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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2021-2022 on Monday (February 1, 2021). The Budget focused six pillar, including healthcare and infrastructure. BusinessLine's Editor, Raghuvir Srinivasan, shares his thoughts. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/business-line/message

Good Afternoon and Welcome to Quick look, i m your host -Siddharth India's Union Budget 2020-21 will be presented on February 1. According to the Economic Survey, The gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by a record 23.9 per cent in April-June and by 7.5 per cent in the second quarter. For the full fiscal, the survey projected a contraction of 7.7 per cent and V-shaped recovery in the next. GDP...

For the signature look of the S21 series, Samsung has done quite a few things this time. They have a double-tone look for the S21 and S21 Plus which is very elegant and attractive. The S21 Ultra though doesn’t come with that look in India — for now. Listen in. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/business-line/message

The Budget session stated with President Ram Nath Kovind addressing a Joint Sitting of the Parliament on Friday. In his address, he talked about a lot of issues but he placed emphasis on three topics - the Centre's Farm Laws and the protests surrounding them, the Covid-19 pandemic and the bitter border skirmishes with China. These issues are likely to dominate the current session. Nivedita V tells...

GameStop, a videogame and electronics retailer in the US, posted $470 million in losses in 2019. Then the covid pandemic struck, and it was forced to close its operations due to the lockdown. At that time, it announced it would close 300 locations permanently. Then the stock price was around $3.25.  Since then, the company's share price has increased gradually. In September, it rose touched $10 be...

Apple’s business in India has roughly doubled in the October-December 2020 quarter compared to a year ago, according to Apple CEO Tim Cook. Cook, in response to questions related to India during the company’s Q1 2021 earnings call, said, “This is particularly the case in some of the emerging markets where we’re proud of how we’ve done... If you take India for example, we doubled our business last...

China's ByteDance is reducing the rise of its team in India and is unsure of when it would make a comeback. This comes months after it was banned in the country. What led to this situation? Listen. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/business-line/message

Recently, 472 representatives of the European Parliament had backed a non-binding call urging the European Commission to propose new rules that enshrines the rights of workers. These include the right to disconnect. The European Lawmakers said that the employees in Europe should have legal rights to switch off from work-related tasks and electronic communication outside of office hours without fac...

January 26 - India's Republic Day. This day is usually remembered for the military parade and the cultural programmes at the Rajpath in New Delhi. But this year, the nation also witnessed clashes between protesting farmers and the Delhi Police as it celebrates its 72nd Republic Day? What triggered the clashes? Here's all you need to know. Listen. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spo...

Good afternoon and welcome to news explained The World Economic Forum’s online Davos Agenda Summit is underway and will see top global leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping, speak on the state of the world over the next five days. There would be 15 special addresses from G20 heads of state and government and international organisations during the summit t...

Hi and welcome to Quick look  On January 21st The stock markets had hit the 50,000 mark touched a high of 50,126 in the morning trading session. Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Finserv, HCL Tech, IndusInd Bank, Bajaj-Auto, Ultratech Cement, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), Tech Mahindra and Titan Company were among the top Sensex performers. In other news, India's COVID-19 number has gone up to 1,06,54,533 wit...

India gifted 49 lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccines to Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives and other friendly nations as part of its ‘Vaccine Maitri’ drive. As part of the vaccine diplomacy drive, New Delhi sent 1,50,000 doses of Covishield vaccines to Bhutan and Maldives each on Tuesday. On Wednesday, 1 million and 2 million doses were sent to Nepal and Bangladesh respectively. Consignments carry...

As the country grapples with the bird flu outbreak, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) said that properly-prepared and cooked poultry meat and eggs are safe to eat. In a guidance note on safe practices for handling, processing and consumption of poultry meat and eggs during bird flu outbreak, it has advised consumers to not consume half-boiled eggs or under-cooked chicken. Li...

In this edition of BusinessLine Podcasts, T R Vivek - Head of Digital News Operations, BusinessLine, speaks with Aarati Krishnan on whether investors have a lot to cheer about the new feat of the Sensex or should they exercises caution? Listen. Click here for the whole story. Follow The Hindu BusinessLine on Spotify --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/business-line...

The Karnataka government seems to making efforts to make the State become one of India's largest exporters. Its new industrial policy is said to help create more jobs as well as facilitate research and development. But one controversial policy could derail this initiative. The Karnataka Government has proposed to make it mandatory to employ at least 70 per cent of the locals i.e (Kannadigas) on an...

After a rather worrisome scenario 2020, many hope that 2021 would offer us better and happier times. The current state of the job market as well as the financial markets at large have led to many queries regarding investments and planning one's finances. This new series, hosted by BusinessLine's T R Vivek, will look deeper into various aspects of a 'sound' financial plan. In Episode 2, Aarati Kris...

Hi and welcome to Quick look The first Covid-19 vaccine shots in India were given on January 16 to nearly two lakh frontline healthcare and sanitary workers. Prime Minister Narendra Modi rolled out the world’s largest inoculation drive against the pandemic that has caused 1,52,093 deaths till date in India. There were two adverse reaction cases on day 1--a nurse in West Bengal and a security guard...

In this edition of Gadget of the Week, BusinessLine's Mala Bhargava presents some of the highlights of the CES 2021. She also shares her thoughts on some of the 'whacky' gadgets showcases this season. Listen. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/business-line/message

The US is now placing more focus on Asia and is marking its friends and foes carefully -- the nation China views as a competitor, and is seeking to build allies to contain the threat of China. In an unusual move, the Trump administration declassified a national security document about the Indo-Pacific region 20 years ahead of schedule. The “US Strategic Framework for the Indo-Pacific” talks about...

A peek into what BusinessLine's new podcast series would be about. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/business-line/message

After a rather worrisome scenario 2020, many hope that 2021 would offer us better and happier times. The current state of the job market as well as the financial markets at large have led to many queries regarding investments and planning one's finances. This new series, hosted by BusinessLine's T R Vivek, will look deeper into various aspects of a 'sound' financial plan. In Episode 1, the Head of...

The stock market indices reached all-time highs in 2020 in the midst of the worst global recession since World War II. Many fund managers and stock market analysts have said that the bullish market has long way to go. You might have also heard experts say that this market rally is a bubble. Now, are you wondering what they are referring to and why? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.s...

The Supreme Court, on Monday, came down heavily on the Centre for not solving the issues that the farmers have with the three new laws that aim to reform the agricultural sector. It has suggested that it will form a committee that will monitor the talks.  The three laws --  the Farmers' (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, the Farmers' Produce Trade and...

Have more girls/women decided to venture into to the space of entrepreneurship and robotics? Will AI truly substitute the human brain? Here is a quick snippet from a conversation with Sneha Priya of S P Robotics. Listen. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/business-line/message

Hi and welcome to Quick look On January 6, Swarms of protesters stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday as they sought to force Congress to undo President Donald Trump's election loss, temporarily suspending a last-ditch effort by some of Trump's fellow Republicans to throw out the results. Four civilians and one police officer died during the protests. The US Congress later convened to certify the US...