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The Banaskantha District Cooperative Milk Producers' Union (Banas Dairy)'s potatoes are going to be shipped all over the world soon! The dairy cooperative will ship the first export consignment of Amul frozen french fries, which were produced at its newly-commissioned potato processing plant in Banaskantha, district next month. This is the first export consignment from the dairy's own plant. Rutam...

When one thinks of investing, they may look at a variety of options like opening a fixed deposit account, investing in the shares of a big company such as Reliance, or investing in gold, silver, precious metals, or putting money in mutual funds. But there is more to investing than just this. What are some of the factors that one needs to look out for while investing? Kumar Shankar Roy explains. --...

Since market regulator SEBI has placed restrictions on fresh investments in international mutual funds, investors who may want to average their holdings post high drawdowns in US markets are left in a bind. What are your options for directly investing, whether you want to average your existing ETF investments or start investing afresh? Tune in to this podcast to understand the process and routes a...

Twitter is back in the news for its clash with the Indian government. When the Indian governments claims that Twitter has not removed the tweets that are against the IT act, Twitter says removing those would be violating the right to freedom of speech and expression guaranteed under the Indian Constitution. Now, Twitter has moved the High Court of Karnataka on this matter. Know more about the cont...

Kumar Shankar Roy and Hari Viswanath discuss the road ahead for markets and whether or not central banks can provide solace sometime in the near future. Listen in! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/business-line/message

Dentsu Creative India’s chiefs Amit Wadhwa and Ajay Gahlaut talk to Business Line’s Chitra Narayanan about their historic outing at Cannes, the French resort town, where the International Festival of Creativity is held every year.  Indian advertising agencies had a great outing at the event, bagging 47 medals in all, while Dentsu Creative India bagged the Agency of the Year award, the first time t...

In the recently concluded G-7 summit, the leaders talked about several issues, but the Russian war in Ukraine and China were the main focal points. In this podcast, Nabodita Ganguly takes a look at the steps the G-7 grouping are taking to counter the threat posed by Russia’s aggression and China’s growing political and economic clout. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod...

As of March 2021, the amount lying unclaimed with mutual funds was a whopping ₹ 1,590 crore. To address this issue, market regulator SEBI recently came up with circular specifying new norms regarding the mutual fund nomination process and aimed to standardise the process. Tune in to this podcast to understand the basics of nomination and its importance. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcast...

The Modi government's decision to reform the recruitment process for the armed forces has come under immense criticism. Under the scheme, named Agnipath, members of the armed forces and non-officer cadre will be hired on a four-year contractual basis. There have been several protests against the schemes and many, like the protest at the Secunderabad Railway Station, have turned violent. The Opposi...

Intel has been betting big on artificial intelligence (AI) to transform lives across societies and has set itself the target of working with 30,000 institutions across 30 countries to empower 30 million people for current and future jobs by 2030. Shweta Khurana, Senior Director, Asia Pacific and Japan, Government Partnerships and Initiatives, Global Government Affairs, Intel, shares her thoughts o...

US generics revenues generated 0.3 per cent CAGR in FY17-22 compared to 11 per cent CAGR in India and emerging markets. As a result, Nifty Pharma index returned 3.3 per cent CAGR in the period underperforming Nifty-50 index by close to 800 bps.  Sai Prabhakar and Parv Shah discuss the reasons why a tilt to Indian generics can be rewarding. The discussion centers on if the factors contributing to m...

A protest against the recently announced army recruitment scheme, Agnipath, turned violent at Secunderabad Railway Station on Friday.  Over 200 trains have been canceled so far due to protests against the Agnipath scheme for recruitment in the defense services across India. Naga Sridhar reports the day's happenings. Listen in! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bu...

WayCool, one of the country’s leading agri-commerce firms had developed technologies for its own use and there is now demand for its agri stack to be used among farmers in Africa and Europe. Plans for India’s first ventilated cold storage for onions and potato flakes for chefs which can be stored for many years are amongst its recent innovations. Karthik Jayaraman, Co-founder, and Managing Directo...

The Union Cabinet’s decision to enable private 5G networks is a boon for digital tech companies with the Broadband India Forum (BIF), the leading think-tank and policy forum for digital communications, hailing it a “forward-looking step”, and a “harbinger of the digital transformation”, which is critical for digital India. TV Ramachandran, President, Broadband India Forum tells Ronendra Singh what...

Today's Federal Reserve meeting holds big significance post the CPI inflation shocker from the US last week. What should investors watch out for and how will markets react? Listen in to get some interesting perspectives Listen in! Read more about Zeno's paradox here --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/business-line/message

Rahul Nanwani, CEO and Co-Founder of Imagekit.io speaks on retargeting, SEO best practices, and creative automation platforms. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/business-line/message

On Tuesday, IPL emerged as the second most valued sporting league in the world in terms of per match value. The much-talked-about IPL media rights auction ended after three days of intense bidding. Overall BCCI will earn ₹48,390 crore over a five-year period striking one of the biggest media rights deal. Disney Star India retained the Indian TV rights for ₹23,575 crore. But all the spotlight was o...

Inflation worries in the US, the possibility of aggressive rate hikes by the Fed, and a spike in US bond yields to four-year high levels sparked a global sell-off in equity and financial markets on Monday. What caused this fall and how are the markets likely to react in the coming day. Palak Shah and Surabhi take a look. Listen in! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sh...

Given the high bids at the IPL media rights auction, will the broadcasters be able to recoup their investments? Why was there such a scramble for digital rights, which went at a huge premium? Karan Taurani , Sr Vice President , Elara Capital talks to BL’s Chitra Narayanan, analysing the bids. Listen in! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/business-line/message

BusinessLine's Richa Mishra and Shobha Roy talk about why several bulk tea producers and estates are investing in creating their own distinctive branded tea products. Listen in! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/business-line/message

Investing in oneself usually is the best investment one can make. In a knowledge-intensive world, the more qualifications one has, the better his/her chances of competing well and moving up the corporate ladder. Thus for many career aspirants, post-graduate qualification is now becoming a necessity. However higher education does not come cheap in many cases. This is where education loans can be of...

Kamal Haasan’s latest film ‘Vikram’ has set the cash registers ringing. Trade estimates say that the film has minted over ₹200 crore in worldwide box office collection so far. The film has already become the biggest post-pandemic success for Tamil cinema, even though movies like Vijay’s ‘Beast’ and Ajith Kumar’s ‘Valimai’ grossed over ₹200 crore in the box office. It has joined films like ‘RRR’(Te...

Liquids, pellets, flax seeds, caffeine - it’s all now getting packed into that little capsule. And, the capsule’s vegetarian. The world’s second-largest capsule maker, the ACG group is behind this evolution of the capsule and they are partnering with health and wellness companies for personalised nutrition products. There have been 900 new start-ups in the dietary supplements space since Covid-19,...

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has managed to stay in power after winning a no-confidence motion on June 6, 2022, with a slim majority of 211 votes. This low point in Johnson’s political tenure comes just two years after he led his party to a landslide election victory in 2019. What led to the no-confidence motion and what happens to his government from here? Neha Charm Thomas explains. --- Send...

The Covid-19 pandemic has damaged the Indian economy. While the state of the Centre's finances has grabbed headlines, the pandemic has upended the States' finances as well. Faced with rising expenditure and low revenues in the first year of the pandemic, most States had to borrow more to fund their pandemic response. How do States stack up in their market borrowing during the pandemic?  In this po...