CNBC-TV18 Special Podcast

The domestic market extended losses for the third straight day as investors remained cautious due to the ongoing tensions between Russia and Ukraine. Sensex ended 54 points lower at 57,833 and Nifty50 fell below 17,300 at the close. RIL, Infosys, Ultratech Cement, Bajaj Finance, ICICI Bank, Bharti Airtel, and M&M accounted for most losses on Sensex and HDFC twins, L&T, TCS, and Axis Bank w...

The Delhi Police found an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in a bag from a house in the Old Seemapuri area in Delhi on Thursday, reports said. Earlier, calls regarding unattended bags and bomb threats at two different places in east Delhi created panic. According to a source cited by news agency IANS, an investigation in the Seemapuri IED call has revealed links to the Ghazipur incident, where an...

Legendary music composer and singer Bappi Lahiri aka the 'King of Disco' passed away on Wednesday. He was 69. The singer died at a Mumbai hospital battling multiple health issues. From Disco Dancer, Chalte Chalte to Tamma Tamma, the Kolkata-born musician has given numerous hit songs over the years that continue to play in people’s minds. In fact, the 'disco king' was the one who introduced Bollywo...

Russia said some units participating in military exercises were returning to their bases on Tuesday, adding to glimmers of hope that the Kremlin may not be planning to invade Ukraine imminently. However, it gave no details on where the troops were pulling back from, or how many. Britain, the United States, the European Union and other allies have warned they would impose heavy economic sanctions o...

The Reserve Bank of India kept key lending rates —repo rate and reverse repo rate —unchanged at 4 percent and 3.35 percent, respectively on Thursday. The central bank has projected 7.8 percent GDP growth in FY23, which is lower than the Finance Ministry’s estimate of 8 to 8.5 percent. Investors cheered the RBI's status quo on key interest rates and policy stance with most rate-sensitive stocks ris...

The single judge of the Karnataka High Court hearing the case related to the Hijab ban in school-college campuses referred the matter to Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi on Wednesday. The state government, meanwhile, has imposed a 2-week ban on gatherings and protests near educational institutions in Bengaluru. In this edition of Top News Podcast, CNBCTV18.com ’s Kanishka Sarkar shares the latest on...

 The enthusiasm around cryptocurrency investments has made it increasingly important for investors to keep a check on the authenticity of any crypto project they invest in to safeguard themselves from potential scams. Manisha Gupta of CNBC-TV18 spoke to Faisal Kawasoo, Founder of Techarc, and Abhinav Venkat, Director - Product at WazirX, about identifying the legitimacy of a crypto project in this...

The stock market snapped its three-day losing run with both Sensex and Nifty ending higher in a volatile trading session on Tuesday, ahead of the Reserve Bank of India's policy outcome on February 10. Auto, metal, pharma and PSU bank stocks gained while all other sectoral indices ended in the red. In this edition of Top News Podcast, CNBCTV18.com ’s Kanishka Sarkar also shares the latest on assemb...

Indian shares ended lower for the second straight day on Friday. Sensex fell 143 points to close at 58,645 and Nifty50 dropped 44 points to close at 17,516. However, on a weekly basis, both indices gained more than 2 percent each after failing for two consecutive weeks. On the global front, Facebook’s parent company Meta suffered one of the worst single-day losses in stock market history on Thursd...

Sensex and Nifty fell on Thursday to retreat from two-week highs registered in the previous session, as the bulls halted a winning run that began on the eve of the Union Budget for FY23. Sensex ended 770 points lower at 58,788 and Nifty50 fell more than 200 points to settle at 17,560. Even as many believe the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) would soon hike interest rates, Keki Mistry, vice-chairman an...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman exclusively interacted with Rahul Joshi, Editor-in-Chief of Network18, on Wednesday about the major announcements in Budget 2022. In this episode of Budget Podcast, CNBCTV18.com ’s Kanishka Sarkar shares Sitharaman’s comments from the interview, in which she said, if things go the way they are going now, the 8 percent GDP growth target for FY23 is achievable. Wh...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the Budget for the 2022-23 fiscal on Tuesday. A massive capex boost was announced, more credit lines have been proposed for small businesses, and a push for digital banking and amendments to strengthen the bankruptcy law were among other key announcements. However, against all expectations, Sitharaman did not tinker with the personal income tax rates....

Just one day to go for Nirmala Sitharaman to make the Budget 2022 speech and for the country to find out what the government has decided for each industry for FY23 and how the reforms will impact the common man. In this edition of Budget Podcast, CNBCTV18.com ’s Kanishka Sarkar will not only share what various sectors are expecting from tomorrow’s announcement but also about the Economic Survey 20...

The budget 2022 countdown has begun and come February 1, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will announce the annual financial statement for next fiscal. In this episode of the Budget Podcast, CNBCTV18.com ’s Kanishka Sarkar shares what edtech startups, fintechs, chipmakers, and women want from the upcoming budget. According to the WEF Global Gender Gap Report 2021, India has slipped 28 pla...

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will make the Budget 2022 announcement next week and all sectors are awaiting relief to ensure ease of doing business, especially given the pandemic situation at hand. But, what does the common man want? In this episode of Budget Podcast, CNBCTV18.com ’s Kanishka Sarkar shares the expectations of sectors including infrastructure, education, telecom, and in...

In the run up to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget 2022, experts across industries have been sharing their wishlists for the government to include in the annual financial plan. In this edition of the Budget Podcast, CNBCTV18.com ’s Kanishka Sarkar shares the expectations of the consumer durables, retail, and IT sector. She also talks about what the silk saree, food and beverage, a...

Blockchain assets have taken over all investment-related conversations lately, especially since non-fungible tokens (NFTs) hit the market. But not all portfolios are ready yet to include blockchain assets in the mix. Manisha Gupta of CNBC-TV18 spoke to Vatsal Kanakiya, Principal and CTO, 100X and Rashmi R Padhy, VP-Biz Operations, WazirX about how blockchain assets can be incorporated into traditi...

The countdown to Budget 2022 has begun and we’re just a week away from finding out what the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has decided for 2022-23 fiscal. In this edition of the Budget 2022 Podcast, CNBCTV18.com ’s Kanishka Sarkar shares what the market wants from the upcoming budget and what retail, e-commerce, and logistics sectors expect from the Sitharaman’s announcement on February...

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharmaman is just 10 days away from making the Budget 2022 speech. Various sectors of the economy have put forth their demands to be included in the annual financial statement. In this edition of the Budget 2022 Podcast, CNBCTV18.com ’s Kanishka Sarkar shares the wishlist of the automobile, education, jewellery and other sectors and what global brokerages think of...

As Budget 2022 announcement by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman draws close, several sectors of the economy have come up with their wishlists. In this episode of the Budget 2022 Podcast, CNBCTV18.com ’s Kanishka Sarkar talks about what different sectors, including cryptocurrency and service sectors, want to be included in the annual financial statement. She also shares experts think the B...

Scientists and public health officials have expressed hope that the Omicron variant of COVID-19, with its rapid waves and low fatality, will be the impetus needed to change COVID-19 into an endemic from a pandemic. But not all experts are so optimistic. Further mutations and the emergence of more dangerous variants remain a major threat. In this edition of Top News Podcast, CNBCTV18.com ’s Kanishk...

The government is looking to make the new simplified personal income tax regime more attractive for the salaried class, sources told CNBC-TV18 on Tuesday. It is also considering proposals on increasing standard deduction limit, the window for medical insurance premium and simplification in capital gains tax rules, sources added. As assembly elections 2022 draw closer, Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi P...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is all set for the Budget 2022 speech on February 1 and what citizens await the most are the announcements on income tax. In this episode of the Budget Podcast, CNBCTV18.com ’s Kanishka Sarkar gets in conversation with Abhishek Soni, co-founder of Tax2win, to find out what the salaried personnel expect from the Budget for 2022-23 fiscal. Will there be a change i...

Ahead of Budget 2022, Finance Ministry in December 2021 said, net direct tax collection last year has touched Rs 9.45 trillion, growing 60.8 percent from the year-ago period. In this edition of the Budget 2022 Podcast, CNBCTV18.com ’s Kanishka Sarkar gets in conversation with Preeti Khurana, Director of Advocacy and Regulation, Clear (formerly ClearTax), to find out what people want in order to en...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is just weeks away from making the Budget 2022 speech as taxpayers eagerly wait for reforms to boost their spending power. In this edition of the brand new Budget Podcast, CNBCTV18.com ’s Kanishka Sarkar speaks with Adhil Shetty, the CEO of Bankbazaar.com to find out what consumers expect from the Budget for the 2022-23 financial year. While demand for an increa...