Compiled by the nonpartisan Commonwealth Fund, the study recommends holding the $2.8 trillion US healthcare system to an annual spending target by having Medicare, Medicaid, other government programs and private insurers encourage providers to accelerate adoption of more cost-effective care.
The ban on taxi aggregators can put at risk investments of at least Rs 2,000 crore (Rs 20 billion), made by private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) investors.
Fresh capital will help Flipkart further grow its e-commerce marketplace in India as the world's second-largest internet market begins to recover from the COVID-19 crisis.
For a cash strapped start-up, getting free publicity through the right competition could be hugely helpful, says Anand Daniel, a venture investor with Accel Partners.
As many as 44 shareholders of Flipkart sold their holdings to Walmart. The income tax law requires the buyer to withhold tax while making payment to the sellers, in case they are not exempted from levy of capital gains tax.
The company is in talks with investors and the deal could be closed in a few weeks. At present, it operates in 37 cities in India.
With this round of funding, Flipkart's valuation has reached USD 11.6 billion, and US IT major Microsoft joins the marketplace as a strategic investor.
Kirani, is passionate about working with start-ups when they are at the ideation stage.
The Bangalore-based company had raised $200 million in July from existing investors.
'Imagine taking care of a patient who is infected with Covid. A human nurse is unable to do that due to fear of infection. The robot can do that task, while it is controlled or supervised by the human nurse. So the robot becomes an extension of the nurse.'
Mitra Biotech's personalised cancer therapy could be a game changer in the field of cancer medicine.
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Ola competes with Uber Technologies in India.
The state government says Ola was using its existing cab aggregator licence to promote bike taxi services.
After four years in the making, a band of 20 film-makers were left with 400 hours of footage for what is now India's first blue chip natural history film.
Beside the defence forces in India, the start-up has shipped around 350,000 units to 12 countries -- the United Kingdom, France, Poland, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kenya, South Africa, Romania, Indonesia, Qatar and Oman.
23 Yards will include body wash, beard oil, shaving gel, deodorant and sanitizer.
Who invested how much into Flipkart in its latest round of $1 billion funding? Vicky Nanjappa/Rediff.com finds out.
Sachin Bansal, who had co-founded Flipkart with Binny Bansal in 2007, would exit the company
Buoyed by the boom in stock markets, many small and medium sized IT firms, including Servion Global Solutions, Accel-ICIM Frontline, Bahwan Cybertek and Dax Networks are planning initial public offerings to fund their growth and expansion plans.
In just three years the online real estate portal has managed to raise about Rs 270 crore.
Swiggy, a Bengaluru-based food ordering and delivery start-up, says it aims to revolutionise this segment.
TaxiForSure's Aprameya Radhakrishna's new venture, Vokal, is a peer-to-peer content generation platform that is a cross between Reddit and Quora.
GlowRoad, a business network for homemakers, is helping women who want to earn from home.
The founder of the e-commerce firm, which specialises in procurement of industrial products, believes if he plays his cards right, his company could become a unicorn with a valuation of $1 billion in 5 years.
No longer an in-house task; hiring legal eagles is now becoming norm for M&As, fundraising
Leading the Indian-Americans on the list is 49-year old Aneel Bhusri.
Enforcement Directorate sources tell Vicky Nanjappa/Rediff.com that the probe into FDI received by Flipkart continues and a show cause notice will be issued to the online retailer.
An increasing number of b-school graduates are exploring tea-based services and products for businesses and some of them have tasted success too.
Investments are at risk if operators are unable to resolve concerns of authorities and customers after the rape accusation.
From a modest two-bedroom apartment in Koramangala, the Bengaluru-headquarted company now has multiple offices across the country.
The 'angel tax' and notices to start-ups and angel investors from the income tax department was certainly a dampener. However, a bigger factor is the lack of exits.
The company did not disclose the valuations at which funds were raised.
Sayre Therapeutics aims for a spot among top 5 players in oncology.
MySmartPrice has been growing about 100 per cent a year and is profitable.
Ratan Tata has made investments in his personal capacity in more than 15 start-ups over the last 20 months.
The company did not disclose its new holding pattern.
As consumers in India seek variety and innovative products, there's a lot of interest among investors for healthier products.
The past few years have seen the first cycle of mergers and acquisitions, exits, and track-records being created.
With Nikesh Arora's exit from Softbank, India's start-ups have lost one of its biggest supporters.
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