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People either swear by homeopathy or dismiss it as no more than sugar pills.

Dr. Mukesh Batra, Founder of the eponymous group that runs over 200 plus homeopathy clinics in the country and abroad, believes integrated medicine is the future - as no system of medicine is complete. Be it “homeopathy, allopathy or Tirupati”, he says, the consumer should have the choice of deciding what works best for them. He also points to how health insurance needs to address traditional medicine, supporting outpatient treatment.

Dr. Batra’s upcoming book, “Homeopathy - Simple remedies for all “ sets out to be, “in essence, a bedside guide on what to do till the doctor comes.”

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In this episode, BusinessLine’s Vinay Kamath, also the author of the book Titan: Inside India’s Most Successful Consumer Brand, speaks to Suparna Mitra, CEO of Titan Watches.The IIM Calcutta alumna opens up about Titan’s rebranding strategy of its stores and its premiumisation strategy.

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In India, many ‘unicorns’ have been started by those with engineering degrees. But, those with non-engineering backgrounds are also making their mark. In this podcast, AJ Vinayak takes a look at the founders and co-founders of these $1 billion start-ups. Listen in.

India’s contribution may be a meagre 2 per cent to global food major Cargill’s annual revenue. But the US firm sees better prospects in India, which could emerge as a strategic country by 2030. A lot of planning is going on for the firm’s faster growth in India.

As part of these plans, Cargill decided to launch a digital platform for agriculture Digital Saathi. Though confined to Karnataka now, it has managed to rope in 30,000 farmers. There are various other plans that the firm has for this platform.

Cargill India President Simon George talks about his plans for India, for the electronic platform and other things such as food innovation lab, edible oil business, tapping renewable energy and the promising animal nutrition business.

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Fourth-quarter GDP numbers reveal weak consumption and demand due to the high inflation and uncertainty caused by the Russia-Ukraine war.

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All of us have faced financial emergencies and were in need of funds immediately. The first solution that comes to one’s mind under such a situation is to liquidate securities and investments. But what if you can continue to hold them and yet, get some cash? Here’s where a loan against securities (LAS) can help.

In the latest episode of the Portfolio Podcast, Parv Shah and Vishal Balabhadruni discuss the features of this loan offering and important aspects of this facility. Listen in!

Rice is grown throughout India -- from Assam in the East, right down to Tamil Nadu in the South. Each state has its own climate and each environment is unique and this could impact yield.

Scientists at the International Rice Research Institute have developed several new rice varieties that are well suited to grow in each of these environments while giving higher yields. They conducted 559 on-field trials across Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and Uttar Pradesh to identify these varieties.

In this podcast, Rutam Vora speaks to Kuntal Das, Seed System & Product Management, IRRI South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC), Varanasi, to find out more about the new rice varieties. Listen in.

Agriculture is both a cause and a victim of the consequences of climate change. In the previous episode of Fieldnotes we spoke to Renuka Diwan, a young scientist who had founded a startup called Bioprime to help farmers fight adverse climatic conditions through bioscience formulations. But at the same time, India’s agriculture is a climate change contributor too. It accounts for 20% of the national Green House Gas (GHG) emissions. If India’s agricultural sector was an independent country, it would be the 7th highest greenhouse gas emitter, ranking above Brazil, South Korea, Canada, and Mexico. India has more than 100 million smallholder farmers with limited capacity and incentives to reduce their carbon footprint. It has the largest cattle population. Nearly a third of the world’s cattle live here. And India is the second-largest producer of rice, a crop that accounts for 2.5% of global GHG emissions.

Can Indian agriculture, which is part of the climate change problem, be a part of the solution? What can entrepreneurs in this sector, and the investors who fund them, do to address this?

Mark Kahn, the managing partner and co-founder at Omnivore in a candid conversation with TR Vivek talks about the many innovations by entrepreneurs on this front and the assorted challenges of being in the agribusiness in India.

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On the second day of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Japan trip, he attended the Quadrilateral Security summit along with US President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

This meeting among these leaders is the fourth in one year – they met virtually twice in March 2021 and 2022 and met each other in Washington D.C last September.

What did they discuss? Here’s all you need to know.

Veteran bankers such as KV Kamath have opined that the Indian banking industry is in the best shape in the last 50 years when it comes to asset quality and capital adequacy. But the stock markets are barely reflecting the optimism. The Bank Nifty index on a one-year basis trades almost flat while the Nifty is still in the green. Where do we go from here with respect to bank stocks? Hamsini Karthik and Kumar Shankar Roy in the latest episode of Portfolio Podcast discuss loan growth, asset quality, profitability and return profile of banks, and the road ahead for this important sector. Listen in!