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Business news is complex and overwhelming. It doesn’t have to be. 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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- 2 days ago16 min
Why India’s airlines are flying less and charging you more
“Don’t travel by air.” That was a Supreme Court judge’s response on Monday, when a petitioner asked for an urgent cap on airfares before Diwali, Bhai Dooj and Chhath. Airlines blame jet fuel, and they have a point. Jet fuel in Delhi costs about 46% more than it did a year ago, and fuel now makes up nearly 40% of IndiGo’s costs. But fuel alone can’t explain a ticket that costs four times the usual price.Here’s the stranger part: fewer Indians are flying. Domestic passenger numbers have fallen for four months in a row. Instead of cutting fares to win flyers back, airlines have cut flights, and by more than passengers have fallen. In today’s episode, host Snigdha Sharma breaks down the airline maths behind fewer flights and costlier tickets and what could help.Tune in.Daybreak is produced from the newsroom of The Ken, India’s first subscriber-only business news platform. Subscribe for more exclusive, deeply-reported, and analytical business stories.
- 3 days ago14 min
At IITs, a long-brewing ‘culture war’ between engineering and humanities boils over
At India's premier engineering schools, the humanities and social sciences or HSS have become a put-down. "Oh, you're being so HSS" is what students say to anyone seen as too "woke".This tension has now surfaced again at IIT Bombay where the protests following the passing away of student Sahil Wakode, were largely lead by humanities doctoral students. Engineers describe a "hyper-apolitical" campus, while humanities faculty say that the division comes from a shallow idea of education. Critics outside the campus though, have questioned the need for humanities in these institutes in the first place, and have called for the departments to be shut, though humanities have been part of the plan for IITs since 1945.So, why does the IIT humanities student draw so much hostility, and why can't they talk it out?Tune in.Daybreak is produced from the newsroom of The Ken, India’s first subscriber-only business news platform. Subscribe for more exclusive, deeply-reported, and analytical business stories.
- 4 days ago8 min
Gen Z wants to own a home. The math says inherit one
India’s homes cost 11 times annual income, more than double the affordability benchmark, and real wages fell 4% between 2012 and 2024. For Gen Z, buying a house on a salary alone barely adds up. Inheritance is filling some of the gap, with gift deed registrations rising sharply in Mumbai, Pune and Delhi. But family property often comes late, comes split, or comes with conditions. What happens to the much larger group with no property to inherit at all?Daybreak is produced from the newsroom of The Ken, India’s first subscriber-only business news platform. Subscribe for more exclusive, deeply-reported, and analytical business stories.
- 5 days ago12 min
Vodafone Idea’s turnaround is real. Whether it lasts depends on retention
For years, Vodafone Idea (Vi) kept losing subscribers. Since February, that’s stopped, and the company is now pushing hard with unlimited data, family plans and stacked offers, even roping in Shah Rukh Khan. Its losses are shrinking, AGR dues are falling and margins are at a decade high. But Airtel and Jio are still growing far faster, and Vi’s market share keeps slipping. In this episode, we look at what’s changed on the ground, the ₹45,000 crore capex plan still awaiting funding, and whether Vi can hold on to the customers it’s winning.
- 6 days ago15 min
Sacred Games put Netflix India on the map. Roadies is how it plans to stay there
Netflix paid 175 crore for the Hindi version of a single blockbuster. For a season of Roadies, the college-favourite reality show, it reportedly paid 18 and even agreed to share it with rival JioHotstar, something you wouldn't expect a platform built on exclusivity to do. Today, on our first video episode of Daybreak, we look at the platform that made its name on shows like Sacred Games and Lust Stories ended up here. The answer runs through the family living room, a growing fear of offending someone, and how often you open the app. The question is: is the pivot working? And, what does it cost?Credits:Host: Rachel VargheseJournalist: Debanjali BiswasDirection: Rajiv CNVideo Producer: Rajiv CNDaybreak is produced from the newsroom of The Ken, India’s first subscriber-only business news platform. Subscribe for more exclusive, deeply-reported, and analytical business stories.
- 1 weeks ago14 min
How to ‘manufacture’ an Ivy League applicant
Getting into a top American university has become a mountain of research papers, social projects and competitions. And wealthy Indian families are now starting the climb when kids are 14. In this episode, host Rachel Varghese reads out Vishnu Prakash's piece from The Ken's newsletter, Make India Competitive Again: "How to 'manufacture' an Ivy League applicant". It looks at why premium consultancies more than Rs. 5 lakh a year are booming, even as Indian departures abroad fall, what an anxious parent's money actually buys, and who really does the work behind a student's "personal profile". Daybreak is produced from the newsroom of The Ken, India’s first subscriber-only business news platform. Subscribe for more exclusive, deeply-reported, and analytical business stories.
- 1 weeks ago24 min
JioHotstar’s real overseas rival is a $10 per month pirate box
JioStar has taken JioHotstar to the UK, Canada, Singapore and the Middle East. It's chasing roughly 37 million Indians living abroad, and their taste for content from back home. But frustrated by geolocked content and a lack of accessibility for regional content, many of those viewers have turned to less legal options. One of them is an unlicensed box that can cost as little $10 a month, and come with 5000 channels and access to the libraries of major OTT players. We spoke to eight households about what they watch, why streaming rights and shared logins make things complicated, what the box offers that apps don't, and if what JioHotstar is offering instead can match up to it. Tune in. Daybreak is produced from the newsroom of The Ken, India’s first subscriber-only business news platform. Subscribe for more exclusive, deeply-reported, and analytical business stories.
- 1 weeks ago10 min
India's instant home help boom has a pricing problem
Investors are calling India's home-services market quick commerce's next big moment. Instahelp, Snabbit, and Pronto are betting big on it. They're sending trained workers to your door in under 10 minutes, at prices cheaper than a coffee. Orders, naturally, are in the millions.But the difference is that quick commerce eventually figured out how to make money. Here, on the other hand, 82% of consumers have already said they won't pay more than Rs 200 an hour. And on every order placed today, the market leader is losing twice what it earns.So who exactly is this boom working for?Tune in.*This episode was originally published on 29th April 2026Daybreak is produced from the newsroom of The Ken, India’s first subscriber-only business news platform. Subscribe for more exclusive, deeply-reported, and analytical business stories.
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