The Morning Brief

The government has taken a slew of measures to tackle the inflation menace. A ban on wheat exports, slashing excise duties on petrol and diesel, making steel imports cheaper. But is it too little too late? Host Bhavya Dilipkumar talks to Rathin Roy, Senior Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Policy Research and Vinay Pandey, Resident Editor Delhi and North, Vinay, The Economic Times. Credits:NDTV, I...

From Holcim to Metro to Harley Davidson, around 2,783 MNCs have exited India since 2014. Host Ratna Bhushan asks Shiv Shivakumar, president of corporate strategy & business development at Aditya Birla Group and ET Mumbai's deputy resident editor Arijit Barman why India is such a difficult pin code to crack See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fuel dealers are facing significant losses due to rationing of fuel by refineries further aggravated by the government's move to cut excise duty. What is causing this crisis? Will this lead to a fuel shortage in the country? Host Kiran Somvanshi delves deeper with Kalpana Pathak, from ET and Probal Sen, Senior Research Analyst, Oil & Gas sector, Institutional Equities, ICICI Securities. Credits -...

After a remarkable funding boom that the Indian startup ecosystem enjoyed in 2021, there are concerns that investment may slowdown this year. What caused this, and do Indian start-ups have the resilience to weather the storm? Host Dia Rekhi poses some of these difficult questions to Karthik Reddy, Co-founder Blume Ventures and Harshil Mathur, CEO and Co-founder, Razorpay. Credits: Bloomberg Market...

The government owned Open Network Digital Commerce (ONDC) platform is expected to transform the e-commerce landscape in India. It will enable consumers and sellers to engage and trade online regardless of the app they are using. How will this work? Will it enable local stores to compete with Amazon and Flipkart? Hosts Bhavya Dilipkumar and Surabhi Agarwal click into this new reality with T Koshy,...

India was supposed to fill the world’s wheat void created due to the Russia-Ukraine war. It couldn’t, as a record heat wave stifled domestic output and spiked prices forcing it to ban wheat exports. How will India cool atta prices at home and the anger of its global friends outside? Credits - TRT World, SABC News, Reuters, Wion, NDTV, NewsX, India Today, National Herald See omnystudio.com/listener...

The founder of Lenskart.com gets candid with host Arijit Barman. He speaks about his vision on building a unicorn, manufacturing,future tech,parenthood, mentoring young entrepreneurs he found on Shark Tank and being eternally "discontent." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Virtual private network providers are in the soup as the Indian government's security agency issuing a notification to store user log details for five years and share when demanded. Host Dia Rekhi in conversation with Salman Waris, partner head of TMT (telecom, media and technology) and IP practice at TechLegis and ET’s Priyanka Sangani decode the tussle and its consequences on users' data and pri...

Electric vehicles (EV) are fast becoming mainstream in India with top automakers committing billions of dollars in investments. Host Anirban Chowdhury finds out if 2022 will be the landmark year in India’s EV journey with ET’s Ketan Thakkar and ET Auto’s Sumant Banerji. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Indian government has slammed a World Health Organization report that claimed Covid deaths in the country were actually 10 times the official count, the highest in the world, there is a wide gap between documented fatalities and the actual figures as host Dia Rekhi finds out from Yashwant Deshmukh, Founder-Director of C-Voter and ET Prime’s Vikas Dandekar. Credits - Republic TV See omnystudio....

Infosys' non-compete clause created quite a stir last week. In an increasingly competitive market, will we see more instances of corporations resorting to such tactics to retain talent? Host Bhavya Dilipkumar speaks to Harpreet Singh Saluja, President of Nascent Information Technology Senate, Anshul Prakash, Partner at Khaitan and Co and a labour law expert as well as ET's Sai Ishwar to find out w...

From the peak of a $12 billion buyout of Corus Steel to the trough of being forced to sell a steel unit for just £1 to being back in the record books, edging past even TCS to become the most profitable Tata company, Tata Steel has seen it all. Host Arijit Barman chats with the man behind this revival. Up, close and candid with Koushik Chatterjee, CFO, Tata Steel. Credits - CNBC TV18, Euronews, ET...

A trade pact between India and UK planned for this Diwali may halve import taxes on scotch. How cheap will premium whiskies get? Will this change the way India drinks? Host Anirban Chowdhury finds out from Suresh Menon, Head, International Spirits and Wines Association of India and Keshav Prakash, Founder, The Vault. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Early summers in India and high industrial activity have led to a surge in demand for electricity, exposing the country's proximity to an unprecedented power crisis. What has brought India to the brink of a blackout? Host Nehal Chaliawala finds out from ET's Sarita Singh and Partha Bhattacharya, Former Chairman, Coal India Ltd. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

India Inc and its investors have been quick on the uptake after the government announced the country’s ambitious sustainablity targets last year. But are the plans and funds enough to achieve net zero by 2070? Host Kiran Somvanshi dives deeper with Anirban Mukherjee, MD & Partner, Boston Consulting Group India, Pramod Kumar, Head, Investment Banking, Barclays Bank India and Kalpana Pathak, Senior...

The Amazon-Reliance rivalry has spilled over to the Indian Premier League as they compete for broadcasting rights for the next five years. But beating incumbent Disney and the merged Sony-Zee will be no easy task. Hosts Anirban Chowdhury and Nehal Chaliawala break down the battle for IPL broadcasting rights with TOI’s K Shriniwas Rao, Vinit Karnik of GroupM and Rathindra Basu of IMG Media. See omn...

After 17 years, the world’s largest cement maker is looking at exiting India. The sale of Ambuja Cement & ACC can change the rules of the game. But why would one leave a high growth market? Hosts Kiran Somvanshi & Arijit Barman speak to Rakesh Arora, Former Ambuja Executive and Managing Partner, Go India Advisors & Rajesh Ravi, Vice President, Institutional Equities Research, HDFC Securities to fi...

A brand founded in 1905 whose 'Give me Red' tagline took the MTV generation by storm is getting new owners -- the Burman family of Dabur. But will the magic of dry cell batteries work now? Host Ratna Bhushan takes a trip back in time to find out how the campaign got created, caught on, and became a cult with the man behind it all Roshan Joseph, Independent Director of Eveready and seasoned markete...

More than 1,700 people have lost their jobs in the latest round of layoffs announced by startups like Unacademy, Meesho, Furlenco, Lido Learning and Trell. Why are well-funded startups trying to save money? Host Bhavya Dilipkumar speaks to employees who've been laid off, Director and CEO, CIEL HR Services, Aditya Narayan Mishra, and ET's Digbijay Mishra on whether there is a crisis brewing in the...

The Bunder mining project in Madhya Pradesh may be one of Asia's largest diamond mines but the development versus displacement debate continues to singe Aditya Birla Group after Rio Tinto. Host Arijit Barman connects the dots with Bhavna Menon, programme manager of Last Wilderness Foundation, Hari Krishna Dwivedi, founding chairman of Pehel Foundation and ET's Anubhuti Vishnoi in this 15-year-long...

After Coinbase’s UPI fiasco, other crypto exchanges in India too are facing challenges in accepting deposits, hurting trade volumes. Are high taxes, regulatory ambiguity and an averse central bank choking cryptocurrency to a slow death in India? Host Anirban Chowdhury finds out with Vishwas Patel, chairman, Payments Council of India, ET’s Sugata Ghosh and Apoorva Mittal and Nitin Sharma, co-founde...

The recent incidents of EVs from brands such a Ola, Okinawa and Pure EV abruptly catching fire raises serious questions about everything from the safety of these vehicles to whether adequate standards are in place to ensure that the EVs that hit the road are ready to ride. What’s going wrong with EV manufacturing in India? Will these incidents derail the EV movement in India? Host Dia Rekhi speaks...

In a landmark decision, the CCI (Competition Commission of India) has slammed three large private hospitals for overcharging patients unfairly by sending them notices. Will this lead to finally reigning in inflated medical bills at hospitals? Is the overcharging legal? What can the government do to regulate medical costs? Host Ratna Bhushan finds out from Sujatha Rao, Former Bureaucrat with the Mi...

With market regulator Sebi's changes to the related party transactions (RPT) norms coming into effect from April 1, host Kiran Somvanshi speaks to Hitesh Gajaria, senior partner, KPMG India, Sharad Abhyankar, partner, Khaitan & Co and J N Gupta, who is a former executive director of Sebi and is managing director of Stakeholders Empowerment Services to decode what such transactions entail, their un...

Several retail investors withdrew from Baba Ramdev-backed Ruchi Soya Industries' follow on public offer (FPO), after Sebi pulled up the company for the circulation of unsolicited SMSes promising mega returns. Host Bhavya Dilipkumar speaks to leading influencers Rachana Ranade, Aditya Kondawar and lawyer Moin Ladha, Partner at Khaitan & Co, about the growing trend of misinformation on social media,...