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Daybreak

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)

How a Bangalore biotech quietly built a blindness breakthrough in under $10 mill...

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May 9, 20259:41pending

‘Don’t call if markets are down’ — the PMS fund delivering returns the big city...

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May 8, 202512:11pending

The hunger games are raging but Zomato just won't take the bait

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May 6, 202544:47pending

How to build companies that last when their employees don’t

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May 6, 202515:38pending

India wants the spotlight at the world’s top school exam. It just won’t step on...

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May 4, 202512:10pending

Can LIC do to health insurance what Jio did to telecom?

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May 1, 202511:46pending

Ather’s IPO is a plot twist. Not a finale

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May 1, 202515:38pending

Why Delhivery’s Ecom Express deal is both tactical and desperate

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Apr 28, 202512:30pending

Software glitches are turning Mahindra’s new EVs into high-tech paperweights

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Apr 28, 202513:06pending

Driverless trucks have pushed India’s first unicorn of 2025 into an existential...

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Apr 27, 202512:37pending

ITC’s 24 Mantra deal and organic foods’ unending wait for glory

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Apr 25, 202514:30pending

Indigo's stocks maybe flying high but passenger patience has hit turbulence

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Apr 24, 202512:15pending

How a made in Punjab jeera-flavoured soda is popping the Coke-Pepsi-Parle bubble

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Apr 23, 202512:43pending

Biyani’s retail empire flamed out. His daughters seek redemption in birthing new...

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Apr 22, 20259:19pending

Turns out someone has to pay for free UPI

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Apr 21, 202514:00pending

The career ladder is broken. What’s your next step?

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Apr 17, 202516:38pending

When cricket and Koffee aren’t enough, JioHotstar wants to make 'Sparks' fly

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Apr 17, 202520:34pending

Lenskart built its empire on franchisees. Now it’s battling them in courts

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Apr 16, 202514:58pending

Scaler wanted to do for tech education what Masters' Union did for the MBA. AI h...

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Apr 15, 202515:18pending

McKinsey, Bain, and BCG welcomed AI with open arms. Creativity is the first casu...

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Apr 14, 202512:38pending

‘Boys will be boys’ — Trump, tariffs and the dismantling of global trade

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Apr 11, 202515:04pending

Minimalist was the glow-up Hindustan Unilever's skincare line needed

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Apr 10, 202510:59pending

From Medimix to Apsara Ice Creams — scions of family-run businesses are done bui...

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Apr 9, 202511:48pending

Zerodha and Groww wanted to disrupt mutual funds. But they're stuck in first gea...

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Apr 8, 202514:20pending

China built the solar energy empire. India’s building the green hydrogen rebelli...

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Apr 6, 202510:11pending

Cult turned amateur gym rats into fitness fanatics. Now they are paying in injur...

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Apr 3, 202512:53pending

Groceries were just the beginning. Your 10-min delivery app is now selling your...

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Apr 2, 202517:22pending

India's AI mission could be transformative. But it's dead set on becoming Deepse...

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Apr 2, 202512:45pending

Private companies have stumbled upon a goldmine — Bengaluru's water crisis

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Apr 1, 202515:37pending

Blusmart’s unfair advantage has now become its biggest roadblock

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Mar 28, 202513:50pending

Hari Menon has to save Bigbasket from itself

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Mar 26, 202519:08pending

With an IPO around the corner, Phonepe’s biggest strength is becoming its Achill...

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Mar 26, 202512:21pending

India's only listed credit-card company is a revolving door of embattled CEOs

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Mar 25, 202511:55pending

Could a cashback convince you to change your go-to UPI app?

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Mar 23, 20259:52pending

Haldiram's vs Bikaji just got spicier

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Mar 21, 202515:39pending

How pharma companies are chasing newer, better, easier profits by going the FMCG...

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Mar 20, 202516:41pending

Why India's battery dreams are losing charge

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Mar 19, 202512:59pending

Private schools are seeing a drop in enrolment. Where did the kids go?

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Mar 18, 202510:07pending

IV drips move from hospitals to spas—to ‘fix’ the elite’s hangovers and hair los...

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Mar 17, 202513:48pending

Will Starlink in India pull off what giants Airtel and Jio couldn't?

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Mar 13, 202517:07pending

The future of work is…whatever you don’t want to do

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Mar 12, 202511:18pending

Why Curefoods is dead set on expanding its menu beyond salads

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Mar 11, 202512:25pending

SUVs are taking over India — one accident, one parking spot at a time

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Mar 11, 202511:35pending

Swiggy's post-IPO pains are a lesson for rich Indians playing the pre-listing ga...

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Mar 9, 20259:55pending

'I am the Byju of Byju's and I am here now'

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Mar 6, 202512:16pending

How the MG Windsor left Tata and Hyundai behind to become India's top-selling EV

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Mar 6, 202513:19pending

Why IITs and NLUs are setting up their own companies

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Mar 5, 202510:54pending

Deepseek cracked open AI. India’s AI plumbers are loving it

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Mar 4, 202512:14pending

The death of the independent doctor

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Mar 3, 202510:46pending

Trump's tariff spree and what it means for India

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Feb 28, 202519:09pending
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