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Delhi’s air has hit a new low—literally. With pollution levels crossing global safety thresholds, the city is gasping for solutions. Crop burning, rapid urbanisation, and political inaction have created a toxic cocktail choking much of India.

In today’s episode of The Morning Brief, Anirban Chowdhury hosts Frank Hammes, Global CEO, IQAir, Dr. Arvind Kumar, Chairman, Institute of Chest Surgery, Medanta, Karthik Ganesan, Fellow & Director, CEEW, and Anubhuti Vishnoi, Senior Editor, ET, to explore the causes, health repercussions, and potential solutions to India’s air quality crisis. Don’t miss this critical conversation on what it will take to clear the air!

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Check out other interesting episodes from the host like: India’s Dangerous Misuse Of Antibiotics Pt 1 & Pt 2, COP29: Who will Pay for Climate Action?, Trump 2.0: America First, India….?, Now RBI Wants Banks to Rethink their Business Models, and more!

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Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is escalating into a global health emergency, with dire consequences for humanity. As World AMR Awareness Week unfolds, Anirban Chowdhury hosts an insightful conversation with Vikas Dandekar and Dr. Manica Balasegaram, Executive Director at the Global Antibiotic R&D Partnership. Together, they explore the global response, innovative solutions, and India’s potential influence in combating this looming crisis.

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Check out other interesting episodes from the host like: Now RBI Wants Banks to Rethink their Business Models, What can Nvidia and India do for each other?, Hoax or Horror: The Unprecedented Surge in Flight Threats, Why The Indian Consumer Is Still Trapped In Dark Patterns?, and more!

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Indians are ingesting too many antibiotics. As a result, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is becoming a serious public health crisis, as many commonly used antibiotics are losing their effectiveness. Currently, about 70% of antibiotic treatments fail to work against infections, making it increasingly difficult to treat conditions that once had straightforward solutions. Each year, more patients experience recurring infections, both in outpatient and inpatient settings, and mortality rates continue to rise among those requiring critical care. 

Hosts Vikas Dandekar and Anirban Chowdhury talk to Dr Viny Kantroo of Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, and Maneesh Paul of Orchid Pharma trying to understand if AMR could drastically alter healthcare as we know it, posing an unprecedented challenge to future generations.

ET Podcasts now has a new show. 7@7 is your quick, sharp sub 5 minute daily roundup of financial news from India and the world. Tune in to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Prime Music, Jio Saavn, Youtube or wherever you get your podcasts from!

Check out our other interesting episodes like: Behind CCI’s Allegations Against Amazon, Flipkart, Can Hosur be a Jamshedpur Plus?, What Makes India The Emerging GCC Capital?, Taxing Times for Infosys, Quantum Computing: Understanding Qubits And The Future, and more!

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As COP 29 unfolds, the stakes are higher than ever. The focus this year is on new climate finance targets. The question is the same: Will developed countries pay up to help the poorer nations battle climate change? And where will the money come from?

Host Anirban Chowdhury speaks with Urmi Goswami, Special Correspondent at Economic Times, and Dr. Jai Asundi, Executive Director at CSTEP, to explore whether nations are walking the talk. From India’s evolving stance on energy transition to the G77+China’s position on NCQG, this episode deals with the most pressing issues.

Tune in to find out what COP 29 could mean for the future of global climate action.

ET Podcasts now has a new show. 7@7 is your quick, sharp sub 5 minute daily roundup of financial news from India and the world. Tune in to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Prime Music, Jio Saavn, Youtube or wherever you get your podcasts from!

Check out other interesting episodes from the host like: Now RBI Wants Banks to Rethink their Business Models, What can Nvidia and India do for each other?, Hoax or Horror: The Unprecedented Surge in Flight Threats, Why The Indian Consumer Is Still Trapped In Dark Patterns?, and more!

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Political instability and the constant flip-flopping of voters define the predicament of the Jharkhand State Legislative Assembly since the turn of the century when it came into being. Despite the last two governments completing their terms, no political party can claim with conviction that they have cracked the code in Jharkhand. Join host Nidhi Sharma as she and ET’s own Kumar Anshuman navigate the tricky electoral arithmetic of the state and bring to you the issues, parties and personalities that will decide the fate of one of the country’s most resource-rich states.

Don't miss out on this special election series – Polls On My Pod!: Polls On My Pod: Haryana Potboiler: Caste Politics, Agniveer and Farm Distress, Polls On My Pod: J&K’s Decade-Long Wait Ends Polls On My Pod: Muted Manipur & The Tamil Nadu Triangle, Arvind Kejriwal’s Arrest: An Opposition Shaken or Stirred? Alliance Arithmetic: Decoding the Political Jigsaw of Lok Sabha Elections 2024, and more!

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In part 2 of our two part deep-dive series on digital arrests, we look at the complex global operations of the scamsters, how these gangs recruit and coerce Indians into crimes, the cross border treaties they exploit, existing legal guardrails against the cyber crime and new rules that have to be implemented to tackle it effectively. 

Host Dia Rekhi talks nuances and solutions with Kanishk Gaur and legal specialist Khushbu Jain.

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Check out Dia’s other interesting episodes like: Behind CCI’s Allegations Against Amazon, Flipkart, Can Hosur be a Jamshedpur Plus?, What Makes India The Emerging GCC Capital?, Taxing Times for Infosys, Quantum Computing: Understanding Qubits And The Future, and more!

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Digital arrest scams are spreading fast, targeting unsuspecting victims with frightening precision. Scammers are using deep fake videos, posing as officials, and leaving victims isolated, sleepless, and financially drained. But how do these scams work, and why are people so vulnerable?

In this first part of a two-part series, host Dia Rekhi speaks with Dr. Muktesh Chander, Ex-DGP Goa, Cyber Security Expert and Chevening CyberSecurity Fellow from Cranfield University UK., alongside an anonymous victim of one such scam. Together, they delve into the tactics used and the emotional toll these scams inflict.

ET Podcasts now has a new show. 7@7 is your quick, sharp sub 5 minute daily roundup of financial news from India and the world. Tune in to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Prime Music, Jio Saavn, Youtube or wherever you get your podcasts from!

Check out Dia’s other interesting episodes like: Behind CCI’s Allegations Against Amazon, Flipkart, Can Hosur be a Jamshedpur Plus?, What Makes India The Emerging GCC Capital?, Taxing Times for Infosys, Quantum Computing: Understanding Qubits And The Future, and more!

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Donald Trump is back in the White House, defying predictions of a close race by securing a comfortable win against Kamala Harris. His return has significant implications for the world—and for India. From trade and tariffs to immigration and foreign policy, Trump's decisions could shape the future of Indo-US relations.

In this episode of The Morning Brief, host Anirban Chowdhury speaks with ET's diplomatic editor Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury to explore the potential impacts of Trump’s second term on India.

ET Podcasts now has a new show. 7@7 is your quick, sharp sub 5 minute daily roundup of financial news from India and the world. Tune in to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Prime Music, Jio Saavn, Youtube or wherever you get your podcasts from!

Check out other interesting episodes from the host like: Now RBI Wants Banks to Rethink their Business Models, What can Nvidia and India do for each other?, Hoax or Horror: The Unprecedented Surge in Flight Threats, Why The Indian Consumer Is Still Trapped In Dark Patterns?, and more!

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The RBI’s latest draft guidelines stems from its discomfort in overlapping activities between banks and their subsidiaries. It says banks and not their units should do the core banking activity of lending and deposit taking. This will affect banks' structures, balance sheets and upcoming IPO valuations. 

In this episode of The Morning Brief, host Anirban Chowdhury breaks down the implications with ET’s Banking Editor Sangita Mehta and Sachin Gupta, Chief Ratings Officer at CARE Ratings Ltd.

ET Podcasts now has a new show. 7@7 is your quick, sharp sub 5 minute daily roundup of financial news from India and the world. Tune in to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Prime Music, Jio Saavn, Youtube or wherever you get your podcasts from!

Check out other interesting episodes from the host like: Why The Indian Consumer Is Still Trapped In Dark Patterns?, Is mafia extortion returning to India?, India vs Canada: Season X, Noel Tata’s Task Ahead and more!

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What happens when one of the world’s most valuable companies comes with big plans to the world’s biggest tech talent pool?

That’s what the world witnessed last week when Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang landed in Mumbai. 

Huang extolled the virtues of India’s unique talent pool,  storehouse of data and national will for innovation and development. He said AI will fuel the next phase of digital transformation in India.

Needless to say, there was a barrage of announcements from the company including a tie up with Reliance to build AI infrastructure in the country.

So what can Nvidia and India do for each other? Listen in as host Anirban Chowdhury discusses with ET’s tech expert Suraksha P and Jaspreet Bindra, founder AI & Beyond.

ET Podcasts now has a new show. 7@7 is your quick, sharp sub 5 minute daily roundup of financial news from India and the world. Tune in to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Prime Music, Jio Saavn, Youtube or wherever you get your podcasts from!

Check out other interesting episodes from the host like: Why The Indian Consumer Is Still Trapped In Dark Patterns?, Is mafia extortion returning to India?, India vs Canada: Season X, Noel Tata’s Task Ahead and more!

You can follow Anirban Chowdhury on his social media: Twitter and Linkedin

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