The Morning Brief

Ola has begun delivering its Electric Scooter to customers, after much hype and delays. Product glitches remain, plans are ambitious, tough competition looms and the company has seen a string of exits. Host Anirban Chowdhury speaks to the editor of several trade magazines including CarDekho, Zigwheels and Bikedekho, Kartikeya Singhee as well as ET's Manu Toms and Nehal Chaliawala to find out what lies ahead for the company. Credits: Ola ElectricSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

PepsiCo India has lost the rights to a potato variety grown exclusively for its popular Lay’s chips. Host Nehal Chaliawala speaks to activist at the Alliance for Sustainable and Holistic Agriculture,Kavitha Kuruganti, senior advocate Gourab Banerji & ET’s Ratna Bhushan on why PepsiCo lost this battle and what does it mean for the farmers and companies investing in innovation in India? credits: Oneindia English, Times Now, CNNSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There's a conflict brewing in the FMCG space that's much like what’s played out in sectors like pharma and smartphones with retail trade and FMCG companies at loggerheads. Host Ratna Bhushan speaks to AICPDF President Dhairyashil Patil, Parle Products Senior Category Head Mayank Shah and ETIG’s Kiran Somvanshi to find out if FMCG companies can afford to ignore traditional distributors who make up about 90% of the overall market? Credits: JioMart, Swarajya, ET NowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

IITs are witnessing a campus recruitment boom like never before. To understand what is driving the 8-figure job offers, host Devina Sengupta talks to Anishya Obhrai Madan, head of career services at IIT Delhi; Prashant Singh, managing director at Quantbox Research – who is one of the recruiters – and ET’s Sreeradha Basu.Credits: ET Now, India Today, Business TodaySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After Paytm, Star Health Insurance failed to shine upon listing on the bourses. This is despite the hype around the Rakesh Jhunjhunwala-backed company being the first standalone health insurer to go public. Host Bhavya Dilipkumar speaks to CA Pranav Goyal, Managing Partner at ValueMonks Solutions LLP as well as Kumar Saurabh, Founder, Scientific Investing and ET's Sanam Mirchandani to see if the company is in the pink of health. Credits: CNBC TV-18, India TodaySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rollup ecommerce companies-firms that acquire multiple brands and help them scale up rapidly—are the latest disruptors in the ecommerce space. They are also the fastest entrants to the $1 billion unicorn club.Nitin Agarwal, CEO of Global Bees brands and Aqib Mohammed, co-founder of Powerhouse91 explain. Credits: DHL, ET Now, This Week in StartupsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The new variant of the novel coronavirus has got the world on the edge as experts fear it could be more infectious and vaccine evasive. Host Dia Rekhi talks to Amesh Adalja, senior scholar at John Hopkins Center for Health Security and ET's Teena Thacker and Anirban Chowdhary to take stock of the situation.Credits: NDTV, CNBC-TV18, CaponeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As All India Trinamool Congress expands beyond Bengal, party chief Mamata Banerjee's national aspirations become more apparent. Is she already prepping for the 2024 national elections? Host Arijit Barman talks to parliamentarians Sukhendu Sekhar Roy and Sushmita Dev and ToI’s Mohua Chatterjee to better understand Didi’s politics.Credits: India Today, CNN-News18, ANI News, Hindustan Times, The Print, Republic World, Tanmoy Abhinaba Banerjee and All India Trinamool CongressSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Paytm's IPO has left a bitter aftertaste for investors and upcoming IPOs, especially in the fintech space, may pay the price. Host Nehal Chaliawala talks to ET's Nishanth Vasudevan and Arijit Barman about how IPOs today are not very different from gambling and what led to Paytm's lacklustre listing. Credits: CNBC TV18See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The news on the ban of private cryptocurrencies by the centre has jolted the investors, crypto companies and analysts. Host Devina Sengupta talks to Rameesh Kailasam, CEO of India Tech, Nischal Shetty, CEO of WazirX and ET’s Sugata Ghosh about the inherent issues of Crypto as currency and as an asset in India and whether the ban is the right way ahead for India’s nascent crypto economy. Credits: Euro News and WionSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.