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What Modi has to say about the upcoming election
April 12, 2024 00:33 - 7 minutes - 6.98 MBWelcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Friday, April 12, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started: Indian markets ended Thursday on a robust note with the benchmark indices Nifty and Sensex both ending the day in the green. Touching an all time high of 22,775 points, Nifty closed just 22 points below it, up 0.49 per cent from its previous close. Sensex too closed on a higher note, up 0.47 per ce...
How will Maharashtra's heartland vote in the elections?
April 11, 2024 00:30 - 5 minutes - 5.15 MBWelcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Thursday, April 11, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started: Indian equity markets edged higher on Wednesday. Nifty and Sensex increased by around half a percent each, with Sensex closing at more than 75,000. The markets will remain shut today on the occasion of Eid. It's unusual for the stock market to be so bullish close to an election. Past election cy...
India Inc’s push for democracy
April 10, 2024 00:30 - 7 minutes - 7.26 MBWelcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Wednesday, April 10, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started: Having opened at record highs on the back of bolstered expectations of a strong showing by companies during the last quarter of FY24, Indian benchmark indices pared most of their gains to close in the red on Tuesday. BSE’s Sensex closed 0.8 per cent down from its previous close, while Nifty dipp...
Why Reliance could buy Disney India at a haircut
April 09, 2024 00:15 - 6 minutes - 5.55 MBWelcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Tuesday, April 9, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started: Indian equity markets surged on Monday. Nifty and Sensex increased by around 0.6 percent each, hitting fresh record highs. The Bombay Stock Exchange's total market cap crossed the 400 trillion rupee mark for the first time during yesterday's trading session, as global crude oil prices dropped furth...
Why Thierry Delaporte resigned as Wipro’s CEO
April 08, 2024 00:30 - 7 minutes - 7.21 MBWelcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Monday, April 8, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started: Just as India’s 245 billion dollar IT industry prepares for its earnings season, a high level exit has shook the industry. Bengaluru-based Wipro’s CEO and managing director Thierry Delaporte put down his papers late on Saturday. People aware of the matter told Mint’s Varun Sood that the real reason ...
Southern Indian states want more revenue from Centre
April 05, 2024 00:16 - 5 minutes - 4.79 MBWelcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Friday, April 5, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started: Indian equity markets surged on Thursday. Nifty and Sensex increased by around 0.4 percent each. IT companies had a tepid financial year. A lukewarm ending in the fourth and final quarter has resulted in decline in revenue and mediocre profit margins. Mint's tech writer Shovik Das and IT correspon...
Why IPL is in a whole different league
April 04, 2024 00:30 - 7 minutes - 7.01 MBIndian markets largely remained flat on Wednesday. For a second consecutive day, benchmark indices closed in the red with both Nifty and Sensex ending the day less than 0.1 per cent below their previous close. In 2020 the central government production linked incentive or PLI scheme. Hailed by the commerce ministry, with an outlay of almost 2 trillion rupees, the scheme aimed at supporting manufacturing growth in 14 different sectors spanning industries such as electronics, pharma and texti...
A new scheme to replace electoral bonds in the works
April 03, 2024 00:30 - 5 minutes - 4.78 MBWelcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Wednesday, April 3, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started: Indian equity markets remained largely flat on Wednesday. Both Sensex and Nifty fell marginally around 0.1 percent each. Director Anurag Kashyap's Gangs of Wasseypur became a cult classic because of its realistic depiction of 1980s gang wars in eastern India’s coal belt. However, reality is s...
How climate change is biting India’s FMCG companies
April 02, 2024 00:30 - 7 minutes - 6.92 MBWelcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Tuesday, April 2, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started: Indian markets started the new financial year with a fresh vigour as benchmark indices closed in the green on Monday. BSE’s Sensex rose more than 350 points to close 0.49 per cent up from its previous close. NSE’s Nifty-50 also climbed more than 130 points to close 0.61 per cent above its last clos...
What drives Carl Pei?
April 01, 2024 00:30 - 4 minutes - 4.19 MBWelcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Monday, April 1, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started: With the financial year wrapping up last week, a lot of data was published from the past 12 months. One crucial data set was that from the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. This act provides a 100 days of guaranteed employment to every household. Most routinely, these jobs are ...
How offshore funding impacts smallcaps
March 29, 2024 00:30 - 3 minutes - 3.64 MBGood morning listeners, Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Friday, March 29, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started: Markets continued to pick up on Thursday. Benchmark indices Nifty and Sensex increased by around 0.90 percent each. Power, auto, and metal stocks led the surge during yesterday's trading session. Despite yesterday's good news, the markets have been volatile of late. Much o...
A snowballing governance nightmare for corporate India?
March 28, 2024 00:30 - 5 minutes - 5 MBWelcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Thursday, March 27, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started: Markets enjoyed an uptick on Wednesday. Benchmark index Nifty increased by around half a percentage point, while Sensex was up by 0.73 percent by the time markets closed. India is short on directors. Not the ones that make movies — plenty of those around — but those that run companies. Accordin...
India’s copper conundrum
March 27, 2024 00:30 - 7 minutes - 6.41 MBWelcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Wednesday, March 27, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started: Indian benchmark indices broke the three-day streak of higher close to end the trading session on the red on Tuesday. BSE’s benchmark index Sensex closed down 0.5 per cent, while NSE’s Nifty closed 0.42 per cent below its open. It's election season, and across the country, people are being enc...
An unlikely star in the insurance industry
March 25, 2024 00:30 - 5 minutes - 5.38 MBWelcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. This is Nelson John, wishing all our listeners a safe, colourful and happy Holi. It's Monday, March 25, 2024. Let's get started: What really makes us happy, and how do we measure it? While happiness can feel like a deeply personal experience, varying greatly from one person to the next, there's an attempt to quantify it on a global scale every year. And in this pursuit...
What’s a plutocracy and is India becoming one?
March 22, 2024 00:30 - 6 minutes - 6.05 MBWelcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Friday, March 22, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started: Indian benchmark indices surged on Thursday, riding the wave of optimism from global markets. This uptick came after the Federal Reserve maintained its outlook for three rate cuts within the year, sparking a rally. Both Nifty and Sensex rose more than 0.75 per cent by the end of the day’s trading o...
Why Zomato's pure veg fleet is a bad idea
March 21, 2024 00:30 - 5 minutes - 4.89 MBWelcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Thursday, March 21, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started: Markets stayed largely flat on Wednesday. Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty increased marginally by around 0.1 percent each. 2024 hasn't been very kind: Sensex and Nifty have both been flat since the start of the year. Compare that to Nvidia, the US-based tech company. Nvidia is up more than 80...
How much for a Tesla in India? Answer: ~ 40 lakhs
March 20, 2024 00:30 - 7 minutes - 6.49 MBMint Primer | Tesla at ₹40 lakh: Will EVs now come roaring in? Modi govt’s mixed record on corporate reforms Two Raza paintings emerge from the shadows to fetch an eye popping ₹86 crore How pig butchering scam is taking a toll on investors Alakh sir, can PhysicsWallah ace the profit test? Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Wednesday, March 20, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started:...
Electoral bonds: There is more to unpack
March 19, 2024 00:30 - 6 minutes - 5.86 MBWelcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Tuesday, March 19, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started: On a day marked by wild gyrations of the Sensex and Nifty, the benchmark indices managed to end Tuesday on a positive note. Both Sensex and Nifty ended the trading session about 0.15 per cent above their previous close. Tata Steel, Mahindra & Mahindra, JSW Steel and Tata Motors emerged as the top ...
Who funded which party? An analysis of Electoral Bonds donors
March 18, 2024 00:30 - 5 minutes - 5.45 MBWelcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Monday, March 18, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started: Late on Thursday, the State Bank of India released the list of donors from the Electoral Bonds list. Electoral bonds were an anonymous way to donate to political parties, which India’s Supreme Court declared unconstitutional last month. The court also ordered the previously anonymous data to be mad...
Why RBI barred Paytm Payments Bank
March 15, 2024 00:30 - 4 minutes - 4.48 MBShow notes: India's crypto woes persist despite Bitcoin surge Paytm’s bank is in a state of suspended animation. So, what’s next? Foodhall is shut, but Biyani sisters are not done with gourmet food yet Why ‘regular pay’ is better for life insurance premiums Is the ice melting? Some startups defy funding slump with successive rounds Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Friday, March 15, 2024...
Bloodbath on D-street
March 14, 2024 00:30 - 6 minutes - 5.93 MBWelcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Thursday, March 14, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started: Wednesday witnessed a crash at Dalal Street. Facing headwinds from cautious sentiment in international markets and influenced by expectation of a delayed interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve, Indian benchmark indices followed the lead of other Asian markets, ending the day with notable los...
Ever heard of a part time CEO?
March 13, 2024 00:30 - 7 minutes - 6.97 MBAt long last, Jet Airways revival in sight Tweaked stock options, coming soon to a job contract near you Petrol pumps cap inventory amid hopes of fuel price cut Startups, SMEs increasingly covet so-called fractional CXOs Netflix needs another midstream change in India. Here’s why Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Wednesday, March 13, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started: Indian ...
SBI to make Electoral Bonds data public rules Apex Court
March 12, 2024 00:30 - 4 minutes - 4.19 MBWelcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Tuesday, March 12, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started: The Indian stock market slid on Monday, with benchmark indices Nifty and Sensex falling by about 0.8 percent. Smallcap stocks like JM Financial, which faced disciplinary action by Sebi, and IIFL Finance were the worst losers of the day. However, if you owned shares of Godfrey Phillips — maker of ...
What’s with the Academy’s beef with popular movies?
March 11, 2024 00:30 - 6 minutes - 5.98 MBWho will win Barbenheimer clash at Oscars? Here’s what history shows. India's chip ambitions are about to get larger Disney merger in sight, Viacom18 rejigs top roles Spotify bets on independent music to bolster presence in India NexCAR 19 cancer therapy: Conceived at IIT Bombay, delivered in Tata Memorial Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Monday, March 11, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's...
The laws every Indian woman should know of
March 08, 2024 00:30 - 6 minutes - 5.52 MBDon't be startled — you're still listening to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. I'm Devina Sengupta, deputy editor at Mint. I write about careers, workplaces, and higher education. I am your host for this special episode and will be substituting for Nelson John. It's Friday, March 8, 2024. Let's get started: Markets ended flat on Thursday, as Sensex maintained its position above the 74,000 mark. The benchmark ind...
Hey McDonald's! Who moved my cheese?
March 07, 2024 00:30 - 4 minutes - 4.16 MBIt's Thursday, March 7, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started: A new day, a new record high for the Indian stock market. Nifty and Sensex both surged by around half a percent each. Sensex crossed the 74,000 mark for the first time. Stocks such as ICICI Bank, SBI, and NTPC also hit lifetime highs. However, as markets correspondent Ram Sahgal notes, trading remained uneven. Midcap and smallcap stocks plunged, as investors took note of regulatory action by the markets regulator. Ra...
Frozen hellscape or green shoots at the height of startup winter?
March 06, 2024 00:15 - 6 minutes - 6.34 MBWelcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Wednesday, March 6, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started: Breaking a four day winning streak, Indian markets closed in the red on Tuesday. Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty both suffered some losses during the day but closed slightly above their intraday lows. Sensex was down 0.26 per cent at the end of Tuesday’s trading. Nifty, at the closing bell, wa...
The uphill battle for Indian GPTs
March 05, 2024 00:30 - 6 minutes - 6.19 MBSmall investors are savvier; look what they did with small-cap stocks International airlines vie for the Indian globetrotter Tata Motors business divisions come to a fork in the road Should Nvidia employees with stock options sell or stay put? Ask me anything: Inside the race to build desi GPTs Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Tuesday, March 5, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started...
What happened at the TCS retreat in Abu Dhabi
March 04, 2024 00:30 - 4 minutes - 4.15 MBWhat a scorcher: Can India sustain this torrid pace of growth? What the TCS bosses have in mind: A growth spurt in the year ahead 2024 is the year to scale up beyond pilots, advance GenAI projects: IBM's Candy Mint Explainer: Who’s winning the app war – Google or Indian startups? Struck by Byju’s, General Atlantic’s India ship is in distress. Will it survive? Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. I...
What’s pushing Punjab farmers to protest?
March 01, 2024 00:30 - 5 minutes - 5.06 MBIt’s Friday, March 1, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started: Sensex and Nifty remained flat on Thursday. Both market indices marginally increased by around 0.2 percent. Ever had a single malt named Rampur? Or a gin named Ranthambore? They're all made by a distiller named Radico Khaitan. And with a topline of close to 12 thousand crores, it's doing quite well. Radico Khaitan caters to the higher end of the alcohol market, which has found many suitors. Mint's luxury and lifestyle c...
A profitable edtech unicorn goes shopping
February 29, 2024 00:24 - 7 minutes - 6.65 MBWelcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Thursday, February 29, 2024. Happy Leap day to all our listeners. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started: Bears went loose on the D-street on Wednesday with benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty seeing a crash. Dragged down by the Midcap and Smallcap indices, both Sensex and Nifty were down more than one per cent at close, falling below the psychological levels of...
Airtel to focus on payments bank, Africa and satellite broadband says Sunil Mittal
February 28, 2024 00:30 - 5 minutes - 4.95 MBHostile investors likely to skip Byju’s $200-mn rights issue Why women, once ignored, are being treasured in Krishnagiri Airtel to exit non-core biz for digital growth: Sunil Mittal GCCs face talent exodus amid rising competition Why Chaayos is adding a stronger dash of premium to its cafes
Banks invoke God to avoid capital calls from PE and VC firms
February 27, 2024 00:30 - 5 minutes - 4.78 MBThe crackdown on AIF abuse comes with some collateral damage Mint Primer: Could Indian identifier Svc kill Sweden’s Truecaller? Yulu to re-focus on people mobility after $80 mn expected funding push Sebi wants to nurture Indian real estate’s ₹4,000 crore baby. But why? Indian politics is becoming increasingly partisan. We have the data to prove it.
Life’s harsh for gig workers at Urban Company
February 26, 2024 00:30 - 5 minutes - 5.48 MBSBI breathing down ICICI Bank's neck in market-cap race After spurning Zee, Sony sets sights on aha FMCG companies in choppy waters, and there doesn't seem to be any respite soon The two faces of India Inc.'s Q3 growth story Urban Company is eyeing profits and an IPO. But gigsters are angry
Unacademy’s unenviable position
February 23, 2024 00:30 - 10 minutes - 9.29 MBJapan’s Nikkei, after 34 years, finally tops its all-time high ‘You don't need to destroy Google. All you need to destroy is their monopoly.' Why there is no end in sight to the Red Sea crisis New space FDI policy to boost private startups amid flat patch Unacademy moved fast to break things. It ended up with a fracture
Digital dissent of Indian bank employees
February 22, 2024 00:30 - 7 minutes - 6.65 MBMint Primer: Is the market’s PSU narrative overstretched? Fast-food chains push more value meals as in-store footfall remains weak Salary hikes to be lowest in three years. But it's not all bad #5DaysBanking #SavePSB: Young bank activists are fighting a quiet battle Political leaders reach out to digital content creators, podcasters in run-up to elections
The govt's history in dealing with farmer protests
February 21, 2024 00:05 - 5 minutes - 5.19 MBA decade of flip-flops on farmers’ issues despite full-majority government What you can do to get your employer to deposit PF, TDS Where to, Dara? Uber faces an off-road adventure Scrapping your old car may fetch more soon The onion peel that promises a sugar high
India’s push for organic produce
February 20, 2024 00:30 - 6 minutes - 6.01 MBTested organic food coming on your plate, courtesy govt Why the Ratan Tata biography is not in print yet Mint Primer: Why commercial card spending has been paused Can PPFAS lure investors with its tax-efficient ‘debt’ fund? Beating GDP growth no longer enough for Indian firms: McKinsey
How the wealthy are fuelling the bull run
February 19, 2024 00:30 - 5 minutes - 4.82 MBAffluent India is fuelling the equities surge. But that story has gaps Should you invest in Mirae’s latest multi-factor small-cap fund? The news sources that Indians will trust and distrust this poll season How to develop bike-taxis (beyond issuing clarifications) Airfares have soared, but summer travellers don't care
Trouble in Paradise for the King of Spices
February 16, 2024 00:30 - 6 minutes - 5.75 MBSupreme Court strikes down electoral bonds scheme, associated amendments as unconstitutional Large private lenders join hands informally to stem attrition tide BSNL pan-India 4G launch pushed to Dec, employees’ union seeks Vi network usage From DLF to Lodha and Godrej, builders are testing new cities Why Kashmir’s saffron growers are feeling blue
Isn’t a top MBA good enough to land a job?
February 15, 2024 00:30 - 5 minutes - 5.12 MBCentre plans skills for loans in financial inclusion schemes What fund managers think of the current PSU rally Who profiteered the most from GST tweaks? CCI has clues Work experience more crucial than ever for new MBA graduates, India’s top B-schools say RBI swipes left on commercial credit cards
Urban India's problems with BJP
February 14, 2024 00:30 - 4 minutes - 3.87 MBED begins preliminary enquiry into Paytm Payment Bank Go Digit IPO gets Irdai go-ahead The political hot potatoes on which urban India disagrees with the BJP Myntra is selling lipstick and blush. Should Nykaa be worried? Tesla seeks Indian partner for rooftop solar panel venture
Desi ghee vs blue cheese: who will win?
February 13, 2024 00:30 - 4 minutes - 4.33 MBDecent Q3, but bumps ahead for Hero Will Tata’s Curvv ball strike out Hyundai? Should investors lap up or ignore SBI Energy Opportunities Fund? Mint Primer: From Europe to India, why are farmers angry? India eyes a ghee-for-cheese deal with UK
Behind the mass exodus of nurses
February 12, 2024 00:30 - 6 minutes - 5.72 MBSmall investors raised stakes sharply in Paytm in Q3. Then came RBI’s curbs Infosys back on campuses to hire for niche job profiles Mint Primer: Are you middle class? A housing scheme may hold clues As nurses leave in droves, Indian hospitals get a backache How AA framework is changing your financial life for the better Listen to ‘India’s Reform Story’, a Mint special podcast series. Click here to listen
Paytm's China ties concern govt
February 09, 2024 00:30 - 5 minutes - 4.7 MBPaytm's China link that made authorities sit up No Java, Oracle or AWS? Sorry, next student please Mint Explainer: What’s at stake in Pakistan’s general election? Mint Primer: Why rents will spiral again this year How to access assets when breadwinner is incapacitated
Who is India's middle class, exactly?
February 08, 2024 00:30 - 5 minutes - 4.92 MBIndia on par with the world in AI adoption: Satya Nadella The long wait for India’s first agritech unicorn Mint Explainer: Why small vendors are wary of the law on prompt payments Middle-class housing scheme: Govt to issue specifications to determine beneficiaries Mint Primer: Why passenger cars may move into the slow lane soon
Retail investors are getting smarter
February 07, 2024 00:30 - 6 minutes - 6.23 MBThe small investor learns the art of booking profits FMCG firms had two good years. This one may be different Placement blues fade at IIMs as recruiters troop in Health plans: Is it wise to opt for monthly payments? Cred acquires Kuvera, enters wealth-management space
Why are Indians not going to the movies?
February 06, 2024 00:30 - 7 minutes - 6.78 MBGovt's ₹1-trillion deep tech fund: why we need it, and is it enough? Gold loans without gold? Bizarre but true at BoB The return of the NRI homebuyer Box office popcorn for cinemas; but where are the viewers? Are branded apartments worth the premium that you pay?
FM talks on economy, GDP, and rural India
February 05, 2024 00:30 - 5 minutes - 4.79 MBConventional paradigms being challenged: FM Nirmala Sitharaman RBI to keep repo rate unchanged, focus on liquidity: Mint poll Spooked Paytm Payments Bank executives rush to recruiters for jobs Reliance-Disney dalliance to stir up streaming scene Telepathy: Would you put a chip in your brain?
A special Budget edition
February 02, 2024 00:37 - 6 minutes - 5.73 MBA smart chess move for the long game Lower fiscal deficit to drive bank rally Intent vs Delivery: What this govt promised, what it delivered Budget 2024: Auto PLI gets a boost, FAME scheme a cut RIL may pay $2.3 bn for 60% stake in Disney India assets