The Tribals protesting road development, miles through the jungle to reach a polling station and Election Workers being air-dropped and picked for security! Get the ground report tales for what it takes to do polls in Naxal-infested Bastar with host Nidhi Sharma along with Anubhuti Vishnoi and Rahul Tripathi from ET’s political bureau. Tune in!

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The Tribals protesting road development, miles through the jungle to reach a polling station and Election Workers being air-dropped and picked for security! Get the ground report tales for what it takes to do polls in Naxal-infested Bastar with host <a href="https://m.economictimes.com/etreporter/author-nidhi-sharma-10299.cms">Nidhi Sharma</a> along with <a href="https://x.com/anubhutivishnoi?s=20">Anubhuti Vishnoi</a> and <a href="https://x.com/rahultripathi?s=20">Rahul Tripathi</a> from ET’s political bureau. Tune in!
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Elections & Extremism: Ground report on the push for polling in the Naxal-infested Bastar

A Doctor Feels Squeezed

Big Money Hits Kerala

Why Kerala Is Prime

Demand Drivers and NRIs

India PE Healthcare Boom

Pandemic Accelerates Deals

The PE Hospital Playbook

 Costs, Care, and Concerns

Cherian’s Fight and Wrap

Kerala has long been India’s healthcare model — high literacy, strong outcomes, a diaspora that pays for quality care. Now, private equity giants KKR and Blackstone are betting big on it, pumping nearly $900 million into the state’s hospitals in just two years. For global funds, the logic is simple: chronic disease, ageing patients, NRI money. For doctors like Charlie Cherian, who spent decades building a community hospital from scratch, the math is more personal. Can independent, affordable, doctor-run hospitals survive the corporate onslaught? And what happens to patients when healthcare becomes just another asset class?

Reported by Alenjith K Johny, narrated for audio by Anirban Chowdhury

Kerala has long been India&rsquo;s healthcare model &mdash; high literacy, strong outcomes, a diaspora that pays for quality care. Now, private equity giants KKR and Blackstone are betting big on it, pumping nearly $900 million into the state&rsquo;s hospitals in just two years. For global funds, the logic is simple: chronic disease, ageing patients, NRI money. For doctors like Charlie Cherian, who spent decades building a community hospital from scratch, the math is more personal. Can independent, affordable, doctor-run hospitals survive the corporate onslaught? And what happens to patients when healthcare becomes just another asset class?
Reported by Alenjith K Johny, narrated for audio by Anirban Chowdhury

ET Deep Dive: How PE Firms Are Taking Over Heathcare in Kerala

Leadership: GE, IBM, Cisco, Apple, Disney.

Joining HP amid the great PC decline era.

India's PC market set to double from 20%.

Can HP crack the PC affordability challenge?

Is  enterprise is two-thirds right now?

50% of PCs AI-powered: HP leads the charge.

HP bets big on the booming creator economy.

Trade wars force HP's supply chain rethink.

Women in tech: how to rise to the top.

HP’s MD and SVP for India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka Ipsita Dasgupta joins ET’s Anirban Chowdhury in the latest Corner Office Conversation to discuss why India’s PC story is still in its early stages — and how AI PCs, creators, SMEs and students could drive the next wave of growth. She explains why HP sees “a PC in every child’s hands” as a national opportunity, how AI-powered computing could change productivity for enterprises and creators alike, and why India may emerge as a critical manufacturing and innovation hub in the global tech supply chain. She also speaks candidly about women in leadership, risk-taking, workplace culture and building communities that help women succeed in tech.

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HP&rsquo;s MD and SVP for India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka Ipsita Dasgupta joins ET&rsquo;s Anirban Chowdhury in the latest Corner Office Conversation to discuss why India&rsquo;s PC story is still in its early stages &mdash; and how AI PCs, creators, SMEs and students could drive the next wave of growth. She explains why HP sees &ldquo;a PC in every child&rsquo;s hands&rdquo; as a national opportunity, how AI-powered computing could change productivity for enterprises and creators alike, and why India may emerge as a critical manufacturing and innovation hub in the global tech supply chain. She also speaks candidly about women in leadership, risk-taking, workplace culture and building communities that help women succeed in tech. You can follow Anirban Chowdhury on his social media:<a href="https://twitter.com/AnirbanET"> X</a> and<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/anirban-chowdhury-b5067219/"> Linkedin </a>Listen in to the episode of<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/corner-office-conversation-with-sridhar-vembu-ceo-of/id1827451035?i=1000731722117"> Corner Office Conversation with Sridhar Vembu, CEO, of Zoho Corporation</a>,<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/corner-office-conversation/id1827451035?i=1000731513423"> Corner Office Conversation with Gunjan Soni, Country Managing Director, Youtube India</a>,<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/corner-office-conversation/id1827451035?i=1000756655695"> Corner Office Conversation with&nbsp; G.V. Prasad, Co-Chairman and Managing Director Dr Reddy&rsquo;s Laboratories Ltd</a>,<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/corner-office-conversation/id1827451035?i=1000748828081"> Corner Office Conversation with Rajan Anandan, Managing Director, Peak XV &amp; Surge</a> and<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/corner-office-conversation/id1827451035"> much more</a>.
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Corner Office Conversation: HP India MD Ipsita Dasgupta on AI PCs & Creator Economy

Weeks Later: The Silence Finally Breaks

The Paper Trail and the Missed Deadline

New to the Floor, First to Be Exploited

The Two Words That Indict TCS Leadership

Consent Can't Survive a Power Imbalance

Section 299, POSH & a Tangled Legal Web

One IC, Two Cities: A POSH Act Failure

Off the Radar: POSH Fails Nashik's Workers

India Inc. and the Accountability It Avoids

The POSH Checklist Every Executive Needs

Conclusion

Credits

The TCS Nashik case has become one of the most disturbing workplace harassment scandals in India’s recent corporate history. The NCW’s findings point to systemic intimidation, leadership failure, weak POSH implementation and a culture of silence inside a major listed company. In this episode, Anirban Chowdhury speaks to Aparna Mittal, Founder of Samāna Centre for Gender, Policy and Law, about governance deficits, fear-driven workplaces, misuse of authority, whistleblower failures and why younger employees remain especially vulnerable. 

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The TCS Nashik case has become one of the most disturbing workplace harassment scandals in India&rsquo;s recent corporate history. The NCW&rsquo;s findings point to systemic intimidation, leadership failure, weak POSH implementation and a culture of silence inside a major listed company. In this episode, Anirban Chowdhury speaks to Aparna Mittal, Founder of Samāna Centre for Gender, Policy and Law, about governance deficits, fear-driven workplaces, misuse of authority, whistleblower failures and why younger employees remain especially vulnerable.&nbsp;
Listen in: You can follow Anirban Chowdhury on his social media:<a href="https://twitter.com/AnirbanET"> X</a> and<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/anirban-chowdhury-b5067219/"> Linkedin </a>Check out other interesting episodes like:<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/et-deep-dive-swipe-left-on-reality/id1568661777?i=1000763614435&amp;l=te">ET Deep Dive: Swipe Left on Reality</a>,<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/india-wants-manufacturing-at-25-of-gdp-will-ai-in/id1568661777?i=1000760758322">India wants manufacturing at 25% of GDP &mdash; will AI in factories help?</a>, <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tanay-kothari-wants-to-kill-the-keyboard/id1568661777?i=1000758892178">Tanay Kothari Wants To Kill The Keyboard</a>,<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-morning-brief/id1568661777?i=1000738205536"> </a><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/from-doer-to-director-the-linkedin-playbook-for-the-ai-age/id1568661777?i=1000756242616">From Doer to Director: The LinkedIn Playbook for the AI Agea</a>, <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-morning-brief/id1568661777?i=1000756051799">Semaglutide Goes Generic: Big Pharma&rsquo;s Moat Breaks</a>&nbsp; and<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-morning-brief/id1568661777"> much more</a>.
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