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Feb 8, 2023 • 10min

Britannia's unfulfilled dairy dreams

Britannia's market share has consistently been inching up over the last decade or so. And its shares have doubled in value in the past five years. Apart from biscuits, the company also wants to crack the dairy business. But in the year ended March 2022, the biscuit giant’s revenue was nearly $1.7 billion and out of it only $60 million came from dairy. Despite this, the biscuit giant has grand plans to expand its dairy business.Tune in to find out more
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Feb 6, 2023 • 10min

Google Pay India needs an overhaul

With a dipping market share and no leader in India, many in the industry say Google Pay is losing its agility in the country.  While the reasons range from slow roll-out of new features to overlooking merchants, one has played a big role in Google Pay's current position.  And it has a lot to do with the relationship it shares with its banking partners.  Tune in
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Feb 3, 2023 • 10min

Is the new tax regime for everyone?

Even with comparatively higher tax rates the old tax regime has remained popular amongst Indian taxpayers.  The government, in the new budget, announced changes to incentivise the new  regime.  However, what will suit taxpayers still depends a lot on whether they find the changes attractive enough.   Tune in.
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Feb 1, 2023 • 11min

Why Reliance Jio is eyeing a state government's pet project

In the last three quarters, the revenues of India's largest telco have been seeing a steady slowdown. A Rajasthan government's free-smartphones-for-women project came along just in time and won Reliance Jio managed to bag 60% of the contract value.But now Jio is waiting, fingers crossed, for the new budget with reports of the government shelving the project.If the project does come through, what would it mean for Reliance Jio?Tune in to find out.
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Jan 30, 2023 • 12min

Nykaa's post-listing glory days are over

From moment Nykaa went public on the stock exchanges in 2021, it became an investors’ favourite.Its stock had listed at an 80% premium to its issue price of Rs 2,001 per share on the BSE. Its parent company FSN e-Commerce Ventures hit a valuation of 1 lakh crore rupees. And founder Falguni Nayar’s net worth tripled and turned her into a billionaire.  But lately, things have not been going so well for the fashion e-retailer. Its shares have been on a free fall.Tune in to find out why.
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Jan 27, 2023 • 10min

Why BharOS needs to take lessons from the past

BharOS is being launched at a time when the tech giant Google is under the government's scrutiny for adopting anti-competitive practices as the market leader in India.But this is not the first time India is trying to develop an indigenous operating system, both for mobile and computer devices. The failure of the OS projects in the past may hold some important lessons for anyone making a future attempt.Tune in for the details.
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Jan 25, 2023 • 12min

Why edtechs need to rethink their aggressive sales strategy

The edtech industry in India is facing a host of challenges from all directions, from a decline in funding to the emergence of formidable competition.One that stands out, however, is the allegation of mis-selling and fraudulent loans. According to the Advertising Standards Council of India, 33% of the complaints filed with it in FY21-22 were related to the education sector. And one of the reasons for this is the overly aggressive sales playbook. Byju's mastered it so successfully that many of its its peers followed suit.But now with the government expressing concerns over these allegations, edtechs including Byju's need to rethink their sales pitch. Tune in for the details.
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Jan 23, 2023 • 13min

Where are Indian patients getting their cancer drugs from?

Despite winning the 'pharmacy of the world,' two out of five cancer patients in India have to borrow money and sell their assets to get treatment. The price of many innovative patented oncology drugs in India are as high as in developed countries making them inaccessible for a large section of patients.Where are Indian cancer patients turning to for cheaper cancer medicines?Tune in to find out.
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Jan 20, 2023 • 14min

Why investors find it almost impossible to get money back from the IEPF

Unclaimed funds at the government-run Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF) are  likely to have risen to Rs 50,000 crore ($6 billion) by now. But for an average investor, the settlement process is almost designed to discourage investors from claiming what's theirs.Now, after the Supreme Court took notice post the filing of a petition, the IEPF Authority has asked all stakeholders for suggestions to make the entire process more efficient.Tune in to find out why an average Indian investor finds it so difficult to recover their money from the IEPF.
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Jan 18, 2023 • 12min

How Mahindra Finance dealt with the RBI curb on recovering loans via third party agents

For Mahindra Finance, the RBI directive against it couldn't have come at a worse time. The rural financier had barely recovered from the effects of the lockdown since it had higher bad loans than its rivals. Add to that the dent on its reputation.How did the NBFC deal with the RBI's restriction on using third party agents for repossession? Tune in to find out.

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