# Daybreak

A podcast by 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.

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## Latest episodes

- [JioHotstar’s real overseas rival is a $10 per month pirate box](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/1fd464a400f9) (2026-10-28, 25 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/cd8a1c49/143d45de.mp3
- [India's instant home help boom has a pricing problem](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/180efddbb819) (2026-10-27, 11 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/ad4b72a9/214f1220.mp3
- [Without a UPI, Africa pays a toll on cash. Airtel Money collects it](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/ba80bd85a214) (2026-10-26, 12 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/528b3ed1/d1cf41fa.mp3
- [Ajio wants to course-correct, but Reliance Retail’s shadow looms large](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/2c06695b15c5) (2026-10-25, 12 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/8b3fc4b4/9cf75826.mp3
- [Dogs have a nose for cancer. An Indian startup is betting on them](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/71cc06db6004) (2026-10-22, 15 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/3b2faf50/78531d7e.mp3
- [India’s largest financial-sector FDI is coming. But what does the public get?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/6c8ec1223716) (2026-10-21, 11 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/895475e3/47d0393b.mp3
- [Why your Diwali shopping is more important than MDR on UPI](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/d2c77fd5cc41) (2026-10-20, 13 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/692a4a61/6a4deab1.mp3
- [After making a fortune at the dock, Adani's next bet is a fleet of 100 ships going offshore](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/69787706a74f) (2026-10-19, 10 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/a035c695/3eeedee0.mp3
- [Air India needs saving. Singapore Airlines is playing saviour](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/1a278b105987) (2026-10-18, 15 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/64f56151/f768218f.mp3
- [What happens when you put Indian business on a 2x2?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/cfb1df0f42ff) (2026-10-15, 80 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/4fd47af5/839354cd.mp3
- [India’s food inflation has layers. The onion is only the first](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/0bfc339ed201) (2026-10-14, 11 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/1c1a31f7/2b9276da.mp3
- [7-Eleven promised "Everything essential". It still lost to India's corner shops](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/d8c4ecb998cc) (2026-10-13, 15 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/d0c09550/094c8ed4.mp3
- [Karnataka can’t fix its potholes. So it’s building an AI city](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/410c32be5839) (2026-10-12, 14 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/90fd3942/a600ed15.mp3
- [Bollywood wants to offend nobody. AI is happy to help](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/83d4c0c08ee0) (2026-10-11, 13 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/a378aa73/61fe4f14.mp3
- [Why your next IIT, IIM reunion will feel like a sales pitch](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/5d1e567dcc1a) (2026-10-08, 22 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/4733ce80/b5abfdad.mp3
- [Apple and Google's app stores are the next battleground for protests](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/a89ec477382f) (2026-10-07, 16 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/4cdadc50/63ab694d.mp3
- [Nike needs India’s sneaker heads. But do they need Nike?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/ac37252e6d1b) (2026-10-06, 20 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/ec0dee27/d27daf1d.mp3
- [Delhi built a ‘safe’ surveillance city. It can now locate anyone in seconds](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/7fdc01d97fce) (2026-10-05, 21 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/7e562a0d/b9006622.mp3
- [How Flipkart Minutes became the company's redemption arc](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/64dbaff36041) (2026-10-04, 16 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/a38a4254/b1edf918.mp3
- [Adani’s think tank flexes its muscles in Delhi](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/f62c5a224ce3) (2026-10-01, 11 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/8dba793c/6fb78d74.mp3
- [India is burning through its coal buffer](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/16f1d9cf6f16) (2026-10-01, 11 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/92ac94fa/f9f85687.mp3
- [Ekta Kapoor built her own OTT app. Now she's betting on YouTube](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/507d7338d8f7) (2026-09-29, 16 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/007167a2/076e6a29.mp3
- [Can India build a ‘UPI’ for your cows and your gold?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/c4649fbc991a) (2026-09-28, 13 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/f506d9e7/041eb70c.mp3
- [AI is Bollywood's cheapest new hire](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/141522cb4e8a) (2026-09-27, 16 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/46971b1a/3a373702.mp3
- [UPI is the trojan horse taking small banks into HDFC, Axis's credit-card empire](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/306eb3e136b1) (2026-09-24, 16 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/85e378ae/ebf15099.mp3
- [How India's rich are finding returns in the country's court backlog](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/101da762f94f) (2026-09-23, 15 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/a3361a40/47036f3f.mp3
- [Amazon’s quick-commerce win will be less about speed and more about Prime](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/08368ff8f254) (2026-09-22, 17 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/a850d7cf/65ecd17a.mp3
- [One year of GST 2.0. Who's it working for?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/60113b41cdec) (2026-09-21, 16 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/9cc6e599/279bdb60.mp3
- [A cancelled peptide party, and the questions it raised that Indian sellers still can't answer](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/c2492e50e106) (2026-09-20, 18 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/fdc42df3/d870636a.mp3
- [Why Indigo went budget and premium at once](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/8219ca4ad7ed) (2026-09-18, 11 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/df68e4c9/4f033530.mp3
- [India's newest iPhone prices hurt the people selling them, buying them and even taxing them](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/f6a636a38c7b) (2026-09-16, 17 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/a4034729/dc462a75.mp3
- [7.8% growth. So why doesn't India feel richer?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/7934fc5a9efa) (2026-09-15, 13 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/c8f81595/2d547ef5.mp3
- [Your kids might be looting your bank account in the guise of gaming](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/c8ea64cff6c9) (2026-09-14, 13 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/855331a5/09ed399c.mp3
- [India's data law has HDFC Bank, Amazon, Paytm, and others shopping for consent](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/0743f5289489) (2026-09-13, 13 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/f30ff199/a45dccb6.mp3
- [This week in AI: activist robots, doom-laden researchers — so who's the good guy?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/d21087400e1c) (2026-09-10, 13 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/8c02b952/7c4d3784.mp3
- [India has more tourists than ever. So why is tourism in trouble?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/a66895b9159d) (2026-09-09, 16 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/cf0874e2/2d77b104.mp3
- [The Government sold Air India to escape its problems. The fix is to buy back in](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/076f8d5a33bd) (2026-09-09, 19 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/62ac0db4/ac6b07a0.mp3
- [Nykaa cracked fashion at last. Myntra sees no reason to panic](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/39f78a8f4370) (2026-09-07, 9 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/50de7fba/bc69b9f0.mp3
- [Rapido broke the ride-hailing duopoly. Now it's coming for Zomato and Swiggy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/d3f20d011420) (2026-09-06, 15 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/662d2688/c5fa03f9.mp3
- [India's call centres are using AI to make agents sound American](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/46e9e68f4f1a) (2026-09-03, 24 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/2b2f89f2/bb928290.mp3
- [Meta's $18 billion child-safety settlement has India looking for the wrong answer](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/c240fda27608) (2026-09-02, 11 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/92540b1e/b2d3a2e3.mp3
- [India got cheap Ozempic. No one knows how to sell it](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/58d60e2c9ddc) (2026-09-01, 20 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/4c593f09/c5c9d046.mp3
- [A worker-owned Uber is India's fix for its ever-expanding gig workforce](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/a6645ea4d356) (2026-08-31, 10 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/ddd2c359/d313fd6c.mp3
- [The best savings product your bank offers is the one it advertises less](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/8efc4f987603) (2026-08-30, 13 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/d472a1ae/cefc0d5f.mp3
- [The great Indian sugar trap: how a decade of surplus left India with nothing to spare](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/7f51ab064256) (2026-08-27, 12 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/83997e95/8e3cd961.mp3
- [Welcome to the 'brain gym': DIY neurotech is now in India, no prescription required](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/81a2b343d400) (2026-08-26, 15 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/6378a839/a1876d6d.mp3
- [Banks are being asked to become “cool” for Gen Z. Their problem isn't branding](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/7708c8506163) (2026-08-25, 20 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/8c788070/7b98bbf0.mp3
- [Ten minutes to your door, no minutes to clean](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/82bd94c803c2) (2026-08-24, 10 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/956eab0c/05b1e7a7.mp3
- [India trains more ethical hackers than anywhere else. It just can't give them a reason to stay](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/ea4da304e9ec) (2026-08-23, 15 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/6c01011f/456dbaa0.mp3
- [India's $60 billion data-center bet, and the jobs it won't actually create](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308/a4d006787f4b) (2026-08-20, 21 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/062f6fb3/e86d917f.mp3

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