The Morning Brief

Flipkart has recently made a number of cherry-picked deals and partnerships. It's also seen bumper sales during its flagship festive sale. We delve into the company’s strategic focus on wholesale, fashion and grocery and what this means for its plans for an IPO.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Starting off as a payment unit of Alibaba, Ant is today a fintech giant straddling payments, lending, investments, and insurance and is likely to raise over $34 billion in its upcoming listing, making it the world's biggest IPO. How did it get there, and can India have an Ant equivalent?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Winter brings with it the familiar troubles of increased air pollution - this time, the government has proposed a new law to address the crisis in the capital. We discuss how effective that's likely to be, what the other solutions are and the situation that awaits India's most polluted cities this smog season.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The saga of a scam and a flamboyant stockbroker who turned Public Enemy No. 1 in 1992 has hit a chord among viewers. But why is Harshad Mehta still relevant after all these years and why does a man long dead and gone continue to fascinate many, not just the old-timers?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Politicians are promising voters free Covid-19 vaccines. But a vaccine is far from ready. We assess why India may have to wait longer than other countries for the vaccine and what it will take in terms of logistics and costs to protect its over 1.3 billion people from the novel coronavirus.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Covid-19 led to the worst job crisis in India in decades. As the economy recovers, what will the job market look like in the next few quarters, and which skills will be most in-demand?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After months of Covid-19-induced curbs, festive season sales were back with a bang. Customers lapped up mobiles and appliances and even car sales got a bump-up. What made Indian shoppers open their purse strings despite widespread job losses and a battered economy?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The committee of creditors of Jet Airways has approved a bid by a consortium of investors to acquire the defunct airline. What does this mean for the airline, its employees, and creditors, and will we witness it taking to the skies again?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After failing to delist Vedanta, share prices of billionaire Anil Agarwal’s flagship Indian company tanked. Why didn’t India’s biggest delisting exercise whet the appetite of investors and what lies next?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

India and China have been locked in a bitter border conflict in the Ladakh region since April, despite several rounds of diplomatic talks between the nations. How did it all start, what are the latest developments and how is it likely to play out for the two countries?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“There’s no quota on Everest,” says RS Praveen Kumar IPS, the architect behind the extraordinary turnaround of a network of schools for the marginalised in Telangana. In this podcast, he details his methods and philosophy, which has yielded incredible results, including the youngest girl to summit Mount Everest.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Amazon has asked for the Reliance-Future Group merger to be put on hold, in a submission with the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, alleging a breach of contract.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 13th edition of IPL is generating a lot of on-field excitement even as it is held under tremendous logistical constraints in a pandemic and away from home, in the UAE. ET’s Gaurav Laghate brings you all the behind-the-scenes action on how the IPL economy is performing.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Google’s plan to enforce its 30% Play Store commission on in-app purchases has created a storm among Indian startups, who are up in arms against it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Paul John Mithuna, a Goa-made whisky, was recently named the third-best in the world by Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible. What's the story behind the spirit, what does this mean for the Indian alcohol business and why is Goa becoming the home for trendy new alcohol makers?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ever since Jio came into the market in 2016 with its free to minimal data and calling tariffs, the telecom sector has seen disruption like never before. Facing a heap of regulatory and financial issues, what does the future have in store for Airtel, Jio, and VI?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

While treatment for Covid improves, a new problem has emerged - complications among those who have recovered, both physiological and mental.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Indian manufacturer Dr. Reddy's has inked an agreement to produce the Russian Sputnik V vaccine. How’s the global race for a coronavirus vaccine shaping up? What’s the best case scenario?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It took the Shapoorji-Pallonji Group less than half a day to accept Tata Sons' offer to buy back its 18.37% equity holding in the conglomerate. But the separation is unlikely to be a smooth affair.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.