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In today's episode we talk about the new decentralization strategy and compare it to the centralized vaccination program that has let us down so badly

In today's episode we discuss why medical oxygen is so hard to come by these days.

A couple days ago twelve top European football clubs decided to create a new breakaway competition called the European Super league with the stated goal of reforming football. And while this might seem like a rather benign enterprise, the announcement has thrown the footballing world into chaos. So in today's episode we explain why this is the case and lay bare the economic incentives driving outcomes.

This story was written with inputs from Indifoot sports, an Indian startup trying to improve grassroots football in India

Natural gas was supposed to be the future. Or at least it was supposed to be the bridge, through which we’d transition to a better tomorrow. However as this report from Bloomberg notes, companies and investment firms are now increasingly moving away from fossil fuels altogether as demand for natural gas continues to plummet.  So in today’s episode we look at the factors shaping the future of this relatively clean source of energy and how things might shape for incumbents who’ve bet big on this dream.

A few days ago, Citigroup decided to shutter its retail business in India. And while many people have already spoken about it, we wanted to offer a bit more context. So in today's episode we talk about this and more.

This week shares of sugar-producing companies rallied as much as 10% in a single day and while many people have asked us to cover these stocks, we thought maybe we could start by giving a brief overview on the sector. So in today's episode, we talk about the dynamics of the sugar industry.

A couple of weeks back, the CEO of Serum Institute of India announced that the launch of a new Covid-19 vaccine Covovax developed jointly in association with Novavax is likely to be delayed to September in the country. This came against the backdrop of a US Ban on exports of key raw materials required to manufacture the vaccine. And if the export controls aren’t lifted soon enough, it could upend the global war on Covid altogether. So in today’s episode, we look at why this is such a massive problem and what are the complications involved.

In today's episode we talk about one of the leading crypto exchanges going public.

The Central Bank of China has started rolling out digital yuan in many cities across the country and it's making a lot of people sweat. So in today's episode, we talk about the advent of a Digital Yuan and how they're fundamentally different from other forms of currency.

Last week SEBI slapped a ₹25 crore fine on members of India’s wealthiest family - the Ambanis, over an alleged takeover violation and we need to talk about it.