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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 BriefOf Movements And Math
On the first day of Parliament’s Monsoon Session, two very different upheavals converged in Delhi. Outside Parliament, young protesters demanding…
The Morning BriefThe Future of Insurance in India | Sarbvir Singh of PB Fintech
India’s insurance industry is changing faster than ever. New regulations, 100% FDI, AI-powered underwriting, rising medical inflation and…
The Morning BriefET Deep Dive: The Pyramid Problem: Why AI Is Breaking Indian IT’s Winning Formula
Indian IT built its empire on one formula: throw armies of low-cost engineers at repeatable work, and scale relentlessly. That formula survived Y2K, the…
The Morning BriefSmart Glasses, Blind Spots: How Meta's Wearables Are Watching You
Virat Kohli's slick Oakley Meta ad made smart glasses look effortless. But behind the "Hey Meta" voice commands lies a growing privacy crisis. From Nairobi…
The Morning BriefWho Pays For Ethanol?
India rolled out E20 ethanol petrol five years ahead of schedule, and consumer complaints followed just as fast: mileage drops, rusted tanks, replaced parts…
The Morning BriefWhen Algorithms Push Harm, Who's Liable?
When a recommendation system pushes child sexual abuse material to a user, who answers for it: the algorithm or the company behind it? Host Anirban Chowdhury…
The Morning BriefET Deep Dive: Melting The Vault
Gold has always been India’s emotional anchor — heirlooms passed down for weddings, festivals, and hard times. But soaring prices are rewriting…
The Morning BriefWhy Every Influencer Has a Lawyer on Speed Dial
Influencer marketing has exploded into a serious revenue stream, but legal awareness hasn't kept pace. Hosts Anirban Chowdhury and Rajesh N Naidu speak to…
The Morning BriefWhy Foreign Money Loves Indian Debt, Not Stocks
Foreign capital is back in India — but not the way it used to be. In June, overseas funds poured a record Rs 41,773 crore into Indian government debt…
The Morning BriefET Deep Dive: The Water in the Vial
Five young mothers in Kota died within twelve days after a routine oxytocin shot. The vials meant to stop bleeding after childbirth had no drug in them at all…
The Morning BriefWhatsApp Users’ New Identity Crisis
The Indian government has issued a notice to Meta over WhatsApp’s planned username feature, warning that it could fuel impersonation and online fraud…
The Morning BriefThe Heat Dome Files: What Europe Can Learn From India
Europe's latest heatwave is expected to leave behind a staggering human toll. But beyond the immediate crisis, it is raising a broader question: are countries…
The Morning BriefTracxn Co-Founder on India’s Startup Paradox: More Money, Fewer Bets
India’s startup ecosystem is sending mixed signals. Funding deals are at a decade low, yet tech IPOs are breaking records. Investors are writing bigger…
The Morning BriefCorn Man: The Man Who Quietly Cornered Half of India's Popcorn Market
One in two popcorn kernels eaten in India comes from one man's farms. He built the crop from nothing, the processing plant that rivals anything in North…
The Morning BriefET Deep Dive: Can India’s Firecracker Capital Go Global?
Nestled in Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu, Sivakasi is India’s undisputed firecracker capital. What began as a humble cottage industry thrived in…
The Morning BriefCan Regional Aviation Finally Take Off In India?
For decades, regional aviation in India has been a story of false starts, grounded ambitions and struggling airlines. But that may finally be changing. India…
The Morning BriefDr Ramakanta Panda On Why Bankers, Techies Are Most Susceptible To Heart Disease
Eighty percent of Dr Ramakanta Panda's young cardiac patients — below 35, below 40 — work in IT or finance. Late nights, processed food, 2 AM…
The Morning BriefJio’s Historic IPO and Next Act
Jio Platforms is set to file what could be India's largest-ever IPO. But the story goes far beyond the listing. Senior telecom consultant Kalyan Parbat joins…
The Morning BriefET Deep Dive: The DNA Fix
A revolution is underway in cancer diagnosis. A gene-based test called next-generation sequencing can identify precise mutations in a patient’s DNA…
The Morning BriefAI Studios: The New Entertainment Frontier
India's media and entertainment industry is actively exploring new frontiers in AI. From JioHotstar's dedicated AI content division to Kishore Lulla's $150…
The Morning BriefMythos Blocked: When AI Becomes a Weapon of State
On June 12, the US government forced Anthropic to shut off its most powerful AI models Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for every foreign national on earth, citing…
The Morning BriefKilled in America’s War: The Indian Sailors Nobody Apologised For
Three Indian mariners are dead, killed by US Navy strikes on a commercial tanker in the Gulf of Oman. Host Anirban Chowdhury talks to Abhijit Singh, a retired…
The Morning BriefET Deep Dive: Hills of Brew
From the hills of Nagaland, once rattled by insurgency, comes an unlikely revolution — specialty coffee. In this episode of ET Deep Dive, we trace how a…
The Morning BriefHow Long Should You Stay in an SIP?
Every month, millions of Indians put money into mutual funds through SIPs without really knowing how long to stay invested or what happens when markets crash…
The Morning BriefRBI's Rupee Rx
The rupee has been on a sharp slide, moving from 90 to nearly 97 in just a few months. On Friday, the RBI stepped in with two major measures a concessional…
The Morning BriefThe Gold That Wasn't There: Inside SEBI's Case Against Rajesh Exports
SEBI has accused Rajesh Exports and its promoter Rajesh Mehta of one of India's most brazen alleged financial frauds — inflating revenues by fifteen lakh…
The Morning BriefZia Mody On Law, Legacy and Leadership
She walked into the courtroom with no playbook and built an empire anyway. Host Maulik Vyas talks to one of India's most formidable legal minds Co-Founder &…
The Morning BriefET Deep Dive: Lock, Stock and Worry
India's locker economy is booming — and buckling. Bank vaults remain the default choice for storing gold, heirlooms and family documents, but chronic…
The Morning BriefAnthropic Goes Public: Can Markets Justify a $1 Trillion Value?
As Anthropic files confidentially for an IPO with a reported valuation nearing $1 trillion, markets are watching closely. Host Anirban Chowdhury talks to…
The Morning BriefHabil Khorakiwala on India's First FDA-Approved Antibiotic.
Wockhardt's FDA approval of Zaynich marks a historic first, the only drug entirely discovered and developed by an Indian company to clear US-FDA scrutiny…
The Morning BriefFour Economists on ‘Will The Rupee Cross 100 To The Dollar?
The rupee has briefly touched an all-time low of 96.96 in May. Is the psychological 100-to-the-dollar mark now inevitable? In this episode of The Morning…
The Morning BriefJio Studios’ Dream To Be Part of a Global $100B Industry
What does it take to back India's highest-grossing films three years in a row? Host Anirban Chowdhury and ET’s film journalist and critic Rajesh N Naidu…
The Morning BriefET Deep Dive: Operation Octopus
Operation Octopus is Hyderabad Police’s ambitious multi-phase crackdown on the infrastructure behind cyber fraud — not just the small fish, but the…
The Morning BriefWhy Doesn't India Know What To Do With Its Stray Dogs?
India has 80 million stray dogs and accounts for 30 percent of the world's rabies deaths. The Supreme Court's latest judgment proposes capturing and relocating…
The Morning BriefPhysical AI Is Here. So Are The Data Collection Risks
Physical AI is being seen as the next frontier of artificial intelligence. Not AI that lives on screens. But AI that can navigate and operate in the real world…
The Morning BriefCockroach Janta Party: Did a Meme Just Become a Movement?
When the Chief Justice of India Surya Kant called young professionals “cockroaches,” he likely didn’t anticipate a political uprising on…
The Morning BriefET Deep Dive: How PE Firms Are Taking Over Heathcare in Kerala
Kerala has long been India’s healthcare model — high literacy, strong outcomes, a diaspora that pays for quality care. Now, private equity giants…
The Morning BriefCorner Office Conversation: HP India MD Ipsita Dasgupta on AI PCs & Creator Economy
HP’s MD and SVP for India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka Ipsita Dasgupta joins ET’s Anirban Chowdhury in the latest Corner Office Conversation to…
The Morning BriefTCS Nashik, NCW's Findings & The POSH Failure
The TCS Nashik case has become one of the most disturbing workplace harassment scandals in India’s recent corporate history. The NCW’s findings…
The Morning BriefMangonomics
India grows 40% of the world’s mangoes. Yet exports less than 1%. So where does the rest go? In this episode of The Morning Brief, Anirban Chowdhury and…
The Morning BriefCorner Office Conversation: Dara Khosrowshahi—India To Be Uber’s No. 1 Market
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says India could become Uber’s largest market globally over the next decade and on whether he is open to a partnership with…
The Morning BriefQuantum City
Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh's under-construction capital, is still a landscape of earthmovers and iron poles — but its Quantum Valley is already drawing…
The Morning BriefCan Bollywood's Big Boys Play The Microdrama Game?
India's biggest production houses are moving into micro-drama — but entering a format is very different from mastering it. In this episode of The Morning…
The Morning BriefCan Modi Halt India’s Gold Rush?
When a Prime Minister asks a billion people to stop buying gold, something has already broken. In this episode of The Morning Brief, host Anirban Chowdhury…
The Morning BriefParachute to Popcorn: Marico CEO on Acquisitions, Ambition & Attrition
Marico went on a shopping spree — three deals, 700 crores, three weeks. But is it swiftly reinventing itself for the TikTok generation, or a legacy FMCG…
The Morning BriefThe Chinese Cancer Fix
A quiet revolution is underway in Indian oncology. Chinese-origin cancer drugs, brought to India through a growing number of pharma partnerships, are…
The Morning BriefMythos and the New AI Cyber Panic
When an AI system can autonomously find and exploit vulnerabilities at scale — who controls the risk? In this episode of The Morning Brief, host Anirban…
The Morning BriefIndia's Biggest Trade Partner Is China. Now what?
China just surpassed the US as India's largest trading partner, with bilateral trade hitting $151 billion and a trade deficit that has ballooned to an all-time…
The Morning BriefPolls on my Pod: Bengal Flips, Vijay Disrupts, Kerala Resets
A political script has been torn up across India’s key states. Tamil Nadu sees actor Vijay’s TVK disrupt decades of Dravidian dominance. West…
The Morning BriefHow Guneet Monga Rewrote Bollywood's Rules and Won an Oscar Doing It
She grew up navigating a war zone of a family home, arrived in Bombay with ₹50 lakhs borrowed from a neighbour, and watched her debut film get pulled from…
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Guns, Glamour & Girl Bosses
She’s dressed in designer labels at a high-profile party. She runs a beauty parlour in northeast Delhi. She has a pistol in one hand and a social media…
The Morning BriefAAP’s Breaking Point: The Exit of Seven
Seven Rajya Sabha MPs quitting together is a structural rupture inside Aam Aadmi Party. From Raghav Chadha’s distancing to the exit of key organisational…
The Morning BriefSun–Organon: The scope, risks, and future of India's biggest pharma deal
India's largest drugmaker, Sun Pharma, has announced the acquisition of US-based Organon in a landmark $11.75 billion all-cash deal, the biggest overseas…
The Morning BriefPolls On My Pod: Fish, Faith & the SIR Fear: Can Mamata Hold Bengal?
West Bengal's 2026 elections should be a contest of ideas but on the ground, something far darker is unfolding. What emerges from ground reporting is not…
The Morning BriefET Deep Dive: Swipe Left on Reality
Online dating has always been a grueling hustle, but a new, invisible third wheel has entered the chat: Artificial Intelligence. In this episode of ET Deep…
The Morning BriefPolls On My Pod: TN and the Thalapathy Factor
Tamil Nadu heads to the polls with its familiar two-party battle DMK vs AIADMK facing an unprecedented challenge. Actor-turned-politician Vijay and his party…
The Morning BriefIndia's Medical Tourism Slips Off the Table
India's medical tourism industry is in a quiet downturn. Foreign patient arrivals have fallen roughly a third since 2019 from nearly 700,000 visitors to around…
The Morning BriefET Deep Dive: The Van That Ate the SUV
India's wealthy are quietly trading flash for function. The luxury MPV — long dismissed as a hotel shuttle or family hauler — has become the…
The Morning BriefThe Delimitation Trap
The government has just hit the ultimate political reset button, and the electoral math is ruthless. By tethering the historic 33% Women’s Reservation…
The Morning BriefQuantum Leap: India’s Amaravati Bet
Quantum computing is here — and it's reshaping the global technology order faster than most realise. India is making its boldest move yet with a…