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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 BriefCorner Office Conversation with Elizabeth Reid, Head of Search, Google
Elizabeth Reid is one of Google’s most powerful women. She also has one of its most challenging jobs. At a time when AI is reshaping how people seek…
The Morning BriefIndia's Big Indic Data Chase
A quiet race is on to give India its own AI voice. From call-centre automation to defence and legal systems, Abhishek Upperwal of Soket Labs and journalist…
The Morning BriefAre We Going Back to Gold Standards?
What happens when gold, long seen as a timeless store of value, begins to redefine its place in global finance? In this episode of The Morning Brief, host…
The Morning BriefTrump’s $100k H-1B Fee and the New Age of Migration Controls
Donald Trump’s sudden $100,000 H-1B visa fee has shaken the U.S. tech landscape and left Indian IT giants scrambling. With renewals, contracts, and…
The Morning BriefFed’s Latest: Rate Cut Rally or Dead Cat Bounce?
The US Federal Reserve has delivered its first rate cut since December 2024, trimming the benchmark rate by 25 basis points and hinting at two more cuts this…
The Morning BriefReliance’s AI Playbook
Reliance is making its boldest leap yet into artificial intelligence. Backed by gigawatt-scale data centres, alliances with global giants like Nvidia, Google…
The Morning BriefChip Dreams Vs Pachyderms: Tata’s Elephant Problem
India’s semiconductor dream is taking shape in Assam, where Tata Electronics is building a ₹27,000 crore chip assembly and testing facility. But this…
The Morning BriefCorner Office Conversation with SAP Labs India MD Sindhu Gangadharan
In this episode of Corner Office Conversation, we sit down with Sindhu Gangadharan, Managing Director of SAP Labs India and Chairperson of NASSCOM. From being…
The Morning BriefHow Nepal’s GenZ Torched its Govt
Nepal’s GenZ has torched, overthrown and reformed its government. On September 9, tens of thousands of young Nepalis poured into the streets. What began…
The Morning BriefWill GST-Free Insurance Truly Cut Your Premiums?
India’s insurance sector is at a turning point with the government scrapping the 18% GST on health and life insurance premiums from September 22…
The Morning BriefWhy Is India Still Buying Russian Oil?
Three years after the Ukraine war began, India has become one of Russia’s largest oil customers. From negligible imports before 2022, Russian crude now…
The Morning BriefNextGen GST: A Conversation Beyond Cheaper Goods
India’s biggest GST shake-up since 2017 is here. The new structure with just two slabs 5% and 18% plus a steep 40% for sin and luxury goods, promises…
The Morning BriefET World Leaders Forum: Rajat Taneja on Visa’s Credit Card Crossover
At the ET World Leaders Forum 2025, Archana Rai, Economic Times’, Editor, South speaks with Rajat Taneja, President Technology at Visa, about how India…
The Morning BriefOf Dragons and Elephants: Modi–Xi in Focus
What happens when two of the world’s most populous nations attempt to reset ties amidst a multipolar order? In this episode of The Morning Brief, host…
The Morning BriefTMB at 800!
800 episodes strong! The Morning Brief isn’t just a podcast—it’s your morning essential for sharp insights, credible voices, and…
The Morning BriefCorner Office Conversation with Vipul Parekh, Co - Founder of BigBasket
In this episode of Corner Office Conversations, host Ratna Bhushan sits down with Vipul Parekh, co-founder of BigBasket, to discuss how India’s leading…
The Morning BriefSouth Capital: The Big Takeaways
Over the last five weeks, The Morning Brief explored the investment stories shaping southern India through exclusive conversations with senior ministers from…
The Morning BriefHow AI is Rewriting Cinema Part 2
Artificial Intelligence is no longer just a buzzword in film editing rooms — it is beginning to script, generate, and even direct visual storytelling. In…
The Morning BriefBan and Boost? Explaining The Online Gaming Law
India’s Online Gaming law, 2025 has jolted the country’s fast-growing gaming industry. The law bans real-money games while promoting e-sports and…
The Morning BriefSouth Capital: TN’s Playbook of Distrubuted Growth
In this episode of South Capital, the focus is on Tamil Nadu, India's manufacturing powerhouse and one of its most industrialized states. Known as the…
The Morning BriefRare Earths to Rx: Explaining the India-China Reset
For months, India has felt the squeeze of China’s export chokehold on rare earth magnets vital for EVs, fertilizers key to food security, and raw…
The Morning BriefIndia’s Setting New Rules for the Digital Space, but Why?
Another week, another rulebook for India’s digital economy this time, a competition code. The Digital Competition Bill (DCB) would flip enforcement from…
The Morning BriefCorner Office Conversation with Naveen Tewari, founder and CEO of InMobi and Glance
Naveen Tewari thrives on pivots and preempting market demand before it becomes obvious to everyone else. In this deep-dive with the founder and CEO of InMobi…
The Morning BriefSouth Capital: Telangana’s Push for Mini-Hyderabads
Telangana, India’s youngest state, is charting an ambitious path to become a trillion-dollar economy by leveraging its strengths in technology, AI, and…
The Morning BriefText-to-Theater? How AI is Rewriting Cinema Part 1
AI in films is no longer a fringe experiment. It moved from a backstage assistant to calling the shots. In three years, Gen AI models have evolved from…
The Morning BriefBig Money’s Mood Swings: Explaining the FII Flight
In this episode, we dive into why foreign investors have been quietly pulling billions out of India’s stock markets even as they talk up the…
The Morning BriefSouth Capital: Karnataka Grows Beyond Bengaluru
Karnataka drives 65% of India’s aerospace and defence output, over half of its machine tools, and 60% of its biotech exports but much of that growth is…
The Morning BriefRam Madhvani on Blending VR, AI and Bharat
Virtual Reality in India has long been seen as a futuristic gaming gimmick flashy, expensive, and niche. But that’s changing. Host Anirban Chowdhury and…
The Morning BriefUS’ Tariff Blow: What can India Do?
What happens when economic friction between two global partners sparks deeper strategic questions? In this episode of The Morning Brief, host Anirban Chowdhury…
The Morning BriefCorner Office Conversation with The New Leaders of Indian Pharma
India’s pharma sector is at a turning point transitioning from a global generics powerhouse to a serious contender in biotech and innovation. In this…
The Morning BriefSouth Capital: Kerala Rising
Kerala, India’s smallest southern state by area, is often celebrated for its pioneering “Kerala Model,” where social progress laid the…
The Morning BriefThe Anil Ambani Annals
Once valued at over ₹1 lakh crore, Anil Ambani’s Reliance ADAG group is now facing one of its biggest reckonings. The Enforcement Directorate has…
The Morning BriefFuture Ready or Ruthless: Explaining TCS' Mass Layoffs
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is set to lay off around 12,000 employees, its biggest workforce reduction to date. While the move might seem driven by…
The Morning BriefSouth Capital: Andhra Pradesh’s Comeback
When Tamil Nadu claimed the title of “India’s No. 1” in economic growth, Andhra Pradesh hit back with a sharp, self-aware message: “We…
The Morning BriefTwo Entrepreneurs are Helping Create Nonprofit Unicorns
What if the next billion-dollar idea wasn’t about making money but about making a difference? In this episode, host Anirban Chowdhury sits down with…
The Morning BriefWhy are Consumer Co CEOs Losing Their Jobs?
It’s been a turbulent fortnight for corporate leadership, with sudden CEO exits at companies like HUL, Coca Cola bottler HCCB, L’Oréal…
The Morning BriefCorner Office Conversation with Pawan Goenka, Chairman, IN-SPACe
India is not just watching the space race — it’s entering the arena with serious firepower. In this Corner Office Conversation, hosts Anirban…
The Morning BriefBrandalore Rising!
Bengaluru is rapidly emerging as India’s new advertising epicenter, challenging the long-standing reign of Mumbai and Delhi. What’s driving this…
The Morning BriefInspiration vs Appropriation: Why Global Fashion Still Doesn’t Credit Indian Craft
India’s aesthetic legacy is lighting up luxury runways across Paris and Milan from Louis Vuitton’s “Voyage to India” to Prada’s…
The Morning BriefThe Curious Case of HUL’s CEO Shuffle
What happens when a global FMCG giant hits pause on its playbook and places a bold new bet on leadership? In this episode of The Morning Brief, host Ratna…
The Morning BriefCorner Office Conversation: Cognizant CEO Ravi Kumar S on its AI Playbook
What happens when 20% of your code is written by machines? In this Corner Office Conversation, host Anirban Chowdhury speaks to Ravi Kumar, CEO at Cognizant…
The Morning BriefBihar’s Contentious Voter List Shake-up
A sweeping revision of Bihar’s voter list has stirred debate. The Election Commission’s first Special Intensive Revision in over 20 years demands…
The Morning BriefNightmare on Jane Street
In a significant development, SEBI has barred Jane Street, one of the world’s leading proprietary trading firms, from participating in Indian markets…
The Morning BriefUnseen, Unpaid, Undervalued: The Reality of Women’s Work
Women regardless of privilege or education continue to shoulder the invisible burden of caregiving and domestic work. They may appear independent and empowered…
The Morning BriefThe Labubu Lowdown
Labubu, the “cute but creepy” character from The Monsters series by Hong Kong artist Kasing Lung, has taken over the world….and now India…
The Morning BriefCorner Office Conversation with Amitabh Chaudhry, MD & CEO of Axis Bank
Axis Bank, MD & CEO Amitabh Chaudhry sits down with ET’s Saloni Shukla and banking editor Sangita Mehta for an unfiltered conversation on growth…
The Morning BriefShared Space: Kamna Shukla on Shubhanshu Shukla
As India sends Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla into orbit on the Axiom-4 mission, we pause to meet his biggest cheerleader and strongest support system. Dr…
The Morning BriefThe Conflict that Just Doesn't End
What happens when long-simmering tensions between two regional powers erupt into a flashpoint for global concern? In this episode of The Morning Brief, host…
The Morning BriefAAIB’s Ex Chief on Air Crashes, Crack Teams and Challenges
An Air India flight took off on June 12 and within seconds, it became one of the deadliest air crashes in recent memory. Only one of the 242 people aboard…
The Morning BriefAir India: Reboot or Relapse?
Seconds after taking off from Ahmedabad en route to London, Air India flight AI171 crashed, killing 241 of 242 people onboard, marking India’s worst…
The Morning BriefIndia’s Rare Earth Reckoning
As rare earth shortages disrupt global manufacturing, India’s auto sector is feeling the crunch. In this episode of The Morning Brief, hosts Anirban…
The Morning BriefCorner Office Conversation with John Pearson, CEO, DHL Express
DHL Express, has made a strategic turnaround in the last 15 years to become a key revenue driver for the DHL Group. At the helm is its CEO John Pearson, a 40…
The Morning BriefHealth Hazards in your Grocery Bag
A bottle of mango lassi, neatly sealed and within its expiry date, erupts like a shaken soda—over-fermented and undrinkable. Delivered in 10 minutes from…
The Morning BriefBoardrooms and Bloodlines: How Small Family Businesses are Planning Succession
For decades, Indian family businesses have operated on trust, tradition, and unwritten rules. But as generational transitions approach, and as businesses scale…
The Morning BriefCorner Office Conversation with Yannick Bolloré, Havas Group Chairman & CEO
Havas Group, the world’s fifth-largest advertising network, counts India as one of its most successful markets. In this special Corner Office…
The Morning BriefTrump vs Harvard: India Impact
The Trump-Harvard tussle over international students has aspirants and their parents in a bind. In this episode of The Morning Brief, host Prachi Verma…
The Morning BriefPatrick McGee on the Apple-China Toxic Nexus and Where India Stands
From Steve Jobs’s design obsession to Cold War-like entanglements in China, Apple’s supply chain story is as much geopolitical as it is…
The Morning BriefMalta Malfunction: The Rich Hit a Border Wall
Malta’s golden passport scheme once ranked #1 globally for citizenship-by-investment has been declared a violation of EU law by the European Court of…
The Morning BriefExplaining India’s Record FDI Freefall
India has recently witnessed a dramatic decline in net Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), sparking concerns across economic and policy circles. In this episode…
The Morning BriefWhy PVR sued Bollywood’s Most Successful Producer
Today we break down the big clash between PVR Inox, India’s largest cinema chain, and Maddock Films, the production house behind the Stree franchise…