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The Core Report
Every Monday to Saturday, tune in as financial journalist and host Govindraj Ethiraj gives you the latest news in business, economy and technology
Episodes
The Core Report#071 India Joins The Global Manufacturing Subsidy Race
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to aviation writer and The Core Consulting Editor Anjuli Bhargava.SHOW NOTES[00:55] India…
The Core Report#070 Private Banks And Their Customers Grapple With Massive Attrition
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Rajkamal Vempati, Head of Human Resources at Axis BankSHOW NOTES[00:55] Shooting Inflation…
The Core Report#069 How To Create A Blooming Flower Business with Vikaas Gutgutia
On this episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Vikaas Gutgutia, Founder and Managing Director of Ferns N Petals, India's Biggest Gifting…
The Core Report#068 The RBI Does A Sleight Of Hand
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Dr Brinda Jagirdar, well known economist, director on IDFC Bank and former State Bank Head…
The Core Report#067 The Reserve Bank Must Address Food Inflation
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Pushan Sharma, Director of Research at CRISIL as well as Pramath Raj Sinha, former McKinsey…
The Core Report#066 Wheat Prices Swing Up To A Six Month High
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Manish Raj Singhania, President of the Federation of Auto Dealers in India and also…
The Core Report#065 It's A Bull Market And A Frenzied Bull Market
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to ICICI Securities Equity Strategist Vinod Karki as well as Sanjay Agarwal, President of…
The Core Report#064 Reliance Sets ESG Targets In Its Annual Report
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Ashok K Bhattacharya or AKB, the Editorial Director for the Business Standard and columnist…
The Core Report#063 India's Export Challenges: Policy Reforms & Growth Prospects with Arvind Panagariya
On this episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Economist Arvind Panagariya. He is the Jagdish Bhagwati Professor of Indian Political Economy…
The Core Report#062 Markets Have Fallen 1200 Points In Two Days
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Pankaj Mohindroo, Chairman of the Indian Cellular and Electronics Association as well as…
The Core Report#061 America Is Hit With A Ratings Downgrade
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Sujan Hajra, Chief Economist & Executive Director at Mumbai-based Anand Rathi…
The Core Report#060 Goods And Service Tax Collections Top ₹1,65,000 Crore
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Dinesh Kanabar, founder & CEO of tax firm Dhruva Advisors as well as Gautam Chikermane Vice…
The Core Report#059 India Has A Looming Exports Challenge That Is Much Closer To Home Than We Think
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Crisil chief economist D K Joshi, independent research analyst specialising in banking and…
The Core Report#058 The India Semiconductor Race Gathers Pace as AMD Announces $400 Million Investment
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Murali Neelakantan, Principal Lawyer at amicus and earlier global general counsel with…
The Core Report#057 In India 136 Million People Are Pre-Diabetic. Should You Be Worried? with Dr. R M Anjana
On this episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Dr. R.M. Anjana, Managing Director of Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre, a WHO…
The Core Report#056 US Economy Smashes Forecasts, Dow Has Longest Run in 36 Years
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Mayur Karmarkar, head of the International Copper Alliance India, Krishnan ASV, BFSI Lead…
The Core Report#055 Rice Prices Rise Globally After India Stops Export Of Non-Basmati Rice
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to veteran market analyst Ambareesh Baliga, Chief Economist at rating agency Crisil DK Joshi…
The Core Report#054 Venture Fund Says Will Work With The Govt To Uphold Shareholders Interests in Byju’s
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Vice President of Research at Dolat Capital Rahul Jain, well known film trade analyst Komal…
The Core Report#053 Tesla To Start Negotiations With The Indian Government To Make A ₹20 Lakh Car
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Anuj Puri, Chairman of Anarock Group as well as B V Krishna Rao, President of the Rice…
The Core Report#052 India’s Results Season Picks Up, Banks Beat Estimates, IT Companies Fall Behind
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Siraj Hussain, former Agricultural Secretary to the Government of India and now advisor to…
The Core Report#051 India’s Best Finance Ministers In The Early Years with AK Bhattacharya
On this episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to A K Bhattacharya, an economic journalist who has worked in the industry for more than four…
The Core Report#050 Mukesh Ambani’s Jio Financial Begins On A $20 Billion Wicket
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Deven Choksey, MD and Chairman of DRChoksey FinServ as well as climate scientist Dr…
The Core Report#049 Tatas To Set Up $5.2 Billion Gigafactory In The UK
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Aniket Dani, a Director of Research at rating agency CRISIL as well as Rajesh Menon…
The Core Report#048 Gautam Adani Comes Out Agressively In An Address To Shareholders
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Prashanth Agarwal, Partner, Indirect Tax at tax firm PwC.SHOW NOTES[00:55] Gautam Adani…
The Core Report#047 US Exchange Traded Funds Are Investing 3 Times As Much In India vs China
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Prakash Diwan, market veteran and director of Altamount Capital Management, as well as…
The Core Report#046 Streetside Pharmacies Are Fighting Online Upstarts
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Atul Chaturvedi, Chairman of Sri Renuka Sugars and President of the Asian Palm Oil Alliance…
The Core Report#045 Big Growth, Big Capital? Insights From ‘Startups to Proficorns’ with Rajesh Jain
On this episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Rajesh Jain, a technology entrepreneur and pioneer in Asia’s dotcom revolution, and someone…
The Core Report#044 Are The Stock Markets Taking A Break From Their Rapid Rise?
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Neil Shah, Vice President of Counterpoint Research.SHOW NOTES[00:55] Are The Stock Markets…
The Core Report#043 TCS Kicks Off The Big Result Announcements Season By Beating Estimates
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to CRISIL Chief Economist D K Joshi, Dinesh Kanabar, leading tax expert and CEO of Dhruva…
The Core Report#042 Why Byju’s Promoters Must Step Aside and Back
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Vinod Karki, Equity Strategist at institutional broker ICICI Securities as well as Manu…
The Core Report#041 Prices of Expensive Diabetes Drugs Are Falling And More Manufacturers Are Rushing In
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Sheetal Sapale, VP Commercial at PharmarackSHOW NOTES[00:51] Taiwan’s Foxconn formally…
The Core Report#040 India’s New Super Rich Will Increasingly Come From Rural India
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Dr Rajesh Shukla, CEO of People’s Research on India’s Consumer Economy (PRICE), as well as…
The Core Report#039 Understanding AI: Is My Job Safe? with Arun Sundararajan
On this episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Arun Sundararajan, Harold Price Professor of Entrepreneurship and Professor of Technology…
The Core Report#038 India’s Latest Big Bang Electronics Projects, Where Will They Land?
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Neil Shah, Vice President at Counterpoint Research.SHOW NOTES[00:56] Tata Steel sacks 38…
The Core Report#037 Hero vs Bajaj vs Enfield, India’s Big Three Way Bike Battle
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Viral Desai, Senior Executive Director at Knight Frank, estate agency, residential and…
The Core Report#036 Are India’s Business Owners Paying Themselves Too Much?
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Hetal Dalal, Institutional Investor Advisory Services (IIAS) President and COO as well as…
The Core Report#035 India Inc Is Having Its Best Days But India’s MSMEs Struggle
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Crisil’s Director of Research Pushan Sharma.SHOW NOTES[01:00] India Inc is having it’s best…
The Core Report#034 Three from HDFC’s Top Brass Are Gone. What Will The Bank's New Culture Be Like?
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to M B Mahesh, Director at Kotak Securities.SHOW NOTES[00:51] Three of HDFC’s Top Brass Are…
The Core Report#033 Real Estate Revival: Changing Trends with Anuj Puri
On this Weekend Edition, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Anuj Puri, Real Estate Entrepreneur and Chairman at ANAROCK Property Consultants…
The Core Report#032 Mumbai Has More ₹100 Crore House Deals Than Ever Before
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Anuj Puri, Real Estate Entrepreneur and Chairman at ANAROCK Property Consultants Private…
The Core Report#031 India Has Big Manufacturing Plans. How Prepared Is Our Infrastructure?
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Vinayak Chatterjee, co-founder of Feedback Infra, a leading authority on infrastructure…
The Core Report#030 Finance Giants HDFC-HDFC Bank Merge From July 1
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks about:[00:46] The Real Bombay Club of Finance Giants: Notes from a HDFC - HDFC Bank…
The Core Report#029 Why Are Byju’s Directors Running Away?
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Sharon Buteau, Executive Director at LEAD at Krea University (an action-oriented research…
The Core Report#028 What Indian Companies Could Do For America
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Manjeet Kripalani, Executive Director of Gateway House (which works at the convergence of…
The Core Report#027 Navigating India's Cold Chain Industry with Sunil Nair
On this Weekend Edition of The Core Report, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Sunil Nair, CEO of Snowman Logistics Limited. With Snowman as…
The Core Report#026 It’s Elon Musk And Sunil Mittal vs Ambani, In A 3-Way Corporate Battle
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Sunil Nair, CEO of Snowman Logistics, as well as Madan Sabnavis, Chief Economist at Bank of…
The Core Report#025 What Could Tesla Really Bring To India?
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to G Chokkalingam, founder of Equinomics Research as well as Kapil Kaul, CEO and Director of…
The Core Report#024 Google Set To Follow Apple into India For Phone Manufacture
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks about Google setting up phone manufacturing in India, the impact of Heatwaves on the Indian…
The Core Report#023 Indigo's Biggest Single Purchase Agreement In Aviation History
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Nikunj Sanghi, former president of the Federation of Auto Dealers of India as well as…
The Core Report#022 Why Indian Companies Are Paying Higher Taxes To The Govt
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Sujan Hajra, Executive Director and Chief Economist at stockbroking firm Anand Rathi as…
The Core Report#021 India’s Exports Decline For 4th Month In A Row As A Global Economy Slowdown Takes Grip
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Ajay Sahai, CEO of the Federation of Indian Export Organisations as well as Ajai Chowdhry…
The Core Report#020 Morgan Stanley Says India’s Lesser Noticed Earnings Growth Will Power Markets In Next 2 Years
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Kapil Kaul, CEO of airline consulting and research firm CAPA India.SHOW NOTES[01:00] Morgan…
The Core Report#019 Augmentin, India's Top Selling Drug
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Sheetal Sapale, vice president at integrated healthcare technology platform Pharmarack as…
The Core Report#018 Goldman Sachs Slashes Global Oil Price Outlook For The 3rd Time As Inflation Cools In India
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Sydney-based Peter McGuire, CEO of broking and research platform XM Australia or…
The Core Report#017 Rating Agency Moody’s Puts A Dampener On India And The RBI’s Growth Numbers
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Dr. Arunabha Ghosh, Founder-CEO of the Council for Energy, Environment and Water…
The Core Report#016 Interest Rates Are On Pause, So Are Increases On Your Home Loans
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Dr. Brinda Jagirdar, independent consulting economist and independent director on the board…
The Core Report#015 Foreign Airlines Like Emirates Are Pleading For More Capacity Into India But The Government Says No
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Kapil Kaul, CEO and Director of CAPA India.[00:55] Credit policy is coming up. Will…
The Core Report#014 Indian Inc Is Holding Strong In Revenues And Profits, Latest Results Show
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Bank of Baroda Chief Economist Madan Sabnavis, as well as Deepak Shenoy, founder and CEO of…
The Core Report#013 India Has Produced Some Of The World’s Best Performing Stocks In The Last Two Decades: Goldman Sachs
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Anil Agrawal former IPS official and former Additional Secretary, Department of Promotion…
The Core Report#012 India’s Manufacturing Incentives Are Not Working Like They Should
On today’s episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Murali Neelakantan, a lawyer who has worked as global general counsel with brands like…