The Morning Brief

A bleak outlook for the world economy has compelled a number of IT companies and Wall Street giants to lay off employees across offices in different countries. The tech quartet-Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta—have already announced mass layoffs. Indian employees have been affected too. But tech is just part of the story. Elsewhere, especially in India, there are hundreds of jobs with no takers or requisite skills. Also, many CEO turned entrepreneurs are doing a ghar wapsi to the corporate world. Host Anupriya Nair analyzes the comings and goings of the job market with  Saumya Bhattacharya, National Editor: Careers, Workplace and Education, K Sudarshan, MD EMA Partners India & Regional Partner for EMA Asia and Lohit Bhatia, President Workforce Management at Quess Corp Limited. Credits: Wion, CBS News, NBC News, Wall Street JournalIf you like this episode from Anupriya Nair, you can check out her episodes - Nirav Modi: Extradition or Asylum, Survivor Island: The Startup Finale, Macro and Markets and much moreYou can follow our host Anupriya NAIR on her social media: Twitter & LinkedinCatch the latest episode of ‘The Morning Brief’ on ET Play, The Economic Times Online, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, JioSaavn, Amazon Music and Google Podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 2021, 7.5 lakh employment was supported by YouTube's ecosystem, according to a recent Oxford study, the creative ecosystem contributed Rs 10,000 crores to India's GDP. Anirban Chowdhury, delves deeply into the discussion with Ajay Vidyasagar, Director of YouTube at Google Asia Pacific, and a group of exceptional YouTubers, including Akash and Santosh Jadhav from Indian Farmer, Khwaja Moinuddin from Nawab's Kitchen, and Roshni Mukherjee from LearnoHub, to discover regarding their lives as content creators, what inspired the idea, their stories and much more! Credits: MattHumanPizza2, LearnoHub, Indian Farmer, Nawab’s Kitchen Food For All Orphans and Tetseo Sisters. If you like this episode from Anirban Chowdhury, check out his other episodes on The Chanda Kochhar Chronicles: CEO In Custody, India vs Europe: Regulatory Rift, Tata’s Revival Runway for Air India and more!   You can follow Anirban Chowdhury on his social media: Twitter and Linkedin. Catch the latest episode of ‘The Morning Brief’ on ET Play, The Economic Times Online, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, JioSaavn, Amazon Music and Google Podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The rules of the game are changing! Players of Rummy, Poker, Ludo and many other online games are now going to have a governing body but wait…it’s going to be regulated by the gaming industry itself. Host Dia Rekhi, gets the gamers perspective from poker players Ashwath Harikumar, Varun Sridhar and lawyers Jay Sayta, Dhruv Garg as they break down the new regulation, taxation and the eternal debate between game of skill and game of chance.   Credits: PlaywinLotto If you like this episode from Dia Rekhi, you can check out her episodes - Twitter Tales, India vs Europe: Regulatory Rift, ChatGPT Explained and Explored, Band, Baaja, Billions and more You can follow our host Dia Rekhi on her social media: Twitter & Linkedin Catch the latest episode of ‘The Morning Brief’ on ET Play, The Economic Times Online, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, JioSaavn, Amazon Music and Google Podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Varun Berry, now steering a larger and crucial role at the Wadia empire, as Chairman of Go First Airline (formerly Go Air) and Vice chairman and MD of Britannia Industries, in a candid conversation with Ratna Bhushan on what next for Britannia, how it differs from the airline business, intensified competition, and much more. Credits: Britannia Industries, GoFirst and Bombay Dyeing If you like this episode from Ratna Bhushan, you can check out her episodes - Breathless Bharat: Air Pollution, a national crisis, From Bikaner to BSE: Snacking Away, The Hot Business of Chilled Beer: From Pint to Pub and more! You can follow our host Ratna Bhushan on her social media: Twitter and Linkedin  Catch the latest episode of ‘The Morning Brief’ on ET Play, The Economic Times Online, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, JioSaavn, Amazon Music and Google Podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From Make in India to Educate in India, UGC has rolled out the red carpet for the likes of Harvard, Oxford, NUS to set up campuses in India but will it have any takers ? What will it mean for the budding private education institutes in India and is it a death knell of public institutions that are struggling for autonomy in academia and support in expansion? Host Kalpana Pathak breaks down the issue with  Professor Pankaj Chandra · Vice Chancellor, Ahmedabad University, Dr Ravina Aggarwal, Senior Advisor, Columbia University Global Center, Mumbai and  Prof. M Jagadesh Kumar, Chairman UGC in this episode of The Morning Brief. If you liked this episode, check out similar episodes on: The Great Student Migration - Is India's education system flawed or failing?You can follow our host kalpana Pathak on his social media: Twitter - https://twitter.com/PathakKalpana Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kalpana-pathak-40395012/ Catch the latest episode of ‘The Morning Brief’ on ET Play, The Economic Times Online, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, JioSaavn, Amazon Music and Google Podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vodafone-Idea, one of the biggest telecom networks in India is going through challenging times. From a constant downfall of the network users to zero relief from the government on equity conversion, the so-called 'India's fastest 4G' network is going through a lot. Recently, Vodafone Idea have been in the news when they called for an emergency loan of Rs. 7000 crores. Will the company be able to repay its debt? What lies ahead for Voda-Idea? To decode all this, Host Arijit Barman speaks to Kalyan Parbat, Veteran Telecom Journalist; Saloni Shukla from The Economic Times, and Jakob Bluestone, Head of Telecoms Equity Research, Credit Suisse. Credits: CNBC TV18, Vi India, India Today, SET India and IG UK.  If you liked this episode from Arijit Barman, check out his episodes on What a mess, Sirji!, Voda-Idea: Survive, Not Thrive and more! You can follow our host Arijit Barman on his social media:Twitter: https://twitter.com/arijitbarman76Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arijit-barman-7233a129/ Catch the latest episode of ‘The Morning Brief’ on ET Play, The Economic Times Online, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, JioSaavn, Amazon Music and Google Podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mamaearth’s potential IPO has created a social media furore, spreading from valuation worries to whiplash from startup IPOs. But what is beyond the allusive valuation, we take deep dive and explore the following in the podcast. With soaring advertising and marketing expenses is the revenue rate sustainable? Who is Mamaearth’s competition - E-commerce lead Nykaa or FMCG Giant HUL? On an acquisition spree is Mamaearth’s diversification a distraction? Will patience pay or the burn from recent listing make Mamaearth’s journey to Dalal Street a painful one? Host Kiran Somvanshi talks to Aviral Bhatnagar, venture capitalist at Venture Highway, contra investor Lalit Rathi of LKR Advisors and CA Mehul Shah of Rashesh Shah & Co. Credits: Sony Pictures Entertainment IndiaYou can follow our host Kiran Somvanshi on her social media:Twitter - https://twitter.com/Kiran_ETLinkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiransomvanshi/   Catch the latest episode of ‘The Morning Brief’ on ET Play, The Economic Times Online, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, JioSaavn, Amazon Music and Google Podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There will be over 2 crore gig workers by the end of this decade. But what are the conditions they work in? How do the platforms that rely on these gig workers to fulfill their deliveries support them? And how much do they pay them? The answer to each of the questions is dismal. Host Mugdha Variyar speaks to Balaji Parthasarathy, Professor at IIIT, Bangalore and Principal Investigator at Fairwork India, Shaik Salauddin, National General Secretary - Indian Federation Of App Based Transport Workers (IFAT), Swarnima, Partner at Trilegal, TK Balakumar, Chief Operating Officer at BigBasket.com and Sheetal, an Uber Driver from Delhi to know the ground reality. If you like this episode from Mugdha Variyar, do check out her other episodes - Will the digital rupee gain currency in India?, India plays bad cop to developed world at COP27, E-Bazaar Economy Lights Up and more! You can follow our host Mugdha Variyar on her social media:Twitter - https://twitter.com/Mugdha_VariyarLinkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mugdha-variyar-97387625/ Catch the latest episode of ‘The Morning Brief’ on ET Play, The Economic Times Online, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, JioSaavn, Amazon Music and Google Podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CBI recently arrested the former MD and CEO of ICICI bank Chanda Kochhar and her husband businessman Deepak Kochhar for allegedly fraudulent granting of loans to Videocon. The loans are a decade old, the investigation was ongoing for three years and dormant for at least a year. Why did the CBI take so long? What is its case? What is Chanda’s defence? What impact will this have on the banking sector? Are banks more immune to such wrongdoing than a decade ago? Host Anirban Chowdhury, talks to Hemindra Hazari, Independent Research Analyst, Zulfiqar Memon Founder & Managing Partner - MZM Legal LLp, Sangita Mehta, senior editor, The Economic Times and Rashmi Rajput, Senior Assistant Editor at The Economic Times   Credits: BQ Prime, CNBC-TV18 You can follow our host Anirban Chowdhury on his social media:Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnirbanETLinkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anirban-chowdhury-b5067219/ Catch the latest episode of ‘The Morning Brief’ on ET Play, The Economic Times Online, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, JioSaavn, Amazon Music and Google Podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From Omicron to war in Ukraine, macro jitters to Musk's misadventures, from Adani's M&A spree to startup meltdown, team TMB deep dives together in this episode with all the mega trends, the news makers and the trailblazers, we recap all the headlines and beyond in this special time capsule with host Arijit Barman & the entire team.  Catch the episodes of ‘The Morning Brief’ on ET Play, The Economic Times Online, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, JioSaavn, Amazon Music and Google Podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.