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Indian dairy firms have started recycling wastes and tapping solar, and wind energy. What has brought about this change and what is the way forward in this ‘Green Revolution’? Rutam Vora explains. Read the full story here --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/business-line/message

Beneath the volatility in headline indices, the US markets have seen a sea of red with many stocks that were touted to be the next Google or Facebook, plummeting between 70-90 per cent in the last year. The correction has started spreading and even many high-quality blue chips have seen deep corrections. Thus the US markets appear to be at crossroads. What is driving this volatility? How long can...

People either swear by homeopathy or dismiss it as no more than sugar pills. Dr. Mukesh Batra, Founder of the eponymous group that runs over 200 plus homeopathy clinics in the country and abroad, believes integrated medicine is the future - as no system of medicine is complete. Be it “homeopathy, allopathy or Tirupati”, he says, the consumer should have the choice of deciding what works best for t...

In this episode, BusinessLine’s Vinay Kamath, also the author of the book Titan: Inside India’s Most Successful Consumer Brand, speaks to Suparna Mitra, CEO of Titan Watches. The IIM Calcutta alumna opens up about Titan’s rebranding strategy of its stores and its premiumisation strategy. Listen in! Read the full story here --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/busine...

In India, many ‘unicorns’ have been started by those with engineering degrees. But, those with non-engineering backgrounds are also making their mark. In this podcast, AJ Vinayak takes a look at the founders and co-founders of these $1 billion start-ups. Listen in. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/business-line/message

India’s contribution may be a meagre 2 per cent to global food major Cargill’s annual revenue. But the US firm sees better prospects in India, which could emerge as a strategic country by 2030. A lot of planning is going on for the firm’s faster growth in India. As part of these plans, Cargill decided to launch a digital platform for agriculture Digital Saathi. Though confined to Karnataka now, it...

Fourth-quarter GDP numbers reveal weak consumption and demand due to the high inflation and uncertainty caused by the Russia-Ukraine war. Listen in to know more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/business-line/message

All of us have faced financial emergencies and were in need of funds immediately. The first solution that comes to one’s mind under such a situation is to liquidate securities and investments. But what if you can continue to hold them and yet, get some cash? Here’s where a loan against securities (LAS) can help. In the latest episode of the Portfolio Podcast, Parv Shah and Vishal Balabhadruni disc...

Rice is grown throughout India -- from Assam in the East, right down to Tamil Nadu in the South. Each state has its own climate and each environment is unique and this could impact yield. Scientists at the International Rice Research Institute have developed several new rice varieties that are well suited to grow in each of these environments while giving higher yields. They conducted 559 on-field...

Agriculture is both a cause and a victim of the consequences of climate change. In the previous episode of Fieldnotes we spoke to Renuka Diwan, a young scientist who had founded a startup called Bioprime to help farmers fight adverse climatic conditions through bioscience formulations. But at the same time, India’s agriculture is a climate change contributor too. It accounts for 20% of the nationa...

On the second day of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Japan trip, he attended the Quadrilateral Security summit along with US President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. This meeting among these leaders is the fourth in one year – they met virtually twice in March 2021 and 2022 and met each other in Washington D.C last September. What d...

Veteran bankers such as KV Kamath have opined that the Indian banking industry is in the best shape in the last 50 years when it comes to asset quality and capital adequacy. But the stock markets are barely reflecting the optimism. The Bank Nifty index on a one-year basis trades almost flat while the Nifty is still in the green. Where do we go from here with respect to bank stocks? Hamsini Karthik...

CRISIL recently launched a sustainability yearbook to gauge India Inc.’s environmental, societal and governance -- popularly called ESG -- performance. What is in this Sustainability Yearbook? V Nivedita talks to Miren Lodha, Director, CRISIL Research. Listen to the podcast now! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/business-line/message

On May 19, The Supreme Court held that the recommendations of the GST Council are not binding on the Union and States.  What does this mean for the Opposition ruled states and the concept of “one nation, one tax”. Kerala Finance Minister KN Balagopal shares his thoughts. Listen in! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/business-line/message

The Supreme Court has ruled that the Goods and Service Tax (GST) council's recommendations are not binding on the Union government, and States only have a persuasive value as the country has a cooperative federal structure. What are non-BJP State governments saying on the SC ruling? Listen in. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/business-line/message

The CPI inflation figures in April shot up to 7.79 per cent, an eight-year high. However, these rates are not uniform across India. It is 9.12 per cent in West Bengal, 9.02 per cent in Telangana and 8.9 per cent, while it is 5.08 and 5.37 per cent in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. So what is it that is helping these southern states? Parvathi Benu explains. Listen in. --- Send in a voice message: https://p...

Late on May 13 night, India banned wheat exports citing food security and rising domestic inflation as its prime concern; What was the cause for this surgical strike on wheat exports, and what is India’s Wheat situation at Present. MR Subramani, head, Commodities and Agri-Business, Businessline explains! Listen in! Read the full story here --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.co...

India is the global leader in IT-enabled services (ITeS) or more commonly referred to as the Business Process Management market. In FY 2021-22 Indian BPM sector earned $44 billion in revenues and directly employed 1.4 million with several multiples of that being employed indirectly. The addressable global BPM market this year is estimated at $254 billion and is estimated to grow to $336 billion by...

Cognitive human bias is now an extensively well-researched subject and there is overwhelming evidence of how this plays out in all our decisions every day. Investment decisions are no exception. Investors need to take cognisance of this and bring in discipline and processes in investing. Else, decisions will be sub-optimal and in many cases, counter-productive. Poor portfolio returns are more or l...

Climate change has emerged as one of the biggest threats to the already low income of India's small farmers. Unseasonal rains, colder winters, hotter summers, and prolonged dry spells are confusing not just the farmers but also the crops they grow. The chemical agri inputs required to mitigate the impact of climate change add to the farmers' expenses and make them poorer. A young Pune-based startu...

In a statement issued on Sunday, G7 nations--- France, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Britain and the United States --- have condemned Russia’s “unprovoked, unjustifiable and illegal military aggression against Ukraine” and promised to cut their dependency on Russian oil. What are the main promises in the statement? Listen in. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bu...

Demand for silver is strong but the prices remained suppressed. Many factors are in play in influencing the prices. Akhil Nallamuthu and Parv Shah discuss these factors and tell us what’s in store for the white metal. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/business-line/message

The upcoming WHO centre at Jamnagar, Gujarat, is tasked with scientifically validating the efficacy of ancient therapies. Why do these centuries-old therapies such as Chinese Tui Na, Japanese Kampo, African herbal medicines or Indian Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani or homeopathy need validation? What is one to expect from WHO for sustenance of traditional medicines, that is the first port of call for a ma...

India is having problems with its wheat crop -- a recent report in this newspaper stated that the production could be 10-20 million tonnes below this year’s estimate of 111 million tonnes due to the early onset of summer. The Centre also admitted that its procurement target will not be met this year. Why is this happening? TR Vivek speaks to Prasanna Rao, co-founder and CEO at Arya.ag about the is...

Batteries have been used in all vehicles all the time and we don’t have to be scared of them. Only, there is a need to ensure that the manufacturers are more safety-conscious and don’t try to cut corners by cutting costs. M Ramesh explains. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/business-line/message