The Morning Brief

India’s $375-million BrahMos deal with the Philippines is the outcome of a change in policy and politics to favour defence exports. The country has set a target of exporting defence equipment worth $5 billion by 2025. Host Nehal Chaliawala speaks to Additional Secretary, Department of Defence Production, Sanjay Jaju, President of the Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers, SP Shukla and Senior Editor at ET, Manu Pubby on what more needs to be done to achieve this. Credits: BJP, Wion, ANC 24/7See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Plummeting share price, disappointing forecast, the streaming giant is under heavy scrutiny of investors. Rivals Disney Hotstar and Amazon Prime are racing ahead in India. With co-Founder Reed Hastings admitting last week that its lack of success in India was 'frustrating,' host Arijit Barman speaks to Laura Martin, LA based senior entertainment and internet analyst at Needham & Co and ET's Senior Assistant Editor Gaurav Laghate to figure out if its bad pricing or sloppy content that is holding them back. Credits: Netflix, Netflix Investor Relations, CNBCSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the absence of a concrete data protection law in India, instances of consumer data breach are turning a lot more frequent. Host Ratna Bhushan explores how this is a case of lack of policy, traceability and accountability, in conversation with leading cyber law expert Pavan Duggal, Rajshekhar Rajaharia, a popular internet security researcher and Rajat Wahi, Partner at Deloitte India. Credits: WION, NDTV, editorjiSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“Tax us now”, said no Indian billionaire ever! But with growing wealth inequality in the pandemic, and hundreds of the world’s super rich asking to be taxed more, should wealth tax make a comeback in India? Kiran Somvanshi discusses with Morris Pearl, chair of Patriotic Millionaires, Amitabh Behra, CEO of Oxfam India and Hitesh Gajaria, partner at KPMG. Credits: NBC News,ABC News, Fortune, Wall Street Journal, The Economic Times, Lok Sabha Tv, Mirror Now, India Today, ET NowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Google has faced four probes from the competition watchdog in India in recent years amidst growing allegations of abuse of market dominance by big tech companies. This negatively impacts the local tech ecosystem and consumers will pay the cost ultimately, host Anirban Chowdhury finds out in conversation with Amber Sinha, Executive Director at Centre for Internet and Society, Sijo George, Executive Director at ADIF, and ET's Megha Mandavia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apple supplier Foxconn has landed in the soup again with its workers complaining of poor working conditions. Host Dia Rekhi in conversation with Sana Hashmi, Visiting Fellow at the Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation, Sasikumar Gendham, Salcomp India’s managing director and Justice K Chandru, former judge of the Madras High Court find out what led to this issue and how will this impact the growing electronics manufacturing ecosystem in India.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The consumption of painkillers shot up by 23% in India last year with Dolo 650 becoming a household name. Have we turned into excessive pill-poppers during the pandemic? Host Devina Sengupta talks with Dr SP Kalantri, Medical Superintendent at Kasturba Hospital, ET Prime’s Vikas Dandekar and ET's Kiran Somvanshi to find out.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vodafone Idea insists that despite the government becoming its largest shareholder, it will not become a public-sector company. Host Arijit Barman explores the quirks of this transaction and what’s next for the troubled telecom operator with Peter Milliken, Head of Company Research – APAC at Deutsche Bank and ET's Anandita Singh Mankotia.Credits: Mirror Now, NDTV, CNBC-TV18See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Demand-supply gaps, small town challenges, false positives or negatives, record surge in demand for home testing, shortage of technicians who’re themselves getting infected, pressures on turnaround time. Are India’s Covid Labs overwhelmed? Is testing overload compromising on quality? Are home test kits the solution? Host Ratna Bhushan speaks to Dr Lal Pathlabs MD Om Manchanda, Hasmukh Rawal, MD of Mylab Discovery Solutions, and Dilip Jose, CEO of Manipal Hospitals to find out how prepared India’s Covid labs are for the third wave. Credits: The QuintSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 is causing less severe disease but the virus itself is not becoming less pathogenic, a new study has found. Cambridge University’s Dr Ravindra Gupta explains the implications of this study and the future of the pandemic in an interview to host Nehal Chaliawala.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.