Last week, Motherson Sumi unveiled its detailed 5-year plan where it set an ambitious target of reaching sales figures totalling ₹2.6 lakh Cr by 2025. That means they’ll have to quadruple sales over the next five years. And while such lofty proclamations are usually met with derision, investors and analysts have been quite optimistic about the company’s prospects. In fact, its stock price made a yearly high right after the announcement. So we have to look at this more closely and ask — Do these claims warrant serious consideration or are they mostly fluff? Well, in today’s Finshots Markets, we will discuss this and more.

In today's Finshots, we talk about offshore financial centres, why they're such a menace and who's responsible for all of this.

In today's Finshots, we talk about what's happening with air freighters.

In today's Finshots, we talk about planned obsolescence and the right to repair.

In today's Finshots, we talk about Nitin Gadkari's comments on increasing the speed limit on certain multi-lane expressways.

In today's Finshots, we talk about recommendations from the Internal Working Group on licensing and other matters.

Airbnb is looking to potentially raise $1 billion in an IPO by the end of the year. And while we mostly do stories on the Indian markets, we thought we would switch it up this week and do a story on something more international. So yeah, hopefully, you'll enjoy this one.

In today's Finshots, we talk about a brand new idea called "Privilege Tax".

In today’s Finshots, we talk about the merger between Lakshmi Vilas Bank and DBS Bank India.

In today’s Finshots, we talk about the problem of semantics and the rise of the plant-based milk industry.

In today's Finshots, we talk about the Simandou saga or as The Economist called it - a titanic battle between the giants of iron-ore mining for control of the world’s richest deposits.

Since everybody is talking about air pollution these days, we thought it would be prudent to discuss one of the primary contributors to this problem - Stubble Burning.

In today's Finshots, we talk about the possibility of the government regulating online streaming content

On 2nd September, Indian authorities banned the popular battle royale game PUBG alongside many other apps with links to China. However, just a couple months later, PUBG is planning to stage a comeback. So in today’s Finshots, we will look at how the saga has unfolded so far and why the gaming company is so desperate to make a re-entry.

In today's Finshots, we talk about the economic implications of a Biden Presidency.

Yesterday, drugmaker Pfizer announced that early analysis of its coronavirus vaccine trial suggested the vaccine (developed in conjunction with BioNTech) was robustly effective in preventing Covid-19. And while multiple pharma companies have released details about their own vaccines so far, there is a lot of optimism surrounding Pfizer’s announcement. So why are people this excited you ask?

In today's episode, we talk about NPCI's latest ruling and how it might affect payment applications like Google Pay.

Hero MotoCorp put out its sales figures for the month of October and it surprised almost everyone. The company said it had recorded the highest sales figure ever and experts were visibly surprised with the announcement considering we are in the midst of a pandemic. So we thought we could look at Hero, its current performance and see how the company has fared over the past couple decades.

In today's Finshots, we talk about a unique problem facing India right now

In today's Finshots, we talk about Ant Financial and how its plans to go public went awry at the last moment.

In today's Finshots, we talk about the first coal auction since the reforms.

In today's Finshots, we talk about China, castor seeds, and conspiracy theories.

A couple of days back, Infosys announced that the company had reduced its carbon footprint and turned carbon neutral 30 years ahead of the 2050 timeline. So we thought we could look at this story and see how they got here.

Airtel just reported its latest quarterly results and while the company could not muster a profit, there’s been a lot of optimism surrounding its future prospects. So in this week’s Finshots Markets, we thought we could look at Bharti Airtel and see why analysts think this might be a turning point for the company.

In today’s Finshots, we talk about the changing landscape of the smartphone industry in India and Micromax’s place in it.

Quibi was meant to revolutionize the streaming industry. It had everything going for it. Seasoned tech executives — Check Big-name Investors — Check A $2 billion-dollar war chest— Check And yet 6 months after launch, Quibi is all set to shut down. So what went wrong?

In today's Finshots, we talk about fantasy gaming apps and their legal status in India.

In today's episode we talk about Indian SME IPO market and the lesser known and darker sides of the SME IPO investing.

Stock buybacks are all the rage these days. The government is doing it. Tech companies are in on it. And every other day, we hear rumors about a new company planning to repurchase shares. So in this episode, we thought we would look at buybacks and see why companies are so excited about this little program *except for the obvious tax benefits that is*

In today's Finshots, we talk about property cards and the government's plan to help rural land owners.

In today’s Finshots, we talk about Artificial Intelligence and the government’s ambitious AIRAWAT project.

In today's Finshots, we talk about SMRAs and spectrum auctions.

In today's Finshots, we tell you why Robert Wilson and Paul Milgrom were awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics

In today's Finshots, we talk about the government's new guidelines surrounding surrogate advertising.

Life insurance products have been synonymous with LIC since time immemorial. But ever since the government opened up the industry to private players, a lot of companies have been making considerable headway. And perhaps one of the leading players in the recent past has been HDFC Life — a company that’s focused on selling long-term life insurance products. So today we thought we’ll look at how the industry is shaping up and HDFC Life’s place in the ecosystem.

In today's Finshots, we talk about traffic violations and the impact of the recently amended Motor Vehicles Act.

In today’s Finshots, we talk about Thomas Piketty and the inequality conundrum

In today's Finshots, we talk about rice, intellectual property and the fight for Basmati.

In today's Finshots, we talk about the government's new plan to revive demand.

The Monetary Policy Committee met once again last week and while they didn’t fiddle with interest rates, there were a couple of exciting announcements. One of them was related to home loans and that’s what we'll be discussing today.

Cinema halls are opening up next week. And so we thought maybe it’s time to look at India’s largest movie chain PVR and see what’s happening down there.

In today’s Finshots, we talk about everybody’s favourite insurance company  that might IPO very soon— LIC.

In today's Finshots, we talk about Stagflation.

In today's Finshots, we talk about the problem of plenty.

In today’s Finshots, we talk about how a failing data storage device brought the Tokyo Stock Exchange to its knees.

In today's Finshots, we talk about Bilateral Netting.

Last week, in an unprecedented move, shareholders of Lakshmi Vilas Bank ousted seven directors from the company all in one go. Insiders stated that the decision was predicated on the fact that Lakshmi Vilas Bank had been underperforming for a while now. But here’s the thing. There’s more to this story than what meets the eye. And so today, we will talk about what really went down at Lakhsmi Vilas Bank.

In today's Finshots, we talk about What happens when things aren't exactly as they seem.