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The Morning Brief

The Economic Times

To make sense of the week’s hottest stories in business, economy, politics and markets, journalists from the Economic Times chat with reporters and industry leaders in this thrice-weekly (Tuesday, Thursday, Friday) podcast.

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24:22

The Labubu Lowdown

The Morning Brief ·

2025/07/03

Labubu, the “cute but creepy” character from The Monsters series by Hong Kong artist Kasing Lung, has taken over the world….and now India. Once a niche designer toy, Labubu is now a global collectible phenomenon fuelled by Pop Mart’s blind box strategy and major celebrity endorsements from Rihanna to Karan Johar. With prices ranging from ₹4,000 to over ₹1 crore, Labubu is driving a fast-growing collectibles trend in India. From social media unboxings to resale site frenzies,

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27:50

Corner Office Conversation with Amitabh Chaudhry, MD...

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2025/07/01

Axis Bank, MD & CEO Amitabh Chaudhry sits down with ET’s Saloni Shukla and banking editor Sangita Mehta for an unfiltered conversation on growth, competition, and resilience. Since taking over in 2019, Chaudhry has led Axis to become India’s third-largest private sector bank. Yet, questions remain about its relatively slower growth especially when compared to peers like ICICI and HDFC Bank. With the banking sector navigating fresh headwinds, sluggish deposit growth, stricter

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19:19

Shared Space: Kamna Shukla on Shubhanshu Shukla

The Morning Brief ·

2025/06/27

As India sends Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla into orbit on the Axiom-4 mission, we pause to meet his biggest cheerleader and strongest support system. Dr Kamna Shukla—Shukla’s wife, best friend since Class 3, a dentist and mother—opens up to TOI's Chethan Kumar about the daring, dedication and decisiveness that drives Shukla, his bonding with other astronauts, his goofiness and taking inspiration from Finding Nemo, their love across light years, parenting during countdowns, the

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15:56

The Conflict that Just Doesn't End

The Morning Brief ·

2025/06/26

What happens when long-simmering tensions between two regional powers erupt into a flashpoint for global concern? In this episode of The Morning Brief, host Anirban Chowdhury is joined by Barbara Slavin, distinguished fellow at the Stimson Centre to unpack the fragile but ferocious dynamic between Iran and Israel. Framed by the October 7th Hamas attacks and the Gaza War, the conversation traces the deeper history of Iran’s relationship with Israel and the rise of the so-called Axis of

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21:25

AAIB’s Ex Chief on Air Crashes, Crack Teams and...

The Morning Brief ·

2025/06/24

An Air India flight took off on June 12 and within seconds, it became one of the deadliest air crashes in recent memory. Only one of the 242 people aboard survived. The official investigation has been hamstrung by a severely damaged black box that had to be flown to the NTSB lab for decoding. Host Anirban Chowdhury speaks to Aurobindo Handa, former head of India’s air accident probe agency, to understand what it takes to uncover the truth after an air crash. Drawing on his years of experience

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36:45

Air India: Reboot or Relapse?

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2025/06/20

Seconds after taking off from Ahmedabad en route to London, Air India flight AI171 crashed, killing 241 of 242 people onboard, marking India’s worst aviation disaster in over a decade.In this episode of The Morning Brief, host Anirban Chowdhury speaks with safety and flight ops expert Amit Singh, founder of Safety Matters Foundation as well as ET’s aviation experts Forum Gandhi and Arindam Majumder, to unpack the tragedy that has shaken the foundations of India’s aviation

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24:31

India’s Rare Earth Reckoning

The Morning Brief ·

2025/06/13

As rare earth shortages disrupt global manufacturing, India’s auto sector is feeling the crunch. In this episode of The Morning Brief, hosts Anirban Chowdhury and Shally Seth Mohile speak with Ankit Somani (Co-founder, Conifer), Hemal Thakkar (Senior Practice Leader and Director, Crisil Intelligence), and Vinnie Mehta (Director General, ACMA) to unpack how China’s tightening grip on rare earth exports is sending shockwaves through India’s auto sector. With restrictions on critical

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18:07

Corner Office Conversation with John Pearson, CEO,...

The Morning Brief ·

2025/06/12

DHL Express, has made a strategic turnaround in the last 15 years to become a key revenue driver for the DHL Group. At the helm is its CEO John Pearson, a 40 year veteran at the logistics behemoth. But as geopolitical forces give new directions to global trade, DHL must find new anchors. In this Corner Office Conversation Pearson talks to Anirban Chowdhury, who joins him at DHL’s Dubai facility, and ET’s Forum Gandhi about how he and his company are navigating the shifting sands, air and

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21:48

Health Hazards in your Grocery Bag

The Morning Brief ·

2025/06/10

A bottle of mango lassi, neatly sealed and within its expiry date, erupts like a shaken soda—over-fermented and undrinkable. Delivered in 10 minutes from a quick commerce dark store, it should’ve been safe. But it wasn’t. And it isn’t an isolated case. As India’s quick commerce boom races ahead with 10-minute deliveries, dark stores—those invisible micro-warehouses powering your convenience—are quietly falling short on food safety. From broken packaging and

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25:38

Boardrooms and Bloodlines: How Small Family...

The Morning Brief ·

2025/06/06

For decades, Indian family businesses have operated on trust, tradition, and unwritten rules. But as generational transitions approach, and as businesses scale or seek external capital, these legacy structures are coming under pressure. Succession in Indian family businesses is no longer a backroom conversation, it's becoming a strategic imperative. And as new voices emerge in old rooms, the question is no longer if the change will come, but how prepared families are to manage it. Host Dia Rekhi

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19:15

Corner Office Conversation with Yannick Bolloré,...

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2025/06/05

Havas Group, the world’s fifth-largest advertising network, counts India as one of its most successful markets. In this special Corner Office Conversation, Yannick Bolloré, Chairman and CEO of Havas Group, talks to Ratna Bhushan about why Indian branding and advertising is a “completely different world”. With several big accounts such as Reckitt Benckiser, HUL and Tata Steel and a headcount that has grown 10X in eight years and poised to double in the next few, Havas is

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20:10

Trump vs Harvard: India Impact

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2025/06/03

The Trump-Harvard tussle over international students has aspirants and their parents in a bind. In this episode of The Morning Brief, host Prachi Verma explores the ripple effect of the clash and what it signals for the future of American higher education. With its federal certification temporarily stripped, Harvard now has less than 30 days to prove it complies with the Student and Exchange Visitor Program. While a federal judge has paused the enforcement, the uncertainty is real—especially

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40:07

Patrick McGee on the Apple-China Toxic Nexus and...

The Morning Brief ·

2025/05/30

From Steve Jobs’s design obsession to Cold War-like entanglements in China, Apple’s supply chain story is as much geopolitical as it is operational. In this episode of The Morning Brief, hosts Anirban Chowdhury and Dia Rekhi speak with Financial Times’ lead Apple reporter, journalist and author Patrick McGee, whose new book explores how Apple’s reliance on China helped build both the iPhone and China’s manufacturing dominance. From Foxconn’s factory cities to Tim

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18:24

Malta Malfunction: The Rich Hit a Border Wall

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2025/05/29

Malta’s golden passport scheme once ranked #1 globally for citizenship-by-investment has been declared a violation of EU law by the European Court of Justice, signaling a major turning point in global wealth migration. As the EU cracks down on fast-track citizenship programs, high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs), including thousands of wealthy Indians, are reassessing their options for second citizenship and global mobility. Host Neil Ghai talks to Rajneesh Pathak, founder of GlobalNorth

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19:46

Explaining India’s Record FDI Freefall

The Morning Brief ·

2025/05/27

India has recently witnessed a dramatic decline in net Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), sparking concerns across economic and policy circles. In this episode, we explore the key factors behind this unexpected fall and what it could mean for the country’s growth trajectory. While foreign investment continues to come in, a surge indisinvestments and capital outflows as part of the IPO wave last year sharply reduced the net gain. What’s causing global investors to pull back? And why are

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23:20

Why PVR sued Bollywood’s Most Successful Producer

The Morning Brief ·

2025/05/23

Today we break down the big clash between PVR Inox, India’s largest cinema chain, and Maddock Films, the production house behind the Stree franchise, Chhava and now Bhool Chuk Maaf. Just days before the latest film was supposed to hit theatres, Maddock decided to skip the big screen and release it straight to Amazon Prime Video, citing the ongoing military conflict between India and Pakistan. That move didn’t sit well with PVR Inox. They hit back with a ₹60 crore lawsuit, accusing

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20:24

Trump, Tim Cook, and the India iPhone Question

The Morning Brief ·

2025/05/22

Last week, Donald Trump made headlines once again.. this time by issuing veiled threats to Apple CEO Tim Cook over the company’s expanding operations in India. But despite the political noise, Apple is pushing full steam ahead with its India strategy, with Foxconn reportedly set to double iPhone production in the country this year. As Apple positions India as a key manufacturing hub and a potential alternative to China, host Dia Rekhi is joined by Tarun Pathak, Research Director at

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24:36

India’s Concert Economy Boom

The Morning Brief ·

2025/05/20

From Guns n Roses shredding in Mumbai to Coldplay slaying it in Ahmedabad, India is grooving to a new and potentially massive business. In this episode of The Morning Brief, host Anirban Chowdhury speaks with Raghav Anand, Partner at EY-Parthenon, and Naman Pugalia, Chief Business Officer at BookMyShow, to decode India’s live entertainment boom. With global icons like Travis Scott, Dua Lipa, and Imagine Dragons lighting up Indian stages, the conversation explores the forces behind the concert

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18:45

Reviving Amravati: Can India build new cities?

The Morning Brief ·

2025/05/16

What does it take to develop and actually settle a new capital city? On May 2nd, PM Narendra Modi launched Amaravati, the proposed capital of Andhra Pradesh. But this wasn’t its first unveiling. Back in 2015, then CM Chandrababu Naidu had launched the same greenfield dream with the PM by his side. Now, after a political hiatus and a resounding mandate, Naidu is back and so is Amaravati. In this episode of The Morning Brief, ET’s host Nidhi Sharma speaks with State IT and HRD Minister

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20:49

Corner Office Conversation with Shantanu Narayen...

The Morning Brief ·

2025/05/15

From a modest Silicon Valley garage to a global creative powerhouse, Adobe's journey has been nothing short of transformative. In this episode of The Morning Brief, ET’s Surabhi Agarwal & Annapurna Roy engages with Adobe Chairman & CEO Shantanu Narayen to discuss how the company is integrating AI with design to redefine digital creativity. Narayen reflects on India's burgeoning creative economy, Adobe's four-layer AI strategy, and the company's "customer zero" approach to innovation

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