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AU Small Finance Bank is reportedly in preliminary talks to acquire Fincare Small Finance Bank, potentially marking the first deal in the small finance bank sector. In this podcast, businessline’s Hamsini Karthik sheds light on several key aspects of this potential acquisition.
The acquisition talks are characterised as exploratory, with no valuations or concrete terms discussed at this early stage. AU Small Finance Bank is a significant player in the industry, with a loan book of ₹58,421 crore (as of March 31, 2023) and a history rooted in non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) rather than microfinance institutions (MFIs).
Read: AU Small Finance eyes Fincare SFB for acquisition
AU’s interest in acquiring Fincare, a microfinance-focused bank, is attributed to the higher yields and profitability that microfinance portfolios can offer due to unsecured loans and flexible pricing.
Additionally, Fincare’s strong presence in southern markets could help AU diversify its geographic risk and tap into regions with potentially better asset quality. This acquisition could address two significant issues for AU in one move.
Read: AU Small Finance Bank aims to reach 10 lakh cards-in-force by year-end: MD
Regarding investor implications, the deal could result in some equity dilution for AU’s shareholders, depending on the valuation and terms. However, the long-term benefits of consolidation and improved financial stability might outweigh short-term concerns for investors.
The podcast also touches on the broader trend of consolidation in the small finance bank sector. The industry is highly fragmented, with a few major players and a multitude of smaller banks. Consolidation is seen as a positive step to strengthen the industry and address the challenges faced by individual banks, including regulatory capital requirements and private equity investors seeking exits. Listen in.
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In this episode of the businessline podcast, Haripriya Sureben speaks with Ashish Singhal, CEO, Coinswitch, about the challenges and prospects of the crypto industry in India.
The crypto industry in India is currently facing multiple challenges, including a prolonged bear market, effective taxation rules, and regulatory uncertainties. Singhal emphasises that market cycles are not new to the crypto world, and resilient companies survive and thrive by focusing on solving user problems and improving their products during bear markets.
Read: India G20 presidency aims to develop common framework to deal with crypto risks: FM
Regarding regulations, Singhal acknowledges the progress made in discussions with regulatory bodies and believes that regulations should focus on the parts of the crypto ecosystem that are well understood, like exchanges and NFTs. He highlights the importance of collaboration through associations like the Bharat Web3 Association to present a unified case to the government.
Read: CoinSwitch launches API trading
Despite the current market conditions, Singhal believes that the enthusiasm in the industry remains strong, with many startups working behind the scenes to build the next phase of the crypto ecosystem. He also mentions CoinSwitch’s support for these startups through the Discovery Fund.
Singhal addresses the need for crypto exchanges to diversify their offerings to meet evolving user needs, emphasising that CoinSwitch remains a crypto-first company but aims to solve users’ changing requirements.
Singhal also discusses recent layoffs at CoinSwitch, explaining that these were due to the automation of certain roles and that the company is actively hiring for other positions. Regarding CoinSwitch’s product roadmap, Singhal confirms that the company is on track to launch seven products by the end of the year, with the fourth product in the crypto space set to be released soon.
Read: Blanket bans on crypto can be technically demanding to enforce, warns IMF and FSB report
In response to concerns about competition, Singhal believes that India’s crypto market is still underpenetrated and sees room for growth by addressing users’ needs effectively.
Overall, the discussion sheds light on the challenges and opportunities in the Indian crypto industry and CoinSwitch’s strategies for growth and innovation.
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The G20 summit in New Delhi was a big event for India. There were some major announcements during the summit -- the African Union was admitted into the group, several infrastructure policies were announced, and India clinched a joint statement on the first day of the summit itself.
G20 heads and media organisations praised India’s effort in making the event a big success. With this, India has positioned itself as the leader of the global South.
V. Nivedita talks to Dr. Swaran Singh, Professor of International Relations at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi), on what this means for India as a growing superpower.
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In this Current Account podcast, Hamsini Karthik talks to Nilesh Dhedhi, MD & CEO, Avendus Finance Private Limited, about the world of private credit, its relevance for different sectors, and its potential for growth in the financial landscape.
The conversation turns to the relevance of private credit for startups and fintech companies. Nilesh highlights that private credit is well-suited for these businesses, which often have unconventional business models and may not meet the criteria for traditional bank loans. He also mentions the emergence of private credit funds, particularly venture debt funds, focused on supporting the startup ecosystem.
Hamsini and Nilesh discuss the role of private credit in providing exits for private equity investors. Nilesh explains that private credit can bridge the gap in valuation and timing mismatches, offering flexibility to businesses looking to transition to an IPO or other funding sources.
They delve into the competitive landscape of private credit, mentioning that banks, mutual funds, NBFCs (Non-Banking Financial Companies), and global private equity funds are all players in the market.
Nilesh provides insights into the allocation of investments in private credit, emphasising the importance of track records for fund managers and the variety of products available to investors. He discusses the different yield ranges that investors can target within the private credit space.
The conversation also touches on the growth of private credit in recent years, with a focus on product offerings across various yield spectrums. Nilesh discusses the evolution of private credit products, catering to different risk appetites and return expectations.
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The Oracle of Omaha - Warren Buffett celebrated his 93rd birthday on August 30. By his own sense of humour, being a nonagenarian, the candles would have cost more than the cake! In his annual newsletter to shareholders published in 1994, he refers to the 100th birthday celebration of Mrs Rose Blumkin - the founder of one of Berkshire Hathaway’s portfolio of companies – Nebraska Furniture Mart. Mrs Blumkin celebrated her 100th year in 1993, and according to Buffett, given the number of candles required, that was likely the costlier item.
Warren Buffet made his first investment at age 11. He comes with an investment experience of 82 years that appears unparalleled. The wisdom that can be unearthed from his decades of investing experience is also equally unparalleled. Listen to this interesting conversation between Parvatha Vardhini and Hari Viswanath to get insights on some of Buffett's most interesting investing lessons.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been pushing for the increased use of cleaner fuels in the Indian economy. The Centre has been pushing to increase the share of Ethanol Blended Petrol in India. The policy was established in 2001 and came into effect in 2003.
Since then, the fledgling programme has been lacklustre. It has since picked up pace. In June 2022, 10 percent ethanol blending was achieved, five months ahead of schedule. Plans to advance to E20 blend by 2025 are on. Over 1,600 retail outlets already offer 20 per cent ethanol blended fuel. Before 2014, the number was just 1.4 percent blending.
While the government has made strides in increasing ethanol production by diversifying raw materials, challenges persist.
In this episode of the EnergOnomics podcast, Richa Mishra talks to Aditya Jhunjhunwala, President of Indian Sugar Mills to get his insights on the issues. She also talks to commodities editor Subramani Ra Mancombu to understand what can be done to solve these problems.
Richa Mishra explains in this episode of EnergOnomics to find out why.
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In this episode of the BL Podcast, Jayapriyanka talks to Mukesh Kochhar, National Head of Wealth Department for AUM Capital, and Parth Nyati, founder of Tradingo, about the eagerly-awaited G20 summit and its potential impact on various stocks.
The G20 summit, in which 20 major economies are participating, could represent a pivotal moment for India. As Kochhar notes, 80 per cent of global GDP and 75 per cent of exports are collectively represented by these countries. He points out that India is poised for substantial benefits, including increased foreign direct investment (FDI) across sectors.
The podcast delves into the potential impact of the summit on various industries. As Nyati and Kochhar point out, the electric vehicle (EV) sector is primed for growth, with supportive policies and incentives on the horizon. Companies such as Tata Motors and Tata Power stand to benefit, alongside start-ups focusing on green tech.
Additionally, industries related to renewable energy, defence, pharma, and chemicals are expected to thrive as India explores new trade opportunities.
The conversation also touches on the geopolitical landscape. While leaders such as China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin are absent, India’s friendly reputation and its quest for global partnerships mean their absence isn’t a significant concern for Indian equity markets, the guests point out. Instead, they say, India could well strengthen its position as a global trading partner, boosting multiple industries in the process.
In terms of investment strategy, the speakers emphasise a long-term perspective. They recommend focusing on fundamentally strong companies, particularly in the manufacturing sector, which is expected to experience growth opportunities. While small-cap stocks have surged, investors should exercise caution and consider a balanced portfolio with an emphasis on large-cap stocks. Listen in!
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In this podcast, businessline’s Haripriya Sureban, talks to Jaya Jagadish, Country Head, AMD India, and a member of the Semicon Talent Building Committee, about India's ambitions in the semiconductor industry and the importance of developing the talent landscape.
India is making significant efforts to become a semiconductor hub, attracting global companies with incentives and investment opportunities. Jagadish emphasises the importance of talent in this industry, highlighting India's unique advantage of producing over half a million engineering graduates annually. She adds that the government is also supportive, offering incentives to startups and industries, making India a hub for semiconductor companies.
The conversation touches on the efforts to develop talent in the semiconductor industry, particularly addressing the skill gap. While India produces many graduates, not all are job-ready. Initiatives are in place to bridge this gap, such as curriculum changes and reskilling programs.
Jagadish points out that India has seen remarkable growth in the design sector, with major semiconductor players establishing design centres in the country. However, manufacturing is still in its early stages, requiring capital and specialised training for technicians and operators.
The discussion also touches on the demand for talent in the semiconductor industry, with projections indicating a need for around 12 million engineers and various professionals over the coming years. The industry is working on attracting more students to consider the semiconductor industry as their career choice.
The conversation concludes with an emphasis on the need for industry collaboration, especially with startups, and expanding efforts to reach smaller colleges and institutions to scale up the talent pool in the semiconductor industry at a grassroots level.
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DLF, a major real estate player in India, maintains an optimistic outlook for the real estate sector as it prepares to launch a series of properties in several cities in the country. In this podcast, Abhishek Law talks to Aakash Ohri, Joint Managing Director and Chief Business Officer, DLF, to know more about the company’s upcoming projects in the upcoming quarters. They also discuss several key aspects of the real estate market. Listen in.
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In this podcast, businessline's Senior Deputy Editor, KR Srivats, discusses the significant growth in India's National Pension System (NPS) assets under management (AUM), which recently surpassed ₹10 lakh crores.
The NPS is a defined contribution scheme that allows subscribers to accumulate savings for retirement over their working lives. The growth in AUM can be traced back to 2004 when the Indian government transitioned from a defined-benefit pension system to the NPS. Initially, it was only open to government employees, but it was later expanded to include corporate employees and individuals.
The recent surge in AUM can be attributed to two main factors. Firstly, both the equity and debt markets have performed well in the last few years, with equity indices nearly doubling post-COVID-19. Secondly, there has been a substantial increase in the number of individuals and corporate employees joining the NPS system. Currently, there are around 49 lakh individual subscribers, including 18 lakh corporate employee subscribers.
The podcast also touches on the introduction of a systematic withdrawal plan, which would allow retirees to receive periodic payments from their NPS corpus. This new feature is expected to provide flexibility to retirees.
Regarding gender disparity in NPS participation, it is noted that only 22 per cent of corporate NPS subscribers are women. Several factors contribute to this gap, including low labour force participation among women, a lack of awareness, and the traditional gender roles in Indian society. To bridge this gap, Srivats suggests raising awareness, enhancing financial literacy, offering gender-sensitive products, and implementing supportive corporate policies.
The growth of the National Pension System in India has been driven by a combination of market performance and increased participation from individuals and corporate employees. However, addressing the gender gap in NPS participation requires a multi-faceted approach, including awareness campaigns, financial education, and gender-sensitive policies. Listen in.
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In the latest episode of BL Podcast, Hamsini Karthik and Jayapriyanka discuss the unexpected resignation of Uday Kotak, the Managing Director and CEO of Kotak Mahindra Bank, the reasons behind this departure and the regulatory intricacies surrounding it.
Uday Kotak’s resignation on a Saturday afternoon has raised questions about its timing and its potential impact on the market. The episode explores the significance of Uday Kotak’s role in the bank and how his resignation may affect its performance.
The discussion delves into RBI’s guidelines on leadership appointments in private sector banks and the process of succession planning. Hamsini sheds light on the regulations governing the tenure of MDs and CEOs in banks, highlighting the complexities involved.
Furthermore, the episode uncovers the regulatory challenges Uday Kotak faced in reducing his promoter’s stake in the bank. It explains the history and controversies surrounding his ownership in Kotak Mahindra Bank.
Also, the podcast discusses whether his appointment as a non-executive director aligns with the spirit of RBI regulations and the unique circumstances of Kotak’s leadership.
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In this episode of BL podcast, Piyush Jha, MD & Head – India & APAC, and Milind Patwardhan, Group Vice President and Global Head of Private Equity, from GlobalLogic, traces the evolution of Global Capability Centres (GCCs) in India and their transformation from mere back-office operations to drivers of innovation and profitability.
The two industry veterans also delve into the challenges that GCCs face including talent acquisition and upskilling, and talk about initiatives such as industry-academy collaborations and continuous learning that address some of these pain points.
Talking about the future of work within the context of GCCs, they highlight the emergence of the hybrid workplace model and how companies could build on the hub-and-spoke model and convert the constraints imposed by Covid into a competitive advantage.
Listen in for an insight into all these and many more factors that are driving and shaping the GCC landscape.
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The hiring trends in start-ups are expected to increase hiring by over 7 per cent in the second half of the year as compared to the January-June hiring cycle, according to a report by Teamlease Edtech.
The start-ups in the e-commerce and technology sectors are expected to lead the way, while start-ups who have obtained Series A and B funding rounds are the ones who are actively hiring.
While hiring intent for freshers overall has marginally improved to 65 per cent for July to December 2023, which shows a 3% rise from the first half of the year.
As for start-ups, intent to hire is skewed towards junior and middle levels as about 40 per cent of start-ups are keen to hire junior workforce while about 30 per cent are looking to hire mid-level employees.
In this podcast, we will speak about the hiring trends across start-ups for the second half of the year.
Neeti Sharma, Co-founder and President, of TeamLease Edtech, and Vinay Joy, Partner at Khaitan & Co talk about the hiring trends, roles in demand, lay-offs in the sector, and the roadmap ahead.
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In this episode of the Current Account Podcast, Ravi Narayanan, Group Executive, Retail Liabilities, Branch Banking, and Products, Axis Bank discusses the intriguing topic of potential five-day banking.
Although the exact timeline for implementing this concept remains shrouded in uncertainty, the episode dives deep into exploring the ripple effects such a change might create for both customers and bankers alike.
The prominence of branches during the pandemic emerges as a crucial narrative. These branches stood as vital pillars during emergency situations, effectively earning the status of essential workers.
Acknowledging the pandemic's rigorous testing of frontline staff, particularly in India, Narayan shines a spotlight on the challenges endured. In light of this, the idea of transitioning to a five-day workweek becomes a beacon of relief, offering respite to employees who have weathered the storm.
The podcast conversation evolves to consider the evolving identity of branches. In the age of digital revolutions that have reshaped industries across the board, the role of branches has metamorphosed from transactional hubs to sanctuaries of customer interactions and consultative discussions. These personal exchanges emerge as paramount, furnishing customers with the guidance and expert insight they seek to navigate the labyrinth of financial decisions.
Within the banking sector, as in many others, hybrid work arrangements and adaptable schedules have taken centre stage. Embracing the transition to a five-day banking week harmonises seamlessly with this evolving landscape, recognising the value of ensuring both employee satisfaction and customer convenience.
In conclusion, the prospect of adopting a five-day workweek within the banking sector emerges as a testament to the industry's ongoing transformation. Listen in.
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Electricity bills rise continuously, but State Distribution Companies (DISCOMs) are struggling financially. What is the reason for this?
In this episode of the Energonomics podcast, Richa Mishra talks to Vikram V, Vice President and Sector Head, Corporate Ratings, ICRA, to understand issues that are affecting the power sector in India.
Listen to In this episode, we take a look at the Union Power Ministry’s rules that introduce a series of strategic reforms to resuscitate struggling DISCOMs. The rules streamline accounting, reporting, billing, and subsidies to DISCOMs. The rules also set a path to reduce AT&C loss and ensure proper Return on Equity (RoE) for the investors. Stay tuned to the Energonomics podcast for more insights into the pulse of India’s power sector!
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Recently, the song, ‘Kaavaalaa’ performed by Tamannaah Bhatia from the movie ‘Jailer’ became popular in social media because of its deepfake videos. Though, it can be entertaining, there are various dangers underlying this innovation. In this businessline podcast , Anjana PV talks to Namitha Viswanath, Partner, IndusLaw, on the legal provisions to tackle deepfakes.
Viswanath emphasises that the quality of deepfakes has evolved significantly in recent times. This is making it challenging to distinguish between real and fabricated content. She notes instances where deepfakes have been exploited for political manipulation, leading to confusion and concerns about public trust. The conversation delves into the legal challenges of curbing deepfakes. She highlights that while outright banning might stifle technological advancement, enforcing penalties using existing laws is crucial.
The discussion explores the potential risks to individuals, including the misuse of deepfakes for extortion or fraud. It underscores the importance of raising awareness among the general public about the existence and potential dangers of deepfakes. The podcast also details how celebrities and public figures are particularly vulnerable to deepfakes threats due to their recognisable faces and profiles.
The discussion also turns to the intersection of deepfakes with politics and pornography. Viswanath discusses how deepfakes can be exploited for political agendas, as witnessed during elections or international conflicts.
The podcast also provides a comprehensive insight into the multifaceted world of deepfakes, their potential consequences, and the legal frameworks necessary to mitigate their misuse.
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Jio Financial Services (JFSL), the separated financial unit of Reliance Industries, encountered its second consecutive day of reaching the lower circuit due to continuous passive fund selling.
Jio Financial Services is now set to be excluded from all relevant exchange indices starting August 28, rather than the previously planned August 23. The Index Committee decided to delay the removal due to the stock hitting the lower circuit limit for two days in a row. This information was conveyed through a notice posted by the BSE.
The company's shares were locked at ₹236.45 on the NSE after declining by 5%, and on the BSE, the stock closed at ₹239.2 per share.
In this podcast episode, Nabodita Ganguly discusses the recent decline in the shares of Jio Financial Services Limited (JFSL) with K S Badri Narayanan, Market Editor.
The decline is attributed to index fund selling due to SEBI's norm that index funds should only invest in stocks as part of the index. JFSL was removed from the index, causing liquidity and NAV volatility for mutual funds.
Narayanan explains that JFSL will be reintroduced in the index, alleviating the selling pressure. He suggests that long-term investors need not worry, while short-term investors can buy during dips and sell after recovery.
The impact on the market is expected to be minimal. Narayanan also talks about LIC's stake in JFSL and its inclusion in various indices, highlighting the prospect of JFSL's growth in the NBFC sector. The discussion sheds light on JFSL's market entry, its recent fall, and the factors shaping its future.
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In this businessline podcast, Anjana PV talks to Vinson Kurian about the financial crisis faced by Kerala and the possible reasons behind the same.
The podcast focuses on how the crisis is affecting the Onam celebrations. The state’s history of revenue deficit and lack of proactive financial management have contributed to its current dire situation. Despite concerns about reduced bonuses and ration kits, the government is keen to maintain these for the emotional significance they hold.
However, inflation, potential electricity rate hikes, and a poor monsoon pose additional challenges. The podcast emphasises the need for individuals to tighten their belts, employ frugal practices, and explore EMI options.Kerala has sought aid from the central government, including ad hoc borrowing, but a response has not been received.
While Kerala’s financial woes are complex, addressing the state’s high committed expenses, finding new revenue sources, and implementing more effective financial management are key steps towards achieving a more sustainable and prosperous economy.
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In a conversation, B Bhaskar and Nabodita Ganguly discuss India’s industrial evolution since its Independence in 1947. Despite its early industrial base, India faced challenges and adopted the Bombay Plan for economic development. The Nehruvian plan emphasised government control and economic planning, leading to a capital-intensive industrial base. However, excessive regulations and bureaucracy hindered efficiency.
The 1980s marked the shift towards liberalisation, and the 1991 reforms dismantled barriers like industrial licensing and reduced import tariffs. Despite three decades of reforms, India’s manufacturing sector’s GDP contribution remains around 15-16%. Reasons include a lack of investment in primary education and healthcare, limited R&D, and challenges in achieving a competitive workforce.
The discussion explores the impact of COVID-19 on India Inc., acknowledging the initial economic contraction and eventual recovery. The conversation delves into the complexities of free market competition, highlighting industries requiring substantial capital investments that limit the number of players.
The conversation also addresses challenges in achieving equal opportunity and discusses the relevance of the new education policy. Bhaskar concludes by reflecting on the changing global landscape since the 2008 financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, suggesting that India’s economic future will be influenced by evolving global dynamics.
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In this week’s Current account episode, Hamsini Karthik is joined by Nilesh Shah, Founder and CEO of Envision Capital. The discussion centres around the recent market developments, particularly the impact on global markets due to bond downgrades in the US, contrasting with the stable situation in Indian banks.
The dialogue delves into the concept of interconnectedness among global banks. While some level of interconnectedness exists, it’s not as pronounced as it was during events like the Global Financial Crisis. The degree of interconnectedness often depends on the severity of the crisis and the potential impact on sentiment rather than just fundamentals.
Nilesh Shah discusses the robust performance of India banks in recent quarters. He emphasises that banks are well-capitalised, asset quality is strong, and there is demand for credit. Despite some challenges, such as increasing deposit costs and shifts in deposit types, banks are currently in a favourable position.
The conversation touches upon the Reserve Bank of India’s recent move to introduce incremental capital and its potential impact on net interest margins (NIMs). Nilesh Shah explains that while there might be a slight compression in NIMs due to rising deposit costs, the overall environment remains supportive.
Regarding investment prospects, Nilesh Shah cautions that the exponential gains witnessed in the past might not be replicated in the near future. He suggests that banks’ performance will be closely tied to loan book growth, credit cost management, and improvement in return metrics.
The discussion concludes on an optimistic note, highlighting the resilience of Indian banks and their ability to navigate challenges with the support of prudent regulations and central bank measures.
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In this podcast, Prateek Waghre, Policy Director, Internet Freedom Foundation, India, and businessline’s V Nivedita discussed about the recent Digital Personal Data Protection Bill in India and its potential implications on data protection, privacy, and the interactions between individuals, organisations, and the government. The conversation detailed on various aspects of the bill, including data protection, consent, obligations on data fiduciaries, penalties for transgressions, exemptions for state entities, and the concept of legitimate uses.
Throughout the conversation, Waghre expressed both positive and negative views about the bill. Some of the positive aspects of the bill mentioned include the introduction of consent requirements for data sharing, obligations on data fiduciaries, penalties for non-compliance, and the right to be notified in case of data breaches. However, concerns are raised about the broad exemptions granted to state entities, the lack of specificity in the bill, and the potential impact on individual rights and privacy.
Waghre pointed out that the bill seems to prioritise data processing over privacy protection, which contradicts the original intent of safeguarding individuals' rights. There is also discussion about the challenges of balance in terms of granting exemptions, legitimate uses, and the potential consequences of these provisions. Additionally, Waghre highlighted the absence of safeguards, the role of the Data Protection Board, and the potential impact on citizens and businesses.
The conversation emphasises that the bill's effectiveness and impact will largely depend on the specific rules that will be defined in the future. The speaker expresses concerns about how certain provisions could be used to favor state entities or large organizations, potentially leading to a lack of privacy protection for individuals. The lack of clarity, specificity, and safeguards in the bill are key concerns that Waghre believes need to be addressed for effective data protection and privacy preservation.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set a big target -- he said that the government is working to increase the consumption of natural gas in the Indian energy mix from 6 per cent to 15 per cent by 2030. However, this ambition faces hurdles, particularly regarding the price of imported gas.
The episode dissects the existing dichotomy between domestic and imported gas prices, delves into the impacts on the gas value chain, and examines the challenges stifling the industry’s growth.
In the latest episode of Energonomics, Richa Mishra talks to Anil Jain, Chairperson, Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulatory Board, to understand how pricing and taxes are hindering the growth of the sector.
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China's exports have decreased for three months in a row, dropping 14.5% in July compared to last year. Imports have also fallen for five consecutive months in the same period. This decline is the largest since February 2020.
In this businessline podcast, Santosh Pai, Partner at Dentons Link Legal and Honorary Fellow at the Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS) sheds light on China's export situation.
While the headlines emphasise the sharp drop, Pai provides context by explaining that the decline in the first seven months of the year amounts to 5 per cent, suggesting a more gradual trend. He notes that this decline aligns with the ongoing pressure on Chinese exports due to factors like the US-China trade war and the pandemic-induced disruptions.
Pai delves into the reasons behind this export decline, citing weak global demand as a short-term factor and the shift in trade patterns due to geopolitical reasons as a long-term trend. He acknowledges that diversification away from China in supply chains is a continuing process, as countries seek to build resilience and reduce dependency.
The conversation moves to India's efforts to reduce reliance on Chinese imports. Santosh clarifies that India is not imposing bans but rather working to diversify its sources of imports, emphasising the need to boost domestic manufacturing. He notes that India's focus on reducing dependency aligns with global trends of supply chain diversification.
Regarding the impact on the yuan's value, Pai mentions that China's central bank is actively managing its currency and policies to prevent a flight of capital, indicating a careful approach to maintain stability.
The discussion also touches on the evolving India-China relationship. Santosh explains India's cautious approach to Chinese investments, focusing on attracting non-sensitive investments in manufacturing while also managing political considerations.
Overall, the discussion provides insights into China's export challenges, India's efforts to diversify, and the broader implications for global trade dynamics and bilateral relationships. Listen in.
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In the monetary policy announcement, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has chosen to keep key policy rates unchanged, citing multiple factors including elevated food inflation, weather-related disruptions, and geopolitical uncertainties. This decision reflects the RBI’s focus on managing inflation within acceptable limits while also addressing liquidity challenges stemming from the withdrawal of high-denomination currency notes.
The central bank has introduced an Incremental Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) as a measure to manage surplus. This move comes as the RBI aims to strike a balance between sustaining liquidity in the banking system and preventing excessive money supply that could potentially contribute to inflationary pressures.
Madhavi Arora, Lead Economist, Emkay Global Financial Services, highlighted the RBI’s cautious stance on inflation, particularly its attention to durable elements of core inflation despite recent volatile food prices. She emphasised that while a transitory element exists in food inflation, the ongoing food shock led to a material revision of near-term and FY24 inflation forecasts by the RBI. Arora expects the reversal of food inflation to be more significant than the central bank’s expectations, potentially impacting near-term inflation averages.
Regarding the liquidity management strategy, Arora acknowledged the temporary nature of the current liquidity deluge, which she believes will start reversing from September onward. She commented on the choice of the incremental CRR as a liquidity tool, suggesting that it aligns with the RBI’s stance of withdrawing accommodation without significantly disturbing the banking system’s dynamics.
The impact of this policy decision on interest rates and borrowing costs was also discussed. While Ms. Arora anticipated a mild hardening of money market rates due to the new CRR measure, she projected a potential upside of around 10-15 basis points in short-term rates over the next one to two months. Additionally, the podcast covered the RBI’s acknowledgement of elongating loan tenures and its potential impact on different loan segments, particularly affecting personal loans more than home loans.
The RBI’s decision to maintain the status quo on key policy rates while introducing an incremental CRR reflects a cautious approach to manage inflation and liquidity challenges. The central bank’s focus on durable elements of inflation and its anticipation of a reversal in food inflation’s impact underscore its commitment to maintaining price stability and a balanced economic environment.
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In this podcast, Nistha Satyam, the UN Woman Mission Head for Timor-Leste, shares her insights on her "Pride Never Ends" campaign. The discussion delved into her journey, her experiences, and her dedication to gender equality.
The "Pride Never Ends" campaign serves as a platform to support choice, voice, and rights for the LGBTQIA+ community. Satyam emphasises that the campaign is not time-bound but a continuous effort to mainstream inclusivity and challenge stereotypes.
She also talks about her journey into feminism, which began relatively late, around the age of 18 or 19. Feminism, for her, is about relatability, understanding, and empowerment.
The interview addresses challenges faced by women, including societal norms and stereotypes. Satyam highlights the paradoxical nature of India, where women have achieved significant milestones yet face deep-rooted patriarchy and gender-related issues. She stresses that changing mindsets and dismantling patriarchy are essential steps towards achieving true gender equality.
When discussing the importance of feminism in understanding inclusivity, Satyam passionately explains that feminism is not about inclusion but about recognising that women represent half of humanity. She encourages embracing feminism to understand the struggles and experiences of women, which are integral to creating a just and equal society. Satyam also expresses optimism about India's potential for change and urges society to embrace the principles of equality laid out in the constitution.
Overall, Satyam’s words resonated with a call for ongoing efforts to challenge societal norms, support choice and empowerment, and work towards a world where feminism and inclusivity are fundamental principles guiding humanity forward. Listen in.
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After a couple of hyper-growth years for the Indian IT sector driven by the Covid pandemic, things have become more sedate. The pandemic forced all industries globally to move online, which meant huge growth opportunities for the Indian IT sector. However, with things like the Russia – Ukraine conflict, a new cold war brewing between Western powers and China, as well as general global economic slowdown has meant that Indian IT is facing growth challenges.
This was highlighted when one of Indian IT service companies’ poster child Infosys in its first quarter results drastically revised downwards its growth forecast for the full financial year from a band of 4-7 percent to more modest 1-3.5 percent. The broader IT index has been one of the underperformers of the Sensex in general.
In a wide-ranging conversation, Salil Parekh, CEO and MD of Infosys spoke to Venkatesha Babu on a range of these and related issues. These include whether Indian IT from now on has to resign to single digit growth rates given its size, issues regarding whether Generative AI is an opportunity or a threat which is likely to replace low end coding, future of hybrid work, newer opportunities of growth in areas of cybersecurity, IP (intellectual property), products & platforms as well as continued support extended by Infosys founders in shaping its future. Edited Excerpts from the conversation.
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In this episode of the BL podcasts, businessline’s Vasanth Srinivasan and Sangeetha Bhavi, the Executive Director of Digital Natives at Microsoft India, delve into the thriving start-up landscape in India and Microsoft’s pivotal role in fostering its growth. With a rich history of entrepreneurship deeply embedded in India’s culture, Bhavi explains how the nation’s start-up ecosystem has evolved over time, fuelled by collaboration across academia, government, and corporate sectors.
The discussion centers on the symbiotic relationship between technology and start-ups. Bhavi highlights how start-ups are leveraging technology, particularly Microsoft’s tech portfolio, to bridge market fragmentation and information gaps, thereby disrupting industries. She unveils Microsoft’s comprehensive support for start-ups through initiatives like the Founders Hub program, where early-stage start-ups receive access to Microsoft’s technology stack, mentorship, and cost-saving credits, catalysing their growth trajectory.
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A full 12 years later, Fitch has joined S&P by downgrading the sovereign rating of US.
However unlike the S&P downgrade of 2011, market reaction while negative was not as severe as last time. What was the rationale for the downgrade? How similar and different is it versus S&P's downgrade and why markets reaction has been different versus last time?
To get the answers for these and what can be the implications for markets going ahead, listen in to this interesting conversation between Parvatha Vardhini and Hari Viswanath.
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In this episode of our monthly series, Digital Gadfly, Shubho Sengupta delves into the captivating world of celebrities and start-up CEOs on social media.
He is joined by Anupreeta Lall, the founder and search partner of Intel Search, a distinguished HR agency. With over three decades of experience, Anupreeta provides valuable insights into the dynamics of social media for celebrities and entrepreneurs alike.
She talks about how social media has become a powerful platform for both well-known personalities and emerging business leaders. From Zeenat Aman’s candid Instagram presence to start-up CEOs leveraging their digital presence, she highlights the strategies behind their online triumphs.
Anupreeta underscores the importance of a balanced approach to social media visibility. While it offers an avenue for one-on-one interaction with fans, it’s crucial to avoid overexposure and maintain a sense of privacy. She emphasizes the significance of professionalism in online behaviour, cautioning against entitlement and grovelling.
The podcast also delves into intriguing instances where social media has proved to be a game-changer. Anupreeta shares anecdotes of individuals reaching out to influential figures on platforms like Twitter, resulting in swift action and tangible outcomes.
In an era where social media wields immense influence, this episode serves as a guide to harnessing its potential effectively. Whether you’re a celebrity seeking to connect authentically with your audience or a start-up CEO aiming to showcase your venture, the podcast offers actionable insights for navigating the digital landscape with finesse.
Stay tuned to unravel the secrets of social media success and gain a deeper understanding of the intricate relationship between public personas and the digital realm.
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Overall, the discussion sheds light on the ongoing debate about the risks and benefits of unsecured loans in the banking sector and emphasises the importance of cautious and prudent lending practices by financial institutions.
In this podcast, businessline’s Hamsini Karthik talks about the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) view on unsecured loan exposure for banks and the reasons behind their discomfort with high levels of unsecured loans. Unsecured loans are loans that are not backed by collateral or any security, which means that if the borrower defaults, the bank does not have any recourse to recover the money.
The podcast highlights that unsecured loans have been on the rise in the past few years, with a significant portion of total retail loans being unsecured. The ease of sourcing and faster processing of unsecured loans has led to their popularity among banks, resulting in a higher growth rate for this segment.
One of the major concerns raised is the potential risk associated with unsecured loans. If borrowers face financial difficulties, such as changing jobs or experiencing a drop in income, they may be tempted to default on the loan, and the banks may not have a strong means to recover the money.
The podcast also touches on the potential risks of job market fluctuations and the overall economic situation. The growth of unsecured loans heavily relies on the stability and growth of the job market, particularly in the IT sector, which contributes significantly to unsecured loan demand. If job market conditions deteriorate, it could lead to higher delinquencies in the unsecured loan segment.
The RBI and banks are cautious about this growth in unsecured loans, as it can be a tricky game. While unsecured loans offer higher yields currently due to lower operating costs, there is a risk that banks may continue to chase this high-yield game even when it becomes risky, leading to potential pitfalls.
The podcast concludes with the recognition that banks need to carefully monitor their unsecured loan exposure, as it could become a precarious situation in the medium term. However, since there is no data available from external sources, it remains uncertain how this situation will unfold.
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The start-up world, which has witnessed a meltdown of sorts, may soon stage a recovery, says Neha Singh, the Co-founder and CEO of Tracxn, a global platform that tracks start-ups and private companies.
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The Indian film industry, especially the Hindi movie segment, is witnessing turbulent times. In the first half of the year, there haven’t been many blockbuster hits. Among the Hindi movies, Shah Rukh Khan’s “Pathaan” was the top grosser so far, but no other movie has been able to match that performance.
In fact, in June, Hollywood movies “Oppenheimer” and “Barbie” came to the rescue of multiplex chains.
According to a recent report released by specialised insights consulting firm Ormax Media, the cumulative India box office collections for January-June are estimated at Rs 4868 crore in terms of gross collections. This amount is 15 per cent lower than the same period in 2022. The report noted, “At this rate, 2023 is expected to end at ₹9,736 Cr, which will be 8% lower than the annual 2022 box office of ₹10,637 Cr.” Thus, a lot is riding on the content line-up in the second half of the year.
In this podcast, Shailesh Kapoor, Founder CEO of Ormax Media, expressed hope that the strong content line-up may help the box office collections reach 2022 levels.
When asked about what is ailing Bollywood, Kapoor said that certain films, such as “Pathaan,” have performed well, but they are largely franchise films or spectacle films built for the big screen. However, he added that the “in-between films,” which have more social or realistic premises, are struggling as consumers can now watch such content on OTT platforms. He also pointed to a change in audience preferences post the pandemic and is hopeful that by 2024, filmmakers will be more in-tune with audience preferences.
No wonder, Ormax Media is seeing a surge in demand for its content testing services before the commercial release of the content. Tune in to listen to this podcast to know more.
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In this podcast, Nabodita Ganguly is joined by Srinivas Ramanujam, CEO of Villgro, to talk about clean technology solutions for rural areas, particularly focusing on women's empowerment and livelihood improvement.
The podcast begins with a discussion of various clean technology solutions being used in rural India, such as solar, biogas, and biomass. Ramanujam highlights the potential of distributed renewable energy sources to improve productivity and economic opportunities for rural communities.
Ramanujam explains that clean energy can increase opportunities for stable income generation in various sectors like animal husbandry, food processing, and more. He also emphasises the shift in paradigm to prioritise women's involvement in designing and using the solutions, leading to a more inclusive approach.
The podcast further explores the cost of adopting clean technology in rural areas and how it can be made affordable for villagers. Ramanujam explains that their organisation, Vilgro, partly subsidises the costs of clean technology demos and partners with microfinance institutions to provide financial support to farmers and rural communities. They also ensure continuous engagement and support to maximise the use of the technology.
The conversation also touches on the dynamics of gender roles in rural India and how the introduction of clean technology is perceived by the community. Ramanujam believes that the changing macroeconomic trends, combined with focused policies and women-centric solutions, are driving positive changes and acceptance within society.
Overall, the podcast highlights the importance of clean technology in rural development, women's empowerment, and sustainable economic growth in India. It showcases the efforts being made to make clean technology accessible and affordable for rural communities, leading to a brighter and more sustainable future. Listen in.
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Retail fuel pricing in India is deregulated, and Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) are to set prices based on market forces. However, despite fluctuations in crude oil rates, the retail selling prices of petrol and diesel have mostly remained stagnant. Crude oil prices change daily and yet, this is not directly reflected in the prices paid by consumers.
One factor at play is the role played by the government. This is an important factor since the fuel retail market is largely dominated by Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) like Indian Oil Corporation, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, and Bharat Petroleum Corporation. Additionally, taxes imposed by both the central and state governments contribute to the burden borne by consumers.
In this episode of Energonomics, Richa Mishra decodes the factors that determine fuel prices in the country.
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Open Network For Digital Commerce (ONDC), set up as a non-profit company (like the National Payments Corporation of India), is a network that lets sellers voluntarily display their products and services across all participating apps and platforms.
ONDC, a UPI of e-commerce, seeks to democratise digital or electronic commerce, moving it from a platform-centric model to an open network.
It aims to sign up 900 million buyers and 1.2 million sellers on the shared network within the next five years while achieving a gross merchandise value of $48 billion.
Yet, there is confusion as to how the space operates and how will it help to unlock growth for all the players involved in the ecosystem. ONDC has also entered the B2Bspace, which many believe will unlock another level of growth.
In this episode, Anshoo Sharma, CEO of Magicpin and Rishav Jain, Managing Director, consumer and retail lead at Alvarez & Marsal to talk about ONDC and the future of it.
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Many investors are currently attracted to small-cap funds with the expectation that their impressive performance will persist. However, it is crucial to avoid making the common retail mistake of excessively investing in a fund category that has already experienced significant growth, as this can lead to unfortunate outcomes. To achieve favorable returns in the small-cap category, strategic planning is essential. How to invest in smallcap funds? Which ones to choose and which ones to avoid? Listen in to get a perspective.
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In the latest episode of The Current Account Podcast, Hamsini Karthik delves into the intriguing world of private credit, a topic gaining popularity in financial circles. Joined by Manisha Shroff, a partner at Khaitan & Co with extensive expertise in the BFSI space, the podcast aims to shed light on private credit and its significance in the financial landscape.
Private credit is essentially non-bank lending, facilitated by various players, including private equity credit funds, alternative investment funds (AIFs), and foreign portfolio investors. Unlike traditional bank loans, these high-yield securities are tailored to meet the funding needs of sectors not adequately serviced by banks. Startups, mid-sized companies with good projections but low credit ratings, and projects in the infrastructure and renewable sectors are among those that can benefit from private credit.
Manisha explains that private credit instruments are not easily tradable due to their unique features and illiquid nature. They are structured as debt or hybrid instruments with seniority over other debts and are typically secured with collateral. The interest rates tend to be higher than those of bank loans due to the higher risk involved. However, they offer flexibility, allowing borrowers to repay the funds once their financial situation improves.
One key aspect of private credit is the presence of stringent covenants. These protective clauses are designed to ensure that lenders receive their returns even in challenging situations. They may include provisions for collateral, pledges of shares, change of control of a company, or special purpose vehicles for real estate projects. Regular financial testing is conducted to monitor compliance with the covenants.
As the market for private credit grows, many investors prefer listed debt instruments to gain additional benefits, such as sarfaesi rights, enhancing their secured creditor position. The current market size of private credit transactions is significant, with over $5.3 billion recorded last year. Projections indicate continued growth, with funds setting aside billions for future investments.
While some speculated that private credit might eventually become a substitute for equity funding, Manisha explains that equity investments involve promoters diluting their stakes, which is not the case with private credit. It offers a win-win scenario for both investors and borrowers, with returns realised at the time of entry and no need for dilution of equity for promoters.
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Artificial intelligence and the banking sector tend to go really well together. After all, AI can be used to streamline a lot of mundane tasks, detect frauds and help in customer care.
Banks and financial institutions using AI isn’t new, but there are some interesting developments happening.
In this podcast, V Nivedita talks to Alok Mittal, Co-founder & CEO of Indifi, to know more about how banks and financial institutions use AI to serve their customers better
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Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a pervasive force in various fields, and astronomy is no exception. For decades, the field of astronomy has been utilising AI sensors and techniques to tackle the overwhelming volume of data generated by celestial observations. In India, the integration of AI in astronomy has been steadily progressing, offering exciting prospects for the future of space exploration.
In this episode of Bl Podcast, Somak Raychaudhury, Indian astrophysicist and the vice-chancellor of Ashoka University, delves deeper into the subject.
Astronomy's reliance on AI is rooted in the need to process and analyse vast data sets that are beyond the capabilities of human astronomers. From identifying new celestial objects, such as asteroids or galaxies, to classifying and clustering various astronomical phenomena, AI has proven to be a valuable tool. Moreover, AI algorithms are increasingly being employed to operate astronomical facilities, especially in remote and inaccessible locations where human presence is not feasible.
Raychaudhury emphasizes that the usage of AI in astronomy dates to the 1950s, and the discipline has continuously evolved along with advancements in AI technologies. From the early robotic systems used in planetary exploration to the sophisticated equipment deployed on the Moon and Mars, AI has played a crucial role in enabling autonomous decision-making and automation.
In conclusion, the symbiotic relationship between AI and astronomy has become firmly established, revolutionizing the way we explore and understand the universe. India, like other countries, is actively embracing AI to further enhance its capabilities in the field of astronomy. As technology continues to progress, the future of astronomy appears even more promising, with AI serving as a driving force behind discoveries and breakthroughs in our exploration of the cosmos. Listen in.
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In this conversation with TV Narendran, CEO & MD of Tata Steel, he talks about the transformation journey of the steel behemoth, from being a traditional, ‘old economy’ steel-making company, that is today more digitally savvy, and a more efficient producer as well. He also dwells on how he gets his inspirations and ideas to bring about change in the conglomerate.
Narendran also talks about the Indian consumption story for steel and the China impact on world steel production and prices. The Tata Steel chief also elaborates on the ‘greening of steel making’ with the company looking to engender sustainable practices by recycling scrap steel through the electric arc furnace route which is less polluting than coal-fired plants. He also touches upon how he ended up as a lifer in Tata Steel which he joined soon after his MBA from IIM Calcutta. We hope you enjoy this conversation.
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Every decade or so has witnessed a technological revolution that has in many ways upended the way the world functions. In the 1990s it was the PC and mobile telecom revolution, which made possible the internet, e-commerce, and smartphone revolution in the 2000s decade. This paved the way for the cloud computing and social media revolution of the last decade. These transformations of the past have now landed us at the cusp of the AI revolution as generative AI gathers momentum.
How real is the AI revolution, where are we in the AI innovation wave and how can you profit from it? Listen in to get a perspective. Also, check out a detailed story published on the same by bl.portfolio.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is playing a significant role in transforming various industries including the cosmetic industry. In this BL podcast, Deep Ganatra, Chief Technology officer, The Good Glamm group talks to businessline’s Anjana PV about what are the major changes in the industry after the implementation of AI.
One of the key tools used by The Good Glamm group is the Virtual try-on tool. They have become widely adopted, enabling customers to digitally try different cosmetic products. Another tool is the skin analyzer which offer personalized recommendations based on individual skin tones and skincare product suggestions.
Deep also spoke about how the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption of AI driven tools and how it helped in better engagement and sales. The podcast also explains about how AI can help in bridging gaps between online and offline channels. He also added that AI can enhance online purchases and cannot replace offline stores.
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In a tough job market where there is cut throat competition, there is an added dimension of struggle for LGBTQIA+ candidates— discrimination based on sexual orientation/ gender identity.
The government introduced the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019, which seeks to remove discrimination. Section 3 (b) of the Act specifies that no person or establishment shall discriminate against a transgender person in relation to employment. But Indian companies still have a lot of work to do.
Despite this act, there are many instances of recruitment-linked discrimination happening against LGBTQIA+ persons in India to this day.
In this podcast, Amrita TM talked to Srinivasa Raghavan, who identifies as gay and gender fluid and works as a senior analyst at an MNC, to gain his perspective.
Raghavan discusses their experience in the workplace and the importance of queer inclusivity. They acknowledge that every workplace consists of diverse individuals from various backgrounds, making it challenging to expect complete sensitization on queer issues from everyone.
Raghavan emphasises the importance of sensitising managers and leaders within organizations to create a more inclusive environment. Managers who are aware of the unique challenges faced by queer individuals can mediate and foster understanding between team members, contributing to a more comfortable workspace.
Diversity hiring is seen as highly beneficial, offering a safe and supportive environment for queer individuals. However, Raghavan notes that diversity hiring practices are still limited to certain elite organizations and need to be expanded. They highlight the significance of prioritizing hiring more marginalized individuals within the queer community, such as transgender, gender non-conforming, and intersex individuals. Currently, some organizations fulfil diversity hiring requirements merely as a formality, predominantly hiring cisgender candidates.
Regarding company policies, Raghavan appreciates organizations that offer benefits like health insurance and life insurance with the option to nominate a same-sex partner. They also find value in queer support groups within organizations, providing opportunities to connect with like-minded individuals and share experiences. Listen in.
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In recent years, the job market has witnessed a significant surge in job postings related to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) segments of companies. According to data from Indeed, these job postings have risen by an impressive 220 per cent over the past two years. While this statistic indicates substantial growth, it is essential to put it into perspective and that’s why we have Sambitosh Mohapatra, ESG expert at PwC. We will talk about the rising trend, job offers, skills required and more. Stay tuned till the end of the podcast to know all about it.
The increased demand for ESG professionals is driven by various factors. Historically, major shifts in the job market occurred in response to specific needs. For instance, when India liberalized in 1991, management graduates became highly sought after. Similarly, the advent of financial accounting standards created a demand for chartered accountants. The technology boom of the late 1990s and early 2000s led to increased opportunities for IT professionals.
The ESG field encompasses a wide range of skills and expertise. The first stage involves individuals who can align strategy with sustainability principles. Other areas of expertise include climate risk assessment, building resilient infrastructure, carbon markets, net-zero strategies, circularity in resource management, water stewardship, greening the supply chain, operational and information technology implementation, reporting, assurance, tax, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and social impact.
Companies seeking to strategize their ESG programs should consider two key aspects. Firstly, while there is a need for external experts, there is also a vast opportunity for capacity building within their existing workforce. By raising awareness and providing training on sustainability issues, organizations can empower their employees to incorporate sustainability principles into their existing roles and services. Sustainability should not be confined to a single department but embraced by all.
While the immediate demand for ESG professionals is evident at entry and mid-level positions, there is also a reskilling trend occurring at the top level. Executives are taking initiatives to educate themselves about sustainability issues and incorporate them into their roles. This blend of new hires and reskilling ensures a holistic approach to ESG integration throughout organizations.
Several factors contribute to the surge in ESG job postings. Increasing citizen awareness, government policies, regulatory mandates, and consumer demands have created a need for companies to prioritize sustainability. Investors also face pressure to align their portfolios with responsible and sustainable companies. These factors, collectively, drive companies to embrace ESG practices and seek professionals who can lead their sustainability efforts.
The growing interest in ESG careers suggests a trend that will continue well into the future. The demand for ESG professionals is expected to grow exponentially, mirroring the perpetual demand witnessed in other specialized fields. The job market for sustainability-related roles is only in its infancy, and as more companies recognize the importance of sustainability, the demand for professionals skilled in ESG principles will continue to rise.
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Early this year, the skyline of San Jose changed with the launch of Adobe’s futuristic Founders Tower - a shared, connected, adaptive workplace designed for creative communities and run 100 per cent on renewable electric power.
Adobe, which is celebrating its 40th year, also launched its new values designed with the future of work in mind. Gloria Chen, the Chief People Officer and Executive Vice President, Employee Experience, who describes herself as a “Change Junkie” talks to Businessline about the new developments at the tech company, and her own journey within the company.
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World Youth Skills Day is celebrated every year on July 15. In this BL podcast, businessline’s Anjana PV talks to Dr. Madhuri Dubey, founder of National Skills Network on the importance of skilling and how to prepare for thew future world of work.
Madhuri explains that World Youth Skills Day aims to highlight the significance of skills for employability and entrepreneurship. They emphasize that skill gaps are not limited to India but exist globally. The image of skilling in India is seen as limited and associated with low-level manual work, creating a stigma around it.
She details the need to integrate skill development with academic learning and the limitations of a purely theoretical education. The speaker also highlights the importance of hands-on experience, practical application, and acquiring skills through informal learning channels. Madhuri mentions the underemployment of highly qualified individuals in jobs that do not align with their education.
The conversation shifts to the New Education Policy (NEP) launched in 2020, which emphasizes vocational education, job-oriented degree programs, and apprenticeships. The NEP aims to break the status quo and bring about changes that align education with the evolving needs of the future. The podcast also discusses the recommendations and potential implementation challenges of the policy and highlights the importance of strategic implementation at the state level.
When asked about the desired changes in the education space, the speaker mentions the need to integrate skills and education, enabling students to discover their interests and pursue careers aligned with their passion. Madhuri emphasises the importance of teachers adapting to the changing role of facilitators and continuously learning to keep up with technological advancements.
The conversation then explores the impact of technological innovations, such as artificial intelligence (AI), on the workplace and the need for individuals to have a basic understanding and appreciation of technology, even if their roles are not directly technical. She also explains that awareness of how technology is used in different industries and applications is crucial.
Regarding the hybrid work model that emerged during the pandemic, Madhuri mentions the essential skills for excelling in such a setup and highlights the importance of planning, time management, adaptability, and collaboration skills.
The podcast emphasises the importance of skill development, integration of skills with education, and changing perceptions around skilling. It underscores the need for individuals to adapt to technological advancements, possess digital literacy, and acquire skills relevant to their industry. Collaboration between government, educational institutions, industries, and active participation from all stakeholders are seen as crucial for the successful implementation of skill development initiatives in India.
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In this episode of People at Work, our monthly podcast on workplace dynamics, host Kamal Karanth, co-founder of Xpheno looks at the phenomenon of competitiveness at work.
Is it leading to inequity? Joining him is serial entrepreneur Hitesh Dhingra, founder of the successful The Man Company who takes these questions head on.
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In this podcast, Hamsini Karthik talks to Subha Sri Narayanan, Director of Financial Sector Rating at Crisil Rating Limited, to discuss the retail lending space and the need for caution among lenders. The conversation provides a unique perspective on the topic, focusing on the current trends and potential risks in the retail lending sector.
The focus of their discussion is the retail lending space and the importance of caution among lenders in this sector. Narayanan begins the conversation by emphasising the remarkable growth of retail credit within the banking sector in recent years. Retail credit has surpassed the overall growth of the banking sector, leading to a steady increase in its share among total advances. While home loans have traditionally been dominant in the retail credit segment, there has been a notable surge in other segments like unsecured loans and credit cards. However, the voluntary nature of retail credit raises concerns regarding its demand and long-term sustainability.
As the discussion unfolds, the focus shifts to the potential risks and challenges that lenders face in the retail lending space. Narayanan highlights the need for lenders to exercise caution and remain vigilant in their lending practices. By delving into these risks and challenges, the conversation offers valuable insights for lenders and encourages a thoughtful approach to navigate the evolving landscape of retail lending.
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The Chandrayaan-3 mission, which is a lunar mission planned by the Indian Space Agency (ISRO) will be launched today at 2:35 pm from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.
In this News Explained podcast, V Nivedita talks to M Ramesh, Associate Editor who provides details about the mission. Chandrayaan-3 refers to the spacecraft that will be sent to the moon as part of the larger project.
The spacecraft consists of two main parts: the propulsion module and the lander rover module. The propulsion module's primary job is to transport the lander rover payload to the moon. Once in the moon's vicinity, the lander detaches from the propulsion module and descends gently onto the moon's surface. The rover, equipped with various instruments, will then crawl on the moon's surface and conduct experiments such as analyzing the moon's soil, studying subsurface heat conduction, and observing moon quakes.
The distance between Earth and the moon requires large amounts of rocket fuel, making the rocket significantly bigger and more expensive. To overcome this challenge, Chandrayaan-3 takes a longer route that utilizes the Earth's gravity to sling itself towards the moon.
This approach saves costs and makes the mission more feasible. The podcast further delves into the mission's trajectory, explaining how the spacecraft utilizes elliptical orbits and gravity assists to increase its velocity and reach the moon.
The primary objective of Chandrayaan-3 is to demonstrate the ability to soft-land on the moon and operate a rover, says Ramesh. The experiments conducted by the rover and lander are secondary but include tasks like analyzing moon soil, studying subsurface heat conduction, and examining moon quakes. The lander and rover will transmit data via electromagnetic waves back to Earth, allowing scientists to analyze the results.
The mission is budgeted at 650 crores and holds significance as it aims to explore the presence of ice in the southern polar region of the moon, which could potentially serve as a local resource for rocket fuel production. Successfully landing on the moon would make India the fourth country to achieve a soft landing, following the United States, Russia, and China. Listen in.
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In its 50th meeting, the GST Council recommended a 28 per cent GST on online gaming, casinos, and horse racing, leading to concerns within the gaming industry. This has led to concerns in the gaming industry regarding the potential impact on investments, job opportunities, and the overall economy. In this latest episode of the News Explained podcast, Shishir Sinha, Associate Editor, provides insights into the outcomes of the 15th GST Council meeting and its impact on various sectors.
The government focuses on treating these activities as acceptable claims rather than distinguishing between games of skill and games of chance. This decision will have implications for the taxation of these sectors.
The council took several decisions, including the exemption of GST on the cancer treatment drug Dinutuximab (Quarziba) when imported for personal use. This move aims to alleviate the financial burden on patients requiring life-saving medications. The exemption does not extend to the input by companies or the industry.
Another significant development in the meeting was the discussion around utility vehicles. The GST Council recommended parameters for defining these vehicles, including length, engine capacity, and ground clearance. Utility vehicles meeting these criteria will attract a 20 per cent GST, potentially impacting pricing and consumer choices. The automobile sector is awaiting further clarification through a final circular to understand the implications more clearly.
As the discussions and recommendations from the GST Council meeting progress, legislative changes may be required. The process involves the submission of proposals to parliament for potential changes in legislation. Circulars and instructions issued by the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), and state GST departments ensure the implementation of these recommendations nationwide. Listen in.
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In this episode of the businessline podcast, businessline’s Hamsini Karthik is joined by the chairman of IDFC Limited, Anil Singhvi. Singhvi who played a crucial role in the IDFC First Bank merger with IDFC, isn’t very happy with this concept of holding company discounts. He shares his insights into why it is unfair to the minority shareholders, the merger process, the motivations behind it, and the potential outcomes.
Holding company discounts occur when a company operates subsidiaries without having its own business, leading to a decrease in market valuation. These discounts have reached as high as 80 per cent in the past, affecting even prominent companies like HDFC Limited, which experienced a 20 per cent discount. While such structures are often implemented to benefit promoters and improve capital structure, it raises concerns about minority shareholders' interests.
During the discussion, IDFC’s Singhvi addresses the market's expectations regarding valuations and the reasoning behind the price at which the merger was finalized. The conversation highlights the need to reconsider the prevailing discount culture and its impact on Indian markets, hindering the progress of companies and their underlying assets.
Furthermore, Singhvi explores the importance of passing on dividends from underlying assets to shareholders and the value derived from legacy investments. Join us as we delve deeper into these topics, gaining valuable insights into the IDFC merger and its implications for the Indian market. Listen in.
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As Pride Month 2023 ends, it is common to see companies shed their rainbow-themed logos and initiatives supporting the LGBTQIA+ community. But for Indian companies, the long-term adoption of this aspect of diversity and inclusion can prove to be a major defining factor.
In this businessline podcast, we talked to Deepti Varma, the Vice President, People and Experience Technology (PXT), Amazon Stores India & Emerging Markets, Amazon.
She shares her insights on LGBTQIA+ workplace inclusivity, sensitivity tips, and company policies with regards to the e-commerce major while highlighting how companies can go beyond Pride celebrations during June.
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In this episode of Digital Gadfly , host Shubho Sengupta chats with Ginger Monkey founder Abhishek Asthana, better known as Gabbar Singh on Twitter, where he has a huge following, on the latest social media entrant. Given Twitter’s falling advertising revenue and increasingly disenchanted community, has Mark Zuckerberg timed it right? How will Elon Musk react?
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At bl.portfolio we always strive to be your best friend and guide when it comes to personal finance. Whether it is equity investing based on fundamentals, technical analysis, mutual funds or debt investing, we have it all.
These apart, we also bring to you the best voices in the field of global and domestic stock markets. And of course we also have the trademark and widely popular Big Story with detailed insights on current themes and topics of interest. And not just these, we also have you covered when it comes to your tax filing.
Listen into this podcast to get a preview of the stories in this Sunday edition and also for more enhanced perspectives from the bl.portfolio team on the trending themes.
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This podcast delves deep into the history of why Pride Month is celebrated and the challenges, triumphs, and best practises surrounding LGBTQIA+ inclusivity in the corporate landscape. We explore insights and strategies that promote an equitable and supportive environment for LGBTQIA+ employees in today’s business world.
The podcast features engaging discussions with Ashish Chopra, Co-founder of BeUnic and the runner-up of Mr Gay India 2018. Through candid conversations, we tackle the most pressing topics related to LGBTQIA+ inclusion, shedding light on critical issues such as building inclusive cultures and fostering an inclusive corporate culture that celebrates diversity and embraces LGBTQIA employees while enhancing overall employee engagement and well-being.
Hear from an entrepreneur who champions LGBTQIA+ inclusivity, exploring the qualities and practises that make an impactful LGBTQIA+ ally. Get to know how organisations can empower their leaders to become advocates for change. Let’s examine the positive impact of LGBTQIA+ inclusive workplaces on organisational success, talent acquisition and retention, customer loyalty, and market competitiveness. Learn why diversity and inclusion are not just moral imperatives but also strategic advantages.
Join us on this inspiring journey of learning and growth as we dismantle barriers, celebrate diversity, and pave the way for a more equitable future in corporate environments.
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In addition to approving the merger of the two companies, the boards of directors of IDFC and IDFC Financial Holding also announced an exchange of 155 shares of IDFC FIRST Bank for every 100 shares of IDFC.
IDFC Limited, although publicly traded, is predominantly held by the government, along with a mix of mutual funds, foreign investors, and large domestic institutions. In this News Explained podcast, Nabodita Ganguly is joined by Hamsini Karthik, Senior Assistant Editor who talks about the merger in-depth.
IDFC Limited recently sold its AMC business, leaving the bank as its primary asset. This transaction has emphasised the fact that IDFC Limited’s financial strength heavily relies on the performance of IDFC First Bank. Consequently, there is not a significant holding company discount involved in this merger. The executives and bankers at IDFC Limited, including Chairman Anil Singhvi, have worked diligently to secure a favourable deal in this process. However, it’s important to note that while the merger is advantageous to the government and IDFC Limited shareholders, it could have been even better.
Now, what does all this mean for customers? Well, if you have an account with IDFC Bank, you don’t need to worry about the merger’s implications. Your banking experience will continue, as usual, unaffected by these changes. The divestment of the mutual fund business has already been completed, and your day-to-day banking operations remain unchanged.
On the other hand, investors may experience more significant changes. The merger has been driven by the demands of IDFC Limited shareholders, who were dissatisfied with the company’s lack of value. The merger addresses their concerns by addressing the issue of value erosion and providing access to IDFC First Bank shares, which have performed well recently.
Looking ahead, the possibility of more bank mergers cannot be ruled out. Promoters have been granted permission to increase their stakes, indicating a favourable environment for corporate action. Several other banks have also expressed their intentions for mergers and acquisitions.
However, it is unlikely that we will see large-scale bank mergers similar to the HDFC Bank and HDFC Limited merger, except for IDBI Bank. The current system is not yet conducive to such mergers. Listen in.
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Byju’s, the prominent EdTech company, has witnessed its promoters, including Byju Raveendran himself, sell over $400 million worth of shares in secondary transactions since 2015-16. This significant decline in promoter shareholding, from 71.6 per cent to 21.2 per cent, raises questions about their confidence in the company’s future.
Despite claims that the proceeds from these sales were reinvested in the company, data suggests otherwise. Notably, the Byju family sold shares at a significant discount compared to the company’s touted valuation, creating further skepticism.
Byju’s is also grappling with challenges such as failing to disclose financial numbers, auditors resigning due to non-cooperation, and three independent directors quitting. The board now consists exclusively of Byju Raveendran family members. Additionally, the company faces hurdles in raising funds and is contending with a class action lawsuit in the US. The decline in promoter shareholding and the challenges faced by Byju’s indicate a crossroads for the EdTech giant.
In this podcast, Venkatesha Babu, Chief of Bureau-Bengaluru, businessline, explains the concerns surrounding Byju’s and the implications for its future growth.
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Sameer Mehta, Co-Founder and CEO of consumer electronics brand boAt talks to businessline on the the company’s growth plans and the key bets its making on Make-in-India, smartwatches and on growing its offline presence.
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Ever since the pandemic, there has been a gradual rise in independent musicians. As we were all locked up in our homes due to Covid-19 restrictions, several musicians across the globe started testing out new ways to connect with their fans. They used social media like Instagram or Facebook to host live virtual performances.
In India too, many independent singers took this path, giving them a chance to directly engage with their community. Now the lockdown is over, and concerts and live performances have opened up.
Frizzell D'Souza, a singer-songwriter from Bengaluru, also grew her following through Instagram since the pandemic days. Today, Frizzell has produced her own EP and has even been listed by Rolling Stone magazine as "One of the Top 10 Best EPs in 2022 from India".
She regularly hosts virtual performances almost every night and she has done collaboration with other bands. Frizzell has even held a successful fundraiser to produce high-quality music. The best part is that she did all of this while pursuing her degree in architecture.
To understand how a budding musician can utilise the power of social media to build their brand and a loyal following, businessline spoke to Frizzell about her journey so far. Tune in for more!
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In this episode of the Current Account podcast, Hamsini Karthik continue the chat with Ittira Davis, MD & CEO, Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (SFB). He explains his journey as a banker and the growth story of Ujjivan SFB. He details about the way forward for the bank. Listen to the second part of the conversation now.
(Host: Hamsini Karthik, Producer: Anjana PV)
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Six years after its introduction, India’s indirect tax system has undergone substantial changes because of the Goods and Services Tax (GST).
In this podcast, businessline’s Shishir Sinha talks to Darshan Bora, Partner, Economic Laws Practice and M S Mani, Senior Partner, Deloitte about various aspects of GST in India.
Initially, businesses faced challenges, but the landscape of indirect taxes has significantly improved. The GST has eliminated multiple taxes and brought uniformity in tax rates across states, making it easier for businesses and consumers. A survey conducted by Deloitte also showed that 75% of industry professionals were satisfied with GST compared to the past.
While GST has been successful, there are still areas that can be improved. One area is the complexity of the legal structure, which includes multiple laws and subordinate legislations. Simplifying the legal framework would contribute to making GST a simpler taxation system.
The conversation also focuses on GST collections. The collection numbers have been increasing, and various factors have influenced these numbers. The economy’s performance and actions by GST authorities to curb tax evasion are significant variables affecting collections.
Regarding the functioning of the Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR), the guests suggest incorporating judicial members to provide a balance in rulings.
Lastly, the conversation touches upon rate rationalization and the possibility of reducing the number of tax rates. Listen in.
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The Finance Ministry has announced the deferment of the new mechanism of Tax Collected at Source (TCS) on the Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) from July 1 to October 1.
In this News Explained podcast, Shishir Sinha, Associate Editor, joins Nabodita Ganguly to discuss the new mechanism of TCS, the reason behind the extension of the deadline and how it will impact us.
The changes to the TCS on LRS encompass three key components. First, spending through credit cards while abroad will no longer be considered a part of the LRS, thereby exempting it from TCS. This alteration is the most significant change.
Second, the deadline for implementing the new TCS rates for all purposes, including purchasing overseas travel packages, has been extended to October 1. The new rates and system will come into effect on this date.
The extension of the deadline for the new TCS rates was primarily motivated by the challenges faced in tracking credit card spending abroad and developing the necessary software. Banks require additional time to upgrade their systems and ensure compliance with the new regulations.
The third change addresses spending through credit cards within India on foreign websites. If the yearly expenditure exceeds approximately around seven lakh rupees, a TCS rate of 5% will apply until September 30. Starting from October 1, this rate will increase to 20%.
Notably, the higher TCS rate will not apply to educational expenses or medical treatments, which will continue under the existing system. Therefore, the impact of the changes will mainly affect individuals involved in gifting, overseas purchases, or tour packages. Listen in.
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India, in accordance with the Paris Climate Agreement, has committed to specific Nationally Determined Contributions. These commitments involve enhancing environmental stewardship, increasing non-fossil fuel shares in electricity generation to 40%, and reducing emissions by 33-35% by 2030.
However, research on India's low carbon value chain and climate finance architecture, emphasizes the significant challenge of obtaining long-term financial resources, given the substantial funding required to meet NDC commitments.
A. Damodaran, Professor, International Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), joins Nabodita Ganguly to discuss more about the country’s climate finance architecture.
Damodaran highlights the historical context of climate finance, starting with the establishment of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) in 1991. The GEF provided grants to developing countries to address climate change and promote adaptation and green energy projects.
India's climate finance architecture was initially based on the philosophy of public financing and grants from developed countries. However, there has been a shift towards involving the private sector in climate finance, which was exemplified by the creation of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) in 2010. The GCF aimed to de-risk investments and encourage private sector involvement in climate finance.
Furthermore, green bonds play a pivotal role in financing renewable energy projects. Green bonds are fixed-income securities that raise funds for projects with environmental benefits. India started issuing green bonds in 2014, attracting both private and public sector entities.
Regarding renewable energy projects in India, Damodaran mentions the challenges they face in terms of financial viability. High costs of debt service, long gestation periods, and the need for long-term funds create hurdles for project developers. The mismatch between short-term resources and the long-term nature of renewable projects further complicates the financing aspect.
To address these challenges, Damodaran suggests treating green bonds as securities and incorporating them into regular market operations. This would enhance liquidity and attract more investors. The Reserve Bank of India's involvement in buying and selling these securities, both domestically and offshore, is seen as a desirable step. Listen in. Read the full research paper here.
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In this podcast, Vinod Grover, Managing Director – South Asia and Africa, Kaizen Institute, and Jayanth Murthy, Joint Managing Director - South Asia & Africa at Kaizen Institute, discuss the main challenges faced by micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in India. They highlight internal challenges such as balancing long-term vision with short-term needs, multitasking, and talent retention, as well as external challenges like delayed payments from large organisations.
The speakers emphasise the importance of streamlining internal processes and improving operational efficiency to meet customer requirements and compete in the global market. They also explore the role of digitalisation in addressing these challenges and enhancing MSMEs’ competitiveness. While acknowledging the availability of government schemes to support MSMEs, they stress the need for simplified access and reduced paperwork.
The podcast delves into the areas where MSMEs should focus on digitalisation, including data management, data utilisation, and building the capability to leverage technology for improvement. Additionally, the speakers address concerns about affordability and highlight cost-effective solutions such as software-as-a-service. They also discuss the growing importance of data security and emphasise the need for MSMEs to invest in safeguarding their digital assets. Overall, the conversation offers insights and practical strategies for Indian MSMEs to overcome challenges, harness digitalisation, and thrive in an increasingly competitive business landscape.
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Most of us love to keep track of how the cinema industry runs; we are curious to know how our favourite movie stars perform at the box office or how a film is made.
But in the age of OTT, a lot has changed when it comes to the way how movies or series are produced. Several new-age production studios have come up, catering to different aspects of filmmaking from artistes management to VFX.
Among them is the Mumbai-based 'Story Ink' run by Sidharth Jain. Started in 2018, Story Ink is "one of India's largest book-to-screen adaptation companies, having set up 200+ books across 50+ production houses". It represents "over 250 authors and exclusively controls the screen rights of more than 500 books".
In this conversation with businessline, Sidharth spoke about what it takes for a budding screenwriter to sell his screenplay to an OTT platform, how producers decide which stories are worthy of adaptations, how OTT platforms measure the success of a new film or a series, and how producers are responding to 'cancel culture'.
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With salaried employees getting Form-16 from their employers, the process of filing tax returns has begun, Individuals typically find it difficult to file taxes on their own and have traditionally been filing their ITR with chartered accountants. However, nowadays, there are a lot of online platforms which provide them convenience in filing income tax returns.
Tune in to the podcast to understand the offerings of these platforms and the costs associated.
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EdTech major Byju’s has recently made headlines by filing a lawsuit against its lenders, led by Redford, accusing them of engaging in predatory tactics. The company's legal battle has brought to the forefront questions about its growth model and raised concerns about the broader startup ecosystem in India. With the recent layoff of 1000 full-time employees, Byju’s troubles have garnered significant attention, prompting discussions on the challenges faced by startups in the current landscape.
Byju’s known for its online education platform, found itself in a financial predicament as its cash flows declined following the reopening of schools after the pandemic. Additionally, the company embarked on an acquisition spree, purchasing 17 companies, which necessitated substantial funding. To raise the required capital, Byju’s secured a $1.2 billion loan, which was subsequently traded in the market and bought by various hedge funds, including Redford. However, these lenders accused Byju’s of siphoning money from its subsidiaries and exerted pressure on the company, demanding early loan repayment and attempting to change management within the organization.
In response, Byju’s took legal action, alleging predatory practices by the lenders and refusing to pay the $40 million in interest payments due. The company's decision not only reflects the challenges it faces but also highlights the risks associated with debt financing for startups. In this episode of News Explained, Nabodita Ganguly is joined by Lokeshwari SK, Senior Associate Editor, to discuss the issue. Read this article to know more.
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Sanjiv Mehta has been with Unilever for 31 years, ten as the MD and CEO of Hindustan Unilever, taking over in 2013. Mehta leaves behind a rich legacy, with turnover up by 2.3x, operating margins up by three-and-a-half times, market cap up by a factor of six to ₹6.38-lakh crore. Mehta retires at the AGM on June 26, handing over the baton to Rohit Jawa.
Mehta says when people ask him what he’s going to do post-retirement, he laughs and says he’s changing socks, not hanging up his boots. He’s taken up two board appointments — Air-India, where he says there’s much to do to regain lost glory, and on the board of global dairy major, Danone, to keep in tune with global trends. “Right now, I’m in the process of listening to people who come up with various offers,” he says. In this conversation, he talks about the big changes he brought into HUL’s functioning and also about the big picture on the consumption story.
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The Mining sector is undergoing significant transformation with the help of numerous technologies including Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Machine Learning. However, with the advancement of AI, experts believe it can help the mining sector with issues such as cost reduction, ensuring the safety of workers, and reducing environmental impact.
The podcast also details on how AI can be used in the maintenance of mining machinery how India can fasten up implementing AI applications in the mining sector. Prof. Rajiv and Prof. Dheeraj also explains AI can help monitor the presence of noxious gases and regulate ventilation systems and the use of AI algorithms to optimize airflow in different areas of the mines.
AI is revolutionising the mining sector by improving safety measures, optimizing mining processes, and enhancing the accuracy of mineral exploration. Though challenges exist in the adoption of AI, there is a lot of potential that makes it a promising technology for the future of mining. However, it is essential to strike a balance between automation and preserving employment opportunities, especially in countries heavily reliant on mining as a source of employment. Listen in!
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On June 4 and 6, the AI Unit of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Wadhwani AI, participated in the G20 3rd Health Group Meeting in Hyderabad. The meeting aimed to highlight the government’s focus on AI in the healthcare sector.
In this podcast, Nabodita Ganguly is joined by Shekar Sivasubramanian, Chief Executive Officer, Wadhwani AI. They discuss Wadhwani AI’s participation in the recent G20 Summit and the government’s focus on AI in healthcare and welfare.
Sivasubramanian mentions that India is well-positioned to take a leadership role in the AI space due to the increasing opportunities and applications. He explains that their participation in the G20 summit focused on showcasing solutions in the healthcare sector, including clinical decision support systems, radiology image interpretation, dermatology, and tuberculosis.
When discussing the achievements in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Sivasubramanian explains how public health personnel and top health institutions identify problems and develop solutions through AI.
After obtaining relevant data, the AI solutions are integrated into existing government applications, such as the eSanjeevani app. The solutions undergo pilot testing and validation before being deployed nationwide.
Sivasubramanian provides examples of successful AI implementations. One such case is the use of AI for disease surveillance, where they analyse millions of articles to extract relevant information for the health industry. This information helps the government take timely actions to prevent outbreaks and potentially save thousands of lives. Another example is the integration of AI into agricultural news monitoring, allowing for the detection of crop diseases and providing actionable insights for the agriculture sector. Overall, the conversation highlights India’s progress in AI and the government’s active involvement in adopting and rolling out AI solutions. Listen in.
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Employer-Employee relations are at a new low. There are reports of mass resignations at tech companies after they withdrew the work-from-home option. Employers say that more women have resigned.
So what happened to the women-friendly recruitment policies? Did employers overstate the case for work from home? Did employees take undue advantage of the benefits of WFH?
In this episode of businessline’s regular podcast on workplace dynamics - People@Work - host Kamal Karanth discusses with Vivek Jain, Senior Executive Vice President and Head HR at Kotak Mahindra Bank the new flashpoints and who is to blame.
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In this episode of the Current Account podcast, Hamsini Karthik talks to Ittira Davis, MD & CEO, Ujjivan Small Finance Bank. He explains his journey as a banker and the growth story of Ujjivan SFB. He details about the re merging of the bank and what is the way forward for the bank. Listen to the first part of the conversation now.
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During our previous podcast regarding NRI investments in Indian mutual funds, we focused on the documents required and the process that NRIs need to follow in a generic manner. However, compared to NRIs from other countries, things are quite different for US and Canada based NRIs due to few stringent regulations . Further, the taxation treatment for NRIs is a bit different from that applied on resident Indians.
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After Section 377 was decriminalised in September 2018, many companies in India are paying attention to how they treat their queer employees.This makes it important to have a conversation about the work culture in India.
In this Pride Month podcast, psychotherapist Vidya Dinakaran explains how companies can help queer employees deal with their mental health issues. We also talked to Jameela, a trans woman, who outlines her personal experience shifting from a toxic workplace to an inclusive MNC.
Nirmala Menon, the CEO and founder of Interweave consulting, outlines how organisations can go about implementing queer-inclusive policies.
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The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) has garnered attention recently as it remains in the negative zone for the second consecutive month. This index, which reflects producer inflation, is considered more of an academic interest than a direct influence on overall policy since the adoption of targeted inflation in 2016. However, it is crucial to note that the WPI reflects whether producers are receiving fair prices for their goods. In this News Explained podcast, Nabodita Ganguly is joined by Shishir Sinha, Associate Editor, who explains the recent fall in WPI.
The current deflationary trend indicates that prices are decreasing, particularly in sectors such as fuel and energy, including mineral oil, as well as food prices. This deflationary pressure has led to consecutive months of WPI deflation, with expectations that the trend will persist in June as well. The impact of WPI deflation on retail inflation will take some time to materialise, as lower prices received by producers eventually translate to reduced prices for consumers.
With the WPI currently low, achieving the Reserve Bank of India's target of 4% for retail inflation may become easier. Experts anticipate that the deflationary trend will continue for the first half of the fiscal year, with some improvement expected in the second half. The overall expectation for the fiscal year is for the WPI to range between 1% and 2%. A decline in wholesale inflation has implications for retail inflation, as lower retail inflation may lead to a pause in the Reserve Bank of India's policy cycle or potential reductions in the future.
This suggests a moderation in retail inflation in the coming days. Experts believe that the pause in policy may continue for the next few review cycles, potentially resulting in a reduction in the first policy review of FY 2425, which is expected shortly. However, such changes would require a wait of at least nine months. To summarise, while the WPI may have a limited impact on the common man, its deflationary trend has broader implications for retail inflation and policy decisions. Read the full story here.
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In this episode of the businessline podcast, Hamsini Karthik, Senior Assistant Editor, is joined by Srinath Sridharan, Policy Researcher & Corporate Advisor delve into the world of FinTech and explore a buzzword that has been making waves for quite some time now.
Just last week, on the eighth of June, something monumental happened in the industry, leading to widespread admiration and praise. That's right, we're talking about FLDG, or the first loss default guarantee, which has been hailed as a game changer. But what does FLDG really mean, and how can it potentially revolutionize the landscape of digital lending? Listen in.
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Reports of a potential Co-WIN breach that could have exposed information on more than 100 million immunised people surfaced recently.
In this episode of News Explained, the Deputy Editor of businessline, Jyothi Datta, discusses the recent Co-WIN data breach and its impact on the general public.
Initially, there were reports of the Co-WIN portal being breached, which raised concerns about the leakage of personal information provided during the vaccination registration process.
People shared sensitive details such as passport information, card numbers, and license details. The Ministry of Health and IT officials later stated that the portal was safe, but investigations are ongoing to determine how the information was accessed.
The government's current explanation suggests that a bot on the messaging app Telegram was collecting data from the portal and making it available to anyone. It is stated that the bot has been disabled, but further answers are awaited.
When it comes to the security features protecting users' data on the Co-WIN portal, personal details are not readily available to anyone accessing the site. Most data is OTP (One-Time Password) protected, ensuring that information is not disclosed without the corresponding password. Some data is shared with trusted institutions like the Indian Council of Medical Research, but access to personal details is restricted. Broad demographic information is publicly available, but personal information is not readily accessible through a phone number or similar means.
Healthcare institutions, both in India and globally, have faced online attacks, highlighting the need for proactive measures to safeguard sensitive data. Establishing a national framework for data protection is crucial, and conversations regarding internet freedom and accountability are ongoing.
Key aspects include the ability to delete data once it is no longer required and holding accountable those responsible for breaches to reinforce trust in the system. In addition to a robust framework, individuals are advised to practise basic digital hygiene, such as avoiding sharing passwords and OTPs and accessing critical health information in secure environments. Read the full story here.
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India has committed to decarbonise its economy and this requires significant capital -- about $12.1 trillion by 2050. Traditional methods, such as bank loans, might not be enough to finance green projects, and the country will have to look at alternate sources of finance. This includes public and private finance, loans from multilateral banks, international climate finance commitments from developed countries and foreign direct investments.
In this podcast, V Nivedita talks to Santosh Singh, Partner and Manager, Intellecap, to understand the various strategies and terminologies associated with green financing. Listen to the podcast to know more about the need for innovative financing methods to achieve decarbonisation goals and the role of carbon markets in addressing emissions.
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Many Indians go abroad for career opportunities. Most of them of also want to build an investment portfolio in the country either as financial investment or to build a retirement corpus to bank on when they return back to the country. Mutual funds are one amongst the preferred investment options in such instances.
Non resident Indians (NRIs) can invest in the Indian mutual funds, but the investing and KYC process is a bit different from that for the Indian residents. Tune in to the podcast to find answers to queries regarding NRI investment in Indian mutual funds.
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The Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee kept the policy repo rate at 6.5 per cent yet again. This is the second meeting on the trot that the committee voted unanimously to maintain the status quo on the repo rate.
The RBI also noted that the headline inflation fell to 5.1 per cent and that global supply chain issues are under control. With RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das stressing that the MPC will continue to focus on inflation, when can we expect the repo rates to be cut again? In this episode of News Explained, V Nivedita talks to Dipti Deshpande, Principal Economist, CRISIL Ltd, to understand the finer details of the meeting.
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The performance of public sector banks (PSBs) in recent times has been a topic of great interest and discussion. The previously widening gap between private banks and PSBs has started to narrow, indicating positive developments within the public banking sector. 12 PSBs crossed ₹1 lakh crore profit mark in the March 2023 quarter. State Bank of India accounted for half of the total earnings.
In this podcast, Nabodita Ganguly talks to businessline’s Senior Assistant Editor, Hamsini Karthik to discuss the factors that led to the improved performance of the banks and what lies ahead for them.
One of the factors contributing to the improved performance of PSBs can be traced back to the series of consolidations that took place starting in 2018. These mergers have provided the necessary impetus for growth and increased capital availability, allowing PSBs to expand their balance sheets meaningfully.
Additionally, there has been a notable shift in loan portfolios, with a greater focus on retail loans. Retail lending, including segments such as housing loans, vehicle loans, SME loans, and agricultural loans, has become a crucial growth driver for PSBs. This strategic emphasis on retail loans has resulted in healthier financials, as the default rates for retail loans are typically lower than those for corporate loans.
Despite these positive developments, PSBs continue to face challenges in terms of their valuations. Historically, state-owned entities, including PSBs, have earned lower valuations compared to their private counterparts. The dichotomy in valuations is influenced by factors such as corporate governance standards, independence of the board, and decision-making authority within the entities. PSBs, with the government as their primary stakeholder, often face questions regarding the level of autonomy they possess. The perception of governance and decision-making quality can significantly impact the valuations of PSBs.
Looking ahead, the future of PSBs remains uncertain, and optimism must be tempered with caution. The transformation of governance structures, along with sustained financial performance, will play crucial roles in improving perceptions and valuations. Strides have been made in reducing external interference and strengthening centralized processing and decision-making. However, it will take time to observe how these changes manifest in the numbers and withstand different market cycles.
In conclusion, while recent trends have been encouraging, it is vital to closely observe the performance and governance of PSBs to determine their long-term trajectory. Listen in.
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The story is about plumbing. If you think that’s humdrum, wait. It gets exciting when superstars Salman Khan, Allu Arjun and Ranveer Singh endorse the product and then the brand is associated with the IPL.
It is the Astral story. It has been 25 years since Astral (formerly Astral Poly Technik Pvt Ltd) was set up in Ahmedabad as a pipe maker. The company was the first licensee of Noveon, USA (formerly known as Specialty Chemical Divison of B.F Goodrich, USA) to manufacture and market chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (CPVC) piping and plumbing in India. There was no market for CPVC pipes then, which made the going tough for Astral.
Listen in to know Astral’s 4x growth story.
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With a strong emphasis on frugal innovation, quality, and sustainability, GCCs may drive India's digital transformation and become globally integrated enterprises, says experts.
Haripriya, Jayapriyanka, Nivedita
Indian global capability centers (GCCs) have emerged as key players in India's transformation into a global technology and innovation hub. These centers, also known as captives, have evolved from cost arbitrage centers to Centers of Excellence, driving innovation, development, and strategic value for global enterprises. In a recent episode of Business Line's podcast, industry experts from NASSCOM discussed the evolution of GCCs and their future prospects.
The early GCCs in India, established in the 1980s, primarily leveraged cost advantages. However, in the past decade, there has been a significant shift towards innovation. GCCs now focus on creating value for businesses and customers, driving strategic initiatives, and solving complex business problems through innovative approaches. The centers have become instrumental in India's tech story, contributing approximately 48% of the global GCC market share and generating $45 billion in export revenue. They employ around 1.64 million people, with a majority engaged in digital product engineering.
The GCC landscape in India is concentrated in key cities like Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune, Noida, and Gurgaon. These centers have attracted global enterprises from Fortune 100 and Fortune 2000 companies, and their success has inspired new entrants to follow suit.
The future of GCCs in India looks promising, driven by various factors. The COVID-19 pandemic served as a tipping point, accelerating digital transformation and highlighting the importance of GCCs in enabling remote work and sustaining business operations. Additionally, India's strengthened business environment, predictable regulations, respect for privacy and intellectual property, and its strategic location in the Asia-Pacific region have increased global confidence in GCCs based in the country.
Looking ahead, GCCs in India are poised to create even greater value for all stakeholders. With a strong emphasis on frugal innovation, quality, and sustainability, these centers are well-positioned to play a crucial role in driving India's digital transformation and becoming globally integrated enterprises.
The growth of GCCs in India will be influenced by factors such as the expanding markets in Asia-Pacific, increasing investment in technology startups, and partnerships with governments and NGOs to shape industry ecosystems. The strategic outlook and transformative ambitions of GCCs will continue to drive their success in delivering value for businesses, customers, shareholders, and investors.
Indian GCCs have evolved into centers of excellence, driving innovation, and shaping India's position as a global technology and innovation hub. With a favorable business environment, a focus on frugal innovation, and a strategic outlook, GCCs are set to contribute significantly to India's digital transformation journey.
In this podcast, Haripriya joins KS Viswanathan, Vice President- Industry initiatives, NASSCOM, Sudish Panicker, MD and Head, BNY Mellon International Operations, and Siva Padmanabhan, MD & Head of Global Innovation & Technology Center, AstraZeneca India to discuss the transformation and highlights of GCCs in India.
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Investments in sustainable or green bonds have been rising throughout the world. India is no exception. The country launched its first sovereign green bonds on January 25, 2023.
In light of that, what should a retail investor keep in mind while choosing sustainable investments? How can they create a carbon-friendly investor profile without affecting profits? In this podcast, Nabodita Ganguly interacts with Govind Sankaranarayanan, co-founder and COO at Ecofy, to understand how retail investors can go green and the first step towards starting it.
Sankaranarayanan explains that retail investors have several ways to choose sustainable investments. One option is to invest in environment, social, and governance (ESG) funds offered by mutual fund houses. These funds are prohibited from investing in environmentally unsustainable or poorly governed companies. Another option is to explore specific FinTech platforms that curate pools of sustainable assets, such as rooftop solar installations or electric vehicle loans.
Additionally, he suggests considering green bonds issued by companies or even sovereign bonds, which support sustainable projects. Retail investors can also participate in angel networks that focus on green technologies or sustainable industries like agriculture and transportation.
When selecting a particular sustainable investment strategy, investors should consider the asset class involved. For green bonds, the risk is usually lower since they are issued by well-regarded and large issuers. Mutual fund investors should analyse the portfolio’s composition and ensure it aligns with their risk profile.
Regarding the risks associated with green investments, Sankaranarayanan highlights that the risks are lower in sustainable investing compared to avoiding it.
The global transition towards emission reduction and resource efficiency, driven by government policies and customer choices, favours sustainable industries. Moreover, the growing desire among millennial consumers for a sustainable lifestyle further supports the upward trend in sustainable investments.
To avoid greenwashing, where assets are falsely presented as green, investors should look for certifications from regulatory bodies and understand the investments’ details. Although some greenwashing may exist, being well-informed and conducting due diligence can mitigate this risk.
For those starting their sustainable investment journey, Sankaranarayanan recommends considering green bonds, and ESG funds, or consciously choosing industries like solar and wind energy, electric transportation, water management, and waste reduction. Additionally, he suggests embracing sustainability in daily life, such as through the adoption of electric vehicles and energy-efficient devices. Listen in.
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Friday was a traumatising day for Indians. Three trains collided one after another in Odisha’s Balasore district, leading to the deaths of at least 261 people. The crash involved the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, the Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express, and a goods train.
After the accident, some are saying that the KAVACH could have prevented the accident. What is the KAVACH? What is its deployment strategy? Could it have actually prevented the Odisha train accident?
In this podcast, Nabodita Ganguly speaks to Abhishek Law, Special Correspondent, to decode the meaning of KAVACH.
KAVACH, also known as the Train Collision Avoidance System, was announced by the Indian Railways Minister in March 2022. It is an indigenous system designed to prevent head-on collisions between trains by employing a warning system and an auto-braking mechanism. This system garnered attention as a potential solution to avert train accidents and save lives.
Now, in the wake of the devastating accident in Odisha, the discussion on coverage has resurfaced. People are questioning whether the installation of such a system could have prevented this massive loss of lives. While the railways confirmed that the Odisha route did not have KAAVACH installed, there is ongoing speculation about its potential effectiveness in a side-on collision scenario.
Law highlights that the successful testing of coverage took place in March 2022, with Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw himself participating in the demonstration. The system demonstrated features such as an auto-braking mechanism to prevent collisions between trains. Additionally, it included features like SMS alerts and gate whistling to enhance safety measures.
However, the nationwide rollout of coverage faces practical challenges, as acknowledged by the Railway Minister in a parliamentary response. Factors such as track conditions, rolling stock compatibility, migration to LTE networks, and evaluations by safety assessors contribute to the timeline uncertainty. Listen in. Read the full storyhere.
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In this week’s episode, Vishal Goyal from UBS Securities discusses the significance of credit costs and their impact on the banking sector and how Indian banks are faring among their APAC peers.
The discussion takes a look at the fact that credit cost is the primary factor influencing the valuation of banks and can lead to substantial value destruction. By examining stocks where credit costs have remained high for an extended period, it is indicative that shareholder value has significantly suffered.
On the other hand, banks that have excelled in managing credit quality, particularly in credit card portfolios, have experienced compounding benefits over time.
Regarding the current cycle, Goyal acknowledges that it may be unique due to the unprecedented plateauing or decline in credit costs. However, he suggests that there is often calm before another round of turbulence. The presence of uncertainties is felt around
Goyal breaks the current banking cycle down into distinct periods, such as stage one, stage two, and stage three. The cleansing period, or stage three, involves banks recognizing stress and creating credit costs. Subsequently, credit costs gradually decline, falling below or near average levels, leading to stage two, which presents the most lucrative opportunities for profit.
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Did you receive a fake call/message from international numbers on WhatsApp? Well, you are not alone. There has been a jump in the number of fake calls using social media. WhatsApp, for its part, has reassured users that it is taking action.
If you look at the larger picture, cyber crime is on the rise in India. NCRB data shows that there are more than 52,000 cybercrimes in 2021.
So, why has there been a rise in spam calls on social media platforms? What should be the role of the government and social media platforms to reduce cybercrime?
In this podcast, Nabodita Ganguly, speaks to Devroop Dhar, Co-Founder, Primus Partners about cybersecurity in India and how to be digitally safe.
Dhar explains that cybercriminals are constantly coming up with new methods to scam individuals, such as using purchased WhatsApp VoIP numbers to make calls that appear to be from international numbers. He advises people not to answer such calls and to be cautious of any requests made during the call, such as downloading software or clicking on suspicious links.
Moreover, Dhar emphasizes the importance of content moderation by social media companies to flag and block scam-related messages. He also mentions the significance of education programs, tailored to different languages and age groups, to raise awareness about cybercrime and how to stay safe online. Additionally, social media companies should collaborate with law enforcement agencies to report and investigate cybercrimes.
When discussing the role of the government, Dhar acknowledges the delicate balance between controlling cybercrime and preserving internet freedom. He talks about the need for an integrated approach, involving all states and law enforcement agencies, to tackle cybercrime effectively. Stringent laws and regulations, along with increased convictions, can serve as deterrents for cybercriminals. Collaboration between the government and social media giants is essential, as is the government's role in educating the public about cybercrime prevention and safety measures.
In conclusion, the conversation revolves around the importance of individual awareness, improved platform security by social media companies, and government involvement through laws, collaboration, and education programs to combat the rise in cybercrimes like spam calls and texts.
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On May 30, 2019, Narendra Modi took the oath of office to become the prime minister of India for the second time.
The government’s tenure has been marked by many ups and downs. For me, while the government had performed very well, to lean in on infrastructure and its spending, its performance related to some reforms has been rather muted. Over the course of a decade, PM Narendra Modi’s economic policies have aimed to propel India towards growth and development. Did he succeed in doing so?
In this podcast, V Nivedita talks to Karan Bhasin, a New York-based economist, to examine the successes that have emerged, such as the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), efforts to attract foreign investment, and initiatives like “Make in India.” We also explore the failures and challenges faced, including job creation, agrarian distress, and the impact of demonetisation.
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Cotton prices have declined by nearly nine per cent in the past two weeks as growers have begun to bring the produce they had held back over the past few months to the agricultural produce marketing committee (APMC) yards.
What is the reason behind the fall in prices of cotton?
Subramani Ra Mancombu explains.
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The ₹2,000 notes, which was introduced in 2016, have been withdrawn from circulation, but these notes will continue to be legal tender. The Reserve Bank of India had asked the public to deposit their holding of ₹2,000 notes with banks or exchange them with notes of other denominations such as ₹500 or ₹100. This exchange can be done until September 30, 2023 and there is a limit of ₹20,000 in each transaction. Deposits can be done without any limit. Why did the RBI announce this move? How will it impact the Indian economy?
Nabodita Ganguly talks to Lokeshwarri SK, Senior Associate Editor, to know more.
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The finance ministry is currently exploring the prospect of enabling financial institutions to raise capital through blended finance instruments.
Blended financing is a strategy that combines development finance with private sector investments to generate more funding for emerging markets and developing countries.
In this podcast, businessline’s Nabodita Ganguly speaks to Rohit Arora, CEO and Co-founder of Biz2Credit & Biz2X. They discuss the concept of blended financing and its implications for sustainable development and the energy sector.
Rohit explains that blended financing aims to provide capital at a lower cost and with different structures to support development projects in countries that lack sufficient local capital. By leveraging private sector investments and implementing credit guarantee programs, emerging markets can attract more funding and create deeper local capital markets.
The conversation also highlights the relationship between blended financing and sustainable development goals. Blended finance plays a crucial role in financing infrastructure projects, such as electric vehicles (EVs) and green energy initiatives, which require significant upfront investments. The discussion emphasizes the need for long-term, affordable capital to support the development of clean energy infrastructure and technologies.
They further discuss the importance of blended financing in decarbonizing the energy sector. It is emphasized that without blended financing, countries like India cannot kickstart the clean energy sector due to the massive upfront investments required. Blended financing enables impactful projects by fostering partnerships between the public and private sectors, multilateral agencies, and long-term investors like insurance companies.
The popularity of blended financing is growing worldwide, with various countries showing interest in adopting this approach. Countries like the United States and the European Union are exploring blended financing options to accelerate the transition to clean energy. In India, the government's proposal for blended financing aims to support the decarbonization of the country's energy sector, which is heavily reliant on fossil fuels.
However, there are potential challenges associated with blended financing. Oxfam'sreport raises concerns about preferential treatment given to donors' own private sector firms, which may undermine the effectiveness of blended financing. Overreliance on contractors from donor countries can lead to suboptimal project outcomes and cost overruns.
Despite these challenges, blended financing is crucial for bridging the gap between developed and developing countries. It enables access to affordable capital for sustainable development initiatives, stimulates economic growth, and promotes the adoption of clean energy technologies. While the gap between developed and developing countries may persist, blended financing offers a pathway to address it by attracting investments and fostering partnerships that drive sustainable development. Listen in.
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Small talk at work could cost you friends, and sometimes even your job. Increasingly, a lot of conversations – around politics, religion, elections and even marriage – are becoming taboo topics at work as they are polarising and lead to acrimony. As for money, it can lead to misunderstandings between team members. So what are acceptable conversations?
This episode of People@Work , hosted by Kamal Karanth, co- founder of Xpheno, explores how we can negotiate small talk at work. Joining him is Divya Khanna, author of The Company We Keep : Insights into Indian Corporate Culture.
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The development of government and corporate bond markets in India has not kept pace with the local equities market. But some winds of change seem to be blowing in this direction. There have been concerted efforts by authorities to deepen the penetration of the Indian bond market and diversify corporate bond ownership. Against this backdrop, the emergence of Online Bond Platform Providers (OBPPs) has been an important development.
Combining flavours of online shopping, attractive user interface, zero costs, high convenience, and wide availability of information, regulated OBPPs are trying to change the way Indian retail investors deal with bonds. Here is a discussion.
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In this episode of the Current Account podcast, Hamsini Karthik continues her chat with R Subramaniakumar, MD & CEO, of RBL Bank, about his journey as a banker, and the ongoing transformation of the bank that he's been striving for since last year. Listen to the second part of the podcast now.
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In a chat with businessline, Irina Ghose, Chief Operating Officer of Microsoft India, shares her views and insights on a variety of topics around cloud technology including how it can help businesses achieve their sustainability goals and how enterprises are leveraging it to expand the realm of possibilities.
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The disinvestment process of IDBI Bank is underway. Both the government and LIC -- the major shareholders of the bank -- are looking to sell their stakes.
On May 14, businessline’s Hamsini Karthik reported that the battle for acquiring the bank has intensified. The two bidders -- Kotak Mahindra Bank and Fairfax India Holdings, the promoter of CSB Bank-- are willing to offer attractive control premiums. However, neither of them do not want to merge with IDBI just yet.
Why are both parties interested? What’s the exemption they’ve sought? Will the RBI give in to their demands?
In this podcast, Nabodita Ganguly is joined by Senior Assistant Editor, Hamsini Karthik who talks about her exclusive story about the battle for acquiring IDBI Bank.
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An interesting feature of the recent Karnataka elections was the massive amount of short-form vertical videos, especially those with humour, used on the campaign circuit.
In this episode of Digital Gadfly, host Shubho Sengupta chats with advertising veteran Jayshree Sundar, author of Don't Forget 2004, a book on Congress' winning campaign, to discuss the growing digital push during elections.
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With a new generation of investors flocking to stock markets since COVID, there’s been a boom in new-age, tech-enabled stock scams. What are these and how can you steer clear? We tell you after reading dozens of SEBI orders.
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The palmyrah palm can be a source of promising seasonal employment for tribals in Gujarat. The fruit of the tree, known in as ‘taad fali’, can help generate income of ₹5,000-10,000 per tree during summer months, locals say. But in Gujarat, experts regard this tall tree as an orphan because it is not an agricultural or horticultural plant. Hence, there is no State support for cultivation. In this podcast, Rutam Vora explains the issues surrounding its cultivation and how it can be marketed. Listen in to the podcast now.
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Germany-headquartered TeamViewer SE, a global technology company that enjoys wide popularity thanks to its remote access and support software of the same name, is gung-ho about the Asia-Pacific region, particularly India, given the region’s potential, both as a market and talent hub.
In this exclusive interview, Vasanth Srinivasan speaks to Rupesh Lunkad, Managing Director, India and South Asia, TeamViewer, about the impact of Covid-19 on the company’s business, its plans for the Indian market and a host of other factors that are shaping the industry. Listen in to the conversation now!
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Karnataka is gearing up for the assembly polls on May 10. Amid talks about the upcoming elections, businessline's Narayanan V looked at how the state economy performed in the last five years under the current government.
Delving into numbers, Narayanan analysed the GSDP growth, fiscal deficit, tax revenue, and FDI inflows in the state.
Through an in-depth examination of these metrics, Narayanan sheds light on the state's economic performance, discussing crucial factors such as growth, recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, and fiscal policies that have shaped Karnataka's economic landscape.
How has the state's performance been? How did the state economy bounce back after the COVID-19 scenario? Narayanan answers these questions in this podcast. Listen in. Read the full storyhere.
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Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing, has been on the rise in India. It's a way of saying that businesses ought to act morally and responsibly towards the community and the environment.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has taken steps towards ESG transparency by issuing guidelines to focus on ESG investing. Nevertheless, the likelihood of companies engaging in greenwashing (reporting misleading claims) remains a concern.
In this podcast, Joseph Martin Chazoor Francis, Markets Leader, ESG, PwC India, and a member of the Global Sustainability Standard Board, GRI, talks about the importance of ES investing, the recent SEBI regulations, ESG-based mutual funds, and more.
Francis says that, along with the SEBI, the RBI recently announced requirements for green deposits to leverage retail investment power for ESG-related transformation. He adds that the country's investment environment is fast changing to support the green transition through ESG transparency because of all these regulations in the capital markets, the rules from various ministries, and the incentives supplied by the government.
When it comes to ESG-based mutual funds, Francis points out that there are multiple factors that will affect them. Factors such as the general investment sentiment, and the trend regarding the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) will affect ESG-based mutual funds. UN PRI aims to "promote sustainable investment through the incorporation of environmental, social, and governance.."
However, Francis warns of the high probability of companies engaging in greenwashing and advocates for following sustainability reporting standards that include accuracy, timeliness, balance, completeness, comparability, reliability, and clarity to minimise the risk. Tune in to the full conversation now!
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We promised you a new series “Know Your Banker” and here it is!
In this episode of the Current Account podcast, Hamsini Karthik talks to R Subramaniakumar, MD & CEO, RBL Bank, about his journey as a banker, his tenure as the chief of RBL Bank, and the ongoing transformation of the bank.
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Selecting a fixed amount to be invested over a predefined period on a monthly basis is what everyone generally does when it comes to investing in mutual funds through the systematic investment plan (SIP) route. However, apart from this plain vanilla SIP, we have five more SIPs namely, perpetual SIP, multi/combo SIP, flex SIP, trigger SIP and step-up SIP. Every kind of SIP has its own use under different circumstances.
In this episode of the Portfolio podcast, Parv Shah and Siddharth MC discuss the nitty gritties of choosing a systematic investment plan. Tune in to the podcast to understand how these different kinds of SIPs can help you in varied situations.
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Generally, people are not comfortable when it comes to discussing estate planning anything associated with death is seen in a negative light. However, dying intestate would mean that your property shall not be distributed as per your wish.
There can be long-drawn legal battles. Hence, preparing a will becomes important. Tune in to the podcast to understand various aspects of the will.
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Everyone from Elon Musk to politicians are talking about regulating Artificial Intelligence. There’s a reason for this -- AI has the capability to change our lives in ways we haven’t even though is possible. But, how can we go about it?
When it comes to regulating AI, there are several issues at play -- there are questions of ownership, copyrights and even transparency. How can we regulate AI to ensure that these concerns are addressed?
In this episode of the bl podcasts, V Nivedita talks to Bharadwaj Jaishankar, Partner at IndusLaw, to help us understand some of these concerns and how they can be addressed.
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For the first time after the budget, NS Kannan, MD & CEO, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance explains why he isn’t very bothered about the recent amendments to the tax exemptions pertaining to insurance products. Asserting that the FY23 March quarter numbers would have looked just fine even otherwise, he talks about how diversification in all aspects is helping the company.
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Editor: Siddharth MC.
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Are you someone who spends a lot of time on Instagram reading microfiction, poetries, or short stories? If yes, then it's most likely you may have heard of Terribly Tiny Tales. With over 2 million followers, Terribly Tiny Tales or TTT is quite popular among writers and readers.
What started as a simple Facebook page by Anuj Gosalia, TTT is now a major content-producing house running its own OTT show, creating content for major brands and even running an online academy to train new budding content creators.
In this conversation with businessline, Gosalia shared with us what it takes to grow organically, his thoughts on Generative AI tools like ChatGPT, and how it will change the content creation ecosystem and the future projects TTT is working on.
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Google has pending competition cases, not just in India but in other jurisdictions like the EU. Some start-ups have expressed concern about the tech giant’s in-house billing system.
The Alliance of Digital India Foundation (ADIF) filed a plea against Google’s user choice billing system (UCB) in the Delhi High Court. The court today asked the Competition Commission of India to look into ADIF’s complaint by April 26.
April 26 is the day when the new billing system goes into effect.
Rahul Singh, Associate Professor, National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, helps us understand the dynamics between start-ups and Google. We also talk about the possibility of tech giants like Google being monitored. On the issue of monitoring Google, Singh says, "What we should bear in mind is that action can be taken only as per law." Listen in.
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The golden boy of Indian cricket, Sachin Tendulkar, turns 50 this week. The master blaster seems to be entering the 50s club in great style with his brand valuation soaring, even though it is ten years since he retired. But how about those in the corporate world? Where do they find themselves as they hit the 50s? Is there anxiety and thoughts about retirement? Or is the golden age the best time at work?
In this episode of People @ Work , our host Kamal Karanth, who too turned 50 this year, speaks to well known fintech professional Shinjini Kumar, who like Sachin appears to be enjoying the 50s having just co-founded Salt, an app focussed on helping women to manage their money. Listen in as they discuss how to negotiate the golden age at work.
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After gain comes pain. Thats the tale of the investors in the IT sector today. Post the rip roaring rally of 2020 and 2021, the sector has been in a deep bear market with the Nifty IT index down 32 per cent from its peak a little over a year back. Recent Infosys results have added salt to the wounds. What is happening and what lies ahead? Parvatha Vardhini and Hari Viswanath discuss the fundamentals of the sector and path ahead for IT stocks. Listen in!
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Depositors’ paradise? Will FY24 favour depositors as the fight for liquidity gets real? Karthik Srinivasan, group head, financial sector ratings, ICRA has the answers.
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Capital gains tax is again in the news. It is because of a news published in a foreign news agency which says that the government is working on a mechanism to tweak the tax. However, later the Finance Ministry denied the presence of any such regulation. The impact, however, was clearly visible in the stock market and among investors.
What exactly is the capital gains tax? How will it affect investors’ sentiments? bussinessline’s Shishir Sinha discusses the tax with Sunil Gidwani, Partner, Nangia Andersen LLP. Listen in. Read the full story here.
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The web is an ever changing world and what you learnt yesterday is no longer relevant today. Take videos. Formats keep changing. Just as you learn reels something else will come along. In this episode of Digital Gadfly, which explores all things digital from the lens of marketers, host Shubho Sengupta speaks to Ankoor Dasgupta, Vice President, Content, Social and Creative, Arm Worldwide to learn how we can keep reinventing our professional digital selves. Ankoor is a digital immigrant driven by passion and he shares valuable tips on becoming a digital ninja.
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Be it a child’s education or marriage, every parent dreams of creating a corpus to fulfill such goals. While options such as Public Provident Fund, Fixed Deposits and Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana are popular for such needs, mutual funds too offer children’s funds, which are marketed as a good product fit for such purposes.
Children’s funds, along with retirement funds, are sub-categories of solution-oriented schemes. The children’s funds category has total assets under management (AUM) of about Rs 14,244 crore spread across 10 funds.
Tune in to the podcast to understand the features of children‘s funds, the process of investing, and a few other key aspects.
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Start-ups and sustainability are topics that everyone is talking about these days. Can start-ups help promote sustainability? And, how do we go about it?
That is a question that even the Indian government is focussing on. The government has set up a panel to discuss the matter at the G20 summit. This task force is called the “G20 Start Up 20 Engagement Group Task Force on Sustainability” and it is the first time such a panel has been set up at the global summit.
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Aavishkaar Capital, who is a member of the task force, to know how start-ups and sustainability can be interlinked.
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What are the different types of instruments that banks have a dispensation with respect to how they can play around with investments? One of the reasons why the investment book of a bank came to limelight was whatever happened globally. In India, do you ever foresee a situation where possibly the investment losses of a bank can wipe out the net profits at all? how aligned is Indian accounting standards to global standards as far as treating investment book is concerned? And is there any worry at all for Indian banks if we have to adopt the global norms?
Ajit Velonie, Director, Crisil Rating answers all of them. Listen in.
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In this interview, Ravindra Sannareddy, Founder & MD, Sri City Pvt Ltd, talks about where Sri City stands today in terms of the multinational firms and home-grown majors it has attracted to invest in the private integrated business city, the pains, and pangs of developing a city from scratch, and how he had to pivot in the early years due to the 2008 financial crises, to move from being an export zone to becoming a zone with a domestic tariff area as well.
He also talks about how Sri City has become the second-largest cluster of Japanese industries and will emerge as the largest manufacturer of air-conditioners in the country.
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Markets interest rates are ruling high and for senior citizens, low risk no longer means low returns. Rates on some small savings schemes were revised upwards recently for the April -June 2023 quarter, opening up some attractive choices. These schemes carry zero risk of default. Bank FDs too are second to none, offering good returns now across tenures and being covered under deposit insurance. Parv Shah and Vishal Balabhadruni discuss attractive options for senior citizens today.
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In a recent development, the NPCI introduced interchange fees of up to 1.1 per cent on merchant UPI transactions done using prepaid payment instruments and said that this would be applicable from April 1. How will this affect business? Anshika Kayastha, Principal Correspondent, explains.
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We all know Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) is considered to be a popular route of investing in mutual funds due to the benefit of the rupee cost averaging that it provides. Selecting a particular mutual fund scheme suitable to your goals and risk appetite can be a tough task. However, things don’t end here. You also need to make several other decisions while investing through SIP such as how to invest, how much to invest, and what should be the SIP date.
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Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) banks and private banks are in a much better shape now than before. Therefore, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has advised banks to set aside specific provisioning towards their exposure to top 20 business conglomerates of India.
The move is to lean on the side of caution and should not be construed as any ‘warning signal’ from the regulator, said a source on anonymity.
The Hindu businessline’s Chief Research Analyst Hamsini Karthick explains in this episode of News Explained. Tune in to know more.
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China and India have steadily increased their energy imports from Russia since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war even though the West has imposed restrictions.
In a recent report, the International Energy Agency (IEA) was worried that India’s Russian oil imports could be undermining the G7’s price cap.
It said that the imports could be “heading into uncomfortable territory”.
What does this mean for India?
In this episode of Businessline’s News Explained podcast, Senior Assistant Editor Rishi Ranjan Kala takes a look at the IEA’s comments and if it can impact India’s trade relationship with Russia.
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The Lok Sabha passed the Finance Bill 2023 on March 24. It was passed with various amendments. One is the taxation of investments in debt mutual funds as short-term capital gains. Suresh P Iyengar, Deputy Editor, discusses the recent capital gains tax amendment and its impact on mutual fund investors in this podcast. Listen in.
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Tune in to the second of our two-part podcast series with PN Vasudevan, MD & CEO, of Equitas Small Finance Bank. He narrates his journey from a professional to a promoter and what went through when he was building Equitas, as a Microfinance company and subsequently as a bank.
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The Indian Patents Office on Thursday rejected an application of global pharma major Johnson and Johnson seeking an extension of its patent on anti-Tuberculosis (TB) drug Bedaquiline beyond July 2023, when it is set to expire. Why is this significant? Will it help TB patients in India? The Hindu businessline's Senior Deputy Editor G Naga Sridhar explains in this episode of News Explained. Tune in to know more.
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Prof Lakshmi Kumar of IFMR Graduate School of Business at Krea University on keeping apace with changing trends, B-school placements, revamping curriculum, and upcoming courses.
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As FY2023 draws to an end, it is time to review what went right for the Indian economy in the year and what policymakers can do to improve the economy in the coming financial year. This exercise could not have come at a time – the Indian economy is coming out of the impact of the Covid–19 pandemic and is starting to gather steam even though the global economy is facing a downturn. Given that India is more connected to the globalized world than ever before, can the Indian economy bear the brunt this time around?
In 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi set a target to make India a $ 5 trillion economy by FY2024-25. However, the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine have impacted the Indian economy. So, is India on track to achieve this target?
In this episode, V Nivedita talks Dipti Deshpande, Principal Economist, CRISIL Ltd, and Pushan Sharma, Director - Research, CRISIL Market Intelligence and Analytics, to know the pressure points, areas of growth, and path to becoming a $5 trillion economy.
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The brand-new Verna sedan from Hyundai Motor India (HMIL) has been released, with prices ranging from ₹10.90 lakhs to ₹ 17.38 crore. (ex-showroom, introductory prices).
According to the manufacturer, young people are significant buyers of vehicles like the Verna because of their cutting-edge designs and technologically advanced features. Tarun Garg, Chief Operating Officer, Hyundai Motor India shares details about the all-new Verna.
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Purpose is not an altruistic pursuit. It is a unifying idea of the problems you want to profitably solve, says Prof Ranjay Gulati, Harvard Business School Professor of Business Administration and author of Deep Purpose: The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies, in conversation with Vinay Kamath.
(Produced by Darshan Sanghvi)
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India has always had a rich legacy of maritime trade, but right now, we have fallen behind other maritime hubs when it comes to key aspects like ship finance, acquisitions, and leasing.
But, that's set to change. Tune in to find out!
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Online scams are becoming extremely common. Whether you're a marketer who grapples with this reality on a day-to-day basis or a consumer targeted by these scamsters – you’ll benefit from a better understanding of the tell-tale signs of these online scams. On this episode of Digital gadfly, hosted by Shubho Sengupta, Kavitha Kanaparthi, a Web 3 specialist and entrepreneur, offers tips you can implement right now to vet the credibility of the next message you receive on your phone. First, remember, if it is too good to be true, it is not good for you. Second, always cross-verify all messages with official communication on the official website, especially if its a financial entity. Refrain from clicking links embedded within messages requesting details, even if it’s old email ids. Third, If the ‘s’ in https is missing in the URL, it is not a secure gateway. (Produced by Akshaya Chandrasekaran)
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Deepak Subramanian, Executive Director of Home Care at Hindustan Unilever Ltd, discusses the brand’s journey, the many inflection points, the different innovation cycles, and how it took on competition.
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The Bar Council of India’s recent announcement to allow foreign lawyers and foreign law firms to enter the Indian legal market paves way for them to advise Indian clients on international legal issues, including international arbitration. What are the new rules and, how will it impact the legal industry? More, importantly, can the new rules help India become a hub for international arbitration? businessline's Senior Deputy Editor KR Srivats explains in the latest episode of News Explained.
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Financial year will end in a few weeks. Along with the tax planning purposes, this time it is also important for your mutual fund investments. As per SEBI guidelines, you need to complete certain tasks before March 31, 2023 to avoid freezing of your mutual fund folios. Hence to have seamless mutual fund investment journey, tune in to the podcast to know about the tasks, and what you need to do.
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Another day. Another bank crisis. This time it’s the almost 167-year-old Credit Suisse bank. On Wednesday, after Saudi National Bank, said that it would not provide fresh funding to Credit Suisse, shares of the Swiss bank plummeted to a record low of $1.40 per share.
However, Saudi National Bank said that the panic around Credit Suisse is unwarranted. Meanwhile, to shore up its liquidity, Credit Suisse said that it would borrow up to $54 billion from the Swiss Central Bank. In this episode of news explained, Hamsini Karthik, Senior Assistant Editor, explains the ongoing Credit Suisse crisis, its impact on India and more. Listen in!
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Crude oil prices fell below $75 per barrel on Wednesday. This was the lowest it fell since 2021. What exactly happened? How will this impact India? Further, amid the ongoing geo-political scenario in the world, where does India stand in terms of its global oil dynamics? Richa Mishra, explains.
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Artificial intelligence (AI), for one, has become intertwined with agriculture. All of us have studied pollination in school. It is basically the transfer of pollen from one plant to another. Insects are one of the most important pollinators of crops. AI has a new solution where it can track the insect pollinators that are essential to framing. How will this help farmers?
In this exclusive interview, Nabodita Ganguly talks to Malika Ratnayake, Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Monash Information Technology. Corresponding author of the paper, "Spatial Monitoring and Insect Behavioural Analysis Using Computer Vision for Precision Pollination", Ratnayake discusses his research on pollination monitoring, the rise of deep learning in agriculture, and how AI is helping researchers provide meaningful solutions in the field of agriculture.
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The collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank has grabbed international headlines. By itself, the bank is quite small. It is a regional bank based out of California and it was the 16th largest bank in the US before the crash.
The bank is a trendsetter – it funds start-ups and venture capitalists. This segment formed a big part of its loan portfolio -- in December 2022, 56 per cent of its loans were to VCs and PEs secured by their limited partners. This is pretty unique for a bank, isn’t it?
A bank collapsing is never good news, and that always generates interest. But, SVB’s collapse is only about this alone. What’s going on here?
Hello and welcome to a new episode of businessline podcasts’ news explained. In this podcast, Nivedita Varadarajan speaks to Hamsini Karthik, businessline’s Senior Assistant Editor, to understand the fall of the Silicon Valley Bank and how this Californian bank’s collapse it could impact start-ups here in India.
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Tune in to the first of our two-part podcast series with PN Vasudevan, MD & CEO, of Equitas Small Finance Bank. He narrates his journey from a professional to a promoter and what went through when he was building Equitas, as a Microfinance company and subsequently as a bank.
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Pest attack, disease outbreaks, nutrient deficiencies are part of any crop cycle. Cashew is no different. Now the Directorate of Cashew Research (DCR) under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has developed an AI-based (artificial intelligence) app and a website for the identification of pests, diseases and nutrient deficiencies in cashew plants. In an interview to businessline, Mohana GS, Principal Scientist at DCR in Puttur taluk of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka, who conceptualised and designed this app, explains how the farmer can make use of this app for managing their cashew plants.
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Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a constant in our lives. The agricultural sector in India is no exception. In this exclusive interview, Nabodita Ganguly talks to Shekar Sivasubramanian, CEO of Wadhwani AI, about how Indian farmers are using AI to solve some of their issues.
Broadly, he touches upon the following points:
- How AI can increase productivity
- How is Wadhwani AI using AI to control pest management in India
- How authorities can use AI to help the agricultural sector as a whole
(Produced by Nabodita Ganguly, Edited by Jayapriyanka J)
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Companies have been trying to promote gender diversity in leadership positions and on their boards of directors. So, how committed are stock market-listed companies towards gender diversity in India? How has the representation of women on company boards been? Has the stock market rewarded firms that promote gender diversity?
Kumar Shankar Roy, Senior Assistant Editor, helps decode these questions. Listen in. Read the full story here.
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Amid the volatility of benchmark indices, there have been seen deep corrections in the small cap stocks in the last one year. This has brought to focus the importance of judicious stock picking in the small cap universe. Screening of small cap stocks while applying fundamental filters may provide us with financially sound companies in the space which may prove to be potential investment opportunities.
Parv Shah and Vishal Balabhadruni discuss on the approach one can take in screening for small cap stocks with good potential.
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SEBI has proposed a few changes to the governance norms for listed entities that give more rights to shareholders, while increasing corporate disclosures on agreements binding them. These new norms proposed by SEBI is exected to give more power to the shareholders. SEBI has sought comments from stakeholders by March 7 .
In this podcast, we are joined by KS Badri Narayanan who will give us context and perception about the consultations of the markets regulator.
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The government will release the latest quarterly GDP estimates for the Q3 (October-December, 2022) on the 28th of February. Will the country achieve the government's target of about 6 per cent? Will the RBI's continuous rate hike hurt the economy? In this episode of the businessline podcast, V Nivedita talks to Madhavi Arora, Lead, Economist at Emkay Global Financial Services Ltd to understand what we can expect from the upcoming Q3 data.
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This conversation you’re about to hear is a part of businessline’s Table Talk series, conversations with leaders on their life and times, and their businesses. In this episode, businessline's Vinay Kamath speaks to Colgate-Palmolive India chief Prabha Narasimhan.
For the uninitiated, Prabha joined Colgate as MD & CEO in September 2022. She is a commerce graduate with an MBA from IIM Bangalore. They chat about her long corporate journey, the growth path for the oral care business, her interests beyond corporate life like cricket, and the two years at IIM.
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How often have we heard excuses of ill health or personal problems for a delayed report or mediocre work? But the corporate manager does not have the luxury of replacing the employee reporting in sick frequently – unlike cricket, where you have standbys, and where excuses for poor performance just don’t wash. Jasprit Bumrah’s absence from the Indian squad or David Warner missing out on the rest of the Australia-India series due to injury cannot be used by the respective teams to explain away any weakness in performance.
In this episode of our regular workplace series People@Work hosted by Kamal Karanth, co-founder of Xpheno, we look at team dynamics on the sports field versus the corporate workplace. Can we take lessons from the cricket pitch? Who better than W V Raman, the former India cricketer and coach of the Indian women’s cricket team, and author of The Winning Sixer to talk about what we can learn from cricket.
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There has been an increased interest seen regarding investing in international stocks especially that of the US. This has been due to increasing financial awareness regarding diversification and investors also wanting to capitalise on innovative global tech themes. However, the Budget proposal of increase in Tax collection at source (TCS) on foreign remittances might be a dampener for some of those investors investing in international stocks.
Parv Shah and Vishal Balabhadruni discuss on the proposed changes regarding TCS on foreign remittances.
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After nearly two turbulent years the Microfinance segment is starting to post healthy demand for loans, and this is a trend it has sustained for several quarters now. Alok Misra, CEO & director, MFIN, joins in to decode some of the finer nuances of the sector and explains why the rebound in growth as a trend is here to stay.
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On January 20, Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, sent an email to Google employees where he announced the news to reduce the company’s workforce by 12,000. Google happens to be one of the main technology companies to announce massive layoffs in the recent past. Global layoffs have reached three-fourth of 2022 in the first 51 days of 2023. Listen in!
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It’s been a year since Russia invaded Ukraine. If you are someone who has been regularly following the news, then you might have heard of the Kyiv Independent. In the last few months, the Kyiv Independent has become one of the prominent English-language news sites bringing out breaking stories from war zones. Several magazines and journalism think tanks have tracked how this media house has grown.
The Hindu BusinessLine recently had the opportunity to attend Splice Beta — a journalism-focused festival — in Thailand. One of the speakers of Beta was Jakub Parusinski — the Chief Financial Officer of the Kyiv Independent.
In an interview, Jakub shared the behind-the-scenes of how the Kyiv Independent started, how the team raise funds, how they do their journalism, and most importantly, what it takes to run a media business during the war.
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IT major Wipro offered fresh recruits a revised salary package of ₹3.5 lakh per annum (LPA) from its previous offer of ₹6.5 LPA. This comes as the company has delayed the onboarding of freshers amidst the macroeconomic headwinds being faced by the industry at large.
With Wipro slashing freshers' salary packages citing global recessionary crosswinds. Is the IT Industry preparing for the worst with a recession looming abroad and how does the sector look at present?
Kamal Karanth, co-founder at Xpheno, a specialist staffing company gives us insights into hiring patterns and the playbook that companies look to work by in a downturn.
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Pakistan has been facing an acute economic crisis. To avoid an economic collapse, the country has reached out to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a bailout.
Pakistan is trying hard to unlock the USD 1.1 billion loan facility with the IMF. Meanwhile, the IMF has asked Pakistan to follow certain conditions such as increasing taxes on luxury items.
As of February 10, Pakistan had only USD 3.2 billion in reserves, that will hardly cover 3 weeks of import. To talk in-depth about the economic condition of Pakistan, Shahbaz Rana, Anchor at Expressnews and Economic Correspondent at the Express Tribune in Pakistan joins us.
Rana touches upon the following points: the IMF bailout conditions, reason for Pakistan to go to the IMF and ways for the country to improve the current economic condition. Rana believes that Pakistan should help itself out by "behaving fiscally", increasing foreign direct investment and more. Listen in.
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Edelweiss Mutual Fund had a sharp run-up and crossed the Rs ₹1-lakh crore in asset under management (AUM) recently despite the upheavals in the market. Unlike others, Edelweiss MF has largely taken the passive route to grow its asset and tried to deliver better returns at lower cost for investors. Radhika Gupta, Managing Director & CEO, Edelweiss AMC, shares her view on the way forward.
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman recently, said that petroleum products could soon be included under GST after discussing with the states. The remarks came months after Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that the Central government was ready to bring petrol and diesel under the GST regime.
The talks about bringing petroleum products is going on for a while now. So, what will be the impact of bring petrol into GST on our pockets?
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A conversation with Nandita Iyer, a medical doctor, author and blogger, on finding your niche on social media
For years, savvy marketers targeted women in their advertising as they were perceived to be invisible influencers in household purchase decisions. On the Internet, women have become visible influencers. On this episode of Digital gadfly, hosted by Shubho Sengupta, meet Nandita Iyer, a medical doctor, author, and blogger with a massive following and an influencer not interested in influencing. Calling yourself an influencer is too stressful, she says. “Influencer means that you want to influence people to either subscribe to your beliefs, or buy the products you are endorsing, and I am not so keen on doing that,” says Nandita.
Shubho, an experienced digital marketer, manages to draw out some interesting social media tips from Nandita. In this unfiltered chat, she discusses what makes an influencer, the early days of social media, the creator economy, and building an organic following. “Social media has become a legitimate way to make money and have a career doing the things you love doing. Tinier the niche, the better the scope of growth,” says Iyer.
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The Reserve Bank of India has returned Payment Aggregator applications of Paytm, Freecharge, and PayU. Meanwhile, it gave In-Principle Authorisation to 32 existing PAs that include Amazon and Google.
Hamsini Karthik delves deep into the topic and explains the difference between Payment Aggregators and Payment Gateways, the significance of a Payment Aggregator license and why Paytm’s application was rejected. Listen in.
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The ongoing macroeconomic headwinds have hit tech companies’ earnings, including Dell Technologies, as customers turn cautious over rising inflation and higher interest rates.
In this episode, our Mumbai Bureau chief Thomas K Thomas talks to DELL Technologies CFO Tom Sweet about the company's PC business, hiring during the pandemic, and sustaining the growth momentum. Listen in for more.
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There has been over 100 per cent growth in the import of arecanut, both in terms of quantity and value, during the current financial year, the Centre told the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
Considering the increase in the import of arecanut and the cost of cultivation, the cooperatives in the arecanut sector, including the Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Cooperative (Campco) Ltd, were seeking an increase in the MIP.
Eventually, the Centre has increased the minimum price (MIP) for the import of arecanut by ₹100 a kg.
Kishore Kumar Kodgi, President of Campco, shared his reponse to the order with A J Vinayak. Listen in!
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Retail inflation based on Consumer Price Index for January rose to 3 months high of 6.25%. What will happen on policy rate movements? Will we see another hike in April when the Monetary Policy Committee meets?
To decode these questions, Shishir Sinha talks to DK Pant, Chief Economist, India Ratings.
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The aggregate growth in the vehicle loan portfolio of banks began only in Q2 FY23 after showing a decline in the year-ago period. According to RBI data, vehicle advances of commercial banks grew 18 per cent year-on-year at the end of June 2022. In the same period last year (June 2021), disbursal of vehicle loans declined by 3.5 per cent.
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Most have been hearing about Expected credit loss(ECLs) for a very long time it’s been doing the rounds for almost a month. Now, what exactly is ECL and why is the RBI looking and implementing it in Indian banks at this juncture?
Crisil’s Arunkumar Iyer, Senior Director explains.
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One of the biggest draws for many investors to buy insurance policies has been tax breaks. This year's Budget proposed a key change that impact the life insurance industry. The maturity amount for certain life insurance policies will be taxable from April 1, 2023 if the total premium paid in a year is Rs 5 lakh or more. For life insurance investors, this is a tough moment of truth. The latest proposal is likely to dent the sales of traditional life insurance products which has been witnessing strong growth over the last few years.
The focus right now is to understand the loss of business from this proposal. How will insurers make up for this? What will be the effect on margins and profits?
Hamsini Karthik and Kumar Shankar Roy discuss the life of insurer stocks in the backdrop of the latest Budget announcement affecting high-ticket policies
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From a total fleet size of 800 planes, India’s fleet of commercial planes is set to grow to nearly 1,700 aircraft in just two years. This will make India the next growth engine of global aviation.
What is powering this growth? Why are the Indian carriers buying in record numbers? What are the challenges associated? What is the government’s plan?
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In its latest review, the Reserve Bank of India has hiked interest rates yet again. The RBI’s six-member Monetary Policy Committee voted 4-2 to raise the benchmark repurchase or repo rate to 6.50 per cent and retain its stance of withdrawing accommodation, which was adopted early last year.
This is the sixth straight increase in interest rates since May last year This time around, the central bank increased borrowing cost by 25 basis points. It is also concerned about inflation, even though retail inflation fell in December for the second month in a row.
In this podcast, we take a look at how this move will affect your finances. Listen in.
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The appointment of Lekshmana Chandra Victoria Gowri, an advocate, as an additional judge of the Madras High Court has generated huge controversy as some lawyers of the Madras High Court have opposed her appointment. The petitioner lawyers, in their plea, referred to the some speeches made by the advocate and flagged them for being hate speeches. Her alleged proximity with the BJP has also drawn criticism.
The Supreme Court declined to entertain petitions challenging the appointment of advocate Victoria Gowri as an Additional Judge of the Madras High Court on Tuesday even as the lawyer took oath of office in a ceremony held almost simultaneously with the apex court hearing.
This controversy could be seen as another example of the need for reforms in the appointment of judges in the country. Here's why.
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businessline's special Budget series is ending today. In our last episode of the series, B. Baskar from businessline sums up the key outlook of the Budget.
Even though released just before the elections, the Union Budget didn't have populist schemes. Further, there wasn't any big announcement for any project. Will it be safe to say that it's a Consolidated Budget? In a brief conversation with V Nivedita, Baskar shares his views.
Through this special series on the Budget, businessline talked to professionals to decode the Budget.
Before the government released the Budget, businessline reached out to subject experts to know their key expectations from the Budget. Our videos and podcasts on the Budget will be available on our website and other platforms such as Youtube and Spotify. Stay tuned for more valuable information.
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Lab-grown diamonds have physical and optical properties similar to natural diamonds and have been around since the 1950s. LGDs are becoming popular in India now, while in other parts of the world, the commercial marketing of these artificial diamonds started about 10 years ago.
In her Budget speech, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman abolished the Customs duty on imports of seeds used to manufacture rough lab-grown diamonds. Why is the government focussing on these diamonds now? Rutam Vora explains this in this podcast. Listen now.
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Green mobility, in particular electric mobility, is likely to get a further boost with two measures, among others, indicated in the Budget.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said adequate funds have been provided to scrap old vehicles of the Central government, and the Centre will also extend support to States to replace their old vehicles and ambulances.
Electric vehicles (EVs) and imported vehicles will now become dearer as Budget 2023-24 has increased the rate of customs duties.
In this podcast, Ronendra Singh discuss the impact of the Union Budget 2023 on the Automobile sector and the reaction from various stateholders.
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Financial year end is approaching fast and Tax saving is a buzzword now. There is a good number of tax-saving instruments in the market and one such instrument is Tax saving FD. What is this instrument and how does it work?
Parv Shah and Vishal Balabhadruni discuss Tax saving FD.
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In a boost towards Investment and job creation, The capital expenditure outlay in BE 2023-24 to Rs.10 lakh crore.
With a definite push towards increased capital expenditure, what does Budget 2023-24 have for India Inc and what would the ones to look out for the coming year be?
Businessline’s Thomas k Thomas gets us India Inc’s perspective on the Union Budget 2023-24.
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businessline Podcast is a daily series of podcasts from The Hindu businessline newspaper. In this series, we take a look at news that matter from around the world and stories to provide quick, critical analysis. Our reporters, analysts and experts provide context to help you understand what happened, why is it important and how it impacts you. Listen in as we decode a wide range of topics from politics, policy, the Indian economy, and the world of business.
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The budgetary allocation in the Union Budget 2023-24 for the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, including Agricultural Education and Research, is about Rs 1.25 lakh crore.
This includes a provision of Rs. 60,000 crore that has been made for the Modi Government's ambitious PM-Kisan scheme. The agricultural loan target for Animal Husbandry, Dairy, and Fisheries sector has been increased to Rs 20 lakh crore and much more has been announced in this budget.
What are the key areas in Agriculture that the government has prioritised in Budget 2023-24? What are the concerns post-budget that has cropped up
Subramani Ra Mancombu, head, of Commodities, and Agri-Biz, businessline tells more.
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Union Budget 2023 is released. It has removed tax exemptions on insurance policies whose premium is more than Rs 5 lakh. How will this affect the sector? What has been the reaction of the Insurance Sector to the same? Lastly, what was in the Budget for the Banking Sector? Hamsini Karthik explains.
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For Indian stock market investors, the devil in Budget presentations has always been in the detail.
Past ‘dream’ Budgets which have seen the Finance Minister’s speech greeted with cheers from the gallery, have given way to a more sober mood as investors have discovered provisions relating to the taxation of foreign portfolio investors or changes in personal taxation lurking in the Memorandum.
What is in the Union Budget 2023 for the investor and how did the markets react?
Aarthi Krishnan explains.
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From an expected big send on infrastructure to an unexpected tax incentive, the last full budget of the Modi government had many big announcements.
Here are our top five pick from Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s fifth budget.
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India has been focusing heavily on the renewable sector.
The country has made two significant commitments at the COP27 summit. It promised to meet 50 per cent of its energy needs from renewable fuels by 2030. It also intends to transition to a net zero carbon economy by 2070. India’s phased transition commitment is an “important commitment” according to Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav.
In light of this, what can the renewable sector expect from the upcoming budget? Will the budget see an increased focus on Electric Vehicles? Will there be any Production-linked incentives for the sector? Will the Budget focus on green finance?
Gaurav Moda, Partner, Energy Sector Leader from EY India, talks to Nabodita Ganguly about the Renewable sector in India and its expectations from the upcoming Budget.
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The Union Government is focussing on infrastructure to aid the manufacturing sector.
Over the years, the government has introduced several schemes like the Bhara Mala, Sagar Mala, and National Logistics Policy to meet its goal. How successful have they been? What can we expect from this upcoming Budget?
Abhaya Agarwal, Leader – Infrastructure, Government and Public sector, EY India, explains it for you. Listen in.
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With layoffs and recession fears, one would imagine employees settling for less during salary negotiations. But that’s not the case. They are asking for more. As of January, the IT engineers were still expecting a 50 per cent hike for any job change. Moreover, less than 70 per cent of them accepted the offers they negotiated. Which means they declined offers because they expected more. Job insecurity is on the rise. Most of us know that 95 per cent of start-ups fail. Employees are trying to mitigate the risk associated with joining start-ups, especially at a time like this, by asking for a significant hike.
In this episode, Kamal Karanth, host of the people@work podcast series, discusses a better and fairer approach to layoffs with seasoned HR professional Ravi Kumar. As Chief People Officer at Page Industries Limited, and with 25 years of experience in the HR field, Ravi speaks on good authority in this regard. New-age and modern companies benchmark the salaries based on market research. It is no longer predicated on previous drawing salaries. It is more about the value they bring to the table, says Kumar. People@work is a special series from businessline. Each week, Kamal Karanth, a veteran talent specialist and co-founder of a staffing solutions firm Xpheno talks to business leaders and experts about the most trending human resource topics.
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Banking stocks have been on a roll with Banking companies having outperformed market expectations for almost 8 quarters in a row.
This is what is giving a lot of fillip to the market rally and the confidence with which people are investing in Indian markets.
What’s behind these consecutive strong results by banks, and how are the quarters ahead likely to be for banks?
In this episode, Hamsini Karthik talks to BNP Paribas’ Shantanu Chakraborty who helps decode the good and bad of banks’ December quarter earnings.
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Social media has been tending with #Adani. Adani shares also fell rapidly. Billionaire industrialist Gautam Adani slipped to the 4th on the world’s richest list.
All these happened after Hindenburg Research, accused Adani of "pulling the largest con in corporate history". Hindenburg Research claims that it specializes in forensic financial research.
The research titled, “Adani Group: How The World’s 3rd Richest Man Is Pulling The Largest Con In Corporate History, " alleged that 7 listed companies of Adani group “have 85% downside purely on a fundamental basis owing to sky-high valuations.”
Meanwhile, the Adani group said it is exploring legal options against Hindenburg Research. In a statement, Jatin Jalundhwala, Group Head - Legal, Adani Group said, “We are evaluating the relevant provisions under US and Indian laws for remedial and punitive action against Hindenburg Research.”
It should be noted that Hindenburg Research specializes in short selling. What exactly is short selling? What are the allegations of this report? What will Adani Group do next? Rutam Vora explains it to you.
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Primary residential sales are likely to post modest volume growth of 3-8 per cent in FY23 on a high base of the previous year for the top eight cities, this according to a CRISIL report.
In December 2022, The SBICAP Ventures Ltd-backed SWAMIH Investment Fund-I, set up under the Special Window for Affordable and Mid-Income Housing received a capital infusion of about Rs 5000 crores bringing the overall fund to ₹15,530 crore.
Is affordable housing on the Govt’s priority list, and what is the real estate sector’s wishlist ahead of Budget 2023?
Aniket Dani, Director - Research, CRISIL Market Intelligence, and Analytics shares insights about the Real estate sector. listen in!
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We are all looking forward to the upcoming budget, but there is a group of people who keenly wait for the budget -- those who invest in stocks and commodities.
Every year while we run our special Budget blog on the site, we keep an eye on the markets to know what the investors are thinking. We usually expect some sort of volatility in the market-- investors tend to show their appreciation or disappointment instantaneously.
So, what do they want from the budget this time around? What should you do on the Budget day and after that? Badrinarayanan K S, Senior Deputy Editor, explains.
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This year’s Budget is the last budget of the Narendra Modi government before the general elections.
The BJP is gearing up for the upcoming elections. In the recent national executive meeting of the BJP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi noted that there were nearly 400 days left for the 2024 Lok Sabha election. He asked party members to serve every section of society with full dedication in a speech.
So, how significant is this budget for the Union government?
How has the implementation of policies such as MGNREGA been by the government? What are some of the grave social issues that should be of immediate focus in the budget?
Poornima Joshi, Chief of Bureau, Delhi, helps decode these questions and mentions why Garib Kalyan will be the primary focus of the Budget. Listen in.
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A conversation with Jaspreet Bindra, a thought leader in digital transformation, on the future of advertising with the intervention of generative AI.
As generative AI tools like ChatGPT become mainstream, the battle to remain relevant is intense in the creative advertising industry. AI, like electricity, will have an impact across the board, says Jaspreet Bindra, author of the book Tech Whisperers, in conversation with seasoned digital marketer Shubho Sengupta and host of the monthly podcast series on all things digital marketing — Digital Gadfly.
AI will not replace humans, says Bindra. But, humans with AI will replace humans without AI. He shares the impact of Web 3.0. It will be all about decentralisation, he says. Big tech conglomerates will no longer own content, and it will democratise ownership and monetisation will improve with the introduction of NFTs. It will turbocharge the creator economy further and the metaverse will be the UI of this world.
Speaking about his futuristic book Tech Whisperers, he says, technology isn’t the backbone of digital transformation. It is about revamping the business model to put tech at the core and changing the workplace culture to think digital first.
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CSR is big. But now there is also CCR – corporate cultural responsibility. We have seen several corporates jump enthusiastically into patronage of music, arts and culture. How does it help the brand? Is there some thought given to these interventions and patronage? We find out from Jay Shah, Vice President – Cultural Outreach, Mahindra Group, which has as many as seven festivals running and is a big patron of culture.
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In December 2022 Bank of Japan announced that it is going to continue with its Yield curve control policy but expanded the range for movement of the yields.This led to the fall in the equity markets and Yen appreciated against dollar. Bank of Japan on January 20,2023 stated that it intends to continue with the ultra easy monetary policy and Yield curve control measure after widening the trading band in December 20222.
Yield curve control policy is a tool used by central banks to keep the long term yields at lower/desirable levels. This exercise is carried out by the central banks when it feels that some sort of stimulus is required for the economy and as the long term rates are contained more economic activity may take place and at the same time reduce the borrowing cost of the government.
Parv Shah and Vishal Balabhadruni discuss Yield curve control.
Tune in to the podcast to understand the nuances of this activity and its impact on markets.
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In today’s episode, we talk about the primary backbone of the budget- the working of the Finance Ministry and taxes, that affects all of us.
There are several expectations from the budget with regard to taxation. Will there be any change in the income tax slabs? Will there be any tax exemptions? We also touch upon key sectors such as investment, health and education. Adding to it, will India be a $7 trillion economy in seven years as said by Chief Economic Advisor V. Anantha Nageswaran?
Nabodita Ganguly talks to Associate Editor Shishir Sinha who helps decode these aspects.
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The 16th edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival is all set to begin from 19th January, and until the 23rd at Hotel Clarks Amer. The organisers will be hosting over 250 speakers from across the globe, many of whom are winners of major awards such as the Nobel, the Booker, International Booker, the Pulitzer, the Sahitya Akademi, Baillie Gifford, PEN America Literary Awards, and many more. The festival is also displaying over 20 Indian and 14 international languages.
businessline spoke to the author-historian and festival Co-director William Dalrymple to hear what the audience can expect from this year, the addition of more regional writers, his thoughts on ChatGPT and more.
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India, in a short period of time, has introduced game-changing products in the financial sector, with the UPI payments ecosystem becoming a runaway success.
After a period of being under pressure, the banking sector is doing well. Banks’ asset quality has improved in the first half ending September 30, 2022 period for FY23. Recent RBI data suggests that the scheduled commercial banks’ GNPA has fallen to a seven-year low, while the net NPA has contracted to a decade low. The demand for bank credit is back and this is an early indicator of a revival of the investment cycle.
The Indian insurance sector is also in revival mode after the Covid-19 pandemic. The sector will become the sixth-largest insurance market in the world by 2032.
What should the Centre focus on to help the sector grow in the upcoming budget? What are the industry expectations? Senior Assistant Editor Hamsini Karthik explains this in this podcast. Listen in now!
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Hamsini Karthik speaks to Ravi Loonkar, partner and insolvency professional, RBSA Restructuring Advisor LLP, to gauge what's not working so well in the insolvency and bankruptcy code.
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PSU stocks are well-regarded for their attractive valuations, high dividend yields, sovereign support on account of government ownership, and good return potential. After a solid 2021, these stocks seem to have found some favour in 2022 as well. As a result, PSU thematic equity funds have given robust returns.
The ongoing debate between actively managed funds and passively managed vehicles such as ETFs and index-based products is relevant too in the case of PSU funds.
Tune in to this podcast to know how these funds differ in terms of returns, portfolio construction, and much more.
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India is an agrarian economy with about 54.6 percent of the total workforce engaged in agricultural and allied sector activities, as per the 2011 Census.
With Rs 1,32,000 crore announced as the revised estimates of the budget 2022-23 for Agriculture and farmer welfare. What are the areas that the government is likely to focus on in Agriculture this budget, and what are various stakeholders looking forward to from budget 2023?
In the second episode of BL's special podcast series ahead of Budget 2023-24, MR Subramani, head, of Commodities and Agri-Business, The Hindu businessline takes us through the agriculture sector’s wishlist ahead of budget 2023.
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On February 1, 2023, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the current Narendra Modi government's last full budget before the general elections next year. Even as the world is coming out of the threat of the Covid-19 pandemic, experts believe threats like the war in Ukraine, the surge in the dollar's price and high inflation could push the world into a recession. This puts the Union Budget into the spotlight.
Every budget is crucial to the economy and this year is no different. Join V Nivedita and B Baskar to know what we can expect from the upcoming Budget.
In the first episode of businessline's special series on the budget, we talk about:
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How a recession in the West could impact the Indian economy
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The ways to boost domestic demand
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The Centre's focus on building infrastructure
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The Indian 'manufacturing conundrum'
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Helping MSMEs
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Reforming the agricultural sector
Tune in daily for a new episode on the Union Budget!
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The latest PwC report on ‘Start-up Perspectives’ delves into some interesting takeaways. Expectedly, Bengaluru continued to be the key start-up city. It mentions that while start-up funding did decrease in 2022, it was twice more as the funds raised in the year 2020 and 2019.
Further, some of the top sectors that attracted funding were SaaS, Fin Tech, Logi and Auto Tech and Ed Tech. Interestingly, the year saw a growth in funding activity for the media and entertainment sector. Why is that so? How was the M&A scenario last year for start-ups? Amit Nawka, Start-ups Leader and Partner, Deals, PwC India talks about the findings of the report in detail. Listen in.
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From a household brand of dairy products to a multi-product food brand, in the past decade, Amul catapulted itself into the league of top 10 global dairy processors. The man at the helm of affairs during that period, Rupinder Singh Sodhi has much to claim credit for the transformation of the dairy behemoth.
Under RS Sodhi, Amul forayed into newer areas in dairy, beverages, and non-dairy segments, the latest being the organic atta, thereby giving a marketing platform for not just dairy producers but also the newly emerging breed of organic farmers.
Sodhi resigned on Monday after GCMMF Board of Directors resolved to terminate his services asking him to hand over the charge to Jayen Mehta, Chief Operating Officer.
What surprised the dairy sector and other stakeholders were there was mention by the Board of the reason for his ouster nor a word of acknowledgment of his contribution to building the brand Amul.
Rutam Vora takes a look at the brand Amul, its growth as a global milk cooperative, and RS Sodhi's departure from the milk major.
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Thunderstorms, torrential rains, landslides, floods, cold waves, heat waves, cyclones, droughts, dust storms, hail or snowstorms: India experienced at least one of them every day in the first nine months of 2022, according to the New Delhi-based Center for Science and Environment (CSE).
These climate extremes claimed 2,755 lives, affected 1.8 million hectares (ha) crop area, 416,667 houses and killed over 69,007 animals, states the report.
These data will carry a lot of weight, even if India hasn’t submitted its Long-Term Low Emissions Growth Strategy for low carbon transition pathways nor took charge as the president of G20.
Experts want nations to capture and assess their progress toward enhancing resilience and make more detailed and ambitious commitments in their national climate plans.
What can help nations do this is as simple as an artificially intelligent robot. AI is a powerful tool that can address the challenges posed by climate change.
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Bank deposits have an advantage over NBFC deposits to the extent they are covered by DICGC insurance up to Rs 5 lacs of deposits. Thus if one is considering NBFCs, given the investment risk being higher as compared to banks, the interest rates must be attractive and also the NBFC must be financially sound. In our bl.portfolio edition dated Dec 11, we recommended attractive fixed deposit options for investors to consider in small finance banks. In this follow up podcast on good options in the fixed-income segment, we identify 4 options you can consider in the NBFC space. We also recommend listeners check out our detailed article on this in this week's print edition/website, for more details.
Parv Shah and Vishal Balabhadruni discuss safer options amongst NBFCs that you can consider in today's context.
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2022 was a volatile year for markets, and stock selection made all the difference. Looking ahead it appears asset allocation will make all the difference in 2023. Listen to the podcast to understand the different scenarios that can play out in the equities market and how you must play it during the course of the year.
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It’s been a month since the e-rupee’s retail pilot was launched. As you know, the e-rupee is RBI’s ambitious project to digitalise the economy. How is it different from wallets and payment apps? What are its uses and what lies ahead for digital currency? Also, what is the reaction of bankers and customers?
In this podcast, Senior Assistant Editor Hamsini Karthik talks to Ajay Rajan, head of transactions at Yes Bank, and Navin Surya, fintech expert about this one of its kind experiment by the RBI.
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Climate change is becoming a constant part of our lives. The tea gardens of West Bengal are not spared from it. West Bengal’s Dooars region contributes around 25% of the nation’s tea yield. Change in weather patterns such as drought, and floods have a massive impact on tea-producing areas.
With climate change reducing the quality of tea yield, it is becoming difficult to get a higher price for the crops at auctions. Hence, farmers are at the receiving end of it.
In this podcast, Piyashee Mallick talks about how climate change plays an important role in agricultural production in India, about climatic conditions that lead to the reduction of tea yield and the impact that it has. She also discusses if farmers should follow some different cropping patterns due to climate change in the region.
Mallick is a research scholar at Jadavpur University, West Bengal. Her area of work is "Climate Change and its impact on agriculture.Tune in to BL Podcast for more such stories.
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The Parliamentary panel on Finance recently submitted a report called the “Anti competitive practices by Big Tech”. In the report, the panel has identified many anti competitive practices and has suggested some big changes that could make the market more efficient, transparent and address the “power imbalance” between big tech companies and users.
It lists 10 points which it says are anti competitive, broadly categorized into three things -- how big tech operates on a day to day basis, how data is used and how to make Competition Commission of India (CCI) more effective.
The report doesn’t exactly paint a pretty picture of how big tech run their day-to-day ops -- it seems to have issues with deep discounts, how data is used and managed, how payments are made etc... what is the report saying?
In this podcast, K R Srivats, Senior Deputy Editor, businesslines explains the report.
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As we head into 2023, we look at the creator economy in depth. In this end-of-the- year episode of Digital Gadfly, a monthly podcast series on all things digital marketing, host Shubho Sengupta speaks to Manish Pandey, social media evangelist, and mentor to new-age digital brands and Influencers. Manish, who is also part of the leadership team of social tech start-up Josh Talks and co-author of the book Booming Digital Stars, is pretty gungho about the monetising power of the creator economy. Do listen in to get a sense of Manish's own meteoric journey in this space, his takes on the influencer economy, and more.
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After a solid 2021, calendar year 2022 has seen Indian stock market take a breather of sorts but it still has outshined many a global peers, thanks to resilient fundamentals and domestic investors stepping up to fill the void left by incessant selling by foreigners.
In this podcast, Parv Shah talks to Kumar Shankar Roy to find out the reasons behind India's outperformance over global markets, stocks that won and lagged, as well as how value stocks stole a march over growth equities.
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While the audience came back to the movie halls after the pandemic, some small budget movies delivered unprecedented returns and some big budget movies vanished from the audiences’ attention. It was content that played the key role in making a movie hit or flop. Read the full story here.
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In the last few weeks, we have witnessed the stunning capabilities of AI tools like ChatGPT to generate content with a simple text prompt. But what happens if students use them for their assignments?
To understand the academic impact, businessline spoke to Kashyap Kompella, CEO of global technology industry analyst firm RPA2AI. Kompella explains how ChatGPT works, how schools can respond, and what teachers and students can do to use it ethically.
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Even after RBI’s digital lending norms became effective on December 1, the fintech industry is still awaiting clarity on several issues.
While most fintechs have made technical, procedural, and other adjustments to their operations to comply with the digital lending norms, it has increased their compliance costs, created more disruptions. This has also led to fintechs being more selective and cautious in their business approach.
In this podcast, Ansika Kayastha from businessline explains the RBI norms and the fintech companies’ difficulties in complying them.
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The FIFA World Cup 2022 ended with euphoria for Argentina which lifted the trophy. Messi's last World Cup, the match saw fierce competition between France and Argentina.
In this podcast, we discuss the recently concluded World Cup, and the rise of new nations in the World Cup. We also talk about the next FIFA World Cup that'll be hosted by the USA, Canada and Mexico. The next edition of the tournament will have more teams, that is 48. So, does India stand a chance? B Baskar explains.
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The end of a year is always time for reflection. 2022 has been a year of big flip-flops for both enterprises and employees. Many companies entered this year with the optimism of last year. But, end of February, the war in Ukraine broke out, and things changed dramatically. Overhiring, joining bonuses, moonlighting, returning to work, and now the big layoffs. This year the pendulum swung both ways and we did it all.
In this episode, Kamal Karanth, host of the people@work podcast series, discusses the year that it was with Madhumita Basu, a C-suite member with a cement major.
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Amid the conventional heteronormativity, there are several gender expressions that we ignorantly, fail to recognize. One of them is gender fluidity.
Gender Fluidity, in simple terms, means that a person’s gender changes over time. It can also be defined as the way people feel outside the binary gender structure. In this podcast, we talk about what gender fluidity is, how important pronouns are for a person and how it is to live as a gender-fluid person in India. Listen in.
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After a robust 2021, the calendar year 2022 has been a volatile one. But even as the inflation/rates debate continued to cloud the horizon for global markets, Indian equity benchmarks, powered by stronger domestic fundamentals, have outperformed most developed and emerging markets.
What lies in store for 2023? To find out, our team reached out to Neelesh Surana, CIO, Mirae Asset Investment Managers (India); Samir Arora, founder, and fund manager, Helios Capital; Kenneth Andrade, Founder & CIO, Old Bridge Capital, and Sunil Koul, Asia Pacific Equity Strategist, Goldman Sachs.
Tune in to this podcast to know about the specific sectors that, according to these experts, look most promising for 2023.
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The Union Budget 2023 is significant. This is the last budget before the General Elections of 2024. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman held several pre-budget meetings with 54 Central Ministers and Departments.
Among the various suggestions, the Confederation of Indian Industry proposed a reduction in personal income tax rates. Meanwhile, the budget might see changes in the new income tax regime, and propose a roadmap for the common Income Tax Reform Form.
In this podcast, we talk about the likely reforms in the Income Tax regime, the common Income Tax Return Form. We also discuss if there will be any cut in the personal income tax.
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It has been seen that investors tend to research a lot about entering mutual funds (MF). Also, there is a lot of content centered around the purchase of MFs which you can find on the internet. However, one aspect that is less discussed is having a good plan to exit as well. While selling, in general, may be very infrequent compared to buying, one needs to have a clear plan around that as well. However, not much guidance is available regarding when to exit MFs.
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Despite the continued impact of COVID-19, malaria cases and deaths remained stable in 2021, states the World Malaria Report 2022.
The report, by the World Health Organisation (WHO), highlights progress towards global targets and describes opportunities and challenges for eradicating malaria. The report also finds that, despite disruptions due to pandemic, countries around the world have largely held the line against further setbacks to malaria control.
The report states, “Malaria cases continued to rise between 2020 and 2021, but at a slower rate than in the period 2019 to 2020.”
In the latest episode of BL Podcast, Jyothi Dutta, Deputy Editor, businessline decodes the latest World Malaria Report 2022 and talks about the robust research and development pipeline which is set to bring out a new generation of malaria control tools.
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Bisleri International, a brand known to all of us, has come to the news again. The chairman of Bisleri, Ramesh Chauhan has decided to sell the packaged drinking water business.
The potential buyer of Bisleri is Tata Consumer Products Ltd (TCPL). While the deal hasn’t been finalized yet, both Tata and Bisleri have given an affirmative answer about being in talks.
In this podcast, we talk about the journey of Bisleri and why it is looking for a new owner. We also discuss how acquiring Bisleri will help Tata.
(Hello and welcome to the BL Podcast. This is Nabodita Ganguly. Today, I am joined by Meenakshi Verma Ambwami who will speak in-depth about the issue.)
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The recently concluded state assembly elections in Gujarat, saw the BJP create history by winning with a comfortable majority of 156 out of 182 seats. In Himachal Pradesh, the Congress won 40 out of the 68 seats.
In this podcast, we talk about what this result means for the BJP and Congress. We also discuss the new entrant-AAP and its performance.
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The 48th GST Council is meeting on December 17 in a virtual format. The Council is meeting after more than 5 months. The last meeting was held in Chandigarh in June. The three main proposals that are likely to be discussed in the meeting include- decriminalization of GST offences, setting up of the GST Appellate Tribunal and discussion of the report by the Group of Ministers related to online gaming, casinos and horseracing.
In this podcast, we decode these three proposals in detail. Shishir Sinha explains. Listen in.
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India’s fourth largest IT services company, Wipro is lagging growth compared to its Indian peers in IT services. Wipro’s turnaround story is faltering because of various factors.
As early as FY 2002, Infosys had overtaken it in terms of growth and revenue, and by FY 2019, HCL had taken away Wipro’s crown as the third largest Indian IT service provider. In this podcast, we take a look at Wipro’s journey in the recent years.
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Rajesh Jain was one of the original success stories in the Indian online space. In the mid -1990's he launched some of India's then-most popular websites across categories including news, cricket, cooking and other segments. After scaling them, he eventually sold his company IndiaWorld to Satyam Infoway for a substantial $115 million in 1999.
After that, he eventually became an entrepreneur in the intersection between politics and technology space. He helped the then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi reach out to people technologically through Niti Digital, IndiaVotes.com to accomplish Mission 272 plus leading to the BJP's victory in 2014.
However, after a decade of dabbling in that intersection between technology and politics, Jain returned to shepherd the growth of Netcore Cloud, a company he had floated and was largely dormant. Netcore provides AI-powered marketing and analytics solutions to enterprises big and small. Unlike several VC-backed Unicorns which are not profitable but command high valuations, Jain describes Netcore as a 'Proficorn' - profitable, boot-strapped, with relatively high valuations.
Netcore in its space competes globally with the likes of MailChimp, Adobe, Oracle and Microsoft. Can Rajesh Jain do an encore with Netcore? In this podcast, he talks about his nearly three-decade journey.
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Before the COVID period, power stocks have seen more than a decade of underperformance. Ever since reaching its peak in early 2008, BSE Power Index has been continuously sliding till March 2020 and has seen a fall of around 72 per cent during the period. However, in recent times, renewed interest has been seen in the stocks of thermal power generation companies from investors. BSE Power Index and the stock of Tata Power crossed their peaks in 2008 and have grown about 2 times and 6 times since hitting their COVID lows while NTPC stock surpassed its decade-level high.
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Climate financing featured as the overarching theme of this year’s COP27 discussion with the creation of a loss and damage fund to fund recovery in developing countries post-climate disasters.
In this episode of BL Podcast, Nivedita V speaks to Rahul Pritiani, Senior Director, Consulting - Energy, Commodities & Sustainability · CRISIL on what climate financing is all about and what the many avenues of green or climate financing are.
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When Qatar became the host of the FIFA World Cup 2022, many countries were surprised. How will such a country with extreme weather and lack of infrastructures host the World Cup? Defying all odds, Qatar opened the middle east’s first FIFA World Cup for global leaders. FIFA has already earned an unprecedented amount of $ 7.5 billion revenue via commercial deals that are linked with the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
However, the host nation has drawn lots of criticism from human rights groups, social activists, political activists for a wide variety of reasons.
The latest controversy happened when an intruder waved the rainbow flag, a symbol of the LGBTQIA+ community on the field. The person was wearing a T-shirt with messages- “Save Ukraine” and “RESPECT FOR IRANIAN WOMAN”.
This is not the sole act of defiance in the World Cup. Qatar has faced heavy condemnation for its LGBTQIA+ laws. With several laws that criminalizes LGBTQIA+ people, particularly gay people in Qatar several LGBTQIA+ activists have voiced their concern about the rigid laws existing in the country.
Similarly, several people are protesting against the ongoing condition in Iran. Iran is witnessing massive protests after the death of Mahsa Amini. Arrested for allegedly breaching the Islamic Republic’s dress code, Amini died in police custody.
How significant is the World Cup in terms of revenue for host Qatar? How are the protests dominating this year's World Cup? How does this World Cup stand out? Listen in.
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India and the EU began the third round of free trade agreement talks on November 29 with the talks said to continue till December 9.
India and the EU have started talks again after nine years.
Various issues such as the customs tax on vehicles, and the movement of professionals halted the talks back in 2013.
In this podcast, Amiti Sen talks about the areas of discussion for the India-EU FTA, the hurdles that the India-EU FTA might face, and how will the India-EU FTA be a game changer for India.
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A stable livelihood under the Amul model coupled with an increased income over the past five years is a big pro-incumbency factor for over 36 lakh dairy producers, whose vote will decide the outcome in at least 88 seats out of the Municipal corporation areas in Gujarat polls.
Rutam Vora takes a look at how Gujarat’s dairy cooperatives are key to political success.
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Digital Gadfly is our monthly podcast series on all things digital marketing. Hosted by well-known digital marketer Shubho Sengupta, the series explores trending topics in the digital world. Currently, the talk is all about the crazy happenings at Twitter, after it was acquired by Elon Musk.
In this episode, Shubho talks to Aprameya Radhakrishna, co-founder and CEO of Koo, an Indian micro-blogging platform and a Twitter rival. The desi platform is going global and is finding success in new markets like Brazil. Can Koo benefit from the chaos at Twitter?
In this podcast, Radhakrishna talks about the need for mutual respect between the platform and the content creators, following country-specific laws and empowering the new generation of influencers. Tune in now!
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The India-Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA)has been finally approved by the Australian Parliament. This is India’s first trade deal with any developed country.
The talks about the India-Australia Free Trade Agreement started almost 10 years back, however, it got delayed due to various reasons. In April this year, both nations signed the interim trade deal- Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement, ECTA. However, the ratification process was pending in the Parliament as a new government was in formation in Australia.
The announcement was made on the sideline of the recently concluded G-20 summit.
In this podcast, Amiti Sen helps decode the India-Australia Free Trade Agreement, the sectors that will be the prime beneficiaries of the agreement, and how this agreement will open more avenues for Indians in Australia.
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Many of the new-age company stocks have fallen flat a year or so after their IPO. All the euphoria and hype in the run up to and post the IPO has waned. There were views justifying their irrational pricing last year, but the flaws in those views and justifications stand exposed today. What was wrong with the approach of the new-age stock bulls?
'Ketchup Economics' provides some insights.
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Ahead of the elections, Gujarat is seeing fierce campaigning by the political parties. Along with the fierce campaigning by the BJP and Congress, AAP is also making in to the headlines with its fierce engagement.
What has been interesting is the political trajectory of three candidates who are all well known to the mass- Hardik Patel, Alpesh Thakor and Jignesh Mevani
Patel became famous with his Patidar agitations. After a brief tenure with the Congress, he joined the BJP. Mevani, a Dalit scholar, is running on the Congress ticket. Lastly, Thakor was the founder of the was the OBC-ST-SC Ekta Manch.
Patel, a headstrong leader of the Patidar reservation, had referred to Prime Minister Modi as a “publicity minister.” His attacks against the BJP used to be constant and aggressive. Patel took a U-turn when unhappy with the Congress, he joined the BJP in June this year. After making alliance with the party, Patel has said that the Centre has helped the community with its 10% reservation for the EWS. He has also praised the government for its decision on scrapping Article 370, construction of the Ramjanmanhoomi temple.
Thakor, who led the OBC agitation, won the 2017 elections with the Congress ticket. He joined the BJP in 2019. Ever since, Thakoor has praised the BJP for its groundwork and being in touch with all the party workers. On being asked about his decision to quit the Congress, Thakor has blamed the Congress’s structure.
Mevani, who started as an independent candidate, is now the face of the Congress, has said that the Congress is way better placed this time than the last time. He has added that Prime Minister Narendra Modi no longer appeals the people of Gujarat.
In this podcast, we decode the career trajectory of the three leaders. We also talk about the decision of Patel and Thakor to turn against the BJP and the way the three leaders are campaigning. Listen in.
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In the last few weeks, Substack has been adding social features to help content creators interact with their audience. This podcast explains how the newsletter platform has grown since 2017. businessline also spoke to Substack writer Rohini Kejriwal who runs The Alipore Post on how she built her audience and what it means to use Substack.
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Economists have always used letters of the alphabet to describe economic recoveries. V-shaped, W-shaped, and the now-famous K-shaped. While it is easy to brush it off saying these are jargon, mere approximations, it does largely drive public perception. It gives you the big picture and attempts to simplify complex concepts.
In this episode, B Baskar of businessline discusses the practice of linking letters to recoveries and its relevance these days.
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November is the month of Diabetes Awareness. Although it can be easily managed with proper diet and exercise, there are a number of complications (blurring vision, kidney and heart issues) which cannot be taken lightly. The number of people with this medical condition in India is steadily increasing -- 77 million people (9.6 per cent of Indians) were affected by the medical condition in 2021 and the number is expected to go up to 10.4 per cent by 2030.
How can organisations help their employees thrive while dealing with diabetes? businessline’s Chitra Narayanan talks to Blue Circle Diabetes’s Nupur Lalvani in this episode of the BL Podcast.
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Gujarat is all decked up to go to polls. The elections will be held in two phases from December 1 to 5. The home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Gujarat, has been a political stronghold for the BJP for a very long time. The 2017 elections saw the BJP win 49.1% of the votes, with the Congress winning 41.4% votes.
2017 was the time when issues such as demonetization, GST and Patidar reservations dominated the polls. This year, poll issues are different. The rising price is one of the issues that’s affecting the mass.
This year is also the time when the AAP has been campaigning aggressively for the Gujarat elections. AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal has said that Gujarat is headed towards a “cyclone of change”.
Will AAP win a significant position in the Gujarat elections? Amid the Bharat Jodo Yatra, how will the Congress perform? Will the BJP continue to play a dominating role in Gujarat? What are the poll issues this year?
In this podcast, we talk to Poornima Joshi, who recently visited Gujarat. Poornima helps analyze the play of power in Gujarat politics; she talks about factors that would dominate the election and the aggressive campaigning done by parties for the election. Read the full story here.
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Many marquee companies have announced a series of layoffs. Even as the labour market uncertainty sets up an atmosphere of gloom, now maybe a good time to destigmatise layoffs. Companies typically lay off people due to business restructuring reasons more than on the grounds of performance. Still, employees experience a certain degree of shame while being let go. Setting the right tone for layoffs can help people adopt a more optimistic attitude while looking for the next job without losing face.
In this episode, Kamal Karanth, host of the people@work series, discusses the cyclicity of hiring boom and retrenchment drives with Narayan Thammaiah, Chief People Officer at Accel Partners, and a certified business coach.
People@work is a special series from businessline. Each week, Kamal, a veteran talent specialist and co-founder of a staffing solutions firm Xpheno, talks to business leaders and experts on the most trending human resource topics.
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The recently concluded G-20 summit had a lot of important takeaways. Held amid rising geo-political tension due to the Russia-Ukraine war, rising fuel prices, the summit saw the leaders agreeing to the fact that, “G-20 is not the forum to resolve security issues...”
The summit also saw several bilateral meetings such as the one between US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jingping. The two leaders touched upon several issues such as the military tension in Taiwan, the Ukraine conflict and the North Korean missile tests.
The G-20 summit had added significance as Indonesia handed over its presidency to India for the coming year. India will assume the G-20 presidency from December 1. India will be one of the few developing nations that will be assuming the G-20 leadership.
Created in 1999 during the Asian financial crisis, G-20 assumes more significance at a time when the world is battling several challenges such as increased poverty due to the pandemic, geo-political tensions, and slow global recovery. In this podcast, we discuss the key takeaways from the G-20 summit, the importance of the G-20 summit for India. While decoding several aspects of the G-20 summit, we also see if the opportunity to chair the summit will give India a scope to assume leadership of the Global South. Read the full story here.
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State Bank of India has decided to be selective when giving fresh loans. Reluctant to consider risky proposals, the bank has decided to tighten its corporate loan exposures.
Why is the bank unwilling to consider risky proposals? With SBI being more selective, do we expect a fall in corporate loans? Will this move help and address the Non-Performing Assets of the bank? Listen in.
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Finance Ministry has kickstarted preparations for the 2023-24 budget. Recently, the ministry completed the first set of pre-budget meetings. The meeting was held with several Central Ministries and Departments. More pre-budget meetings are underway where various stakeholders would be consulted. The suggestions given by these stakeholders would be taken into consideration while drafting the budget proposals.
What happened in the recently concluded pre-budget meeting? Should we expect a significant cut in the upcoming budget? What are the expectations from budget 2023? Listen in.
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Following the high inflation in input materials in Q1, companies passed on the costs increases , resulting in slower revenue growth in Q2. Lack of operating leverage impacted profitability as well. But as a silver lining, margin decline seems to have taken a breather. Interest costs and debt are not hot topics right now, but will be a monitorable going forward, as market interest rates rise. What's in store on the earnings front for investors ? Listen on.
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Recently, the Security and Exchange Board of India, SEBI, made amendments to the takeover code. The change has been made to ease strategic investments in public sector units for the Central and State governments. The board has gone away with the rule that used to link open price offer to the last 60 days’ trading volume.
In this podcast, we discuss the SEBI takeover code, the recent amendments made by SEBI and the view of experts about the same. Listen in.
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The COP27, or the 27 th Conference of Parties (countries) who signed the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), is described as an ‘implementation COP’, and will focus on implementing the decisions agreed upon in the earlier COPs.
What is being discussed at COP27? M Ramesh explains.
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India-Russia ties are becoming strong and steady each passing day. Russia has emerged as the 5th largest exporter of India for oil and several other items. Recently, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar visited Russia from November 7-8. Among others, Jaishankar discussed the exponential growth in Indo-Russia bilateral trade.
What were the points of discussion between Jaishankar and his Russian counterpart during the visit? Do we expect India to be a consistent trading partner with Russia amid concerns from the West? Do we expect Rupee settlement for international trade between India and Russia? Listen in.
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The last few months have seen the global crypto market has seen a lot of volatility on account of several factors.
Even recently, FTX Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried launched an urgent push to raise funds to save his firm as the crypto exchange looks to plug a reported $8 billion hole in its finances.
What has brought about this volatility in the global crypto market and are Indian crypto investors jittery in making crypto investments?
Anshika Kayastha explains.
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India has introduced a new pricing mechanism for jet fuel. This new pricing system will be a benchmark change as it could bring in more parity between global crude price and jet fuel price in India.
What is the new ATF pricing mechanism? How is the new pricing mechanism more effective than the old one? How will the new system help the Indian airlines? Will the benefits of ATF price reduction due to new pricing mechanism be passed on to customers?
Abhishek Law, Special Correspondent, businessline explains it all. Listen in!
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The India-UK Free Trade Agreement is underway. According to reports, India is looking at greater market access for pharmaceutical products with the deal. However, the humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders mentioned that the India-UK FTA might hurt the supply of generic medicines globally. The group has also asked India and UK to keep Intellectual Property (IP) off the table.
In this podcast, we discuss the views of pro-health groups about the India-UK Free Trade Agreement, the points of concern addressed by Doctors Without Border and others.
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Elon Musk, Parag Agrawal, and Twitter's leadership rejigs have been clogging news headlines. But throughout history, many start-up and business owners have routinely ousted CEOs. The guest in this episode, Shiv Shivakumar, Group Executive President, Corporate Strategy at Aditya Birla group and a well-known management thinker, describes the asymmetric equation between owners and CEOs; it usually favours the owners, and the situation at Twitter is just the most obvious example of that. When there is a key ideological difference between a CEO and an owner, the organisation suffers. Shiv argues that today's technocrat owners like Musk don't need professional CEOs like before. He offers prescriptions for how to correct this power imbalance and lead a company that employees trust.
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It has been a wild ride this year for US technology stocks with the Nasdaq Composite Index crashing by 34 per cent ytd. The market rout has not spared even the highly regarded FAANG or FAANGMAN stocks. The stock of Facebook or Meta Platforms is no exception to this with over a 70 per cent correction from its highs. What should investors do now? Tune in to the podcast to understand what is happening and whether the correction in this blue-chip stock is a buying opportunity
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Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday named Isudan Gadhvi, a former Gujarati TV journalist as their chief ministerial candidate for the Gujarat elections.
Why is he the choice of the Aam Aadmi Party, what works in his favour, and what are the likely political equations in play ahead of Gujarat elections 2022.
Rutam Vora explains.
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The World Trade Organization’s TRIPS Council (a multi-lateral agreement on intellectual property) is meeting right now to discuss a proposal from India and other developing nations to extend the waiver intellectual property rights for Covid diagnostics and therapeutics. The deadline to reach a decision – that is, to provide a waiver and to what extent -- is December 17, but would they meet it?
In this podcast, let us find out why India and other developing countries want intellectual property waiver extensions. Why are developed countries not agreeing to it? What can we expect from the latest TRIPS Council informal meetings? Listen in.
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The Competition Commission of India imposed a penalty of over ₹1,337 crore on Google for its anti-competitive practices in the android mobile phones market space on Oct 26. Few days after that the CCI once again fined Google with ₹936 crore for abusing its market dominance in Google playstore.
How did Google violate the competition law in India? How was the case initiated and investigated? How will the CCI order affect the developers and users?
K R Srivats, Senior Deputy Editor, businessline answers all. Listen in.
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Monthly electric vehicle registrations (all segments) in the country surpassed the one lakh mark for the first time in October, thanks to the strong growth in the two-wheeler segment.Total EV registrations in October at 114,001 units, up 23 per cent over 92,833 units in September.
What brought about this increase in EV vehicle registrations and how is the EV segment evolving?
Balachandar G takes a look at the EV Industry at this point, listen in.
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The election commission has announced the dates for the much anticipated Gujarat election.
The state will go to the polls in two phases to elect representatives to 182 assembly constituencies.
Will the BJP retain Gujarat? Or, will Congress or the AAP manage to defeat the ruling party?
Rutam Vohra explains.
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The Reserve Bank of India, or RBI, has commenced the pilot programme of the Digital Rupee in the wholesale segment from today- November 1. The RBI has announced nine banks that would participate in the pilot. The banks include- State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, Union Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Kotak Mahindra Bank, YES Bank, HDFC Bank, IDFC First Bank and HSBC.
What exactly are Central Bank Digital Currencies or CBDC? Why is the RBI’s Digital Rupee pilot project? How will the CBDC help enhance the economy? Listen in.
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Its almost three years since reports of a novel corona virus emerged from China. But the origins of the Covid 19 virus is still confusing and under investigation by scientists across the globe.
In this podcast, Jyothi Datta, Deputy Editor, businessline talks about the various theories about the origin SARS-CoV-2 virus and the research by various scientific body on it. Listen in!
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Social selling — where one leverages personal relationships and networks to drive growth — is not new to India. Replicated digitally, it is called social commerce, and the 5G-enabled smartphone penetration has given it the much-needed impetus.
In this episode of Digital Gadfly, a monthly podcast series on all things digital marketing, host Shubho Sengupta speaks to Monica Jasuja, a global fintech leader. She has held leadership roles at Paypal, Mastercard, and others; currently, she is at GoTo Financial, Indonesia's largest tech ecosystem covering mobility, logistics, e-commerce, and fintech.
Here, they discuss the power of social commerce, how open network e-commerce platform will benefit small biz owners, and what marketers can do to help online businesses sell effectively. Do listen.
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A good idea, whatever medium, still holds power. India is having its moment on the global advertising stage as Ogilvy was named the network of the year at the 2022 Cannes Lions. Health is a behemoth vertical for ad agencies. Advertising has also become tech-lead, but ideas still reign supreme. Brands need to reflect modern realities at the same time be prepared for a polarised world. Men need to become champions of diversity. These are some of the insights shared by Devika Seth Bulchandani, Ogilvy's Global CEO, in an interview with businessline's Vinay Kamath and Ayushi Kar.
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Stock markets around the world have turned volatile this year as higher interest rates dampened bullish sentiment toward riskier assets. But, Indian equities have swum against the tide as India appears to be relatively well-placed, like a proverbial steady ship in turbulent seas. This is on account of stronger macro fundamentals compared to many peers and robust economic growth prospects.
Investors today have an opportunity to dig their heels deep and increase exposure to attract investment themes such as manufacturing, infrastructure, financial services, and transportation/logistics.
Tune in to know about the best-in-class equity thematic mutual fund offerings available so that you can ride these investment themes, which are expected to hold good as multi-year opportunities.
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Several start-ups, such as BYJU’S and OYO, have come under scrutiny due to their accounting standards. Recently, Member of Parliament Karti P Chidambaram urged the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India to probe into the financials of BYJU’S?
Why exactly are the startups under scrutiny? What has been the response of OYO and BYJU’S about the same? Are there other start-ups as well that are under scrutiny for their accounting standards? Listen in.
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The North-East Monsoon set in on October 29, according to the IMD’s forecast.
The South-West monsoon ended on a reasonably good note.
What do the Indian Meteorological Department and global agencies have to say regarding the North East Monsoon and how is it likely to pan out?
In this episode of the bl.podcast, Vinson Kurian takes us through the North East Monsoon and what lies ahead.
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India and the UK are negotiating a Free Trade Agreement. While the agreement was supposed to be passed within Diwali, the countries missed the deadline. The agreement talks started in January between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
So, where does the India-UK Free Trade Agreement stand? How will the newly elected British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak deal with the situation? Listen in.
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Amul Milk Producers’ App has a new feature. Dairy farmers can use the ‘Pashudhan’ platform to buy and buy cows and buffaloes for free. The seller has to mention details like location, price, productivity, breed and age. They must attach a photo or a video of the animal. In this podcast, Rutam Vora tells us why the cooperative is betting big on the marketplace. Listen in!
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Now that many employees are remote or hybrid, sending home sweets and gifts is even more important. As the entire family judges you? The idea of gifts, goodies, and giveaways during the festive season always gets polarising reactions. While some argue that it boosts engagement and productivity at the workplace, others say it unwittingly ends up creating an entitlement mindset. In this episode, Kamal Karanth, host of the people@work podcast series, discusses both sides of the coin with Kartik Rao, Group Chief People Officer, Good Glamm group.
People@work is a special series from BusinessLine. Each week, Kamal Karanth, a veteran talent specialist, and co-founder of Xpheno, a staffing solutions firm, talks to business leaders and experts on the most trending human resource topics.
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As per BSE data, over 4000 shareholders have not claimed their final dividend distributed for FY22. Dividends remain unclaimed on account of multiple reasons such as address change and bank account details mismatch among others. Tune in to the podcast for understanding the reasons for unclaimed dividends and process to claim the same.
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The 47th GST Council meeting was conducted on June 28 and 29. According to Rule 6 of the Procedure and Conduct of Business Regulations of the Goods and Services Tax, the council should meet “at least once in every quarter financial year.”
Per the rule, the council should have met by September 30. However, as of now, the meeting didn’t take place. In the last GST Council meeting, it was said that the upcoming meeting would be conducted in August. Why is there a delay in executing the GST meeting? Will the delay have an impact on the reform measures under GST? Listen in.
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In a big policy shift, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) has allowed Insolvency Professional Entities to act as Insolvency Professionals. India is one of the few countries that took the move. Why did the IBBI introduce the reform? How will it help? What is the industry’s reaction towards it? Listen in.
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The Tamil Nadu assembly has passed a resolution not to impose Hindi in the state. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin urged the government to not implement the recommendations of the Committee of Parliament on Official Language. What are the recommendations of the Parliamentary panel? Let’s also take a look at Tamil Nadu’s resistance to Hindi imposition in the state. Listen in.
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The Congress presidential election took place today. The result of the election would be out on October 19. Congress’s Shashi Tharoor and Mallikarjun Kharge did a tough campaign for the post of Congress President.
This is the first time in almost twenty-four years that Congress will get its non-Gandhi president. While Tharoor portrays himself as a symbol of change, Kharge portrays himself as someone who will save the party’s ideology and principles.
Will the election be a game-changer for the party? Whose leadership will help the Congress party? Will the Gandhis continue to play a dominant role in the party? Listen in.
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Recently, the Cabinet approved a bill to amend the Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act, 2002. The amendment will help improve governance and electoral reforms for multi-state cooperative societies.
Shishir Sinha, Senior Deputy Editor, businessline, explains in detail the amendments to the Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act. Listen in.
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Former US Fed chief Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig were awarded this year’s Nobel prize in economics “for research on banks and financial crises”. Bernanke studied the role of the financial sector in prolonging the Great Depression of the 1930s. Diamond and Dybvig studied the role trust plays in the banking system.
In this podcast, V Nivedita talks to Senior Deputy Editor Baskar B to understand the Diamond-Dybvig model and why Bernanke is a controversial figure in the US. They also discuss the potential lessons that can be learnt from these studies. Listen in now!
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Various incidents in Canada against the Indian sovereignty has become a cause for concern and the Narendra Modi government has served the Canada High Commission a demarche to be conveyed to the Prime Minister of Canada.
The Indian govt urges the Canadian government to stop the Khalistan referendum which is scheduled to be organised in Ontario on 6th November. Recently, the External Affairs Minsiter S. Jaishankar has also talked about it to his Canadaian coutnerpart.
What is the referendum? Why is the Indian government concerned about it?
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The 80-year-old Amitabh Bachchan has been able to capture the attention of the audience for generations. From being the ‘Angry Young Man’ in the 1970s and 1980s, to the host of ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ gameshow in the 2000s, he has reinvented himself multiple times. He is still a fan favourite in the era of OTT platforms. In this podcast, AJ Vinayak takes a look at the star’s popularity.
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Mulayam Singh Yadav, founder of the Samajwadi Party and three-time Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh is no more. Coming from a humble background, Yadav made his way into politics and symbolised resistance to the rise of BJP’s aggressive nationalism.
His demise has created a vacuum in Indian politics. Yadav leaves behind a rich legacy with his son being the next face of the Samajwadi party. How will his absence affect the Samajwadi party? How did Yadav play a significant role against the BJP? Listen in.
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In 2005, the stock of Suzlon made a debut at Indian bourses providing investors with close to 100 per cent listing gains. The company and stock continued to see robust performance for the next 2 years. However, post 2008 global financial crisis, the company’s fortunes changed as demand environment waned, and excess leverage taken to fund growth backfired. Post a decade of dealing with debt overhang and gradually clawing its way back, Suzlon is now coming up with rights issue of ₹1200 crore, in order to repay a portion of debt. Tune in to the podcast to find out about the company’s business, prospects and whether one should subscribe to Suzlon’s rights issues.
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Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC+) agreed to its deepest cuts to production since the 2020 Covid pandemic, despite opposition from many countries.
The 2 million-barrel-per-day cut could spur a recovery in oil prices that have dropped to about $90 from $120 three months ago on fears of a global economic recession, rising US interest rates and a stronger dollar.
What is the impact on India? Does the government have plans to work this production cut? Listen in to find out!
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Late on Wednesday, the World Health Organisation issued an alert that four “contaminated” medicines manufactured by Maiden Pharmaceuticals – an Indian company -- have been “potentially linked” to the death of 66 children in the Gambia. The WHO and the Indian government have launched investigations.
In this podcast, Deputy Editor Jyothi Datta puts things in context. Listen in!
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Ashwini, a sugarcane cutter from the Beed district of Maharashtra, says that women work like machines, and their entire life is crushed like sugarcane in the mills. She is not the only one. Out of approximately 10 lakh sugarcane cutters, half of them are women.
These women are deprived of their basic rights and discriminated constantly. Why do they still have to fight for recognition as sugarcane workers? Why are their pleas left unheard? Deputy Editor of businessline, Radheshyam Jadav explains the plight of woman sugarcane cutters. Listen in.
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The sugar industry plays a massive role in Maharashtra. As per the state government of Maharashtra, the state has a 35 percent share in India’s ethanol production.
There is also a growing nexus between politics and the sugar industry in the state. How does politics play a role? How important is the sugar industry for the state of Maharashtra? Listen In.
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Two weeks ago, we gave you a brief overview of External Minister Jaishankar’s meetings you had to look out for during the UN high week. In this podcast, we take a look at some significant developments from the MEA’s trip that you don’t want to miss.
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The rules of the digital marketing game has radically changed, thanks to technology, agile work, and fledgling creative agencies.
In this episode of Digital Gadfly, a monthly podcast series on all things digital marketing, host Shubho Sengupta speaks to Mayur Hola who's at the top of his game driving digital marketing at Oyo. Mayur Hola, Senior Vice-President and Global Head of Brand at Oyo, is a rare marketer who has experience in the creative agency side, having worked in Ogilvy, McCann, Contract and Havas. In this episode, Shubho unpacks his marketing playbook and gets real about what's working and what's not.
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Introducing a brand new podcast series People@Work. As the name suggests, it will look at trending human resource issues and is hosted by our regular columnist Kamal Karanth.
Kamal is a veteran talent specialist, and co-founder of Xpheno, a staffing solutions firm. In the first episode, we have as our guest leading management thinker Shiv Shivakumar, Group Executive President, Corporate Strategy at Aditya Birla Group.
In their conversation, the two touch upon the biggest workplace flashpoint in recent weeks – the issue of moonlighting. A related issue is the mismatch in how employees and employers perceive work today – the former thinks in terms of gigs, while the latter is still thinking in terms of careers.
What should organisations be doing? Let’s listen in.
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In many cases the holding company discount in India is quite significant and way above what has been observed in developed markets. There are instances of companies even trading at discounts as high as 85 per cent to underlying asset value. Why is the discount so high? Are these value traps or great opportunities? Listen in to find out.
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is participating in the high-level UN General Assembly session, with a packed diplomatic week ahead that will include more than 50 official engagements including bilateral, plurilateral and multilateral meetings.
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Recently, A major foodgrain storage scandal in China has raised questions over foodgrain stocks across the world.
What caused the food grain scandal? what is the repercussion of this scandal on world food security, and where does India stand with regard to food security?
MR Subramani, head, of Commodities and Agri-Business, The Hindu BusinessLine, explains.
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Financial gain has been the main factor behind investment decisions taken by investors. But, of late, some investors across the world are also becoming conscious of how companies make money, instead of focussing solely on the money made. And this takes us to ESG investing, which has formed the basis of over $35 trillion in assets coming from investors globally. Investors are increasingly applying these non-financial factors as part of their analysis process to identify material risks and growth opportunities in stocks.
Tune in to understand whether ESG investing is truly a novel approach, how decoding such companies may not be easy in the absence of uniform standards, what are the ESG options for Indian investors, the real financial return experience, and much more.
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Electric vehicles and their adoption has grown globally over the last few years, and India is also looking to make the best of the EV revolution with domestic EV sales growing year on year.
India’s Electric Vehicles landscape-What are the challenges that it faces, and what is the way forward?
G Balachandar explains.
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The IDF's World Dairy Summit 2022 is an annual meeting of the global dairy sector, bringing together participants from all over the world.
The participants’ profile includes CEOs and employees of dairy processing companies, dairy farmers, suppliers to the dairy industry, academicians and government representatives etc.
An exhibition space of over 6,900 square metre will be available to the exhibitors for showcasing activities. 1500 participants from about 50 countries
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There has been debate in the media on whether motor insurance claims would be settled if the person travelling in the rear seat of a car doesn’t wear a seat belt. We discuss this aspect in detail. With the floods in Bangalore, many car owners may find that their vehicles are stuck in deep water on roads and parking lots. We discuss the steps and other precautions that car owners must take so that their claims are honoured and not rejected. In addition, we give details of riders that can be taken with your motor insurance policy so that you pay very little from your pocket in case of damages.
Listen in to understand key aspects of how to make your motor insurance claims process smooth.
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A retirement corpus should meet all expenses of an individual starting from retirement day to at least 100 years because the primary risk in retirement planning is survival risk. The typical monthly maintenance amount for a 30-year-old will be ₹16 lakhs by the age of 65. With ₹6.8 crore in a low-risk bond, one can maintain today’s equivalent of ₹25,000 per month lifestyle when they retire, given inflation stays below 5%. With a well-balanced equity-debt investing one can accumulate such a high corpus in their working life.
Parv Shah and Sai Prabhakar of BL Research discuss the various other facets of retirement planning
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It is now official— Liz Truss is the United Kingdom's new prime minister. She beat Rishi Sunak, her opponent quite comfortably but she cannot enjoy a honeymoon period – Truss will have to grapple with some major changes right now. What are her biggest challenges? And, how does she plan to take them on?
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Former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry died in a road accident on Sunday. He was 54.
Mistry , initially remained in the shadows of his illustrious father Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry -- the head of the Shapoorji Pallonji Group. He came to the spotlight when he was made deputy chairman of the Tata Group, with a clear understanding that he will take over as the chairman upon the retirement of Ratan Tata. In 2012, he become only the second non-Tata to lead the Tata Group.
In this podcast, Thomas K Thomas, Chief of Mumbai Bureau, talks about Cyrus Mistry’s childhood, his controversial tenure as the chief of Tata Sons, his role in reviving the SP Group and his venture capital programme. Listen In!
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Tune in to Digital Gadfly, a monthly podcast series on all things digital marketing. Hosted by Shubho Sengupta, who if you follow him on social media you will know is the proverbial gadfly — a provocateur and a contrarian, constantly probing and giving you quirky viewpoints. This series will explore the ever-changing world on the web. Shubho works with brands helping them enhance their digital capabilities and coming from an analogue past understands the leap of faith that is involved. In this first episode, which is a blast from the past, he talks to one of the early pioneers of digital marketing in India, Ratish Nair, who co-founded Interactive Avenues and Ad Magnet.
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Asset management companies seem to be on overdrive when it comes to launching Fund of Funds (FoFs). Eight equity-oriented FoFs have been launched in the past six months and the total number of offerings is about 120 today. Compared to a regular MF, FoF invests in other mutual funds for various purposes. They differ in terms of costs, taxation treatment, types, and much more.
Tune in to this podcast to understand these differences and find out what should be your approach toward FoF investing.
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Peer-to-peer lending platforms attempt to match borrowers directly with lenders by way of providing them with a marketplace without the involvement of any financial intermediary. These platforms claim of providing attractive returns to borrowers in the range of 14-20 percent or even higher. Tune in to the podcast to find out aspects beyond such high returns which you should consider before going into peer-to-peer lending.
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A couple of years ago carrying cash in hand was normal and people would feel helpless when they lost their purses. But now, having cash in hand is not so necessary – thanks to UPI. But those days might end soon as the RBI is looking to introduce charges on UPI payments.
In that direction, The RBI is looking for public feedback regarding UPI payments and charges.
Is this a move in the right direction for the digital payment ecosystem in the Country or could it affect consumers more.
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Mutual funds are a popular way of investing. There are a little over 1,100 open-ended funds if you take into account debt, equity, hybrid, and solution-oriented schemes. After a lull, fund houses have gone on an overdrive in terms of launching NFOs. More than three dozen new funds have been launched in just a few weeks. For instance, Franklin MF launched a balanced advantage fund after their debt fund crisis. Fund houses such as Navi, Mirae, White Oak, Tata, IDFC, Sundaram, ICICI Pru, Motilal Oswal, etc. have brought in their new equity schemes. Amid all the excitement, it is important for investors to take a step back and consider important things before they jump onto the NFO bandwagon.
Listen in to understand how a particular NFO is different, the importance of an NFO to your personal financial roadmap, why should you understand the investment strategy, and map the previously-launched NFO performance etc.
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Researchers have come up with more advanced cancer cure methods which may come to market in a couple of years. In this podcast, we discuss two upcoming breakthroughs in cancer cure. Listen in!
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Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, ace stock investor, passed away on Sunday morning. Known as the Big Bull of Dala Street, Jhunjhunwala was never afraid to take risks. There is a good number of retail investors who diligently follow Jhunjhunwala's portfolio. His work continues to inspire the stock market and beyond.
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Investing is a great way to secure our financial well-being. But, the paperwork and the need for discipline to research, stick to timelines, and follow up can make us lose patience.
Listen in to find out how perpetual SIPs, multi-year insurance, auto-renewals and asset allocation funds can go a long way in making your investment journey smoother.
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As India marks 75 years of Independence, the spotlight is on a sector that is strategic, and has contributed to making medicines relatively affordable, not just in the country, but also to people around the world - earning India the label of being “pharmacy to the world.”
Giving us a peep into the rough and tumble, and milestones in this journey, is Satish Reddy, Chairman - Dr Reddy's Laboratories and part of the leadership team at the Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance, where he's been president, twice. From the days of the Indian Patents Act (1970), early WTO negotiations to grappling with a pandemic, and war, and despite that planning for a big leap in innovation, Srinath Reddy looks back, and forward at the pharmaceutical industry.
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Nitish Kumar has done it again -- he has walked out of the alliance with the BJP yet again and has joined hands with the RJD, Congress, and the Left parties to form the government in Bihar. He took the oath of office for the 8th time on Wednesday afternoon. What's next for Nitish Kumar? Listen in to know more.
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Around the world, health authorities are going ahead with vaccinating children below 12 years, as well, against Covid-19. This week, Israel started vaccinating the 0-6 years age group; Australia has recommended vaccinating immunocompromised kids. The US and UK are vaccinating kids above 5 years. In India, children below 12 years have not been brought under the coverage of Covid-19 vaccination programmes.
At the same time, India is also reporting cases of monkeypox – with reports suggesting that children, when infected, could be affected severely.
Clearing the air on how to keep children safe in this fast-evolving scenario, is Dr. Kishore Kumar, neonatologist and Founder-Chairman with the CloudNine chain of hospitals, that looks after babies from the birthing moment to about 12 years.
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Globally inflation has been persistent and central banks have been on a rate hiking spree. India is no different and we have had three rounds of increases in policy rates in three months. The central bank rate in India is now higher than what it was pre-covid. Are markets trading cheaper or more expensive versus pre-covid times? How will these rate increases impact corporate earnings and market valuations?
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The Reserve Bank of India has hiked the repo rate by 50 basis points once again!
With this, the key policy rate is back at the pre-pandemic level at 5.4 per cent. Now, the repo rate has reached its highest point since August 2019.
RBI Governor Shaktikantha Das focused on four matters -- inflation, growth, performance of external sector and financial market conditions. Listen in to know them.
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Karan Lamba, Head of Creator and Talent Partnerships, takes a deep dive into the creator economy and Snapchat's role in it.
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In March 2020, when YES Bank went belly up and the pandemic hit the system, it accentuated the pain in banking space, especially for the mid-cap banks.
Some of the private banks that were earlier market darlings till FY19 had their vulnerabilities exposed as asset quality issues came to light. What has happened in recent times?
Have the companies recovered and are there investing opportunities?
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India’s 5G Spectrum auction is taking place on July 26.
Newer frequencies with varied usage are up for grabs and this is likely to propel the country towards a truly wireless experience?
Who are the telecom players in the fray, what are the spectrum bands up for grabs and how well do India’s telecom players look going into the auction?
Ayushi Kar, who has been covering the happenings in the telecom sector from BusinessLine’s Mumbai bureau tells us more.
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Today you can hardly imagine a world without lithium batteries. The man who gave them to the world, Prof John Bannister Goodenough, is celebrating his 100th birthday on July 25.
In this week's quantum podcast, M Ramesh introduces us to the life and works of Prof John Bannister Goodenough, and his ongoing quest for cutting-edge technology.
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Since 2013, market regular SEBI mandated fund houses to provide investors with direct plans along with regular plans for all of their mutual fund schemes. Yet, the tilt is still more towards regular plans as only 22 per cent of mutual fund investments is currently under direct plans. Tune in to the podcast to get the key things you must know before choosing one from a direct or regular plan.
Parv Shah and Vishal Balabhadruni discuss key differences between direct and regular mutual fund plans
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All base metals are now in the bear market territory after falling over 20 per cent from their peak. What’s the reason behind this sell-off? Are corrections around the corner and what is the likely forecast for base metals over the next few months? listen in!
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While fintechs had a slow start, their growth accelerated during the pandemic. However, several challenges popped up their way. Will they choose to remain as a tech company in the financial services space?
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The tax filing rush has started with the deadline for filing returns approaching. In order to ensure accuracy, the taxpayer has to have a clear idea of all the transactions . To solve this problem Income Tax department has launched Annual Information statement in November 2021 which has a comprehensive detail of the transactions and tax details.
Why is it important for taxpayer and what all types of transactions it tracks ? Tune in to the podcast to understand the benefits and utility of Annual Information Statement.
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The Banaskantha District Cooperative Milk Producers' Union (Banas Dairy)'s potatoes are going to be shipped all over the world soon! The dairy cooperative will ship the first export consignment of Amul frozen french fries, which were produced at its newly-commissioned potato processing plant in Banaskantha, district next month. This is the first export consignment from the dairy's own plant. Rutam Vora brings you this special report. Listen in!
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When one thinks of investing, they may look at a variety of options like opening a fixed deposit account, investing in the shares of a big company such as Reliance, or investing in gold, silver, precious metals, or putting money in mutual funds.
But there is more to investing than just this.
What are some of the factors that one needs to look out for while investing?
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Since market regulator SEBI has placed restrictions on fresh investments in international mutual funds, investors who may want to average their holdings post high drawdowns in US markets are left in a bind.
What are your options for directly investing, whether you want to average your existing ETF investments or start investing afresh? Tune in to this podcast to understand the process and routes available for investing directly in US Stocks. Vishal Balabhadruni and Parv Shah discuss the different options you have to invest directly in international stocks
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Twitter is back in the news for its clash with the Indian government. When the Indian governments claims that Twitter has not removed the tweets that are against the IT act, Twitter says removing those would be violating the right to freedom of speech and expression guaranteed under the Indian Constitution. Now, Twitter has moved the High Court of Karnataka on this matter. Know more about the controversy here.
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Kumar Shankar Roy and Hari Viswanath discuss the road ahead for markets and whether or not central banks can provide solace sometime in the near future.
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Dentsu Creative India’s chiefs Amit Wadhwa and Ajay Gahlaut talk to Business Line’s Chitra Narayanan about their historic outing at Cannes, the French resort town, where the International Festival of Creativity is held every year.
Indian advertising agencies had a great outing at the event, bagging 47 medals in all, while Dentsu Creative India bagged the Agency of the Year award, the first time that an Indian agency has won this honour at Cannes Lion.
Dentsu’s The Unfiltered History Tour was the most awarded campaign from India – a disruptive creative that used technology most innovatively and effectively for its client Vice Media.
As Wadhwa said, “With the advent of digital and with the advent of technology, it is a huge inflection point for the advertising industry. We will become far more relevant in the lives of our clients and brands.” Echoing this thought, Gahlaut said, “With this work, there is no doubt that agencies are where creativity rests and Happy Days will be soon here, if not already here, for ad agencies.”
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In the recently concluded G-7 summit, the leaders talked about several issues, but the Russian war in Ukraine and China were the main focal points. In this podcast, Nabodita Ganguly takes a look at the steps the G-7 grouping are taking to counter the threat posed by Russia’s aggression and China’s growing political and economic clout.
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As of March 2021, the amount lying unclaimed with mutual funds was a whopping ₹ 1,590 crore. To address this issue, market regulator SEBI recently came up with circular specifying new norms regarding the mutual fund nomination process and aimed to standardise the process. Tune in to this podcast to understand the basics of nomination and its importance.
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The Modi government's decision to reform the recruitment process for the armed forces has come under immense criticism. Under the scheme, named Agnipath, members of the armed forces and non-officer cadre will be hired on a four-year contractual basis. There have been several protests against the schemes and many, like the protest at the Secunderabad Railway Station, have turned violent. The Opposition and some NDA allies have demanded the withdrawal of the scheme, but others are not convinced. One such leader is senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Manish Tewari.
In this podcast, Poornima Joshi talks to Manish Tewari to understand why the leader has endorsed the scheme. Listen in!
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Intel has been betting big on artificial intelligence (AI) to transform lives across societies and has set itself the target of working with 30,000 institutions across 30 countries to empower 30 million people for current and future jobs by 2030.
Shweta Khurana, Senior Director, Asia Pacific and Japan, Government Partnerships and Initiatives, Global Government Affairs, Intel, shares her thoughts on how AI can transform society and how the company is imparting AI education to the Indian youth.
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US generics revenues generated 0.3 per cent CAGR in FY17-22 compared to 11 per cent CAGR in India and emerging markets. As a result, Nifty Pharma index returned 3.3 per cent CAGR in the period underperforming Nifty-50 index by close to 800 bps.
Sai Prabhakar and Parv Shah discuss the reasons why a tilt to Indian generics can be rewarding. The discussion centers on if the factors contributing to muted US growth are permanent and how should investors approach pharma stocks in this context.
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A protest against the recently announced army recruitment scheme, Agnipath, turned violent at Secunderabad Railway Station on Friday. Over 200 trains have been canceled so far due to protests against the Agnipath scheme for recruitment in the defense services across India.
Naga Sridhar reports the day's happenings.
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WayCool, one of the country’s leading agri-commerce firms had developed technologies for its own use and there is now demand for its agri stack to be used among farmers in Africa and Europe.
Plans for India’s first ventilated cold storage for onions and potato flakes for chefs which can be stored for many years are amongst its recent innovations.
Karthik Jayaraman, Co-founder, and Managing Director, WayCool Foods and Products speaks about the company’s innovations and the way forward.
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The Union Cabinet’s decision to enable private 5G networks is a boon for digital tech companies with the Broadband India Forum (BIF), the leading think-tank and policy forum for digital communications, hailing it a “forward-looking step”, and a “harbinger of the digital transformation”, which is critical for digital India.
TV Ramachandran, President, Broadband India Forum tells Ronendra Singh what this move means and how captive networks are likely to help India expand its telephony and data networks.
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Today's Federal Reserve meeting holds big significance post the CPI inflation shocker from the US last week. What should investors watch out for and how will markets react? Listen in to get some interesting perspectives
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Rahul Nanwani, CEO and Co-Founder of Imagekit.io speaks on retargeting, SEO best practices, and creative automation platforms.
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On Tuesday, IPL emerged as the second most valued sporting league in the world in terms of per match value. The much-talked-about IPL media rights auction ended after three days of intense bidding. Overall BCCI will earn ₹48,390 crore over a five-year period striking one of the biggest media rights deal. Disney Star India retained the Indian TV rights for ₹23,575 crore.
But all the spotlight was on digital rights. Viacom-18 emerged as the exclusive owner of the overall digital rights of the T20 league and will end up will be paying ₹23,758 crore. This includes streaming rights for 18 non-exclusive games per year which come under Package C.
Karan Taurani, Senior Vice-President of Elara Capital shares his thoughts.
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Inflation worries in the US, the possibility of aggressive rate hikes by the Fed, and a spike in US bond yields to four-year high levels sparked a global sell-off in equity and financial markets on Monday.
What caused this fall and how are the markets likely to react in the coming day.
Palak Shah and Surabhi take a look.
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Given the high bids at the IPL media rights auction, will the broadcasters be able to recoup their investments? Why was there such a scramble for digital rights, which went at a huge premium?
Karan Taurani , Sr Vice President , Elara Capital talks to BL’s Chitra Narayanan, analysing the bids.
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BusinessLine's Richa Mishra and Shobha Roy talk about why several bulk tea producers and estates are investing in creating their own distinctive branded tea products.
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Investing in oneself usually is the best investment one can make. In a knowledge-intensive world, the more qualifications one has, the better his/her chances of competing well and moving up the corporate ladder. Thus for many career aspirants, post-graduate qualification is now becoming a necessity.
However higher education does not come cheap in many cases. This is where education loans can be of help and enable you to pursue your professional dreams.
Listen in to get the key things you must know to choose the right kind of education loan suited to your requirements and financial status.
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Kamal Haasan’s latest film ‘Vikram’ has set the cash registers ringing. Trade estimates say that the film has minted over ₹200 crore in worldwide box office collection so far.
The film has already become the biggest post-pandemic success for Tamil cinema, even though movies like Vijay’s ‘Beast’ and Ajith Kumar’s ‘Valimai’ grossed over ₹200 crore in the box office. It has joined films like ‘RRR’(Telugu) and ‘KGF-Chapter 2’ (Kannada) in doing well across the nation. What’s the secret to success?
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Liquids, pellets, flax seeds, caffeine - it’s all now getting packed into that little capsule. And, the capsule’s vegetarian.
The world’s second-largest capsule maker, the ACG group is behind this evolution of the capsule and they are partnering with health and wellness companies for personalised nutrition products. There have been 900 new start-ups in the dietary supplements space since Covid-19, says ACG Managing Director Karan Singh, explaining the phenomenal interest in nutraceuticals, the regulatory framework in which they operate, and more.
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has managed to stay in power after winning a no-confidence motion on June 6, 2022, with a slim majority of 211 votes. This low point in Johnson’s political tenure comes just two years after he led his party to a landslide election victory in 2019.
What led to the no-confidence motion and what happens to his government from here? Neha Charm Thomas explains.
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The Covid-19 pandemic has damaged the Indian economy. While the state of the Centre's finances has grabbed headlines, the pandemic has upended the States' finances as well. Faced with rising expenditure and low revenues in the first year of the pandemic, most States had to borrow more to fund their pandemic response. How do States stack up in their market borrowing during the pandemic?
In this podcast, Parvathi Benu talks to Narayanan V to understand the issue better. Listen in!
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Indian dairy firms have started recycling wastes and tapping solar, and wind energy. What has brought about this change and what is the way forward in this ‘Green Revolution’?
Rutam Vora explains.
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Beneath the volatility in headline indices, the US markets have seen a sea of red with many stocks that were touted to be the next Google or Facebook, plummeting between 70-90 per cent in the last year. The correction has started spreading and even many high-quality blue chips have seen deep corrections.
Thus the US markets appear to be at crossroads. What is driving this volatility? How long can the pain last? How can you take advantage of it? Listen in to Kumar Shankar Roy and Hari Viswanath discuss the current status of US stock markets.
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People either swear by homeopathy or dismiss it as no more than sugar pills.
Dr. Mukesh Batra, Founder of the eponymous group that runs over 200 plus homeopathy clinics in the country and abroad, believes integrated medicine is the future - as no system of medicine is complete. Be it “homeopathy, allopathy or Tirupati”, he says, the consumer should have the choice of deciding what works best for them. He also points to how health insurance needs to address traditional medicine, supporting outpatient treatment.
Dr. Batra’s upcoming book, “Homeopathy - Simple remedies for all “ sets out to be, “in essence, a bedside guide on what to do till the doctor comes.”
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In this episode, BusinessLine’s Vinay Kamath, also the author of the book Titan: Inside India’s Most Successful Consumer Brand, speaks to Suparna Mitra, CEO of Titan Watches.The IIM Calcutta alumna opens up about Titan’s rebranding strategy of its stores and its premiumisation strategy.
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In India, many ‘unicorns’ have been started by those with engineering degrees. But, those with non-engineering backgrounds are also making their mark. In this podcast, AJ Vinayak takes a look at the founders and co-founders of these $1 billion start-ups. Listen in.
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India’s contribution may be a meagre 2 per cent to global food major Cargill’s annual revenue. But the US firm sees better prospects in India, which could emerge as a strategic country by 2030. A lot of planning is going on for the firm’s faster growth in India.
As part of these plans, Cargill decided to launch a digital platform for agriculture Digital Saathi. Though confined to Karnataka now, it has managed to rope in 30,000 farmers. There are various other plans that the firm has for this platform.
Cargill India President Simon George talks about his plans for India, for the electronic platform and other things such as food innovation lab, edible oil business, tapping renewable energy and the promising animal nutrition business.
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Fourth-quarter GDP numbers reveal weak consumption and demand due to the high inflation and uncertainty caused by the Russia-Ukraine war.
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All of us have faced financial emergencies and were in need of funds immediately. The first solution that comes to one’s mind under such a situation is to liquidate securities and investments. But what if you can continue to hold them and yet, get some cash? Here’s where a loan against securities (LAS) can help.
In the latest episode of the Portfolio Podcast, Parv Shah and Vishal Balabhadruni discuss the features of this loan offering and important aspects of this facility. Listen in!
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Rice is grown throughout India -- from Assam in the East, right down to Tamil Nadu in the South. Each state has its own climate and each environment is unique and this could impact yield.
Scientists at the International Rice Research Institute have developed several new rice varieties that are well suited to grow in each of these environments while giving higher yields. They conducted 559 on-field trials across Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and Uttar Pradesh to identify these varieties.
In this podcast, Rutam Vora speaks to Kuntal Das, Seed System & Product Management, IRRI South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC), Varanasi, to find out more about the new rice varieties. Listen in.
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Agriculture is both a cause and a victim of the consequences of climate change. In the previous episode of Fieldnotes we spoke to Renuka Diwan, a young scientist who had founded a startup called Bioprime to help farmers fight adverse climatic conditions through bioscience formulations. But at the same time, India’s agriculture is a climate change contributor too. It accounts for 20% of the national Green House Gas (GHG) emissions. If India’s agricultural sector was an independent country, it would be the 7th highest greenhouse gas emitter, ranking above Brazil, South Korea, Canada, and Mexico. India has more than 100 million smallholder farmers with limited capacity and incentives to reduce their carbon footprint. It has the largest cattle population. Nearly a third of the world’s cattle live here. And India is the second-largest producer of rice, a crop that accounts for 2.5% of global GHG emissions.
Can Indian agriculture, which is part of the climate change problem, be a part of the solution? What can entrepreneurs in this sector, and the investors who fund them, do to address this?
Mark Kahn, the managing partner and co-founder at Omnivore in a candid conversation with TR Vivek talks about the many innovations by entrepreneurs on this front and the assorted challenges of being in the agribusiness in India.
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On the second day of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Japan trip, he attended the Quadrilateral Security summit along with US President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
This meeting among these leaders is the fourth in one year – they met virtually twice in March 2021 and 2022 and met each other in Washington D.C last September.
What did they discuss? Here’s all you need to know.
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Veteran bankers such as KV Kamath have opined that the Indian banking industry is in the best shape in the last 50 years when it comes to asset quality and capital adequacy. But the stock markets are barely reflecting the optimism. The Bank Nifty index on a one-year basis trades almost flat while the Nifty is still in the green. Where do we go from here with respect to bank stocks? Hamsini Karthik and Kumar Shankar Roy in the latest episode of Portfolio Podcast discuss loan growth, asset quality, profitability and return profile of banks, and the road ahead for this important sector. Listen in!
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CRISIL recently launched a sustainability yearbook to gauge India Inc.’s environmental, societal and governance -- popularly called ESG -- performance. What is in this Sustainability Yearbook? V Nivedita talks to Miren Lodha, Director, CRISIL Research. Listen to the podcast now!
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On May 19, The Supreme Court held that the recommendations of the GST Council are not binding on the Union and States. What does this mean for the Opposition ruled states and the concept of “one nation, one tax”.
Kerala Finance Minister KN Balagopal shares his thoughts.
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The Supreme Court has ruled that the Goods and Service Tax (GST) council's recommendations are not binding on the Union government, and States only have a persuasive value as the country has a cooperative federal structure. What are non-BJP State governments saying on the SC ruling? Listen in.
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The CPI inflation figures in April shot up to 7.79 per cent, an eight-year high. However, these rates are not uniform across India. It is 9.12 per cent in West Bengal, 9.02 per cent in Telangana and 8.9 per cent, while it is 5.08 and 5.37 per cent in Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
So what is it that is helping these southern states? Parvathi Benu explains. Listen in.
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Late on May 13 night, India banned wheat exports citing food security and rising domestic inflation as its prime concern; What was the cause for this surgical strike on wheat exports, and what is India’s Wheat situation at Present.
MR Subramani, head, Commodities and Agri-Business, Businessline explains!
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India is the global leader in IT-enabled services (ITeS) or more commonly referred to as the Business Process Management market. In FY 2021-22 Indian BPM sector earned $44 billion in revenues and directly employed 1.4 million with several multiples of that being employed indirectly. The addressable global BPM market this year is estimated at $254 billion and is estimated to grow to $336 billion by 2025.
The industry has undergone a paradigm shift over the few decades of its existence. While BPM 1.0 was all about cost-saving and labour arbitrage, in BPM 2.0 the emphasis was on operational excellence through efficiency and quality of processes. BPM 3.0 heralded the advent of deep technology and domain expertise. The new shift towards BPM 4.0 in the immediate aftermath of the receding pandemic wave, lays stress on enabling business outcomes and ensuring resilience plus agility.
To enable BPM 4.0 to become a reality where the scale of challenges is multi-fold and the skillsets required to deliver them are much more the Indian BPM industry needs to focus on training and deploying more of an Artificial Intelligence skilled workforce which means they need to be design thinking led, extremely data and digital-driven.
Sukanya Selvarajan, Innovation Head - CFO Operations at TCS, Prashant Achanta, CTO of Firstsource, and Amneet Chowdhury, who is VP and Global Head for Infrastructure Technologies at Sutherland Global Services spoke at a BusinessLine – Nasscom roundtable on the challenges and opportunities in the BPM 4.0 evolution.
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Cognitive human bias is now an extensively well-researched subject and there is overwhelming evidence of how this plays out in all our decisions every day. Investment decisions are no exception. Investors need to take cognisance of this and bring in discipline and processes in investing. Else, decisions will be sub-optimal and in many cases, counter-productive.
Poor portfolio returns are more or less guaranteed in such cases. While luck might eclipse a poor investment decision in the short time term, it definitely wears off over time. The first step in solving a problem is to recognize it exists. In the latest episode of Portfolio Podcast, Kumar Shankar Roy and Hari Viswanath talk about how biases can impact your investment decisions and how you can counter them. Listen in!
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Climate change has emerged as one of the biggest threats to the already low income of India's small farmers. Unseasonal rains, colder winters, hotter summers, and prolonged dry spells are confusing not just the farmers but also the crops they grow. The chemical agri inputs required to mitigate the impact of climate change add to the farmers' expenses and make them poorer. A young Pune-based startup called Bioprime may have a potentially game-changing solution to enhance the profitability of small-scale farmers. BioPrime says its goal is to offer relief to farmers worldwide, struggling with crop loss, temperature fluctuations, drought, resilient insects, and diseases. To achieve this, this startup born in a lab and founded by three plant science researchers from Pune university has developed effective and affordable next-generation agri biologicals with time-proven biomolecules, life-friendly chemistry, smart material, and less energy use. Bioprime says its patented agri biologics technology follows Mother Nature's way rather than tamper with it.
To talk about the exciting innovations, TR Vivek is joined by BioPrime's CEO Renuka Diwan. Renuka is a rare woman entrepreneur in India's overwhelmingly male-dominated agribusiness space. Renuka a PhD in Plant Sciences from the University of Pune and a postdoctoral in genetic engineering. She has worked extensively on bioactives for over 13 years and has a patent filed for large-scale production of a certain class of metabolites. She also has over 15 years of experience in plant tissue culture and designs. We talk to her not only about the challenges of being a woman entrepreneur but also about the transition from the lab to the market.
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In a statement issued on Sunday, G7 nations--- France, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Britain and the United States --- have condemned Russia’s “unprovoked, unjustifiable and illegal military aggression against Ukraine” and promised to cut their dependency on Russian oil. What are the main promises in the statement? Listen in.
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Demand for silver is strong but the prices remained suppressed. Many factors are in play in influencing the prices. Akhil Nallamuthu and Parv Shah discuss these factors and tell us what’s in store for the white metal.
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The upcoming WHO centre at Jamnagar, Gujarat, is tasked with scientifically validating the efficacy of ancient therapies.
Why do these centuries-old therapies such as Chinese Tui Na, Japanese Kampo, African herbal medicines or Indian Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani or homeopathy need validation?
What is one to expect from WHO for sustenance of traditional medicines, that is the first port of call for a majority of the population around the world.
Rutam Vora explains.
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India is having problems with its wheat crop -- a recent report in this newspaper stated that the production could be 10-20 million tonnes below this year’s estimate of 111 million tonnes due to the early onset of summer. The Centre also admitted that its procurement target will not be met this year. Why is this happening?
TR Vivek speaks to Prasanna Rao, co-founder and CEO at Arya.ag about the issue in this podcast.
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Batteries have been used in all vehicles all the time and we don’t have to be scared of them. Only, there is a need to ensure that the manufacturers are more safety-conscious and don’t try to cut corners by cutting costs.
M Ramesh explains.
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With government officials at the Centre saying wheat production this year could be 8-10 million tonnes lower than initial estimates, the Food Corporation of India (FCI) and other State agencies may find it tough to even procure 20 million tonnes (mt) of the grain during the current rabi marketing season.
Subramani Ra Mancombu explains!
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Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) is set to become the largest listed insurance company in India and fifth largest listed insurance player globally. Kumar Shankar Roy and Hamsini Karthik discuss the much-awaited IPO's valuation, business nitty-gritties, rewards, and risks.
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Temperatures are forecast to rise to 50°C in Jacobabad, Pakistan, approaching the temperature record for the city, which is one of the hottest places on the planet. New Delhi could touch 44-45°C, approaching its record April temperature, while some parts of North India could touch 46°C.
Why is it so?
Vinson Kurian explains...
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Among the many problems in Indian agriculture is the absence of quality standards in the farm-to-fork food chain.
The lack of standards means farmers have no incentive to innovative and produce qualitatively better food. It also takes away from the consumer the option of buying better.
Even globally, determining the quality of farm produce is a largely subjective exercise, often involving conjecture. Usually, farm commodities are put though physical parameter tests using touch-and-feel, visual appeal, smell and taste. As a result, the ability of farmers who grow higher quality, or pesticide and chemical-free produce, to command a premium is rather limited.
AgNext, a Chandigarh-based agritech start-up, could well be among the first in the world to crack this conundrum in a manner that is scalable even in a vast and diverse agri commodities market such as India. Using computer vision (a field of engineering that deals with computers analysing information using digital images and videos), spectral analytics, internet of things (IoT) and artificial intelligence, AgNext’s devices and technology platform can analyse produce quality from milk to grains to tea in about 30 seconds. It is like an MRI scanner for food.
TR Vivek speaks to Taranjeet Singh Bhamra, the 42-year old founder of Agnext. Taranjeet is an IIM Calcutta and IIT-Kharagpur alum who chucked up a career in consulting and investment banking in 2015 to pursue his ambition of starting a business that could help Indian farmers.
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Over the last five years, the Indian government has been focusing on increasing the number of patents that are being filed in the country. And now, we can see the results -- the Economic Survey 2021-22 showed that the filing of intellectual property patents in India has increased 30 per cent in the last five years and the number of patents granted in the period almost tripled.This increase in patent filing has helped India’s ranking in the Global Innovation Index -- it has risen from 81 in 2015-16 to 46 in 2021.
But, given the large population and the sheer size of our country, are we living up to our potential? What are some of the areas we need to work upon?
On the occasion of World IP Day, we speak to Patrick Kilbride of the US Chamber of Commerce Global Innovation Policy Centre and Swetha Singh, CEO, EnnobleIP and patent law expert. Listen in to our conversation.
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This conversation you’re about to listen to is a part of BusinessLine’s Table Talk series, conversations with leaders on their life and times and businesses. In this episode, BuisnessLine’s Richa Mishra and Vinay Kamath speak to Brahmani Nara, executive director of the dairy major, Heritage Foods.
For the uninitiated, Heritage Foods was started by Andhra Pradesh’s former chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu in 1992. But the business was managed by his wife, Bhuvaneswari Nara. Brahmani, married to their son Lokesh Nara, joined Heritage in 2011 as a vice-president and was later elevated to executive director.
In this episode, Brahmani speaks about why she didn’t get into the celluloid biz like other star kids, given her heritage as the granddaughter of Telugu movies' super star NT Rama Rao and daughter of actor Balakrishna.
She also talks about how she joined Heritage after a long stint studying abroad, her plans for the company’s next phase of growth, and her interests beyond corporate life.
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was on a two-day visit to India, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussed many important issues including the proposed India-UK FTA, climate change and the promotion of start-ups. The two leaders spoke about increasing defence cooperation by investing more in manufacturing and procurement. Amiti Sen reports. Listen in.
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Indonesia, India’s main source of palm oil imports, banned exports of all edible oil raw materials on Friday to ease the domestic shortage. Indonesian President Joko Widodo suspended all cooking oil and raw material exports from April 28 until further orders.
This move is expected to add more stress to the Indian edible oil market, which is already reeling from inflation. How will this affect you? Rutam Vora talks to Sudhakar Rao Desai, President of the Indian Vegetable Oil Producers’ Association, in this podcast. Listen in.
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With the rise of financial products and emergence of new payment channels, tricksters have levelled up their game. Vishal Balabhadruni and Kumar Shankar Roy discuss the modus operandi of some new types of financial frauds and how you can sidestep them.
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For International Creator Day, Business Line's Nikita Ann Varghese speaks with finance content creator Sharan Hegde and Country Manager of Jellysmack, Vipasha Joshi.
From content repurposing to quick tips for budding creators - this conversation will walk you through several aspects of the creator journey.
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Companies insisting that those who signed on either present some kind of a bond wherein if they quit within a certain period of time they have to repay the company for the training they've undergone or even clauses with say that they cannot work for other companies in the sector, for a specific period of time.
This has become a huge cause of concern for the lakhs of people employed in the sector and till very recently there was hardly any union looking into it.
BusinessLine’s Venkatesha Babu speaks to Harpreet Saluja, President, NITES an IT employees union on what are the issues that IT employees face these days and the Union's effort in reaching out to the central government regarding the ‘non-compete’ clause.
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Even though the overall mobile subscriber base has dipped in February, the number of active subscribers increased by 9.5 million. What does that mean for telecom operators? And, how will you be affected by it? BusinessLine’s Ayushi Kar explains.
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Vinay Kamath takes you along the journey of how India Cements is leveraging CSK and MS Dhoni for its new brand of cement.
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In the book, The Struggle and the Promise, published by HarperCollins India, Naushad Forbes answers many critical questions concerning India's progress. He provides a logical, actionable blueprint for getting the balance right between industry, institutions and policy. In this conversation with BusinessLine's B Baskar and Vinay Kamath, he talks about what's holding India back and what's the way forward.
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Retail investors with high-risk appetite are warming up to pre-packaged stock baskets. While this new route has its own share of advantages, with every crown comes thorns. Parvatha Vardhini C and Kumar Shankar Roy discuss the curated portfolio investment landscape.
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The news that has caught everyone’s attention is Elon Musk’s offer to take Twitter Private at $54.20 a share. That’s the top trending theme of the day, and if you too are interested, Here are 5 things you need to know!
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It took a pandemic for India’s medical technology sector to emerge from the shadows of big brother pharma, and emerge they did – making many of the devices used to tackle Covid-19. For instance, AMTZ (among the world’s largest med-tech manufacturing clusters) supported India’s need for 12 lakh RTPCR tests per day, by providing 11 lakh tests.
There are “many who do the advocacy, but too few who carry the mantle,”says Dr Jitendra Sharma, Founder and Chief Executive, Andhra Pradesh Medtech Zone. The intention behind creating AMTZ was to provide the “proof of concept”, that it can be done. Dr Sharma’s book, “Made in Lockown”, also gives an insight into the uphill journey confronting med-tech.
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Start-ups with heavy ad budgets are preferring freelancers, in-house set-ups or alternative creative shops for their marketing requirements.
In this episode of BL Podcast, Vismaya Naganna, Founder of The Orange Heart, gives us an insight into this trend.
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IT-major Infosys Ltd posted 12 per cent YoY rise in consolidated net profit at Rs 5,686 crore for March quarter 2021-22. It also said that its revenue grew 22.7 per cent.
In this podcast, Chief of Bureau, Bengaluru and Deputy Editor Venkatesha Babu talks about the five big takeaways from the results. Listen in.
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Though Reliance Capital is debt-ridden at the group level, it has several subsidiaries that are profit-making and are well capitalised. How should the Committee of Creditors of Reliance Capital sell these subsidiaries?
BusinessLine’s Surabhi takes a look at the process even as the CoC is expected to meet today to finalise the Request for Resolution Plan. Listen in.
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In this episode of BL Podcast, we speak with Misbah Quadri, Founder and CEO, Monofys Media, on starting a business during the Covid-19 pandemic and the various challenges faced by women entrepreneurs.
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Consumer price-based inflation jumped to 6.95 per cent in March, mainly on account of costlier food items. Shishir Sinha gives us a snapshot of the inflation numbers.
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Several videos of e-scooters catching fire have raised concerns about the safety of electric vehicles. But, this worry could soon fade into oblivion as an emerging technology has the potential to stop the batteries of electric vehicles from catching fire. Solid-state batteries have only solid components unlike lithium-ion batteries have liquid electrolytes. M Ramesh explains in this podcast. Listen in.
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The Indian rupee fell to a new low against the US dollar as the oil price surged after the Russia-Ukraine war broke. Can the rupee continue to make fresh lows? Sai Prabhakar and Gurumurthy discuss what can impact the rupee movement and how far it can weaken against the dollar.
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On April 4, It was announced that India’s largest housing finance company, HDFC Ltd, will merge with the largest private sector bank in the country, HDFC Bank, to create an entity with a combined balance sheet of ₹17.87-lakh crore and net worth of ₹3.3-lakh crore.
Hamsini, Chief Research Analyst, BusinessLine Research Bureau tells us more on what this means for investors and customers of the two entities now and down the line.
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YouTube has been the bedrock of the creator economy in India. A new report by Oxford Economics, an independent consulting firm, says YouTube India has contributed ₹6,800 crore to India’s GDP in 2020. YouTube is supporting over 68 crore full-time equivalent jobs in India, and as a testament to that, the number of channels earning at least ₹1 lakh in revenue has increased by 60 per cent, as of June 2021. Ajay Vidyasagar, Regional Director of YouTube Asia Pacific at Google, believes the creator economy in this country has the potential to emerge as a soft-power impacting economic growth, job creation, and even cultural influence.
In this conversation, he talks about YouTube democratising storytelling, opening up innovation which is no longer the bastion of urban India, why YouTube is better at paying creators, and how it transformed to become the biggest edtech in the country.
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The global oil market has seen many changes in recent weeks. From Russia facing sanctions from the US and other countries over the Ukraine war, India getting discounted Russian oil, and the recent truce between the Saudi-led coalition and the Houthis group backed by Iran.
BusinessLine's Chief of Bureau -Kolkata, and Hyderbad and author of 'Unfilled Barrels- India's oil story' tell us more about the recent developments in the global oil market.
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Yield inversions have traditionally been a harbinger of recession in the US and weaker global growth. Sai Prabhakar and Hari Viswanath discuss what is happening and what are its implications for stock markets.
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Over the past week, many foreign leaders, right from Japanese PM Fumio Kishida, Australian PM Scott Morrison, US Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, Chinese FM Wang Yi and Russian FM Sergei Lavrov visited India and met the top Indian leadership to make their case for support in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. In this podcast, V Nivedita takes a look at what they said and India’s position on the issue.
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After a little more than a month since Russia started its military operation in Ukraine, is peace in sight?
In what could be the first sign of de-escalation of tension between Russia and Ukraine, Russia has said that it would to scale down military operations around Kyiv and northern Ukraine on Tuesday.
As you know, Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on the 24th of February. At that time, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed the Ukrainian government was overseeing a "genocide" in the eastern regions of the country. This comes days after Putin recognised Donetsk and Luhansk as independent regions.
Officials from both nations met several times to negotiate peace, but there was no breakthrough. This time, they met in Istanbul, Turkey, and it looks like the negotiations are bearing fruits. Russia has promised to reduce ops in some regions, while Ukraine has proposed adopting a ‘neutral status’.
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Even though "Writing With Fire" did not win the award for the Best Documentary Feature at the 94th Academy Awards, India still has a reason to celebrate -- Namit Malhotra’s visual effects and animation company DNEG’s work for The Dune won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. This is not the company's first award. In fact, the company has six Oscar-winning films to its name and now Dune joins the list.
In this podcast, Meenakshi Verma Ambwani & Chitra Narayanan speak to Namit Malhotra, Chairman and CEO of the multi-award-winning company.
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A timely and relevant book that addresses the silent pandemic of mental health issues. Listen in.
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The casual gaming industry is giving brands a new horizon to engage their audiences on non-gaming apps and websites. Many brands like Amazon, Paytm, and Airtel have seen a 40% revenue increase after incorporating games in their ad strategies. Here’s a conversation on the same with Yashash Agarwal, Co-Founder of Gamezop - a gaming solutions provider.
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This conversation you’re about to hear is a part of BusinessLine’s Table Talk series, conversations with leaders on their life and times and businesses. In this episode, the vivacious new MD and CEO of United Spirits, Hina Nagarajan, speaks to BusinessLine. For the uninitiated, Hina Nagarajan is the first woman to lead a liquor company of such a large scale in the country.
She talks about how the pandemic stoked demand for premium liquor, the growth in in-home consumption, and the company's new marketing strategy to meet the needs of a changing India in a freewheeling chat. She also opens up about the IIM Ahmedabad experience and her interests beyond corporate life.
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K Gurumurthy and discuss Akhil Nallamuthu discuss recent significant factors that have driven the swings in crude oil, and what you need to watch out for.
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Delivering humanitarian medical aid involves immense planning and procurement of medicine and other healthcare supplies, besides ensuring the physical safety and mental wellbeing of healthcare and aid workers on the frontline, among other things.
Simi Basheer, Director - Human Resources and Facilities with MSF (Doctors without Borders) South Asia, gives us a peep into the mammoth task involved in getting medical aid to those in strife-torn regions. An insight, as the world, witnessed the third week of the Russian attack on Ukraine.
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The subject that we are discussing today will seem gross. A Bengaluru-based start-up called Loopworm, which was started by two IIT Roorkee graduates, is working to bring food waste back into the food cycle using biotechnology.
Loopworm’s mission is to solve the global protein deficiency and waste generation. The start-up is involved in protein farming, but not pulses, dairy or meat. It farms an insect called the black soldier fly, whose larvae can become a high source of protein for commercially farmed fish, shrimp, poultry and even pets.
Currently, the feed for poultry and fish consists of fish meal which is usually made from vast quantities of catch from the oceans. It’s a depleting and increasingly expensive source. Loopworm says farmed insects are the most sustainable and eco-friendly way to feed the animals we eat
The black soldier fly is a sleek-looking fly that many confuse with a wasp. It is not a pest and can be put to use by humans. They play a similar role to redworms as valuable decomposers in breaking down organic matter and returning nutrients to the soil. They can break down the bacteria in their food.
TR Vivek is in conversation with Ankit Bagaria on this curious, and, somewhat smelly business.
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You have heard of gray, blue and green hydrogen, which refer to processes through which the gas is produced. Now, we welcome you to Gold Hydrogen -- something that might well turn out to be the savior of the planet.
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In this podcast Sai Prabhakar and Hari Viswanath discuss whether the TCS buyback adds any value to the shares, and what the current global disruptions could mean for the stock.
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Just as the global economy is recovering from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the crisis brought about by Russia's military operation in Ukraine threatens to send the world into recession.
How will the crisis impact the world? and will it impact India?
Nivedita V talks to Dipti Deshpande, Principal Economist, CRISIL.
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The Russia-Ukraine war has been roiling global markets over the last week.
Sai Prabhakar and Hari Viswanath discuss implications for investors and how they need to proceed in the current context.
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In one of our recent episodes, we looked at the fodder crisis in India, a country with 540 million cattle, the largest in the world. Dairy farming is the lifeline of millions of small farmers in the country. Even when crops fail, dairy farming provides them with at least bare minimum income and nutritional security. Given the importance of dairy farming in India, have you ever wondered how the farmers trade in this precious commodity called cattle? There are of course local networks and cattle fairs like the famous one in Pushkar, but is that enough? Two young women entrepreneurs from IIT-Delhi are attempting to solve for the problem with an agritech startup called Animall. Animall is often described as an instagram-cum-amazon for cows and buffalos. Animall was co-founded by Neetu Yadav, the now CEO and Kirti Jangra, the COO. Founded in 2019, the startup has made rapid progress attracting more than $25 million in venture capital. The app has been downloaded by more than 10 million farmers.
TR Vivek speaks to Kirti Jangra about the company's cool idea born in a hackathon and the challenges of being rare women entrepreneurs in the area of agriculture.
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The EU has accepted the Ukraine's application to the bloc in principle. But, despite the support from other members of the European Union, the recent invasion by Russia could delay the process by several years.
Let us not forget how Poland became part of the EU. In 1994, Poland had applied for a membership to the European Union (EU). These were times of peace and stable democracies. Yet, the country had to wait 10 years before it had officially become part of the group.
Ukraine will have to meet a few criteria to become a member of the EU. Here’s a look at some of these conditions.
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In this exclusive, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman talks to The Hindu BusinessLine about the Russia-Ukraine Crisis, its impact on oil prices, the economic sanctions on Russia and the Union Budget.
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Even as the UN Security Council was holding an emergency meeting on the Ukraine-Russia crisis, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine on Thursday.
"I have made the decision of a military operation," Putin said in the televised announcement and asked Ukrainian soldiers to lay down their arms. He claimed the Ukrainian government was overseeing a "genocide" in the eastern regions of the country. Reports suggest that there are 150,000 and 200,000 Russian troops along the borders of Ukraine. This comes days after Putin recognised the two regions – Donetsk and Luhansk – as independent regions.
Here's all you need to know about the crisis.
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In a low-income country of India's size, you can find a socio-economic crisis anywhere you look. Be it farms, factories, schools, cities, or villages. While the government is the primary actor with pretty much all power to address these challenges, how can people outside the government, especially the achievers from the private sector help make a dent?
Ashish Dhawan is one of those trying to explore if there is indeed another way to fast-track solutions to big problems, and at scale. Dhawan is a pioneer of Indian venture capital. In 1999 he co-founded Chrys Cap that was an early investor in many young companies that are now champion firms. Ten years ago he left his full-time role as an investor to start the Central Square Foundation, a philanthropic organisation that pursues outcomes-driven innovation to reform India's primary education working alongside various State governments. He is also the founding member of Ashoka University, a not-for-profit university that aims to offer an Ivy League-quality undergraduate programme in India. He is in conversation with TR Vivek on the transition from an investor to a full-time philanthropist, staking his wealth and entrepreneurial energies in taking some of India's big problems head-on.
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Low and middle- income countries stand disproportionately affected in terms of cancer cases and deaths, says the World Health Organization. In fact, by 2040, over 70 percent of cancer deaths are expected to occur in these regions.
But some initiatives are underway in India to streamline and standardise treatments, to help the medical community and patients/ payers to “choose wisely”. Tata Memorial Hospital Director Dr CS Pramesh gives us an insight into these initiatives, even as he underscores the importance of palliative care early in cancer treatment and the need for Covid-19 booster shots among younger people with co-morbidities. Tata Memorial Hospital is India’s largest cancer centre.
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Facebook stock has continued to remain under pressure since its record $230 billion market cap erosion in a single day 2 weeks back. Kumar Shankar Roy and Hari Viswanath discuss why this presents a good opportunity for long term investors.
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The government of India is warm to the idea of electricity and carbon dioxide from co-generation plants in sugar factories being gainfully used in co-electrolysis to produce sustainable aviation fuel.
Senior Deputy Editor M Ramesh explains
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Akhil Nallamuthu, senior research analyst, and Kumar Shankar Roy, senior assistant editor, delve deep into the fascinating but risky world of non-fungible tokens i.e. NFTs.
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Plenty of work is on in Indian laboratories on ways to switch over to green sources of heat and bring down costs.
Here are two such technologies.
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India produces nearly 1.7 million tonnes of grapes every year and Maharashtra contributes nearly 70 per cent of the output. Grape is a highly profitable crop. Of the 1.7 m tonnes only a tiny fraction goes into winemaking and wine grapes offer even better returns. It is estimated that grape farmers make anywhere between Rs 40-80 for every litre of wine consumed. In comparison, Barley and wheat farmers earn just Rs 12 for a litre of beer and sugarcane farmers just Rs 4 for a litre of molasses-based hard liquor.
To increase the income of grape farmers, the Maharashtra government last week allowed supermarkets with an area of more than 1,000 sq feet to sell wine. Wine-makers are obviously cheering and the move seems to have thrilled the farmers too. But the opposition in Maharashtra, the BJP says this would abet alcoholism. Is there indeed a big social cost that the government is overlooking to help farmers? And does it indeed help farmers or merely the big winemakers?
TR Vivek is in conversation with Jagdish Holkar, the president of The All India Wine Producers Association (AIWPA) the Apex body of wineries in India, on these issues.
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Investing in infrastructure funds looks attractive after the Union Budget's massive allocation to the infrastructure sector. But investors must take note of a few points before taking the plunge. Tune into this conversation between Maulik Madhu and Sai Prabhakar to understand if you should invest in these funds.
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Keerthi Sanagasetti, Research Analyst delves into the wish list of some of the key sectors of India Inc that are in need of stimulus from the upcoming Union Budget.
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With the tax filing deadline of December 31 past us, most of us must have now scored out the return filing exercise from the to-do list. But in this podcast Keerthi Sanagasetti and Sai Prabhakar from the BL Research Bureau, tell you why your job is not done yet.
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The dairy industry is often held up as a great Indian agri success story. India has nearly 540 million livestock animals, the most in the world. It produces 190 million tonnes of milk, the highest in the world. But the good news kind of comes to an end here. India's milk productivity is 50% less than the global average. Indian cattle produce only an average of 1000 Kg of milk per lactation cycle compared to 7000 Kg in Europe and a staggering 10,000 kilos in tiny, arid Israel. In the dairy industry, what you feed the animal is what determines the quality and quantity of milk. And India has an acute cattle feed crisis.
The land available for fodder production has remained stagnant at 5% of the arable land for decades while cattle population and milk demand keep burgeoning. There is a 12% gap between the demand for green fodder and its availability. Lack of fodder means India's dairy farmers are operating at only 50% of their potential.
A new and young Bengaluru-based startup called Hydrogreens founded by 38-year-old Vasanth Madhav Kamath is trying to address this crisis with a unique model that he calls ‘fodder-as-a-service’ for farmers who cannot afford to grow it themselves. The firm grows the green fodder in a low-cost, microclimate controlled vertical farming system that can ensure year-round availability of fresh, pesticide-free, high-protein supply. Even in 40-50 degree Celsius temperatures with just half a bucket of water.
TR Vivek is in conversation with Kamath on how his innovative business can help Indian dairy farmers tide over the crisis.
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As the World Economic Forum outlines its “Davos agenda” this week, international charity organisation Oxfam spotlights the inequalities that exist across the world. In its “Ïnequality kills” report, it calls for a tax on the super rich to fund public health programmes, for instance, among other social sectors. Oxfam India chief Amitabh Behar hopes, the pandemic “gives us a moment to take a pause and reboot ourselves, differently.“
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This conversation you're about to hear is a part of BusinessLine's Table Talk series, conversations with leaders on their life and times, and their businesses. In this episode, Senior Associate Editor Vinay Kamath speaks to Nestle India chief Suresh Narayanan.
For the uninitiated, Narayanan joined Nestle in 1999 as executive VP of sales. He was in Egypt during the Arab Spring in 2011 with all the chaos in the country. From Egypt, Narayanan headed to the Philippines, one of Nestle’s largest and most prestigious markets. But, in four months, in August 2015, he was sent to India to handle the Maggi crisis. No conversation with Narayanan is complete without asking him about how he handled it.
They chat about his 40-year corporate journey, how Nestle coped the past two pandemic years, discuss his interests beyond corporate life, and the impact his near and dear ones had on his success.
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Several fund houses have recently launched silver ETFs, following SEBI's go-ahead in November 2021. Tune into this conversation between Maulik Madhu and Hari Vishwanath to know if you should take exposure to these funds.
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Between the Delta and Omicron variants of the coronavirus, the need for home healthcare has been acutely felt and a fledgling healthcare service has begun to grow. Largely fragmented, and yet, about two crore patients have been supported during the second wave.
Not a moment too soon, the Centre revised home isolation guidelines on January 5th. In fact, this week, NatHealth (a platform for various healthcare arms including hospitals) also came out with a white paper on home healthcare, focusing on issues including standardised procedures, insurance coverage, data privacy, and training the human resource needed to staff these services, says Siddhartha Bhattacharya, Secretary-General, NatHealth.
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Nano materials, with the large surface areas, interact better with gas molecules which can help in detecting gas leaks. Nano materials of different chemical compounds can detect different gasses. Scientists are using these properties to develop hi-tech gas sensors for industrial and medical applications.
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In this week's podcast Keerthi Sanagasetti and Hari Viswanath of BL Research Bureau discuss the concept of inflation expectations and how it can impact markets.
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How has 2021 been for Indian agribusiness in general and agritech companies in particular? There were of course the continuing protests by farmers that ended in the repeal of the three signal farm bills. How did it go down with India's agri private sector? Did Indian agritech break any new thresholds on the road to maturity? And what prospects does 2022 hold? TR Vivek is in conversation with Venky Ramachandran, a consultant who advises agri-businssses on strategy, market access, fundraising and technology. He also runs the weekly newsletter Agribusiness Matters.
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In this week's podcast Keerthi Sanagasetti and Sai Prabhakar of BL Research Bureau discuss the aspects involved in Health insurance porting
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The Covid-19 pandemic-induced lockdown has had a huge impact on the education systems across the world and school closures affected more than 1.6 billion learners. The initial focus of policymakers was to ensure students would be able to attend classes without disruption, even if the students would have to learn remotely. However, increasing evidence suggests that the lockdown will have a profound long-term effect on the students. This generation risks losing $17 trillion in lifetime earnings --- it is equivalent of 14 percent of today’s global GDP -- in present value as a result of school closures, a recent UNICEF report shows.
In India, UNESCO estimates that nearly 321 million Indian children were affected. Schools and various State governments started holding classes remotely or even on TV, but was this effective? How did children and youth, especially from the marginalized communities, cope with these drastic changes? Now that classrooms are slowly opening up, what should educators and policymakers be looking at?
Today, we have with us, Rajeshwari Chandrasekar, Chief of UNICEF Maharashtra, to understand the issue better.
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This conversation you're about to hear is a part of BusinessLine's Table Talk series, conversation with leaders on their life and times, and their businesses. In this episode, Vinay Kamath and Thomas K Thomas speak to Anish Shah, MD of Mahindra group. This November, he took over as the chief of the $22-billion Mahindra group.
They chat about his move to India from the US after 16 years, the seamless academic journey from IIM Ahmedabad to Carnegie Mellon, the pandemic impact on the group's auto business, and his interests beyond corporate life.
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The Winter Session of the Parliament drew to a close on Wednesday, one day ahead of schedule. The session saw multiple protests by the Opposition on issues related to price rise and the Lakhimpur Kheri violence.
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As Omicron (the new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus) threatens to overwhelm hospitals around the world, Vishal Bali, Executive Chairman of Asia Healthcare Holdings, calls for public and private hospitals to plan together to tackle the possible surge in India.
And with another pandemic-dominated year drawing to an end, Bali foresees more “virtualisation” of care through remote or online methods, even as he stresses the need for reforms in medical education to graduate more doctors, nurses and paramedical staff.
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When the farm laws were repealed, the protesting farmers on Delhi's borders were ecstatic while those who championed the laws as necessary for a 'New Deal' found themselves in a trough of despond. Should it be all gloom and doom? There's enough room for maneuver for the $400 bn Indian farm sector to reform, modernise and prosper even in the absence of the controversial laws, argues Padmanand V, partner, public sector, Grant Thornton Bharat in this conversation with TR Vivek
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Carbon dioxide capture is the need of the hour. An IIT Bombay professor has developed a 'porous liquid' in whose pores carbon dioxide could be absorbed. Porous liquids could have immense industrial applications where there is any carbon dioxide emission.
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Last week, the Shriram group announced a merger, wherein Shriram Capital and Shriram City Union Finance will be merged into Shriram Transport Finance. In this discussion Sai Prabhakar Principal research Analyst and Keerthi Sanagasetti Research Analyst help us understand what this means for the existing shareholders of the two listed entities. Listen in!
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The tax filing deadline is fast approaching. Besides this year there were quite a few changes introduced by the IT Department. A revamped website, a new offline tax filing utility, and much more. Tune into this conversation between Keerthi Sanagasetti and Maulik Madhu to understand what’s new for taxpayers this tax filing season.
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India produces just 20,000 tonnes of cocoa when the country consumes nearly 90,000 tonnes of Theobroma. Mondelez, the company that now owns the iconic chocolate brand Cadbury claims India's cocoa production can go up significantly given the helpful climactic conditions. With a bit of patience and enterprise, it can be intercropped with coconut in non-coastal regions. TR Vivek is in conversation with Roopak Bhat, cocoa operations lead – India, Mondelēz International on the company's Cocoa Life initiative that works with farmers in the southern states to increase India's choco self-sufficiency and boost farm incomes.
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As the newest SARS-CoV-2 variant in town gets detected out of more countries, including India, public health expert Dr Srinath Reddy helps cut through the information clutter and explain why people need to change their behaviour and make it difficult for the virus to transmit. The virus “travels with people and celebrates with crowds”, says Dr Reddy, President, Public Health Foundation of India, cautioning that it's not yet clear if the virus has indeed run out of its bag of tricks.
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The recent floods and the increasing frequency of the same across the country is another reason why home insurance is fast becoming a necessity. Portfolio podcast | Why Home insurance is the need of the hour?
Tune into the discussion between Keerthi Sanagasetti, Research Analyst, and Sai Prabhakar, Principal Research Analyst to understand the different aspects of home insurance and how it is applicable to the risks it covers.
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Replete with parody and self-deprecating humour, anti-ads use reverse psychology to sell — and are hitting a chord with Gen Z.
Akshay Gurnani, CEO and Co-Founder of Schbang takes us through the various nuances of anti-advertising
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Two recent opinion polls, one by TimesNow-Pollstrat and another by C-Voter predicts much smaller win but a win nonetheless for the BJP. While there are still three months to go for the elections, is the BJP really sitting that pretty? BusinessLine's political editor and Delhi bureau chief poornima Joshi travelled last week to the southern parts of western UP---districts like Mathura, Agra, and Hathras. This region traditionally used to be the Blue fortress, the home turf of BSP supremo Mayawati. But since 2014, it has begun to crumble spectacularly. For BSP to remain relevant, regaining control of this region is a non-negotiable. TR Vivek speaks to her on whether the braj bhoomi will sway once more to the Modi-Yogi jugalbandi. You can read part one of Poornima's excellent dispatches from the ground here: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/dap-shortage-is-bjps-political-problem-in-ups-potato-belt/article37757880.ece
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The tax filing season for assessment year (AY) 21-22 is here. Have you filed your income tax return or ITR yet? Know that it’s not over until you verify your return.
Tune into the discussion between Kumar Shankar Roy, Senior Assistant Editor and Satya Sontanam, Research Analyst to understand the ways to go about ITR verification.
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On Field Notes this week, we look outside India’s shores, across the Palk Strait. Neighbouring Srilanka in recent months has been ravaged by food shortages. The crisis has been precipitated by a Gotabaya Rajapaksa-government decision that can charitably be called crackpot. In April this year, the country imposed a ban on the use of synthetic or chemical fertilisers. With the stroke of a pen, the government wants to make the Island nation of 22 million people and 1.8 million farming families into a fully organic food producing paradise. Instead, it threatens to turn the country into a basket case. Without fertilizers, farm output is tanking. Food prices have shot through the roof, tea exports have halved and farmers are on the streets protesting. Sri Lanka’s crisis has great relevance for India. Here too, several state governments like Andhra plan to go completely organic in the next decade or so. Even the central government enthusiastically promotes ideas like zero budget natural farming. Justified fears around climate change and ecological damage has helped activists offer organic farming as the only alternative.
TR Vivek speaks to Buddhi Marambe, a professor of agriculture in Peradeniya University in Sri Lanka for a Ground Zero view and possible lessons for India.
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The world faces a peculiar problem of overuse of antibiotics, leading to drug resistance, even as some regions are unable to even access these medicines. The problem overarches human use and misuse of antibiotics, besides use in agriculture, farm animals and so. In its latest report on antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the Foundation reviews 17 global drug companies that make and supply these products and their practices.
ATM Foundation CEO, Jayasree Iyer gives us a snapshot into the work being done by drugmakers in curbing AMR, including efforts by Indian companies Aurobindo, Sun Pharma, Cipla, and Alkem in bringing in better practices in the manufacture, supply, promotion, and surveillance of these drugs.
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Keerthi Sanagasetti and Kumar Shankar Roy discuss the five key differences between the erstwhile grievance redressal mechanism for banks, NBFC and digital transaction customers and the current unified one.
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Most global investment advisors from UBS to Nomura; Goldman Sachs to CLSA have downgraded Indian equities from overweight to neutral.
Businessline's markets editor KS Badri Narayanan tells us more about what this means for the Indian Equity market and what is the way forward.
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One of India's genuine success stories on the global stage has been its prowess in software services and being the back office of the world. Karnataka has led India's charge both in the export of traditional software services and BPM apart from being home to a number of startup unicorns by fostering a culture of innovation.
Ahead of the 24th annual edition of Bengaluru Tech Summit from Nov 17-19th, BL's Venkatesha Babu caught up with the state IT minister Dr. Ashwath Narayan for a conversation on creating policy frameworks for fostering innovation, using technology for delivering better governance, and pushing the growth of tech companies Beyond Bengaluru.
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Despite cryptos remaining unregulated across different countries including India, crypto platforms have come out with various products such as crypto deposits, crypto SIPs and managed crypto portfolios in a bid to popularise the digital currency.
Parvatha Vardhini C and Kumar Shankar Roy discuss the flipside of these new-fangled offerings that are piquing the interest of common people.
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Chana or chickpea is India's most important protein crop. While India produces 80% of the world's chickpea, its productivity can go up significantly to ensure the country's nutrition security. But how do we do it? Scientists across eleven countries led by Rajeev Varshney, the director of the genetic gains programme at the Hyderabad-headquartered ICRISAT have done the whole genome sequencing for more than 3300 varieties of chana from across the world. The research puts chana in the elite category of crops like rice or barley for which there is such extensive and dense genetic information is available. The research not only sheds new light on the historical origins and migratory paths of chana but also scientific means to achieve spectacular production leaps.
On this episode of Field Notes, TR Vivek is in conversation with Dr. Rajeev Varshney on the implications of this pathbreaking research.
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In the centenary year of Insulin, the inconvenient truth is that one in two people living with diabetes in the world are unable to access or afford insulin, according to the International Diabetes Federation. Making an impassioned pitch, diabetologist Dr. V Mohan calls for insulin to be made available to anyone who needs it. Especially so, since Frederick Banting and Charles Best, who discovered insulin, believed it was meant “for the world” and sold their patent for one dollar!
As World Diabetes Day (November 14th) comes up, Dr. Mohan explains how diabetes is now being seen in rural areas and economically-weaker communities, and younger age groups.
Dr. Mohan is Chairman, Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre and author of the recently released, “Making excellence a habit”
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The much-anticipated IPO of PayTM or One 97 Communications – with an issue size of Rs 18,300 crore - is opening on November 8, 2021. In this podcast, Keerthi Sanagasetti and Satya Sontanam, Research Analysts from our Research Bureau help us understand what this business is all about and whether the IPO is worth subscribing to.
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At the turn of the century, in 2000, ITC launched an ambitious programme called e-choupal. Long before agritech had become a buzzword, ITC tried to put tech into agri. In the 21 years since its launch, e-choupal has had a rollercoaster ride. Where does e-choupal stand today? Has the context of Indian agriculture and the regulatory environment completely changed for e-choupal to be relevant? TR Vivek is in conversation with S Sivakumar, the Hyderabad-Based Group Head of Agri & IT Business, ITC. For feedback or any particular requests write to TR Vivek at vivek.tr@thehindu.co.in
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A reporter is often the liaison between those that become the story and the persons that listen to those tales. They have often seen the rise and fall of many a great thing. In this episode, K Giriprakash shares his experiences with the BusinessLine as he bids adieu to his tenure with the publication. Giriprakash also tells us about the controversial tales surrounding the Indian aviation industry too.
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India reinforced its commitment to a “free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific region” when Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed two conferences with leaders of East Asian nations earlier this week. What are some of the strengths of the relationship and what are the pressure points? And, most importantly, where will the ties go from here?
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The festive season is here and retailers have bombarded customers with numerous offers to rev up the animal spirits further. With their tie ups with certain financiers, e-commerce websites and other stores are now offering customers products with No-cost EMI options.
Tune into this conversation between Maulik Madhu Principal Research Analyst and Keerthi Sanagasetti, Research Analyst to understand how the no cost is a misnomer and what customers miss noticing with such EMI options.
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Covid-19 was mission critical even for well-established businesses. When this is placed in the context of a global pandemic, with a start-up at the centre, the struggle becomes existential.
In this conversation, Paul Ravindranath G, Head of Google Accelerator, Google India, speaks to Akshaya Chandrasekaran about the challenges faced by start-ups, new opportunities that emerged during this difficult time, and skill-sets needed to build a scalable start-up. He also touched upon the need for building support structures and tailoring mentoring sessions to nurture women entrepreneurs, and more. Listen on.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Pradhan Mantri Atmanirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana today. It is touted to be one of India’s largest schemes for strengthening the healthcare infrastructure. What is it about?
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Energy harvesting is an emerging technology, which refers to producing electricity, even if only in tiny amounts, from movements of vibrations of things. Energy harvesting can power billions of sensors, which are needed in the world of IoT.
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With stock markets entering uncharted territory, valuations are on every investor's mind.
Kumar Shankar Roy and Hari Viswanath discuss enterprise value-based valuation metrics and their relevance, especially at a time when new-age companies are hitting the IPO mart.
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Palliative care is little understood, but its importance cannot be emphasised enough. The definition of palliative care is slowly changing from “end-of-life” care to being more supportive care and pain-management, brought early into the course of treatment.
In its 25th year, the Cipla Palliative Care & Training Centre (CPCTC) launched India’s first national palliative care helpline to support patients and caregivers. (*number given below)
Rumana Hamied, Managing Trustee, Cipla Foundation and CPCTC, gives us an insight into the work being done on palliative care across the country, and how hospitals and mainstream doctors are becoming part of this conversation.
Saath-Saath national palliative care helpline: 1800-202-7777
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With barely two weeks to go before the next round of climate talks, COP26 begins, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has brought out a report which shows that far from cutting down carbon dioxide emitting fossil fuels, most major countries are using more of them, putting the planet into the frying pan.
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In the past six months, between April-September 2021, the top three cryptocurrency exchanges – WazirX, CoinSwitch Kuber and CoinDCX – have blocked over two lakh accounts citing malicious activities.
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With IPOs of two Third-Party Administrators (TPAs) expected to come up soon, Sai Prabhakar and Maulik Madhu discuss their role in the insurance industry.
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The Government has underlined Air India’s special dispensation in terms of foreign direct investment (FDI) policy that dictates a cap of 49 per cent on all foreign investments.
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As various States notched up the volume against Centre for the paucity of coal and resultant power outages, the Centre hit back on Tuesday morning, accusing the States of selling power at higher price in power exchanges while load-shedding for consumers at the same time.
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Professor Kanishka Biswas of the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Research, Bengaluru, an autonomous institution of the governmental Department of Science and Technology, has just been named as one of the recipients of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award, the highest Indian award for scientific work, for his development of a ‘high performance thermoelectric material’, Cadmium-doped Silver Antimony Telluride.
Due to a phenomenon called ‘Seebeck effect’, if there is a temperature differential across the ends of two dissimilar electrical conductors or semiconductors, then a voltage will automatically develop between the two materials. The key here is temperature differential, which is hard to sustain. However, Cadmium doped Silver Antimony Telluride is a bad conductor of heat while also being a good conductor of electricity. This means that with this material, it is possible to tap waste heat and produce electricity from it.
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Harish Bhat, author of #TataStories, takes us on a nostalgic journey into the creation of the Air India Maharajah.
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Satya Sontanam and Hari Viswanath discuss what earnings yield is and why it is a helpful tool to evaluate stocks vs. Other asset classes
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Syringe and needle producers in the country are an anguished lot, as they face the prospect of their hard-earned reputation getting dented globally.
Following a Government directive this week, restricting the export of syringes – these manufacturers find themselves in a position where they will not be able to honour existing global commitments. A tag of being “undependable”, they caution, affects not just these entrepreneurs but also the country.
Rajiv Nath, President, All India Syringes and Needles Manufacturers Association, urges the Government to have a dialogue with the industry for better supply-chain management so no one’s left is unhappy. Nath is also Chairman and Managing Director, Hindustan Syringes & Medical Devices (HMD), India’s largest syringe maker and among the largest global producers of auto-disable syringes.
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An IIT Madras researcher engineers material so as to gather electrons and make them do useful work--such as splitting water under sunlight. The research gives birth to a new field of science called 'polarisation photo electro chemistry'.
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Finding your tax burden quite high? Satya Sontanam and Maulik Madhu discuss why any plans to share your income with near and dear ones to reduce the tax outgo, will fall flat.
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This conversation you're about to hear is a part of BusinessLine's Table Talk series. Conversations with leaders on their life and times and their businesses. In this episode, Saugata Gupta, Managing Director & CEO, Marico Ltd, talks about how Marico pivoted during the pandemic to have more of a digital play and on the future path for the FMCG major. He also shares his life inspirations, his management philosophies, and his interests beyond corporate life.
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The Founder and Dean Emeritus of Chennai's Great Lakes Institute of Management (GLIM), Bala V Balachandran, passed away on Monday at the age of 84. The Dean of the institute, Suresh Ramanathan, reminisces a few moments with the management guru, whose ideas had helped shaped businesses globally.
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Journalists make up a newsroom's vital institutional muscle memory. As V Rishi Kumar, our Hyderabad bureau chief, retires after a 26-year-long stint with BusinessLine at the end of September 2021, Gitanjali Diwakar tries to capture some of it by speaking to him about writing and reporting on a city and region that has witnessed tremendous changes, scams, political upheavals and successes over the last three decades.
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Pomegranate is a "superfood" that is super resilient in hot and arid regions, has great domestic and export demand, and has the potential to offer farmers super profits. India of course is the largest producer of this fruit. In the last decade, there has been a boom in India's pomegranate production. It has the potential to become a keystone export item for India. Pankaj Khandelwal, the Chairman of INI Farms, one of India's largest branded fruits firm and the biggest pomegranate exporter talks to TR Vivek about it's prospects and pitfalls.
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Former PepsiCo Chairman & CEO Indra Nooyi’s book, My Life in Full: Work, Family, and our Future, published by Hachette India, is just out. This conversation is an interview preceding her book launch with Vinay Kamath, Senior Associate Editor, The Hindu BusinessLine. Nooyi is a chemistry graduate of Madras Christian College and an MBA from IIM Calcutta, she went on later to earn another MBA from the Yale school of management in the US. She was the first woman of colour and an immigrant to head a Fortune 50 company. In this interview around her book, Nooyi ruminates about her growing up years in Madras, her family, and the values she inculcated that helped her succeed so phenomenally. She talks about the mentors in her life, her first hesitant steps in the US as a student, the direction she set PepsiCo in, encountering racism, role of women in the workplace, and her advice for business leaders in a post-Covid world.
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Editing: Akshaya Chandrasekaran
Portrait: Dave Puente
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Lithium ion batteries rule the energy storage world today. Lithium has its limitations and also China has a solid grip over Lithium supplies, which is a strategic headache for India. Fortunately, other, non-Lithium technologies are catching up.
The hottest among the challengers are the metal-air batteries, particularly, Zinc-air and Aluminum-air.
Metal-air batteries, though better.than Li-ion in many respects, are not yet quite there because they come with a host of technical problems. But the message from the research laboratories is that these issues are well on their way to be solved. It's only a matter of time before metal-air batteries replace Li-ion, at least to a large extent if not fully.
Businesses are therefore advised to wait and watch before putting down money into Li-ion capacities.
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It’s been three years since the Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna (PMJAY) was launched. A flagship Government programme that provides health insurance, especially for the economically disadvantaged – it is morphing to include more diseases and provide coverage to the unorganised sector and the missing middle class, as well, for instance.
Tasked with implementing the programme, the National Health Authority Chief Executive Dr RS Sharma outlines its challenges, including getting more private hospitals and diagnostic labs on board; and the long journey towards providing universal health coverage.
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The deadline for filing your tax returns has been extended to December 31, 2021. But did you know that you are likely to have a higher tax outgo if you delay filing your tax returns?
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PM Narendra Modi is on an official visit to the US. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Foreign Secretary Shringla, and other senior officials are part of his delegation. Here's a look at the prime minister's schedule during the trip.
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Indian SaaS start-ups have raised $4.3 billion (across 282 deals) in funding since the beginning of 2020, and nine out of the 10 SaaS unicorns were created since 2018, according to data released by Venture Intelligence.
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There is a direct correlation between literacy rates and successful vaccination drives in a particular region. While this may sound obvious, it is necessary to establish the precise linkages using robust data for the successful implementation of any public policy, argues Soma Wadhwa, Research Fellow at India Development Foundation in a conversation with TR Vivek.
Here's a recent piece she wrote on her extensive research on the issue. Wanted: A targeted Covid-19 vaccination drive for low-literacy areas
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The Insurance regulator IRDAI has recently extended the validity of two Corona-specific policies - Corona Kavach and Corona Rakshak - till March-2022.
Tune in to the discussion between Keerthi Sanagasetti, Research Analyst, and Sai Prabhakar, Principal Research Analyst, to know the features of these policies and whether it is worth signing up for one.
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The small farmers' lack of access to loans from the formal financial sector is often cited as a key reason for distress and suicides. What difference can the ability to borrow from the organised sector make? There are now a raft of new startups that want to lend to farmers. Will the farmers truly benefit from the increasing financialisation of the agri sector. TR Vivek is in conversation with AnilKumar SG, the founder and CEO of Samunnati, a Chennai-based agritech startup that has lent more than $1 bn to smallholder farmers, on the issue.
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Shruti Paliwal tells us why this online repository is joined by Indian researchers as, in a first, it defends against suit filed by academic publishers
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Freshworks — a Chennai- and Silicon Valley-based Software as a Service (SaaS) provider has filed for IPO in the US. SaaS has been around for a while now.
The software itself is considered a service industry. So, what is SaaS? Here's all you need to know...
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This conversation is a part of BusinessLine's Table Talk series, conversations with leaders on their life and times and their businesses. In this episode, Sanjiv Mehta, Chairman and Managing Director, Hindustan Unilever, talks about how the FMCG major is being transformed, leading through a crisis, his early life, and more.
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When you hear this from a top heart surgeon, there’s no ignoring it.
The last few months have seen a footballer have a cardiac arrest, mid-game, during Euro 2020. He survived it.
Closer home, two people from the entertainment industry – both in their 40s – have died from a heart attack.
There’s learning from the football incident. Defibrillators need to be available in more public spaces. And, more people need to be trained in CPR - Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, a life-saving intervention.
Hear it from leading cardiac surgeon and founder Asian Heart Institute, Dr Ramakanta Panda, on CPR, diet and exercise.
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To commemorate the death anniversary of freedom fighter Subramania Bharati, Tamil Nadu government has declared September 11 as 'Mahakavi' Day. Bharati’s innovative contributions to Tamil poetry and prose are considered to have sparked a Renaissance in 20th CE Tamil literature. But he also wrote extensively in English, of which little is known. In The Coming Age, published by Penguin Modern Classics, edited and presented by his great-granddaughter Mira T Sundara Rajan, we get a peep into Bharati’s original English writings.
Mira T Sundara Rajan is a writer, a classical pianist, and a scholar and professor who holds a doctorate in law from Oxford University. She is the daughter of Bharati scholar S. Vijaya Bharati, and a great-granddaughter of Mahakavi Bharati. In this conversation, Sundara Rajan speaks about Bharati’s everlasting relevance, his long-term agenda for writing in English, and his love for music, and shares some personal stories from his life.
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The CBDT recently notified Income Tax rules for calculating the tax on interest earned on employees’ provident fund contributions, exceeding specified limits.
Tune in to the discussion between Kumar Shankar Roy, Senior Assistant Editor, and Satya Sontanam, Research Analyst, to know when the interest income on EPF becomes taxable and whether it is still an attractive avenue to invest in, in order to build one's retirement corpus.
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Burning fossil fuels is a major contributor to climate change. However, these materials continue to be our major source of energy and they dominate the global energy system. A new study published in the Nature journal has assessed the quantity of fossil fuels that need to be left in the ground, both regionally and globally, to allow for a 50 per cent probability of limiting warming to 1.5 °C. But, is it actually feasible to do so? Listen in.
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In this second part of our special podcast on India's big push for palm oil, TR Vivek speaks to Bhavna Prasad, director of sustainable business at World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in India, on the ecological risks. Do government assurances that palm plantations won't come up on forest land wash? Is oil palm a water guzzler that will add to our water woes?
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The Taliban announced its interim government on Tuesday. The 33-member Cabinet is male-dominated and is all from the group itself, despite previous promises to form an inclusive administration for all Afghans. The group, which overthrew the civilian government amid the troop withdrawal of the US, has four big challenges ahead. Listen in.
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Indian imports 60% of the edible oil it consumes and runs up an import bill of Rs 80,000 crore. Of that palm oil alone accounts for 55%. In the quest for self-sufficiency, the government wants to promote palm oil cultivation big time in India. The target is to grow it on 3 million hectares over the next decade. So, what's the problem? While palm is the most prolific and efficient source of vegetable oil, it has a really bad reputation. Activists call it the coal of the food world: bad for health, bad for the planet. In southeast Asia palm monoculture has eaten into nearly 10 million hectares of forests. In middle class perception, it's an unhealthy oil. Why then the push for a policy that literally takes us from the frying pan to fire? TR Vivek speaks to Dr RK Mathur, director Indian Institute of Oil Palm Research on this polarising and fatty matter.
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In this episode of the Portfolio podcast, we look at bumper-to-bumper insurance and other add-ons available for vehicle insurance.
The recent Madras High Court order making bumper-to-bumper insurance mandatory for new vehicles sold from September 2021, has generated interest. The order also mentions providing cover for the driver, the passengers and the owners.
Tune into the discussion between Satya Sontanam, Research Analyst and Sai Prabhakar, Principal Research Analyst, to know more about bumper-to-bumper insurance and accident covers available for vehicle owners.
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In less than two months, large parts northern India will yet again turn into unbreathable gas chamber as farmers in Punjab and Haryana begin to burn their paddy crop residue. It is not only a health hazard, especially during the Covid pandemic but also an annual global embarrassment for India. Can this be conyained? TR Vivek is in conversation with AK Singh the director of Indian Agriculture Research Institute, that has developed a bio enzyme that can decompose the paddy stalks without the need to burn them, and Dhruv Sawhney, the COO of the agritech firm Nurture Farm that will help farmers to use the bio decomposer for free.
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The final phase of implementation of the peak margin rules comes into effect today, the first of September. What does this mean? and, how does it affect the markets?
Today, we are joined by Deputy Editor KS Badri Narayan, who will help us understand the issue better.
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Recently, popular items like Jamnagri Bandhini, Kolhapuri chappals, Kashmiri Papier Mache, Naga chilies, and Tamil Nadu machine parts have been chosen by the Centre for export promotion and increasing market accessibility under the One District One Product (ODOP) project.
The scheme is a flagship project of the Modi government and the Prime Minister has spoken about how it can help small industries
BusinessLine's Amiti Sen tells us more about the Government's One District, One Product (ODOP) scheme.
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Hiring activity in India is at a pre-pandemic baseline, for the first time in months, according to data from job platform Indeed. As per Indeed's report, job growth continues to accelerate, and more workers are finding jobs or are starting to pick up their job search.
Sectors tied to the reopening of the labour market are leading the way with IT, Sanitation and Retail fueling demand. Listen to this podcast to know more.
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The world has not had a new tuberculosis (TB) drug in about half a century, and then there were three. One of them, Pretomanid, was developed by non-profit organisation TB Alliance. Its President and CEO Dr Mel Spigelman gives us a peek into plans to make it more available, besides explaining why it is necessary to walk the fine line between medicine affordability and supply sustainability.
As part of a three drug regimen - Bedaquiline, pretomanid and linezolid , or BPaL as it is known, is recommended to treat highly drug-resistant forms of TB.
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The Tamil Nadu government has issued Standard Operating Procedure (SOPs) for re-opening schools for 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th standards from September 1. The procedure has four broad themes.
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AI is already at work all around us. It is gradually becoming a standard in many businesses. Each and every field is going to feel the impact, and almost everyone is actively thinking about how to compete in the age of AI. In this episode, we discuss with TalentSprint CEO Santanu Paul, who believes it's wiser for students and working pros to take incremental steps to embrace technology and equip themselves with the new-age skills instead of treading with fear throughout one’s career. We need computational and analytical thinking, whether we like it or not, because AI is coming for all of us, he says.
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The Ministry of Civil Aviation announced the Drone Rules 2021, under this, the number of forms that need to be filled to operate drones has been reduced from 25 to 5 and the types of fees charged from the operator have been decreased from 72 to 4. Besides that several approvals that were previously needed under the previous Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Rules, 2021 has been abolished and new procedures are in place. BusinessLine Shishir Sinha tells us more about Drone Rules 2021.
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A powerful cartel of politicians across political parties has created an empire of co-operative sugar mills. The mills, in the name of helping lakhs of farmers receive massive government subsidies and large tracts of land virtually for free. The mills borrow money from co-operative banks never to be returned, and the politicians first bankrupt the mills and then conspire to take private ownership at throwaway prices. TR Vivek is in conversation with BusinessLine's correspondent in Pune, Radheyshyam Jadhav about the unfixable rot in the State's sugar sector.
Do read Jadhav's recent three-part special investigation on the issue here:
Part 1 | How politicians are pocketing sugar mills and their vast lands
Part 2 | Maharashtra co-operative fraud: How co-op sugar mills become private properties
Part 3 | Maharashtra co-operative fraud: Endgame for co-operative sugar factories?
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A little over a week ago, the Union Finance Ministry imposed the definitive anti-dumping duty on Phthalic Anhydride imports from China, Indonesia, Thailand and South Korea. Now, the Finance Ministry has revoked existing anti-dumping duty on barium carbonate imports from China. What exactly is anti-dumping duty and how does it affect trade and different industries? To answer these questions, we have with us BusinessLine's Senior Deputy Editor KR Srivats.
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, on Monday, launched the National Monetisation Pipeline, which is an asset monetisation mechanism of Central public sector entities. The Centre wants to generate ₹6-lakh crore between 2021-22 and 2024-25 and create new assets. The scheme was announced in this year’s Budget.
What is the scheme all about? BuisnessLine's Shishir Sinha explains in this podcast.
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar led a delegation of politicians from the State, including RJD's Tejashwi Yadav, Congress' Ajeet Sharma and HAM's Jitan Ram Manjhi, to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday. The chief minister urged the prime minister to take the decision on the issue of the caste-based census. What did they discuss? Why this issue now? Listen in.
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The All India Gem and Jewellery Domestic Council has called a nationwide ‘token strike’ on Monday (August 23) to protest against the government’s new mandatory hallmarking norms.
What is the controversy all about? BusinessLine's Deputy Editor Suresh P Iyengar explains in this podcast. Listen in.
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The Taliban has stormed Kabul and seized power. With this, the US’ two-decade-long war against terrorism came to a futile end.
There are two issues at play here—why the US left and how they left. Critics of the US govt say that they left in a hurry and they did so at the cost of the Afghan people. ORF’s Kriti Shah explains what lead to the crisis in the nation and the various players and factors at play there.
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There seems to be a lot of action in the credit card space. HDFC Bank said it is ready with strategies to ‘come back with a bang’ in the arena. So, are you wondering what the context is? Our Deputy Editor Surabhi tells us more about the story. Listen in.
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In the world's largest agro-ecological experiment, Andhra Pradesh wants to turn 80 lakh hectares of farmland natural or completely chemical free by 2027. Is it an unscientific leap into the unknown or our best bet against climate crisis. TR Vivek speaks to T Vijayakumar, the special chief secretary to Andhra government on natural farming, spearheading this project, on the natural farming movement. This conversation was part of Bengaluru-based Nudge Foundation's annual 'Charcha' conclave on rural development. For feedback write to vivek.tr@thehindu.co.in
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The discussion related to Covid vaccines continues to get intense.
Now, the World Health Organization has issued an alert on falsified versions of “Covishield” identified in Africa and South-East Asia Region.
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Looking at 75 years of independent India through the prism of mental health – have we broken free of the stigma that surrounds it?
It’s still a long journey ahead, indicates Neerja Birla, founder -Mpower, a mental health initiative, as she discusses grief-support groups, treatment gaps, and the ever-increasing calls to their 24/7, toll-free helpline (1800-120-820050).
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The Indian Parliament witnessed a wash out on Wednesday. This has raised many pertinent questions regarding the country's democracy. Is there a solution to such problems? We are joined by BusinessLine's political editor, Poornima Joshi to discuss the matter in detail.
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The latest Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme is open for subscription until August 13, 2021. The issue price is ₹4,790 per bond. There is a discount of Rs 50 on the issue.
So, wondering if you should invest in the Sovereign Gold Bond Issue?
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234 scientists from around the world have finalised a new report assessing the state of the global climate. These scientists have been nominated by IPCC member governments around the world. By the way, the IPCC has 195 member countries. This report is the first of four that make up the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report. It looks at the physical science behind climate change and its impacts.
So, why is the report such a big deal?
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Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Palanivel Thiagarajan released a white paper on the state of the State's economy. The paper focused on the State’s “dire” fiscal situation -- the debt was increasing while the revenues have fallen. What did the document say? Listen in to the latest edition of the News Explained podcast.
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The Lok Sabha, on August 2, passed a Bill that would allow the government to reduce its shareholding in state-owned general insurance companies. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduced the bill which amends the General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act, 1972 in the Lok Sabha on July 30.
The law says that the central government will hold not less than 51 per cent of the equity capital in a general insurer and the Centre has introduced an amendment to drop this provision.
What does this amendment mean for the four PSUs? What does this mean for the sector and finally how does this impact you? K Nithya Kalyani, an independent insurance sector expert, joins us in the latest episode of News Explained to help us understand the issue better.
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The Supreme Court ruled in favour of Amazon against the proposed ₹247, 13-crore merger deal between Future Retail Limited and Reliance Retail.
A Bench of Justices Rohinton F Nariman and BR Gavai upheld the validity and enforceability of a Singapore-based Emergency Arbitrator award, which restrained Future Retail Limited from going ahead with its deal with Reliance Retail, under the Indian laws.
What does the order mean for the Future group? Forum Gandhi explains.
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As Kumar Mangalam Birla exits Voda-Idea as chairman, is this the end of the road for the company? Its travails are emblematic of the intractable mess India's telecom sector is in. What gives? TR Vivek is in conversation with BusinessLine's Mumbai bureau chief and ace telecom reporter Thomas K Thomas.
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No, it's not a laughing matter. Livestock emit more greenhouse gases than vehicles. The methane burped out by cows traps 25 times more heat than carbon dioxide accelerating global warming. Raghavendra Bhatta, director, National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology shares Indian scientists' innovative battle against cow belch.
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As an indication that the new promoters of Jet Airways have set in motion the process to start operations again, the company has invited applications from experienced pilots. After its grounding in April 2019, this is the first time the airline has issued a job posting recently.
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Rahul Gandhi met members of fifteen Opposition parties on Tuesday and they decided to build pressure on the govt to discuss the Pegasus spyware issue and the ongoing farmer protests. Meanwhile, in the BJP Parliamentary Party meeting, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chastised the Opposition for disrupting the Parliament.
With the ruling BJP and the Opposition sticking to their respective stands, will the Monsoon session become a washout? Listen in.
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In this episode of BL Podcast, Harsh Mariwala, the chairman of Marico Industries talks about his new book Harsh Realities that chronicles the struggles of running a family business and the making of a homegrown FMCG multinational.
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Who owns science? Who funds science?
Grim realities that will have to be confronted as the “IP waiver” proposal, put forward by India and South Africa, gets discussed at the highest level at the World Trade Organization.
In this week's episode of the pulse podcast, Leena Menghaney, South Asia Head, MSF (Médecins Sans Frontières) Access Campaign, helps breakdown the complex maze of intellectual property rights (IPR), funding of research, and the final impact on access to medicines, vaccines, diagnostics, and other medical tools, during the pandemic and beyond.
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India's largest fertilizer co-operative IFFCO has begun the mass production of nano urea invented by a 33-year-old Indian scientist Ramesh Raliya. In this episode of Field Notes, Raliya tells TR Vivek how the nano urea could save India billions of dollars and protect its ecology, and why he offered Indian farmers his lucrative invention for free. For feedback and comments write to: vivek.tr@thehindu.co.in
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Rakesh Jhunjhunwala has set the bull among the aviation pigeons by announcing the launch of a new low-cost airline called Akasa. K Giriprakash, BusinessLine's aviation expert decodes the chances of his success in a country that's proved to be the graveyard of many such ambitions.
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Twitter is losing its status as the go-to communication tool for many Indian government departments. Recently, several Union Ministers have switched to Koo, the home-grown rival of the US-based social media giant. But, why are Indian ministers promoting Koo? Listen in.
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The Union Cabinet has approved the amendment in the General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act, 1972 to facilitate privatisation of one general insurance company in the public sector. How would this impact the insurance space?
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The Covid-19 pandemic exposed several issues like the state of the public health system, food security and employment. India had a stringent lockdown and the impact was felt the most by labourers and low-wage earners. Millions of migrant labourers decided to go back home in 2020 as they lost their jobs. This had lead to a big question: how to address the problem of urban unemployment?
Swati Dhingra, Associate Professor of Economics, from the London School of Economics, talks to us about how policymakers can address the issue.
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On Monday, at least six people, including five police officers, were killed and more than 60 hurt in clashes between Mizoram and Assam.
The violence has something to do with the long-standing border dispute between Assam and Mizoram. Tensions soared last month when Assam’s police allegedly took control of the hilly area of Lailapur, accusing Mizoram of encroaching on the territory.
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In India, be it manufacturing, services or in agricultural supply chain, companies are asking employees, associates and workers to take the jab. Some are incentivising it while others are dis-incentivising it by restricting access to workplaces. At the State level, too, Gujarat made it mandatory for commercial service providers, including shopowners and their staff, to get at least the first jab by July 31. Failure to do so would result in closure of the premises, the administration said, as more authorities adopt a carrot or stick approach to increase vaccine coverage.\
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After months of speculation over his exit, 78-year-old BS Yediyurappa has stepped down as the Chief Minister of Karnataka. The four-time CM of the state submitted his resignation to Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot, who accepted the resignation and dissolved the Council of Ministers with immediate effect. Yediyurappa is an important figure in the BJP as he headed the party's first-ever government in South India.
Why did Yediyurappa resign? What could be his political future? Who could be the BJP veteran's successor? Listen in.
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There is a power struggle going on in Afghanistan – the Taliban is seeking to establish itself once again and the Afghan govt is going all out to stop them. The situation in that nation has deteriorated since the US started to pull out its troops last year -- over 2,70,000 Afghans have been displaced since January this year and the number of civilian casualties has risen enponentially.
In this podcast, we are joined by Kriti M Shah, Associate Fellow in the Department of Strategic Studies at the Observer Research Foundation, to understand the situation in Afghanistan, India’s role there and what could happen next.
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Blue-chip global management consultancy, Bain, in a recent report estimates that Indian agritech companies would create new value to the tune of $35 billion by 2025 thanks to technological and policy changes. In this episode of Field Notes, TR Vivek speaks to Parijat Jain, the lead author of the report on whether this is irrational exuberance or a prediction based on hard reality.
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The Kerala government had decided to ease certain Covid restrictions on Tuesday owing to Bakrid. This move comes amidst the rise in Covid cases across the State. The move was criticised by the Supreme Court. Listen to the podcast.
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Over 300 mobile numbers, including those belonging to some of India's prominent journalists, have been tapped via an Israeli spyware. What does this mean for the average citizen's safety and press freedom?
BusinessLine's Political Editor, Poornima Joshi, explains in this episode of News Explained.
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Vav Life Sciences, a little known nanotech research company, made an “accidental” entry into making specialised lipids used in targeted drug delivery. This has put the company in a small circle of just four global players making phospholipids, for mRNA vaccines.
Vav Life Sciences' Managing Director Arun Kedia explains the significance of targeted drug delivery, which is hailed as the medicine of tomorrow. The “silver bullet” or “sniper” approach helps deliver the medicine to the precise diseased cell.
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Looks like we have to gear for the third wave of Covid-19. According to the WHO Chief - Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus , there has again been a spike in Covid-19-related deaths. He said that this comes after a 10-week decline in the numbers.
What must we be wary of during the third wave?
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India is the second largest producer and one of the largest consumers of silk in the world. Its silk textile traditions are ancient and extremely diverse. Yet, the $8 billion Indian silk industry has been caught in a rut. Chinese and Vietnamese yarns have become more popular among domestic weavers for their better quality. In this episode of Field Notes, TR Vivek is in conversation with Mayank Tiwari, the CEO and founder of Reshamandi, a Bangalore based startup that's trying to revitalise the country's sericulture supply chain from the mulberry farms to the loom using modern technology.
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The Maharashtra government announced its new electric vehicle policy on Tuesday unveiling its benefits.
There are 3 major parts of the policy.
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The situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated since the US started to pull out its troops. The nation has witnessed a series of terror attacks by the Taliban and the security forces are struggling to stop the organisation from regaining control of large swaths of land. The number of civilian casualties has risen steadily --29 per cent during the first quarter of this year compared to 2020. Another 2,70,000 Afghans have been displaced since January this year due to the violence.
While speaking at the SCO meet, EAM Dr Jaishankar has outlined India's stand on the various issues in Afghanistan. He said, "Peace negotiations in earnest is the only answer. The future of Afghanistan cannot be its past. A whole new generation has different expectations. We should not let them down."
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On Sunday, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath unveiled a plan to stabilise the population, bringing down the gross fertility rate among women, reduce maternal and infant deaths, improve nutrition and access to family planning programmes, abortions and contraceptives. He said that the increasing population was a hurdle in development.
The many members of the BJP have appreciated the initiative, while the Opposition is saying that this is a purely political move. What is the Uttar Pradesh Population Policy 2021-2030 all about? Here’s all you need to know.
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mRNA-based treatment had begun in the mid-90's. But it was restricted due to its low stability and quick trigger of an immune reaction. Then again, recent reports have said that researchers have overcome these limitations and the mRNA-based treatment has proved to be more beneficial than traditional vaccines.
But what are mRNA vaccines?
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Kitex garment Ltd in recent weeks is into a stand-off with the Kerala government due to raids done by the government agencies at one of its factories.
The group which was founded in the 1970's,manufactures a range of products from garments to aluminium to curry powders, has alleged harassment by government agencies by rushing into the factory for raids. Sabu Jacob, chairman of Kitex said that “We have faced a lot of hostility in Kerala. My conscience does not permit me to invest even a single rupee in Kerala ever again”.
Then again, was it only the hostility that prompted the company to take an extreme stance?
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Despite having a low unemployment rate and a strong workforce participation, Iceland’s GDP per person ($46,981) is higher than most OECD countries and other Nordic countries, but their GDP per hour worked ($55.4) is lower than most OECD countries and Nordic countries, even though Icelanders worked more than their European counterparts.
Trade unions, civil society organisations and workers suggested that a reduction in working hours could counter the low productivity levels and improve work-life balance.
Recently, two recent trials have backed this claim. The studies show that a four-day work week reduces the stress of employees, but not their productivity. Given that the Covid-19 pandemic has forced millions to work from home and are working longer hours, do you think that companies in India should make a shift to this system? Let us know in the comments below
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With increasing focus on climate change, good governance and the sense of social responsibility, companies the world over have are looking to engage the society in which they function in, invest in clean technology and practise good governance model.
CRISIL has been tracking these developments across various industries and sectors, and has recently published a report, named CRISIL ESG India Compendium, highlighting how companies and investors look at the environment, social and governance aspects of conducting a business.
In this podcast, we talk to Rahul Prithiani, Director, CRISIL Research, understand why 'ESG' is gaining importance and why investors -- both institutional and retail -- must invest in the companies.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi overhauled his cabinet on Wednesday, inducted 43 youthful, professionally qualified members, largely with OBC/SC/ST backgrounds. This reshuffle was also significant as some senior ministers were dropped. BusinessLine's Poornima Joshi explains the developments that lead to the change.
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India barely processes 3% of the nearly 600 million tonnes of grains and fruits and vegetables it produces. The lack of processing creates seasonal price shocks for consumers and massive losses for farmers when prices crash. The ability to process food, and make value additions, especially closer to the farmgate, can increase rural incomes. TR Vivek speaks to Vaibhav Tidke, CEO of S4S Technologies, an innovative startup that uses a patented, low-cost, solar-powered technology to help rural women become food processing entrepreneurs, and add value to India's food chain.
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It’s beginning to look a lot like the end of the Vijay Mallya era. The lifetime chairman of Kingfisher could be getting fired by the Board. In this episode of news explained, we are going to break down how Mallya might get ousted from power from the company he founded. Heineken owns nearly 62 per cent of Kingfisher and United Breweries. In an annual general meeting set to happen on July 29, the board will discuss nixing a crucial provision regarding the rights and privileges of Mallya as chairman and it will also consider firing another prominent executive and close associate of Mallya, AK Ravi Nedungadi.
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The lockdowns in different states have eased and business resumption is catching up to speed. It's time to take a look at how the economy is doing and devise preventative measures against the Covid third wave. According to Nomura, business resumption is racing towards levels seen during the pre-second Covid wave.
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The National Restaurant Association of India has approached the Competition Commission of India to resolve issues with the food aggregators. The apex body of Indian restaurateurs said that they wanted to show how "they have been affected by the inherently anti-competitive practices of Zomato & Swiggy".
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The Olympic Games will take place on July 23, 2021. This sporting event was scheduled to be conducted in 2020. But the Covid-19 pandemic had played spoilt-sport and the event was posted.
The Olympic Games is also being conducted despite a lot of opposition in Japan owing to the rise in Covid-19 cases across the country. While there are many varying views on the Olympics, one group of people seem to consider this to be an opportunity of a life.
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Of the 300 million tonnes of grains, Indian farmers produce, only a third reaches the big, traditional mandis. The inability to store their produce often means farmers have to sell it at lower prices when the market is flooded with fresh arrivals during the procurement season. Can the ability to time the market help farmers increase their income. Prasanna Rao, the CEO of Arya, India's largest post harvest firm tells Field Notes why and how it is possible.
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Move over, organic food. Health-conscious consumers are taking it one step higher, heading for hydroponic produce of fruits and vegetables, right on their rooftops. A whole host of start-ups have entered this market. Once economies of scale kick in, this segment has a huge potential to grow.
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PharmEasy co-founder Siddharth Shah outlines the entrepreneurial journey of the five young co-founders behind this online pharmacy company, and why they “never say never”. As co-founder & Chief Executive of API Holdings (parent company of PharmEasy), Siddharth speaks to Business Line on working with industry veterans like Aditya Puri and Dr Velumani, both representing different generations and economies. API recently formalised a deal to buy over 66 percent in diagnostics laboratory network Thyrocare, for Rs 4,546 crore, a first-time where a listed company is bought by a unicorn. Part of a plan or serendipity? Siddharth gives us the inside track.
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After a controversial decision by the European Union to exempt those who have taken the Covid-19 vaccines from certain companies from travel restrictions within the EU region, several nations are now allowing Indians who took the Covishield shot to travel. Here's all you need to know.
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In a conversation with BusinessLine, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman shares her thoughts on the four years of GST regime, the challenges the economy faces, and the way forward.
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Twitter India's troubles seem to be never-ending.
A day after news came that Twitter India's interim grievance officer for India Dharmendra Chatur quit. Twitter seems to be in the soup again with FIRs being registered for putting up distorted India map and allowing access to child sexual abuse material.
What are the latest development in the Twitter India saga; Here's all you need to know.
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Looks like meme stocks are here to stay. In this episode of news explained, we are talking AMC, GameStop, Blackberry and so on. The hedge funds who short-sold these stocks have lost a whopping $12 billion in just six months. AMC Entertainment and GameStop have raised over $1 billion each after their stock rallies this year. AMC Entertainment and GameStop have raised over $1 billion each. Here's everything you need to know about meme stocks.
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Multiple member states in the EU have started to issue digital “vaccine passports” that will enable individuals to move freely for work or tourism with fewer roadblocks. The document will serve as proof a person has been vaccinated against Covid-19. The problem is that only the vaccines that have received EU-wide marketing authorisation have been approved for the programme. So, one must be vaccinated by the vaccines made by Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna, one version of AstraZeneca's covid vaccine and Johnson & Johnson. SII's Covishield, BharatBiotech's Covaxin, Russia's Sputnik vaccines have been excluded.
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Is organic farming a constricting ideology like any other, a way of life, virtue-signaling or indeed a serious business proposition? TR Vivek is in conversation on the question with Rajshekhar Seelam, the founder of 24 Mantra, India's biggest organic brand, and Sajan Raj Kurup, the founder of the well-known ad agency Creativeland Asia who has started a new integrated organic platform venture called Saint Farm. Plus, a look at why Bayer has produced a watermelon variety that's yellow, not red.
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In the final episode of Fighting Climate crisis - a series related to the environment, conducted in association with UNICEF India - we speak with Rishi Aggarwal of the Mumbai Sustainability Centre to learn more about managing wastes at our own homes.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is conducting an all-party meet on Jammu and Kashmir. The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration, which consists of PDP, National Conference, and other regional parties, are participating in the meeting. Why was this meet convened? What are the possible issues that could be discussed? Poornima Joshi Analyses
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Hong Kong’s sole pro-democracy publication Apple Daily published its last edition on Thursday. This comes after five editors and executives were arrested and millions of dollars in its assets were frozen as part of China's increasing crackdown on dissent in the semi-autonomous city.
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On Tuesday, members of several parties, including the TMC, Samajwadi Party, National Conference, CPI(M), CPI, Aam Aadmi Party and the Rashtriya Lok Dal met at NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s home. They discussed issues like Covid management, the attack on institutions and unemployment. Is a mega opposition alliance on the cards?
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The ayurveda-versus-allopathy debate has taken a new turn. Now, the Uttarakhand government has decided to allow ayurvedic doctors to prescribe select allopathic medicines to patients in emergencies.
What do the authorities have to say about the decision?
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The Reserve Bank of India has redistributed the financial services audit market, especially for NBFCs. This will provide small- and mid-sized local audit firms an opportunity to play and grow big at the expense of the Big Firms.
This has been made possible through its new audit guidelines for banks, NBFCs and Urban Cooperative Banks.
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In the first episode of the Pulse podcast, PT Jyothi Datta talks to Dr Chandrakant Lahariya, public policy and health systems expert, about the effects of Covid-19 on children, black fungus and the possible third wave of the pandemic. Listen in to know if the third wave of the Covid pandemic could disproportionately affect children, what is the causes of Mucormycosis and how another surge in cases can be stopped.
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Urbanisation and the unscientific approaches to constructing buildings have posed a grave danger to the environment as well as the climate at large. Gitanjali Diwakar speaks with Kabir Vajpayee, an architect and the Co-Founder of VINYAS about constructing structures in an eco-friendly manner.
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Many top B-schools are revamping their curriculum and exploring AI offerings, mainly for the increased relevance and the long-run financial stability. Today, we are in conversation with Dr Debashis Guha, Director of Machine Learning at S P Jain School of Global Management, who believes a two-year Master of Artificial Intelligence in Business (MAIB) is more nuanced, in-depth, and addresses a large gap in the marketplace for developing AI-savvy business leaders.
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India is by far the biggest banana grower in the world that produces more than a quarter of the global output. But it's a laggard when it comes to export. It merely ships abroad less that 2 per cent of its produce. Things might be changing. India's tiny exports have grown 50 per cent in the last couple of years despite the pandemic. TR Vivek is in conversation with Martin Wittwer, CEO, Desai AgriFoods, the largest Indian banana exporter on what it would take for India to become a serious global player commensurate to its heft.
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Twitter has lost its intermediary status in India and is now liable for users' content. Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has slammed Twitter today. He said that the American social media company has "deliberately chosen the path of non-compliance." He also said foreign entities can not use free speech in India to excuse itself from complying with the law of the land. What did the Union Minister say? What's the controversy all about?
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A game between Zerodha founder Nikhil Kamath and five-time world chess champion Vishwanathan Anand, meant to be a fundraiser for Covid-19, ended badly with Kamath being accused of cheating. Anand was playing virtual chess games simultaneously against various celebrities as part of his effort to raise money for charity. While the others were defeated easily, the five-time World Chess Champion surprisingly lost to Kamath. Soon after, Chess.com, the online platform which was hosting the game, banned Kamath’s account citing violation of fair play rules. Kamath admitted to using help from in-game analysts and computers in a tweet.
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In this special podcast series, BusinessLine in association with UNICEF, we discuss a myriad of ways to tackle climate change. In today’s podcast, we are going to be passing the mic to some young people who are making it happen and doing their bit in the fight against climate change.
Varad Kubal is a 15-year-old environment activist who made a mark when he was just 12 by rescuing sea birds called Bridled Tern during a storm. He is full of innovative ideas for the growth and protection of flora and fauna. Bodhisatva Khanderao, 13, from Yavatmal, Maharashtra, also a young environmental activist, inspires people to love nature and stop cutting down trees. He started working for social plantation awareness programmes at the age of 6. Listen to find out more about their journeys.
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Quickening the pace and coverage of vaccination is critical to help India heal and get the economy back on track, a recent Finance Ministry report said. The report called on the government to ensure heard immunity is reached by September, increase spending on health and health infrastructure and stressed on implementing Covid-appropriate behaviour.
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In this episode of Field Notes, TR Vivek speaks to Vilas Shinde, the founder of Sahyadri Farms, India's largest farmer producer company (FPC). FPCs are for-profit companies jointly owned by a collective of farmers where outsiders aren't allowed. Through economies of scale, the farmers get incredibly more bargaining power when selling their produce or buying seeds and fertilizers. Shinde shares his experiences of running a profitable FPC and creating a business ecosystem focussed entirely on making farmers prosperous. Collectivise and compete in the global marketplace, or give up farming is his simple mantra.
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People seeking to undertake foreign travel for educational purposes or for employment opportunities and people who are on India's contingent to the Tokyo Olympic Games can now get the second jab in 28 days. The guidelines come after the government received several representations to allow permission for the second dose before the mandatory gap of 84 days for some parties.
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In his address to the nation on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke about three major topics regarding the nation's vaccination programme -- the procurement, the production and the politics surrounding it. He announced an important change to the vaccine policy and promised that the issue of shortages would be addressed soon. What did he say? Here are three important take aways from his speech.
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Pollution, climate change and ecological destruction are some of the biggest challenges we face today. We can see some of the effects of climate change already – be it more intense heatwaves, floods, droughts and other natural calamities.
As we observe World Environment Day, The Hindu BusinessLine, in association with UNICEF, brings to you a special podcast series on climate change. In the first episode of the series, ‘Fighting Climate Crisis’, Sanskriti Menon, Senior Programme Director at the Centre for Environment Education, talks about the impact on climate change and India and what can be done to tackle it.
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The UN has recently adopted an India-sponsored resolution to mark 2023 as the Year of Millets. In this episode of Field Notes TR Vivek is in conversation with Joanna Kane-Potaka, the Assistant Director general of ICRISAT and Prashant Parameswaran, founder and managing director of Soulfull Foods on why the much-neglected and forgotten millets are 'smart foods' that help us fight malnutrition and climate change at once.
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1,600 German companies are reportedly functioning in India, including 600 joint ventures. Cumulatively Germany has invested $12.39 billion in India since 2000. India and Germany marked the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations in March. The relationship has progressed satisfactorily but not spectacularly. Let us analyse some of the reasons for this.
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The country Covid vaccination drive seems to be proceeding despite the debates. But the concerns related to the availability of the vaccines cease to end.
In order speed up the process, the Centre Government had granted permission to the States to procure the vaccines directly from the vaccine makers. But, now pharma companies have said that they would only work with the Union Government and not with individual states, putting the vaccination process is jeopardy. Also, these producers have already committed to supplying vaccines to other countries. This has been rather stressful as fear about the infection continues to mount.
But, one State leader had suggested a few ways to resolve the problem.
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Despite the decline in the number of Covid cases across the country, many are still skeptical of its riddance once and for all.
This could be the reason why the election commission’s statement related to the five assembly polls due early next year came as a rude shock to me.
India is still bearing the brunt of the recently concluded assembly elections across Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Kerala, Pondicherry and Assam. The country’s Covid cases had sky-rocketed during the election season, leading to near collapse of the healthcare systems.
The last elections season also saw the many participating in the Kumbh Mela as well.
So, here is my question? Is the EC truly concerned about the timely elections or would he consider a Covid-safe election season?
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The NDA outperformed expectations in the 2019 general elections– the BJP alone won 302 seats, 21 seats more than in 2014, and the NDA won 353 seats. This was a testimonial to PM Modi’s charm and it showed that the people of India placed their trust in him. But the coronavirus pandemic pushed PM Narendra Modi to declare a stringent lockdown to contain the spread of the virus. This hit the economy hard, and when it was recovering, the second wave hit, forcing many States to impose lockdowns.
What should the Modi government focus on as it steps into its eighth year in office?
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In this episode of Field Notes TR Vivek speaks to Subhadeep Sanyal, a partner at Omnivore, India's first agriculture-focussed venture capital firm. Sanyal talks about the unique challenges faced by entrepreneurs in the agri sector and how a new breed of agripreneurs with engineering backgrounds are helping to better the lives of farmers.
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In today’s episode of News Explained, we are going to go over some important advancements that took place at the GST Council. The GST Council, which met after October last year, decided to set up a Group of State Finance Ministers to look into the crucial question of granting tax relief to Covid materials, including vaccine and drugs.
The Group of FMs will be formed today and it will submit its recommendation on or before June 8th and then the Council will make a decision.
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The Delhi government had announced a lockdown on April 20 for six days as Covid cases surged in the State. It was later extended multiple times. The State recorded 28,395 new Covid-19 cases on April 20, and the cases have fallen since then. This fall has prompted Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to announce the gradual lifting of lockdown rules from May 31.
What activities will be resumed? How will the government go about it? Here's all you need to know.
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The GOI has slammed Whatsapp for filing a petition in the Delhi high court.
The standoff between WhatsApp and the Centre has intensified.
At the centre of the latest dispute is that the government has asked social media companies to put in place a system to trace the originator of a post or a message.
WhatsApp, on the other hand, said the new rule would severely undermine user privacy.
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The Tamil Nadu government has expressed its interest in working with HLL Biotech to explore the possibility of using the Integrated Vaccine Complex for making antidotes for Covid.
A high-level team led by Tamil Nadu's Industries Minister T Tennarasu will be visiting Delhi on May 27 to discuss the same.
Is this a wise move or would this fizzle out before it gains steam?
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The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (IT Rules, 2021) comes into effect from Today -May 26, 2021.
WhatsApp has filed a petition in the Delhi High Court challenging the new IT rule that requires the Facebook-owned company to trace the originator of any message on its platform.
What do the new Information Technology rules entail for SM companies and what does it mean in the larger picture of the Personal Data and Privacy of Users-Thomas K Thomas, BuisnessLine's Mumbai Bureau chief explains.
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Ruchit Garg, a 42-year-old former Microsoft engineer who helped create X-box and sold a Silicon Valley startup for a tidy profit decided it was time to use his skills to better connect India's farmers to consumers. His startup Harvesting provides a digital platform for farmers in far-flung places across 22 states to find buyers and better prices for their produce.
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External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar, who is on a five-day visit to the US, will meet top officials from the United Nations and the US government. What's on his schedule? Here's all you need to know.
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Increasing Indian farmers' income wouldn't be possible without an innovative and vibrant food and agriculture industrial complex. Entrepreneurs solving for problems that both farmers and consumers face are critical in realising India's potential as a dominant food and agri player globally.
In this episode of Field Notes, we talk to Dr K Srinivas, the former CEO of a-IDEA, the Indian government's flagship technology business incubator on creating a new generation of agripreneurs in the country.
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In this podcast, Shriya Mohan speaks with former IMA Chief Dr Ravi Wankhedkar on the conditions of healthcare workers during the second wave of Covid-19 and the steps that have to be taken to assure them of good health.
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The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has triggered a greater sense of concern across the world. In India, the situation has become more difficult owing to Cyclone Tauktae. While the authorities are working towards reassuring the residents of the country and guaranteeing them of utmost care, one issue continues to be at the helm of the crisis – Waste management.
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The test positivity rate or TPR is an important metric through which the public health system keeps tabs on the current level of Covid transmission.
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The Covid-19 registration challenges faced by those in the 18-44 age group on the CoWin platform are mainly due to vaccine availability issues rather than glitches in the platform, RS Sharma, Chief Executive Officer of National Health Authority (NHA) and in-charge of CoWin platform, said.
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In this week's episode of Field Notes, TR Vivek speaks to Karthik Jayaraman, the CEO and founder of Waycool, one of India's fastest growing Agri supply chain startups to understand the disruptions the new round of Covid lockdowns has unleashed. The lessons learnt from the lockdowns last year, and the resilient Indian farmers and small retailers seem to be saving the day.
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Over the last few weeks, some cryptocurrency exchanges have been facing problems in processing transactions even as many investors complained that they were unable to invest at a time when cryptocurrency prices were on the rise.
But why is it so? Here's all you need to know
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The Government’s expert panel National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) has said that there should be a gap of 12 to 16 weeks between both doses of the Covishield vaccine. They also said that there were not going to be any changes regarding the Covaxin doses.
In March 2021, experts had suggested a gap of four to six weeks between both doses, citing reasons such as being more effective.
The increased gap comes at a time when the country is facing an acute shortage of resources especially vaccines.
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The Olympic Games, which have already been delayed 12 months because of the coronavirus pandemic, are scheduled to open on July 23. The rise of new strains of the virus would put many more lives at risk too. The current state of the pandemic could also lead to the absence of participants representing many nations, including India. Isn’t this rather unfair?
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As the vaccine supplies continue to be feeble, the slots on the CoWIN app are too few for the kind of demand that the country is witnessing now. While people are looking for vaccines desperately, cyber criminals have begun to lure them with fake offers and slots to steal information. Practice caution and verify legitimacy, caution experts.
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The term ownership usually signifies exclusive right over an asset. But what if the starting price of such an asset is out of reach of the ordinary guy? To solve this problem, the financial world has come up with fractional ownership, which allows investors to own a bit of a pricey asset.
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India's Chana production has seen a significant rise recently. How has genomics changed the scenario?
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Fear, anxiety and stress are sharply on the rise as India battles a devastating second wave of Covid-19. Psychiatrists report a growing number of people have been seeking them out in the last two or three weeks.
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Just when things had started looking up for the real estate sector, the second wave knocked it down a notch or two. To have resumed real-estate projects full-fledged, without a backup plan in anticipation of the second wave, is costing the real-estate sector dearly. Labour shortage and project delays have led to a crisis in confidence for home buyers.
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The Biden administration recently announced that it will support India and South Africa's proposal to waive anti-Covid vaccine patents to temporarily boost the Covid-19 vaccine supply. The proposal was made before the World Trade Organisation, also known as the WTO.
What does this mean for India and its battle against Covid-19? Here's all you need to know.
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Even after Prime Minister Narendra Modi had asked States to consider lockdowns as the last option, many local administrations have already imposed various restrictions as the number of daily Covid-19 cases near the 4-lakh mark.
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Amid the surge in Covid-19 cases across the country, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced a few provisions to ease the financial difficulties of the citizens. BusinessLine's Surabhi tells us more.
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India's new Covid-19 infections continued to see an exponential rise on Tuesday, as the nation recorded an excess of 3.5 lakh for the seventh day in a row. Government data shows that 3,57,229 people tested postive and that 3,449 people succumbed to the disease on Tuesday.
However, India is not the only nation that has been hit by a sudden surge in Covid-19 cases. From Laos to Thailand to Bhutan and Nepal, a new wave of covid-19 cases has hit developing countries hard.
Experts, like Dr. Anthony Fauci, have recently recommended that India needs to go back under a lockdown to deal with the massive rise in cases. But that is just a temporary solution. What can developed nations do to really help poorer nations deal with the pandemic?
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On May 2, 2021, the results of the assembly elections held in Puducherry, Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala were announced by the Election Commission of India.
Loyal members of the winning parties in each State rejoiced and the celebrations were grand in its own manner.
But, it was not too long ago when the authorities had Stated that no celebrations or processions should take place upon declaring the winners.
Why didn’t the leaders use the elections as an opportunity to do their part to minimise the spread of the infection by motivating the party-loyals to stay indoors as well as dissuade them from public rallies?
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May 2 was counting day. The votes for the recent concluded Assembly elections held in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal, Assam and Puducherry have been taken into account to see which party is likely to govern each of the four States and the Union Territory of Puducherry.
BusinessLine's Poornima Joshi gives us a few insights.
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The final ballot has been cast and there are only a few days left before the elections are announced on May 2, 2021.
Most Exit polls declare the DMK will win in Tamil Nadu. What does this mean for the party and ADMK? Why is the LDF is winning in Kerala? Who is the big winner and big loser in West Bengal? What does this election mean for the BJP, Congress and the Left? We also take a look at some of the big takeaways from the election.
This week on 'The Mandate', a special series on the Elections in West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry, we take a look at the exit polls conducted by various publications.
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In a significant policy decision, India has decided to shift towards a modern storage system for its foodgrains, mainly silos. This has been in the works ever since a pilot project was begun during the Atal Bihari Vajpayee regime. The process has gathered pace and now, the Centre says the modern storage system will be in place by 2025-26.
In addition, the Indian Food and Civil Supplies Department has decided not to go in for additional cover and plinth (CAP) storage, which basically means storing foodgrains under the open sky. Instead, it has decided to utilise the additional capacity in its godowns and warehouses by increasing the height of stacks from 20 bags to 25 bags.
This will help store 16.5 million tonnes of more grains besides saving Rs 8,000 crore to the exchequer. The Indian government plans to put in place a modern storage silo capacity of 10 million tonnes by 2025-26. A sum of Rs 1,850 crore will be spent for constructing these silos, excluding the land costs.
T V Vivek and Subraman Ra Mancombu discuss the government's move and what it means for India's foodgrain storage.
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In order to align the interest of the key employees of asset management companies (AMCs) with the unit holders of the mutual fund schemes, SEBI on Wednesday said a part of the compensation of some staffers will be paid in the form of units from the schemes in which they have a role or oversight. The move has earned praise from some, while others are not happy with it.
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The Central Government has notified April 27 as the implementation date for the recently enacted law — National Capital Territory of Delhi (amendment) Act 2021.
This implies enhanced the powers of the Lieutenant Governor in the administration of Delhi while limiting the elected government’s powers in some respects.
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In a bid to take a leadership position on tackling climate change, US president Joe Biden convened a virtual summit with 40 leaders from around the world, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese president Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on the 21st and 22nd of April.
In the summit, the leaders discussed various issues related to climate change. They talked about dealing with the crisis, mobilising finance and helping vulnerable countries cope with the impact of climate change.
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Amid the reports related to the demand for oxygen cylinders, vaccines, masks and other essentials required to tackle Covid-19 infections, there also seems to be a rise in the demand for hand sanitisers.
FMCG companies – large and small – are witnessing an uptick in demand for hygiene products, including sanitisers and hand washes.
According to the data sourced from Bizom, the demand for sanitisers and home-care products in April is higher than the levels that was seen in the last two quarters. The data show that sales of sanitisers alone had surged 12.5 times, compared to the pre-lockdown levels between April and June 2020, and 5.2 times compared to the pre-lockdown levels in July-September 2020. However, by January-March 2021, sanitiser sales had stabilised to 2.3 times of the pre-lockdown levels.
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After sharp criticism from the Calcutta High Court, the Election Commission has imposed strict restrictions on campaigns to combat the sharp rise in coronavirus cases in West Bengal. This comes even as top leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, cancelling their rallies in the State.
In this episode of Mandate, we take a look at the mismanagement of the Covid crisis in West Bengal and if political parties hope to gain political mileage from it. We also discuss Mamata Banerjee's charge that Oxygen for the State was diverted to other BJP-rules States and how this lack of trust could hurt the mission to solve the crisis. We also take a look at the major lessons to can be learnt from this experience.
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India’s wheat production is on course for record production, despite some farmers, especially in Madhya Pradesh, reporting lower yield. The Union Government has projected a record crop of 109.24 million tonnes.
In this episode of Field Notes, T R Vivek and Subramani Ra Mancombu discuss the reasons behind this surplus wheat crop and whether a move by Punjab and Haryana government to directly credit MSP payments to farmers will work
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Due to the current situation related to the Covid-19 infections, the Supreme Court said that it wanted a “national plan” on issues, including supply of oxygen and essential drugs for the treatment of patients infected with the virus.
A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde also said that it would also consider the matter pertaining to the method and manner of in which Covid-19 vaccination is being held in the country.
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From June 1 , 2021, the government has introduced mandatory hallmarking of gold jewellery. This comes at a time when gold prices have corrected and jewellery demand may see a rise. What is the outlook for prices now and what should buyers know about hallmarking? Listen to this conversation between Akhil Nallamuthu, Sr Research Analyst and Bavadharini KS, Research Analyst.
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Amid the Covid-19 vaccination drives taking place across the globe, the phrase ‘Emergency Use Authorisation’ has created a lot buzz lately. How this phrase affect you?
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The Assembly elections in West Bengal has crossed the halfway mark, as the fifth round of polling taking place on Saturday. But the polling and has been marred with violence as there were reports of clashes between the ruling TMC, BJP and the CPI (M) in the State. In the previous round of polling, six people, including a CISF personnel, were killed in violence in two separate incidents in the State. Campaigning for the election took place despite the rising number of Covid-19 cases in the State.
In this episode of the "Mandate", a special podcast on the elections in West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry, we take a look at three issues that could change the outcome of the elections in the eastern State.
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The first round of lockdowns and restrictions beginning March last year, crippled India's agricultural supply chain. The demand collapsed as hotels, restaurants, offices and institutions shut. Farmers couldn't harvest their produce as labour disappeared overnight. Even if they could harvest, there were few places to sell. As the rate of infections begins to soar again, the spectre of lockdowns and restrictions looms again. Is India better prepared today from the lessons of yesterday?
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The second-wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has hit India. Will the vaccination drive be the only solution to the problem? What do the experts recommend?
We speak BusinessLine's P T Jyothi Datta to learn more.
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The risk of being exposed to the Covid-19 virus on an airline flight drops by as much as half when airlines keep middle seats open, a new study published by the US government concludes, a safety practice the carriers have abandoned.
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With the number of Covid cases rising once again in India, many States have imposed a series of measures to contain the spread of the deadly disease, but these measures will have an impact on the economy. Moody’s Investors Service believes that this wave could pose a credit-negative threat to India’s economic recovery.
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The ROG Phone 5 features the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G mobile platform with a 5nm 64-bit Octa-core processor. it also has a 6.78-inch FHD+ display with a resolution of 2448x1080 pixels. The devices have a 144Hz/1ms AMOLED HDR10+ certified display with a 300Hz touch sampling rate.
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The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, a leading think tank for science and technology policy, has said that India is critical if the US wants to counter a rising China. It said that India has many highly skilled technical professionals and that both nations share strong political and cultural ties.
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On Monday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif blamed Israel for a power outage in the nation’s Natanz nuclear facility. Multiple Israeli media outlets have reported that the country's Mossad spy service carried out a successful operation at the underground complex, but Israel has not formally commented on the incident.
Where does this leave the negotiations between Iran and the major world powers, who are seeking to restore the Iran nuclear deal? How does it impact India? Here’s all you need to know.
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Diversifying your investments across the shores into the US markets comes with its own benefits. What should investors know before taking the plunge?
Hari Viswanath, Chief Research Analyst in conversation with Akhil Nallamuthu, Sr. Research Analyst and Kumar Shankar Roy, Sr. Asst. Editor.
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Sugarcane farmers, especially in Maharashtra, have been expressing grievance over pending payments from sugar mills or looking to supply cane to neighbouring Karnataka as mills near their home have closed.
Sugarcane is one of the most beneficial crops and yet, there are problems for growers on the payment front.
Maharashtra growers are the most affected with the mills there getting prices below the minimum sale price level (MSP) fixed by the Centre. Maharashtra sugar industry problems have cropped up as Uttar Pradesh has emerged as its main rival.
As Maharashtra mills are forced to sell sugar below production costs, they are facing a financial crisis. Closer scrutiny reveals the policies are interlinked with politics in the State. It is one reason why no Government has not been able to do much on the policy front.
T R Vivek discusses the issue with Subramani Ra Mancombu.
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Reliance Jio Infocomm has entered into a ₹1,037.6-crore spectrum trade with Bharti Airtel.
According to the agreement, Sunil Mittal-backed Bharti Airtel will transfer its 800 MHz spectrum in Andhra Pradesh (3.75 MHz), Delhi (1.25 MHz), and Mumbai (2.50 MHz) to RJio. In addition to the upfront payment of ₹1,037.6 crore, RJio will take over Airtel’s future spectrum liabilities of ₹459 crore.
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Reserve Bank of India expectedly left interest rates unchanged and maintained an accommodative stance.
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has kept the key repo rate unchanged at 4 per cent to support growth in the current situation.
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Did you know that the NFT for an animated meme of a flying pop-tart cat was sold for more than $500,000? Listen to the podcast.
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In this episode of 'The Mandate', we take a look at Tamil Nadu, which goes to the polls on April 6, 2021.
This election is very important for the Dravidian parties -- the AIADMK is looking to win three times in a row, while the DMK is looking to take retrieve Fort St. George after sweeping the Lok Sabha election and local body elections in 2019. We also take a look at smaller parties (like the AMMK and the MNM) in the State and their impact. In this podcast, we take a look at three important themes that could affect the results.
Senior Assistant Editor TE Raja Simhan helps us understand the issues of the southern State.
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Pakistan’s Federal Cabinet on Thursday deferred a proposal of its Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) to import sugar, cotton, and yarn from India “until Article 370 is restored”.
TR Vivek and Subramani Ra Mancombu look at what this decision means for both countries and whether Pakistan sets to lose out more due to this move.
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After announcing sharp cuts in interest rates on post–office schemes for the April –June 2021 quarter initially, the Centre reversed its decision and has retained the interest rates on these instruments at the same levels at which it was in the last quarter of FY21.
Tune in to the discussion between Keerthi Sanagasetti, Research Analyst, and Parvatha Vardhini, Head of Research, to know more about the attractiveness of small savings schemes today and where investors should park their money.
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In this episode of 'The Mandate', we take a look at Assam, where the second phase of polling is underway in 39 constituencies across 13 districts.
In Assam, the BJP government is hoping that the various welfare measures it implemented will help the party win in the State. The Congress is relying on a new alliance formation to come back to power. If we take the vote share from 2016 into consideration, the Congress' alliance would have a higher vote share in 17 seats that the BJP won the last time. In this podcast, we also take a look at other important issues like the CAA, the NRC and how there is a leadership battle in both alliances.
Associate Editor Poornima Joshi help us understand the issues of the North-Eastern State.
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The rating agency Crisil today presented the credit Round of India Inc for the second half of FY21. The credit ratio of companies has improved significantly since the onset of the pandemic and the broader economic forecast looks cautiously optimistic.
Somasekhar Vemuri, Senior Director at Crisil speaks to TR Vivek on India's road to recovery.
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Pakistan's Finance Minister Hammad Azhar said that the Economic Coordination Committee allowed private sector firms to import five lakh tonnes of white sugar from India. He also said that Pakistan will import cotton from India starting June this year. He admitted that the ban on cotton import from India had a direct effect on Pakistani SMEs and that they have decided to resume cotton trade on the recommendation of the Ministry of Commerce.
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From April 1, 2021 Auto-payments to debit, credit card and utility payments might fail. This comes after the Reserve Bank of India had given the March 31 deadline for banks to put in place a security measure called Additional Factor Authentication or AFA for recurring payments.
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Ahead of the third phase of polling in west bengal, Buddhadeb release an audio clip seeking support. Listen to the podcast.
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States like Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu expect their economies to grow in the current fiscal year.
Various states expect their Gross State Domestic Product to grow in the current fiscal year, an analysis of the State Budgets for 2021-22 by BusinessLine has revealed. However, states like Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Karnataka predict a contraction for 2020-21.
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The Ever Given, a Panama-flagged ship that carries cargo between Asia and Europe, ran aground on Tuesday in the narrow, man-made canal dividing continental Africa from the Sinai Peninsula.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman brought in two key bills -- National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development Bill, 2021 and the Insurance (Amendment) Bill, 2021 -- in the Lok Sabha.
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Union Minister for Environment and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar told Parliament earlier this week that field trials of genetically modified (GM) crops, including Bt brinjal, will not be taken up for consideration in the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) without the recommendation of the concerned State/UT Government.
This has upset many agri biotech companies and probably could lead to a situation wherein no research and development on GM crops will take place.
The development comes at a time when neighbouring Bangladesh has successfully been growing Bt brinjal over the last three-four years. It has now begun field trials of Bt cotton.
Ironically, the technology and seeds for both have gone from India.
What is going wrong with Bt cotton development in India and why is it facing such a situation? What are the consequences? TR Vivek discusses it with Subramani Ra Mancombu.
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March 31 -- the last day to make tax-saving investments -- is around the corner. What are the best options for tax saving, if you are in the old system? What are the common mistakes made when choosing instruments ? How should you factor in home loans into the equation? Should you go for mutual funds, PPF or tax-saving FDs?
Parvatha Vardhini C, Head, Research Bureau talks to Hari Viswanath. Listen in.
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The Supreme Court has set aside the NCLAT order reinstating Cyrus Mistry as Tata Sons chairman. Thomas K Thomas, BusinessLine's Chief of Bureau, Mumbai tells us what the verdict means for Tata Sons and Cyrus Mistry.
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On the heels of re-aligning the ownership of group companies in line with the management, family members of the TVS Group have taken the next step of drawing up a formal Brand Agreement on the use, adoption, and registration of trademarks such as TVS, Sundaram and Sundram as also several other trademarks. Some Group members have now decided to execute the ‘deed of adherence’ to the Brand Agreement. Here's all you need to know.
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In the first episode of BusinessLine's special series on the State Assembly elections, we take a look at battleground state of West Bengal, where TMC's Mamata Banerjee is looking to come back to power for the third time. Will she be successful or will the BJP's lotus bloom in the eastern state?
Associate Editor Poornima Joshi joins us to help us understand the major issues in the State.
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On March 24, The Competition Commission of India directed its investigation arm to conduct a probe into WhatsApp’s updated privacy policy and terms of service.This came on prima facie finding that the firm has contravened competition law provisions through its “exploitative and exclusionary conduct” in the garb of the policy update.
CCI has said a thorough and detailed investigation was required to ascertain the full extent, scope and impact of data sharing through involuntary consent of users. The order against WhatsApp LLC and parent Facebook Inc came after the Commission took suo moto cognisance of the matter on considering media reports and the potential impact of the policy and terms for WhatsApp users and the market.
The Commission said that users, as owners of their personalised data, are entitled to be informed about the extent, scope and precise purpose of sharing such information by WhatsApp with other Facebook companies. Besides, CCI said it is also not clear from the policy whether the historical data of users would also be shared with Facebook companies and whether data would be shared in respect of those WhatsApp users who are not present on other apps of Facebook.
It observed that the users have not been provided with appropriate granular choice, neither upfront nor in the fine print, to object to or opt-out of specific data sharing terms, which prima facie appear to be unfair and unreasonable for WhatsApp users.
WhatsApp said that it would engage with the Competition Commission of India (CCI) in the probe on its updated privacy policy and terms of service.
In February Whatsapp had said that it would display a banner in WhatsApp allowing users to read, review and accept the policy “at their own pace” before the May 15 deadline.It noted that users will have to mandatorily accept the new terms and policy in their entirety, including the terms with respect to sharing of their data across all the information categories with other Facebook companies.
As per WhatsApp’s submissions, the 2021 update does not expand its ability to share data with Facebook and the update intends to provide users with further transparency about how WhatsApp collects uses and shares data.
So, what happens after May 15? Here's what's likely to happen
Users who do not accept the update will lose certain functionalities within the app, followed by the implementation of WhatsApp’s inactive accounts policy.
Users can still accept the updates after May 15, but WhatsApp’s policy related to inactive users will apply. As per the policy, WhatsApp accounts are “generally deleted” after 120 days of inactivity.
Users can export their chat history on Android or iPhone, and download a report of their account before May 15.
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Barbeque-Nation Hospitality Ltd (BNHL), a casual-dining restaurant chain, has raised ₹202 crore from 15 anchor investors ahead of its Initial Public Offering (IPO), which opens for subscription on Wednesday. The company has allocated 40.58 lakh shares at ₹500 a share, the company informed the bourses. Should you subscribe to the IPO? Listen.
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What makes the Redmi 10 Pro Max stand out? Mala Bhargava of the BusinessLine shares here views.
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The UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution titled ‘Promotion of Reconciliation Accountability and Human Rights in Sri Lanka’ after 22 members out of 47 voted in favour of it. Eleven members voted against the resolution and India and 13 other countries abstained from voting.
What is the resolution about? and what impact will it have in India? Here's all you need to know.
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Even as India scales its vaccination drive against the coronavirus, many Indian companies have inked various deals with foreign companies to manufacture and sell billions of doses of Covid-19 vaccines. Here's a look these deals and what it means for the country.
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India witnessed the highest daily tally of COVID-19 cases this year.
India recorded 43,846 new coronavirus cases in a day, the highest single-day rise so far this year, taking the nationwide COVID-19 tally to 1,15,99,130.
On Sunday, The Union Health Ministry said that Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh account for 83.14 per cent of the new infections.
Maharashtra continues to report the highest daily new cases at 27,126. It is followed by Punjab with 2,578 while Kerala reported 2,078 new cases.
Karnataka, Gujarat, and Madhya Pradesh reported 1,798, 1,565 and 1, 308 infections in a day.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a rally in West Bengal on Sunday said that anticipating defeat in the West Bengal assembly elections, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee has already started questioning the functioning of EVMs which had brought her to power 10 years ago.
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The estimated unemployment rate for urban regions in India hit a 30-month low in February 2021. It fell to 6.99 per cent, the lowest since August 2018, according to data from CMIE. The overall unemployment rate for the month stood at 6.9 per cent and, for rural regions, it was 6.86 per cent.
The fall in unemployment can be attributed more to the opening up of the economy, which is more pronounced in urban areas, said Madan Sabnavis, Chief Economist, CARE Ratings. Besides, other sectors such as financial services, real estate and construction that employ a chunk of the labour force, recorded a good growth in the October-December quarter last year. Here's all you need to know.
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Union Minister Nitin Gadkari termed the govt’s vehicle scrapping policy a "win-win" policy that will help improve fuel efficiency and reduce pollution. What’s it is about here’s all you need to know.
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Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari informed the Parliament that the Ministry is introducing a voluntary vehicle fleet modernisation programme, which seeks to create an ecosystem to phase out unfit and polluting vehicles.
He said: “It is proposed that private vehicles be de-registered after 20 years if found unfit or in case of failure to renew registration certificate. As a disincentive measure, increased re-registration fees will be applicable for private vehicles 15 years onward from the date of initial registration. It is being proposed that all government vehicles may be de-registered and scrapped after 15 years from date of registration.”
The criteria will take into account emission tests, braking and safety equipment, among other tests. A vehicle failing the fitness test may be declared as end-of-life vehicle. This was decided after looking into what other countries, like Germany, the UK, the US and Japan, do.
The 'Voluntary Vehicle-Fleet Modernisation Programme' or 'Vehicle Scrapping Policy' will offer a rebate of about 5 per cent to buyers on new car purchases in lieu of scrapping of the old. The scrap value for the old vehicle will be approximately 4-6 per cent of the ex-showroom price of a new vehicle.
He also said that State governments may be advised to offer a road tax rebate and waive registration fees for the purchase of a new vehicle against the scrapping certificate.
With a simplified registration process through a single window, the scrapping facility shall have to comply with environmental and pollution norms and with all applicable Acts.
It shall be ensured that the scrapping centres have an adequate parking facility, de-pollution equipment for air, water and sound pollution and adequate facilities for hazardous waste management and disposal, the minister said.
What are the vehicles that would be deregistered? Well, the minister noted that older vehicles pollute 10-12 times more than fit vehicles and pose a risk to road safety. He said that that commercial vehicles can be deregistered after 15 years, if they fail to get a fitness certificate.
India has 51 lakh light motor vehicles that are older than 20 years and 34 lakh light motor vehicles that are older than 15 years. Around 17 lakh medium and heavy commercial vehicles are older than 15 years without valid fitness certificate.
The Road Ministry has proposed increasing the registration charges for vehicles that are over 15 years from October 1 this year. The draft notification, dated March 15 and published on March 16, has invited comments within a month.
Why is this policy important? Firstly, the policy could provide a major boost to the Indian automobile sector, which is reeling under the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Secondly, the policy can reduce population caused by older and defective vehicles. it will help in achieving better fuel efficiency, formalising the informal vehicle scrapping industry, and boost the availability of low-cost raw materials for the automotive, steel and electronics industry. Finally, it can also improve road and vehicular safety.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Chief Ministers of States and Administrators of Union Territories virtually today to discuss the rising number of Covid-19 cases in the country. He was concerned that around 70 districts registered a 150 per cent growth in cases in the last few weeks, and urged States 'test, track and treat' to tackle the increase in cases. Here are three important takeaways from the meet.
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Alibaba’s UC browser has been removed from Chinese app stores for failing Consumers...? Why? Here's all you need to know
Alibaba’s UC Browser was removed from China’s largest app stores after state-backed broadcaster CCTV listed the popular mobile browser along with other services for failing consumers.
Government-run China Central Television included UC browser among a number of brands it accused of flouting consumer rights in its annual name-and-shame program for March 15, World Consumer Rights Day.
App stores run by Huawei Technologies Co. and Xiaomi Corp. were among the local app stores that’ve since pulled the app, though Apple Inc. continues to offer UCWeb for iOS users.
The broadcaster also went after everything from Nissan Motor Co.-owned Infiniti’s customer service to face-recognition software failings.
This report by state-backed broadcaster CCTV came at a time for Alibaba Group Holding which is grappling with intensifying government scrutiny over its growing influence in the internet and media spheres, with uncertain outcomes.
Back in February, Alibaba had beaten quarterly revenue estimates with core commerce revenue rising 38 per cent to a record high of 195.54 billion yuan in the quarter, powered by the company’s China retail marketplaces as the economy rebounded from the Covid-19 crisis.
In January, Alibaba and Ant co-founder Jack Ma has resurfaced after months out of public view, quashing intense speculation about the plight of the billionaire grappling with escalating scrutiny over his internet empire.
Jack Ma had kept out of public view since early November 2020, when Chinese regulators torpedoed Ant’s $35-billion IPO, tightened fintech regulations, then ordered an overhaul of Ant and launched a separate antitrust probe into Alibaba — all in a span of days.
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Ready or not, here they come. 5G phones are now starting to pour in. While it’s nice to know we’re geared up for the future, it’s still true that the future being sold to us is still nice and far away. It wouldn’t be unreasonable to think that by the time 5G connectivity becomes commonplace in India, you’ll be ready to buy another phone.
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India seems to be reducing its oil imports from Saudi Arabia due to its high prices. In February, imports from the West Asian kingdom have decreased by 42 per cent from January. Saudi Arabia has consistently been one of India's top two suppliers, but now the nation has slipped to the fourth position for the first time since at least January 2006.
The United States overtook Saudi Arabia as India's second-biggest oil supplier after Iraq in February. India is also reducing oil imports from other West Asian nations as well. However, India did buy more oil from Nigeria, which is now the third on the list. India purchased 472,300 bpd from the African nation, the most since October 2019. Why is this happening? Here's all you need to know.
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Surge in new Covid-19 cases continued to be a big worry for health authorities with the daily countrywide count for March 13 coming in at 25,320, marking the steepest single day rise this year.
As of March 14, 2,97,38,409 people have been vaccinated with the Covid-19 vaccine with Rajathan leading the vaccinations with 28,94,730 people vaccinated overall in the state, followed by Maharashtra, West Bengal and Gujarat.
On March 11, Norway halted the rollout of the AZ vaccine after three health workers in Norway who recently received the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 are being treated in hospital for bleeding, blood clots and a low count of blood platelets.This was following a similar move by Denmark, Iceland,Italy.
DMK Chief MK Stalin on March 13 released the party’s manifesto for the upcoming Assembly election with several populist measures.
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The import of urad (black gram or black matpe) into the country could be affected this year following the political unrest in Myanmar.
The imports of urad, used in food items such as idli, dosa, and pappad, are crucial to bridge the demand-supply gap of the pulses in the country.
TR Vivek and Subramani Ra Mancombu look at India's pulses outlook this week.
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Google has recently announced that it will phase out third-party cookies from its web browser and that it will not build alternative identifiers to track individuals. Google Chrome will be removing third-party cookies by 2022.
How will this change the way the web works? What does this mean for your privacy? How will marketers and the ad tech community find their target audience? Here's all you need to know.
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Senior leader PC Chacko resigned from the Congress party on Wednesday, alleging group interest in deciding party's candidates for the coming assembly elections in Kerala. Here's all you need to know.
PC Chacko, who was a former working committee member of the Congress, said that there was no democracy in the party's Kerala unit. He said that the party has been divided into two groups -- the "A" group is headed by former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and "I" group led by senior party leader Ramesh Chennithala. He alleged that only Chandy and Chennithala know who were contesting as the party's candidates in the upcoming polls. Elections in the State will be held on the 6th of April.
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The coronavirus had a profound impact on all our lives, but for some, it was a blessing in disguise. In this special episode, Dr Rachna Dave, CEO and Founder of MicroGo, talks about the profound impact the coronavirus pandemic had on her business, and how her company took part in the fight against the pandemic. She also talks about how there are many opportunities for women in research and gives tips to succeed in the industry.
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On Tuesday, the Delhi government presented a budget of on the theme "patriotism" for the financial year 2021-22. What were some of the key areas that were covered in the budget?
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The gaming industry is a well-established industry all over the world, and in India, the segment is catching up fast. A report in 2020 revealed that India is one of the fastest-growing mobile gaming segments in the world. According to Statista, the revenue in this segment is projected to reach $3,832 m in 2021, and it is set to grow by over 12.90 per cent between 2021-2025. But, like many industries in the tech space, there is a gender imbalance in the mobile gaming industry.
In this special episode, Keerti Singh, VP-Growth & Co-founder, Hitwicket, explains how we can address this imbalance.
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A love for cotton sarees and a supportive sister-in-law prompted Valli, a 58-year-old resident of Chennai, to start her handloom venture. Her company, Valli Weaves, now caters to people across Chennai and even from other parts of the globe. We speak with Valli to find out what motivated her to start a business (which is a startup of sorts) in her late 50s.
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Earlier last week, VK Sasikala, expelled AIADMK leader and close aide of former chief minister J Jayalalithaa, has decided to stay away from politics to ensure that Jayalalithaa's golden rule is established in Tamil Nadu.
BJP is making big inroads ahead of the Assembly elections next month with former Trinamool Congress MP Dinesh Trivedi and Actor Mithun Chakraborthy joining the party in recent times.
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There is a rise in the number of women employees at various corporates across India. Yet, many of them continue to face issues pertaining to their career progression and well-being. Saundarya Rajesh of Avtar speaks with BusinessLine's Chitra Narayanan on these lines.
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India is one of the top producers of castor in the world. Experts expect a decline in the area under castor in the country as farmers are getting low returns on their crop. This will lead to global shortage of castor oil, as India contributes 95 per cent of its world supplies.
In the first episode of the 'Field Notes' podcast, BusinessLine's TR Vivek and Subramani Ra Mancombu talk about the unique castor oil and how India will be impacted.
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The much-awaited spectrum auctions had concluded on March 2, 2021. BusinessLine's Thomas K Thomas gives us insights into the event and how the auctions would impact the country's telecom sector in the days ahead.
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On the heels of a report said that Chinese government-backed hackers targeted India's power grid system, a new report claimed that a Chinese hacking group targeted Covid-19 vaccine makers and a top hospital.
Madhu tells us more.
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The Biden administration is keeping two key policies of the Trump administration with regards to India. The US govt told Congress on Monday that it had issues with the Make in India Campaign.
It told the US Congress that India's recent emphasis on import substitution through the 'Make in India' campaign has "epitomised" the challenges facing the bilateral trade relationship.
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Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani is the richest Indian and the eighth richest man in the world with a networth of ₹6.06-lakh crore ($83 billion). However, Asia’s richest man tag goes to Chinese bottled-water company Nongfu Spring Chairman Zhong Shanshan ($85 billion).
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In a report, Recorded Future, a US-based company, has claimed that a campaign conducted by a China-linked threat activity group has targeted the Indian power sector.
In its report, The New York Times said that this discovery raises the question about whether a power outage in Mumbai last October was meant as a message from Beijing about what might happen if India pushed its border claims too vigorously. Maharashtra's Energy Minister Nitin Raut confirmed on Monday, that the power failure was an act of sabotage.
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India's PSLV C-51 on February 28 successfully launched Amazonia-1 of Brazil and 18 other satellites in the first space mission of 2021 for ISRO.
The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C51 lifted off at around 10.24 am from the first launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SHAR) and first injected into orbit primary payload Amazonia-1 about 17 minutes later.
PSLV-C51 is the first dedicated commercial mission of NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), ISRO's commercial arm.
On February 24, Trading on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was halted between 11:40 am and 3:30 pm on the account of connectivity issues.
On February 25, The Central Government on Thursday announced guidelines for social media platforms, online curated content platforms (also known as OTT platforms), and digital media entities imposing code of ethics and grievance redressal mechanisms.
India's Covid-19 tally climbed to 1,10,96,731 on Sunday with 16,752 new infections in the past 24 hours. The death toll mounted to 1,57,051 with 113 fresh fatalities.
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The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way the insurance sector functions. What were these changes? Is the industry moving towards more digital ways of sales? Mr Rahul Agrwal, Chief Dirstibution Officer at Exide Life insurance joins us in today's episode to answer these questions.
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Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora announced the days in which Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry would go to the polls. The elections in Assam will be conducted in three phases starting on March 27. The second phase will be held on April 1 and the last phase will be April 6.
Tamil Nadu, Kerala and the Union Territory of Puducherry will all go to poll on April 6. The election in West Bengal will be a long affair, as the state will witness eight phases of polling, starting from March 27 going all the way till April 29.
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The Central government on Thursday announced guidelines for social media platforms, online curated content platforms (also known as OTT platforms), and digital media entities imposing code of ethics and grievance redressal mechanisms.
What happens to creative freedom? Listen to the discussion with BusinessLine's Meenakshi Verma Ambwani.
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For years, many have claimed gold to be an ideal investment option. Be it jewellery or gold bonds, these options are popular.
BusinessLine's T R Vivek and Akhil Nallumuthu discuss the various aspects pertaining to gold as an investment.
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In a press conference today, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said that no party came forward to stake the claim to form a government in Puducherry after the resignation of the Chief Minister V Narayanasamy. Thus, Lieutenant Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan recommended President's Rule there and the Union Cabinet has approved the same. Anyway, the UT will go to polls this summer, and so the President's rule will not last for long.
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The National Stock Exchange (NSE) had experienced a technical glitch in the early hours of the day on Wednesday (February 24, 2021). All trading activities were suspended for about four hours. More importantly, trading had resumed after the markets had closed at 3.30 pm and the exchanges were functioning till 5 pm. This had a massive impact on many traders, who lost several crores at the stock exchanges.
BusinessLine's Palak Shah gives us more details.
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India’s annual exports to China increased 16.15 per cent to $20.87 billion in 2020, while imports from China fell 10.87 per cent to $66.78 billion. This resulted in the narrowing of trade deficit by 19.39 per cent to $45.91 billion.
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The Samsung Galaxy F62 is a well-build and solid phone, but the back is made of polycarbonate even though it looks quite glassy. The phone is not small and is a little heavy. It has a 7,000mAh battery. One major highlight for the F62 is its processor which is the Exynos 9825.
There are two variants of the F62: Both have 128GB storage plus a dedicated slot for a memory card but one comes with 6GB RAM and the other 8GB RAM. In this day I would recommend the one with 8GB of RAM. If Samsung uses an AMOLED display you can be fairly sure it’ll be really good and it is on this device. It’s a 6.7-inch 1080x2400 pixels FullHD with a nice high contrast ratio and just a dot to house the 32MP front camera.
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Have you heard of SPACs? Does it have anything to with world of stock markets?
Lately, Special-Purpose Acquisition Companies or SPACs are touted as an alternative to slow and inefficient initial public offers or IPOs.
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After an interesting conversation with Union Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, BusinessLine's Editor Raghuvir Srinivasan, and T R Vivek discuss the person that she truly is and the politician that she has become while tackling the country's economic situation amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Let's face it. Despite the vaccination drives, there are a gazillion people who believe that 'nature’ will heal us all in due time. It is, thus, no surprise that Patanjali's Coronil tablet is at the centre of yet another health-related controversy.
The Indian Medical Association has expressed their shock over the alleged lie surrounding the World Health Organisation's approval of Patanjali's Coronil tablet. What does Coronil do?
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Australia's proposed media law, which wants to make internet giants pay news organisations is for their content, is creating all sorts of issues for Google and Facebook.
On Thursday, Facebook blocked Australians from sharing news on its platform reacting to a proposed law that wants tech giants pay news outlets. The social media giant defended itself and said the proposed law “fundamentally misunderstands the relationship between our platform and publishers", while the Australian government has condemned the decision.
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While car sales are reviving in the post-lockdown period and demand growing, a global shortage in semiconductors has spelled trouble for Automobile manufacturers.
This has in turn exerted pressure on production, apart from creating supply constraints and long waiting periods.
Welcome to News explained and in today's episode we look into the Demand disruption which has led to semiconductor shortages in automobile sector.
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Tamil Nadu has been attracting lot of investments in sectors such as Electronics System Design & Manufacturing, EVs, EV cells & batteries, renewables parts in recent times. To bring in more investments and increase the industralisation in the state, TN CM Palaniswami announced the new Tamil Nadu Industrial Policy 2021-2025.
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The most distinctive physical feature of the X7 Pro is Realme’s big tagline ‘Dare to Leap’ vertically right across one side from top to bottom.
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The outbreak of coronavirus infecting nearly 10.9 million individuals has pushed our Indian economy into recession. During the recent budget session, it was predicted that the economy would shrink 7.7 per cent in the current fiscal year. Predictions for the next fiscal year comes as a relief.
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The Budget for 2021-22 may have refrained from tinkering with your taxes, but it has proposed a new levy — Agriculture Infrastructure Development Cess.
The new cess will be levied on 29 products, prominent among which are gold, silver, imported apple, imported alcohol (excluding beer), imported pulses, imported palm oil, imported urea, and petrol/diesel including branded ones.
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Fixed income instruments are generally considered to be a safe and reliable form of investment. It is generally considered a safe option for senior citizens and those who have retired. What are these instruments and how should you choose them? What are the pros and cons of these schemes?
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The US Senate has acquitted a defiant Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial in just over a year, after the Democrats failed once again to muster enough votes to convict the former president on a charge of inciting the deadly insurrection at the Capitol on January 6.
The Senate voted 57-43 on Saturday to convict Trump on a single impeachment count – incitement of insurrection. But that majority of all 50 Democrats in the upper chamber of the US Congress, joined by seven Republicans, fell 10 votes short of the 67 needed for a conviction, two-thirds of the 100-member Senate.
India's tally of COVID-19 cases surpassed 1.09 crore with 12,194 new infections, while fresh fatalities were recorded below 100 for the eighth time this month.
The total coronavirus cases rose to 1,09,04,940 and the death toll increased to 1,55,642 with 92 daily new fatalities as of February 14 morning.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,06,11,731 which is the national COVID-19 recovery rate of 97.31 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.43 per cent.
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman defended her Budget on Friday, saying that it has several pro-poor schemes and took steps to provide stimulus to the Covid-pandemic ravaged economy. She also hit out at Opposition parties for building a "false narrative" of the Modi government. Here are three takeaways from the Finance Minister's speech at the Rajya Sabha. Listen in.
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Poco M3 has some big shoes to fill. Its previous gen, M2, became the best selling phone online across all brands and on all platformsBut the M3 has been given all the weapons it needs to beat the M2 at its own game, not the least of which is a better price. Even without that, there would have been plenty in its favour, including a whacky new design.
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In today's news explained, we look at the storm brewing between Twitter and the Indian Government
Recently Twitter has been in the eye of a storm with the Indian Government over the blocking of accounts.
The Indian government was riled after Twitter in a public blog post said it has taken down only half of the accounts and posts flagged by the government. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeITY) had expressed displeasure at Twitter for failing to remove all of the over 1,100 accounts and posts it alleged spread misinformation about the widespread protests by farmers against new agricultural laws.
The government told Twitter's representatives that the microblogging site has to follow its orders and that it was not a subject matter of negotiation.
Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said social media platforms cannot give differential treatment while handling problems on Capitol Hill and the Red Fort.
He pointed out that while social media companies took immediate action when riots broke out at Capitol Hill in Washington, they ignored similar action when farm bill protestors ran riot at Red Fort on Republic Day.
The government, he said, was committed to freedom of media and rights of individuals but it was equally concerned about safety, security, and law and order in the country.
Are there new guidelines in the making?
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information technology had suggested whether the microblogging and social media companies could be covered under the laws of the Press Council of India and FDI laws would be applicable to them.
Prasad replied saying "I am aware of the recommendations of that standing committee. I along with (Prakash) Javadedkar (Minister of Information & Broadcasting) are revisiting the guidelines. When it takes final shape, we would inform the House."
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Start-up leaders and tech entrepreneurs seem to be flocking to audio app Clubhouse — perhaps because everyone is a little fatigued with video calls or it’s the flavour of the month, especially after Elon Musk appeared on it. Of course, it’s an iOS-only app, so only those with Apple devices can use it.
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In order to simplify insurance product choice for lay investors, the insurance regulator, IRDAI, has been introducing standard products with uniform features in both life and non-life insurance. Recently, a new product has been added to the list — the immediate annuity plan, Saral Pension, which all life insurers have to offer from April 1, 2021. But what is it? Listen to the podcast.
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The cyberspace is 'predictably unpredictable. In an era where mobile apps and website have become a pre-requisite for enterprises, how does one know which platform is more trustworthy than the other. Keshav Dhakad, Group Head & General Counsel, Microsoft India, gives us a few insights.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi defended the three farm laws that his government passed last year once again today. While replying to the Motion of Thanks on the President's Address to the Parliament, the Prime Minister reassured farmers that the government is ready and willing to address their demands. Here are three takeaways from the speech.
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Believe it or not, Covid-19 has triggered a spike in the demand for Health Insurance covers. Especially since the virus is known to affect the fit and healthy too. On this episode of Portfolio Podcasts, BusinessLine's T R Vivek and Aarti Krishnan give us a few insights into the various aspects surrounding the ideal health insurance scheme.
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A glacier broke off in Joshimath in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Sunday, causing a massive flood in the Dhauli Ganga river.
More than 150 labourers working at the Rishi Ganga power project may have been directly affected.
PM Narendra Modi reviewed the situation in Uttarakhand following floods caused by a glacier burst at Joshimath in Chamoli district and took stock of the rescue and relief work underway.
India's tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 1,08,26,363 with 12,059 new infections being reported in a day, while the daily deaths fell below 100 for the third time this month.
The death toll increased to 1,54,996 with 78 daily new fatalities, the lowest recorded after nine months.
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The RBI plans to provide retail investors online access to the government securities (G-Sec) market — both primary and secondary — directly through the Reserve Bank (‘Retail Direct’).
RBI says this will broaden the investor base and provide retail investors with enhanced access to the G-Sec market.
Per the plan, retail investors will be allowed to open Gilt Accounts with the RBI.
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ccording to a new study, smokers are more vulnerable to Covid 19.
The study was conducted by King's College London and published in the journal Thorax. It examined the data from March to April which included 2.4 million people.
Out of these, 11 per cent of people were smokers. In a study in the medical journal-Thorax, The data analysis of the Zoe Covid Symptom Study app used by Dr. Brigitte Gomperts, a professor of pulmonary medicine, said that “Our model replicates the upper part of the airways, which is the first place the virus hits.”This is the part that produces mucus to trap viruses, bacteria and toxins. And it contains cells with finger-like projections that beat that mucus up and out of the body,” she added.
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India is ready to supply various weapons systems, including missiles and electronic warfare systems, to countries in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday.
"India is ready to supply various types of Missile systems, Light Combat Aircrafts/Helicopters, Multi-Purpose Light Transport aircraft, Warship and Patrol Vessels, Artillery Gun systems, Tanks, Radars, Military Vehicles, Electronic Warfare Systems and other weapons systems to IOR countries," he said at the event which was organised at the sidelines of the Aero India-2021.
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On February 1, 2021, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, announced a tax holiday for aircraft leasing companies along with tax exemption for aircraft lease rentals paid to foreign lessors operating out of the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) in GIFT City, Ahmedabad. But was this a wise move?
BusinessLine's Ashwini Phadnis tells us more.
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With the Central government continuing with its strategy to hike customs duties in the latest Budget in a bid to boost domestic manufacturing, consumer durables and footwear companies said they are re-looking at their supply chains to step up focus on sourcing of components or parts domestically.
The government has decided to hike customs duty on compressors to 15 per cent from the earlier 12.5 per cent.
But is this a wise move?
BusinessLine's Meenakshi Ambwani Verma explains.
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Thomas K Thomas, the Chief of Bureau - Mumbai, BusinessLine, tells us what the Union Budget offers the corporate sector as well as its likely impact
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How will Budget 2021 impact the Central Government's Atmanirbhar Bharat Scheme? What other policies would see the light of day?
Richa Mishra, Chief of Bureau - Delhi, BusinessLine, tells us more.
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Parvatha Vardhini C, Head, Research Bureau, BusinessLine gives a brief overview of the changes on the personal finance front from the Union Budget 2021-2022.
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What is the country's financial situation likely to be in the days ahead? Lokeshwarri S K of The Hindu BusinessLine shares her thoughts about what the Union Budget 2021 offers on these lines.
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1 proposed more than doubling of healthcare spending while imposing a new agri cess on certain imported goods and raising customs duty on items ranging from cotton to electronics in a bid to pull the economy out of the trough.
BusinessLine's Aarthi Krishnan gives a macroeconomic perspective of the Union Budget 2021-2022.
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has proposed to enhance the foreign direct investment (FDI) limit in insurance to 74 per cent along with relevant safeguards.
BusinessLine'sPolitical Editor Poornima Joshi gives the political take of the Union Budget 2021-2022.
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2021-2022 on Monday (February 1, 2021). The Budget focused six pillar, including healthcare and infrastructure.
BusinessLine's Editor, Raghuvir Srinivasan, shares his thoughts.
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India's Union Budget 2020-21 will be presented on February 1.
According to the Economic Survey, The gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by a record 23.9 per cent in April-June and by 7.5 per cent in the second quarter.
For the full fiscal, the survey projected a contraction of 7.7 per cent and V-shaped recovery in the next.
GDP growth is seen expanding by 11 per cent in the 2021-22 fiscal (April 2021 to March 2022).
The budget is likely to be less worried about fiscal deficit and will be focused more on nursing the fragile growth, according to a Wall Street brokerage report.
Earlier last week on January 26, many of the farm law protestors, driving tractors, had stormed the Red Fort, with some of them hoisting religious flags on its domes and on the flagstaff at the ramparts.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that the country was saddened by the "insult" to the Tricolour on Republic Day, referring to the religious flag incident at Red Fort during the farmers' tractor parade.
In his monthly 'Mann ki Baat' broadcast, Modi maintained that his government is committed to "modernising" farming and has been taking many steps.
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For the signature look of the S21 series, Samsung has done quite a few things this time. They have a double-tone look for the S21 and S21 Plus which is very elegant and attractive. The S21 Ultra though doesn’t come with that look in India — for now.
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The Budget session stated with President Ram Nath Kovind addressing a Joint Sitting of the Parliament on Friday. In his address, he talked about a lot of issues but he placed emphasis on three topics - the Centre's Farm Laws and the protests surrounding them, the Covid-19 pandemic and the bitter border skirmishes with China. These issues are likely to dominate the current session. Nivedita V tells us more.
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GameStop, a videogame and electronics retailer in the US, posted $470 million in losses in 2019. Then the covid pandemic struck, and it was forced to close its operations due to the lockdown. At that time, it announced it would close 300 locations permanently. Then the stock price was around $3.25.
Since then, the company's share price has increased gradually. In September, it rose touched $10 before falling marginally and rising again. On December 30, it was hovering around the $19-mark. before jumping to $65 on January 22. On Monday, it hit a high of $117, before falling. On Tuesday, the prices rose again and on Wednesday, the stock prices touched $372.
What led to this phenomenal rise in the company's stocks? Why are big hedge funds up in arms? Here's all you need to know.
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Apple’s business in India has roughly doubled in the October-December 2020 quarter compared to a year ago, according to Apple CEO Tim Cook.
Cook, in response to questions related to India during the company’s Q1 2021 earnings call, said, “This is particularly the case in some of the emerging markets where we’re proud of how we’ve done... If you take India for example, we doubled our business last quarter compared to a year ago but our absolute level of business there is still quite low relative to the size of the opportunity.”
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China's ByteDance is reducing the rise of its team in India and is unsure of when it would make a comeback.
This comes months after it was banned in the country.
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Recently, 472 representatives of the European Parliament had backed a non-binding call urging the European Commission to propose new rules that enshrines the rights of workers. These include the right to disconnect.
The European Lawmakers said that the employees in Europe should have legal rights to switch off from work-related tasks and electronic communication outside of office hours without facing consequences.
While the European Commission didn’t immediately comment, some European countries, including France, already have the right to disconnect as part of their nation's law.
But, what is the right to disconnect?
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January 26 - India's Republic Day. This day is usually remembered for the military parade and the cultural programmes at the Rajpath in New Delhi. But this year, the nation also witnessed clashes between protesting farmers and the Delhi Police as it celebrates its 72nd Republic Day? What triggered the clashes? Here's all you need to know.
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The World Economic Forum’s online Davos Agenda Summit is underway and will see top global leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping, speak on the state of the world over the next five days.
There would be 15 special addresses from G20 heads of state and government and international organisations during the summit that will continue till January 29.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver his address on Thursday.
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On January 21st The stock markets had hit the 50,000 mark touched a high of 50,126 in the morning trading session.
Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Finserv, HCL Tech, IndusInd Bank, Bajaj-Auto, Ultratech Cement, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), Tech Mahindra and Titan Company were among the top Sensex performers.
In other news, India's COVID-19 number has gone up to 1,06,54,533 with 14,849 people testing positive for the coronavirus infection in a day,
The number of recoveries till date are 1,03,16,786.
The Chennai Bench of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) will start functioning from Monday, January 25.
From January 25, all fresh appeals against the orders of the Benches of the National Company Law Tribunal having jurisdiction in respect of States of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and Union Territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry would have to be made before the Chennai Bench of NCLAT.
The central government has undertaken many initiatives that focus on empowering the girl child including access to education, better healthcare and improving gender sensitivity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted on National Girl Child Day on Sunday.
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India gifted 49 lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccines to Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives and other friendly nations as part of its ‘Vaccine Maitri’ drive.
As part of the vaccine diplomacy drive, New Delhi sent 1,50,000 doses of Covishield vaccines to Bhutan and Maldives each on Tuesday. On Wednesday, 1 million and 2 million doses were sent to Nepal and Bangladesh respectively. Consignments carrying the vaccine reached Myanmar, Mauritius and Seychelles on Friday.
This act has earned high praise from neighbours and other nations. But, why is it important?
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As the country grapples with the bird flu outbreak, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) said that properly-prepared and cooked poultry meat and eggs are safe to eat.
In a guidance note on safe practices for handling, processing and consumption of poultry meat and eggs during bird flu outbreak, it has advised consumers to not consume half-boiled eggs or under-cooked chicken.
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In this edition of BusinessLine Podcasts, T R Vivek - Head of Digital News Operations, BusinessLine, speaks with Aarati Krishnan on whether investors have a lot to cheer about the new feat of the Sensex or should they exercises caution?
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The Karnataka government seems to making efforts to make the State become one of India's largest exporters. Its new industrial policy is said to help create more jobs as well as facilitate research and development.
But one controversial policy could derail this initiative. The Karnataka Government has proposed to make it mandatory to employ at least 70 per cent of the locals i.e (Kannadigas) on an aggregate basis and 100 percent in Group C and Group D jobs.
How would this change the scenario? Here are some facts.
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After a rather worrisome scenario 2020, many hope that 2021 would offer us better and happier times. The current state of the job market as well as the financial markets at large have led to many queries regarding investments and planning one's finances. This new series, hosted by BusinessLine's T R Vivek, will look deeper into various aspects of a 'sound' financial plan. In Episode 2, Aarati Krishnan of the Research Bureau at BusinessLine and T R Vivek provide us some insights into insurance. Listen.
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The first Covid-19 vaccine shots in India were given on January 16 to nearly two lakh frontline healthcare and sanitary workers.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi rolled out the world’s largest inoculation drive against the pandemic that has caused 1,52,093 deaths till date in India.
There were two adverse reaction cases on day 1--a nurse in West Bengal and a security guard in Delhi--which required hospitalisation after they developed an allergic reaction.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday flagged off eight trains connecting different parts of the country to Kevadia in Gujarat, via video conferencing.
These trains will connect Kevadia to Varanasi, Dadar, Ahmedabad, Hazrat Nizamuddin, Rewa, Chennai and Pratapnagar.
WhatsApp announced on January 16 that it is delaying its new privacy policy to May 15.
India's Covid-19 tally of cases climbed to 1,05,57,985 with 15,144 new cases in a day, while 1,01,96,885 people have recuperated so far pushing the national recovery rate to 96.58 per cent.
There are 2,08,826 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 1.98 per cent of the total caseload.
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In this edition of Gadget of the Week, BusinessLine's Mala Bhargava presents some of the highlights of the CES 2021. She also shares her thoughts on some of the 'whacky' gadgets showcases this season.
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The US is now placing more focus on Asia and is marking its friends and foes carefully -- the nation China views as a competitor, and is seeking to build allies to contain the threat of China. In an unusual move, the Trump administration declassified a national security document about the Indo-Pacific region 20 years ahead of schedule.
The “US Strategic Framework for the Indo-Pacific” talks about the challenges that the US faces in the Indo-Pacific region and builds a strategy to overcome them. It talks about the need to restrain the increasing Chinese influence in the region, contain North Korea and ways to promote a liberal trade order. It also places great importance to its relationship with India, and wants to build on it.
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After a rather worrisome scenario 2020, many hope that 2021 would offer us better and happier times. The current state of the job market as well as the financial markets at large have led to many queries regarding investments and planning one's finances.
This new series, hosted by BusinessLine's T R Vivek, will look deeper into various aspects of a 'sound' financial plan.
In Episode 1, the Head of the Research Bureau at BusinessLine - Parvatha Vardhini C - and T R Vivek provide us an overview of various financial instruments and investment options for the first-time investor.
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The stock market indices reached all-time highs in 2020 in the midst of the worst global recession since World War II. Many fund managers and stock market analysts have said that the bullish market has long way to go. You might have also heard experts say that this market rally is a bubble.
Now, are you wondering what they are referring to and why?
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The Supreme Court, on Monday, came down heavily on the Centre for not solving the issues that the farmers have with the three new laws that aim to reform the agricultural sector. It has suggested that it will form a committee that will monitor the talks.
The three laws -- the Farmers' (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, the Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act -- were passed late last year, but many farmer unions, especially those in Punjab and Haryana, are unhappy about these agri-reforms. We have a podcast explaining the issue, and we have the link to it in the description.
Even after eight rounds of talks, the two sides are unable to find a consensus. Will the SC's solution help?
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Have more girls/women decided to venture into to the space of entrepreneurship and robotics? Will AI truly substitute the human brain?
Here is a quick snippet from a conversation with Sneha Priya of S P Robotics.
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On January 6, Swarms of protesters stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday as they sought to force Congress to undo President Donald Trump's election loss, temporarily suspending a last-ditch effort by some of Trump's fellow Republicans to throw out the results.
Four civilians and one police officer died during the protests. The US Congress later convened to certify the US presidential elections with Joe Biden as the next US President.
India's COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,04,50,284 with 18,645 infections being reported in a day, while the recoveries have surged to 1,00,75,950.
The death toll reached 1,50,999 with 201 more people succumbing to the disease in a span of 24 hours.India's COVID-19 recovery rate to 96.42 per cent, while the case fatality rate dropped to 1.44 per cent.
The Tamil Nadu government will provide free data card of 2 GB per day capacity to over 9.69 lakh college students to enable them attend online classes till April this year, Chief Minister K Palaniswami announced.
The move was being effected since the colleges have remained closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and were conducting online classes.
Last week, the Ugly head of racism in Cricket again saw a recurrence when play was halted for a few minutes on the fourth day of the third Test between India and Australia after pacer Mohammed Siraj complained of abuse from a section of the crowd, leading to expulsion of some spectators and an unreserved apology from the Australian Cricket Board.
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Digital platforms claiming to offer hassle-free loans to individuals, small traders, and other borrowers are in the news these days.
There have been several complaints against some of these lending platforms, lately.
They primarily relate to exorbitant interest rates, non-transparent methods of calculating interest, harsh recovery measures, and unauthorised use of personal data.
In this podcast, BL's Research Bureau team members Keerthi and Satya discuss what should one be cautious about while using these digital lending apps.
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India will chair the Taliban and Libya sanctions committees and the Counter-Terrorism Committee of the UN Security Council during its tenure as a non-permanent member of the powerful 15-nation body. India’s two-year tenure at the Council started last Friday.
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Recently, PM Narendra Modi, while inaugurating the Kochi-Mangaluru Natural Gas Pipeline, said the Centre is planning to invest crores of rupees in the oil and gas sector in this decade.
He said that the pipeline will be a major driver of development in both Kerala and Karnataka, and added that the nation is focusing on building a gas-based economy. He even said that the concept of ‘One Nation, One Gas Grid’ is crucial for an 'Atmanirbhar Bharat'. Though the concept is not new -- the first inter-state project was commissioned in 1987 -- the Centre's renewed interest to push CNG is significant. BusinessLine's M Ramesh explains. Listen in.
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The world of business has seen many women making their mark. India too has an impressive list in this regard – including Indira Nooyi, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Renuka Jagtiani, Divya Gokulnath and many more. However, the debates surrounding the number of women becoming members of a company’s board ceases to end. These discussions are not only prominent in India but also across the globe.
How is the scenario in other parts of the world?
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In light of the recent avian flu issue, the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying has asked Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan to take adequate measures. According to the National Institute of High-Security Animal Diseases, there are currently 12 epicentres of bird flu in these States. These areas include Rajasthan’s Kota district, Indore of Madhya Pradesh, Kangra in Himachal and four epicentres in Alappuzha as well as Kottayam districts in Kerala among others.
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Armed with a High Court order, the Future Group has told Amazon that it is not liable to pay any compensation as there has been no breach of contract. In a letter addressed to the American e-commerce giant, Future said it has not breached any contract clauses that were signed between Future Coupons (FCPL) and Amazon in 2019.
BusinessLine 's Forum Gandhi tells us more about the tussle between both companies.
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What makes the Samsung Galaxy Fold 2 stand out from other smart devices? Listen to the review by Mala Bhargava.
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In a pandemic ravaged 2020, some of the richest people on this earth became even richer. So far, the top 10 billionaires have added over $300 billion to their net worth in 2020, despite the pandemic. Meanwhile, the pandemic has left a huge impact on the lives the poor. In a recent report, the World Bank has said that the global extreme poverty is expected to rise in 2020 for the first time in over 20 years due to the pandemic, conflict and climate change.
In India too, this extreme can be noted. The domestic equity market is trading at all-time highs, and it has had the best run since 2017. The Nifty index is all set to end the year 14.9 per cent higher, while the Sensex has added 15.74 per cent. But, not is all good news. But, many reports talk about job losses and wage cuts for the poor and middle class due to the pandemic.
However, the rising wealth gap between the poor and the rich is not new. In the coming decades, the government must work to address this imbalance.
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India's drugs regulator has approved Oxford COVID-19 vaccine Covishield, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, and indigenously developed Covaxin of Bharat Biotech for restricted emergency use in the country on Sunday, paving the way for a massive inoculation drive.
The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) granted approval on the basis of recommendations by a COVID-19 Subject Expert Committee (SEC) of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the approval as a "decisive turning point" in the spirited fight against the pandemic. He added that this would accelerate the process for India to become a COVID-free nation.
He extended his gratitude to doctors, medical staff, scientists, police personnel, sanitation workers, and all ''Corona warriors'' for the outstanding work they have done in adverse circumstances, and said the nation will remain eternally grateful to them for saving many lives.
India's Covid-19 active caseload has dropped below 2.5 lakh today, with the recoveries exceeding new cases and the low number of fatalities per day.
India's present active caseload consists of just 2.39 per cent of India's Total Positive Cases. The total coronavirus cases are at 1,03,23,965 and the death toll climbed to 1,49,435 with Covid-19 claiming 217 lives in a span of the last 24 hours.
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In Part 2 of our episode on theatre, cinema and the story – we continue our conversation with theatre and film actor D Ramachandran. D Ramachandran tells us more about the magic of theatre and how it helps film actors excel.
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The deadlock between protesting farmers and the Centre was broken on Wednesday with the latter conceding two of their four key demands — removal of penalty provision in the Commission for the Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas Ordinance, 2020, and scrapping of the Electricity (Amendment) Bill. The two main issues related to legalising MSP and withdrawing three farm laws were still under discussion, with the next round of talks scheduled for January 4.
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In this exclusive interview, Manu Lavanya, Director & Chief Operations Officer, Max Life Insurance, talks to BusinessLine about the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on the insurance sector, the company's digitalisation efforts and the outlook for the new year. He also talks about the company's insurtech accelerator, the Max Life Innovation lab, and how the project has helped both the company and the start-ups that have joined the project.
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The Central Government has mandated that an airbag must be provided for the passenger seated on the front seat of a vehicle, next to the driver. This feature, however, is present in most high-end cars including Toyota, Honda, Volkswagen and more.
The new rule is bound to have an impact on the overall price of automobiles, especially those in the passenger vehicle category. Also, owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, manufacturers might have a tough time due to the delay in procuring the necessary materials or parts of the purpose. This delay is a result of the current issues related to the management of supply chains.
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Looks like the superstar of Tamil cinema, Rajinikanth has backed-off from the world of politics yet again.
Earlier in December 2020, Rajinikanth had announced the launch of his new political party by January 2021. All his fans were more than elated, including those from his native village in Maharastra. But, a lot had changed after the actor was rushed to a hospital due to high Blood Pressure.
Surely, his fans would have felt the pinch, but Rajinikanth’s ailment must have raised many concerns among Tamil Nadu’s political fraternity.
On Tuesday, December 29, 2020, he said that he would serve the people without entering the electoral political space. In fact, in a three-page letter that he had tweeted out he justified his move by saying: even if he was vaccinated for the coronavirus, and if his health deteriorates during election tours, those travelling with him would have emotional and financial sufferings.
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You want something different? You get something different. At least if LG has anything to do with it. The LG Wing is above all something you won’t have seen elsewhere; an odd experimental idea that the Korean electronics giant has had the courage not to put away in the lab drawer but actually let loose in the wild. Those who buy it may also need a bit of that courage because like anything never tried before, it’s got its element of uncertainty.
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In his last ''Mann Ki Baat'' radio broadcast of the year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged people to substitute foreign-made products they use with items produced in India, and said they should make this resolution for the country in the new year.
India made progress in the fight against the coronavirus, as the number of active cases fell down to its lowest since July.
According to the Union Health Ministry the country has reported a trend of sustained decrease in the number of active cases.
On December 27, The nation's active Covid-19 caseload in the country dipped to 2.78 lakh. India's present active caseload consists of just 2.74 per cent of India's total positive cases.
The total recovered cases stand at 97,61,538.
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A great playwright said – The world’s a stage, all men are merely players. Theatre or stage plays have indeed entertained crowds for centuries. For many years, it was considered an effective means of mass communication and was successful in altering many perspectives.
Many great actors in world cinema hail from the theatre space. Naseeruddin Shah, the Late Om Puri, Denzel Washington, and many others have made their mark in the film arena. Indeed, there is a connection between the two avenues.
In Part 1 of this episode of Stage Business, we speak with D Ramachandran – a theatre actor who made his debut in the Tamil movie – Nerkonda Paarvai in 2019. Ramachandran explains the importance of choosing current subjects or themes in theatre productions and cinema.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going all out to reach out to the farmers -- he once again explained how the new farm laws will help lakhs of farmers in an event today, even as thousands of farmers are protesting against the new laws near Delhi for nearly a month.
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The ruling BJP is reaching out to farmers and attacking the Opposition for their attempt to mislead the farmers. Even the farmers want a dialogue. A top leader of the movement told BusinessLinethat no one is against dialogue. Will the deadlock be resolved soon?
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India has appealed against the Vodafone tax arbitral award before a Singapore court, government sources confirmed. The tax dispute involves an amount of approximately $2 billion.
The case has its roots in 2007, when Vodafone bought Hutchison's India assets for $11 billion in an off-shore deal. The Indian Tax department wanted Vodafone to pay taxes on the deal and the company moved to the Supreme Court, after an initial setback at the Bombay High Court. In January 2012, the apex court ruled in favour of Vodafone and confirmed that such transfers were not within the Indian tax remit. However, the government introduced an amendment to the Income Tax Act, 1961, through Finance Act, 2012, to allow the tax.
Following the amendment and action by the tax authorities, the dispute moved to the international level when Vodafone commenced arbitration proceedings and defended its side. In September, the Hague ruled in favour of Vodafone.
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The Finance Ministry has notified a new set of norms for GST registration.
These norms were prepared based on the recommendations of GST Council’s Law Committee.
As per the new norms, if the applicant has opted for Aadhaar based authentication, then every application will be followed by biometric-based Aadhaar authentication and taking a photograph. In case the applicant does not go for the first option, then the process involves taking biometric information, photograph and verification of various KYC (Know Your Customer) documents.
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Air pollution comes in different forms -- they come from activities like residential and commercial biomass burning, coal burning, industrial emissions, stubble burning, diesel generators etc. It is widely accepted that short-term and long-term exposure to air pollution can have an impact on disease burden and life expectancy. A new study, published in The Lancet, says that 16.7 lakh deaths in India were attributable to air pollution in 2019. That is nearly 18 per cent of total deaths!
It also paints a grim picture in the economic aspect. It says that the economic loss due to lost output from premature deaths attributable to air pollution in India in 2019 was $28.8 billion, and from morbidity attributable to air pollution was $8 billion. This is 1·36% of India's GDP.
We all know air pollution is a big problem in India, will we change?
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The Redmi 9 Power is the new alternative to the Redmi 9 Prime which has been the most readily recommended in recent times. The 9 Power is a 6.5-inch phone and feels substantial, not small, and quite weighty though surprisingly light for a phone that has a 6,000mAh battery in it. That battery is, of course, the biggest though not the only selling point for this device because one can just keep going undisturbed for hours without having to stop for an anxious charging session. It takes about two hours to charge!
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Scientists in the United Kingdom have revealed that they have found a new strain of the coronavirus, which sent shockwaves across the world.
On Saturday, scientists said that they have identified a strain of coronavirus, named N501Y, is up to 70 per cent more infectious than the original version, but it is not thought to be more deadly. Prime Minister Boris Johnson also announced strict lockdown rules ahead of the Christmas holidays and urged citizens to follow them.
Will the new strain cause more deaths? Will the Covid-19 vaccines work against it? Here's all need to know.
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India crossed a grim milestone of 1 crore Covid cases this week. However, the number of active cases is low.
On Sunday, India’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,00,31,223 with 26,624 new infections being reported in a day, while the death toll increased to 1,45,477 with 341 new fatalities.
The COVID-19 active caseload in India has dropped to 3.05 lakh, comprising just 3.04 per cent of the total infections.
Last week, US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer began shipping the first batches of its long-awaited and newly-authorised coronavirus vaccine.
The US added a second COVID-19 vaccine to its arsenal on December 18, with USFDA authorized an emergency rollout of the vaccine developed by Moderna Inc. and the National Institutes of Health.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a surprise visit to Gurudwara Rakab Ganj on Sunday and paid tributes to Guru Teg Bahadur, the ninth Sikh guru. this is a part of his efforts to reach out to the protesting farmers. On Friday? he said, he said that farmers have already started to gain the benefits of the new farm laws
In International News, Nepal’s President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Sunday dissolved Parliament at the recommendation of Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli and announced new dates for mid-term general election in April-May.
President Bhandari has announced April 30 for the first phase and May 10 for the second phase of the mid-term election.
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As the season of classical music and dance sets in, rasikas across the globe gear up for an experience like none other. After many decades, popular cultural festivals such as the Marghazhi festival and the Saptak will be conducting online performances. While some of the artists are relieved about the idea of digital concerts, and even dance recitals, one wonders about the lives of folk artistes from across the country. More importantly, these past nine months would have impacted the mental well-being of artistes who were left with no alternative option to earn a living.
In this episode of Stage Business, we speak with Gayathri Suryanarayanan, the founder of Samarpana. Samarpana is an organisation that works towards promoting performing arts and also providing adequate financial and moral support to artistes, especially folk artistes.
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Recently, Facebook ran full-page advertisements in major newspapers criticizing Apple's plans to limit the ability of the Facebook mobile app to gather data from people's phones. The data could be used for targeted advertising.
Facebook has accused rival Apple Inc of engaging in anti-competitive practices in a month-long standoff between the two tech giants over Apple's planned privacy changes for iOS14.
Facebook Vice President for Ads and Business Products Dan Levy said:
“Apple is behaving anti-competitively by using their control of the App Store to benefit their bottom line at the expense of creators and small businesses”
Levy also said that although Facebook disagreed with Apple's approach, it would comply with the new rules and display a prompt. He said:
“We don't have a choice if we want our app to be available in the App Store.”
But Apple said that its new rules will not require Facebook to change its approach to tracking users and creating targeted advertising.
Instead, it requires Facebook to give users on Apple devices a choice of whether to opt into those practices.
In a statement, Apple said:
“We believe that this is a simple matter of standing up for our users. Users should know when their data is being collected and shared across other apps and websites and they should have the choice to allow that or not”
Apple's own personalized ad platform would be exempt from the new prompt requirement the iPhone maker is planning to impose on other companies.
In June 2020, Apple said that such activity will require a pop-up notification asking iOS users for permission to track them across apps and websites owned by other companies.
Facebook and Apple have also tangled over commission fees the iPhone maker charges apps listed on iOS devices, with Facebook again aligning itself with small developers most affected by the policy. Facebook previously tried to push a notification to its users about Apple's fees but said Apple rejected its ”transparency notice.”
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While acknowledging the right of farmers to protest peacefully, the Supreme Court said that the purpose of protest can be achieved if the government and the farmers held talks. A bench, headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde with justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian, said it would set up an “impartial and independent” committee, which includes experts, farmer union representatives and government officials, to find a resolution to the deadlock over the new farm laws.
But will this help resolve the farmers concerns over the new laws?
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Hello and welcome to News Explained, In today's podcast we look at the Vaccine distribution strategy across India.
The Bihar government has approved a proposal to provide free Covid-19 vaccine to the people of State in a cabinet meeting today. With this, the newly elected government is implementing a poll promise.
Not only Bihar, but other states are promising to do so. Recently, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is the latest to join this bandwagon, joining Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh.
Even as States announce their vaccination plans, the Centre is preparing the needed infrastructure for the immediate rollout of a Covid-19 vaccine, whenever one is ready. What is the Centre's plan?
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Hello and welcome to News Explained. in this podcast BusinessLine's Chief of Bureau- Delhi -Richa Mishra, explains the importance of the govt's BPCL disinvestment plan.
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The stock markets have fared well so far despite the Indian economy facing tough times. Here are six reasons behind the bullish trend. Listen to Akshaya.
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If you stay in a city that is polluted or are even allergic to certain odours of adhesives, the Dyson hot-cool cryptomic air-purifer is the ideal gadget for you. Despite its high price, this device is said to be useful in many Indian households. Find out why in this podcast by Mala Bhargava.
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India remembered the martyrs of the 2001 parliament attack. On this day in 2001, terrorists from the Lashkar-e-Taiba and the Jaish-e-Mohammed attacked the seat of India's democracy.
Five Delhi Police personnel, a woman Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper and two Parliament Watch and Ward Staff died taking on the terrorists. A gardener and a photojournalist were also killed.
PM Modi, President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Union Home Minister Amit Shah paid tributes to the security personnel who laid down their lives in the 2001 parliament terror attack
At a ceremony at the Parliament complex, Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairperson M Venkaiah Naidu, Speaker Om Birla, Union Ministers and many Opposition party leaders paid their respects to those who lost their lives in this terrorist attack.
India’s active COVID-19 caseload has fallen to 3.62 per cent of the total cases, according to the Union Health Ministry.
India’s active caseload stands at 3,56,546 as on date.30,254 persons were found to be COVID-19 positive in the country over the last 24 hours, 33,136 new recoveries were registered during the same period.
Real-Time Gross Settlement System (RTGS) will be made available round the clock on all days from December 14, 2020. This comes under a year of Reserve Bank making NEFT 24x7Transactions of a minimum of Rs 2 lakh or more can be done via RTGS with no maximum ceiling
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The market is on a gravity-defying trip, never mind the naysayers. At record highs, the Sensex is now up about 12 per cent year-to-date and 75 per cent from its March lows. It trades at about 33 times trailing price-to-earnings, higher than its past averages.
But like many big bull runs in the past, this rally too could turn into a frenzy with many retail investors burning their fingers due to ‘irrational exuberance’. In this situation, a reminder on the behavioural biases that we all are prone to, can be useful.
Behavioral finance principles are relevant across market conditions. But they find more resonance in extreme markets — raging bull or bear — which induce severe bouts of greed or fear among investors.
In this week’s Big Story, BusinessLine’s Research Bureau explains some key behavioural biases seen in raging bull markets like the current one, and how you can guard against these.
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Music is therapeutic in many ways. But how has life changed for musicians and other personalities in the space since March 2020? Does convenience lead to a slack in the quality of music that one listens to?
In this episode of Stage Business, we speak with Mathew J S R Raj, the Director of NAM Academy of Music in Chennai. During our discussion, Mathew shares his views on stage magic, online recitals and the influence of OTT platforms in the music space.
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Many doctors across India, including those working at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, sported black ribbons on Friday, protesting a controversial notification from the Centre.
The Indian Medical Association, or IMA, has demanded that the Central Government withdraw its notification that allows post-graduate practitioners of Ayurveda to be trained in performing surgical procedures.
Why are allopathic doctors concerned?
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A famous Russian concert pianist Sergei Rachmaninov once said, "Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music." But what if a pandemic takes away 13 music-filled days from an ardent music listener's life? A gross injustice, isn't it? Well, Not anymore!
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The preferred method of advertising has shifted -- most advertisers spend their money online, rather than using traditional sources, like the print and broadcast media. After decades, of inaction, governments across the world are legislating to level the ground.
The European Union’s new copyright rules effectively allow publishers to charge a fee from online platforms that showcase their news articles. In November, Google had signed copyright agreements with six French newspapers and magazines. The Alphabet-owned company has also set aside over $1 billion over the next three years to pay news publishers for their content.
The Australian government has taken this a bit further. It has introduced a legislation -- called the News Media Bargaining Code -- in the Parliament on Wednesday, which seeks to make tech giants pay for the news content on their feeds, or risk paying hefty fines. What is the legislation all about? Here's all you need to know.
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On Sunday, Japan’s Hayabusa2 landed safely in Australia, completing its six-year mission to collect samples from an asteroid 'Ryugu'. Scientists believe that Ryugu could contain organic matter, which could have contributed to life on Earth. Meanwhile, China’s Chang'e5, which landed on the moon on December 1, is one step closer in bringing home the first samples of the moon in since 1976. The landing site is said to contain rocks and soil that are 3.2 to 4 billion years old. These samples can help scientists to understand the Moon's volcanic activities.
The European Space Agency also have many missions that will study planets, exoplanets and blackholes. NASA has two missions planned for 2021, of which one will search for signs of life on Mars while the other will study the first galaxies in the early universe. India's ISRO is planning a series of missions -- like the Chandrayaan-3, the Gaganyaan human space mission and a mini- International Space Station. Even smaller nations, like Israel and the UAE, and private companies, like SpaceX and Virgin Galactic, are entering this field like never before.
In fact, space companies received $5.8 billion across 198 investment rounds in 2019, topping $5.1 billion of investment in 2017, according to a report by New York investment firm Space Angels.
But, why are public and private players investing in space technology?
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LG has come out with two phones that double the screen power in totally out-of-the-box ways. One of these is the LG Wing, that has a never seen before swivelling second display, and the other is the LG Velvet, which has an accessory that gives it a second screen.
The Velvet's main screen is a 6.8-inch one and has a very nice 1080x2460 pixels P-OLED display, but it has a dated looking notch instead of the punch hole. But now, here’s where things get interesting: if you opt for its accessory, this phone gets an entire other screen. This comes about via a hard plastic flip case where the phone itself fits on the right side and a second screen on the left. Between the two is obviously just the spine of the case itself.
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Homebuyers looking for loans will be relieved after RBI decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 4 per cent....
The RBI mandated banks to link retail loans – including home loan, personal loan, etc. - to external benchmarks such as the repo rate.
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The COVID-19 active caseload in India has dipped to 4.03 lakh, the lowest after 138 days, comprising 4.18 per cent of the total coronavirus infections reported so far in the country, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday.
While 36,011 people in India were found to be infected with COVID-19 in a span of 24 hours, 41,970 new recoveries were registered during the same period.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate via video conferencing the construction of the Agra metro project at 11:30 AM on December 7.
A defiant Donald Trump is showing no signs of surrender and has reiterated yet again his unsubstantiated allegations of widespread voter fraud, claiming at his first post-poll rally in Georgia that he won a “rigged” US presidential election that he lost.
Trump alleged that the last month’s US election was rigged in favour of his Democratic opponent Joe Biden, who is now the President-elect.
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Online dance festivals have become a part of the art space. With the ‘marghazhi’ festivities around the corner, rasikas across the globe gear up for a cultural season like none other. The most pertinent question however would be regarding the cost for the art. How many ardent fans of performing arts would willing to pay a sum of money to enjoy a concert or a recital by their favourite dancer or musician? Have the trends changed over the past decade? Will artists be forced to teach online to sustain themselves?
In this episode of Stage Business, we speak with Bharatanatyam dancer and actress, Devaki Rajendran. Devaki explains why a commitment to the art, the response from the audience and as well as financial stability for an artist are not inter-linked.
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Set-off and carry-forward provisions in the income Tax Act helps the tax payer to reduce the tax outgo.
Set-off lets you adjust loss against income earned, and reduce the tax outgo for that financial year.
While Carry-forward means that losses that are not fully adjusted in a year can be taken ahead to coming years for set-off purposes, thus reducing tax outgo in the future.
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Tamil cinema has deeply influenced the politics of the State for more than half a century. A host of actors, script writers and lyricists have made their mark in the politics in the State and Superstar Rajinikanth is the latest to join this troupe. Some like MG Ramachandran, J Jayalalithaa and M Karunanidhi have succeeded, while others, have not.
Karunadhi and MGR used their movies as a means to spread the Dravidian ideology. They were full time members of the DMK and worked for the party. MGR split the DMK and formed the ADMK, only due to differences with Karunanidhi. Rajini, just like MGR, has a huge fan base. But, he lacks a political organisation and a popular brand of politics.
In this podcast, we take a look at how Rajinikanth could influence the political landscape in Tamil Nadu.
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The United Kingdom has become the first nation in the world to grant emergency approval for a covid vaccine. The nation's Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has given its approval to a vaccine made by Pfizer-BioNTech.
We can expect more vaccines to get the needed approvals from various countries in the coming weeks.
India is taking a different approach. Senior government officials have said that the government plans to inoculate a critical mass and break the transmission of the coronavirus.
But, would these vaccines be accessed by only selected medical specialists and health institutions? Are vaccines the only solution to this issue?
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The three-hour meeting between protesting farmers and the Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and Minister of State for Commerce Som Prakash, on Tuesday, has been brought any resolution to the conflict. The representatives of 35 farmer unions had rejected the Centre's offer to set up a committee to look into the matter.
Various farmer unions across India have been protesting for over two months now. In fact, thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, started to make their way to New Delhi as part of their ‘Delhi Chalo’ campaign, which was to be held on 26 and 27th of November, before the police stopped them. What was supposed to be a two-day protest meet has become a marathon event.
What led to the protests? What can the government do now? We answer all your questions in our latest series, 'News Explained'.
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Any income that are you have, but ist is not your salary, profits, capital gains or income from income from house properties will also be taxed. These incomes, like dividend income, an immovable property, income by way of winnings from lotteries, crossword puzzles, races including horse races, card games, gambling etc, are reported as 'income from other sources'.
However, if these incomes are earned as a part of your business or profession, the same need to be taxed under the head Profits and Gains from Business or Profession and not Income from Other Sources. It is also important to note that taxpayers can also avail certain deductions, while computing the income chargeable under the head income from other sources.
In this podcast, Keerthi Sanagasetti explains how income from other sources are taxed.
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The RBI Governor recently said that India will continue to approach capital account convertibility as a process rather than an event.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted on Sunday that the farming reforms have opened doors of new opportunities for peasants and bestowed on the new rights.
In his monthly ‘Mann Ki Baat’ broadcast, Modi said the farm laws have begun mitigating the troubles of farmers in a short period of time since their enactment in September. He even cited an example of a farmer in Maharashtra, who used the provisions provided in the Acts to get the money a trader had promised, but not paid him in time.
New dimensions related to agriculture and related fields have emerged as the recently enacted farm reforms have opened doors of new possibilities for farmers, he said.
A low-pressure area has formed over the South Andaman Sea, adjoining areas of South-East Bay of Bengal and Equatorial Indian Ocean, almost the same region where very severe cyclone ‘Nivar’ went onto to cross the Puducherry coast and neighborhood a few days ago.
Three people were killed in Tamil Nadu, over 1,000 trees uprooted and some low-lying areas marooned, due to cyclone Nivar.
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Who is a professional performing artist? Is she the person who rules the stage or the person who merely uses a platform to earn her precious 15 minutes of fame? Are schools of performing arts a business in the truest sense?
In the episode of Stage Business, we speak with Kuchipudi-exponent, Sailaja. Sailaja also runs the Chennai-based dance school called Saila Sudha Dance Academy. During our discussion, she shares her thoughts about the current trends in the performing arts arena and tells us what the stage means to a dancer.
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What are capital gains? How do you determine your short-term and long-term capital gains? In the 12th episode of Jargon Busters, BusinessLine's Satya Sontanam gives us more insights into yet another aspect that influences the tax payer.
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With the nationwide lockdown due to Covid-19 pandemic, there was a genuine need for providers of the most basic necessities -- access to food, medicine and healthcare providers became a luxury to many people in no time. This is especially true for senior citizens.
In today's podcast, Jagadish Ramamoorthy, co- founder of Alserv, speaks about the impact of the Covid-19 lockdown.
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There probably have never been quite so many iPhones to choose from as there are today, to the point where it can be dizzyingly confusing as to which one should buy. Not only did Apple launch four iPhone 12 models at a go a couple of months ago, many of the previous generation models are also very much around.
The obvious choice for many Apple Fans is the iPhone 12.
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The Covid-19 pandemic has altered several aspects pertaining to entrepreneurship. But, it has also witnessed a rise in the number of people taking the plunge and running their own companies.
How has the pandemic impacted the scope for women who wish to enter the entrepreneurial space? Is the society supportive of such initiatives?
In a conversation with We Hub's Deepthi Ravula, we explore the various sides to the situation and the future of women entrepreneurship in India.
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In today’s episode, BusinessLine's Keerthi Sanagasetti, highlights some important aspects one should note, with respect to income chargeable under the head, profits and gains from business or profession This is also known as PGBP.
For starters, did you know that if you run a business, such as a restaurant, a manufacturing unit or a retail shop, the profits from your business will be taxable under the head PGBP?
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggested a new global index for the post-Covid-19 world to the G20 group of countries comprising four key elements including the creation of a talent pool, ensuring technology for all, providing transparency in governance, and dealing with `Mother Earth’ with a spirit of trusteeship.
Noting that the Covid-19 pandemic was the biggest challenge the world had faced since World War II, Modi called for decisive action by the G20, not limited to economic recovery, jobs, and trade, but focussing on preserving the planet Earth as people are trustees of humanity’s future.
India Meteorological Department (IMD) has sounded a cyclone formation alert over the South-West Arabian Sea with Saturday’s depression had intensified into a deep depression, only a chance away from being a cyclone.
The IMD informed about the formation of a low-pressure area in the bay of Bengal indicating that it would go on to intensify as a depression by Monday evening over the South-West Bay of Bengal off Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu.
In the past 24 hours, India reported over 45,000 new Covid-19 cases with people having recovered at 43,493 and 501 people died.
The total number of active cases in the country is slight above 4.4 lakh cases, with many north and the central Indian States reporting more cases along with Delhi, Kerala, and Maharashtra.
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When the going gets tough, the tough gets going. This maxim seems to apply to India Inc, which seems to have eked out surprisingly good earnings numbers in the July-September 2020 results season.
An analysis of 3,827 listed companies that have reported their numbers (excluding banks and financials) shows a strong sequential improvement in the top-line (up 37 per cent) and net profits (up 470 per cent), thanks to companies slowly resuming operations post the lockdown.
Net profit saw an improvement of 31 per cent year-on-year.
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A recent survey by YouGov and ACI Worldwide, has found out that digital payments, including e-wallets and UPI payments, were used by 57 per cent of respondents more than twice per week for festival season purchases. This is up from 43 per cent a year ago. It seems like digital payments has become the preferred payment method in a COVID world.
In this exclusive interview, Guru Bhat, VP Omni Channel & Customer Success, GM – PayPal India, helps us understand the changes that the coronavirus has brought to the industry and the various trends that have emerged in the past few months. He also talks about how PayPal is helping SMEs in India grow and expand their business, and the company's plans for India.
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Xiaomi has worked hard to be a dominant player in the affordable smartphones market in India. In fact, the same is true of many other products like air purifiers, for example. Though there’s been the occasional premium phone, the company isn’t as well known for being in that segment in the country. But that’s been a matter of strategy, not any shortage of capability. You can see that with the Mi10T Pro, a big fat power-packed phone.
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President Donald Trump's campaign and the Republican party have filed over 30 cases at various courts across the US challenging the election results, but all cases have been dismissed by the judges. The President's campaign and allies have alleged that there has been a massive fraud, but they haven't shown any evidence to support their claim.
The Trump campaign had suffered another blow on Friday after the State of Georgia reaffirmed that the Democratic candidate Joe Biden has won the State. With this, Biden has 306 electoral college votes and Trump has only 232 votes. The winner needs only 270 electoral college votes, out of the total 538 votes, to become president. Despite Trump's failure to concede, Biden, the current President-elect, is announcing key members of his team and could even announce some cabinet members soon
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There are different rules that apply to different kinds of home properties. The rules change for a self-occupied home and the income from a house that has been rented out should be factored in. In the 10th episode of the series, Jargon Busters, BusinessLine's Satya Sontanam and Gitanjali Diwakar discuss the rules related to home loans in this podcast.
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In the fourth episode of Stage Business, we speak with eminent Yakshagana artist Bannanje Sanjeeva Suvarna from Karnataka. Yakshagana is a folk dance popular in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. At the age of 65, Sanjeeva Suvarna strongly believes that art is not a source of income and believes that this all art forms must be shared with the public and bring happiness.
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Despite the initial hiccups, the 13th edition of the Indian Premier Leagues (IPL) seemed to have taken place smoothly. What were some of the highlights of the event? Is the next edition likely to be more exciting than what the audiences witnessed this time around? BusinessLine's Chitra Narayanan speaks with veteran sports journalist, G Rajaraman in the final episode of 'On the Business Pitch'.
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The RBI has placed Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) under moratorium capping deposit withdrawals. The RBI has also proposed the amalgamation of the bank with DBS Bank India.
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In a conversation with NASSCOM's President, Debjani Ghosh, BusinessLine'sS Ronendra Singh explores the scope of IT in India in the days ahead. During the discussion, Ghosh emphasises on the need for skill development, as well as the need for Indian startup enterprises to do away with the idea of replicating models of established companies.
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In this podcast, let’s focus on the head of 'income' head that is relevant to many folks - that is, Income from salary.
Salary includes wages, pension, bonus, gratuity, the amount transferred to the provident fund account, any advance of salary, etc.
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Watch | Know your salary - Part 1 (The earnings)
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The iPhone 12 Mini, part of Apple's latest series of phones, is small but power-packed. The phone's screen is just 5.4 inches (diagonal), but it has all the features of the flagship iPhone 12. Should you buy it?
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Reliance Retail Ventures Limited (RRVL), a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has acquired equity shares of Urban Ladder Home Decor Solutions Private Limited (Urban Ladder) for a cash consideration of ₹182.12 crore.
Nitish Kumar is set to return as the Chief Minister of Bihar for a record fourth term. The NDA has unanimously elected Kumar as its leader in the state legislature.
India’s Covid-19 caseload has gone past the 88-lakh mark, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease has crossed 82 lakh, pushing the national recovery rate to 93.09 per cent.
The total number of coronavirus cases mounted to 88,14,579 with 41,100 of those reported in a day, while the death toll climbed to 1,29,635 with 447 new fatalities as of Sunday.
Iconic Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee died on Sunday after an over-a-month-long battle with multiple ailments.
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Intense convective clouds are hovering over Chennai, Thiruvallur, Ranipet, Kanchipuram, Chengelpattu, Villupuram, Tiruvannamalai, Kallakuruchi, Cuddalore and Ramanathapuram districts, the Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai, said this (Sunday) morning.
They have a ‘medium’ potential to trigger moderate to heavy rainfall until 11.30 AM, the update said. This turn of events comes about as a second successive rain-diving trough, apparently more resourceful than the predecessor, approaches the Tamil Nadu and Coastal Andhra Pradesh coasts.
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Music is perhaps the first form of art most of us are exposed to. Sounds have proven to have a direct impact on one’s mental and physical well-being. This school of thought even triggered a lot research in the area of music therapy. Over the years, music has seen a wave change. From recording songs with a live orchestra, to multiple recording sessions and quick editing techniques; the world of music continues to evolve. With stage shows yet to return to its old charm, how would music concerts change in the days ahead?
In this episode, we speak with Shruthi Kuruvilla, a pianist and a teacher. Shruthi also runs the Chennai-based music school – Bach to Basics. During our conversation, Shruthi tells us more about her school’s recent online recital as well as how it had encouraged young and aspiring musicians under the tutelage.
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In this episode of Tax Fundamentals, BusinessLine's Research Analyst, Satya Sontanam, tells us why it is important to keep a tab of a person's residential status while filing the Income Tax Returns of a financial year.
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Do you know what growth/value investment strategy is?
In Conversation with Satya Sontanam, Ajay Tyagi, UTI Mutual Fund tells us more about growth investment strategy.
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The NDA has retained its power in Bihar with 125 seats. What does this imply for the State at large? BusinessLine's Political Editor, Poornima Josi, give us more details.
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For those of you who have finally made up their minds on filing your tax returns, last week, Satya Sontanam in a conversation with Gitanjali Diwakar helped us pick the correct ITR form. In today’s episode, we will discuss a follow-up process, a sort of a finishing touch to the process of filing your returns. That is the process of verifying your returns- done through the submission of Form ITR V (roman number)
Do note that this podcast is about the ITR roman number V Acknowledgement form and should not be confused with ITR 5 which is the tax return to be filed by firms AOP and BOI, etc
Now let us understand when the ITR V must be submitted.
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Are you planning to use the credit card EMI option to purchase big-ticket items this festival season? Here, we lay down some points that you need to know before availing yourself of the equated monthly instalment option on your credit card.
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India’s COVID-19 caseload went past 85 lakh, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 78,68,968 pushing the national recovery rate to 92.49 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday.
The total coronavirus cases mounted to 85,07,754 with 45,674 infections being reported in a day, while the death toll climbed to 1,26,121 with 559 new fatalities
In other news, On the fourth anniversary of demonetisation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said it has helped reduce black money, increase tax compliance and formalisation, and given a boost to transparency.
On November 8, 2016, Prime Minister Modi announced the decision to ban all currency notes of higher denomination of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 from midnight.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also greeted veteran BJP leader L K Advani on his 93rd birthday and said he is a living inspiration to BJP workers and the countrymen.
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For the past two years, gold has been one of the best-performing asset classes.
In rupee terms, it gained 24 percent in the calendar year 2019 whereas the Nifty 50 gained 12 percent. The year-to-date return of gold in 2020 stands at 34 percent in rupee terms, whereas the Nifty 50 has produced almost nil returns.
The yellow metal, which was largely trading between $1,150 and $1,375 a troy ounce between 2014 and 2019, has come a long way since then.
So, is the recent bull party in gold petering out or is it just getting started? Let’s look at how some of the drivers for gold prices are shaping up.
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We continue our discussion with Bharatnatyam Priyanka Raghuraman. who is also the student of Bharatnatyam dancer Anita Guha. Priyanka is not only Bharatnatyam dancer, but also a teacher, theatre artist and an anchor. In this episode, Priyanka tells us more about the scope of technology is classical dance and how it could help artists sustain themselves.
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Apple has quite a family of iPads though and it could be a bit of a job selecting one that fits your needs, a job made somewhat more complicated by the fact that there are also variants based on storage and on connectivity for each model. But choices may just have become easier because of the huge refresh to the iPad Air 2020. For many it’s going to become the one to choose because it’s become good enough, if not better in some ways, than the iPad Pro, the top-end tablet.
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After running its payment service – WhatsApp Pay – for the last two years, WhatsApp is going live with its UPI payment offering. In a blog poast, the messaging app noted, “People can send money on WhatsApp to anyone using a UPI-supported app,” adding that the service is now available on the latest version of iPhone and Android.
It is working with ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, State Bank of India and Jio Payments Bank for UPI payments.
This, along with the 30 per cent cap on UPI volumes for third-party apps by NPCI, is expected to cause significant disruption in the country’s payments ecosystem.
In this podcast,BusinessLine's Surabhi tells you all you need to know about WhatsApp UPI services and how it will affect other players.
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As the world gets more connected there is a need to analyse the data that companies generate to maintain a competitive edge. Data migration is a part of that process.
In this podcast, Satish Pala, Senior Vice President, Digital Solutions, Indium Software, joins us the explain the concept, how the Covid pandemic has affected businesses, the benefits and the risks that comes along with data migration.
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Life has changed by leaps and bounds since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. With work-from-home becoming a norm for many professionals, many people wonder when the world of concerts, recitals over-dramatic presentations would return to its grandeur. In this episode, we explore the impact of technology in the world of professional classical dance.
To dig deeper into these aspects, we are joined by Priyanka Raghuraman, the disciple of eminent Bharatnatyam dancer Anita Guha. Priyanka is not only Bharatnatyam dancer, but also a teacher, theatre artist and an anchor. She was also involved in the organisation of a cultural festival called Drive East in San Francisco situated in the United States.
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Stage Business is a weekend podcast exploring multiple angles related forms of performing arts and entertainment that are driven by a stage and a live audience.
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Are you planning on filing your Income Tax Returns (ITR) by yourself? Did you know that there seven types of ITR forms? This week on Jargon Busters, BusinessLine's Research Analyst, Satya Sontanam, gives us a low down on the various factors related to our ITR forms.
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The elections in the US is now over, but it looks like we still have to wait for the final results.
There are 538 electoral college votes up for grabs, and to win, the candidate needs 270 votes. Former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic party’s pick, is currently holding a slip lead over US President and the Republican nominee Donald Trump. Biden’s wins come from democratic-leaning states, while Trump is winning republican-leaning states. So far, Biden has won 243 votes, while Trump has 214 votes.
There are some themes that are clear from the results so far -- the coronavirus has not has a major impact on the results, Trump has done exceedingly well in key swing States, while Biden has underperformed among a key base.
In this podcast, Narayan Lakshman, Associate Editor, The Hindu, joins us to look at the election result.
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Rain and thundershowers continue to lash Chennai and neighbourhood this (Friday) morning even as the Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai, has forecast cloudy skies into mid-noon and possibility of light to moderate thunderstorm across some areas of the city.
Elsewhere in Tamil Nadu, the North-East monsoon is predicted to maintain its current active phase with a disproportionate bias to the southern two-thirds of the region with heavy rain and thunderstorms forecast to occur to the South-West and Mid-West as well as South-East.
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Twitteratis have taken to the micro-blogging site to express their concerns over the statement made the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) with regards to the CA exams scheduled to take place this month.
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The Centre has advised States to prepare databases of different groups who should receive Covid-19 vaccine on a priority basis when the vaccine becomes available, and States are currently undertaking the task.
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This September, the Apple Watch has moved on to Series 6 and comes with iterative updates to what is already quite an evolved smartwatch.
It isn’t really Apple’s way to go redoing designs for the sake of a new look. You can see that with the new iPhone 12 series too. And so, the new watch comes in a familiar form factor.
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You would likely have come across these terms while filing your tax returns or submitting your tax declaration to employers. Yes! Both the terms do ultimately mean a lower tax outgo for you. But does that mean that the words can be used interchangeably?
No, they are different.
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The North-East monsoons have hit many parts of the southern peninsular and the eastern coast of India. States like Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and parts of Kerala are likely to see some intense showers in the days ahead. How does the weather fare in the northern States of India?
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Samsung latest tablet, the Tab A7, is sturdy and good looking. It has a 10.4 inch screen with a WUXGA+ (2000x1200p) TFT LCD display. It also has a 3.5mm jack, stereo speakers and a basic camera.
If you are looking for an affordable Android tablet, you should consider buying Samsung’s A7. Here's Mala Bhargava's review
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India’s Covid-19 caseload rose to 81.84 lakh with October registering a nearly 30 percent decline in both new deaths and cases as compared to September, while total recoveries surged to 74.91 lakh.
The total coronavirus cases mounted to 81,84,082 with 46,963 new infections being reported in a day, while the death toll climbed to 1,22,111 with 470 new fatalities.
New infections due to Covid-19 have started to decline steadily since the first week of October.
On Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacked the opposition over the Pulwama attack after Pakistan’s admission of complicity in it, saying it has “taken masks off” the faces of those in India who never cared for the “sons of Bihar” who lost their lives in the assault.
Modi also berated the RJD-Congress combine in Bihar, calling it an alliance of two crown princes whose sole concern was to protect their “respective thrones“.
On Sunday, a Super typhoon Goni weakened after passing through the southern part of the Philippines' main island of Luzon, with officials reporting at least four deaths, power supply outages, infrastructure damage, and flash floods.
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This week, the citizens of the United States of America will vote to elect their next President.
The entire world has been riveted on this event, since the next US President — whether it is the Republican Donald Trump or the Democratic party candidate Joe Biden — will play a large role in directing the future course of the global economy and the geopolitical environment.
Investors in equities will be interested in the outcome for markets, particularly as the Indian and US stock markets are currently at a very critical juncture.
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Analysts and industry experts are divided on whether the government proposal for Air India’s divestment unveiled on Thursday is possibly its most serious attempt to put the state-run airline into private hands and more importantly if this attempt is going to bear fruit.
In its latest attempt, the government has decided not to predetermine AI’s debt level and leave it to the market to decide.
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There are MANY aspiring business people in the world. Some are able to make their mark, some try hard and are yet to do so, while some others are probably discovered their inability to run the show over a period of time. It is hence, advisable for entrepreneurs to consider winding up in case it is beginning to show signs of a downfall. This could be evident from the Profit and Loss statements of the company and the balance sheet.
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Many brands seem to the riding on the popularity of the Indian Premier League (IPL). This season, Myntra made its debut, by partnering with three IPL teams - the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Mumbai Indians. In the 13th episode of On the 'business' pitch, Achint Setia, the Vice-President - Marketing, Myntra, speaks with BusinessLine's Abhishek Law and shares his views on how the event has helped the company's growth.
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In this episode, BusinessLine's Keerthi Sanagasetti tells us more about Form 26AS the annual statement which consolidates all the tax deducted or collected at source, against one Permanent Account Number or PAN.
The form can be downloaded from the IT department website. It includes information collected from various sources.
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This series is part of Portfolio Podcasts, compiled by BusinessLine's Research Bureau.
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Trouble started brewing for Future Coupon and Future Retail in March this year when the companies received notices from their lenders about possible defaults. While the Group was in discussion with Amazon until August to find a new investor, Kishore Biyani announced a deal with Reliance Retail. This set off flurry of mails between Amazon the Future Group.
Meanwhile, media reports claimed that the Future Group was in talks with Reliance with a view to selling its retail and supply chain business.
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The United States and India are relooking their laws to deepen the energy partnership between the two countries, according to US Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette. He was speaking at the India Energy Forum by CERAWeek.
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The government has been trying to sell its stake in Air India for some time now. The Centre’s previous attempt at sell the airline did not yield any result in 2018. This time around, the Expression of Interest from interested parties is expected by October 30, though there is talk that the process might get delayed.
But whatever the outcome of the divestment process, there are some things that are truly the Maharaja’s unique. Ashwini Phadnis explains.
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The first phase of polling in Bihar is underway, with 71 seats going to polls today.
It was only last week when the campaign started to heat up when both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi started campaigning in the State. While the ruling BJP-JD(U) alliance is running on its track record of giving good governance and law and order, the Opposition is looking to win by raising the issue of unemployment.
Here's all you need to know about the first phase of polling in Bihar.
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The Tata Group is investing ₹5,000 crore to set up a phone component manufacturing plant at the industrial complex in Hosur, Tamil Nadu. The new company, Tata Electronics, has been allotted 500 acres by TIDCO(Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation), and the bhoomi puja was performed on Tuesday. The investment will be scaled up depending on the level of sourcing from the facility and could even touch ₹8,000 crore.
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As the Indian Premier League reaches its business end, companies are looking to gain the attention of the audience by making new advertisements. One such company is Reliance Jio, which is using star power from both Bollywood and cricket.
In this episode of IPL - On the Business Pitch, Chitra Narayanan speaks to Jio Creative Labs head Aditya Bhat about the evolution of the company's 'Dhan Dhana Dhan' campaign.
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Recently, the Government has extended the due date of filing our income tax returns. How crucial are these due dates? What happens if you don't make the payments on time? BusinessLine's Research Analyst Satya Sontanam tells us more on these lines.
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The US-India relationship has grown steadily over the years. The US-India 2+2 Ministerial meet is a sign of the increasing engagement between the two sides. In this podcast, Dr Rudra Chaudhuri, Carnegie's India director, joins us to help us understand the dynamics of this relationship.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asked the public to be ‘vocal for local’ while shopping for the upcoming festival season. He also urged the people to celebrate, but exercise restraint in his monthly broadcast of ‘Mann Ki Baat.’
He wished people on Dussehra and said that with various festivals coming up, they need to show patience and follow health guidelines in celebrating these auspicious occasions during the COVID times.
Modi asked people to keep the ‘vocal for local’ resolve in their mind and give priority to local products while shopping for festivals.
In other news, As of Sunday, India’s Covid-19 caseload mounted to 78,64,811 with 50,129 fresh infections being reported in a day, while the death toll climbed to 1,18,534 with 578 new fatalities.
There are 6,68,154 active cases in the country which comprise 8.50 per cent of the total caseload.
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What are you to do if you’re very keen on one of Samsung’s best phones but feel you can’t afford one? You take a good look at the new S20FE aimed exactly at those who don’t mind a few trade-offs to get some of the more advanced features, all in one package.
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Staying at home during the current COVID19 pandemic comes with its perks—working from home and not having to travel to the office. But there are many perks which are part of your salary that continue to remain with you. These are referred to as perquisites under the Income Tax Act and include salary reimbursements, stock options, rental accommodation, etc.
The value of perquisite in almost all situations will be calculated by your employer and tax will be deducted at source in most cases. In case the employer has not deducted the tax, then the payment of tax will be your responsibility.
In this week's big story podcast we delve deeper into the key points employees should note about their salary perks, and how these are taxed.
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In the second episode of the new Portfolio Podcasts series, BusinessLine's Keerthi Sanagasetti tells us more about the term 'Tax Deducted at Source' or TDS. Listen to the podcast.
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In this podcast, Here's all you need to know about index funds, ETFs and thematic funds with Radhika Gupta, MD & CEO, Edelweiss AMC.
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India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the likely impact from the storm would be felt over the coastal districts of Odisha, West Bengal and Tripura on Thursday; and Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura on Friday and Saturday.
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The Audi Q2 is priced between ₹35 lakh and ₹48.89 lakh (ex-showroom, India), while the prices of BMW 2-Series Gran Coupé are kept at between ₹39.30 lakh and ₹41.40 lakh (ex-showroom). But at such steep prices, would entry-level luxury cars such as these attract first-time buyers?
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While Gujarat became one of the first States to notify and implement the Centre’s recently-enacted farm trade facilitation laws, farmers in parts of the State are still hesitant to lap up the reforms in APMC trade. Market sources say that in trade outside APMC there has not been any increase in price for farmers. Listen to the podcast by BusinessLine's Rutam Vora.
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Fairly widespread to widespread rainfall with isolated heavy falls is forecast over Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Rayalaseema, Telangana and Odisha until Friday; and over the plains of West Bengal on Thursday; and over North-East India from Thursday to Saturday. Isolated very heavy rainfall is also likely over Coastal Odisha and adjoining Coastal West Bengal on Friday. Isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall with extremely falls are forecast over Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura on Friday and over Assam and Meghalaya on Saturday.
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In The Indian Premier League, the team dynamic is of at most importance. Choosing the right players is important to win matches, so, how should franchise go about this process?
In the latest episode of the IPL - On the 'business' pitch series, BusinessLine's Chitra Narayanan talks to columnist and cricket buff TCA Srinivasa Raghavan to understand the world of auctions.
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Heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely also over Coastal Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday and over Odisha on Thursday. Isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall with extremely falls is forecast over Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura on Friday and over Assam and Meghalaya on Saturday. The withdrawal of the monsoon has to be completed to set the stage for the monsoon on reverse or the North-East monsoon to establish. The normal date of onset of the season over Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and parts of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh is October 20-22.
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It is the 'tax season' and the queries never end. In this series, we hope to take you through a few terms that would help ease your worries while filing your tax returns. Let's learn more about the term - Assessment Year.
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After Reliance unfurled the flag with Jio Platforms, many large traditional Indian corporates, including the Tatas, are looking to launch their own platform, or super app, as part of doing business in a digitised world. But have these models been successful? Venkatesh Ganesh gives us more details.
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This week, we review the newly launched OnePlus 8T, which has been tweaked to sit between the OnePlus 8 and its Pro variant. The 8T is smaller than the 8Pro and almost the same size as the OnePlus 8. It’s a 6.55-inch 2400x1080p AMOLED and has a 120Hz refresh rate. Indeed, it has been loaded with with specs, but is it the right phone for you?
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The naval version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was successfully test-fired from INS Chennai, a stealth destroyer of the Indian Navy in the Arabian Sea on October 18.
India’s Covid-19 caseload mounted to 74,94,551 with 61,871 new infections being reported in a day, while the recoveries surged to 65,97,209 pushing the recovery rate to 88.03 per cent.
There are 7,83,311 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprise 10.45 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.
India’s Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23 and 40 lakh on September 5 . It went past 50 lakh on September 16, 60 lakh on September 28, and crossed 70 lakh on October 11.
Moving on to international news, in New Zealand, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern won a second term in office. Ardern’s liberal Labour Party got 49 per cent of the vote, crushing the conservative National Party, which got 27 per cent. Ardern said the margin of the victory exceeded their expectations.
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Retail inflation may have soared to an eight-month high in September with food inflation close to double-digits, but experts think that it can soften in coming months due to improved supply and base effect.
The main pain point in CPI inflation has been food and perishables and, in fact, nearly 85 per cent of the spike in CPI inflation in September is estimated to have come from perishables. fuel and lighting with a weight of 6.84 per cent in the CPI inflation basket will behave, is difficult to predict as of now. However, we don't know how fuel and lighting, which has weight of 6.84 per cent in the CPI inflation basket, will behave.
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India Meteorological Department (IMD) has confirmed mounting a watch for another rain-driving low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal by Monday that could potentially end the brief respite for the East Coast and adjoining states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Odisha from catastrophic rainfall earlier during this week. The IMD has put the system in the making under watch for intensification already, hinting at what could likely unfold over Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka as also parts of West Maharashtra and the West Coast.
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Shivanandan Pare, CEO, Adda 52 Rummy speaks on the Online gamification of Cricket and whether sponsorship by fantasy gaming leagues in IPL will have a rub-off effect on other online gaming players.
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The game seems to have changed for online home rental solutions since the dawn of the Covid-19 pandemic. A little over a week after it had acquired ApnaComplex, Nestaway technologies like many other companies in the real estate space had witnessed significant changes in the behaviour of its consumers. From shared accommodation, to wi-fi and ‘moving’ services, the company had to adopt newer strategies to stay in the game. We spoke with the Chief Product and Tech Officer, Nithin Chandra, to understand the impact of the pandemic on the real estate sector and how technology could be effectively in this sector.
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Insurance regulator IRDAI came out with standardised, customer-friendly guidelines for health insurance policies. These changes are implemented from October 1, this year. The guidelines have several major changes, from redefining pre-existing diseases to changes in the scope of coverage of policy. What are they?
Bavadharini KS explains. Listen in.
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Tanishq on Tuesday pulled down its advertisement promoting a jewellery line called Ekatvam (unity) — which showed a baby shower organised for the Hindu bride by her Muslim in-laws — after people took to Twitter to accuse it of promoting ‘love jihad’ and being ‘anti-Hindu’. This came even though The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) said there was nothing in the advertisement that was indecent or vulgar or repulsive, to cause grave and widespread offence.
Was this a wise move?
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The Indian Premier League (IPL) is more than a mere tournament. It a business that has tickled the minds of many people. On this episode, BusinessLine's Chitra Narayanan speaks with veteran sports journalist G Rajaraman about an aspect that has never ceased to amaze sports lovers - the IPL auction dynamics. How do teams choose the players for the IPL season? Does the cricketer have a say in the terms and conditions of the contract? Listen to the podcast.
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Amongst Google's most recently launched Pixel phones globally, the Pixel 4a is the only phone which will make its way to India.
The Pixel 4a features the Snapdragon 730G, and comes with 128 GB storage with 6 GB RAM, will be available in India from October 16.
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With the stock markets on a bull run fuelled by ample liquidity, interest in guessing the next move of the indices and individual stocks is running high. Technical analysis could come in handy here.
Charts and other tools such as indicators/oscillators are used to identify patterns that can suggest future activity. A chart is a reflection of the mood of the crowd and not of the fundamental factors driving the markets.
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Ram Vilas Paswan, Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, who recently underwent cardiac surgery, passed away in a Delhi hospital.
Paswan, who served under a record five Prime Ministers, earlier held the portfolios of Labour, Railways, Communications, and Coal.
India looks forward to seeking collective solutions to global challenges, including global recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic and reform of multilateral institutions, as it assumes membership of the UN Security Council next year, said Minister for External Affairs S Jaishankar speaking at the QUAD -The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, popularly known as Quad, is an informal strategic forum between the US, Japan, Australia, and India.
President Trump is all set to return to the campaign trail following his recovery from the coronavirus. He will campaign in Orlando on Monday night and is expected to visit Pennsylvania and Iowa in the coming days.
In the first week of October, US President Donald Trump announced that he and his wife Melania had tested positive for Covid-19.
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In a move that would help consolidate its businesses, ONGC aims to conclude merger of ONGC Mangalore Petrochemicals Limited (OMPL) with Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) by June 2021. The company will then work towards the merger of MRPL with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL). Listen to the podcast by BusinessLine's Twesh Mishra.
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Breaking up the Ordnance Factory Board into individual factories will not be a sustainable exercise due to the existing work division structures and interdependence of units for weapons and ammunition manufacturing. BusinessLine's Twesh Mishra gives us more insights into the situation.
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The de-listing offer of Vedanta Ltd has failed.
To de-list the shares from the bourses, Vedanta’s UK promoters required 134 crore shares. According to the BSE website, only 125.47 crore shares till October 9.
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The Covid-19 pandemic has shaken many sectors. With offices and other institutions closed, support services such as Food & Beverages have also had a rough time. But some entrepreneurs have found effective solutions. Sandipan Mitran of Hungerbox shares his thoughts.
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India has seen a rather interesting set of numbers during Season 13 of the Indian Premier League (IPL). With many viewers across the country, advertisers seemed to have made the best of the situation. Commercials by companies such as PhonePe have caught the attention of the public. But what have some of the players in the advertising space missed?
Listen to the discussion between BusinessLine's Chitra Narayanan and Giraj Sharma of Behind the Moon Consultants.
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As curtains go up on October 15, when theatres and multiplexes reopen, the big question is will they be able to pull in cinema goers or will audiences prefer to stick to the OTT (over the top) platforms, where the show has gone on all through Covid-19. As we all know, lately, the pomp and glory of movie releases have been brought closer home, with over-the-top (OTT) platforms stealing the thunder from movie theatres, only for this to trigger high-decibel debates in the film industry.
What is the world of cinema likely to witness in the days ahead?
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The low is forecast to concentrate into the first post-monsoon depression over the Central Bay by Saturday. The IMD expects it to track in the west-north-westward direction and cross the North Andhra Pradesh and adjoining South Odisha coast as a depression by Sunday afternoon/evening. Isolated heavy to very heavy falls have been forecast over Odisha also on Sunday, the day of the landfall of the depression.
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The Indian Premier League, is being held in the UAE, but the threat of a betting scandal is looming. Even though players are in a bio-secure environment, a player was approached for the purpose. BCCI ACU chief Ajit Singh had confirmed the news, and said that an investigation is on. There have been multiple reports of people being arrested or detained for betting on IPL matches over the past few days.
Will the 13th season of the Indian Premier League be marred by betting?
In this interview to Chitra Narayanan, TCA Srinivasa Raghavan explains why cricket is tailor-made for betting and how officials ca address the issue.
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Mala Bargava discusses the Note 20 with Dinakaran Rengachary, a big Fan of the Samsung Note series.
In this conversation, Dinakaran tells Mala why he chose the Note 20 and whether he likes it.
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Pune-based entrepreneur Jayashri Yadav who is the first person to be granted a license to make floral wine. Yadav also holds a patent for a wine derived from roses. Wine would be made of crushed rose petals with sugar as the base. Fermented sugar will give the alcohol taste while rose will lend its flavour.
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Taking cues from the systematic investment plans (SIPs) of mutual funds, Bajaj Finance launched a new FD product earlier this year -- the Systematic Deposit Plan (SDP).
We reviewed the product in January this year. Bajaj Finance has now launched a variant of a SDP, with a ‘Single Maturity’ option.
We take look at whether this new feature makes the cut as a worthy investment.
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It’s been a tough year for many with job losses and pay-cuts. Especially in times like these, every rupee counts — and it will pay to pay closer attention to your payslip.
Understanding the components of the payslip could help you get a better deal from your employer and negotiate better with prospective employers. A tax-efficient pay-package — to the extent possible — will mean more money in your pocket.
The pain of pay-cuts can also be reduced if some pay components are left untouched.
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Season 13 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has paved many opportunities for business enterprises, including startup companies. This cricket tournament has led to many changes in India's advertising space. What does this IPL have in store for advertisers? Would such tournaments be able to build a loyal fan-following for the game, especially if the majority of the population appreciates in another sport? Has the Covid-19 pandemic had an impact on the games TV viewers?
Listen to the discussion between veteran advertiser Sandip Ghose and BusinessLine's Abhishek Law.
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You must be aware by now, that on September 11, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), announced a change in investing norms for multi-cap funds.
The existing investors in multi-cap funds have been wondering if they should continue to invest in these funds or exit.
To answer this and more, BusinessLine's Satya Sontanam interacted with Kalpen Parekh, President of DSP Mutual Fund.
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A CBI court in Lucknow acquitted all accused in the Babri demolition case, including former Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani and senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi, on Wednesday. What is the the Babri demolition case all about?
Business Line's Poornima Joshi explains details about the case.
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The 13th season of the Indian Premiere League (IPL) has become a business opportunity for many players. These include people from the insurance sector as well. The rise in Covid-19 cases across the globe has indeed triggered a need for health insurance covers among the public. How have health insurance companies leveraged one of India's most popular sporting events to draw potential customers? Have they decided to 'go digital'?
BusinessLine's Shobha Roy speaks with Max Bupa's CMO, Anika Agarwal to know more about this scenario.
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The richest Indians are getting richer, despite the Covid-19 pandemic. The Hurun India Rich List 2020, has added as many as 162 new faces, recording a cumulative wealth growth of 20 per cent or ₹10 lakh crore compared to last year. Their combined wealth is at $823 billion, that is nearly third of India’s GDP, and it is more than the combined GDP of Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Bhutan.
So, who are the richest Indians? Here's a look.
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The Shiromani Akalil Dal (SAD) has left the ruling NDA, buoyed by the farmers’ protests against the three farm Bills, which the Parliament passed in the recently concluded Monsoon Session. With this exit, the BJP has lost another ally following the TDP and the Shiv Sena in recent years.
Now, the Congress challenged the Jannayak Janta Party — BJP’s ally in Haryana — to leave NDA. Will the JJP be forced to leave the NDA next? What does this mean for the coalition?
BusinessLine's AM Jigeesh explains.
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The Kishore Biyani-led Future Group is all set to close a deal with State Bank of India (SBI).
Sources said that the group’s discussions with the SBI for a possible stake sale of its insurance businesses to SBI Life Insurance and SBI General Insurance have reached the final stages.
Biyani has been keen to exit or sell at least part stake in the insurance ventures for some time as he looks to bring down his debt obligations.
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The outbreak of Covid-19 has thrown our lives out of order.
Many have had to face health-related emergencies along with financial uncertainties, pay-cuts and, in some cases, job losses, too. So, at a time like this, when you are in need of immediate cash, one option is to liquidate financial assets such as mutual funds and fixed deposits.
If you are reluctant to liquidate them, you can alternatively get loan against your financial assets. These include loans against fixed deposits (FDs), shares, mutual funds (MFs), national savings certificate (NSC), Public Provident Fund (PPF), Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) and life insurance policy. This may work out to be cheaper, in terms of interest and other costs, than personal loan or loan against credit card.
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In his Mann Ki Baat address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the Farm Bills and the revocation of the Agricultural Produce Market Committee act, will help farmers across the nation.
He also said that the APMC Act has also helped many youth get employment and that the farmer as well as the consumer would benefit from the changes due to the absence of middlemen. This comes after the three new Farm Bills were passed in the parliament.
The move had triggered protests across the country by farmers and other associated groups.
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An international tribunal has ruled in favour of British telecom major Vodafone Group Plc in the ₹20,000-crore tax liability case that dates back to 2007, in a move that would set a precedent for a dozen similar cases in India.
In its ruling on Friday, the International Arbitration Tribunal at The Hague ruled that the tax liability on Vodafone is a breach of the investment treaty signed between India and the Netherlands.
BusinessLine's Rajesh Kurup tells us more.
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Iconic American motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson is cutting short its trip in India, citing lower sales and profitability to exit the country a decade after entry.
Harley-Davidson said in a statement on Thursday it is closing the manufacturing facility in Bawal and significantly reducing the size of its sales office in Gurgaon.
BusinessLine's Nandana James tells us more.
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It has only been a little over a week since Season 13 of the Indian Premier Leagues (IPL) had kicked off. The IPL has drawn a lot of attention, especially amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite the endorsements and the numerous branding opportunities, the IPL is also known for an arena that many fail to see - Bets. Indeed, spot-fixing is not an unknown fact to cricket fans across the globe. But how different would this world of betting be in the 13th of the most popular cricketing event? Is there a new form of betting that has momentum over the years? Would online betting be a better solution to the situation? Listen to the discussion with BusinessLine's Chitra Narayanan and veteran sports journalist S Kannan.
Also, listen to these:
IPL: On the 'business' pitch - Episode 3 - Wearing the game
IPL: On the 'business' pitch - Episode-2- How Parle 20-20 made it big
IPL: On the 'business' pitch - Episode 1 - The franchises concerns
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Launched on September 23, 2018, the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana has seen over 1.26 crore hospitalisations, involving a spend of over ₹15,772 crore to cover these healthcare bills.
BusinessLine's Jyoti Datta tells us more about Ayushman Bharat.
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The Rajya Sabha adjourned sine die on Wednesday. This session has been at the centre of many controversies, from the farm bills to the suspension of eight MPs.
In this podcast, AM Jigeesh explains the important bills that were passed in this session.
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The IPO of Angel Broking is open for subscription from September 22- 24. At the price band of ₹305-₹306, Angel Broking discounts its FY20 pre-issue earnings by about 26 times (30 times post-issue). The company is valued at nearly ₹2,500 crore at this price.
Angel Broking, which was a traditional full-service broking house has moved towards online-based broking by introducing zero brokerage in equity delivery and low flat charges in derivatives segment.
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The Shapoorji Pallonji Group is going to exit from Tata Sons, bringing a 70-year partnership to an end. The SP Group, which holds 18.37 per cent stake in Tata Sons, will be selling its stakes. The move was triggered after the Supreme Court restricted the SP Group from pledging its shares in Tata Sons to raise debt till October 28.
“The current situation has forced the Mistry family to sit back and reflect on the past, present and possible future for all stakeholders. The past oppressive actions, and the latest vindictive move by Tata Sons that impact the livelihoods of the wider SP Group community, leads to the inexplicable conclusion that the mutual co-existence of both groups at Tata Sons would be infeasible,” the SP Group said in a statement.
BusinessLine's Thomas K Thomas explains the long drawn battle between the SP Group and the Tatas.
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The 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) had kicked off on September 19, 2020. The event saw a record 20 crore viewers and has been termed to be an important event for many companies. Sporting events conducted at such a large scale often lead to a spike in merchandise sales as well. Be it tee-shirts, sporting equipment, or even action figures; sports fans value anything that could make them feel part of the game. How are companies planning on doing so this year, especially amid the Covid-19 pandemic? Listen to the discussion between BusinessLine's Chitra Narayan and Prasana Krishnan, Co-Founder, FanCode on how merchandising can take-off with this year's IPL.
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Amid uproarious protests by Opposition MPs. The Rajya Sabha, passed the Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill and the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill on Sunday.
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Previous generations of this series of headphones have been a big hit with reviewers and consumers, invariably winning editors' choice and best headphones awards. Now, the WH-1000XM4 has just been brought into India and we couldn’t be more delighted to check it out.
The WH-1000M4 stays with the understated design for the series. listen in to Mala Bhargava.
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A lot has changed since the Covid-19 pandemic, especially with regards to social events. Restrictions on the number of attendees has led to many questions pertaining to future of face-to-face communication.
How does the world of networking function in a virtual environment? Are there smarter ways for the organisers to ensure greater engagement between the speakers and participants?
We speak with the Vice President of the Internet And Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), Gaurav Chopra, to understand the changes in the arena.
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The year was 2007. The first-ever T-20 World Cup hosted by South Africa had just ended and India were the champs. Parle’s managers were ideating on a new cookie brand. Till then the biscuit giant was only a mass-market leader and had hardly any presence in the premium category. There was Hide & Seek, but it was a super-premium brand. Britannia’s Good Day dominated the premium cookie category and Parle was desperate to edge into this segment.
How did Parle play the game?
Listen to the discussion between Chitra Narayanan and D Rajappa, the former President of Everest Brand Solutions.
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Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Race to the White House.
In this two-part interview with Suhasini Haidar, National Editor and Diplomatic Affairs Editor, The Hindu, we discuss what another Trump term or a new Biden administration could mean for India. and South Asia.
In Part 1, We know that both US president Donald Trump and his opponent Joe Biden are looking to draw the Indian American community to widen their bases. We analyse Kalama Harris can help Biden win. We also look into the relationship both candidates have with India and how how the US' foreign policy might change in the post covid world.
In part 2, we discuss a range of topics from the Afghan peace deal to the growing influence of China in South Asia. So, be sure to tune in next week.
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Dyson has launched its Corrale hair straightener in India. This straightening iron costs ₹36,900.
Considering that a normal straightening iron for ₹3,000, should you buy Dyson's Corrale?
Mala Bhargava tells us why the Dyson Corrale is a straightener iron with a difference.
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Recently, the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) - which markets dairy products under the brand 'Amul', said that it will invest around Rs 1,000 crore over the next two years to set up milk processing plants. It also announced that it would invest another Rs 500 crore on facilities for new products such as edible oil, and bakery items.
Amul to invest Rs 1,500 cr in 2 yrs to set up dairy, edible oil, bakery, potato processing plants
In August, Amul had also implemented the digitisation of artificial insemination among cattle. Thereby, becoming India's first cooperative to adopt digital tracking, monitoring system for artificial insemination processes.
What lies ahead for the brand and company large? Will it consider expanding its operations to the southern parts of India as well as the north-eastern parts of the country?
Rutam Vora speaks with Amul's Managing Director, R S Sodhi, to gather more insights.
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Milk co-operatives in many parts of Maharashtra have faced many difficulties. Corruption and the inability to manage manage the operations as well as assure good procurement rates to dairy farmers are some of the challenges in this arena. But one co-operative stand out thanks to Mahatma Gandhi.
Gosanwardhan Goras Bhandar, the milk cooperative in Wardha city started by Mahatma Gandhi in 1931, has beaten the odds.
Gandhian principles help Maharashtra milk co-op beat the odds
Along with Vinoba Bhave and Jamnalal Bajaj, Mahatma Gandhi had started the milk cooperative for the conservation and development of cows.
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The Standing Committee on Finance, which is chaired by Jayant Sinha, in a recent report suggested abolishing long-term capital gains tax for all investments in start-ups made through collective investment vehicles (CIVs). It also encouraged start-ups to seek investments from private equity and venture capital outfits, larger companies and High Networth Individuals to meet their financing needs.
What are the other suggestions in the report? Amiti Sen brings you the details.
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Navratri is a more than a mere festival for the State of Gujarat. Business usher during the nine-day long celebrations and colour adorn the streets. Markets are packed and textile shops are lively, with the public requesting the shopkeepers to show them more attractive attires, especially the Chania Choli. However, the Covid-19 pandemic has played spoilt-sport. Major garba organisers are unable to do so fearing the surge in the number of coronavirus cases in the State.
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According to SIAM, passenger vehicle sales were up 14.16 per cent year-on-year in August, while FADA numbers show that PV sales fell by 7.12 per cent. Similarly, in the two-wheeler segment, going by SIAM numbers, sales were up 3 per cent y-o-y in August, while FADA said sales to customers fell 28.71 per cent.
Why is there a wide gap between wholesale and retail vehicle sale figures? BusinessLine's Nandana James explains.
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After 43 years, the DMK has a new general secretary. The party's general council, in a virtual meet held on Wednesday, appointed senior leader Duraimurugan, who was its treasurer, as its new chief. The post was held previously by K Anbazhagan, who passed away on March 7, 2020. The council also appointed TR Baalu as its treasurer, A Raja and K Ponmudi as the party's deputy general secretaries.
Here are the key takeaways from the meet.
This podcast was originally published on September 10, 2020.
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If you are a cricket fan, this could be interesting!
The preparations for the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) are underway. With only four days to go, companies are gearing up to establish their identity amid sporting fiesta. What must brands watch out for? Will the cricket tournament be able to able to generate large revenues?
Listen to the discussion between BusinessLine's Chitra Narayanan and Giraj Sharma, from the brand consultancy firm called Behind the Moon.
This is a weekly podcast, published every Tuesday.
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Picture this. A pandemic has denied your child those precious seven hours of school-time. She or he has not been able to meet friends, greet the class teacher and even learn their favourite lesson in Algebra.
Yes, there is always the smartphone or the internet. But, are online classes an option if you don't possess a smartphone or have access to the internet? How many people in India's villages can afford such amenities?
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This is a story of how one teacher in a village of Maharashtra decided to make a difference.
Listen to the tale by Radheshyam Jadav.
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(Published on the www.thehindubusinessline.com on August 27, 2020)
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The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) believes that it can work with the Government to help check the spread of misleading ads in India.
BusinessLine's Chitra Narayanan talks to ASCI's new chairman Subhash Kamath about how the self-regulatory industry body is reaching out to consumers, how it is focusing on the digital platforms and the future of the industry. Listen in.
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