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On Episode 289 of The Core Report, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Sanjay Lazar, aviation consultant and Air India inflight veteran. We also feature an excerpt from our upcoming Weekend Edition interview with A. Balasubramanian, managing director and CEO of Aditya Birla Sun Life Asset Management
SHOW NOTES
(00:00) Stories Of The Day(00:50) Markets take a dive, political uncertainty a key factor(05:08) Why market volatility even at current levels is still low.(07:35) Luxury homes are selling out barely as they are announced, office rentals are rising(09:50) How the Tatas have inherited a full blown union problem after decades
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On Episode 288 of The Core Report, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Ajit Velonie, senior director at CRISIL Ratings as well as Nitin Sarin, aviation legal expert and managing partner of Sarin & Co.
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(00:00) Stories Of The Day(01:00) Markets flat as they brace for weeks of uncertainty(02:04) Oil prices slide below $82 a barrel, could they drop further?(02:39) Why only vegetarian thali prices are rising(04:36) Non bank finance companies are racing to find new sources of capital as banks tighten their wallets(14:55) Are grounded airlines doomed to stay that way?
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On Episode 287 of The Core Report, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Kunal Pande, national co-head for digital risk and cyber, and national leader for digital trust financial services sector at KPMG in India.
SHOW NOTES
(00:00) Stories Of The Day(00:50) Indian market volatility is inching up, invest or hold?(03:59) Why the last 15 years of stock picking strategies will not help investors(08:08) India’s growing number of ghost malls(09:27) Growth vs load - Why some bank systems are failing
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On Episode 286 of The Core Report, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Gautam Kalia, senior vice president and head of the wealth management platform Super Investor at Sharekhan by BNP Paribas.
SHOW NOTES
(00:00) Stories Of The Day(01:00) Markets flat as they weigh conflicting signals, could that be the presiding theme in coming days?(06:12) Well known NBFC IIFL Finance hit with liquidity crunch after banks slow down lending following RBI crackdown(08:29) Drought hit Australian farmers benefit from Indian pulses demand(09:51) Apprehension and optimism are both ruling high in the markets ahead of election results, what should you be doing?
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On Episode 285 of The Core Report, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Ajai Chowdhury, earlier co-founder of HCL Tech and now a member of the India Semiconductor Mission.
SHOW NOTES
(00:00) Stories Of The Day(01:00) Why World Markets Are Looking For Bad News From Wall Street(04:31) Kotak Bank CEO Says He Is Worried About Reputation Because Of RBI Move(07:35) Why Home Loans Have Jumped Dramatically In Two Years(08:56) Where Will India’s Multi-Billion Semiconductor Subsidies Stop?(22:26) Warren Buffett Meets Shareholders At The Annual Berkshire Hathaway Meeting Without Charlie Munger For First Time
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This week on The Core Report: Weekend Edition, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Dr. Arunabha Ghosh, founder-CEO of the Council on Energy, Environment and Water. They talk about  the need to enhance climate resilience in Indian agriculture through a more data-driven approach, the importance of leveraging better data and predictive analytics to help farmers make informed decisions, addressing climate risks by connecting the dots between early warning systems, physical risk assessments, insurance, and policy changes, and much more.

About Dr Arunabha Ghosh
Dr Arunabha Ghosh is an internationally recognised public policy expert, author, columnist, and institution builder. He is the founder-CEO, since 2010, of the Council on Energy, Environment and Water. With experience in 48 countries, he previously worked at Princeton, Oxford, UNDP (New York), and WTO (Geneva). He currently serves on Government of India’s G20 Finance Track Advisory Group and advises the Sherpa Track for India’s G20 Presidency in 2022-23. In 2022, the UN Secretary-General appointed him to the High-level Expert Group on the Credibility and Accountability of Net-Zero Announcements by Non-State Actors. Dr Ghosh is currently Vice-Chair of the UN Committee for Development Policy, having been first nominated to the UNCDP by the UN Secretary-General in 2018. He is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Clean Air, having previously been a member of the Global Future Council on Energy. He is also the co-author/editor of four books and dozens of research papers and reports. 
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