The Dad and Kin Podcast: Recent Episodes
Hardik Srivastava
With the voting and counting (of votes) completed in mostly all states and UTs, we look at the many varied results arising from the elections and understand the factors that precede and might follow from it. We ask questions about any major upheavals or unpredictable results, the creation of a new face for the opposition, redundancies in the election process, penetration of national parties in the South of India, etc and try to answer them to the best of our capability. For the listener: the election was conducted in the states of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal and the Pondicherry Union Territory.
The Banking, Finance Services and Investment sector is a very big part of the economy, and is very implicative in our day-to-day life. A sector so investable and profitable, that it accounts for around 30% of the NIFTY Index. Additionally, the sector, being as big as it is, was projected to be adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. But, in hindsight, the loss to the corporations wasn't as big as was expected in relative terms, while some corporations even gaining a bit. Taking inspiration from this factor, we discuss about the current status of the BFSI sector in India and what lies ahead for it in the future. Tackling questions related to equity, penetration, trust and ramifications of the Union Budget '21, we try to provide laymen insights into the sector's operation and growth.
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Hardik's Website: www.hardiksrivastava.com
Considering a resurgence of COVID-19 cases in India with a no-less disastrous effect, we, in our first episode, take a look at how and why the pandemic has taken over India at a greater scale than in most other countries while comparing to nations such as China, the United States of America, Brazil, etc. Having set the basic backdrop of the spread, we move on to analyse the efficacy, efficiency and usefulness of vaccines currently being utilised in India and in the other parts of the world. We try to comprehend, ask and answer questions about friendly unilateral exports, redundancy in certification procedures, awareness in the population, and the like.
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Hardik's Website: www.hardiksrivastava.com