Singapore’s Temasek is looking to build and nurture a health-tech platform in India as an extension to its existing healthcare platform Sheares, where most of its Asian healthcare businesses are anchored, senior officials of the fund told ET. “We have an operating team in Singapore and are looking to scale up our operations in India. As the country’s healthcare sector is ... Read More »

It’s a fact: Earth is in the grips of a global water crisis. According to UN Water around 2 billion people, or almost one-fifth of the world’s population, live in areas of water scarcity. By 2025 more than 3 billion people could be living in water-stressed countries—and 14 countries will slip from water stress to water scarcity.It’s difficult to change ... Read More »

Fortis Hospital, Mulund, one of the leading healthcare solution provider of Maharashtra, has installed Da Vinci Xi Robotic Surgical system, the most advanced Robotic surgery technology in the world. The four-armed surgical robotic system will be used for the specialties of urology, oncology, gynaecology, head & neck and gastrointestinal surgery. The surgical system was inaugurated in presence of Dr S Narayani, Zonal ... Read More »

The country is losing its green cover at a rapid rate. But that is nothing new. What matters are the proactive people and the government policies conducive to bring a massive change in the dark scenario. The Rajasthan government has ordered the launch of four such environmental initiatives in its state-run engineering colleges with the idea of eco-conservation in celebration ... Read More »

Inidan Pharmaceutical Industry is likely to grow by 11-13 per cent in the current fiscal, rating agency Icra said on Thursday.“The growth trajectory for the Inidan Pharmaceutical Industry  is likely to remain at 11-13 per cent in FY2020, on the back of healthy demand from the domestic market, given increasing spend on healthcare along with improving access,” Icra said in ... Read More »