The BS Morning Show

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TMS Ep617: Byju's GenAI, interim Budget, market rally, PM Suryoday Yojana
January 28, 2024

Byjus, it seems, has been reduced to a pale shadow of its former self. Once the worlds most valuable education tech firm, it is now mired in a host of financial and legal troubles. Its just released but delayed financial statement for fiscal year 2021-2

TMS Ep616: Zee-Sony merger, cookieless market, interim Budget, stress test
January 27, 2024

Till a few days ago, they were busy in hectic parleys to form a formidable 10 billion- dollar media empire in India. And now, broadcaster Zee and Sony are fighting a pitched battle in courts. While the court proceedings will follow its own course, how wil

TMS Ep615: Wed in India, UPI payments, markets, Karpoori Thakur
January 25, 2024

With the rising wealth, more and more Indians are choosing exotic foreign destinations to get married. From humble Phuket to exquisite Italy, their favourite holiday spots are now doubling up as wedding destinations. But this trend is hitting the local we

TMS Ep614: Akasa Air, layoffs in 2024, rail stocks, semiconductor assembly
January 24, 2024

Indias youngest airline, it seems, is striking the right notes. Last year, Akasa Air was the best on-time-performing airline in five out of 12 months. It has just ordered 150 aircraft for around 20 billion dollars. And its CEO Vinay Dubey wants to put Ak

TMS Ep613: Flipkart valuation, ASER 2023 survey, RIL stock, poverty
January 23, 2024

The IPO of Walmart-owned Flipkart has been in the works for a while now. In 2022, the e-commerce firm had internally raised its IPO valuation target to 60 to 70 billion dollars. Before that, it was 50 billion dollars. Two years on -- while the IPO is stil

TMS Ep612: Religious tourism, Interim Budget, CAT III-B landing system
January 22, 2024

All eyes are on Ayodhya today. The Ram Temple is all decked up, waiting for the consecration ceremony by a battery of priests led by an elderly Kashi Acharya. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the Jajman or chief guest at the event -- which will be witnes

TMS Ep611: Flight delays, engineering studies, markets, AI in Ayodhya
January 19, 2024

Fog has sent flight schedules into a tailspin. Hundreds of flights have either been cancelled, or are running hours behind the schedule across most cities. And the fliers they cater to are at the wits end. Situation is dire at the countrys largest and b

TMS Ep610: Crypto fillip, snowless winter, PSU stocks, Bitcoin Spot ETF
January 18, 2024

India blocked access to nine foreign cryptocurrency exchanges on 12th of January. The government believed that these offshore platforms were not complying with the countrys anti-money laundering law. And investors were also using them to circumvent TDS c

TMS Ep609: Tata Group, $100bn agri-export, Tata Motors stock, Gabriel Attal
January 17, 2024

Gujarats Dholera is finally getting a large semiconductor fabrication plant. While Vedantas plans are still hanging fire, Tata Group may start churning out chips by the end of this year. And the salt-to-software conglomerate is also building a 20-gigawa

TMS Ep608: Foreign universities, non-leather footwear, IT stocks, Atal Setu
January 16, 2024

Come July and Australias Deakin University will start admitting students. This piece of news might not be of interest to many. But what if we tell you that these admissions will take place in India, and at the universitys local campus in Gujarat? Well,