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Why did Google kick Indian apps off the Play Store?

An explainer on Google’s monopoly rent and why there’s a clamour for an Indian app store.

🎯 Finshots Money Milestones #4 — Chasing FIRE

An explainer on what it takes to retire early in India.

Weekly Wrapup: Keeping tabs

The latest MPCE (Monthly Per Capita Consumption Expenditure) survey, ULIPs under the garb of mutual funds, Birla’s entry into the paints industry and more in our weekly wrapup.

Will paints be Birla's Magnum Opus?

A story that looks at Birla's entry into the paints business and whether it can disrupt it.

A ULIP in Mutual Fund clothing!

An explainer on how a recent ad by an insurance company might just get the IRDAI to sit up and take notice.

A new regulator for nutraceuticals?

An explainer on why regulators and the government are worried about the skyrocketing nutraceuticals market.

An explainer on the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey

An explainer on the importance of the latest Monthly Per Capita Consumption Expenditure (MPCE) survey.

KYC is getting a makeover. But why?

An explainer on why the government is thinking of giving KYC (Know Your Customer) a makeover.

🎯Finshots Money Milestones #3 - Price of Parenthood

An explainer on the financial costs of raising children and pets.

Weekly Wrapup: Checkmate

In this week's wrapup, we talk about the farmers’ protest around MSP, why the Indian Railways will face a bigger electricity bill, how Byju’s is trying to save itself, a common currency for BRICS, and why the definition of a forest is important in India.

What’s a forest, anyway?

An explainer on the Supreme Court's interim order against the government’s plan to redefine forests.

Can the BRICS have a common currency?

An explainer on the hows and whys of a BRICS common currency.

Do investors love Byju’s again?

An explainer about the ongoing rights issue at Byju’s’ HQ.

The Indian Railways just got a bigger electricity bill!

An explainer on why the Indian Railways may have to spend more on electricity.

An explainer on MSP and the farmers' protest

An explainer on the economics of MSP (Minimum Support Price).

🎯 Finshots Money Milestones #2 — Buy or Rent?

An explainer on the most controversial personal finance topic of buying or renting a home.

Weekly Wrapup: Sizzling out

Zee Business' stock experts cum front runners, the e-Rupee's programmability feature, how the central government shares taxes with states and more in our weekly wrapup.

Another RBI crackdown on fintechs?

An explainer on why the Reserve Bank of India has asked payment networks to halt certain credit card-to-business payments.

Why is Karnataka protesting against the Central Government?

An explainer on how the central government shares its pool of taxes with the states.

The rise and rise of GIFT City

An explainer on why GIFT City may be the next big thing for the Indian economy.

Will RBI make money dance to its tunes?

An explainer on the proposed programmability feature of the e-Rupee.

How stock experts minted money from TV shows

An explainer on how stock experts fooled innocent investors behind TV screens.

🎯 Finshots Money Milestones #1 — Taste of Freedom

An explainer on setting the right personal finance foundation.

Weekly Wrapup: Crash and burn

Tata's JLR division rising like a phoenix, who'll pay for Ukraine's war losses, the Chinese government's desperate attempts to revive its stock market and more in our weekly wrapup.

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