Veena Mani &Amp;Amp; Aneesh Phadnis

Stories by Veena Mani &Amp;Amp; Aneesh Phadnis

Travelling India in a wheelchair

Travelling India in a wheelchair

Rediff.com   6 Apr 2017

Travel companies Cox & Kings and Thomas Cook explore initiatives aimed at tapping the niche market of travel packages for kids and the disabled.

50% America-bound flyers to be impacted by US govt curbs on e-items

50% America-bound flyers to be impacted by US govt curbs on e-items

Rediff.com   23 Mar 2017

Over 1.3 million, or 49% of passengers flew to the US via airports in the Gulf in FY16

IndiGo taps in expats as it soars higher

IndiGo taps in expats as it soars higher

Rediff.com   21 Mar 2017

IndiGo which has close to 40 per cent market share, at present has 129 aircraft and operates 883 daily flights to 44 destinations. It also has around 400 aircraft on order.

Insolvency professionals seek more protection

Insolvency professionals seek more protection

Rediff.com   10 Mar 2017

They play a key role in managing rescue and liquidation processes envisaged under the Code

Travellers prefer budget tours for holidays abroad

Travellers prefer budget tours for holidays abroad

Rediff.com   9 Mar 2017

To win back customers, operators are offering discounts and cash-back, and are absorbing service tax

Qatar Airways may start domestic airline in India

Qatar Airways may start domestic airline in India

Rediff.com   9 Mar 2017

In the past, Qatar Airways has repeatedly expressed a desire to invest in IndiGo, the country's largest domestic airline.

What Gulf slowdown! IndiGo, GoAir to expand ops to West Asia

What Gulf slowdown! IndiGo, GoAir to expand ops to West Asia

Rediff.com   8 Mar 2017

Travels to Gulf accounted for 40% of India's international air traffic in 2016.

NPPA heat on hospitals for failing to provide stent details

NPPA heat on hospitals for failing to provide stent details

Rediff.com   7 Mar 2017

The regulator is now probing 24 hospitals, including Max Hospital in New Delhi and Lilavati in Mumbai, for allegedly overcharging patients for stents

Ballooning condom prices bring in regulator, 2 tiers likely

Ballooning condom prices bring in regulator, 2 tiers likely

Rediff.com   2 Mar 2017

The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority has decided to have one price for basic utility condoms and the other for pleasure condoms.

Cap on stent prices brings Chinese maker to India

Cap on stent prices brings Chinese maker to India

Rediff.com   28 Feb 2017

MicroPort entered the market on Feb 15 and its stent was used in a Mumbai hospital.

Good news for heart patients: Stent prices reduced by 85%!

Good news for heart patients: Stent prices reduced by 85%!

Rediff.com   16 Feb 2017

Aneesh Phadnis and Veena Mani find out what the manufacturers and the hospitals have to say.

How GVK pipped GMR to bag Navi Mumbai airport bid

How GVK pipped GMR to bag Navi Mumbai airport bid

Rediff.com   14 Feb 2017

Offers 12.60% in revenue share to Cidco, while only other bidder GMR offered 10.44%.

Online pharmacy plans to reach all small towns

Online pharmacy plans to reach all small towns

Rediff.com   13 Feb 2017

Netmed plans to procure from drug manufacturers and sell to pharmacies it has tie-ups with, and to spread its network to all tier-II and tier-III cities.

Indian pharma's Trump fears

Indian pharma's Trump fears

Rediff.com   1 Feb 2017

Industry fears tougher US stance on IP after President Donald Trump asserted that foreign countries must pay a fair share for drug development costs. Aneesh Phadnis reports.

Government crackdown on misuse of antibiotics

Government crackdown on misuse of antibiotics

Rediff.com   25 Jan 2017

Sale of antibiotics is under the scanner. Government to go tough on misuse of these drugs.

For India's airlines, the battle this time is over time, not price

For India's airlines, the battle this time is over time, not price

Rediff.com   23 Jan 2017

Competition is intense and with the blurring of differences in service proposition and fares, it becomes imperative that airlines use their on-time performance for messaging and brand building.

Flying abroad on Air India to become costlier

Flying abroad on Air India to become costlier

Rediff.com   20 Jan 2017

Air India on Thursday increased the fuel surcharge component in fares on several routes.

IT, pharma firms have lion's share biz travel spend

IT, pharma firms have lion's share biz travel spend

Rediff.com   19 Jan 2017

Apart from IT and pharma, the lead spenders in travel are construction, automobile and metals and mining companies and together these sectors accounted for 82 per cent of business travel spend in India in 2015, up from 78 per cent in 2013.

Mallya group company files for insolvency

Mallya group company files for insolvency

Rediff.com   19 Jan 2017

First case filed after new norms come into force, NCLT admits plea.

Handcuffed from Dubai to Delhi

Handcuffed from Dubai to Delhi

Rediff.com   17 Jan 2017

With passengers flying Indian skies getting more and more unruly, day by day, airlines are forced to stock rope and handcuffs on board and use them as they did the other day on a Dubai-Delhi flight.