70 years after independence, india is still a diverse, ever evolving assortment of cultures, creeds, religions and languages. Heading off the well worn tourist path, were on a journey which spans this vast subcontinent from east to west. Travelling from one of the driest places on earth. It is quite incredible, the sand. Its just crystal, hard cystals. White salt. You can probably taste it. To one of the wettest. These are areas really for the adventurous traveller. This isnt india on tap. Im on a quest to find out how history, religion and politics have shaped india. And also meet the people who call this intriguing and sometimes overwhelming country home. Its going to be an amazing journey. For thousands of years, india found its riches and influence through international trade. At the heart of this enterprise was the sea. And the state of gujarat, with 1,000 miles of coastline, served as a Shipping Gateway to africa, arabia and beyond. This is as far west as you can get in india. It
And 70 years after independence, india is still a diverse, ever evolving assortment of cultures, creeds, religions and languages. Heading off the well worn tourist path, were on a journey which spans this vast subcontinent from east to west. Travelling from one of the driest places on earth. It is quite incredible, the sand. Its just crystal, hard cystals. White salt. You can probably taste it. To one of the wettest. These are areas really for the adventurous traveller. This isnt india on tap. Im on a quest to find out how history, religion and politics have shaped india. And also, meet the people who call this intriguing and sometimes overwhelming country home. Its going to be an amazing journey. For thousands of years, india found its riches and influence through international trade. At the heart of this enterprise was the sea. And the state of gujarat, with a thousand miles of coastline, served as a Shipping Gateway to africa, arabia and beyond. This is as far west as you can get in
Home to some 10 million people, lima is one of the driest cities in the world. Its struggling with severe water scarcity. Especially in the impoverished neighbourhoods on the city outskirts. Houses here arent connected to the water mains; rivers have dried up. Climate change is making a bad situation worse. But were meeting someone whos developed an ingenious system to help combat the water shortage. Hello there, how are you . Im abel cruz gutierrez, im president of the organization, peruvians without water. Let me show you what we do. This way. Basic nylon netting the sort you can find in any diy store is being used to capture moisture from the air. I used to live in a place like this. Id put up netting around my property, like a fence, and once when i came home in the evenings, i noticed beads of water on it. It hadnt rained. It was just fog. In that moment i realized i had the solution to limas water scarcity. Hernan lopez is one of the members of his team. He moved here a few month
Earlier we saw the Australian Market opening lower. Business reporter Suranjana Tewari is across the story from oui newsroom. Oil prices expected to rise at the start of the asia trading day. Although a lot of this has been priced in. On friday, oil prices were at a six month high. Thats because investors really expected that iran would retaliate on that suspected Israeli Attack at the beginning of the month. Traders say any gains will depend on the scale of israels response. I think well see volatility, i think that will be on the framework. If there were to be some sort of counter move by israel i think that would rock it markets very much to the upside as far as crude oil in the us dollar as a safe haven. We see how this all plays with it but i do expect the markets to appreciate in value, itjust depends on how significant this response is going to be. Or is it can be any response from israel. Shipping that oil could also be affected. Around a fifth of the world consumption of oil g