

Finshots Daily
Finshots
A daily 5-min podcast explaining the most important finance and business happenings in plain English. India focused.
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Nov 23, 2020 • 5min
A New Dawn for Banking?
In today's Finshots, we talk about recommendations from the Internal Working Group on licensing and other matters.

Nov 21, 2020 • 7min
How Airbnb survived Covid?
Airbnb is looking to potentially raise $1 billion in an IPO by the end of the year. And while we mostly do stories on the Indian markets, we thought we would switch it up this week and do a story on something more international. So yeah, hopefully, you'll enjoy this one.

Nov 20, 2020 • 6min
A Tax for Working from Home?
In today's Finshots, we talk about a brand new idea called "Privilege Tax".

Nov 19, 2020 • 6min
Another one bites the dust
In today’s Finshots, we talk about the merger between Lakshmi Vilas Bank and DBS Bank India.

Nov 18, 2020 • 5min
What is Milk?
In today’s Finshots, we talk about the problem of semantics and the rise of the plant-based milk industry.

Nov 17, 2020 • 7min
The Chinese Dream of Simandou
In today's Finshots, we talk about the Simandou saga or as The Economist called it - a titanic battle between the giants of iron-ore mining for control of the world’s richest deposits.

Nov 16, 2020 • 6min
Why Stubble Burning is such a big problem?
Since everybody is talking about air pollution these days, we thought it would be prudent to discuss one of the primary contributors to this problem - Stubble Burning.

Nov 13, 2020 • 6min
Winter is coming
In today's Finshots, we talk about the possibility of the government regulating online streaming content

Nov 12, 2020 • 5min
Is PUBG making a comeback?
On 2nd September, Indian authorities banned the popular battle royale game PUBG alongside many other apps with links to China. However, just a couple months later, PUBG is planning to stage a comeback. So in today’s Finshots, we will look at how the saga has unfolded so far and why the gaming company is so desperate to make a re-entry.

Nov 11, 2020 • 6min
What does a Biden presidency mean for the Indian economy?
In today's Finshots, we talk about the economic implications of a Biden Presidency.


