• Indian Govt. proposes Free Medicine for all!

    by Arun Prabhudesai

    I happened to read a report that appeared in ToI yesterday which says that Indian Government is considering Free Medicine for all initiative, especially for poor and needy people. This scheme will be offered through Public Hospitals and health facilities across the country. Prima Facie, this is an excellent

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    A Medical College / Hospital in Every District, Could This Spur A Healthcare Revolution In India?

    by Ankit Agarwal

    Healthcare in India has improved drastically in the last few years. Sizeable private sector investment has boosted the hospital infrastructure in India and given the obvious cost advantages, Indian healthcare sector looks better than it was in the past. However, despite the recent improvements the healthcare system in India

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    Is UHT Milk The Way Forward For The Health-Conscious Youth?

    by Viral Dholakia

    Milk is the primary source of nutrition for the mammalian young. Milk has also been a source of food for humans and can also serve as a diet with sole purpose as complete food content with high nutritional value. In this age of adulteration and impurity, the need to

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    Regulatory Approvals Continue To Haunt Ranbaxy

    by Ankit Agarwal

    Indian healthcare companies have been seeing a lot of traction both in terms of international reach and increasing revenues.Indian companies have been making good revenues through the sale of generics across the globe and most of the biotech firms have been increasing their R&D investment. We recently had an

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    India decodes human genome: a sign of good times for the biotech and healthcare industries?

    by Sandy

    7 years since the human genome was first decoded, India too managed to decode the complete human genome of a 52 year old healthy man from Jharkhand and join the elite list of nations  like US, UK, China, Canada and South Korea. Unlike the select club of countries having

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    SFO helping Bangalore to be the next valley ?

    by Ankit Agarwal

    Bangalore, the next Silicon Valley? Now, the community has always been divided on this one. With its early mover advantage and it being home to probably the highest technology companies in India , some say Bangalore is ‘the’ contender to become the next Silicon Valley. A certain section of

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    Health Care goes mobile with Reliance and Healthcare Magic tie-up

    by Sriram Vadlamani

    Is there a business in which Reliance is not in? I can’t think of any. Oh wait! There is aviation business which Reliance did not venture into. Last I heard, aviation is not making money and Naresh Goyal is busy firing people and looking for tax sops and Mallya

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    Top 10 medical colleges in India

    by Arun Prabhudesai

    If you are a regular reader of this blog you already know that I am sucker of Top lists. I have featured quite a few top lists here in past few weeks. These may not be exactly business oriented lists, but they act as a ready reference for a

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    Investing or not investing? Analyzing the risks of new India.

    by Arun Prabhudesai

    If you compare advantages and disadvantages of investing in India, it is a very difficult question to answer. It is a big risk - but it is worth taking. Many of them have gone ahead with huge

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    India does not have highest number of HIV/AIDS cases as estimated earlier !

    by Arun Prabhudesai

    HIV and AIDS are the subjects that are not normally covered on this blog. However, recent findings compel me to share it with my readers. India has long been known to have highest number of HIV cases

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