The Government recently announced a revival package of INR 89,000 CRORE to keep the lights on at BSNL so that it can get 4G/5G allocation. This is the third package in the last 5 years taking the accumulated amount spent by the Government to 3.3 LAKH CRORE. That’s a lot of money.

Is it worth investing or should I say pouring such a vast amount of money into a failing telecom operator? Or should the Government think of shutting it down OR selling it? Is this the best use of taxpayers’ money?

We spoke about this & more in this episode.

Stocks discussed: RELIANCE, BHARTIARTL, IDEA.

I wrote an article doing a deep dive into BSNL here.

Zomato reported a SOLID Q1 with a net profit of INR 2 crore, which came as a sweet surprise for the stock market causing the stock price to pop up by 10% in a single day.

In this episode I discussed Zomato's revenue streams, the management outlook and whether the stock looks attractive for a buy.

Stocks discussed: ZOMATO

I wrote an article doing a deep dive on Zomato here

Olectra Greentech, one of the largest EV bus manufacturers in India has delivered a return of almost 2,650% over the last 3 years.

In this podcast, I spoke about the tailwinds behind the company and a few cautionary points that investors should be aware of.

Stocks discussed: OLECTRA, TATAMOTORS, RELIANCE, ASHOKLEY, JBMA

Check out my blog on Olectra here

In this episode, I explored the future potential of CRISPR Therapeutics and the gene editing industry in general. Gene editing is an exciting [and scary] technology which is slowly giving humans the ability to create artificial life, also known as Synthetic Biology. I believe it's going to change the way we live and investors should close watch the developments in this space.

Companies discussed on this episode : CRSP, NVDA, TWST, VRTX

In the 50th GST Council Meeting, the members of the council [among other decisions] decided to increase the rate of GST from 18% to 28% and also fundamentally change the way GST is computed on online gaming, horse racing & casinos.

A lot of experts are saying that this could be an industry killing move - and in this episode, I've tried to break down this rule and flesh out the details. I also wrote a blog about the same here

Let me know what you think about this move in the comments section!

Reliance Jio recently unveiled its new feature phone -- JioBharat.

The idea is to cater to the people still on 2G and provide them seamless 4G services for just INR 999 and transform India to a 2G mukt Bharat

It's a smart move by Jio, one which could substantially increase its customer base & adversely impact Airtel/Jio and most probably make BSNL redundant.

The beta trials for JioBharat have begun from 7th July in 6,500 tehsils across the country.

I wrote a small article talking about this in detail on my blog - do subscribe if you like what you read!

Unless you've been living under a rock or trapped on an island, you probably know that the Crypto space is CRASHING hard over the past few months. A lot of crypto exchanges/lenders have filed for bankruptcy. The shares of Coinbase, one of the largest exchanges in the world is down more than 70%. Bitcoin has fallen quite substantially.

Winter has come in the world of Cryptos.

In this episode, we try to answer what happened that triggered this winter & how long this self-induced winter is going to last.

(00:00): Summary of events in the historical crash in the Cryptosphere

(04:19): Events that triggered the so called ‘Crypto Winter’

(10:17): Destruction of the LUNA/TERRA ecosystem : the fall of the first domino

(24:33): Why you should not trust anyone who pays you Fixed Annualized Interest of 20%

(25:54): The RED FLAGS you should look for

(31:36): How long will this Winter last?

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In Part I of this Series, I invited Sachin Sathyarajan - a legal expert at UNEP to talk about the exciting new field of Synthetic Biology. 

We covered a lot of ground in that episode, talking about the recent innovation and breakthroughs in this sector and how it could reshape the human condition. 

Naturally, there are two sides to a coin. And in this episode - we spoke about the dark side of Synthetic Biology and the potential RISKS involved. We covered various things like: 

(02:00): Biology becoming Technology AND Technology becoming Biology 

(08:55): CRISPR kits to modify human DNA 

(10:05): What happens when you have control over your genome & it’s expression? 

(11:17): BIO-SAFETY Vs BIO-SECURITY 

(15:00): A company which is printing genetic material on silicon chips [Twist Bioscience] 

(16:39): What could happen if a Gene-drive goes wrong? 

(19:02): Are we changing the pace of human evolution? 

(22:59): How policy & regulation will play a BIG part in the development of SynBio 

(25:45): Scientists vs Policymakers | The Great Divide 

(29:15): Is there any Act governing Synthetic Biology? 

(31:55): TALKING ABOUT COCKROACH MILK [Yes, you heard that right] 

(33:28): What’s brewing in India when it comes to Synthetic Biology? 

(40:03): Book recommendations to learn more about this space 

You can read Sachin’s Foresight paper on Synthetic Biology - here   

It's been a while since I recorded an episode on Bazaar & I wanted to kickstart things with something that I had absolutely ZERO idea about.

Synthetic Biology. Yes, you read that right. 

I invited Sachin Sathyarajan, a lawyer by profession who is working as a legal expert at the UN Environment Programme, although if you talk to him you'd think he is a scientist.

In Part I of the series we touched upon various questions like:

(04:47) – What is Synthetic Biology [SynBio]? And how is it different from Biotechnology?

(11:05) – What is DNA & what role does DNA play in Synthetic Biology?

(14:33) – Can we create SUPERHUMANS through this technology?

(17:38) – Is this technology slowly getting more accessible?

(19:40) – Everyone can play GOD now?

(21:00) – Recent innovations & breakthroughs in SynBio + what industries are ripe for disruption

(25:52) – Talking about Gene Drives & how they work [Hint: We spoke about genetically engineered mosquitoes]

(29:06) – Exploring the concept of ‘Bio-prospecting’

(31:40) – How SynBio could be instrumental in climate change

(31:56) – What are the implications for Foodtech & Fashion?

(36:40) –What are the pros & cons of this new piece of tech?

(42:48) – BIOTERRORISM: what would happen if this technology got into the hands of let’s say ‘The Taliban’?

(46:52) – How policymaking & regulations are EXTREMELY important in this space

In the final part of our series on Tether we touched upon various things like:

You should read the entire article by Bloomberg covering this story!