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As of March 2021, the amount lying unclaimed with mutual funds was a whopping ₹ 1,590 crore. To address this issue, market regulator SEBI recently came up with circular specifying new norms regarding the mutual fund nomination process and aimed to standardise the process. Tune in to this podcast to understand the basics of nomination and its importance.

The Modi government's decision to reform the recruitment process for the armed forces has come under immense criticism. Under the scheme, named Agnipath, members of the armed forces and non-officer cadre will be hired on a four-year contractual basis. There have been several protests against the schemes and many, like the protest at the Secunderabad Railway Station, have turned violent. The Opposition and some NDA allies have demanded the withdrawal of the scheme, but others are not convinced. One such leader is senior Congress leader and former Union Minister  Manish Tewari. 

In this podcast, Poornima Joshi talks to Manish Tewari to understand why the leader has endorsed the scheme. Listen in!      

Intel has been betting big on artificial intelligence (AI) to transform lives across societies and has set itself the target of working with 30,000 institutions across 30 countries to empower 30 million people for current and future jobs by 2030.

Shweta Khurana, Senior Director, Asia Pacific and Japan, Government Partnerships and Initiatives, Global Government Affairs, Intel, shares her thoughts on how AI can transform society and how the company is imparting AI education to the Indian youth.

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US generics revenues generated 0.3 per cent CAGR in FY17-22 compared to 11 per cent CAGR in India and emerging markets. As a result, Nifty Pharma index returned 3.3 per cent CAGR in the period underperforming Nifty-50 index by close to 800 bps. 

Sai Prabhakar and Parv Shah discuss the reasons why a tilt to Indian generics can be rewarding. The discussion centers on if the factors contributing to muted US growth are permanent and how should investors approach pharma stocks in this context.

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A protest against the recently announced army recruitment scheme, Agnipath, turned violent at Secunderabad Railway Station on Friday.  Over 200 trains have been canceled so far due to protests against the Agnipath scheme for recruitment in the defense services across India.

Naga Sridhar reports the day's happenings.

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WayCool, one of the country’s leading agri-commerce firms had developed technologies for its own use and there is now demand for its agri stack to be used among farmers in Africa and Europe.

Plans for India’s first ventilated cold storage for onions and potato flakes for chefs which can be stored for many years are amongst its recent innovations.

Karthik Jayaraman, Co-founder, and Managing Director, WayCool Foods and Products speaks about the company’s innovations and the way forward.

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The Union Cabinet’s decision to enable private 5G networks is a boon for digital tech companies with the Broadband India Forum (BIF), the leading think-tank and policy forum for digital communications, hailing it a “forward-looking step”, and a “harbinger of the digital transformation”, which is critical for digital India.

TV Ramachandran, President, Broadband India Forum tells Ronendra Singh what this move means and how captive networks are likely to help India expand its telephony and data networks.

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Today's Federal Reserve meeting holds big significance post the CPI inflation shocker from the US last week. What should investors watch out for and how will markets react? Listen in to get some interesting perspectives

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Rahul Nanwani, CEO and Co-Founder of Imagekit.io speaks on retargeting, SEO best practices, and creative automation platforms.

On Tuesday, IPL emerged as the second most valued sporting league in the world in terms of per match value. The much-talked-about IPL media rights auction ended after three days of intense bidding. Overall BCCI will earn ₹48,390 crore over a five-year period striking one of the biggest media rights deal. Disney Star India retained the Indian TV rights for ₹23,575 crore.

But all the spotlight was on digital rights. Viacom-18 emerged as the exclusive owner of the overall digital rights of the T20 league and will end up will be paying ₹23,758 crore. This includes streaming rights for 18 non-exclusive games per year which come under Package C.

Karan Taurani, Senior Vice-President of Elara Capital shares his thoughts.