The coronavirus dominated the opening minutes of the Trump-Biden face-off in Nashville with US President Trump terming the contagion a "worldwide problem".
The broader markets are outperforming the benchmark indices.
Huffington Post has grand plans for India.
'People can relate to him much the way they did with a young Sachin Tendulkar 30 years ago.'
As India prepares to launch its vaccine drive on January 16, here is a look at the options:
Doctors say robots reduce fatigue and give them greater precision.
Chetan Bhagat turns entrepreneur by getting into the movie business with Half Girlfriend.
Competitors in the health and hygiene soap segment include Lifebuoy, Dettol and Santoor.
Sanjiv Puri is likely to steer more buys to achieve a turnover of Rs 1 lakh cr from the new FMGC businesses by 2030.
One of the reasons for the failure, say industry experts and financial analysts, is that Emami strayed too far from its core with sanitary napkins.
The government's new initiative appears to be timely for health and hygiene players, battling low awareness and the lack of use of branded products.
'Indian doctors have also been wary of patients learning about drugs and brand names.' 'Probably harking back to the Brahmanical tradition of preserving information and knowledge from getting polluted by the lower classes,' says Ambi Parameswaran.
The Sensex ended 290 points higher at 29,095 mark and the Nifty gained 94 points to close at 8,806 levels.
Microsoft saw its shares fall 2.6% on Monday.
'They are starting to move more quickly and we would just like to continue to see bold action being taken.'
It's time for Indian generic companies to rethink their strategies.
Another year of strong performance by these export-oriented sectors likely as US economy revives and rupee is expected to be under pressure.
'The government had a vaccine from January.' 'The government should have given the vaccine to all population above the age of 45, right from the start.' 'Each state has its own problems, but as far as vaccine coverage in India is concerned, there have been mistakes.'
Just as Billa-Ranga had become symbols of everything that was wrong with the system many years ago, Nestle is now portrayed as the wickedest of the wicked. Every known food crime in India is now attributed to Nestle including deliberately increasing the level of lead in their noodles, as well as deliberately destroying the health of millions. That's not only unfair, it's downright idiotic, says Rajeev Srinivasan.
My goal is to implement the Sevak project all over India and make the villages true Gandhian villages -- self sustainable in every way, including health, says Dr Thakor Patel, head of the American Association of Physician of Indian Origin's Public Health Committee. Aziz Haniffa reports
'India missed the software products revolution (and now is in danger of missing the platform revolution), complacent that we are the software experts of the world based on IT services prowess,' points out Rajeev Srinivasan.
'The main meal consisted of one soup, a salad, 2 or 3 vegetarian dishes (including at least 1 green vegetable), a variety of rice, freshly prepared Rotis or Phulkas, Dal, and yogurt.'
Overseas education consultant NNS Chandra tells you how to pick the right international college and course for you.
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