Podcast Episodes

The govt's U-turn on how to label fake news and misinformation on social media

Episode 149

More than 160 million people in five states will be deciding their political future this month in India. Out of them, two states, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, are set to go to poll today. 

In any …

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

PVR Inox's new sub model wants to push occupancy. But it will likely end up with a 'house-not-full'

Episode 148

PVR INOX posted a blockbuster quarter with triple the revenue from a year ago. Nearly 50 million Indians flocked PVR INOX theaters in the September quarter. A huge part of it is of course thanks to t…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

Byju’s $1.2 billion bad loan just cost it a unit in the U.S.

Episode 147

Since last year, the edtech giant is facing the wrath of a group of creditors who had given it a $1.2 billion loan. They wanted it to immediately repay part of the loan.

On Friday, a Delaware judge in…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

Close to bringing in $10B in revenue this year, India's becoming the apple of Apple Inc's eye

Episode 146

Last Friday Apple reported the sixth straight record quarterly revenue from iPhone sales in India. Its FY2023 revenue from the country now stands at almost $6 billion. In fact, analysts say that by t…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

Growth? ✓ Convenience?✓ Happy delivery partners? Swiggy's walking a tightrope

Episode 145

It has taken Swiggy almost ten years and a whole lot of strategically planned moves to become the indispensable app that it is for us today.

But decisive moment for the delivery giant came three years…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

Why PhonePe is selling health insurance with funny World Cup ads

Episode 144

If you’ve been watching the ICC Cricket World Cup, youve definitely seen the PhonePe one too many times. The payments giant paid Rs 150 crore to get these advertising rights. It is the biggest UPI pa…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

Why retail investors showed little interest in Mamaearth's IPO

Episode 143

Yesterday, November 2, 2023, was the final day of Mamaearth-parent Honasa Consumer's IPO. The digital-first D2C sailed through with the price band fixed at Rs 308-324 per share.

With this, Mamaearth h…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

Vivo is India's No.1 smartphone brand. But it can't celebrate the win just yet

Episode 142

Vivo, the Chinese smartphone maker, was in the news earlier this month for arrests of its associates after it faced ED raids last year.

Despite this, Vivo became no.1  in India’s smartphone market, ev…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

World's first long-lasting male contraceptive is almost here

Episode 141

The introduction of the contraceptive pill in the 1960s was one of the most significant events in the history of human society. It still left the burden of birth control largely on women.

Now, however…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

The delivery-partner fee you’ve paid, but haven’t really

Episode 140

Delivery partners who work for Swiggy or Zomato are paid per order. The fee which includes variables like base fee, surcharge, etc, depends on how many kilometres they’ve travelled from pickup to del…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago