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3D AGO

Micron Fires Up India's First Chip Factory | PFC-REC Merger | RBI Rewrites the Rules on Capital Market Lending

Good Morning, I'm Nelson John. On today's Top of the Morning: Gold just had its worst crash in 40 years, falling 21% from record highs after Trump named Kevin Warsh as the next Fed Chair. India is rolling out its first commercial semiconductor chip from Micron's Gujarat facility this month. The trade deficit blew out to $34.68 billion in January, nearly doubling year-on-year, driven by a surge in gold and silver imports right before the crash. PFC and REC are merging into a $61 billion power finance giant. And the RBI just opened the door for banks to fund M&A deals up to 75% of value, while clamping down hard on broker lending. Tune in now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1D AGO

The Adani-Telecom Standoff | India's Chief AI Officer Boom | Gold vs Equities vs Bonds

Good Morning, I'm Nelson John. Today on Top of the Morning: India's boardrooms are creating a new C-suite role the Chief AI Officer. We also break down gold vs equities in 2026, the connectivity battle at Navi Mumbai Airport, Sridhar Vembu's bold AI prediction, and what the latest fresher hiring data means for India's young job seekers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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4D AGO

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

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1D AGO

The trailer of the upcoming Hindi film, The Kerala Story 2, has sparked divisive reactions hours after it was launched.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the opening ceremony of the India AI Impact Summit 2026 on Thursday morning and will address the ceremony where 20 heads of the state are expected to be present. The Juvenile Justice Board (JJB), before which a 17-year-old boy appeared a day after he allegedly drove a speeding Mahindra Scorpio that killed 23-year-old biker Sahil Dhaneshra in Dwarka Russia's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday dismissed suggestions that India may scale back its purchases of Russian oil, saying Moscow sees no indication of a shift in New Delhi’s position and describing the trade as mutually beneficial and stabilising for global energy markets. The year was 2014. Mumbai, led by Suryakumar Yadav, entered the tournament as 40-time champions. The trailer of the upcoming Hindi film, The Kerala Story 2, has sparked divisive reactions hours after it was launched. The film, said to be based on true events, shows the plight of girls trapped in forced conversion cases. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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FEB 11

Sending Money Abroad Got Cheaper | New Tax Rules: Simpler Forms, Harder Choices | Neopolis: Hyderabad's New Manhattan |

Good Morning, I'm Nelson John. On today's episode of Top of the Morning: Hyderabad's real estate market is on fire with 200 million square feet sanctioned in 2025 alone, and a new district called Neopolis is being called the city's Manhattan with land prices crossing 150 crore per acre. Meanwhile, Sattva Group just entered Mumbai with a massive 11,000 crore redevelopment bet across six projects. On the tax front, the new draft income tax rules look simpler on paper but actually make choosing between old and new regimes harder than ever. And if you send money abroad, TCS on education and medical remittances just dropped from 5 percent to 2 percent. All this and more on today's show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 11

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16 min
FEB 12

India's Telecom Slowdown | SBI Overtakes TCS | RBI Takes On Mis-Selling

Good Morning, Welcome to Top of The Morning, I'm Nelson John. A new analysis reveals US states have paid $199 billion in tariffs since March 2025, with $134 billion coming from key midterm battleground states. India's telecom sector posts its slowest growth in six quarters as tariff hike benefits fade. SBI surpasses TCS to become India's fourth largest company after record quarterly profits, a shift not seen in 15 years. And the RBI issues sweeping new guidelines to stop banks from mis-selling products and using dark patterns. Four stories about who really pays the price when the rules change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 12

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13 min
12/06/2021

जैकी श्रॉफ के साथ सीजन फिनाले

हर कोई जिसे नील ने आमंत्रित किया है, वह अमरनाथ पहुंचता है, और उसे पता चलता है कि नील वहां नहीं है। तभी एक पंडित उन्हें कुछ चौंका देने वाला बताता है। आपको क्या लगता है पंडित इन लोगों को क्या बताता है? शिव का समापन समारोह सुनें। Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

12/06/2021

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2D AGO

India pushes France for maximum local content in new Rafale fighter jets

India's merchandise imports from Russia drop 40% in Jan, crude oil worst-hit Delhi Police issues traffic advisory ahead of five-day AI Impact Summit Australia knocked out after suffering their joint-worst T20 World Cup campaign; Zimbabwe join India in Super 8s Sidharth Malhotra's Father Sunil Malhotra Dies In Delhi, Actor Pays Tribute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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4 min
05/17/2025

Of trances, theta states, and shamans

"Every part of India has shamans; you could say its part of folk culture. They call Himachal Dev Bhoomi because every village is home to several deities. Every village also has its main deity and a shaman, who is the medium of that deity. He can communicate with that deity when he goes into a divine possession trance that is ritually invoked. The villagers communicate with their devis and devtas for everything and in pooch sessions, the shaman or goor will answer questions as the deity. To a westernised mindset, this sounds like superstition. But you cannot ignore the lived experience of millions of people across centuries and say 'Yeh bakwas hai; this is nonsense!' Scholars like Sudhir Kakkar and Oliver Sacks accepted that the sacred healing rituals of shamans are far more effective than modern psychotherapy because they take the whole field of the person - family community mythology - into consideration" - Documentary film maker and author of 'Shamans of the Himalayas', Anu Malhotra talks to Manjula Narayan about the strong connection that villagers in Himachal have with their local deities, divination, altered states of consciousness of shamans, and how the belief system persists despite the onslaught of modernity and migration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

05/17/2025

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55 min
08/04/2021

शिव के नीलकंठ का राज़

नील एक माँ से मिलता है जिसका बेटा सेना में शामिल होने के लिए उत्सुक है, सुनता है क्योंकि माँ अपने डर को साझा करती है, और उसे दूसरों के लाभ के लिए जीवन जीने के बारे में एक उत्थान की कहानी बताती है। Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

08/04/2021

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13 min

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