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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Episodes (701)
What's really driving India's obsession with ranking the richest?
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AI can make loan approvals a piece of cake. So why is the RBI against it?
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The Microsoft vs Nvidia battle, powered by an army of Indian engineers
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Jan 13, 202513:14pending
10-minute delivery is making Zepto, Swiggy, and Blinkit disrupt themselves
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Jan 13, 202515:28pending
The Big Fat Sustainable Indian Wedding
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Jan 9, 202523:24pending
Indigo's the winner of the skies and the stock market. But it's still walking on...
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Jan 8, 202511:38pending
Bold Care and Mymuse are going where Durex and Manforce never could
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Jan 7, 202514:32pending
Indian universities are done being backbenchers in the global rankings race
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Jan 6, 202514:20pending
Could your home loan lender be stealing from you? The secret EMI inflator you di...
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Jan 6, 202511:07pending
On Shah Rukh Khan, dal-sabzi feminism, and the emotional-state of an economy ft....
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Youtube is Saregama’s superpower—and its kryptonite
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Dec 31, 202414:03pending
You can buy an EV in China. But can you afford to insure it?
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Dec 30, 20249:40pending
Why people don’t change their UPI apps even when they hate them
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Dec 30, 20249:56pending
Daybreak 2024 — Episodes that soared and stumbled
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Dec 26, 202433:27pending
What happens when you bring Rs 2 crore to the Delhi-NCR house hunt?
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Dec 26, 202410:29pending
Dmart and Zudio walked so Vishal Mega Mart could run
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Dec 23, 202411:13pending
Chaayos is doing everything to be the anti-Starbucks
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Daybreak 2024 Wrap Part 2: Writers' picks
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Dec 19, 202440:14pending
How the unassuming category manager came to rule the world of quick commerce
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Dec 18, 202412:33pending
Chief digital officers eat chief information officers for breakfast
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Dec 17, 202411:54pending
XLRI introduced India to management studies. But now it's done being just anothe...
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Dec 16, 202410:55pending
As surveillance tech blows up, startups face a unique paradox
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Dec 15, 202411:00pending
Dead mall rising: The life and death of Indian shopping centres
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Dec 12, 202425:30pending
India’s second-largest logistics player is hurting after putting all its eggs in...
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Dec 12, 202414:06pending
Tata and ITC are harvesting what small organic-food brands cultivated for years
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Dec 10, 202411:00pending
Why the clock is ticking for Indian smartwatch makers
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Dec 9, 202412:06pending
Tata wants to make iPhones in South India by copying China's dorm labour model....
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Dec 9, 202411:50pending
Daybreak 2024 Wrap Part 1: The Ken writer's picks
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Dec 5, 202430:09pending
Flipkart wants to do with electronics what Blinkit and Swiggy did with groceries
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Dec 4, 202412:33pending
Why FMCG giant Hindustan Unilever has never really screamed for ice cream
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Dec 3, 202411:31pending
India set up a new body to fix medical education. It now needs to fix that body
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Dec 2, 202413:05pending
Are banks done with India's credit card frenzy?
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Dec 2, 20249:48pending
Why India's biggest employer of women gig workers refuses to listen to its own w...
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Nov 29, 202428:50pending
How regional jewellery brands are trying to beat Tanishq at its own game
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Nov 27, 202416:38pending
Did someone just find the US$533 million that Byju’s lost?
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Nov 27, 202410:41pending
Why Mamaearth is stuck with dead stock and mounting losses
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Nov 25, 202412:35pending
Are school-fee loans the next goldmine for Indian fintechs?
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Nov 24, 202413:59pending
The murky world of money mules and how they fuel India’s Rs 2,500 crore fraud ec...
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Nov 22, 202429:26pending
How lenders like Navi resort to extreme borrower surveillance to keep their A ga...
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Nov 20, 202417:50pending
How do you get people to switch to electric cars? Take the subscription route
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Nov 19, 202412:38pending
As the Gen AI race heats up data centres, water becomes the new air
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Nov 18, 202412:44pending
How Hurun's turned ranking India's ultra-rich into a mini-industry
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Nov 18, 202412:20pending
Are run clubs like rehab for the chronically online? Daybreak joined one to find...
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Nov 14, 202431:28pending
How Swiggy prepared for its IPO
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Nov 14, 20249:30pending
Startups can't get over venture debt. But the lenders are getting pickier
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Nov 13, 202410:20pending
CMOs are a dying breed. Nykaa, Nestlé India, and others are living proof
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Nov 11, 202414:37pending
Indian govt's free senior health cover exposes the dark side of private insuranc...
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Nov 10, 202413:04pending
What does it take to launch a budget skincare brand today? 30 days and a penchan...
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Nov 7, 202426:34pending
How India's young millionaires are defying family norms to create new sources of...
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Nov 6, 202430:57pending
Youtubers are dominating Indian living rooms by taking a page out of the TV play...
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