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While acknowledging the right of farmers to protest peacefully, the Supreme Court said that the purpose of protest can be achieved if the government and the farmers held talks. A bench, headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde with justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian, said it would set up an “impartial and independent” committee, which includes experts, farmer union representatives and government...

Hello and welcome to News Explained, In today's podcast we look at the Vaccine distribution strategy across India. The Bihar government has approved a proposal to provide free Covid-19 vaccine to the people of State in a cabinet meeting today. With this, the newly elected government is implementing a poll promise. Not only Bihar, but other states are promising to do so. Recently, Kerala Chief Mini...

Hello and welcome to News Explained. in this podcast BusinessLine's Chief of Bureau- Delhi -Richa Mishra, explains the importance of the govt's BPCL disinvestment plan. Read the full story here --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/business-line/message

The stock markets have fared well so far despite the Indian economy facing tough times. Here are six reasons behind the bullish trend. Listen to Akshaya. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/business-line/message

If you stay in a city that is polluted or are even allergic to certain odours of adhesives, the Dyson hot-cool cryptomic air-purifer is the ideal gadget for you. Despite its high price, this device is said to be useful in many Indian households. Find out why in this podcast by Mala Bhargava. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/business-line/message

India remembered the martyrs of the 2001 parliament attack. On this day in 2001, terrorists from the Lashkar-e-Taiba and the Jaish-e-Mohammed attacked the seat of India's democracy. Five Delhi Police personnel, a woman Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper and two Parliament Watch and Ward Staff died taking on the terrorists. A gardener and a photojournalist were also killed.  PM Modi, Presi...

The market is on a gravity-defying trip, never mind the naysayers. At record highs, the Sensex is now up about 12 per cent year-to-date and 75 per cent from its March lows. It trades at about 33 times trailing price-to-earnings, higher than its past averages. But like many big bull runs in the past, this rally too could turn into a frenzy with many retail investors burning their fingers due to ‘ir...

Music is therapeutic in many ways. But how has life changed for musicians and other personalities in the space since March 2020? Does convenience lead to a slack in the quality of music that one listens to? In this episode of Stage Business, we speak with Mathew J S R Raj, the Director of NAM Academy of Music in Chennai. During our discussion, Mathew shares his views on stage magic, online recital...

Many doctors across India, including those working at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, sported black ribbons on Friday, protesting a controversial notification from the Centre. The Indian Medical Association, or IMA, has demanded that the Central Government withdraw its notification that allows post-graduate practitioners of Ayurveda to be trained in performing surgical proc...

A famous Russian concert pianist Sergei Rachmaninov once said, "Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music." But what if a pandemic takes away 13 music-filled days from an ardent music listener's life? A gross injustice, isn't it? Well, Not anymore! Listen to the podcast by BusinessLine's Rutam Vora --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bu...

The preferred method of advertising has shifted -- most advertisers spend their money online, rather than using traditional sources, like the print and broadcast media. After decades, of inaction, governments across the world are legislating to level the ground. The European Union’s new copyright rules effectively allow publishers to charge a fee from online platforms that showcase their news arti...

On Sunday, Japan’s Hayabusa2 landed safely in Australia, completing its six-year mission to collect samples from an asteroid 'Ryugu'. Scientists believe that Ryugu could contain organic matter, which could have contributed to life on Earth. Meanwhile, China’s Chang'e5, which landed on the moon on December 1, is one step closer in bringing home the first samples of the moon in since 1976. The landi...

LG has come out with two phones that double the screen power in totally out-of-the-box ways. One of these is the LG Wing, that has a never seen before swivelling second display, and the other is the LG Velvet, which has an accessory that gives it a second screen. The Velvet's main screen is a 6.8-inch one and has a very nice 1080x2460 pixels P-OLED display, but it has a dated looking notch instead...

Homebuyers looking for loans will be relieved after RBI decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 4 per cent.... The RBI mandated banks to link retail loans – including home loan, personal loan, etc. - to external benchmarks such as the repo rate. Now, what are repo-linked loan rates? Why are they important? Listen to the podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sh...

The COVID-19 active caseload in India has dipped to 4.03 lakh, the lowest after 138 days, comprising 4.18 per cent of the total coronavirus infections reported so far in the country, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday. While 36,011 people in India were found to be infected with COVID-19 in a span of 24 hours, 41,970 new recoveries were registered during the same period. Prime Minister Narend...

Set-off and carry-forward provisions in the income Tax Act helps the tax payer to reduce the tax outgo. Set-off lets you adjust loss against income earned, and reduce the tax outgo for that financial year. While Carry-forward means that losses that are not fully adjusted in a year can be taken ahead to coming years for set-off purposes, thus reducing tax outgo in the future. Listen in to know more...

Tamil cinema has deeply influenced the politics of the State for more than half a century. A host of actors, script writers and lyricists have made their mark in the politics in the State and Superstar Rajinikanth is the latest to join this troupe. Some like MG Ramachandran, J Jayalalithaa and M Karunanidhi have succeeded, while others, have not. Karunadhi and MGR used their movies as a means to s...

The United Kingdom has become the first nation in the world to grant emergency approval for a covid vaccine. The nation's Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has given its approval to a vaccine made by Pfizer-BioNTech. We can expect more vaccines to get the needed approvals from various countries in the coming weeks. India is taking a different approach. Senior government officials...

The three-hour meeting between protesting farmers and the Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and Minister of State for Commerce Som Prakash, on Tuesday, has been brought any resolution to the conflict. The representatives of 35 farmer unions had rejected the Centre's offer to set up a committee to look into the matter. Various farmer unions across India...

Any income that are you have, but ist is not your salary, profits, capital gains or income from income from house properties will also be taxed. These incomes, like dividend income, an immovable property, income by way of winnings from lotteries, crossword puzzles, races including horse races, card games, gambling etc, are reported as 'income from other sources'. However, if these incomes are earn...

The RBI Governor recently said that India will continue to approach capital account convertibility as a process rather than an event. But what is capital account convertibility and how does it concern you? Listen to the podcast. Click here for more details --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/business-line/message

Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted on Sunday that the farming reforms have opened doors of new opportunities for peasants and bestowed on the new rights. In his monthly ‘Mann Ki Baat’ broadcast, Modi said the farm laws have begun mitigating the troubles of farmers in a short period of time since their enactment in September. He even cited an example of a farmer in Maharashtra,  who used the pro...

What are capital gains? How do you determine your short-term and long-term capital gains? In the 12th episode of Jargon Busters, BusinessLine's Satya Sontanam gives us more insights into yet another aspect that influences the tax payer. Listen to the podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/business-line/message

With the nationwide lockdown due to Covid-19 pandemic, there was a genuine need for providers of the most basic necessities -- access to food, medicine and healthcare providers became a luxury to many people in no time. This is especially true for senior citizens. In today's podcast, Jagadish Ramamoorthy, co- founder of Alserv, speaks about the impact of the Covid-19 lockdown. --- Send in a voice...

There probably have never been quite so many iPhones to choose from as there are today, to the point where it can be dizzyingly confusing as to which one should buy. Not only did Apple launch four iPhone 12 models at a go a couple of months ago, many of the previous generation models are also very much around. The obvious choice for many Apple Fans is the iPhone 12. listen in to know more. --- Sen...