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00:00:30Hello, Namaskar. This is First Post and you're watching Vantage with me, Palki Sharma.
00:01:00This is First Post and you're watching Vantage with me.
00:01:30But for all their bravado, can Pakistan even afford a war?
00:01:35Global ratings agency Moody's has confirmed what we all knew.
00:01:39The first casualty of conflict will be Pakistan's economy.
00:01:44Also, do they have a military that can fight a war?
00:01:47We'll bring you a special report on how the rhetoric does not match the reality.
00:01:51They were hoping for global support, but that plan blew up yesterday.
00:01:56Reports say Pakistan was grilled at a closed-door meeting of the United Nations Security Council.
00:02:01Amid all of this, the attacks have begun in the cyberspace.
00:02:04We look at what's being targeted and how India is poised.
00:02:08Also in focus, OpenAI has reversed course.
00:02:11It has now decided to remain a non-profit company.
00:02:14After much back and forth, India and the UK have finally sealed a free trade deal.
00:02:19The Vatican will start a crucial meeting tomorrow to decide on the next pope.
00:02:22We'll tell you why China looms large on this decision.
00:02:25How Canada's Khalistan problem has not changed despite a new prime minister taking charge.
00:02:30Why India has slammed the auction of sacred jewels linked to the Buddha and Shah Rukh Khan at the Met Gala.
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00:03:09No one has claimed responsibility for the attack yet.
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00:04:42The war drums are beating.
00:05:06Until now, India was only preparing its military, but now it is preparing the people too.
00:05:11The Indian government has ordered a nationwide civil defence drill.
00:05:18It is slated for May 7th, which is tomorrow.
00:05:20It will cover 244 districts across all states.
00:05:24That's almost one-third of India's districts.
00:05:27We have a total of 800.
00:05:28This drill will take place in 244 of them.
00:05:31These have been selected based on specific criteria.
00:05:34Are they close to the border?
00:05:36Are they home to key assets like ports or refineries?
00:05:39Do they have a large urban population?
00:05:42And are they located on the coast?
00:05:44These factors determine whether a district is at higher risk.
00:05:48And based on that, that risk assessment, these 244 districts have been picked.
00:05:54School students, volunteers, cadet groups and district officials will all be taking part.
00:05:58The idea is to gauge civilian readiness.
00:06:02If war breaks out, do the people know how to respond?
00:06:06Do they know how to take cover or evacuate?
00:06:09That's the broad idea here, to prepare the people.
00:06:12The order was issued by the Home Ministry yesterday.
00:06:14It talks about five measures.
00:06:16Number one, using the air raid sirens.
00:06:18This will warn civilians about impending attacks.
00:06:23That's the first objective.
00:06:25Number two, training civilians to protect themselves in case of an attack.
00:06:29Like taking cover below a table or crawling into a safe space.
00:06:33Some schools have already started doing this.
00:06:35Take a look at this.
00:06:36Take a look at this.
00:07:06Take a look at this.
00:07:36In Srinagar, rescue drills were held on the Dal Lake.
00:08:02They used speed boats and rafts.
00:08:04Take a look at this.
00:08:06Take a look at this.
00:08:08I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
00:08:09It's been here for the first.
00:08:13It's been a statement for the first.
00:08:15point number three on what this drill hopes to achieve provision of blackout measures the idea
00:08:42is to throw off enemy fighter jets if a city is well lit the enemy can easily find targets if
00:08:49it's dark they will have trouble doing so so street lights and factory lights will be turned
00:08:54off no hoarding lights no decorative lights nothing that could guide enemy fighters next is
00:09:00objective number four of the drill camouflaging vital targets again this is about throwing the
00:09:05enemy off if war breaks out the other side will target our power stations or military installations
00:09:10the goal is to conceal those targets and finally objective number five updating evacuation plans
00:09:17and rehearsing them like i said these are mock drills but they will simulate a warlike situation
00:09:24we urge all indians to cooperate with the authorities do not take these drills lightly
00:09:29the last time this was held was in 1971 the last time such a drill was held 1971 days later india
00:09:38declared war against pakistan now we may or may not see a repeat this time but you should be vigilant
00:09:44regardless away from the cities our military is conducting drills and tests yesterday the navy
00:09:51tested a homegrown mine it was developed by the drdo which is the defense research and development
00:09:57organization drdo now this mine can target submarines and stealth ships take a look
00:10:03there's more firepower in store for the navy it will soon get a warship from russia
00:10:23the frigate ins tamal india and russia had signed a deal in 2016 india was to buy four frigates from
00:10:30russia the first one ins tushil was commissioned late last year it reached indian waters in february
00:10:35the second one is tamal it is undergoing final tests in kaliningrad chances are it will be
00:10:43commissioned in one month after that it will sail towards india all these moves will be watched
00:10:49closely in pakistan because right now they're jumping at shadows especially their defense minister
00:10:53this is a man called khwaja asif and he's all over the place asif says india could strike across
00:11:01the loc at any moment he has also issued a nuclear warning listen to this if india dares to attack
00:11:09pakistan and pakistan's existence comes under threat nobody will survive in this world there are
00:11:15reports that india may strike at any point along the loc new delhi will be given a befitting reply
00:11:20well if anyone is striking it is pakistan they have been provoking india along the loc
00:11:27the line of control firing was reported yesterday as well it marked the 12th consecutive night of
00:11:34ceasefire violations by pakistan and as always the indian army responded in new delhi high level
00:11:41meetings continue today prime minister narendra modi met national security advisor ajit doval it was
00:11:46their second meeting in 24 hours tomorrow the union cabinet will be convening it will be their
00:11:51second meeting since the kashmir attack clearly india is covering all bases whether it's political
00:11:57diplomatic or military preparedness as civilians we need to do our bit as well tomorrow's drills will be
00:12:05a huge logistical task it's hard enough in any country it will be twice as hard in a country with
00:12:121.4 billion people which is why the people should be vigilant do not spread panic on social media do not
00:12:20forward random whatsapp messages and follow the official advice
00:12:25what do do all these preparations tell you that india is getting ready for every scenario including
00:12:36the possibility of an armed conflict with pakistan what about pakistan can they even afford a war
00:12:44the short answer is no and we already know that but for those who had doubts there's a new assessment
00:12:49that's out it is from the ratings agency moody's it is sounding an alarm moody's released a report
00:12:57slash warning for pakistan the defense minister khwaja asif must take note because he's he's been
00:13:04threatening strikes the moody's report says the first casualty of a conflict with india will be
00:13:10pakistan's economy growth will slow down further debt pressure will rise and foreign funding that's
00:13:16already dwindling could dry up of course pakistan cannot fund itself it survives on bailouts so it needs
00:13:24foreign funding very badly later this week the imf will meet that's the international monetary fund
00:13:31the lender of the last resort they will meet to review their latest loan to pakistan you see eight
00:13:39months ago the imf gave the last package worth seven billion dollars this is pakistan's bailout number 27
00:13:46that's correct they've taken 24 bailouts in less than seven decades the first one came in 1958 the first
00:13:54bailout 1958 since then 24 imf bailouts for pakistan this is a world record no other country has borrowed
00:14:02more money from the imf than pakistan and that is just one foreign source the international monetary fund
00:14:08one of the many sources that pakistan has they rely on multiple countries and multiple agencies for handouts
00:14:13in 2019 47 percent of pakistan's debt came from global institutions by the end of 2024 that number jumped to 56 percent
00:14:26and look at the kind of money that pakistan owes nearly 16 billion dollars to the asian development bank
00:14:35more than 20 billion dollars to the world bank and at least eight billion dollars to the imf
00:14:40that's the seven billion dollar bailout package this is being dispersed in stages and on top of that
00:14:47the imf gave another loan to pakistan in the month of march a climate resilience loan of 1.3 billion dollars
00:14:53well that's a lot of money in debt but that's not all pakistan also owes money to bilateral lenders
00:15:01the biggest one is china pakistan owes china over 28 billion dollars saudi arabia comes second pakistan owes them
00:15:09around nine billion dollars and their debt has been on the rise last year pakistan's total external debt
00:15:17shot up by 18 percent in 2023 the debt was around 73 billion dollars last year it crossed 86 billion
00:15:26dollars so pakistan is surviving on loans and bailouts the obvious question is this where is this money
00:15:34going are these bailouts funding pakistan's terror activities india has been pushing this point to
00:15:41show the world how their loans are funding pakistani terrorism and now india plans to raise this issue
00:15:47with global agencies the likes of the world bank and the imf india will ask both these lenders to look
00:15:53into this to examine how pakistan is using its bailout funds and it's a legitimate question in fact those
00:16:00lending money to pakistan must raise it themselves the april 22 attack the one in pehlgaum killed 26
00:16:08terrorists tourists the pehlgaum attack killed 26 tourists the resistance front took responsibility
00:16:15for it this is a group linked to the lashkar-e-toiba which is a un-designated terror outfit based in and
00:16:22backed by pakistan despite international sanctions the lashkar-e-toiba is thriving in pakistan their leaders
00:16:29remain active they are clearly well funded they have enough cash to run terror camps and to carry
00:16:34out cross-border attacks so we come back to the question where are they getting the money from
00:16:38who is funding these pakistani terror groups and how india should build a strong case and take it to the
00:16:46fatf the financial action task force this is the global terror financing watchdog the next fatf meeting
00:16:53is in june india should use that opportunity to highlight how un sanctioned groups are still active
00:16:58in pakistan and how islamabad has failed to curb their financing india must push for action and get
00:17:06pakistan back into the fatf gray list which is very important to restrict the flow of foreign money
00:17:11into pakistan this should happen irrespective of india's military response it's important to build
00:17:20sustained pressure on pakistan's finances because this terror state cannot afford a conflict
00:17:25not when its economy runs on borrowed money not when it is surviving on bailouts pakistan's lenders must take
00:17:34responsibility for its actions if not they will be complicit in bankrolling a war against india
00:17:41uzman
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00:18:02Now let's talk about Pakistan's army.
00:18:18They've been the ones beating the war drums lately since the Pahlkam terror attack.
00:18:22Military drills have increased.
00:18:24Surface-to-surface missiles have been tested.
00:18:26Indian army posts along the LOC have been fired upon.
00:18:29This has happened for 12 consecutive days.
00:18:33Pakistan has also increased deployments along the border, like tanks, troops and artillery systems.
00:18:39These are all indicators of a build-up for a possible confrontation.
00:18:44But is Pakistan's army ready for war?
00:18:48They love to project themselves as a military powerhouse.
00:18:51They call themselves battle-hardened and disciplined.
00:18:55But scratch the surface and the cracks are glaring.
00:18:57When you cut through the posturing, the press conferences and the propaganda,
00:19:02what you find beneath the carefully curated image is a hollow shell.
00:19:07The fact is, Pakistan's army is underfunded, overstretched and politically divided.
00:19:14Let's start with the money, or the lack of it.
00:19:17Pakistan is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy.
00:19:20Buried under debt worth billions of dollars.
00:19:23Inflation is skyrocketing.
00:19:24The Pakistani rupee is falling.
00:19:26As we just showed you, they survive bailout to bailout.
00:19:29The army does not have fuel reserves for its tanks and jets.
00:19:34In fact, in the past, they've canceled drills because of this, because they did not have fuel.
00:19:39So Pakistan's generals may dream of war, but their checkbooks beg to defer.
00:19:43Now let's talk hardware.
00:19:47Pakistan boasts about its tanks and fighter jets, but quantity is not quality.
00:19:52Most of their equipment is either Chinese knock-offs or American hand-me-downs.
00:19:57Like the JF-17 and the J-10 jets, made by China and flown by Pakistan, both these jets are known for reliability issues.
00:20:05They constantly face engine-related problems.
00:20:08There's also the American-made F-16.
00:20:11It's a machine from the 1980s.
00:20:13Despite upgrades, Pakistan struggles to keep them fully operational.
00:20:17Last year, their F-16 fleet was nearly completely grounded.
00:20:24Do you know why?
00:20:25No money.
00:20:27Pakistan simply could not afford to fly the F-16.
00:20:31That's the Air Force.
00:20:32What about their army?
00:20:34Well, they have 650,000 personnel.
00:20:37Their main weapons are Chinese tanks and rifles, weapons that have never faced battle conditions.
00:20:45Plus, Pakistan's army is high on propaganda, but low on morale.
00:20:50Their generals are busy playing kingmaker.
00:20:52They're more interested in selecting the next prime minister.
00:20:56But the rank and file face the heat.
00:20:59Pakistan's army is losing control of its own backyard.
00:21:02Balochistan is burning.
00:21:03The region saw a 119% increase in attacks last year.
00:21:10Meanwhile, Khaibar Paktoon Kha is bleeding.
00:21:12The TTP is back.
00:21:13That's the Taliban in Pakistan.
00:21:15They have threatened to increase their attacks on the Pakistan army.
00:21:19Attacks on military convoys are already rising.
00:21:21Suicide bombings have increased by 93%.
00:21:24So who is protecting Pakistan?
00:21:27Certainly not the army.
00:21:28They themselves need protection.
00:21:31They're stretched thin.
00:21:32They want to project power, but they can barely fight the fires at home.
00:21:37This is not a war-ready force.
00:21:40This is an institution on life support.
00:21:43And yet they threaten India with war.
00:21:45Let me tell you what the Pakistan army is good at.
00:21:49They're good at running a business empire.
00:21:52I'm not talking about the terror factories.
00:21:54I'm talking about something called the 4G Foundation.
00:21:59It is one of the largest business conglomerates in the country.
00:22:02It controls more than 18 industries, like housing, education, and agriculture.
00:22:07Yes, the military runs all of this.
00:22:09Almost a quarter of Pakistan's economy runs on farming.
00:22:12But the country's farming is run by the military.
00:22:16Let me show you some numbers.
00:22:18They're staggering.
00:22:18The army owns almost 5 million acres of farmland in Pakistan.
00:22:24The army owns 5 million acres of farmland in Pakistan.
00:22:28Almost 2 million acres in the Sindh province.
00:22:30Another 1 million is in Pakistan's Punjab.
00:22:34And the rest is in Balochistan and Khaybar Pakhtunfa.
00:22:36From rice to wheat to eggs to bread, the Pakistan army deals in everything.
00:22:42Their generals have become CEOs.
00:22:44Their soldiers play the role of salesmen.
00:22:48Pakistan's military is a shadow of what it claims to be.
00:22:51It's a force built on propaganda, not preparedness.
00:22:55Unfortunately for them, rhetoric does not win battles.
00:22:58Resources and training do.
00:23:00So is the Pakistan army ready for war?
00:23:03The answer is a resounding no.
00:23:04It's an army living on borrowed money and borrowed time.
00:23:09And when mere survival is your strategy, you've already lost the battle.
00:23:20Let's shift away from the military push.
00:23:22Instead, let's look at diplomacy.
00:23:25How are India and Pakistan faring on the global stage?
00:23:28Yesterday was a good indicator of that.
00:23:30The UN Security Council gathered behind closed doors.
00:23:33The agenda, to discuss tensions between India and Pakistan.
00:23:38No statement has been issued.
00:23:40But multiple reports give us an inside scoop.
00:23:43First, the council was briefed by a UN official.
00:23:47Perhaps on the ground situation and the peace efforts.
00:23:50After that, Pakistan was grilled.
00:23:53Reports say tough questions were put to Pakistan by the members.
00:23:57On what?
00:23:59On the role of Lashkar-e-Torba in the Pehl-gaam attack.
00:24:02Also, the recent missile tests.
00:24:05Pakistan test-fired two missiles in three days.
00:24:08United Nations Security Council members apparently raised concerns about this.
00:24:13They also questioned Pakistan's nuclear rhetoric.
00:24:16All of this suggests a setback for Islamabad.
00:24:20They had clear goals heading into yesterday's meeting.
00:24:23One, to internationalize the issue.
00:24:25And two, to pin the blame on India.
00:24:28Reports say Pakistan pushed the narrative of a false flag operation.
00:24:33What does that mean?
00:24:34What's a false flag operation?
00:24:36Basically, they blamed India for planning the Pehl-gaam attack.
00:24:39They said India did it.
00:24:41But that effort was rejected by the UN Security Council.
00:24:45Most members asked Pakistan to solve the issue bilaterally.
00:24:50Meaning, no global intervention.
00:24:53Beyond that, council members said the obvious things.
00:24:56Things like, all sides must de-escalate.
00:24:58Pakistan and India must talk to each other.
00:25:01Now, Islamabad is trying to spin these outcomes.
00:25:03Their envoy says that most of their objectives were met.
00:25:08Listen to this.
00:25:09Pakistan believes all these objectives were largely served and achieved by this meeting.
00:25:15We thank council members for their engagement and their calls for restraint, de-escalation, and dialogue.
00:25:25Several members recognize the imperative of peacefully resolving all issues,
00:25:32including the Jammu and Kashmir dispute in accordance with the UN resolutions and wishes of the Kashmiri people.
00:25:40Well, that's far from true.
00:25:44Just consider what happened after the Pehl-gaam attack.
00:25:46The United Nations Security Council released a media statement.
00:25:51It did not even name Pakistan or the terrorists.
00:25:54The statement was vague and soft.
00:25:57Because Islamabad pushed for it.
00:26:00As we've been telling you, Pakistan is on the UN Security Council right now.
00:26:04It is one of the ten non-permanent members.
00:26:06As a result, they were able to dilute the UNSC statement.
00:26:12But yesterday's meeting was different.
00:26:14Yesterday, Pakistan was grilled.
00:26:17So what changed this time?
00:26:20In simple words, India joined the game.
00:26:23In the days after the attack, India's focus was at home.
00:26:26Opposition parties had to be briefed.
00:26:27The Cabinet security meeting had to be held.
00:26:29The Defence Chiefs had to be given orders.
00:26:31The government was focused primarily on the domestic front.
00:26:33But that changed last week.
00:26:37Foreign Minister Jay Shankar led the campaign.
00:26:39He spoke to nine non-permanent UNSC members.
00:26:41The tenth, of course, being Pakistan.
00:26:43And he briefed them on the attack and on India's intentions.
00:26:49What about the permanent members?
00:26:51Prime Minister Modi has reached out to four of them.
00:26:54He spoke to U.S. President Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron,
00:26:59U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
00:27:03The fifth permanent member of the UNSC is China.
00:27:06But Prime Minister Modi has not spoken to Xi Jinping for obvious reasons.
00:27:09China calls Pakistan an iron brother.
00:27:11So no point wasting time there.
00:27:13Now, yesterday, this diplomatic push paid dividends.
00:27:16Not only was Pakistan's narrative rejected by the UN Security Council,
00:27:20some of the members grilled Islamabad.
00:27:24The question is, what more can the UNSC do?
00:27:28Frankly, not very much.
00:27:30If there's a military escalation, the UNSC may take the next step,
00:27:34which is to meet and pass a resolution.
00:27:37In that case, non-permanent members would become irrelevant.
00:27:41Only the P5 would matter.
00:27:43P5 stands for the five permanent members.
00:27:46P5.
00:27:47They have the veto power.
00:27:48If even one of them rejects a resolution, it will be junked.
00:27:53It doesn't matter if every other member supports it.
00:27:56Even one veto is enough.
00:27:58So let's game out that scenario.
00:28:00If the resolution is critical of Pakistan,
00:28:03then China will veto it.
00:28:05They will not allow it to pass.
00:28:07And if it's critical of India,
00:28:09then Russia is guaranteed to veto it.
00:28:11Chances are, so will France, Britain and America.
00:28:14In other words, the UNSC will be deadlocked.
00:28:17It's pointless to expect this council to do anything of substance.
00:28:21They will never hold Pakistan to account.
00:28:25So India's job is to prevent the opposite from happening,
00:28:28to ensure that the UNSC does not interfere in India's sovereign decisions.
00:28:34A new threat is emerging from Pakistan.
00:28:41It is invisible.
00:28:43It is not hiding in the mountains or inside terror launch pads at the border.
00:28:47This threat comes from the cyber space.
00:28:50Pakistani hackers are on the offensive.
00:28:52They are launching cyber attacks.
00:28:54They are targeting defense firms, as well as think tanks.
00:28:57The conflict has moved online.
00:29:00It has entered a digital battlefield.
00:29:03Reports say cyber attacks from Pakistan are intensifying.
00:29:06One Indian defense PSU was targeted.
00:29:09PSU is a public sector unit.
00:29:13These are companies owned by the government.
00:29:14And this is the company that was hit by a cyber attack,
00:29:19the Armored Vehicles Nigam Limited.
00:29:21Its website was defaced.
00:29:23Hackers replaced the homepage with a Pakistani flag
00:29:26and an image of the Al Khalid battle tank.
00:29:31And that wasn't all.
00:29:32The hackers claimed that they targeted the military engineering services.
00:29:36Again, this is a government organization.
00:29:37It looks after defense infrastructure.
00:29:39And who are the hackers?
00:29:42The group calls itself Pakistan Cyber Force.
00:29:46But they are not acting alone.
00:29:48Two more groups have surfaced in the last two weeks.
00:29:51Cyber Group Hoax 1337 and National Cyber Crew.
00:29:57They have launched cyber attacks on military-linked websites,
00:30:00also on army schools.
00:30:02Some pages on their website were defaced.
00:30:05In some cases, they mocked the victims of the Pehalgaam attack.
00:30:09So these aren't just hacks.
00:30:11These are digital provocations.
00:30:14They are deliberate and dangerous.
00:30:17Experts say that this is part of Pakistan's wider playbook,
00:30:20a digital extension of its strategy, as it were.
00:30:24It's not just cyber warfare.
00:30:25It is a psychological operation designed to provoke,
00:30:29to test India's restraint,
00:30:31and to potentially exploit vulnerabilities in the digital space.
00:30:37So how should India respond?
00:30:39How can India protect itself?
00:30:42Does India have the capabilities to deal with this threat?
00:30:46Experts say yes, India has the right tools.
00:30:48In fact, there is some precedent as well.
00:30:51In 2013, analysts in Norway revealed a cyber operation.
00:30:54It had roots in India.
00:30:56The campaign lasted years.
00:30:58It targeted military and government systems in Pakistan.
00:31:01Indian hackers managed to extract high-valued data.
00:31:04The operation was named Hangover.
00:31:08Now, let me be clear.
00:31:10There is no proof of state involvement.
00:31:11The Norwegians identified some Indian hacking groups reportedly based in Delhi.
00:31:15The attacks were sophisticated.
00:31:17They used fake news links to trap Pakistani targets.
00:31:20The goal was surveillance, information gathering.
00:31:26Now, more recently, another operation came to light.
00:31:29Targets in Pakistan were tricked into downloading malicious apps.
00:31:35They were disguised as dating or messaging platforms.
00:31:39Apps called Meet Me, Quick Chat, and Rafakat were floated.
00:31:44Apparently, these apps had a malware.
00:31:48Once these apps were installed, the malware was activated.
00:31:51It extracted data from phones.
00:31:55The group behind this was called Patchwork.
00:31:58It had been active since 2015.
00:32:00Most of its victims were in Pakistan.
00:32:02The campaign was uncovered by a Slovak cyber security firm.
00:32:05Now, in the past, reports have identified a malware called Vajra Spy.
00:32:10It also did the same thing.
00:32:13Extracted personal data from its targets.
00:32:16And these findings confirm a pattern.
00:32:19A silent war unfolding in the cyberspace.
00:32:24And India is not new to this.
00:32:26Pakistan has opened a new front.
00:32:28A digital front in this fight.
00:32:30India must not ignore it because cyber war is now part of modern conflict.
00:32:35It can cripple systems.
00:32:36It can expose secrets.
00:32:38It can shake public trust.
00:32:40The rules of engagement have changed.
00:32:42The next phase of this conflict might not even need missiles.
00:32:45Just a keyboard and an internet connection could be enough.
00:32:49Our next story is about OpenAI.
00:32:56It started out as a humble non-profit.
00:32:59But it quickly set its sights on something bigger.
00:33:01Becoming a full-blown Silicon Valley giant.
00:33:04For years, it chased that dream.
00:33:07Raising billions.
00:33:09Signing mega deals.
00:33:10And building some of the world's most powerful AI.
00:33:12But now it seems that OpenAI has given up on this dream.
00:33:17Today, CEO Sam Altman announced a major shake-up.
00:33:21OpenAI is transitioning into a public benefit corporation.
00:33:26PBC.
00:33:27Public Benefit Corporation.
00:33:28That means it will pursue profits, but with a mission to serve the public good.
00:33:34More importantly, the non-profit board will have the final say.
00:33:38So, what triggered this U-turn?
00:33:41And what does it mean for OpenAI's future and its funding?
00:33:45Our next report breaks it down.
00:33:46The year was 2015.
00:33:51A group of tech titans came together.
00:33:54Including the likes of Sam Altman.
00:33:56He was backed by tech billionaires like Elon Musk and Reid Hoffman.
00:34:00So together, they set up OpenAI.
00:34:03But here's the catch.
00:34:04OpenAI was not set up as just any other tech company.
00:34:08It was set up as a non-profit.
00:34:10Why?
00:34:11Because their core mission was not to make money.
00:34:14It was to help humanity.
00:34:15But altruism can't pay the bills.
00:34:18OpenAI was spending like a tech company.
00:34:21But operating like a non-profit.
00:34:23So, they devised a new plan.
00:34:26In 2019, they restructured themselves.
00:34:29They went from non-profit to capped profit.
00:34:32This allowed them to create a subsidiary purely for profit.
00:34:36This subsidiary would raise money.
00:34:38And that money would help run the company.
00:34:41This year, OpenAI planned to take that restructuring ahead.
00:34:44It wanted to transition to a for-profit company.
00:34:48But that plan has now been scuttled.
00:34:50Sam Altman has announced the new governance structure.
00:34:54OpenAI will not become a for-profit company.
00:34:57It will become a PBC.
00:34:59That's a public benefit corporation.
00:35:01This allows it to chase profit.
00:35:03While also committing to a public benefit purpose.
00:35:06The non-profit board will continue to run the show.
00:35:10So, what explains this move?
00:35:11Why did OpenAI give up its for-profit dreams?
00:35:14To understand that, we'll have to go back to 2023.
00:35:19Sam Altman was ousted as CEO.
00:35:21The decision was taken by the non-profit board.
00:35:24He was soon reinstated.
00:35:25But since then, Sam Altman has raised billions for OpenAI.
00:35:29The condition for these investments was restructing.
00:35:33Investors pumped money into OpenAI, knowing that they will one day become for-profit.
00:35:38Take SoftBank, for example.
00:35:42Recently, OpenAI closed a $40 billion funding round, led by SoftBank.
00:35:48OpenAI received $10 billion in April.
00:35:51But the rest of the $30 billion is contingent on restructuring.
00:35:57OpenAI has to run into a for-profit company to get it.
00:36:01But the company did not.
00:36:02There are three reasons for this.
00:36:04First is legal and regulatory scrutiny.
00:36:07The proposed restructuring faced intense scrutiny,
00:36:11especially from the Attorneys General of California and Delaware.
00:36:15There are concerns that it compromise OpenAI's original mission.
00:36:18That is to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.
00:36:242. Public and internal opposition
00:36:26The plan was met with strong opposition from former employees and AI experts.
00:36:33Leading the cause was Elon Musk.
00:36:35He filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, trying to block the plan.
00:36:39That lawsuit is still ongoing.
00:36:42So this is a win for Musk, especially in the battle against Sam Altman.
00:36:46The last reason is mission alignment.
00:36:49OpenAI's leadership recognized that maintaining non-profit control aligns better with its foundational mission.
00:36:56It balances the need for capital with ethics.
00:36:59And a public benefit corporation solves for that.
00:37:02It allows OpenAI to chase capital, while still being mission-driven.
00:37:07The idea will still need to be approved by a lot of people, including Microsoft.
00:37:11But with this latest move, OpenAI is signaling that investor returns can be prioritized, but not at the cost of the company's soul.
00:37:21And perhaps Sam Altman said it best.
00:37:23OpenAI is not a normal company, and never will be.
00:37:26Every one is focused on Pakistan, but India has not stopped a victory elsewhere.
00:37:38With the United Kingdom, New Delhi and London have concluded a free trade agreement.
00:37:44Now India is the fifth largest economy in the world, and the UK is the sixth largest economy.
00:37:48So a free trade deal between them is very significant.
00:37:51Also very contentious, and that is why it has taken us so long.
00:37:57These free trade talks began in early 2022.
00:37:59It's taken more than three years, 15 rounds of talks, and multiple bilateral trips.
00:38:04But finally, we have a deal.
00:38:05Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
00:38:09Afterwards, he announced the FDA.
00:38:11Let me quote from his statement.
00:38:12India and the UK have successfully concluded an ambitious and mutually beneficial free trade agreement.
00:38:18This landmark agreement will further deepen our comprehensive strategic partnership
00:38:23and catalyze trade, investment, growth, job creation and innovation in both our economies.
00:38:31Prime Minister Modi says he looks forward to hosting Keir Starmer,
00:38:34so the UK Prime Minister could be visiting India soon.
00:38:37It's a big victory for him too.
00:38:39Starmer has been under fire for his handling of the economy.
00:38:41But this deal will give him some respite, which brings us to the details.
00:38:46What does the deal say?
00:38:47These talks have followed a stop-start trajectory.
00:38:51They were paused last year during elections in the UK.
00:38:54After coming to power, Starmer revived it.
00:38:57The negotiations continued into 2025, but several sticking points remained.
00:39:03Like visas for Indian workers, the UK's insistence on a carbon tax,
00:39:07basically higher taxes on industries that emit more greenhouse gases,
00:39:12for example, cement or steel.
00:39:13These differences were holding the deal hostage.
00:39:18So what changed?
00:39:21Possibly Donald Trump.
00:39:23His trade war has forced like-minded countries to band up.
00:39:27In this case, that's India and the UK.
00:39:29Both sides have reaffirmed their commitment to free trade.
00:39:32So it made sense for them to conclude this deal quickly.
00:39:36And the momentum was clearly there.
00:39:38Last month, Finance Minister Nirmal Asitharaman visited the UK.
00:39:42Last week, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal was there.
00:39:44So the deal was only a matter of time.
00:39:47And now we have it.
00:39:48Let's talk about the specifics now.
00:39:52FTAs, free trade agreements, basically reduce tariffs and other barriers.
00:39:57They enable free trade, meaning they help increase bilateral trade.
00:40:01The UK producers will be able to sell more goods in India,
00:40:05and Indian producers can sell more goods in the UK.
00:40:09That's what they're trying to achieve.
00:40:11Look at the big highlights of this agreement.
00:40:14Tariffs have been eliminated on 99% of India's exports to the UK.
00:40:20That's zero tariffs on virtually all exports, 99%.
00:40:23This is good news for all Indian producers.
00:40:27But it's especially good news for those in textiles, seafood, leather and jewellery.
00:40:32India has also secured a win for workers in Britain.
00:40:35Right now, Indian workers must pay into British social security.
00:40:39Soon, they will have a three-year exemption.
00:40:41And this was a key demand for India.
00:40:45London has agreed to it.
00:40:47What about the other side?
00:40:48What do they gain?
00:40:49India will cut tariffs on 90% of British imports.
00:40:54This includes cosmetics, cars, alcohol and chocolate.
00:40:57India will cut tariffs on British gin and whiskey.
00:41:01Currently, the tariffs are 150%.
00:41:02Now they'll come down to 75%.
00:41:05This will be further cut to 40% in 10 years.
00:41:09Another crucial cut is on British cars.
00:41:13Right now, they face 100% tariffs in India.
00:41:16Those will be cut to just 10%.
00:41:18However, there will be quotas on the trade.
00:41:22Basically, a limit on how many cars can be imported.
00:41:25These cuts are expected to boost overall trade.
00:41:28Right now, the UK-India trade stands at $60 billion.
00:41:32India's target is to double this trade by 2030.
00:41:36And that's where this deal will help.
00:41:38It could take up to one year for all the provisions to be implemented,
00:41:41but such deals are always about the long term.
00:41:45Plus, it's a political message.
00:41:47The US is talking about barriers and tariffs,
00:41:50but India and the UK have jointly endorsed free trade.
00:41:52It's a much-needed boost for the world and for world trade.
00:41:58Let's see how it unfolds on the ground.
00:42:05Tomorrow, 135 cardinals from across the world will gather inside the Vatican.
00:42:11They will hold the conclave.
00:42:14This is a secretive meeting.
00:42:16It will decide who the next pope will be,
00:42:18who will succeed the late Pope Francis.
00:42:20The cardinals meeting tomorrow will decide that.
00:42:23They could take days or weeks.
00:42:25As expected, there's a lot of speculation.
00:42:29We know only two things for sure.
00:42:31One, all papal elections are unpredictable.
00:42:34And two, China looms large over this one.
00:42:38That's right, China could be a significant factor
00:42:40in deciding who becomes the next pope.
00:42:44Why is that?
00:42:45And what does this mean for the Vatican's growing diplomatic footprint?
00:42:50Our next report tells you.
00:42:51The People's Republic of China was established in 1949.
00:42:59Two years later, its atheist communist regime
00:43:02severed all diplomatic ties with the Vatican
00:43:05as part of its grand agenda to rebuff Western influences
00:43:10and to make sure that religion aligned with its political agenda.
00:43:13What came next was government-controlled Chinese Catholicism
00:43:20and a clampdown on religious freedom.
00:43:26Chinese Catholicism is like mainstream Catholicism
00:43:29except it's governed by the state and not the pope.
00:43:35So bishops are appointed without the Vatican's approval.
00:43:38That said, a faction of the Catholic Church,
00:43:43also known as underground Catholics,
00:43:46look to the Vatican.
00:43:49So Beijing has historically harassed them.
00:43:53It has arrested clergymen
00:43:54and closed and destroyed churches.
00:43:56China has about six million Catholics.
00:43:58It's estimated that there are an additional six million
00:44:01underground Catholics.
00:44:02It's estimated that there are an additional six million
00:44:05underground Catholics.
00:44:10For decades, this weighed heavily on the Vatican,
00:44:13but diplomatic attempts bore no fruit.
00:44:17That is, until the late Pope Francis's papacy.
00:44:21In 2008, a joint accord was signed between China and the Vatican.
00:44:30They agreed to compromise on the appointment of bishops,
00:44:34with the Vatican approving names put forth by Beijing.
00:44:38This was a historic development.
00:44:41Some saw it as the willingness to share Catholic authority.
00:44:44Others viewed it as the Vatican's ceding power to China.
00:44:48But despite the heavy criticism,
00:44:52the man behind the deal could become the next Pope,
00:44:55Cardinal Pietro Parolin.
00:44:59He was the late Pope's right-hand man.
00:45:03Tomorrow, the Vatican will hold a secretive meeting
00:45:06to decide who will become the next Roman Catholic Pope.
00:45:10Speculation is rife,
00:45:12and the list of candidates is long.
00:45:14But Parolin, the 70-year-old Italian prelate,
00:45:17is the front-runner.
00:45:20Some see the China compromise as his signature achievement.
00:45:25But for many,
00:45:26it's a living, breathing sign of a grave error in judgment,
00:45:29which shows the church in a weak position.
00:45:34In recent days,
00:45:35the church has reportedly pushed up the ratings
00:45:38for another candidate,
00:45:39the 67-year-old liberal-leaning cardinal,
00:45:42Louis-Antonio Gokim Tagli from the Philippines.
00:45:47If chosen,
00:45:49he would be the first Pope from Southeast Asia.
00:45:53While guesses often prove inaccurate,
00:45:56in all likelihood,
00:45:57only one thing remains clear about the next Pope.
00:46:00He may approach China the way Francis did,
00:46:03subtly seeking to influence the regime
00:46:05without alienating it.
00:46:09Which is probably why Taiwan is in sweats.
00:46:13Vatican is one of just 12 governments
00:46:16that recognize Taiwan as a country.
00:46:18And now,
00:46:19it's scrambling to decide whom to send
00:46:21for the papal inauguration.
00:46:23This is a small example
00:46:26of the Vatican's political influence.
00:46:29Last month,
00:46:30Trump and Zelensky
00:46:31had a key meeting
00:46:32on the sidelines of the Pope's funeral.
00:46:35From being vocal about climate change
00:46:38to helping broker deals between countries,
00:46:41the Vatican has played
00:46:42an ever-growing role in diplomacy.
00:46:46There is eagerness to see
00:46:48who it will choose
00:46:48to lead its diplomatic efforts
00:46:50and if the Vatican wants to continue
00:46:52exercising its international political influence,
00:46:55whether it's in relation to China
00:46:57or to the West,
00:46:59where a certain coke-chugging president
00:47:02might just put up a fight
00:47:03for the position himself.
00:47:10Now let's talk about Canada.
00:47:12Once known as the land of maple syrup,
00:47:14it is now known for harboring extremists.
00:47:17A provocative incident
00:47:18has exposed Ottawa's double standards
00:47:20yet again.
00:47:22Pro-Khalistani separatists
00:47:23rallied in Toronto.
00:47:26This happened on Sunday.
00:47:28And it did not take long
00:47:29for the rally to turn ugly.
00:47:30The Khalistanis openly called for violence.
00:47:33Effigies of Indian leaders
00:47:34were seen in mock cages.
00:47:35Dummy statues of Indian Prime Minister
00:47:38Narendra Modi,
00:47:39Home Minister Amit Shah
00:47:40and External Affairs Minister
00:47:41S.J. Shankar
00:47:42were paraded.
00:47:44Slogans against India
00:47:45echoed through the streets.
00:47:47Have a look.
00:47:48So, Khalistanis mocked Indian leaders
00:48:06in broad daylight.
00:48:06They called for the deportation
00:48:08of thousands of Hindus from Canada.
00:48:09And all of this happened
00:48:10as Canadian police stood and watched.
00:48:12In fact, Ottawa has defended the protests
00:48:16with the same old, selectively applied, sorry argument.
00:48:20This is freedom of speech and expression.
00:48:23But let's be real.
00:48:25This was not a protest.
00:48:26This was a brazen display of hatred against India.
00:48:29And where was Canada's leadership?
00:48:32Silent as usual.
00:48:33What's worse, this rally was not a one-off event.
00:48:36You know this, it's part of a pattern.
00:48:39Canada has emboldened Khalistani extremists for years.
00:48:43They have vandalized Hindu temples.
00:48:44They have harassed Indian diplomats,
00:48:46threatened India's leadership
00:48:47and are now calling for mass deportation of Hindus.
00:48:51Despite all of this,
00:48:52Canada's response has not changed.
00:48:54Their government is a repeat offender.
00:48:57First, it was Justin Trudeau.
00:48:58He openly pandered to Khalistani elements.
00:49:00For Trudeau, they were a vote bank.
00:49:03His political alliances revolved around them.
00:49:05He remained in office thanks to the support
00:49:08of pro-Khalistan leaders like Jadmeet Singh.
00:49:11And to keep the support,
00:49:13Trudeau picked a fight with India.
00:49:14He accused India of killing a terrorist,
00:49:16a Khalistani terrorist called Hardeep Singh Nidjar.
00:49:19Nidjar, despite his shady record,
00:49:22had got Canadian citizenship.
00:49:24Trudeau said that Nidjar was killed by India
00:49:26on Canadian soil.
00:49:28India asked for proof.
00:49:29Trudeau failed to provide it.
00:49:31Not a shred of evidence.
00:49:32It dealt a blow to India-Canada ties.
00:49:34Eventually, Justin Trudeau was booted out
00:49:36by his own party.
00:49:39He was replaced by Mark Carney.
00:49:41Carney is the new Prime Minister.
00:49:43Under him, there was hope for a reset.
00:49:45He was sworn in less than a month ago.
00:49:47And already, Khalistanis are in action
00:49:49with an anti-India rally.
00:49:52What has Prime Minister Carney done?
00:49:54What has his government done?
00:49:56No condemnation of the rally,
00:49:57no arrests, and no reassurance
00:50:00to the Indo-Canadian community.
00:50:03Just pin-drop silence.
00:50:05But India has had enough.
00:50:07It lodged a strong protest with Ottawa.
00:50:09And India's concerns are legit.
00:50:11Canada calls itself a champion
00:50:12of liberal democracy.
00:50:14In reality, it has become
00:50:15a safe haven for separatists.
00:50:17Khalistani extremists
00:50:18are not peaceful protesters.
00:50:21These are radicals
00:50:22who threaten India from Canadian soil.
00:50:24And Canada's selective blindness
00:50:27reeks of policy failure.
00:50:29Because this is not just about India.
00:50:30It is about being a responsible democracy.
00:50:33When you let extremists run riot,
00:50:35you erode trust.
00:50:36When you ignore Khalistani vandalism
00:50:38and hate speech,
00:50:39you embolden radicals.
00:50:42Prime Minister Carney has spent
00:50:43less than a month in office.
00:50:45And he has a choice.
00:50:46To continue Trudeau's legacy
00:50:48of Khalistani vote-bank politics
00:50:50or to take a stand
00:50:51against extremists
00:50:52who threaten India.
00:50:54So here's our message to Canada.
00:50:56Freedom of speech
00:50:57cannot be a cover for extremism.
00:51:00Supporting radicals
00:51:01is not civil liberty.
00:51:03The world is watching.
00:51:04Canadian voters have already rejected
00:51:06Khalistani extremists.
00:51:08Jagmeet Singh and his party
00:51:09suffered a crushing defeat
00:51:10in the recent election.
00:51:11It is now up to Canada's
00:51:13new Prime Minister.
00:51:15Will he carve a new path
00:51:16or will he continue
00:51:17with appeasement politics?
00:51:20What is common between
00:51:26a banana taped to a wall
00:51:27and ancient relics
00:51:29linked to the Buddha
00:51:30from more than 2,000 years ago?
00:51:33Apparently both are works of art
00:51:35that can simply be auctioned off
00:51:38at Sotheby's.
00:51:40Let me explain.
00:51:41More than a century ago,
00:51:43a British colonial official
00:51:44dug up a cache of jewels in India.
00:51:47They were found buried
00:51:48with the sacred remains
00:51:49of the Buddha.
00:51:50About 1,800 gems
00:51:52including rubies,
00:51:53topaz and emeralds.
00:51:55Of course,
00:51:55he kept some of them,
00:51:57leaving the loot
00:51:57to sit in a private
00:51:58British kitty for decades.
00:52:01Now his family
00:52:02wants to auction it off.
00:52:04The ancient jewels
00:52:04are set to go
00:52:05under the hammer tomorrow
00:52:07at a Sotheby's auction house
00:52:09in Hong Kong.
00:52:10Buddhists and scholars
00:52:11are criticising this
00:52:12and India has called it
00:52:13colonial exploitation.
00:52:16In fact,
00:52:16India has threatened
00:52:17to take legal action.
00:52:19Our next report tells you more.
00:52:20It was 1898.
00:52:24India was still
00:52:25a British colony
00:52:26when an English estate manager,
00:52:28William Pepe,
00:52:30excavated a stupa
00:52:31at Piprawa
00:52:32in what is present-day
00:52:33Uttar Pradesh.
00:52:34The discovery was made
00:52:36just south of Lumbini,
00:52:37the birthplace of Buddha.
00:52:40Pepe uncovered
00:52:41an ancient stupa
00:52:42and a huge sandstone tomb
00:52:44containing sacred remains
00:52:46belonging to the Buddha,
00:52:48including his bone fragments
00:52:50and ashes
00:52:50and about 1,800 gemstones
00:52:53and precious metals
00:52:54like pearls, rubies,
00:52:57topaz, sapphires
00:52:59and gold sheets.
00:53:00It was the first credible find
00:53:02of Buddha's relics
00:53:03in modern times.
00:53:05So what did Pepe do
00:53:06with the intact relics
00:53:07from more than 2,000 years ago?
00:53:10He handed most of them
00:53:11to the colonial Indian government.
00:53:14The bone relics went
00:53:15to the Buddhist king of Siam
00:53:17and have since been distributed
00:53:18to Thailand, Sri Lanka
00:53:20and Myanmar
00:53:20where they continue
00:53:22to be venerated.
00:53:24Meanwhile,
00:53:24many of the other relics
00:53:26were sent
00:53:26to the Imperial Museum
00:53:27of Calcutta,
00:53:29which is the Indian museum
00:53:30in Kolkata today.
00:53:31But the Pepe family
00:53:34kept one-fifth
00:53:35of the sacred gems.
00:53:37For more than a century,
00:53:38this colonial loot
00:53:40has sat unseen
00:53:41in a private collection.
00:53:43Sometimes it is featured
00:53:44in exhibitions
00:53:45like the 2023 Met.
00:53:48But now,
00:53:49the family wants
00:53:50to auction it off.
00:53:52You heard that right.
00:53:53These gems,
00:53:54which were found buried
00:53:55with Buddha's bone fragments
00:53:57more than 100 years ago,
00:53:58which have been hailed
00:53:59as one of the most astonishing
00:54:01archaeological finds
00:54:02of all time,
00:54:04are set to be auctioned.
00:54:06They will go under the hammer
00:54:07at Sotheby's in Hong Kong.
00:54:10Understandably,
00:54:11this has sparked
00:54:12an ethical debate.
00:54:14Critics and scholars argue
00:54:15that Buddha's relics
00:54:17are not market commodities.
00:54:19They are sacred materials,
00:54:21not saleable objects.
00:54:22How can relics of the Buddha
00:54:24be treated like a work of art?
00:54:27And for Buddhist practitioners,
00:54:29the gems on sale
00:54:30are part and parcel
00:54:31of Buddha's bones and ash.
00:54:34So how can human remains
00:54:36simply be traded
00:54:37on an art show?
00:54:38This is a great moment
00:54:40of colonial cultural shame
00:54:41on a grand display yet again.
00:54:45Amid condemnation
00:54:46from several Buddhists
00:54:47and art scholars globally,
00:54:49India is putting up
00:54:50a fight against the sale.
00:54:51The Indian Ministry of Culture
00:54:54has sent a letter
00:54:55to Sotheby's
00:54:55and the Pepe family.
00:54:57New Delhi has accused
00:54:58the auction house
00:54:59of participating
00:55:00in continued colonial exploitation,
00:55:03saying that the auction
00:55:04violates Indian
00:55:06and international laws
00:55:07as well as UN conventions.
00:55:10Because the Pepe family
00:55:12lacks authority
00:55:13to sell the relics.
00:55:15New Delhi has asked
00:55:15for the jewels to be returned
00:55:17and threatened
00:55:18to take legal action
00:55:19against Sotheby's
00:55:20if the upcoming auction
00:55:21is not stopped.
00:55:23In a typical lukewarm
00:55:25British response,
00:55:26Sotheby's has responded,
00:55:28saying that the matter
00:55:29is receiving its full attention.
00:55:31Well, attention
00:55:32will hardly cut it.
00:55:34Apparently,
00:55:35stealing the Kohinoor
00:55:36is not enough.
00:55:37The colonial mindset
00:55:38is now set
00:55:39on Buddha's jewels too.
00:55:41So here's a quick reality check.
00:55:43These treasures
00:55:44are woven
00:55:45into India's sacred past.
00:55:47They should be returned
00:55:48to where they belong
00:55:49and not sold off
00:55:50at a Sotheby's auction
00:55:51like a banana
00:55:53taped to a wall.
00:56:01It's the first Tuesday of May
00:56:02and you know what that means.
00:56:04It's time to judge
00:56:05the Met Gala,
00:56:07Fashion Super Bowl,
00:56:08the Oscars of Extravagance
00:56:09and the Internet's
00:56:10favorite battleground.
00:56:13Who served,
00:56:14who slayed
00:56:14and who should have
00:56:16just stayed home?
00:56:18That's all anyone's
00:56:18talking about today.
00:56:19But amid all of this,
00:56:20India had its own moment.
00:56:22Our stars did not
00:56:23just walk the red
00:56:24or should I say
00:56:24the blue carpet.
00:56:25They owned it.
00:56:26And leading the charge
00:56:27was one man,
00:56:30Shah Rukh Khan.
00:56:31He's the first
00:56:31Indian male actor
00:56:32at the Met Gala,
00:56:34Bollywood's biggest superstar,
00:56:35the fourth richest actor
00:56:36on the planet,
00:56:37a walking, talking brand.
00:56:38Yet the media
00:56:39at the carpet
00:56:40had just one question
00:56:42for him.
00:56:45I'm Shah Rukh.
00:56:51The West loves to believe
00:56:52it has a monopoly
00:56:53on celebrity.
00:56:54Well, here's a newsflash.
00:56:55They don't.
00:56:56Shah Rukh Khan
00:56:56is not just a movie star,
00:56:58he's a global phenomenon.
00:56:59He's mopped by fans
00:57:00in Germany,
00:57:01has boulevards
00:57:01named after him in Dubai.
00:57:03His career
00:57:03is taught in film schools.
00:57:05His wax statues
00:57:06are all over the world.
00:57:07The Burj Khalifa
00:57:08lights up for his birthday.
00:57:10Shah Rukh Khan
00:57:10and his fame
00:57:11is not just anecdotal,
00:57:13it's empirical.
00:57:14His movies
00:57:14have grossed billions.
00:57:16His fan base
00:57:16spans continents.
00:57:17Hundreds wait
00:57:18outside his house
00:57:19in Mumbai every day.
00:57:20He's graced the cover
00:57:21of the Time magazine
00:57:22sat opposite
00:57:23David Letterman,
00:57:24been wooed by Hollywood
00:57:25and still they ask,
00:57:26who are you?
00:57:29So here's a little
00:57:30PSA for them.
00:57:31Shah Rukh Khan
00:57:31was born in
00:57:32an upper middle class
00:57:34family in Delhi.
00:57:34His father was
00:57:35a freedom fighter.
00:57:36His mother was
00:57:36a magistrate.
00:57:37Initially,
00:57:38Shah Rukh Khan
00:57:38wanted a career
00:57:39in sports,
00:57:40but soon he fell
00:57:41in love with theatre.
00:57:42He came to Mumbai
00:57:43to make his mark.
00:57:44In 1992,
00:57:45he made his
00:57:45Bollywood debut
00:57:46and the rest,
00:57:47as they say,
00:57:48is history.
00:57:50For over three decades,
00:57:52Shah Rukh Khan
00:57:52danced atop moving trains,
00:57:53delivered soul-crushing
00:57:55monologues
00:57:55and made a billion people
00:57:56believe in happy endings.
00:57:59He wasn't just
00:57:59in the movie,
00:58:00he was the movie.
00:58:02Shah Rukh Khan
00:58:03made India weep,
00:58:04swoon and laugh.
00:58:05He became the national crush.
00:58:07His fans range
00:58:08from the age
00:58:08of eight to 80.
00:58:10His movies play
00:58:11in villages without cinemas
00:58:13and at galas in Berlin.
00:58:15His face has adorned
00:58:17textbooks and buses.
00:58:18His dialogues are quoted
00:58:19at weddings and classrooms.
00:58:22But it wasn't all
00:58:23a bed of roses,
00:58:24of course.
00:58:24Shah Rukh Khan fell
00:58:25and he fell hard.
00:58:26He went five years
00:58:29without a box office hit.
00:58:31The knives were out.
00:58:32Film critics wrote
00:58:33obituaries
00:58:33for his stardom.
00:58:35Social media called him
00:58:36an old relic.
00:58:38Then,
00:58:39in 2021,
00:58:40came a bigger blow.
00:58:41His son was arrested
00:58:42in a drug case.
00:58:43He spent close to
00:58:4430 days in jail.
00:58:45No court had found him guilty
00:58:46and the questions
00:58:47would not stop.
00:58:48They questioned his life
00:58:49and his parenting.
00:58:50The world had almost
00:58:51convinced itself
00:58:52that he was done.
00:58:55But Shah Rukh Khan wasn't.
00:58:56In 2023,
00:58:57he delivered
00:58:57three massive hits.
00:58:59They earned around
00:58:592,500 crores
00:59:01at the box office.
00:59:02The same people
00:59:02who wrote him off
00:59:03now raved about
00:59:04his comeback.
00:59:07And what made this
00:59:08more poetic
00:59:08was the silence.
00:59:09The silence
00:59:10that preceded
00:59:11all of this.
00:59:13He did not talk
00:59:14his way back.
00:59:15He let the work speak.
00:59:16And that is the lesson here.
00:59:18To continue
00:59:19to persevere quietly,
00:59:20to trust your own skills,
00:59:21to fall,
00:59:23because we all fall,
00:59:24but to get back up,
00:59:26to put your head down
00:59:28and work hard.
00:59:30It's the universal key
00:59:31to success
00:59:32and Shah Rukh Khan
00:59:32is perhaps
00:59:34the embodiment of that.
00:59:36He walked
00:59:37the Met Gala carpet
00:59:38not just as an actor
00:59:39but as an inspiration.
00:59:41That talent
00:59:42has no geography,
00:59:43that success
00:59:43does not need validation
00:59:44and true icons
00:59:46do not chase the spotlight.
00:59:47They carry it
00:59:48with them.
00:59:51Well, how jobless
01:00:00is the internet?
01:00:01This new online debate
01:00:03will give you an idea.
01:00:04It's a debate
01:00:04that has set
01:00:05the internet on fire.
01:00:07Who would win
01:00:08in a fight?
01:00:13100 unarmed men
01:00:14or one gorilla?
01:00:17That is the question.
01:00:18100 unarmed men
01:00:19or one gorilla.
01:00:20Tens of thousands
01:00:20of netizens
01:00:21have reacted to this
01:00:22and this includes
01:00:23the obvious candidates
01:00:24as well
01:00:24like Elon Musk,
01:00:27Donald Trump
01:00:28and Mr. Beast.
01:00:30Even doctors
01:00:31and evolutionary experts
01:00:32are weighing in
01:00:33but as absurd
01:00:34as it sounds,
01:00:36I know you're curious.
01:00:38The gorilla
01:00:38is certainly
01:00:39a lot bigger
01:00:40than humans
01:00:40but it gets tired
01:00:42quickly.
01:00:43Thus humans
01:00:44can gang up
01:00:44and make a strategy.
01:00:45Apparently
01:00:46even 30 men
01:00:47could bring down
01:00:48a gorilla,
01:00:48not even 100 needed.
01:00:50So forget
01:00:51the geopolitical news
01:00:53and analysis.
01:00:53If you take anything
01:00:54from tonight's show,
01:00:56let it be this.
01:01:57Now it's time
01:02:00for Vanted Shots,
01:02:01images that tell
01:02:02the story.
01:02:03Jordan evacuates
01:02:041,800 tourists
01:02:05from Petra
01:02:06after flash floods
01:02:07hit the ancient city.
01:02:09Syrian President
01:02:09Al Jalani
01:02:11shows off
01:02:11his basketball skills
01:02:12in a new
01:02:13social media video.
01:02:15And in Hong Kong,
01:02:15people scramble
01:02:16up a tower
01:02:17at the stroke
01:02:18of midnight
01:02:18to pluck
01:02:19as many buns
01:02:20as they can.
01:02:21Finally,
01:02:22we're taking you
01:02:22back in history
01:02:23on this day
01:02:23in 1937.
01:02:24German airship
01:02:26Hindenburg
01:02:27burst into flames
01:02:28in New Jersey.
01:02:29The fire was attributed
01:02:30to a hydrogen leak
01:02:31from the ship.
01:02:32This accident
01:02:32killed 36
01:02:33of the 97 people
01:02:34on board.
01:02:35It also ended
01:02:36the use of airships
01:02:37for commercial
01:02:37transportation.
01:02:39We're leaving you
01:02:39on that note.
01:02:40And thank you
01:02:40for watching.
01:02:41We'll see you tomorrow.
01:03:10at the end of the
01:03:40You can only take a curve and keep the ball with a little bit of a different.
01:03:44You can't fit yourself.
01:03:47You can't fit yourself.
01:03:49This is my sister!
01:03:52Let's see what you're doing to the ball here.
01:03:55Come on!
01:03:56We need to keep the ball together.
01:03:58We don't need to get through the ball on the ground!
01:04:01I'm doing well.
01:04:03We're just playing!
01:04:05Are we ready?
01:04:07Since you have a lot to do,
01:04:08It's pretty cool.
01:04:10The total total is 1131.
01:04:38hello everyone and welcome to first post america i'm eric ham coming to you live from the nation's
01:04:45capital in washington dc and today on the show chaos reigns over the sky