Healthcare
Fortis acquires 10 Wockhardt hospitals for Rs909 crore
24 Aug 2009
Fortis will take over eight operating hospitals and two that are under construction from Wockhardt, adding 1,902 beds to its hospital capacity
Obama takes government stand on healthcare public
12 Aug 2009
US president Barack Obama has mounted a campaign using web videos, fact-checks and rapid response efforts to counter a stiff Republican opposition to his efforts to overhaul the US healthcare system
India to develop swine flu vaccine by September
07 Aug 2009
Scientists succeed in decoding complex HIV genome structure
07 Aug 2009
A team of US scientists has made a breakthrough in decoding the structure of an entire HIV genome for the first time
Gates gets peace prize, hikes AIDS funds for India
25 Jul 2009
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates today received the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development on behalf of his $38-billion Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Obama bats for speedy health reform bill
24 Jul 2009
US president Barack Obama is facing stiff resistance to his proposed $1.2 trillion overhaul of America's health system that would reduce health costs and widen coverage
Narayana Hrudayalaya opens cancer care centre
20 Jul 2009
Rural stint to fetch doctors double pay
02 Jul 2009
Fortis takes over management of S L Raheja Hospital
By Ravi Kunder | 30 Jun 2009
Study clarifies link between carbohydrates, heart disease
30 Jun 2009
Though it has been known for decades that high-carbohydrate foods increase the risk of heart problems, it is only now that Tel Aviv University have discover why
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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