News for 'Apollo'

Video of Jayalalithaa in hospital surfaces day before RK Nagar bypoll

Video of Jayalalithaa in hospital surfaces day before RK Nagar bypoll

Rediff.com21 Dec 2017

In the video, the former All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam supremo is seen holding a glass and drinking from it, while reportedly watching TV.

Textile firms get ready to stitch 'anti COVID' clothing line

Textile firms get ready to stitch 'anti COVID' clothing line

Rediff.com1 Aug 2020

To cater to the antiviral fabrics and antimicrobial segment, almost all the Indian big textiles brands, including Reliance, Arvind, Aditya Birla, Donear Group, Raymond, and Siyaram have entered the market. Companies started their journey with reusable masks and PPE kits, and today, they are offering a range of PPE clothing along with fashion and casualwear.

Joker leads BAFTA nominations

Joker leads BAFTA nominations

Rediff.com7 Jan 2020

Joaquin Phoenix-starrer Joker, one of the most controversial yet admired movies of 2019, is leading the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) nominations with 11 nods.

With Jayalalithaa in hospital, TN Guv meets her ministers, chief secy

With Jayalalithaa in hospital, TN Guv meets her ministers, chief secy

Rediff.com7 Oct 2016

The governor enquired "about the general administration of the affairs of the government," a Raj Bhavan release said.

Why substandard and fake drugs are rampant in India

Why substandard and fake drugs are rampant in India

Rediff.com14 Jun 2013

Substandard and fake drugs are rampant in India because of the highly fragmented industry.

Amid spike in Covid cases, India boosts health infrastructure

Amid spike in Covid cases, India boosts health infrastructure

Rediff.com28 Mar 2020

Even though the Health Ministry and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) have been insisting that there is 'no solid evidence' of community transmission so far, the government has started scaling up health infrastructure to deal with any situation.

Daughters of India Inc honchos storm the male bastion

Daughters of India Inc honchos storm the male bastion

Rediff.com11 Mar 2014

Leading political rallies or taking charge in boardrooms, the next-gen woman is taking it all in her stride.

Should you buy OPD, diagnostics insurance?

Should you buy OPD, diagnostics insurance?

Rediff.com27 Feb 2018

Before you buy a cashless benefit plan at lower premiums, check if you can make full use of it. Most don't even exhaust the entire benefit.

Kanwars foray into healthcare

Kanwars foray into healthcare

Rediff.com16 Feb 2006

The Kanwar family, promoters of tyre major Apollo Tyres Ltd, is foraying into the healthcare delivery business, with the launch of Artemis Health Sciences

Covid-19 impact: Textile, paint makers roll out antiviral layer to ads

Covid-19 impact: Textile, paint makers roll out antiviral layer to ads

Rediff.com24 Nov 2020

Almost each of these companies has a different technology to show for the effectiveness against microbes.

'Indians are very intelligent, but we are not focussed'

'Indians are very intelligent, but we are not focussed'

Rediff.com28 Jan 2014

'I urge Indians not to look down on us, but look up and say, "Yes, we can",'says Dr Prathap C Reddy, founder of the Apollo Hospitals, in our series where well-known Indians speak about the India they love.

Producing vaccines is not like making 2 minutes noodles

Producing vaccines is not like making 2 minutes noodles

Rediff.com27 May 2021

'Even if Serum Institute and Bharat Biotech were successful in ramping up production overnight, what happens to the capacity after the demand from India is met?' asks Sanjeev Nayyar.

Investors bearish on India's growth prospects

Investors bearish on India's growth prospects

Rediff.com9 Aug 2013

If Indian money looks around at the economic climate and decides instead to go to Latin America, West Asia, or China, then why would foreign money's decision be any different?

PHOTOS: Over 75 hurt in London theatre ceiling collapse

PHOTOS: Over 75 hurt in London theatre ceiling collapse

Rediff.com20 Dec 2013

The ceiling of a packed 112-year-old theatre in the heart of London collapsed Thursday night during a popular show injuring 76 people, seven seriously, as children and adults were left shocked and bleeding amid the rubble.

Top picks in a bull market

Top picks in a bull market

Rediff.com10 Oct 2017

Experts tell Ujjval Jauhari that investors need to be careful in picking stocks given high valuations and with markets possibly ignoring potential risks

Chandrayan helps NASA detect water on Moon

Chandrayan helps NASA detect water on Moon

Rediff.com28 Aug 2013

Using data collected by India's Chandrayan mission, NASA has detected magmatic water locked under the surface of the Moon.

How Next-Gen entrepreneurs are minting money

How Next-Gen entrepreneurs are minting money

Rediff.com7 Sep 2013

While remaining tied to their family's core business, they are venturing into new areas and even roping in private investors to grow.

Ask Ajit: Stocks to BUY, HOLD, SELL

Ask Ajit: Stocks to BUY, HOLD, SELL

Rediff.com27 Jul 2021

Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.

Health store chains plan spread

Health store chains plan spread

Rediff.com10 Dec 2004

With 2.4 lakh tests, India still has a long way to go

With 2.4 lakh tests, India still has a long way to go

Rediff.com16 Apr 2020

Experts feel the figures are modest for a count of the size of 1.3 billion and "much more number of tests" are needed to combat COVID-19 outbreak in the country.

Take a look at resounding success of Sochi Olympics flame rehearsal

Take a look at resounding success of Sochi Olympics flame rehearsal

Rediff.com29 Sep 2013

Dressed in long, cream robes, priestesses praying to the Greek sun god Apollo bathed in warm sunshine at the birthplace of the ancient Olympics on Saturday in the final rehearsal for the flame that will burn at the Sochi Winter Games.

How Odisha is winning the coronavirus fight

How Odisha is winning the coronavirus fight

Rediff.com14 Apr 2020

From announcing a lockdown and extending its tenure, setting up the country's first two exclusive Covid-19 hospitals, creating a hotspot zone, providing doorstep medical service and making masks compulsory, the state is doing all it can to dwarf the virus.

Half point for Sowmya against top seed Tiviakov

Half point for Sowmya against top seed Tiviakov

Rediff.com24 Nov 2012

Pune based Woman Grandmaster Sowmya Swaminathan snatched half a point against top seed Grandmaster Sergei Tiviakov of The Netherlands in an exciting third round game in the Apollo Engineering College Commonwealth Chess Championships 2012 at Multipurpose Indoor Stadium in Chennai on Saturday.

Union minister Manoj Sinha fractures arm in car accident

Union minister Manoj Sinha fractures arm in car accident

Rediff.com24 Dec 2016

He sustained a fracture in his left arm in the accident which took place around 7.15pm on the Tapti river bridge near Gorakhpur when he was coming from Barabanki, North Eastern Railway CPRO Sanjay Yadav said.

These 'clownselors' heal patients one smile at a time

These 'clownselors' heal patients one smile at a time

Rediff.com25 Jul 2019

Volunteers dressed as clowns visit hospitals and old-age homes to spread cheer and dispel the gloom of ill health and old age.

Chikungunya cripples Delhi's health, death toll climbs to 14

Chikungunya cripples Delhi's health, death toll climbs to 14

Rediff.com15 Sep 2016

The vector-borne disease has also affected over 1,150 people this season.

Jaitley shifted out of ICU, recovering after kidney transplant

Jaitley shifted out of ICU, recovering after kidney transplant

Rediff.com25 May 2018

His post-operative recovery was being closely monitored by a team of transplant surgeons, endocrinologist, nephrologist, cardiologist, pulmonologist and critical care experts among others.

'Penalise insurance cos for harassing customers'

'Penalise insurance cos for harassing customers'

Rediff.com15 Nov 2012

The East District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum made this recommendation while ordering Apollo Munich Health Insurance Co Ltd to pay over Rs 180,000 to a policy holder for not reimbursing his treatment expenses and illegally cancelling his insurance cover after he submitted his claim.

Tension with Pak to wound medical tourism industry

Tension with Pak to wound medical tourism industry

Rediff.com17 Jan 2013

Hospital chains like Apollo, Medanta, Max and Ganga Ram attract patients from Pakistan.

7 CRPF personnel injured in gun battle with Maoists

7 CRPF personnel injured in gun battle with Maoists

Rediff.com23 Jul 2012

Seven Central Reserve Police Force personnel were on Monday injured during a fierce gun battle with the Maoists at Bokop village in Khunti district, over 50 km from Ranchi, police said.

J&K acid attack victim to undergo plastic surgery in Delhi

J&K acid attack victim to undergo plastic surgery in Delhi

Rediff.com3 Jan 2013

The reputed Kashmiri Pandit surgeon, Dr Sameer Kaul has extended full medical assistance to the 25-year-old woman who received serious facial burns in an acid attack in summer capital Srinagar on Wednesday.

Let the Games begin -- Athens flame lit

Let the Games begin -- Athens flame lit

Rediff.com25 Mar 2004

Dark clouds over Greece's troubled Olympic Games parted at last on Thursday with a flawless torch lighting ceremony that shifted the spotlight on the August Games

Kamal Haasan: There's no cause for alarm

Kamal Haasan: There's no cause for alarm

Rediff.com17 Sep 2014

The actor gives us his reasons for his hospitalisation.

America says goodbye to first moon-walker Neil Armstrong

America says goodbye to first moon-walker Neil Armstrong

Rediff.com13 Sep 2012

Hundreds of mourners turned out on Thursday to remember Neil Armstrong, the first man to step on the Moon, at a special public interfaith meeting ahead of the planned burial at sea.

Fly-pasts, lit-up ships: Military prepares to thank 'corona warriors'

Fly-pasts, lit-up ships: Military prepares to thank 'corona warriors'

Rediff.com3 May 2020

The thanks-giving activities will start with laying of wreaths at the police memorial in Delhi and in several other cities on Sunday morning to honour the police personnel deployed in enforcement of the nationwide lockdown, officials said. It will be followed by fly-pasts by fighter and transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force, covering a sizeable number of cities and towns across the country between 10 am and 11 am, officials said.

EPS orders probe into Jaya's death, museum at Poes Garden

EPS orders probe into Jaya's death, museum at Poes Garden

Rediff.com17 Aug 2017

The twin announcements have virutally cleared the decks for the merger of the two factions.

'Wasn't allowed to meet Jayalalithaa in hospital even once'

'Wasn't allowed to meet Jayalalithaa in hospital even once'

Rediff.com8 Feb 2017

"I don't understand her rush to become the chief minister. Does she not understand the situation in Tamil Nadu?" The battle between O Panneerselvam and Sasikala continues

11 CRPF jawans injured in Maoist attack in Jharkhand

11 CRPF jawans injured in Maoist attack in Jharkhand

Rediff.com21 Jan 2013

At least 11 Central Reserve Police Force jawans were injured in a series of blasts triggered by the Maoists in Bokaro district of Jharkahnd Sunday evening during a combing operation.