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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...

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 Manager...

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,...

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.  H...

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 he...

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...

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. Tune in to BL Podcast for more such stories. -----...

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 gami...

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 j...

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...

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...

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 avenue...

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 W...

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 h...

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. Listen in! Read the full story he...

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...

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 Agreeme...

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.  Listen...

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 P...

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. Listen in. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters....

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 linki...

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 t...

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 reservati...

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 c...

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...