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Tamil Nadu 2026: Can Stardom Trump Strategy?
Tamil Nadu's 234-seat assembly election hinges on an unprecedented question: can superstar Vijay's TVK disrupt the established DMK-AIADMK duopoly? Host Anirban Chowdhury talks to political analyst Sumanth Raman, who dissects the math Vijay polls around 15% vote share but may win zero seats, potenti…
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Why Are Labour Laws Denting Corporate Profits?
India's new labor codes just cost three companies in corporate India over ₹4,373 crore in a single quarter. TCS, Infosys, and HCLTech are reeling from retrospective gratuity provisions that go back decades. The government says it's modernizing—one unified wage definition, digital compliance, formal…
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Capital Pains: Budget 2026's Loud Silences
No big changes—but does that hide the biggest shifts? Budget 2026 surprised few with bold moves, yet its quiet continuity may reshape how India's investors and taxpayers think about stability. In this episode of The Morning Brief, host Kayezad E Adajania, editor, ET Wealth, speaks to Homi Mistry,…
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Fast, Not Furious: DTDC’s Case Against the 10-Minute Delivery Rush
As India’s quick-commerce frenzy collides with labour unrest and tightening economics, the race for ever-faster deliveries is being forced to slow down. Earlier this year, mass protests by gig workers exposed the hidden costs of the 10-minute promise. One logistics company, however, argues it antic…
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Why are Music Labels Buying Into Film Companies?
Are music labels about to dictate the terms of Indian cinema? What began as strategic investments—Saregama's ₹325 crore stake in Sanjay Leela Bhansali Productions and Universal Music's acquisition of 30.8% in Excel Entertainment—has sparked questions about consolidation, control, and the future of …
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Gold Crosses $5,000, Silver Doubles:What Investors Need to Know
India's precious metals explosion defies gravity as equities stumble. While the Nifty crawls at 10.5% and bleeds 4% this year, gold has rocketed from $2,700 to over $5,000. Silver from $28 to $100. That's a 200% surge in twelve months. Geopolitical chaos, tariff wars, and safe-haven demand are fuel…
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Corner Office Conversation With Prashant Warier, Ankit Modi and Preetham Putha of Qure.ai
Qure.ai is transforming routine medical imaging into early disease detection at unprecedented scale. Processing nearly 1,000 patients per hour across 105 countries, the startup has made preliminary radiology reports at India’s AIIMS and CMC Vellore AI-powered often flagging diseases physicians were…
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ET@Davos: Demis Hassabis on China, Apple and AGI
In this episode of ET@Davos, ET’s Sruthijith KK speaks to Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind and Nobel Laureate 2024, on the future of AI. The chess prodigy-turned scientist-turned-AI pioneer explains how DeepMind balances frontier research with a billion-user scale. Hassabis says Google’s Appl…
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ET@Davos: Andrew Ng on Why Millions Are Already Unhireable
In this episode, ET's Executive Editor Sruthijith KK sits down with AI pioneer Andrew Ng, Founder of DeepLearning.AI, for a critical conversation on India's tech future. Ng delivers a stark warning: the nation's massive IT services industry faces existential disruption. While dismissing AGI hype as…
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What Went Wrong With India's Most Reliable Rocket?
India's most trusted rocket, the PSLV, has experienced something unprecedented: back-to-back failures in May 2025 and January 2026, both involving mysterious third-stage anomalies. With a 92% success rate built over three decades, these consecutive setbacks mark uncharted territory for ISRO. Host A…
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