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The Ken

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Business news is complex and overwhelming. It doesn’t have to be. Every day of the week, from Monday to Friday, Daybreak tells one business story that’s significant, simple and powerful.Hosted from The Ken’s newsroom by Snigdha Sharma and Rachel Varghese, Daybreak relies on years of original reporting and analysis by some of India’s most experienced and talented business journalists.

Episodes (868)

XLRI introduced India to management studies. But now it's done being just anothe...

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As surveillance tech blows up, startups face a unique paradox

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Dec 15, 202411:01pending

Dead mall rising: The life and death of Indian shopping centres

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Dec 12, 202425:32pending

India’s second-largest logistics player is hurting after putting all its eggs in...

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Dec 12, 202414:06pending

Tata and ITC are harvesting what small organic-food brands cultivated for years

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Dec 10, 202411:00pending

Why the clock is ticking for Indian smartwatch makers

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Dec 9, 202412:07pending

Tata wants to make iPhones in South India by copying China's dorm labour model....

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Dec 9, 202411:51pending

Daybreak 2024 Wrap Part 1: The Ken writer's picks

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Dec 5, 202430:11pending

Flipkart wants to do with electronics what Blinkit and Swiggy did with groceries

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Dec 4, 202412:33pending

Why FMCG giant Hindustan Unilever has never really screamed for ice cream

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Dec 3, 202411:32pending

India set up a new body to fix medical education. It now needs to fix that body

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Dec 2, 202413:06pending

Are banks done with India's credit card frenzy?

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Dec 2, 20249:49pending

Why India's biggest employer of women gig workers refuses to listen to its own w...

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Nov 29, 202428:52pending

How regional jewellery brands are trying to beat Tanishq at its own game

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Nov 27, 202416:39pending

Did someone just find the US$533 million that Byju’s lost?

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Nov 27, 202410:41pending

Why Mamaearth is stuck with dead stock and mounting losses

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Nov 25, 202412:35pending

Are school-fee loans the next goldmine for Indian fintechs?

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Nov 24, 202413:59pending

The murky world of money mules and how they fuel India’s Rs 2,500 crore fraud ec...

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Nov 22, 202429:28pending

How lenders like Navi resort to extreme borrower surveillance to keep their A ga...

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Nov 20, 202417:51pending

How do you get people to switch to electric cars? Take the subscription route

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Nov 19, 202412:39pending

As the Gen AI race heats up data centres, water becomes the new air

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Nov 18, 202412:45pending

How Hurun's turned ranking India's ultra-rich into a mini-industry

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Nov 18, 202412:21pending

Are run clubs like rehab for the chronically online? Daybreak joined one to find...

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Nov 14, 202431:29pending

How Swiggy prepared for its IPO

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Nov 14, 20249:31pending

Startups can't get over venture debt. But the lenders are getting pickier

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Nov 13, 202410:21pending

CMOs are a dying breed. Nykaa, Nestlé India, and others are living proof

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Nov 11, 202414:38pending

Indian govt's free senior health cover exposes the dark side of private insuranc...

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Nov 10, 202413:05pending

What does it take to launch a budget skincare brand today? 30 days and a penchan...

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Nov 7, 202426:36pending

How India's young millionaires are defying family norms to create new sources of...

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Nov 6, 202430:57pending

Youtubers are dominating Indian living rooms by taking a page out of the TV play...

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Nov 5, 202410:45pending

In India’s IPO market, this small city in Gujarat calls the shots. Just look at...

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Nov 4, 202411:30pending

Can the designer who made your mobile phone addictive also make you use your pho...

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Nov 3, 20249:43pending

Daybreak Special: What do women really want? A 'f*** off fund'

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Oct 31, 202436:42pending

Why Apple and HDFC Bank decided to break up their exclusive relationship

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Oct 30, 20249:16pending

Rapido is taking on the Ola-Uber duopoly by being everything they are not

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Oct 29, 202412:49pending

From luxury cars to lunch with celebs — wealth managers are going all out to woo...

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Oct 28, 202411:19pending

Is Zomato declaring war in the quick commerce space?

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Oct 28, 20249:33pending

Successful women are freezing their eggs. And that’s on men

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Oct 24, 202445:26pending

Truecaller beat Trai to the punch with spam-call fix

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Oct 24, 202425:30pending

How NRI quota became the golden ticket to med school for rich Indians

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Oct 22, 20249:36pending

Why the RBI's two-year-old Innovation Hub is intimidating fintechs

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Oct 22, 202411:54pending

What makes Cred an 'unusual' fintech?

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Oct 21, 20249:56pending

You don't need a prescription to buy an i-pill. What if that changed?

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Oct 17, 202441:37pending

Theobroma's dilemma: how to continue scaling while staying true to the 'artisana...

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Oct 16, 202420:49pending

Are two struggling denim brands enough to build a poor man's Reliance brands?

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Oct 15, 202412:12pending

Zomato is on a collision course with India's largest ticketing platform — Bookmy...

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Oct 14, 202411:46pending

Why the PM's internship scheme is stressing out corporate India

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Oct 14, 202410:10pending

Is turning into a B-school the natural next step for liberal arts pioneer Ashoka...

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Oct 10, 202421:55pending

Reliance wants to combine Hotstar and JioCinema into one mega app. Is it really...

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Oct 10, 202424:04pending

Guess who is helping the government keep drug prices in check

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Oct 8, 202412:21pending
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