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Forbes India Rich List 2023: Surprises, dropouts and other highlights
The annual listing of India's 100 richest Indians is now live, with a dramatic shift in the pecking order at the top. Mukesh Ambani has regained his top spot from Gautam Adani. Eight people have dropped off the list including Vedanta's Anil Agarwal, BYJU's Byju Raveendran and Info Edge's Sanjeev Bikhchandani. Forbes India's Samar Srivastava and Salil Panchal discuss the highlights, and the stories behind them, on this special episode
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Inside the race to acquire Hotstar
The latest suitor to buy Disney+'s Indian streaming business, Hotstar, is reportedly Blackstone. News reports say that Disney has also been in talks with Reliance Industries (for its JioCinema business) and Sun TV. What makes Hotstar, which has been bleeding subscribers since it lost IPL rights, an attractive asset? Media analyst Karan Taurani, senior vice president, Elara Capital, explains, and talks about how even streaming the ICC World Cup for free might help lift Hotstar's fortunes
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How the Swiggy rider strike highlights gig worker conditions
Swiggy riders have been on indefinite strike for a few days now, protesting against a rate change and allegedly, the fact that their delivery radius has increased from 4 km to 6 km, while the base pay remains the same. When the gig economy first came to India, it seemed to have higher payouts and happier workers. What changed? Osama Manzar, founder, Digital Empowerment Foundation, gives us the ground realities
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How will the Israel-Hamas war affect Indian markets?
The global economy, previously impacted by the Russia-Ukraine war, is faced with another crisis. How will the conflict between Israel and Palestine affect crude prices, inflation, currency and Indian markets, including foreign inflows? Forbes India's Samar Srivastava and Nasrin Sultana take a look on today's episode
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Bernard Charlès on how companies are taking software services back in-house, and Dassault's plans in India
In this episode, Bernard Charlès, CEO of Dassault Systemes, talks about how companies are taking software services back in-house, and on the other hand, how the no-code and low-code model is rising. He also talks about plans for Dassault's operations in India, which include the country's biggest conglomerates as customers, India's largest IT companies as partners, and the French company's own large global capability centres in cities including Pune and Bengaluru, with thousands of professionals
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Unpacking Vodafone-Idea's many woes: Where does it go from here?
Vodafone-Idea shares fell more than 2% in early trading on Friday, October 6. This is after the Department of Telecommunications disposed of the company's representation in respect of license fee demands in respect of Rs 3,273 crore. This adds to Vodafone's woes as the telecom giant is bleeding subscribers and currently struggling on several fronts. Telecom expert Jayanth Kolla, cofounder and partner at Convergence Catalyst, a tech consultancy, gives us deep insights into what's going on with the company on this episode
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Deep Tech India: Manish Singhal on the problem of IP drain from the country
As India readies its own deep tech policy, this is episode nine, in a small series of conversations with some of the entrepreneurs and VC investors who're building this ecosystem in the country. In this episode, Manish Singhal, founding partner at Pi Ventures, talks about his transition from investing in AI startups to disruptive tech ventures. He also has a warning, that there's a growing intellectual property drain from the country because when it comes to the myriad rules that apply to businesses, there's many a frustration that needs to be eliminated
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The ODI format is under threat and bilaterals have become sterile: Gary Kirsten
Gary Kirsten, the former South African batter who also coached the Indian cricket team to its last ICC ODI World Cup, on the evolution of modern-day cricket, and why the onslaught of franchise leagues and T20s might not be a bad thing
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Why is fintech unicorn Slice buying a loss-making small finance bank?
Slice, a credit and payments unicorn, has announced its merger with Guwahati-based North East Small Finance Bank, in a rare instance of a fintech company entering the banking sector. But considering the bank has no attractive assets, why is Slice interested in it, and what signal is the RBI sending with allowing this 'backdoor entry' into banking? Forbes India's Samar Srivastava and Salil Panchal hazard some calculated guesses, and talk about why there are more questions than answers
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Could this be the last ever 50-over Cricket World Cup?
Will the ODI format survive over the next four years? And what are India's chances at winning the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup? Forbes India's sports expert, Kathakali Chanda, tackles the big questions with K Sriniwas Rao, Group Editor- Sports at Network18
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Bengaluru traffic: Can gamifying the use of public transport be a solution?
Bengaluru loses a staggering Rs20,000 crore per year just due to traffic, a study shows. How did India's high-tech hub become the world's second most congested city? And why then, is the government reportedly cracking down on carpooling apps? There are solutions to begin fixing the crisis, our expert on today's episode says, but the challenge has always been to have them implemented. Here's Pawan Mulukutla, Director - Integrated Transport, Electric Mobility & Hydrogen at WRI India, on what it will take to decongest India's Silicon Valley