Daybreak
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Business news is complex and overwhelming. It doesn’t have to be. Every day of the week, from Monday to Friday, Daybreak tells one business story that’s significant, simple and powerful.Hosted from The Ken’s newsroom by Snigdha Sharma and Rachel Varghese, Daybreak relies on years of original reporting and analysis by some of India’s most experienced and talented business journalists.
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India said no to pollution. China took the rare earth crown
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Jun 5, 202515:26pending
Inside India’s $1.5 billion protein fetish
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Jun 4, 202512:33pending
How a well-timed offensive crippled Juspay’s $150 million fundraise
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Jun 3, 202510:58pending
More skills, same pay, barely any job guarantee — Infosys trainees are in for a...
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Jun 3, 202517:35pending
Why Tesla's wheels aren't turning in India (yet)
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Jun 2, 202511:03pending
Inside the financial playbooks of India’s wealthiest women
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May 29, 202555:34pending
Can Ather escape Ola Electric's shadow?
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May 29, 202513:31pending
Why Swiggy's marketplace for therapists & tarot card readers is much more than a...
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May 28, 20259:12pending
Aakash Chaudhry made millions off the IIT craze. His new target: international s...
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May 27, 202514:45pending
'I cancelled the trial but I'm still being charged'—the UPI Autopay trap
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May 26, 202511:27pending
Prime gets ads — the OTT plot twist (feat ex-Netflix marketing head Swati Mohan)
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May 22, 202539:25pending
Chief digital officers eat chief information officers for breakfast
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May 22, 202511:48pending
AI has made its way into banks. But the gates aren’t wide open
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May 20, 202514:39pending
Why India’s ultra-rich are keeping it in the family — and out of VC funds
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May 20, 202518:48pending
Third time unlucky — why Softbank pulled the plug on Oyo’s latest IPO attempt
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May 18, 20257:59pending
How the Pahalgam attack sent banks scrambling to clean up digital payments
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May 15, 202514:28pending
Why Zara India needs to go solo or go home
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May 14, 20259:30pending
Angel One is reinventing itself. But just sponsoring IPL and targeting HNIs won'...
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May 13, 202511:00pending
Using Swiggy, Zepto, or Cred? They have access to at least 150 apps on your phon...
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May 13, 202512:52pending
Physics Wallah’s Rs 15 lakh ‘BTech’ comes without a BTech degree
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May 12, 202513:56pending
How a Bangalore biotech quietly built a blindness breakthrough in under $10 mill...
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May 9, 20259:41pending
‘Don’t call if markets are down’ — the PMS fund delivering returns the big city...
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May 8, 202512:10pending
The hunger games are raging but Zomato just won't take the bait
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May 6, 202544:44pending
How to build companies that last when their employees don’t
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May 6, 202515:37pending
India wants the spotlight at the world’s top school exam. It just won’t step on...
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May 4, 202512:09pending
Can LIC do to health insurance what Jio did to telecom?
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May 1, 202511:45pending
Ather’s IPO is a plot twist. Not a finale
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May 1, 202515:37pending
Why Delhivery’s Ecom Express deal is both tactical and desperate
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Apr 28, 202512:29pending
Software glitches are turning Mahindra’s new EVs into high-tech paperweights
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Apr 28, 202513:05pending
Driverless trucks have pushed India’s first unicorn of 2025 into an existential...
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Apr 27, 202512:37pending
ITC’s 24 Mantra deal and organic foods’ unending wait for glory
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Apr 25, 202514:30pending
Indigo's stocks maybe flying high but passenger patience has hit turbulence
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Apr 24, 202512:14pending
How a made in Punjab jeera-flavoured soda is popping the Coke-Pepsi-Parle bubble
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Apr 23, 202512:42pending
Biyani’s retail empire flamed out. His daughters seek redemption in birthing new...
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Apr 22, 20259:19pending
Turns out someone has to pay for free UPI
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Apr 21, 202514:00pending
The career ladder is broken. What’s your next step?
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Apr 17, 202516:37pending
When cricket and Koffee aren’t enough, JioHotstar wants to make 'Sparks' fly
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Apr 17, 202520:34pending
Lenskart built its empire on franchisees. Now it’s battling them in courts
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Apr 16, 202514:57pending
Scaler wanted to do for tech education what Masters' Union did for the MBA. AI h...
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Apr 15, 202515:17pending
McKinsey, Bain, and BCG welcomed AI with open arms. Creativity is the first casu...
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Apr 14, 202512:37pending
‘Boys will be boys’ — Trump, tariffs and the dismantling of global trade
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Apr 11, 202515:03pending
Minimalist was the glow-up Hindustan Unilever's skincare line needed
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Apr 10, 202510:59pending
From Medimix to Apsara Ice Creams — scions of family-run businesses are done bui...
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Apr 9, 202511:47pending
Zerodha and Groww wanted to disrupt mutual funds. But they're stuck in first gea...
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Apr 8, 202514:19pending
China built the solar energy empire. India’s building the green hydrogen rebelli...
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Apr 6, 202510:11pending
Cult turned amateur gym rats into fitness fanatics. Now they are paying in injur...
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Apr 3, 202512:53pending
Groceries were just the beginning. Your 10-min delivery app is now selling your...
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Apr 2, 202517:21pending
India's AI mission could be transformative. But it's dead set on becoming Deepse...
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Apr 2, 202512:44pending
Private companies have stumbled upon a goldmine — Bengaluru's water crisis
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Apr 1, 202515:36pending
Blusmart’s unfair advantage has now become its biggest roadblock
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Mar 28, 202513:49pending
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