The Morning Brief Podcast
1) ET Deep Dive: The Van That Ate the SUV
India's wealthy are quietly trading flash for function. The luxury MPV — long dismissed as a hotel shuttle or family hauler — has become the unlikely status symbol of the country's new-mon...Show More
2) The Delimitation Trap
The government has just hit the ultimate political reset button, and the electoral math is ruthless. By tethering the historic 33% Women’s Reservation Bill to a sweeping 50% flat increase in par...Show More
3) Quantum Leap: India’s Amaravati Bet
Quantum computing is here — and it's reshaping the global technology order faster than most realise. India is making its boldest move yet with a dedicated National Quantum Mission backed by ₹6,0...Show More
4) Indian Aviation’s Biggest CEO Shake-Up
In a single month, India's two largest airlines lost their CEOs. Pieter Elbers was pushed out of IndiGo following a catastrophic December 2025 meltdown that stranded 300,000 passengers and wiped 78% o...Show More
5) ET Deep Dive: The Menopause Reckoning
For generations, Indian women moved through perimenopause and menopause in silence — misdiagnosed, dismissed, or simply left to figure it out alone. That's changing. Driven by social media, cele...Show More
6) India wants manufacturing at 25% of GDP — will AI in factories help?
What does it take to move India's manufacturing from 16% to 25% of GDP? Two industry heavyweights, Vinod Kumar, Partner & Leader – Manufacturing, PwC India and Srihari Kaninghat, Group Chief Dig...Show More
7) For India’s Exporters, It’s One Battle After Another
As global tensions ripple through trade, Indian exporters are beginning to feel the strain. In this episode of The Morning Brief, host Anirban Chowdhury speaks with exporters of leather products, text...Show More
8) Two Women Fought to Change India's Maternity Laws...and Succeeded
When Hamsaanandini Nanduri brought home two siblings — aged two and five — in 2017, she had six weeks of maternity leave, and a few of those were already gone. The law hadn't considered wh...Show More
9) Polls On My Pod: Himanta's Assam - But For How Long?
A decades-old rivalry simmers beneath Assam's 2026 elections. When Himanta Biswa Sarma, once a loyalist, walked out of Congress after being sidelined for Tarun Gogoi's son Gaurav, he took 58 MLAs with...Show More
10) Pharma's AI Reckoning
Is AI in pharma just hype or a full-blown revolution? In this episode, ET's pharma editor Vikas Dandekar sits down with three industry heavyweights Sujay Shetty, Partner & Leader - Health Industries, ...Show More