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19 May

Adani Goes Apple, Tata Goes Dutch, IITs Go VC

Good Morning, Welcome to Top of the Morning, I'm Nelson John India is rewiring itself. From how the Adani Group is structured, to how India's offices are run during an oil shock, to how universities back their own startups, to how Tata is building India's first commercial 300mm chip fab, to how the country plans to store its renewable power. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
25 May

India’s solar makers lose access to the U.S. market | Indian IT feels the visa squeeze | Airtel’s new 5G plans bring net neutrality back into focus

Good Morning, I'm Nelson John. On today's Top of the Morning: India's six biggest IT firms saw H-1B approvals fall nearly 40%, and they're moving more work home. India climbed to No. 2 among emerging markets in April, but the oil behind it is straining the rupee. US tariffs above 230% have wiped out India's solar exports, so makers are sourcing cells from Ethiopia. Airtel's new 5G priority plans have reopened the net neutrality fight. And a home services startup is recording inside customers' homes to train physical AI. Five stories worth your morning. Listen now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2 Mar

444 Indian flights grounded | India's Oil Vulnerability Exposed | Canada Comes Calling

Good Morning, I'm Nelson John. The Gulf is on fire and India is caught in the middle. 444 flights grounded. 9 million Indians in a conflict zone. The Strait of Hormuz under threat. Pakistan at war with Afghanistan. And Canada's PM in Mumbai pushing a historic trade deal. Five stories. One brutal Monday morning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
23 Feb

Formula 1 Is Coming Back to India | Why Lula Flew to India With 300 Businessmen | Karnataka Wants To Ban Phones For Under-16s

Good Morning, I'm Nelson John. The US Supreme Court killed Trump's sweeping tariffs and Indian exporters in textiles, leather, gems, pharma, and engineering now face just 10 percent instead of 25. Real competitive edge over China, Vietnam, and Bangladesh but India already made concessions for a deal at 18 percent. That conversation is now live in Washington. Europe is rearming with $800 billion and Indian defense manufacturers are squarely in the frame. Karan Adani says he is personally working to bring Formula 1 back to India the Buddh Circuit comes bundled with the Jaypee acquisition, and this time there is a serious business case behind it. Brazil's Lula doubled his own trade target on the spot. And Karnataka wants to ban phones for under-16s. All of that on today's Top of the Morning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
19 May

Why TCS Wants 5% of Staff Marked As Underperformers | Adani Pays $275 Million to Close an Iran Case | WHO Calls Ebola a Global Emergency

Good Morning, I'm Nelson John. Today on Top of the Morning, five stories about pressure and how institutions respond when it shows up. TCS has quietly told managers to classify 5% of employees as underperformers under "Band D," right after completing a 12,200-person workforce cut. We break down what Band D actually means, why this 5% quota is new, and what it says about margins in the IT sector. Vodafone Idea has reported its first profitable quarter in six years but most of that ₹51,970 crore profit is a one-time accounting gain from revised AGR dues. We unpack what the real underlying numbers look like. Adani Enterprises has agreed to pay $275 million to the US Treasury's OFAC over LPG shipments allegedly linked to Iran. Here's what the settlement covers and what's still open. India's palm oil import bill is climbing fast, and Indonesia's B50 biodiesel mandate is the next pressure point on global supply. And the WHO has declared the Ebola outbreaks in Congo and Uganda a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Here's what India is doing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
9 Apr

WORLD BANK BACKS INDIA | TCS SLIPS | EVs BOOM | GAMING BUST

Good Morning, I'm Nelson John, and this is Top of the Morning. Today, the World Bank just raised India's growth forecast to 6.6% for FY27, calling it the fastest-growing major economy on the planet. India's EV market nearly doubled in FY26 with close to 2 lakh units sold, and the competition between Tata, Mahindra, and Maruti is heating up fast. Anthropic just revealed an AI model so powerful they refuse to release it publicly, launching Project Glasswing with Apple, Microsoft, and Google to fix thousands of software vulnerabilities before hackers find them. TCS posted its Q4 results with a strong recovery, but the full-year numbers tell a different story: the first annual revenue decline in constant currency since the company listed. And India's gaming industry is attempting the comeback of a lifetime after the real-money gaming ban wiped out 95% of Dream11's revenue overnight. Five stories. One theme. Every single one is a stress test. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
29/06/2023

The Smile | Carly Pearce ft. Chris Stapleton| SlowCheeta ft. D'Evil| Salman and Zaman Khan| Eliezer Botzer & Lucky Ali

Tune in for host, Samarth Goyal's, top-5 latest releases from home and around the world, in the third episode of the season. He begins with Bending Hectiv by the Smile, We Don't Fight Anymore by Carly Pearce ft. Chris Stapletone, 90s ke Ladke by SlowCheeta ft. D'Evil, Jhoom Jhoom by Salman and Zaman Khan & Virtuality by Eliezer Botzer ft. Lucky Ali, making sure there's something for everyone's musical taste! Additionally, he interviews Lucky Ali to find out what went behind the collaboration with Eliezer Botzer while composing Virtuality. He also plays a version of the song only for your ears. In trivia this week, find out which unlikely group was founded by the great David Bowie because of the social expectations in the 60s! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
26 Mar

The Road to Zanskar

"Even in winter, twice a month, the first postmen in Zanskar in the 1980s climbed rock faces and crossed frozen rivers -- if you fell in, you could die -- in a journey that took three days, to deliver the post. Then, there's the first allopathic nurse in the region, who once walked without stopping through deep snow for three nights to save a woman in labour. What extreme tourists do today for fun, these people did as part of their regular lives. I had to put down their stories before they were forgotten"- April Fonti, author, The Story Keepers; Voices from a Changing Zanskar, talks to Manjula Narayan about the many strong personalities in the region and their almost superhuman talents, faith and conflict, how modernity has both improved lives and changed the quality of intergenerational relationships, and how local people are adapting to climate change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
16 Feb

India's AI Impact Summit | India's 38-Nation Trade Web | Global Growth Hits a Wall

Good Morning, I'm Nelson John and today on Top of the Morning we're looking at a world in recalibration. India is about to host the biggest AI summit ever held in the Global South, but AI fears just wiped 5.7 lakh crore off Indian IT stocks. A new Fed Chair is about to change the game in Washington. India now has trade deals spanning 38 countries. And the UN says global growth is slowing but holding. Five stories, one theme. The rules are being rewritten. Listen now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
24 Feb

IDFC First Bank Rs 590 Cr Fraud | New HRA Tax Rules Hit Rent-to-Parents Claims | Airtel's Rs 20,000 Crore NBFC Bet

Good Morning, I'm Nelson John, and on today's Top of the Morning: IDFC First Bank is reeling from a Rs 590 crore fraud at its Chandigarh branch — government money, forged cheques, and a 20% stock crash. Bharti Airtel is going all in on fintech, pumping Rs 20,000 crore into its NBFC arm to build one of India's biggest digital lending platforms. The $100,000 H-1B visa fee is backfiring on the US, turning India into a deep tech hiring magnet for Google, Amazon, and Microsoft. New draft tax rules are about to make it much harder to claim HRA on rent paid to your parents. And ONDC's dream of becoming the UPI of e-commerce is hitting some hard truths. Five stories. One theme: trust under pressure. Let's get into it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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