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”Each person is born in or under one of the twelve signs of the Zodiac and is thus influenced throughout life by the planetary conditions at their time of birth. By referring to your sign, which is indicated by your date and month of birth you can determine your natural tendencies and what is best for you to attract. No matter what one of the twelve signs of the Zodiac you are born under, you can develop into a good and successful person if you will pay strict attention to the golden truths ...
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Wagner Group: Russian mercenary outfit or a proxy for the Kremlin in different parts of the globe? | In Focus podcast
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The Wagner Group has been at the forefront of Russian gains in eastern Ukraine, especially in the battle for the town of Bakhmut. It was also in the news over attempts by members of the U.S. Congress to label it as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO), but strangely enough, the Biden administration is opposed to such a labelling. In another relat…
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As FY2023 draws to an end, it is time to review what went right for the Indian economy in the year and what policymakers can do to improve the economy in the coming financial year. This exercise could not have come at a time – the Indian economy is coming out of the impact of the Covid–19 pandemic and is starting to gather steam even though the glo…
Since September 2022, India has translocated eight African cheetahs from Namibia and 12 from South Africa. This is part of a long-term conservation plan to re-introduce the wild cat into the country after it became extinct in the 1950s, primarily due to hunting. The aim is to be able to build a self-sustaining population, centred at Madhya Pradesh’…
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I think we have received a very good response for all our products: Tarun Garg, COO, Hyundai Motor India
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The brand-new Verna sedan from Hyundai Motor India (HMIL) has been released, with prices ranging from ₹10.90 lakhs to ₹17.38 crore. (ex-showroom, introductory prices). According to the manufacturer, young people are significant buyers of vehicles like the Verna because of their cutting-edge designs and technologically advanced features. Tarun Garg,…
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By issuing a warrant for the arrest of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the International Criminal Court has upped the ante in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. It sets a bar from which retreat will be a trapeze act for the West. American President Joe Biden has hailed the ICC decision even as Chinese President Xi Jinping travelled to Moscow to mee…
The Centre is pushing for regional air connectivity of smaller towns that are of importance. However, one of its policies could stop the industrial town of Hosur in western Tamil Nadu and bordering Karnataka from being deprived of having a new airport. The current policy does not allow new airports within a 150 km radius of an existing airport. Un…
Purpose is not an altruistic pursuit. It is a unifying idea of the problems you want to profitably solve, says Prof Ranjay Gulati, Harvard Business School Professor of Business Administration and author of Deep Purpose: The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies, with Vinay Kamath. (Produced by Darshan Sanghvi)…
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India has always had a rich legacy of maritime trade, but right now, we have fallen behind other maritime hubs when it comes to key aspects like ship finance, acquisitions, and leasing. But, that’s set to change. Tune in to find out!
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Why the Supreme Court put in place a three-member panel to appoint Election Commissioners | In Focus podcast
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A Constitution Bench judgement of the Indian Supreme Court on March 2 took the appointment of Election Commissioners out of the sole hands of the political executive and assigned it to a three-member committee comprising the Prime Minister, the Chief Justice and the leader of the largest opposition party in the Lok Sabha. Appointments will take pla…
Online scams are becoming extremely common. Whether you’re a marketer who grapples with this reality on a day-to-day basis or a consumer targeted by these scamsters – you’ll benefit from a better understanding of the . On this episode of Digital gadfly, hosted by Shubho Sengupta, Kavitha Kanaparthi, a Web 3 specialist and entrepreneur, offers tips …
The Bar Council of India’s latest announcement to allow foreign lawyers and foreign law firms to enter the Indian legal market paves way for them to advise foreign clients operating in India on international legal issues, including international arbitration. So, how does this work and will it change the way India looked at international arbitration…
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Financial year will end in a few weeks. Along with the tax planning purposes, this time it is also important for your mutual fund investments. As per SEBI guidelines, you need to complete certain tasks before March 31, 2023 to avoid freezing of your mutual fund folios. Hence to have seamless mutual fund investment journey, tune in to the podcast to…
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What caused the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, and is there a danger of ‘contagion’? | In Focus podcast
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Last week, California-based Silicon Valley Bank, the 16th largest bank in the United States, collapsed, sending shock waves through the start-up universe. Then two more banks – the crypto-currency focussed Signature Bank and Silvergate Capital – shut down, sparking fears of wider financial contagion, similar to how the collapse of Lehman Brothers i…
Another day. Another bank crisis. This time it’s the almost 167-year-old Credit Suisse bank. On Wednesday, after Saudi National Bank, said that it would not provide fresh funding to Credit Suisse, shares of the Swiss bank plummeted to a record low of $1.40 per share. However, Saudi National Bank said that the panic around Credit Suisse is unwarrant…
Crude oil prices fell below $75 per barrel on Wednesday. This was the lowest it fell since 2021. What exactly happened? How will this impact India? Further, amid the ongoing geo-political scenario in the world, where does India stand in terms of its global oil dynamics? Richa Mishra, explains. (Producer: Nabodita Ganguly; Edit:Siddharth MC)…
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Next month, the Supreme Court of India, will listen to final hearings on the issue of legal recognition for same sex marriages in India. A number of petitions have been filed, seeking this recognition. The case follows the landmark Puttuswamy judgement of 2017, affirming the right to privacy as a fundamental right, and then the Navtej Johar judgeme…
For the first time, United Nations members have agreed on a unified treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas. On March 4, a draft international agreement, called the UN High Seas Treaty, was finalised to govern the conduct of governments in ‘open seas’ – the major part of the world’s oceans – two-thirds of it – which lie beyond the jurisdict…
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Artificial intelligence (AI), for one, has become intertwined with agriculture. All of us have studied pollination in school. It is basically the transfer of pollen from one plant to another. Insects are one of the most important pollinators of crops. AI has a new solution where it can track the insect pollinators that are essential to framing. How…
The last 12 to 13 months have been tumultuous for the wheat market, particularly in India for many reasons.The procurement of wheat by the Food Corporation of India was as low as 47% of the 43.44 million tonnes it procured in 2021. How is the current fiscal playing out for the flour mills in India and what is the outlook for the next fiscal? In thi…
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In a rare moment for Chinese diplomacy, Beijing used its good offices to broker an agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia that should see the two warring West Asian nations re-establishing diplomatic relations and re-opening their embassies within two months. China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, who is a signatory to the “joint trilateral statement”, sa…
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The collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has grabbed international headlines. It is a regional bank based out of California and it was the sixteenth largest bank in the US before the crash. The bank was a trendsetter as it was one of the early banks to focus on funding start-ups and venture capitalists. This segment formed a big part of its lo…
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The Indian rupee has had an interesting run these past few weeks. It strengthened in response to investor inflows into the markets but started losing steam soon after the Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s testimony to the U.S. Congress in which he said controlling inflation would continue to be the focus area. Does the RBI have a choice beyo…
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Tune in to the first of our two-part podcast series with PN Vasudevan, MD & CEO, of Equitas Small Finance Bank. He narrates his journey from a professional to a promoter and what went through when he was building Equitas, as a Microfinance company and subsequently as a bank. Listen in!
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The National Stock Exchange (NSE), one of India’s leading stock exchanges, has tweaked the constituents of its major indices such that three Adani Group companies are all set to enter key Nifty indices from March 31. The Adani stocks being included in Nifty indices include Adani Wilmar, which has been added to Nifty Next 50 and Nifty 100, Adani Tot…
Pest attack, disease outbreaks, nutrient deficiencies are part of any crop cycle. Cashew is no different. Now the Directorate of Cashew Research (DCR) under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has developed an AI-based (artificial intelligence) app and a website for the identification of pests, diseases and nutrient deficiencies in c…
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Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a constant in our lives. The agricultural sector in India is no exception. In this exclusive interview, Nabodita Ganguly talks to Shekar Sivasubramanian, CEO of Wadhwani AI, about how Indian farmers are using AI to solve some of their issues. Broadly, he touches upon the following points: How AI can increase …
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Companies have been trying to promote gender diversity in leadership positions and on their boards of directors. So, how committed are stock market-listed companies towards gender diversity in India? How has the representation of women on company boards been? Has the stock market rewarded firms that promote gender diversity? Kumar Shankar Roy, Seni…
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What you need to know about the H3N2 influenza virus currently circulating in India | In Focus podcast
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COVID-19 and the fear around it may have gone away, but over the past few weeks, India has been rocked by cases of fever and intense coughs. People across States have been falling sick, and some have even had to be hospitalised. Last week, the Indian Council of Medical Research said these cases are linked to Influenza A, the H3N2 subtype virus that…
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2023 is a busy year for state elections, with a total of nine state elections scheduled to take place. We are in March now, and three of those assembly polls have concluded. In all three – Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya – the incumbents have been returned to power. The BJP was voted back in Tripura, although with a reduced vote share, while in Nag…
The recent 5G roll out marks another turning point for India’s telecom market. However, the telecom sector has been going through a major financial crisis. With a combined debt of around Rs 5 lakh crore, the operators are finding it tough to keep up the investment needed to roll out a network. While the operators have increased tariffs to mop up ca…
A few days ago, the results of an interesting study were published. The study, conducted in the United Kingdom saw 61 companies and 2,900 employees take part in the reduction of the work-day week, from the standard five days, to four days. At the end of the six-month experiment, employees were less stressed, had better work-life balance and were ab…
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On February 24th, the Supreme refused to entertain a PIL seeking period leave for students and working women. The three-judge Bench, headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, observed that the issue had “different” dimensions and asked the petitioner to approach the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development to frame a policy. The court…
GDP data for India in the Oct-Dec 2022 quarter has given out mixed signals. Of concern are a contraction in manufacturing despite a let up in input costs as well as the slowing growth in the high-contact services sectors. Still, the government seems confident of 7% growth in FY23 despite a revised growth rate data put out for FY22 at 9.1%. What doe…
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Making sense of Russia’s retreat from New START, Biden’s Kyiv visit and China’s ‘peace plan’ | In Focus podcast
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The one-year anniversary of the ongoing war in Ukraine saw a number of related developments beyond the battle zone. First came the visit of President Joe Biden to Kyiv, where he reiterated the motto of ‘As long as it takes” for American support to the Ukrainian war effort, underlining that the US is in it for the long haul. Then President Vladimir …
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The Tata Group-owned Air India has placed two big orders with Europe’s Airbus consortium and Boeing for 470 planes – the largest ever single order placed by an airline in aviation history. As per the list price, the value of the order is around $70 billion. This order is evidently part of a strategy to rapidly expand the fleet and increase market s…
On February 17, the Election Commission of India (ECI) allotted the name ‘Shiv Sena’ and the party’s Bow and Arrow symbol to Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s faction, in effect recognising it as the original party founded by Balasaheb Thackeray. The political crisis in Maharashtra began last year after a group of 40 of the 55 Sena MLAs wa…
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The Election Commission of India recently recognised the Shiv Sena faction led by Eknath Shinde as the Shiv Sena and allotted the bow and arrow symbol to it. This order is now under challenge by the Uddhav Thackeray faction of the Sena in the Supreme Court. Using the test of majority principle, and that a majority of party MLAs in Maharashtra had s…
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Women’s Premier League: Will it be a game-changer for Indian women’s cricket? | In Focus podcast
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The inaugural edition of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) is all set to kick off from March 4. In an auction held earlier this year, five franchises – Delhi Capitals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Gujarat Giants, UP Warriorz, and Mumbai Indians -- were sold for a total sum of ₹4,699.99 crores. In the players’ auction that followed, India opener Smri…
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Earlier this month, Assam began a massive crackdown against child marriages in the State - so far, over 4,000 cases have been registered and over 3,000 people have been arrested. Protests have broken out in the State as young girls and children have been left with no wage earners in the family. Assam has high rates of child marriage -- while the al…
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Is there a middle way between the Old Pension Scheme and the New Pension Scheme? | In Focus podcast
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Five states – Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh – have informed the Centre that they would be reverting to the Old Pension Scheme. Some analysts even believe that one of the reasons for the Congress victory in Himachal was its campaign promise to revert to the Old Pension Scheme. At the same time, the Centre has warned…
Recently, a three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court put forth the idea of setting up an expert committee that could recommend ways to protect common investors from market events. The court’s recommendation came soon after the stocks of the companies of the Adani Group crashed following a report by Hindenburg Research, a U.S.-based investment researc…
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India's disappearing wetlands: Will the new scheme announced in the Budget help? | In Focus podcast
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This year’s Union Budget announced a scheme for the protection of natural resources that are fast degrading in the country: our wetlands. Amrit Dharohar, the scheme announced by the Finance Minister in the Union Budget this year, aims to protect and work towards the optimal use of wetlands. A separate scheme to protect mangroves was also announced.…
It will soon be a year since Russia invaded Ukraine, or to use Moscow’s terminology, began a “special military operation” in Ukraine. A thick fog hangs over the progress of the war – information trickling in about the war continues to be unreliable. Some larger truths, however, are obvious. There are, so far, no victors in this war that has been jo…
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How will the latest RBI rate hike impact home loan EMIs, FDs rates, housing market? | In Focus podcast
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Last week the Reserve Bank of India raised its key repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.50%. This is the sixth rate hike since last May, for a total hike of 250 basis points in less than a year. The latest hike, while not entirely unexpected in some quarters, came as a surprise to those who were hoping for a pause in the consecutive rate hikes, especi…
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On February 6, an earthquake measuring a massive 7.8 on the Richter scale hit Southern Turkey and parts of Syria, followed by a second quake of the same magnitude a few hours later. The death toll from the earthquake has risen to 17,000 but there’s a fear that many more bodies are under the rubble, the death toll could rise sharply. The scale of th…
It’s been a little more than two years since Myanmar’s generals staged a coup and ousted Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy from power. A bloody civil war is raging in the country, with independent estimates suggesting that the military junta had killed nearly 3,000 civilians and jailed another 18,000 since the 1st of February 2…
Last October, Mallikarjun Kharge was elected as the national president of the Congress party. The election was historic as the party’s top post was, from 1978, occupied by a member of the Nehru-Gandhi family (except for brief spells between 1992 and 1998). Officially, the party says it is now ready to hold a similar election to the Congress Working…
