Healthcare
First in Asia: Gujarat doc uses robot to treat heart patients
05 Jan 2018
In a development that could transform heart treatment in India, Gujarat-based interventional cardiologist Dr Tejas Patel has developed robotic technology for coronary intervention, a first in Asia
Dengue death: Fortis charged over 1,700% margin on consumables
16 Dec 2017
The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority has found Fortis hospital in Guragon had charged massive margins on consumables like gloves and syringes as well as on drugs officially under price control
Nestle to buy Canadian vitamin maker Atrium for $2.3 bn
07 Dec 2017
Swiss food and drink giant Nestle SA yesterday struck a deal to buy Canadian privately-held vitamin maker Atrium Innovations for $2.3 billion in order to expand its consumer healthcare portfolio
CVS Health to buy Aetna for around $69 bn
04 Dec 2017
The deal would help the drugstore giant fortify itself against looming competition from Amazon.com Inc, and also save around $750 million annually
CVS Health nears deal to buy health insurer Aetna for over $66 bn
02 Dec 2017
US pharmacy operator CVS Health Corp (CVS) is nearing a deal to buy the third-largest health insurer in the US, Aetna Inc, for over $66 billion, and an agreement could be announced as early as Sunday or Monday
Chennai girl makes it to Forbes '30 under 30’ list with de-addiction tool
17 Nov 2017
Akshaya Shanmugam, 29, CEO of Chennai-based start-up Lumme Inc, is among the innovators and entrepreneurs in the latest Forbes ‘30 under 30’ list in healthcare
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Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation