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For Indian tech startups, Obamacare mean big bucks as 45 mn Americans pick health covers
A number of young Indian companies that make specialised software and analytics for global healthcare providers are recording a sharp upswing in business as millions of uninsured Americans enrol in a new healthcare system.
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Working on Tibet’s Future, From India
In a spacious classroom in this northern Indian hill town, 20 young Tibetan men and women sit in front of computers as the summer monsoon rains fall outside.
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- Education, Technology
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NCDs cost India equivalent to 12.5% of its GDP, says US-based study
India, world’s largest generic medicines exporter, still lacks assured free access to good quality generic medicines and the support is needed to use them to best effect for large section of its population, says a study by US-based pharmacy school.
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Swati Piramal: How to Make India a World Leader in Low-Cost Health Care
Bad regulations and price control are stifling pharma, but innovation in health care is blossoming with government support
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Aavishkaar makes final close of second venture fund at $94M
The larger fund gives Aavishkaar the ability to write larger cheques and invest across various stages of its portfolio companies.
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- Investing
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- venture capital
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Antibiotic apocalypse
The indiscriminate prescription of strong antibiotics for even minor ailments like cold and flu is leading to the alarming rise of bacterial infections that no longer respond to the usual medicine
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India leads in supply of drugs to UN
Affordable healthcare remains a distant reality inside the country.
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Financial Inclusion is an Opportunity: BR Shetty
The chairman of the UAE Exchange wants to improve financial literacy among those in the bottom of the economic pyramid
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