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Indonesia, India’s main source of palm oil imports, banned exports of all edible oil raw materials on Friday to ease the domestic shortage. Indonesian President Joko Widodo suspended all cooking oil and raw material exports from April 28 until further orders.

This move is expected to add more stress to the Indian edible oil market, which is already reeling from inflation. How will this affect you? Rutam Vora talks to Sudhakar Rao Desai, President of the Indian Vegetable Oil Producers’ Association, in this podcast. Listen in.

With the rise of financial products and emergence of new payment channels, tricksters have levelled up their game. Vishal Balabhadruni and Kumar Shankar Roy discuss the modus operandi of some new types of financial frauds and how you can sidestep them.

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For International Creator Day, Business Line's Nikita Ann Varghese speaks with finance content creator Sharan Hegde and Country Manager of Jellysmack, Vipasha Joshi. 

From content repurposing to quick tips for budding creators - this conversation will walk you through several aspects of the creator journey.

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Companies insisting that those who signed on either present some kind of a bond wherein if they quit within a certain period of time they have to repay the company for the training they've undergone or even clauses with say that they cannot work for other companies in the sector, for a specific period of time.

This has become a huge cause of concern for the lakhs of people employed in the sector and till very recently there was hardly any union looking into it.

BusinessLine’s Venkatesha Babu speaks to Harpreet Saluja, President, NITES an IT employees union on what are the issues that IT employees face these days and the Union's effort in reaching out to the central government regarding the ‘non-compete’ clause.

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Even though the overall mobile subscriber base has dipped in February, the number of active subscribers increased by 9.5 million. What does that mean for telecom operators? And, how will you be affected by it? BusinessLine’s Ayushi Kar explains.

Vinay Kamath takes you along the journey of how India Cements is leveraging CSK and MS Dhoni for its new brand of cement.

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In the book, The Struggle and the Promise, published by HarperCollins India, Naushad Forbes answers many critical questions concerning India's progress. He provides a logical, actionable blueprint for getting the balance right between industry, institutions and policy. In this conversation with BusinessLine's B Baskar and Vinay Kamath, he talks about what's holding India back and what's the way forward. 

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Retail investors with high-risk appetite are warming up to pre-packaged stock baskets. While this new route has its own share of advantages, with every crown comes thorns. Parvatha Vardhini C and Kumar Shankar Roy discuss the curated portfolio investment landscape.

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The news that has caught everyone’s attention is Elon Musk’s offer to take Twitter Private at $54.20 a share. That’s the top trending theme of the day, and if you too are interested, Here are 5 things you need to know!

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It took a pandemic for India’s medical technology sector to emerge from the shadows of big brother pharma, and emerge they did – making many of the devices used to tackle Covid-19. For instance, AMTZ (among the world’s largest med-tech manufacturing clusters) supported India’s need for 12 lakh RTPCR tests per day, by providing 11 lakh tests.

There are “many who do the advocacy, but too few who carry the mantle,”says Dr Jitendra Sharma, Founder and Chief Executive, Andhra Pradesh Medtech Zone. The intention behind creating AMTZ was to provide the “proof of concept”, that it can be done. Dr Sharma’s book, “Made in Lockown”, also gives an insight into the uphill journey confronting med-tech.

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