Podcast Episodes

India's new guidelines to stop fake reviews online are missing an important detail

Episode 28

Whether it is to decide where to eat or what to buy, online reviews play important role. But fake reviews are turning out to be quite a menace.

To bring them under control, the Indian government relea…

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

Why your holidays abroad are going to cost more

Episode 27

Lately, Indians have been spending increased amounts of money on travelling to foreign countries. In the month of November last year, Indian travellers spent 1 billion dollars abroad. 

The government …

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

Britannia's unfulfilled dairy dreams

Episode 26

Britannia's market share has consistently been inching up over the last decade or so. And its shares have doubled in value in the past five years. 

Apart from biscuits, the company also wants to crack…

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

Google Pay India needs an overhaul

Episode 25

With a dipping market share and no leader in India, many in the industry say Google Pay is losing its agility in the country.  

While the reasons range from slow roll-out of new features to overlookin…

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

Is the new tax regime for everyone?

Episode 24

Even with comparatively higher tax rates the old tax regime has remained popular amongst Indian taxpayers.  

The government, in the new budget, announced changes to incentivise the new  regime.  

Howev…

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

Why Reliance Jio is eyeing a state government's pet project

Episode 23

In the last three quarters, the revenues of India's largest telco have been seeing a steady slowdown. 

A Rajasthan government's free-smartphones-for-women project came along just in time and won Relia…

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

Nykaa's post-listing glory days are over

Episode 22

From moment Nykaa went public on the stock exchanges in 2021, it became an investors’ favourite.

Its stock had listed at an 80% premium to its issue price of Rs 2,001 per share on the BSE. Its parent …

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Why BharOS needs to take lessons from the past

Episode 21

BharOS is being launched at a time when the tech giant Google is under the government's scrutiny for adopting anti-competitive practices as the market leader in India.

But this is not the first time I…

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Why edtechs need to rethink their aggressive sales strategy

Episode 20

The edtech industry in India is facing a host of challenges from all directions, from a decline in funding to the emergence of formidable competition.

One that stands out, however, is the allegation o…

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Where are Indian patients getting their cancer drugs from?

Episode 19

Despite winning the 'pharmacy of the world,' two out of five cancer patients in India have to borrow money and sell their assets to get treatment. 

The price of many innovative patented oncology drugs…

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago