
29:13Hold on, stop, go back to your home
29:15Because this air is not fit for morning walk
29:18It's not fit for outdoor activities
29:20And that is the reason behind it
29:22Is that the visibility that you see reduced
29:25And the entire Mayur Vihar stretch
29:28Akshar Dham stretch
29:29Or wherever you are in the national capital today
29:32You will see similar kind of impact of air pollution
29:35Things are critical today
29:38For the first time in this winter season
29:40The air quality index in the national capital
29:42Has crossed 400 mark
29:45Overall AQI of Delhi is actually in severe category
29:4830 plus AQI stations as we speak
29:51Are in severe category
29:53Worst being at IIT Delhi
29:55Where these numbers are racing towards 500 mark
29:59Let me get you the data first
30:01This is the central government data
30:02Post 8 AM 403 is the Delhi's overall AQI
30:07This is very important
30:08Air quality is severe
30:09Which impacts healthy people
30:11And seriously impacts those with existing disease
30:15So this means that you have to be super alert
30:18For your family members
30:20If your children are stepping out for school
30:22Make sure they have masks on
30:24And every area in the national capital
30:27Is in maroon or dark red zone this morning
30:30Including CWG village
30:33Where we are standing 451
30:36Right after Diwali
30:37The villain for the national capital
30:40Was firecracker
30:41Which contributed on the day of Diwali
30:43Nearly 40% as the pollution source
30:47The Diwali midnight and post day
30:49It was 70% contributor for Delhi's air pollution
30:52Today as we speak
30:53It's vehicular pollution and biomass burning
30:56Which is contributing heavily to Delhi's air pollution
31:01Not only Delhi but the NCR cities
31:03Is also in a critical zone as we speak
31:07And it is the time when you have to actually reduce the outdoor activities
31:11Of people in your family who have respiratory illness
31:15And if you are stepping out of your house
31:17I repeat once again N95 mask is possibly your only safeguard
31:22This morning with video journalist Emmanuel
31:24This is Amit Bhardwaj reporting for India today from Delhi
31:27I am reporting from near one of the Lucknow's Gomti Ghats
31:32And you can clearly see in the visuals
31:33The visibility has clearly dropped a lot
31:38As you can see a thick layer of smog has covered the city since morning
31:44Lucknow's air quality index has crossed the 330 mark
31:47Pushing the air quality into the very poor to hazardous categories
31:50Some areas like Lalbagh, Gindranagar, AQI has even crossed 350
31:54Due to high levels of PM2.5 and PM10 pollutants people are facing
31:58Breathing difficulties and eye irritation
32:01The major point is now even doctors are suggesting
32:05Those who don't have much work outside to stay indoors
32:09And even if you have to go outdoors use N95 marks
32:13Earlier this problem was just limited to New Delhi or some metro cities
32:18But now this has reached here as well
32:21With this visibility level going down rapidly
32:26And the early morning scenes are much heavy to digest
32:31With the scenes clearly affecting the lives of those who are living here
32:37With doctors already on alarming position
32:41With cameraman Gaurav Gupta Samad Srivastra for India today
32:45All right, let's get a live update now
32:47Joining us next is Shivani Sharma
32:49Live from the National Capital
32:50And Aseem Bassi joins us from Chandigarh
32:53Aseem, let me come to you first
32:55Just yesterday we were discussing the authenticity of the farm fire numbers
32:58The Supreme Court has yet again said
33:01That the NASA satellite images are not dependable
33:06We understand time and again
33:07That there is a way in which the farmers know how to game
33:12And to avoid the satellite when it's going over the region
33:17To cut down the farm fires
33:19What the Supreme Court has asked for now
33:23Is for actual land burnout numbers
33:28Right?
33:29Is this the feeling that you get over there as well
33:31That the farm fire figures which depending on who you ask
33:36You know, throws up a very different number all together
33:39And it's happening across the Northern Belt
33:41Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh
33:44All of that again
33:44You see that list on the screen at the moment
33:46It's happening everywhere
33:48Do you get the sense that there is
33:51Not enough has been done to provide farmers with alternatives
33:56Which is the reason why the farm fires continue to happen?
34:04Well, as far as the Supreme Court is concerned
34:06As you say, it has said that some stationary satellites need to be done
34:11Which work 24-7
34:12And there is a 24-7 surveillance
34:14Not those passing satellites
34:16That are there just for a few hours
34:19And an invasion can be made
34:21Be it Punjab, be it Haryana, be it UP, the Northern Rangers
34:25That the problem prevails
34:26That yes, the stubble burning is there
34:28And whenever the pollution happens in Delhi
34:30There's a blame game
34:32There's a politics between Punjab and Delhi
34:34But if we look at the other side as well
34:38If we look at 2020, year 2020
34:40The farm fires in Punjab were more than 75,000
34:44But today's data, yesterday evening's data is 5574
34:49In the last 24 hours, around 54 fresh haces have come
34:53And I'm standing in the fields
34:5697% of the harvest in Punjab is complete now
34:59Even Haryana, they have also downsized in a big way
35:03More than 90% reduction in the past one decade
35:06Punjab also won 90%
35:08So, the governments have given assistance to farmers
35:12Mechanisms
35:12Farmers have also become alert
35:14But yes, one thing is sure
35:16That with advanced satellites coming in
35:20If stationary satellites are put in with 24-hour surveillance
35:25So, whosoever is evading
35:27If evading, that will also be caught
35:29But if we look at the long-term perspective
35:32The numbers have come down
35:33But yes, till now, stubble burning is an issue
35:37In the northern region
35:38If you, during the peak harvest season
35:41Now, 97,000 harvest has been done in Punjab
35:44But if you travel during the peak harvest season
35:46We have seen Ferozpur tops now
35:49More than 700 cases
35:50Sangroo, which is CM district
35:52628 cases
35:55Tarantaran, 640 cases
35:56So, it is not that the case is not there
35:58Cases are there
35:59Long-term reduction has come
36:01But yes, if stationary satellites do come in
36:03Then they will have a long-term surveillance
36:06Throughout the day and night as well
36:08In fact, one of the options that were thrown up
36:10In the Supreme Court was actually
36:11That there is a European satellite
36:12Which actually is the stationary one
36:15That you are talking about
36:16And thus, those numbers should be looked up
36:18Really
36:19But the Supreme Court then said very clearly
36:21That listen, these satellites are not dependable
36:23We need to get an analysis on ground
36:25On how much land has actually been burned
36:28But, you know, it is too late for that
36:30Perhaps, you know, like you rightly said
36:32That the season is almost over
36:3597% as you are saying
36:36Is the, you know, the stubble burning
36:39Has already happened
36:40So, you know, we have to see how this really goes
36:42But let me come to Shivani on this front
36:44You know, Shivani
36:45The politicians would love to bicker
36:48And say it is because of farm fires
36:50They would love to bicker and say
36:51Oh, this is because, you know, the wind is not blowing
36:55They would love to bicker and say
36:57This is coming from Pakistan
36:58They will use any excuse
37:00To hide the fact that we
37:02As the national capital
37:04Have not been able to bring down the baseline pollution
37:07When your baseline pollution is 200
37:09Farm fire on top
37:11Another 100 or another 200
37:13And then, you know, when you have firecrackers on top
37:16Then it takes it all the way, you know, to 600
37:18And much, much, much above
37:20As a baseline pollution measure
37:22With the winter plan in place
37:25Has it shown any decrease?
37:28I am just trying to understand
37:29The winter action plan
37:30Which is a good plan
37:31Proactive indeed, right?
37:33Has that shown any results?
37:35How is CPCB actually analyzing it?
37:43See, Sonal, as reporters, as field workers
37:46As people who are exposed
37:48Who are forced to be outside on the roads of Delhi
37:51They do not need these AQI number measuring meters
37:55We can feel that we are in a gas chamber
37:58Right now I am at ITO
38:00One of the busiest places in the national capital
38:03Where the AQI has reached at around 450
38:06And these numbers are not getting better
38:09Since the Grab 3 and the winter action plan
38:14Has been at place
38:14We have been discussing and reporting almost every day
38:17How these numbers are going up
38:19The respite was there for a day or two
38:22When there was a breeze
38:23And this pollution got a little light
38:26On those two days
38:28But now we are seeing that
38:31On all these places
38:32We see that the AQI is
38:35The average AQI across the national capital
38:37Remains at a line of 400
38:39And that's severe pollution that
38:42The national capital is feeling
38:43The schools are still open
38:45The adjoining places like Noida
38:48The NCR cities
38:49They are also facing the same levels of pollution
38:51And in fact, if we talk about the data
38:54Last night
38:54The AQI in the national capital
38:56Had reached up to 700
38:58And there's a lot of difference in the numbers
39:00When these AQI is being measured
39:04So now across the data
39:05Across the apps
39:06These numbers are different
39:08At different times
39:08So there's a question of reliability
39:11On these numbers
39:12But definitely when you are out there
39:14On the road
39:14You can feel that you are in a gas chamber
39:17It's very difficult for people
39:19To be exposed to this pollution
39:21And at all hours through the day
39:24The pollution levels remain
39:26Because you know
39:26We used to say that
39:28In the morning
39:29The pollution levels are maximum
39:30And there is a respite through the day
39:33But right now also
39:34As we've been witnessing
39:35At different places
39:36In the national capital
39:37In New Delhi
39:38At ITO
39:39Where I'm reporting from right now
39:40The levels are up
39:42So when are we going to see that impact?
39:45That's a larger question
39:46And are the regulations
39:47Are the measures that have been announced
39:50Are actually being imposed and enforced?
39:53That's the bigger question
39:54Because we hardly see any impact
39:55After these measures have been announced
39:57And the decisions that have been taken
39:59It's actually very hard to tell no, Shivani
40:01If these measures have had any impact
40:03Because even if they did
40:05Then you had crackers being allowed
40:07Which sort of had a top up
40:09So it's very difficult to calculate
40:10If the winter action plan
40:11Actually was a success or not
40:13Because on one hand
40:14You've introduced the EV policy
40:15You've got the winter action plan
40:17Both incredible measures
40:19On the other you allowed firecrackers
40:21That negated the entire impact
40:22So it's very difficult to calculate
40:23To even assess
40:24On what you know
40:26Really is happening with pollution levels
40:27Also urging all our reporters
40:29Who are joining us
40:30You know evening times and morning hours
40:31Are really bad
40:32So I really hope all of you
40:33Can also grab your N95 mask
40:35And ensure that you wear it
40:36You know as a precaution
40:38And also awareness for all our viewers
40:40So really hope you are catching that as well
40:43But thank you both for joining us
40:45With those updates
40:47As the pollution across the north of the country
40:51Across states like UP
40:53Across even Bihar for that matter
40:56Across Punjab
40:57Across Haryana
40:58And even in pockets in Rajasthan
41:01Continues to be bad
41:03Very poor
41:04Even severe
41:05As of now
41:08All right
41:09With that moving on to the other story
41:11And this is the one
41:12Which involves the Prime Minister
41:14And his appeal to the farmers
41:16We are killing Mother Earth
41:18Those were the words of the Prime Minister
41:20As he delivered his message
41:22At the India Today Group's
41:23Bharat Agricultural Conference
41:25He wasn't just talking about
41:26The environment in general
41:27He was speaking directly to the farmers
41:29About the way they grow their food
41:31He asked farmers to think about two things
41:33The food provider and Mother Earth
41:36And then he posed a question
41:37Are we really protecting Mother Earth
41:40The Prime Minister said
41:40That the way we are using chemicals
41:42In our farms
41:43Is destroying the very Earth
41:45That sustains us
41:46In his words
41:47We are her children
41:49And we are killing our own mother
41:51Before our eyes
41:51And he warned
41:52That if we don't wake up in time
41:54If we don't make efforts
41:56To protect Mother Earth
41:57A day may come
41:58That she will abandon us
42:01He also cautioned
42:02The failing to act now
42:05Could have serious consequences
42:07For future generations as well
42:09Now that's a very stark warning
42:12But what exactly is he talking about?
42:15How does the way we grow our food
42:17Affect the soil beneath our feet?
42:19And what happens
42:20When we keep using chemical inputs
42:23And season after season?
42:25Let's break it down for you a little bit
42:27Now every season
42:27Farmers use fertilizers
42:29To help crops grow
42:30And pesticides
42:30To protect them
42:31From the pests
42:32These inputs
42:33Have played an important role
42:35In increasing agricultural production
42:36But the problem begins
42:38When they are used excessively
42:40Or without understanding
42:41What the soil actually needs
42:44Excessive use of fertilizers
42:46Can disturb the balance
42:47Of nutrients in the soil
42:48Prolonged use
42:50Of some fertilizers
42:51Can also make the soil more acidic
42:53And when pesticides are overused
42:55They can harm useful organisms
42:57That live in the soil
42:59Over time
42:59This can affect soil's health
43:01And its natural fertility as well
43:03So
43:04Can we grow food
43:06While reducing our dependence
43:07On these chemical inputs?
43:09Well this is where
43:10Natural farming really comes up
43:11In chemical intensive farming
43:14There is greater dependence
43:16On synthetic fertilizers
43:18And pesticides
43:19Natural farming
43:20Takes a different approach
43:21It tries to work with nature
43:23Reduce dependence on synthetic inputs
43:26And use materials
43:27That are locally available
43:29For example
43:30Cow dunk
43:30Cow urine
43:32Plant based preparations
43:33Can be used to make natural inputs
43:37Especially neem being one of them
43:39Farmers can also adopt natural methods
43:41To manage pests
43:42The focus is not just on feeding the crop
43:45It's also on looking after the soil
43:47And the ecosystem that actually supports it
43:51And here's something important
43:52Natural farming and organic farming
43:55Are not exactly the same
43:56Often the two are confused
43:59Prime Minister Modi has pointed to the same
44:03Organic farming
44:03Allows the use of approved organic inputs
44:07These can include vermicomposts
44:10It can include enriched manure
44:12Even biofertilizers
44:13Natural farming on the other hand
44:14Places greater emphasis on locally available materials
44:19Reducing dependence on inputs purchased from outside
44:23Now the government too is pushing for this transition
44:26In November of 2024
44:27It approved the national mission on natural farming
44:30With an outlay of 2,481 crore
44:34The mission encouraged chemical free cultivation
44:36And promotes the use of locally available farm inputs
44:41But before we get into all of this
44:43Before we make you more aware
44:45Are farmers more empowered to bring about this change
44:48Listen in to what the Prime Minister said
44:50That has once again put the spotlight
44:53That needs to shift to natural farming
44:57And ultimately the food on our plate
45:02This is the first priority
45:03If we go into the, a few years
45:07If we do not want to help our single mom
45:08If we do not want to raise our mental aunt
45:13To be saved from our mother
45:14The mother is of the death
45:17That mother will become the mother
45:21The mother will become the mother
45:26जाएगी और इसलिए सरकार ने प्राकृति खेती पर बल दिया है नेच्रल फार्मिंग पर बल दिया है जिन लोगों ने
45:44नेच्रल
45:44फार्मिंग पर प्रयोग किये हैं बहुत सफल रहे हैं एक गाए एक गाए तीस एकड़ भूमी में नेच्रल
45:55फार्मिंग के लिए सफिशेट खाद दे देती हैं कोई केमिकल की रिक्वार्बंट नहीं होती है यहाँ आज आपकी डिबेट में
46:04बहुत से ऐसे विशे निकले होंगे
46:06और इसलिए मैं सभी किसानों से अंगरे करूंगा कि हम केमिकल फ्री रसायनों से मुक्त खेच्टी की दर्ब चलें मैं
46:23आपको और्गिनिक फार्मिंग की बात नहीं कर रहा हूं मैं नेच्रल फार्मिंग की बात कर रहा हूं
46:32और ये हर किसान सहत्तों से कर सकता है
46:37हम केमिकल से मुक्त
46:41हम अपनी जमीन को बचाने के लिए कदम उठा सकते हैं
46:46All right, for that we are going to slip into a very short break.
46:49Election Express special coming up on the other side where there is a showdown over Hindu voters in Uttar Pradesh.
46:54After Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on India Today platform claimed over 1 crore Hindu names were deleted from the voter
47:01list,
47:02Akhilesh and SP dares him to furnish proof.
47:04This and more in a moment from now.
47:19All right, let's take the political express to Uttar Pradesh now.
47:24which is headed into election in a couple of months from now.
47:27And there seems to be now war over Yogi's Hindu voter deleted claim that is emerging.
47:34Samajwadi Party has urged EC to issue a notice to the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister.
47:39Samajwadi Party has urged EC to seek affidavit from Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath as well.
47:45What exactly are they saying?
47:47Well, Akhilesh Yadav has said that BJP is making a plan to bring in fake voters.
47:53So, massive hard-hitting allegation over there.
47:56We have to see what really is the proof that they have behind it.
47:59At the moment, UP Chief Minister had told India Today, remember, at one of our events,
48:03that 127 crore Hindu voters are missing.
48:09So, what exactly is the truth behind that story?
48:12How is that really emerging?
48:14War over Yogi Adityanath's Hindu voter deleted claim
48:18only seems to be starting out.
48:20and Akhilesh Yadav is responding.
48:25There have been 1,27,27,000 Hindus.
48:30This is true or false?
48:32Now, they are ready for all the people, the people, the people, the people, the underground,
48:38the people who have met,
48:42Medipariz, Jharkhand, Chhattazgarh, Dihar, Himachal, Utrakhand,
48:54also there will be a place where people will be doing their boarding.
49:00They are preparing.
49:04So, how exactly did this controversy start?
49:08Well, let's rewind that a little bit and take you back to Aaj Taks Panchayata Yodhya,
49:13where UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath made a startling claim that nearly 1.3 crore voters have been removed from
49:21the state.
49:38We don't want to do that.
49:41This is why we don't want to do that.
49:42Because in the U.P. in the first time, the Muslim leaders were 1.65 percent of the Muslim leaders.
49:52SIR after?
49:53SIR after.
49:55I told you about Hindu leaders.
49:57So you have a loss?
49:59I am saying that.
50:00So in the election commission, we have also a memorandum to apply.
50:05foreign
50:18।
50:37the name of the Shashanth.
50:39The name of the Shashanth.
50:41The name of the Shashanth.