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Episode 482
Thanks to AI, economic disruptions, mass layoffs, and a bunch of other fun things, the 40-year career is no longer something you can take for granted…
10 months ago
India wants the spotlight at the world’s top school exam. It just won’t step on stage
Episode 481
The world’s “most respected” test of school education—the Programme for International Student Assessment or PISA—began this March. 90 countries are o…
10 months ago
Can LIC do to health insurance what Jio did to telecom?
Episode 480
The Life insurance Corporation of India or LIC is now stepping into a sector where more than 860 million Indians or nearly 60% of the population stil…
10 months, 1 week ago
Ather’s IPO is a plot twist. Not a finale
Episode 479
Ather Electric once pioneered the electric two wheeler segment. But now it has fallen behind its competition like Ola Electric and TVS Motor in terms…
10 months, 1 week ago
Software glitches are turning Mahindra’s new EVs into high-tech paperweights
Episode 478
Mahindra’s new EVs the XEV 9e and BE6 were marketed as software wrapped in metal. They promised the future. Things like augmented reality heads up di…
10 months, 1 week ago
Why Delhivery’s Ecom Express deal is both tactical and desperate
Episode 477
Earlier this month, India’s largest third party logistics company, Delhivery, acquired its biggest rival Ecom Express in a $165 million distress sale…
10 months, 1 week ago
Driverless trucks have pushed India’s first unicorn of 2025 into an existential crisis
Episode 476
In January this year, Netradyne, the logistics AI startup, became India’s first unicorn of 2025 after it raised $90 million in series D funding.
You …
10 months, 1 week ago
ITC’s 24 Mantra deal and organic foods’ unending wait for glory
Episode 475
In this episode we fill you in on three standout stories from the past week.
First, what ITC’s acquisition of 24 Mantra means for the larger organic …
10 months, 1 week ago
Indigo's stocks maybe flying high but passenger patience has hit turbulence
Episode 474
On 9 April, as the world reeling from the tariff standoff between America and China, one Indian company quietly made history.
The stocks of InterGlobe…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
How a made in Punjab jeera-flavoured soda is popping the Coke-Pepsi-Parle bubble
Episode 473
Here’s the thing about the Indian carbonated beverage market – for decades now it has been a two, sometimes three horse race dominated by everyone’s…
10 months, 2 weeks ago