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You have heard of gray, blue and green hydrogen, which refer to processes through which the gas is produced. Now, we welcome you to Gold Hydrogen -- something that might well turn out to be the savior of the planet.

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In this podcast Sai Prabhakar and Hari Viswanath discuss whether the TCS buyback adds any value to the shares, and what the current global disruptions could mean for the stock.

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Just as the global economy is recovering from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the crisis brought about by Russia's military operation in Ukraine threatens to send the world into recession.

How will the crisis impact the world? and will it impact India?

Nivedita V talks to Dipti Deshpande, Principal Economist, CRISIL.

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The Russia-Ukraine war has been roiling global markets over the last week. 

Sai Prabhakar and Hari Viswanath discuss implications for investors and how they need to proceed in the current context.

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In one of our recent episodes, we looked at the fodder crisis in India, a country with 540 million cattle, the largest in the world.  Dairy farming is the lifeline of millions of small farmers in the country. Even when crops fail, dairy farming provides them with at least bare minimum income and nutritional security. Given the importance of dairy farming in India, have you ever wondered how the farmers trade in this precious commodity called cattle? There are of course local networks and cattle fairs like the famous one in Pushkar, but is that enough?   Two young women entrepreneurs from IIT-Delhi are attempting to solve for the problem with an agritech startup called Animall. Animall is often described as an instagram-cum-amazon for cows and buffalos.  Animall was co-founded by Neetu Yadav, the now CEO and Kirti Jangra, the COO. Founded in 2019, the startup has made rapid progress attracting more than $25 million in venture capital. The app has been downloaded by more than 10 million farmers.   

TR Vivek speaks to Kirti Jangra about the company's cool idea born in a hackathon and the challenges of being rare women entrepreneurs in the area of agriculture.

The EU has accepted the Ukraine's application to the bloc in principle. But, despite the support from other members of the European Union, the recent invasion by Russia could delay the process by several years.  

Let us not forget how Poland became part of the EU. In 1994, Poland had applied for a membership to the European Union (EU). These were times of peace and stable democracies. Yet, the country had to wait 10 years before it had officially become part of the group.

Ukraine will have to meet a few criteria to become a member of the EU. Here’s a look at some of these conditions. 

In this exclusive, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman talks to The Hindu BusinessLine about the Russia-Ukraine Crisis, its impact on oil prices, the economic sanctions on Russia and the Union Budget.

Even as the UN Security Council was holding an emergency meeting on the Ukraine-Russia crisis, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine on Thursday.

In a low-income country of India's size, you can find a socio-economic crisis anywhere you look. Be it farms, factories, schools, cities, or villages. While the government is the primary actor with pretty much all power to address these challenges, how can people outside the government, especially the achievers from the private sector help make a dent?   

Ashish Dhawan is one of those trying to explore if there is indeed another way to fast-track solutions to big problems, and at scale. Dhawan is a pioneer of Indian venture capital. In 1999 he co-founded Chrys Cap that was an early investor in many young companies that are now champion firms. Ten years ago he left his full-time role as an investor to start the Central Square Foundation, a philanthropic organisation that pursues outcomes-driven innovation to reform India's primary education working alongside various State governments. He is also the founding member of Ashoka University, a not-for-profit university that aims to offer an Ivy League-quality undergraduate programme in India. He is in conversation with TR Vivek on the transition from an investor to a full-time philanthropist, staking his wealth and entrepreneurial energies in taking some of India's big problems head-on.

Low and middle- income countries stand disproportionately affected in terms of cancer cases and deaths, says the World Health Organization. In fact, by 2040, over 70 percent of cancer deaths are expected to occur in these regions.

But some initiatives are underway in India to streamline and standardise treatments, to help the medical community and patients/ payers to “choose wisely”. Tata Memorial Hospital Director Dr CS Pramesh gives us an insight into these initiatives, even as he underscores the importance of palliative care early in cancer treatment and the need for Covid-19 booster shots among younger people with co-morbidities. Tata Memorial Hospital is India’s largest cancer centre.

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