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Plenty of work is on in Indian laboratories on ways to switch over to green sources of heat and bring down costs.  Here are two such technologies. Listen in! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/business-line/message

India produces nearly 1.7 million tonnes of grapes every year and Maharashtra contributes nearly 70 per cent of the output. Grape is a highly profitable crop. Of the 1.7 m tonnes only a tiny fraction goes into winemaking and wine grapes offer even better returns. It is estimated that grape farmers make anywhere between Rs 40-80 for every litre of wine consumed. In comparison, Barley and wheat farm...

Investing in infrastructure funds looks attractive after the Union Budget's massive allocation to the infrastructure sector. But investors must take note of a few points before taking the plunge. Tune into this conversation between Maulik Madhu and Sai Prabhakar to understand if you should invest in these funds. Listen in! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/busine...

Keerthi Sanagasetti, Research Analyst delves into the wish list of some of the key sectors of India Inc that are in need of stimulus from the upcoming Union Budget. Listen in! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/business-line/message

With the tax filing deadline of December 31 past us, most of us must have now scored out the return filing exercise from the to-do list. But in this podcast Keerthi Sanagasetti and Sai Prabhakar from the BL Research Bureau, tell you why your job is not done yet. Listen in! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/business-line/message

The dairy industry is often held up as a great Indian agri success story. India has nearly 540 million livestock animals, the most in the world. It produces 190 million tonnes of milk, the highest in the world. But the good news kind of comes to an end here. India's milk productivity is 50% less than the global average. Indian cattle produce only an average of 1000 Kg of milk per lactation cycle c...

As the World Economic Forum outlines its “Davos agenda” this week, international charity organisation Oxfam spotlights the inequalities that exist across the world. In its “Ïnequality kills” report, it calls for a tax on the super rich to fund public health programmes, for instance, among other social sectors. Oxfam India chief Amitabh Behar hopes, the pandemic “gives us a moment to take a pause a...

This conversation you're about to hear is a part of BusinessLine's Table Talk series, conversations with leaders on their life and times, and their businesses. In this episode, Senior Associate Editor Vinay Kamath speaks to Nestle India chief Suresh Narayanan.  For the uninitiated, Narayanan joined Nestle in 1999 as executive VP of sales. He was in Egypt during the Arab Spring in 2011 with all the...

Several fund houses have recently launched silver ETFs, following SEBI's go-ahead in November 2021. Tune into this conversation between Maulik Madhu and Hari Vishwanath to know if you should take exposure to these funds. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/business-line/message

Between the Delta and Omicron variants of the coronavirus, the need for home healthcare has been acutely felt and a fledgling healthcare service has begun to grow. Largely fragmented, and yet, about two crore patients have been supported during the second wave. Not a moment too soon, the Centre revised home isolation guidelines on January 5th. In fact, this week, NatHealth (a platform for various...

Nano materials, with the large surface areas, interact better with gas molecules which can help in detecting gas leaks. Nano materials of different chemical compounds can detect different gasses. Scientists are using these properties to develop hi-tech gas sensors for industrial and medical applications. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/business-line/message

In this week's podcast Keerthi Sanagasetti and Hari Viswanath of BL Research Bureau discuss the concept of inflation expectations and how it can impact markets. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/business-line/message

How has 2021 been for Indian agribusiness in general and agritech companies in particular? There were of course the continuing protests by farmers that ended in the repeal of the three signal farm bills. How did it go down with India's agri private sector? Did Indian agritech break any new thresholds on the road to maturity? And what prospects does 2022 hold? TR Vivek is in conversation with Venky...

In this week's podcast Keerthi Sanagasetti and Sai Prabhakar of BL Research Bureau discuss the aspects involved in Health insurance porting --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/business-line/message

The Covid-19 pandemic-induced lockdown has had a huge impact on the education systems across the world and school closures affected more than 1.6 billion learners. The initial focus of policymakers was to ensure students would be able to attend classes without disruption, even if the students would have to learn remotely. However, increasing evidence suggests that the lockdown will have a profound...

 This conversation you're about to hear is a part of BusinessLine's Table Talk series, conversation with leaders on their life and times, and their businesses. In this episode, Vinay Kamath and Thomas K Thomas speak to Anish Shah, MD of Mahindra group. This November, he took over as the chief of the $22-billion Mahindra group.  They chat about his move to India from the US after 16 years, the seam...

The Winter Session of the Parliament drew to a close on Wednesday, one day ahead of schedule. The session saw multiple protests by the Opposition on issues related to price rise and the Lakhimpur Kheri violence. Listen to more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/business-line/message

As Omicron (the new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus) threatens to overwhelm hospitals around the world, Vishal Bali, Executive Chairman of Asia Healthcare Holdings, calls for public and private hospitals to plan together to tackle the possible surge in India. And with another pandemic-dominated year drawing to an end, Bali foresees more “virtualisation” of care through remote or online methods, ev...

When the farm laws were repealed, the protesting farmers on Delhi's borders were ecstatic while those who championed the laws as necessary for a 'New Deal' found themselves in a trough of despond. Should it be all gloom and doom? There's enough room for maneuver for the $400 bn Indian farm sector to reform, modernise and prosper even in the absence of the controversial laws, argues Padmanand V, pa...

Carbon dioxide capture is the need of the hour. An IIT Bombay professor has developed a 'porous liquid' in whose pores carbon dioxide could be absorbed. Porous liquids could have immense industrial applications where there is any carbon dioxide emission. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/business-line/message

Last week, the Shriram group announced a merger, wherein Shriram Capital and Shriram City Union Finance will be merged into Shriram Transport Finance. In this discussion Sai Prabhakar Principal research Analyst and Keerthi Sanagasetti Research Analyst help us understand what this means for the existing shareholders of the two listed entities. Listen in! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcast...

The tax filing deadline is fast approaching. Besides this year there were quite a few changes introduced by the IT Department. A revamped website, a new offline tax filing utility, and much more. Tune into this conversation between Keerthi Sanagasetti and Maulik Madhu to understand what’s new for taxpayers this tax filing season. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show...

India produces just 20,000 tonnes of cocoa when the country consumes nearly 90,000 tonnes of Theobroma. Mondelez, the company that now owns the iconic chocolate brand Cadbury claims India's cocoa production can go up significantly given the helpful climactic conditions. With a bit of patience and enterprise, it can be intercropped with coconut in non-coastal regions. TR Vivek is in conversation wi...

As the newest SARS-CoV-2 variant in town gets detected out of more countries, including India, public health expert Dr Srinath Reddy helps cut through the information clutter and explain why people need to change their behaviour and make it difficult for the virus to transmit. The virus “travels with people and celebrates with crowds”, says Dr Reddy, President, Public Health Foundation of India, c...

The recent floods and the increasing frequency of the same across the country is another reason why home insurance is fast becoming a necessity. Portfolio podcast | Why Home insurance is the need of the hour? Tune into the discussion between Keerthi Sanagasetti, Research Analyst, and Sai Prabhakar, Principal Research Analyst to understand the different aspects of home insurance and how it is appli...