

Finshots Daily
Finshots
A daily 5-min podcast explaining the most important finance and business happenings in plain English. India focused.
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Nov 16, 2020 • 6min
Why Stubble Burning is such a big problem?
Since everybody is talking about air pollution these days, we thought it would be prudent to discuss one of the primary contributors to this problem - Stubble Burning.

Nov 13, 2020 • 6min
Winter is coming
In today's Finshots, we talk about the possibility of the government regulating online streaming content

Nov 12, 2020 • 5min
Is PUBG making a comeback?
On 2nd September, Indian authorities banned the popular battle royale game PUBG alongside many other apps with links to China. However, just a couple months later, PUBG is planning to stage a comeback. So in today’s Finshots, we will look at how the saga has unfolded so far and why the gaming company is so desperate to make a re-entry.

Nov 11, 2020 • 6min
What does a Biden presidency mean for the Indian economy?
In today's Finshots, we talk about the economic implications of a Biden Presidency.

Nov 10, 2020 • 5min
Pfizer the Saviour
Yesterday, drugmaker Pfizer announced that early analysis of its coronavirus vaccine trial suggested the vaccine (developed in conjunction with BioNTech) was robustly effective in preventing Covid-19. And while multiple pharma companies have released details about their own vaccines so far, there is a lot of optimism surrounding Pfizer’s announcement.
So why are people this excited you ask?

Nov 9, 2020 • 6min
Why Google Pay and PhonePe will have to limit operations
In today's episode, we talk about NPCI's latest ruling and how it might affect payment applications like Google Pay.

Nov 7, 2020 • 6min
The changing fortunes of Hero MotoCorp
Hero MotoCorp put out its sales figures for the month of October and it surprised almost everyone. The company said it had recorded the highest sales figure ever and experts were visibly surprised with the announcement considering we are in the midst of a pandemic. So we thought we could look at Hero, its current performance and see how the company has fared over the past couple decades.

Nov 6, 2020 • 5min
When Shipping Containers Disappear
In today's Finshots, we talk about a unique problem facing India right now

Nov 5, 2020 • 6min
The Dramatic Twist in the Ant Financial IPO
In today's Finshots, we talk about Ant Financial and how its plans to go public went awry at the last moment.

Nov 4, 2020 • 4min
Coal Auctions with a pinch of reform
In today's Finshots, we talk about the first coal auction since the reforms.


