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Why did Ravi Shankar Prasad make that comment?

What could have led Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad to measure economic activity in the country using box office revenues?

Weekly Wrapup-Broken Promises

In this week's wrapup we talk about the electric dream, Jio's broken promises and how we might just get better at finding Black Money. Oh! and also about Juul.

Why everybody's talking about Juul?

In today’s newsletter, we talk about a story that we’ve wanted to do for a long while now — e-cigarettes and its most popular icon, Juul.

The End of an Era

In today’s newsletter, we cover the dream that never was — a promise of free voice calls for a lifetime and how Reliance Jio turned its back on its most loyal users.

The Black Money Agreement

In today’s newsletter, we will be talking about new developments in India’s Black Money War. And, the uncertain future facing India’s pharmaceutical giants

Are we going electric or not?

In today's newsletter we discuss India's faltering EV mission and the big stake sale of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited

Weekly Wrapup- The Confession

Confession is the theme of this week's wrapup because outside of that bombshell letter from the Managing Director of PMC bank, there wasn't a whole lot happening this week.

Bring down the rates

RBI's big decision on interest rates and Samsung's move to shift its production base to India.

The Ringer Wars

There's a ringer wars brewing between telecom companies. Why? Also, why are Japanese bond investors freaking out?

The Letter that shocked the country

On Monday, there was a leak. The letter from the Managing Director of the infamous PMC bank was out there for the world to see. It was a confession like no other and that's the focus of today's newsletter. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BusinessThe Story So by now, you’ve probably heard about it. And if you’re one of those people who has already read the letter, this newsletter isn’t of much use. However, if you haven’t had the time to go thro

How to lose ~5700 Crores in one day?

Indiabulls Housing Finance, a company that was once the darling of the investor community just lost ~35% of its value in a single day of trading. That translates to about ~5700 Crores.

Hiding in Plain Sight

One thing that did not get as much attention during the recent presser from the Finance Ministry was the treatment of bad loans, specifically bad loans from the MSME (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) sector. And that’s our focus on today’s newsletter.

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