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2/13/2023
2 : 34

India strikes gold with lithium

Also in today's edition: MX Player for sale?; US-China cable wars; Big Tech will get even more powerful; New-age quest to break even ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
2/11/2023
4 : 34

Mercury fever

A mercury-spiked sample of the spice, paththar ke phool (stone flower), gave enough ammo to put a multibillion-dollar conglomerate in the dock ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
2/10/2023
2 : 34

Hotstar turns lukewarm

Also in today's edition: CCI to brandish a bigger cane; Adani's cup of woes overflows; Twitter Blue arrives in India; Job prospects turn grim ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
2/9/2023
2 : 34

Nowhere to borrow

Also in today's edition: Loan apps get spring cleaned; Metaverse for teens; AI ethics, anybody?; Joe Biden sees red ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
2/8/2023
2 : 34

No more moonshots

Also in today's edition: Vedanta in a spot; Global food woes; Pichai and Nadella slug it out; Reading between the lines of India's unemployment data ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
2/7/2023
2 : 34

Coke Studio’s fizzy goblet

Also in today's edition: Keeping up with the Adani meltdown; Mobile wallets 2.0; Huawei's patents play; Did Man City cook the books? ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
2/6/2023
2 : 34

India plays a slick passing game

Also in today's edition: Dominoes fall for Adani; WazirX decouples from Binance; The mystery of Balloongate; Disney's artistic licence ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
2/4/2023
4 : 34

The shove to push the economy

The Union Budget 2023-24 has increased infrastructure outlay and decreased spending for crucial public programmes. Why so, and will this approach work in the long term? ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
2/3/2023
2 : 34

Samsung puts all eggs in the 2023 basket

Also in today's edition: Google Pay has an India problem; Adani gets burnt to a crisp; Southeast Asia pushes back against China; Meta's ray of hope ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
2/2/2023
2 : 34

Three bags full

Also in today's edition: Government pushes regime change; Not much to reap from agri incentives; Google writes a Bard into existence; Reliance's cheap shot ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
2/1/2023
2 : 34

Birla vs. Ambani 2.0

Also in today's edition: BYJU's wants to replace tuition teachers now; Unpacking the Economic Survey; Unilever's change of guard; Innovation is dead ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
1/31/2023
2 : 34

Is this India’s most mysterious company?

Also in today's edition: Hindenburg-Adani arm wrestle; Pakistan is in the doldrums; Google's ad empire may be in serious danger; Food insecurity continues ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
1/30/2023
2 : 34

India Khan’t get enough

Also in today's edition: All's not well with ShareChat; Keeping up with Hindenburg vs. Adani; Is a US-China war imminent?; AI comes to Meta's rescue ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
1/28/2023
4 : 34

Pre-Budget signals

Indian states will not like what Budget 2023 may have in store for them ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
1/26/2023
2 : 34

The Adani bombshell

Also in today's edition: Android, diluted; Vedanta's bridge to somewhere; A Goan invite for Pakistan; The Murdoch media merger that wasn't ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
1/25/2023
2 : 44

Cloud war is just starting

Also in today's edition: No child's play; US-China are at it again; RBI cracks down on SBM India; American banks versus fintech ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
1/23/2023
2 : 34

Have a drink, the angst is ebbing

Also in today's edition: The great Adani hive-off; Who wants to work in tech?; Netflix after Reed Hastings; Americans are gaslighting cooking stoves ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
1/21/2023
4 : 34

Every rose has its thorn

After the Jatropha promise wilted, cactus pear is the new biofuel hope ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
1/20/2023
6 : 14

Android may never be the same

Also in today's edition: Neu app, old problem; Why advertisers love TikTok; India no port of call; Netflix makes another U-turn ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
1/20/2023
5 : 54

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