Top of the Morning Podcast By Mint - HT Smartcast cover art

Top of the Morning

Top of the Morning

By: Mint - HT Smartcast
Listen for free

Top of the Morning is a daily podcast hosted by Nelson John, in which we bring you all the action from the global markets and the business world to kick-start your day on a well-informed note. This is a Mint production, brought to you by HT Smartcast Economics Personal Finance Politics & Government
Episodes
  • WEST ASIA, DIESEL, AND DARK TOWERS | GIFT CITY: INDIA'S GATEWAY TO GLOBAL MARKETS |

    WEST ASIA, DIESEL, AND DARK TOWERS | GIFT CITY: INDIA'S GATEWAY TO GLOBAL MARKETS |
    Apr 13 2026
    Good Morning, I'm Nelson John and today we're covering five stories that tell you exactly where India stands right now. GIFT City is quietly becoming India's gateway to global markets, but there's a catch most investors don't know about. India's MSME sector has survived COVID, war, and trade chaos and the data shows just how costly that survival has been. India's IT giants are in the middle of a full identity shift, moving from headcount to AI, and not every employee is making it across. On the ground, a war in West Asia is cutting into diesel supply, and that's keeping telecom towers dark across rural India. And from April 2026, the RBI's new payment authentication rules have kicked in the OTP era isn't over, but it's on notice. Five stories. All connected by one reality: India is adapting, whether it wants to or not. Tune in to Top of the Morning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
    Show more Show less
    14 mins
  • WORLD BANK BACKS INDIA | TCS SLIPS | EVs BOOM | GAMING BUST

    WORLD BANK BACKS INDIA | TCS SLIPS | EVs BOOM | GAMING BUST
    Apr 9 2026
    Good Morning, I'm Nelson John, and this is Top of the Morning. Today, the World Bank just raised India's growth forecast to 6.6% for FY27, calling it the fastest-growing major economy on the planet. India's EV market nearly doubled in FY26 with close to 2 lakh units sold, and the competition between Tata, Mahindra, and Maruti is heating up fast. Anthropic just revealed an AI model so powerful they refuse to release it publicly, launching Project Glasswing with Apple, Microsoft, and Google to fix thousands of software vulnerabilities before hackers find them. TCS posted its Q4 results with a strong recovery, but the full-year numbers tell a different story: the first annual revenue decline in constant currency since the company listed. And India's gaming industry is attempting the comeback of a lifetime after the real-money gaming ban wiped out 95% of Dream11's revenue overnight. Five stories. One theme. Every single one is a stress test. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
    Show more Show less
    14 mins
  • INDIA'S BEST MARKET DAY IN 5 YEARS | THE SPOUSE PROPERTY TAX TRAP | THE RBI HOLDS THE LINE |

    INDIA'S BEST MARKET DAY IN 5 YEARS | THE SPOUSE PROPERTY TAX TRAP | THE RBI HOLDS THE LINE |
    Apr 8 2026
    Good Morning, I'm Nelson John. Today, India had one of those rare mornings where every story broke in the same direction. The Sensex surged nearly 4 percent in its best single-day gain in five years, adding close to 17 lakh crore rupees in investor wealth. Crude oil crashed 14 percent. The RBI held rates steady at 5.25 percent, and Governor Sanjay Malhotra sent a quiet but important signal that low rates could be here for a while. The West Asia ceasefire has also opened a pathway for India's battered LPG supply chain to recover though experts caution it will take weeks, not days. And in today's personal finance story, we break down a tax trap that catches a lot of people off guard gifting property to your spouse. The gift is tax-free. The income it generates? That's a different story. All of this on today's Top of the Morning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
    Show more Show less
    13 mins
No reviews yet