The Morning Brief

The news on the ban of private cryptocurrencies by the centre has jolted the investors, crypto companies and analysts. Host Devina Sengupta talks to Rameesh Kailasam, CEO of India Tech, Nischal Shetty, CEO of WazirX and ET’s Sugata Ghosh about the inherent issues of Crypto as currency and as an asset in India and whether the ban is the right way ahead for India’s nascent crypto economy. Credits: Euro News and Wion

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PM Modi announced the repeal of the three controversial farm laws which triggered the biggest farmer protests in India. Host Anirban Chowdhury along with Avik Saha,Secretary of All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee, Ashok Gulati, Agricultural Economist and ET’s Kumar Anshuman takes us through the controversies, what led to the repeal and find out whether this is a successful election strategy or a failed agricultural reform. Credits:Sahilonline TV News, NDTV, ABP News, The Quint

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India’s COP-26 coal stand of ‘phase down’ over ‘phase out’ has stirred a debate. Host Arijit Barman in conversation with Deepayan Basu Ray, Climate Initiative lead at Climate Outreach, Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, Managing Director, Apraava Energy and ET’s Urmi Goswami discuss the reason behind defending coal and whether the promised targets are attainable? Credits: Breathe by Pink Floyd from Dark Side Of The Moon, Fragile By Sting, DW News, Guardian News, AFP News agency, ITV News, WION

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Costs are spiralling for consumers, thanks to a high rate of inflation in the Indian economy. Anirban Chowdhury gets the final word on why wallets are getting lighter from Sonal Varma, managing director and chief economist at Nomura; Madan Sabnavis, chief economist at CARE Ratings and ET's Chaitali Chakravarty. Credits: Peepli Live (Raghubir Yadav, Bhadwai Village Mandali, T-Series), BJP

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After making a stellar stock market debut, what will it take for Nykaa to sustain its sky-high premium? VS Kannan Sitaram, Venture Partner at Fireside Ventures and Neeraj Shrimali, Executive Director at Avendus Capital discuss what’s next for Nykaa with host Ratna Bhushan.
Credits: ET Now, Nykaa, Mridul Walia, Shivangi Sharma

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A new start-up called Plaeto is out to disrupt the Indian sneaker market for kids that is dominated by Bata, Campus and Nike.
Listen to host Arijit Barman chat with Ravi Kallayil, one of Plaeto's founders and Mathew Cyriac, CEO of Florintree Advisors and one of the angel investors in the company to figure out how science & design is being used to make kids more active through sports. But it is no child's play. Credits: Anabolic Beatz, Nike, Reebok, Netflix, Adidas, Espresso
Credits - Editor - Anjali Venugopalan; Producer - Varun Kapahi; Sound editor - Soundarya Jayachandran;

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Why is India’s Narcotics, Drugs & Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act of 1985 in need of a revamp? Host Devina Sengupta in conversation with Dr Rajesh Kumar, executive director at Society for Promotion of Youth & Masses, Bharat Chugh, advocate and former judge, Neeraj Kumar, former Delhi police commissioner and ET’s Anubhuti Vishnoi delves deeper into the Drug Act and finds out what can make the law more humane towards those who are users of narcotic substances and not traders. Credits: India Today, HW News English, NDTV

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Much rides on the COP26 conference as the effects of climate change become more real around the world. From Glasgow, Sumant Sinha of ReNew Power and ET’s Urmi Goswami give a ground report about the tussle between the developing and the developed nations, India’s sustainability goals and how successful the conference has been.
Credits: United Nations, UN Climate Change, CNBC Television, Times Now, BBC, Narendra Modi, Guardian News

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Your mother's favourite Kanjeevaram and Banarasi saris are now back in vogue. Join us in this special Diwali episode, where we explain the economics behind the handloom sari's revival. We bring to you special ground reports from the weavers in Varanasi and Kanchipuram, and inputs from designer Gaurang Shah, textile scholars Rta Kapur Chisti and Sabita Radhakrishna and Sujata Biswas, co-founder of Suta on why sustainability and slow fashion are contributing to handloom's popularity, but challenges still lie ahead for the weaver ecosystem. Music Credits: Relaxing Vibz, Zakir Hussain & Rakesh Chaurasia, Sony Music India, Vishal-Shekhar, Vijay Antony, Nabeel Khan/Denis Kucherov, RajVideoVision/Deva. Voice-over by Anirban Chowdhury.

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The online beauty and personal care products industry in India is growing fast but challenges posed by the draft e-commerce rules and high customer acquisition costs remain. With market leader Nykaa going public, is the sector coming of age? Manish Taneja, the CEO of Purplle, Darpan Sanghvi, Co-founder at MyGlamm and Aditya Kondawar, the COO at JST Investments explain.
Credits: Chetali Chadha, Shivani Taneja, Made By Monda, Shruti Arjun Anand, BloombergQuint, CNBC TV-18

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