Podcast Episodes

Paytm's left the market divided with its turnaround hack

Episode 89

Since November 2022, when Paytm shares dropped to an all-time low, the fintech giant has been on a steady recovery path. If all goes well, its share price may cross Rs 1000 soon.

But what's even more …

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

Zomato has an edge over Swiggy. Here's why

Episode 88

On Thursday, Kotak Institutional Equities, released a note and turns out, Zomato managed to maintain its lead over Swiggy with a 55% market share in the year 2022. Swiggy is at 45%.

Swiggy and Zomato …

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

ICICI Bank's 'too much democracy' policy is causing its top talent to quit

Episode 87

ICICI's stock has tripled since 2018—the year when ICICI’s current CEO Sandeep Bakhshi took over. Loans and deposits are growing strong, margins are healthy, and investors can’t seem to get enough of…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

What can BITS Pilani do that the IITs can’t?

Episode 86

For decades, the 60 year old BITS Pilani, one of the most prestigious science and engineering institutions in the country, has been second to India's crown jewels–the IITs.

Now, the institute is on a …

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

Another knockout punch for Byju's. This time from NBFCs

Episode 85

Starting April, major non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), including Avanse Financial Services, Aditya Birla Finance, and Fullerton India, which lend to Byju’s’ customers, suspended loans for the…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

Byju's auditor Deloitte says “I quit”

Episode 84

On Thursday evening news broke that Deloitte, the biggest audit firm in the world, has resigned as Byju's statutory auditor. This couldn't come at a worse time for the edtech giant. Just hours before…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

Indian pharma is in the news again. For all the wrong reasons

Episode 83

Despite being called ‘the pharmacy of the world,’ time and again, the Indian pharmaceutical industry has received criticism for substandard quality. Last year, the deaths of children in Gambia and Uz…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

Tata needs BigBasket to fulfill its retail ambitions

Episode 82

When Tata acquired the e-grocer, BigBasket, at a reported valuation of $2 billion in mid-2021, the company was loss-making. For those at BigBasket, it was an opportunity to shift their focus back to …

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

Why aren't insurance companies super busy after the Odisha train crash?

Episode 81

The Indian Railways exclusively provides travellers a 10 lakh rupees worth insurance cover on booking train tickets online for less than half a rupee. Despite this, a large majority of Indian travell…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

No, your refined cooking oil cannot be heart-friendly nor can it control your diabetes

Episode 80

Over the years, the more health conscious we became, the more cooking oil-markers pushed different variations of words associated with 'health' in their branding. But they've been burying the caveat …

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago