Top News Podcast: VI shares surge 12%; FM calls for global action to regulate technology; Saurabh Mukherjea on market correction and more

Episode 159,   Dec 03, 2021, 03:49 PM

Even as Indian equity benchmark indices erased opening gains at close on December 3, the shares of Vodafone Idea soared over 12 percent, hitting a 52-week high, on account of the telecom department returning bank guarantees to the tune of Rs 12,000 crore to the telecom.

Meanwhile, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said there should be a global mechanism to monitor technology, whether it is a cryptocurrency, payment systems, or data privacy. Global action is the only way to regulate technology effectively, she said.

In this episode of Top News Podcast, CNBCTV18.com’s Kanishka Sarkar also shares what Infosys chairman Nandan Nilekani said about crypto assets and Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani’s view on blockchain technology.

She also shares the latest on the Omicron variant in coronavirus, when Cyclone Jawad is likely to make landfall and what market guru Saurabh Mukherjea thinks of correction.

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