

Daybreak
The Ken
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.
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.
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Feb 15, 2023 • 12min
Why Dabur is reinventing itself
With increased competition within the country, the over-hundred years old Ayurvedic brand, Dabur, is looking to acquire and expand. It wants to change its story.Just last year in October, it acquired a 51% stake in Badshah Masala, one of the country's leading spices companies.But why does the world leader of Ayurveda brands need to reinvent itself?Tune in.

Feb 13, 2023 • 12min
India's new guidelines to stop fake reviews online are missing an important detail
Whether it is to decide where to eat or what to buy, online reviews play important role. But fake reviews are turning out to be quite a menace.To bring them under control, the Indian government released a set of guidelines for e-commerce platforms.But they forgot to mention an important point.Tune in to find out.

Feb 10, 2023 • 10min
Why your holidays abroad are going to cost more
Lately, Indians have been spending increased amounts of money on travelling to foreign countries. In the month of November last year, Indian travellers spent 1 billion dollars abroad. The government and even regulator RBI took notice of the new trend.And now, in the Union Budget 2023, a new tax has been added to overseas spending through the Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LTS).

Feb 8, 2023 • 10min
Britannia's unfulfilled dairy dreams
Britannia's market share has consistently been inching up over the last decade or so. And its shares have doubled in value in the past five years. Apart from biscuits, the company also wants to crack the dairy business. But in the year ended March 2022, the biscuit giant’s revenue was nearly $1.7 billion and out of it only $60 million came from dairy. Despite this, the biscuit giant has grand plans to expand its dairy business.Tune in to find out more

Feb 6, 2023 • 10min
Google Pay India needs an overhaul
With a dipping market share and no leader in India, many in the industry say Google Pay is losing its agility in the country. While the reasons range from slow roll-out of new features to overlooking merchants, one has played a big role in Google Pay's current position. And it has a lot to do with the relationship it shares with its banking partners. Tune in

Feb 3, 2023 • 10min
Is the new tax regime for everyone?
Even with comparatively higher tax rates the old tax regime has remained popular amongst Indian taxpayers. The government, in the new budget, announced changes to incentivise the new regime. However, what will suit taxpayers still depends a lot on whether they find the changes attractive enough. Tune in.

Feb 1, 2023 • 11min
Why Reliance Jio is eyeing a state government's pet project
In the last three quarters, the revenues of India's largest telco have been seeing a steady slowdown. A Rajasthan government's free-smartphones-for-women project came along just in time and won Reliance Jio managed to bag 60% of the contract value.But now Jio is waiting, fingers crossed, for the new budget with reports of the government shelving the project.If the project does come through, what would it mean for Reliance Jio?Tune in to find out.

Jan 30, 2023 • 12min
Nykaa's post-listing glory days are over
From moment Nykaa went public on the stock exchanges in 2021, it became an investors’ favourite.Its stock had listed at an 80% premium to its issue price of Rs 2,001 per share on the BSE. Its parent company FSN e-Commerce Ventures hit a valuation of 1 lakh crore rupees. And founder Falguni Nayar’s net worth tripled and turned her into a billionaire. But lately, things have not been going so well for the fashion e-retailer. Its shares have been on a free fall.Tune in to find out why.

Jan 27, 2023 • 10min
Why BharOS needs to take lessons from the past
BharOS is being launched at a time when the tech giant Google is under the government's scrutiny for adopting anti-competitive practices as the market leader in India.But this is not the first time India is trying to develop an indigenous operating system, both for mobile and computer devices. The failure of the OS projects in the past may hold some important lessons for anyone making a future attempt.Tune in for the details.

Jan 25, 2023 • 12min
Why edtechs need to rethink their aggressive sales strategy
The edtech industry in India is facing a host of challenges from all directions, from a decline in funding to the emergence of formidable competition.One that stands out, however, is the allegation of mis-selling and fraudulent loans. According to the Advertising Standards Council of India, 33% of the complaints filed with it in FY21-22 were related to the education sector. And one of the reasons for this is the overly aggressive sales playbook. Byju's mastered it so successfully that many of its its peers followed suit.But now with the government expressing concerns over these allegations, edtechs including Byju's need to rethink their sales pitch. Tune in for the details.


