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The Morning Brief
To make sense of the week’s hottest stories in business, economy, politics and markets, journalists from the Economic Times chat with reporters and industry leaders in this thrice-weekly (Tuesday, Thursday, Friday) podcast.
Episodes
The Morning BriefFoxconn In India: Neighbour’s Pride, No One’s Envy!
Foxconn has mega plans for India. The world’s largest electronics maker is pouring in millions of dollars into setting up iPhone and semiconductor factories in…
The Morning BriefGold's own country: India's booming smuggling sector
Gold prices have hit record high soaring past Rs 60,000 mark but the high prices have not deterred the greed for gold. And we are getting it by hook or by…
The Morning BriefThe Milky Way Inflation
As India gears to import dairy products for the first time in 10 years Team TMB travels through the dairy ecosystem to understand who 'moo'ved the dairy…
The Morning BriefAI Gets Schooled
The tech world is divided on the progress of AI. Many have called for a pause on powerful AI systems, while others say such warnings are too alarmist. Max…
The Morning BriefE-20 Explained: The blender’s pride or bane?
As India begins its pilot of retailing E20 blended petrol - that is, 20% ethanol and 80% petrol What are the changes and challenges that vehicle owners and…
The Morning BriefWill music streaming platforms survive in India?
The Zee Music-Spotify squabble is the latest in a two-decade-long feud between powerful music producers and their broadcasters/streamers over issues such as…
The Morning BriefPatients Before Patents or Profits
A dose of success for patient rights in India as the Indian Patent Office rejected J&J’s application to extend its monopoly over selling miracle…
The Morning BriefAnil Agarwal's billion woes of Vedanta
Anil Agarwal's resource empire is facing yet another dilemma as Vedanta faces a payment calendar that may require some juggling. Dividend draining and…
The Morning BriefVocal for Local: The Booming Dubbing Industry
Dubbing has come a long way since its introduction in Western cinema, but after many years, we witnessed India and cinema in particular generating a fortune…
The Morning BriefThe DND Disaster: Why Spam Calls Just Won’t Stop!
A Do Not Disturb (DND) registry. Blockchain technology. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has made many attempts to curb the menace of pesky…
The Morning BriefCorporate Citizenship - The Marico Way
From being a family business of edible oils in 1971 to becoming a household brand name, Marico has scaled heights without compromising on governance. Host…
The Morning BriefThe Dating App Paradox: Low Success Rate, Booming Business
In a world where dating has progressed to the next level, meeting your romantic partner through an app is considered normal. While dating apps are thriving in…
The Morning BriefThe SVB Crisis: The Inside Track & Road Ahead
A regional bank in the United States sends ripples across global financial markets. Silicon Valley Bank the banking hub for startups not just in Palo Alto but…
The Morning BriefLufthansa CEO on its turnaround, India and Air India
German airline Lufthansa has been impacted by Covid before and more than most global carriers. It grounded planes, fired thousands of employees and lost…
The Morning BriefIndia’s Great Economic Divide Across Five Sectors
Post pandemic, there has been an unprecedented divergence in consumption patterns: the rich have been splurging on luxury cars, jets, gadgets and holidays. But…
The Morning BriefIndia’s First Lady of Forensics
The Morning Brief interviews India’s first woman forensic scientist Dr. Rukmani Krishnamurthy. Dr. Krishnamurthy was a feminist before feminism was a thing…
The Morning BriefRajiv Jain’s Adani Adventures
As Gautam Adani battled his worst crisis ever, one little known investor and his firm came to his rescue. Rajiv Jain’s GQG Partners last week laid a $1.87…
The Morning BriefBoard Games: India’s Latest Successful Startups
A new tribe of entrepreneurs is fast sprouting across the startup landscape: board game creators. India has a long history of board games. Their popularity…
The Morning BriefPCOS, the epidemic that needs immediate attention
India is facing a fresh health catastrophe, wrote ET’s pharma guru Vikas Dandekar in a recent article in ET Prime. 1 out of every 5 women in India is now…
The Morning BriefMarkets in March: Only fear and no greed
The global war on inflation is now attacking portfolios as the 6-month return on the Nifty turns negative. With the latest inflation data in the US igniting…
The Morning BriefAngel Tax, the demon that haunts startups
Will the angel tax be the death knell for startup funding? Host Mugdha Variyar explores this setback for startups as worry of valuations take centre stage. Who…
The Morning BriefLithium: India's Quest for White Gold
As the world goes greener, the love for lithium is growing at an unprecedented pace. What is this rare earth metal all about and why is it the new oil for the…
The Morning BriefCan Air India be an Emirates?
Will the biggest order of new passenger aircraft in history, put Air India on the runway for success? What does the mega buy mean for it as brand and network?…
The Morning BriefThe Business of Whiskey
What happens when the largest beer brewer in the world decides to launch its first-ever hard spirit-an American blended whiskey in India? AB InBev India, the…
The Morning BriefAre Startup Community Funding Platforms Gaming The System?
What are CSOPs and are crowdfunding platforms like Tyke in regulatory grey areas? With zero investor rights, minimal buyback obligations on companies and…
The Morning BriefDividends from Drones
Curious about the business of drones, TMB host Kiran Somvanshi visited the factory of IdeaForge, India’s largest drone makers. From being a futuristic idea to…
The Morning BriefMillet Mania
Millets, the ancient grain family of jowar, bajra and ragi, are making a comeback into India’s foodscape. They are in PM Narendra Modi's podcasts and FM…
The Morning BriefWhere does Gautam Adani Go From Here? Part 2
After pleasing, pleading, and then pausing, the Adani FPO frenzy has left investors confused and irate. Will this impact the growing diplomatic ties with UAE…
The Morning BriefWhere does Gautam Adani Go From Here? Part 1
The Adani Empire has seen $120 billion wiped from its value, post-Hindenburg allegations and a scrapped FPO what is the road ahead for the port-to-power…
The Morning BriefWorld Cancer Day: India’s Growing Cancer Bill
Host Kiran Somvanshi of The Economic Times paid a visit to the ground zero of cancer care in India - the Tata Memorial Centre - seeking to know how patient…
The Morning BriefAre we also living in a Joshimath?
What happens if you get to know your city is sinking due to unplanned infrastructure? This happened in Joshimath, Uttarakhand in the first week of January when…
The Morning BriefIndia's Decade: Can the Country Deliver on Its Promise?
The Economic Times in partnership with Deloitte hosted a CEO Roundtable to discuss 'India's Decade: Can the Country Deliver on Its Promise? on January 24 in…
The Morning BriefSaving Face On Social Media: The New Era of Brand Protection
The #BoycottBollywood movement; Tata-Air India peegate; Byju's Messi mess; Mamaearth's valuation conundrum: Brands big and small, old and new, have been caught…
The Morning BriefRoyalty Raj: HUL reopens Pandora's Box
For Indian investors, the question of MNCs raising royalties has always been contentious. Why is royalty due? And what amount is just? Does it have to happen…
The Morning BriefFiring or Hiring Squad: The Great Job Jolt
A bleak outlook for the world economy has compelled a number of IT companies and Wall Street giants to lay off employees across offices in different countries…
The Morning BriefThe Great Indian YouTube Thali
In 2021, 7.5 lakh employment was supported by YouTube's ecosystem, according to a recent Oxford study, the creative ecosystem contributed Rs 10,000 crores to…
The Morning BriefGaming Rules: Who is really being played?
The rules of the game are changing! Players of Rummy, Poker, Ludo and many other online games are now going to have a governing body but wait…it’s going to be…
The Morning BriefFrom Bite to Flight: Varun Berry’s Big Plans Ahead
Varun Berry, now steering a larger and crucial role at the Wadia empire, as Chairman of Go First Airline (formerly Go Air) and Vice chairman and MD of…
The Morning BriefA Foreign Degree Made In India
From Make in India to Educate in India, UGC has rolled out the red carpet for the likes of Harvard, Oxford, NUS to set up campuses in India but will it have…
The Morning BriefVodafone Idea: Any Idea Sirji?
Vodafone-Idea, one of the biggest telecom networks in India is going through challenging times. From a constant downfall of the network users to zero relief…
The Morning BriefMamaearth Maange More
Mamaearth’s potential IPO has created a social media furore, spreading from valuation worries to whiplash from startup IPOs. But what is beyond the allusive…
The Morning BriefThe Gig Economy Gets Grimmer
There will be over 2 crore gig workers by the end of this decade. But what are the conditions they work in? How do the platforms that rely on these gig workers…
The Morning BriefThe Chanda Kochhar Chronicles: CEO In Custody
CBI recently arrested the former MD and CEO of ICICI bank Chanda Kochhar and her husband businessman Deepak Kochhar for allegedly fraudulent granting of loans…
The Morning BriefTMB Rewind: 2022 News and Newsmakers
From Omicron to war in Ukraine, macro jitters to Musk's misadventures, from Adani's M&A spree to startup meltdown, team TMB deep dives together in this episode…
The Morning BriefDoes Infy Need A Gen Next Reboot?
As India's original startup turned 40, its founder and face NR Narayana Murthy said he wants to reverse its biggest unwritten rule of not allowing family into…
The Morning BriefBan vs Pause: The Plastic Dilemma
This month the Maharashtra government relaxed its almost non-existent four-year ban on single-use plastic. Using disposable items and containers made of…
The Morning BriefChatGPT Explained and Explored: The ABC of the New AI Rage
What is ChatGPT and what is behind its massive hype? How is it answering existential questions, writing love poems, articles, reports and even code? Is it a…
The Morning BriefBreathless Bharat: Air Pollution, a national crisis
Air pollution is no longer just a Delhi dilemma. With AQI dipping across there are pollution hotspots mushrooming across India. Are grey skies and itchy…
The Morning BriefRating The Raters
On 6th October, India’s capital markets regulator SEBI passed an order for the 17-year-old Brickwork Ratings to wind up its operations within six months which…
The Morning BriefKremlin & Crude: India's oil bill lower but fuel bills still running high
Russia continues to top India's list of oil importers for the second month in a row. Despite cheaper oil imports, the price at the pump is not coming down…
The Morning BriefWill the digital rupee gain currency in India?
The digital rupee or the e-rupee is the newest avatar of money. How does it work? What are its advantages for consumers? And what are the challenges? Host…
The Morning BriefGautam Adani: Dharavi's New Dada
Close to four decades in the making, the redevelopment of Asia's largest slum has got underway. Home for all vs new business district in making. Host Arijit…
The Morning BriefMaking India Inc Accessible
On the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities observed on the 3rd of December, Host Kiran Somvanshi speaks with corporate lawyer Amar…
The Morning BriefSurvivor Island: The Startup Finale, Downsizing to Down Rounds
As funding dries up and survival of the fittest mantra kicks in to the startup ecosystem the ‘winter’ is truly here. Big layoffs are the starting point but…
The Morning BriefFrom Bikaner to BSE: Snacking Away
From Bikaner to the BSE, ethnic snacks makers or the 'Bhujia billionaires' have raked in consistent revenues, rich valuations and created wealth out of namkeen…
The Morning BriefIndia vs Europe: Regulatory Rift
A European regulatory authority has decided to derecognize as many as six Indian clearing houses that settle trade for European banks like Deutsche Bank and…
The Morning BriefBusiness of Space
Two years after India's PM Narendra Modi welcomed private players into the space sector under the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan, Skyroot became the first private…
The Morning BriefData Protection Bill: Revamped to be simple or soft?
Digital Personal Data Protection bill after getting a full makeover is now open for public opinion for a month. Regulation, reach and results - does the…
The Morning BriefIndia plays bad cop to developed world at COP27
India has hit out at the developed nations for their hot air on addressing climate change. From calling for a phase down of all fossil fuels and not just coal…
The Morning BriefThe Hinduja hullabaloo
The Hinduja brothers, the richest in Britain, have always been an united front. But an inheritance battle has threatened to split the $14 billion empire wide…