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A daily 5-min podcast explaining the most important finance and business happenings in plain English. India focused.
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Is the MSCI EM Index still an emerging markets index?
In today's episode on 12th June 2026, we explain what India's fall in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index reveals about the benchmark itself.
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The Zepto IPO explained
In today’s episode on 11th June 2026, we go through Zepto’s IPO filing to understand the business and make sense of what the company is really worth.<...
Why you’re paying for flights you never took
In today’s episode on 10th June 2026, we talk about the government’s ₹10,000 crore ATF (Aviation Turbine Fuel) Price Stabilisation Fund aimed at prote...
Why E85 is here sooner than we thought
In today’s episode on 9th June 2026, we explain why E85 has become a reality far sooner than planned.
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What does India need to do to catch up in the AI race?
In today’s episode on 8th June 2026, we explain why the AI race is not just about building the smartest model.
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Rajesh Exports' House of Cards?
In today’s episode on 5th June 2026, we break down what SEBI believes may have gone wrong at Rajesh Exports.
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How Wockhardt solved a problem Indian pharma couldn't
In today’s episode on 4th June 2026, we talk about India’s first homegrown drug and why it took Indian pharma so long to get here.
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India's industrial growth explained
In today’s episode on 3rd June 2026, we give you an oversimplified breakdown of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) and what to make of it.
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Can Google still sell your brand name to competitors?
In today’s episode on 2nd June 2026, we look at a court ruling that could reshape one of the internet’s most important business models.
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Has the IPL hit a speed bump?
In today’s episode on 28th May 2026, we talk about the Indian Premier League (IPL) and why its growth is slowing.
3 retail lessons from the father of Japan’s convenience store industry
In today’s episode on 27th May, we tell you why Japan’s 7-Eleven work so differently and three lessons Toshifumi Suzuki left behind for retail.
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Why India wants a pipeline to Oman
In today’s episode on 26th May 2026, we talk about India’s plan to build a gas pipeline to Oman.
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Can you trade rainfall?
In today’s episode on 25th May 2026, we talk about a different kind of futures contract whose underlying asset is rainfall.
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How India is building its own Maritime Safety Net
In today’s episode on 21st May 2026, we talk about the Bharat Maritime Insurance Pool that was recently announced.
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Can India afford to stop exporting sugar?
In today’s episode on 20th May 2026, we tell you why the Indian government has paused sugar exports until the end of September and what it could mean...
The India-UK FTA just hit a steel wall
In today’s episode on 19th May 2026, we tell you why steel is complicating the India-UK free trade agreement.
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What are capital controls anyway?
In today’s episode on 18th May 2026, we explain why governments keep interfering with money flows and the impossible balancing act sitting behind ever...
Why Royal Enfield didn’t really leave Tamil Nadu
In today’s episode on 14th May 2026, we talk about why Royal Enfield set up its first plant outside Tamil Nadu.
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Why gold worries the Prime Minister
In today’s episode on 13th May 2026, we tell you why the Prime Minister doesn’t want you to buy gold and what could happen to the economy if you actua...
Why do state governments want data centres?
In today’s episode on 12th May 2026, we talk about the strange economics of data centres and why governments are subsidising them so aggressively.
SEBI’s buyback overhaul explained
In today’s episode on 11th May 2026, we explain why SEBI is overhauling India’s share buyback rules.
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What is the appeal of orbital data centres?
In today’s episode on 8th May 2026, we argue whether putting data centres into space makes sense economically.
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What GameStop sees in eBay
In today’s episode on 7th May 2026, we talk about why GameStop believes eBay could help reinvent its business model.
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India's FDI opens a small window for China
In today’s episode on 6th May 2026, we explain what changed in India’s FDI policy, and why.
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Is India betting on “Cleaner Coal” to solve its energy problem?
In today’s episode on 5th May 2026, we look at whether coal gasification is India’s bridge to cleaner energy or just a smarter way of sticking with co...
The problem with lithium discoveries
In today’s episode on 4th May 2026, we explain why lithium discoveries don’t immediately change much for the US.
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What happens when India runs out of urea
In today’s episode on 1st May 2026, we unpack how a distant geopolitical conflict could disrupt India’s fertiliser lifeline and what happens if the co...
If OPEC still matters, why is the UAE leaving?
In today’s episode on 30th April 2026, we look at why the UAE is leaving OPEC and whether the cartel still holds the power it once did.
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Inside India’s response to the global helium shortage
In today’s episode on 29th April 2026, we talk about the global helium shortage and how India is navigating it.
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India’s economy is growing. So why is its GDP rank slipping?
In today’s episode on 28th April 2026, we unpack how India’s economy can keep growing strongly on the ground while still slipping in global GDP rankin...
The missing piece in quantum computing
In today’s episode on 27th April 2026, we talk about Cisco’s breakthrough that might change quantum computing completely.
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Do PSU stocks really rally because of elections?
In today’s episode on 24th April 2026, we explore whether PSU stocks rally because of elections or because of policy, reforms, and market expectations...
EU wants better phones. But at what cost?
In today’s episode on 23d April 2026, we explore how the EU’s new phone battery rules could shape the future of technology.
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The India-South Korea Partnership Explained
In today’s episode on 22nd April 2026, we explain the South Korean President’s recent state visit to India and what it entails for both countries.
India is in a dilemma over cabotage laws
In today’s Finshots on 21st April 2026, we talk about cabotage and why India is in a dilemma over the relaxations it introduced to its cabotage rules....
Amazon’s next battle isn’t for customers
In today’s episode on 20th April 2026, we break down why Amazon is back in China, years after it gave up on winning the market.
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The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2.0 explained
In today’s episode on 17th April, we oversimplify the new amendments to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC). But just a heads up before we dive i...
Has India cracked its nuclear endgame?
In today’s episode on 16th April 2026, we talk about how India achieved criticality of its first ever Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor.
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Why the world can’t agree on taxing the internet
In today’s episode on 15th April 2026, we talk about why the WTO’s temporary rule from 1998 is still shaping global trade today.
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The economics behind PNG
In today’s episode on 14th April 2026, we tell you why India is pushing consumers to switch to PNG (Piped Natural gas) and what it will take to achiev...