As LIC prepares to go public, it will now divert a chunk of its profits as dividends for shareholders at the expense of policyholders. Concerns also remain over its reliance on agents and manual processes in a digital world. Should you subscribe to the IPO? Host Anirban Chowdhury finds out with Nilesh Shah, MD of Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Co., and veteran management consultant Ashvin Parekh. Credits: NDTV

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LIC: Decoding India's Largest IPO

As N Chandrasekaran gears up for the second term as Tata Sons chairman, host Nehal Chaliawala along with ET's Kala Vijayaraghavan and Arijit Barman prepare a rate card for his performance over the last five years and analyse what to expect from him going forward keeping in mind his leadership style and how it compares to Ratan Tata. Credits: CNBC TV-18, Money Control, NDTV.

Chandra's Challenges

Ten companies and counting. The Good Glamm Group's buying spree helps the unicorn to strengthen its direct to consumer play. Host Dia Rekhi speaks to Nowshad Rizwanullah, CEO, MissMalini Entertainment and Co-Founder of the Good Creator Co and ET's Sneha Shah to find out more about the company's content-to-commerce play and whether the company will change their strategy after ScoopWhoop finds itself in the news for the wrong reasons. Credits: Maybelline New York, Lakme India, Loreal Paris, CNBC TV-18, Chetali Chadha, One India

Good Glamm, Bad Glamm

The psychotropic qualities of Cannabis have always been admired, used and also abused both around the world and in India. Medical cannabis however has evolved into a multi billion dollar space with Big Pharma. Will Dr Reddy's recent acquisition of German medical cannabis firm Nimbus help mainstream the therapeutic plant? Kiran Somvanshi delves deeper in conversation with Erez Israeli, CEO of DR. Reddy's Laboratories, Anay Shukla, Founding Partner of Arogya Legal, healthcare law firm and Avnish Pandya, co-founder of the Bombay Hemp Co. Credits - CNBC, fool.com, Cannabis Broadcast Station, Bloomberg

Rx: Cannabis

Allegations of fraud, mud-slinging and more – lines are clearly drawn at BharatPe with Grover on one side and the board and investors on the other. Host Arijit Barman talks with ET’s Digbijay Mishra and Tarush Bhalla to figure out the man, the company and how things went so wrong at BharatPe. Credits: SET India, Business Today, MoneyControl, CNBC-TV18, NDTV

Ashneer Grover Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai?

Finance Minister in her Budget speech spoke about a battery swapping policy. But will this push re-energise the battery manufacturers and hasten EV adoption? And why will it take off in India when even Tesla has had to face challenges? Host Arijit Barman speaks to Ajay Goel, Co-founder, Sun Mobility and Dev Ashish Aneja, Automobile Sector Lead, Invest India to find out whether we are being too ambitious especially when even Tesla has had to redraw its swapping strategy. Credits: ET Now, BBC News, CNBC, CNBC TV-18, Ather

Battery Baatein

Budget 2022 chose fiscal growth over freebies. The government said it will spend more and has kept most taxes untouched. Meanwhile, fiscal deficit and inflation continue to pinch. Hosts Anirban Chowdhury and Devina Sengupta talk to ET’s Swaminathan Aiyar and Vinay Pandey to make sense of how the government has planned its finances. Credit: ET Now

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India’s $375-million BrahMos deal with the Philippines is the outcome of a change in policy and politics to favour defence exports. The country has set a target of exporting defence equipment worth $5 billion by 2025. Host Nehal Chaliawala speaks to Additional Secretary, Department of Defence Production, Sanjay Jaju, President of the Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers, SP Shukla and Senior Editor at ET, Manu Pubby on what more needs to be done to achieve this. Credits: BJP, Wion, ANC 24/7

Vamos, BrahMos!

Plummeting share price, disappointing forecast, the streaming giant is under heavy scrutiny of investors. Rivals Disney Hotstar and Amazon Prime are racing ahead in India. With co-Founder Reed Hastings admitting last week that its lack of success in India was 'frustrating,' host Arijit Barman speaks to Laura Martin, LA based senior entertainment and internet analyst at Needham & Co and ET's Senior Assistant Editor Gaurav Laghate to figure out if its bad pricing or sloppy content that is holding them back. Credits: Netflix, Netflix Investor Relations, CNBC

Netflix: It Ain't Looking Up

In the absence of a concrete data protection law in India, instances of consumer data breach are turning a lot more frequent. Host Ratna Bhushan explores how this is a case of lack of policy, traceability and accountability, in conversation with leading cyber law expert Pavan Duggal, Rajshekhar Rajaharia, a popular internet security researcher and Rajat Wahi, Partner at Deloitte India. Credits: WION, NDTV, editorji

Who Stole my Data?

“Tax us now”, said no Indian billionaire ever! But with growing wealth inequality in the pandemic, and hundreds of the world’s super rich asking to be taxed more, should wealth tax make a comeback in India? Kiran Somvanshi discusses with Morris Pearl, chair of Patriotic Millionaires, Amitabh Behra, CEO of Oxfam India and Hitesh Gajaria, partner at KPMG. Credits: NBC News,ABC News, Fortune, Wall Street Journal, The Economic Times, Lok Sabha Tv, Mirror Now, India Today, ET Now

Taxing our Billionaires

Google has faced four probes from the competition watchdog in India in recent years amidst growing allegations of abuse of market dominance by big tech companies. This negatively impacts the local tech ecosystem and consumers will pay the cost ultimately, host Anirban Chowdhury finds out in conversation with Amber Sinha, Executive Director at Centre for Internet and Society, Sijo George, Executive Director at ADIF, and ET's Megha Mandavia.

Bad News for Google

Apple supplier Foxconn has landed in the soup again with its workers complaining of poor working conditions. Host Dia Rekhi in conversation with Sana Hashmi, Visiting Fellow at the Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation, Sasikumar Gendham, Salcomp India’s managing director and Justice K Chandru, former judge of the Madras High Court find out what led to this issue and how will this impact the growing electronics manufacturing ecosystem in India.

Foxconn Furore

The consumption of painkillers shot up by 23% in India last year with Dolo 650 becoming a household name. Have we turned into excessive pill-poppers during the pandemic? Host Devina Sengupta talks with Dr SP Kalantri, Medical Superintendent at Kasturba Hospital, ET Prime’s Vikas Dandekar and ET's Kiran Somvanshi to find out.

Paracetamol Pandemic

Vodafone Idea insists that despite the government becoming its largest shareholder, it will not become a public-sector company. Host Arijit Barman explores the quirks of this transaction and what’s next for the troubled telecom operator with Peter Milliken, Head of Company Research – APAC at Deutsche Bank and ET's Anandita Singh Mankotia. Credits: Mirror Now, NDTV, CNBC-TV18

Voda-Idea: Survive, Not Thrive

To make sense of the week’s hottest stories in business, economy and markets, senior editors from the Economic Times chat with reporters and industry leaders in this thrice-weekly (Tuesday, Thursday, Friday) podcast.

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