The government plans to rationalise trade margins for many other medical devices, besides stents and knee implants.
New real estate portals like PropTiger and Commonfloor are also focusing on the secondary market in a big way.
'The attempt to make Aadhaar mandatory has now emerged as an act of bullying by government agencies, turning citizens into subjects by making fundamental rights conditional on biometric identification,' says Gopal Krishna.
Civil Services is about staying aware, having a keen eye towards detail, understanding and retention, says Akriti Mattu.
If money allocations, investment commitments are a sign of better things to come, the state can be optimistic.
With clouds of storm hovering over Parliament's budget session, President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday sought the "cooperation" of all MPs in the smooth conduct of legislative business but gave no indication of plans to bring changes in the controversial land acquisition ordinance.
The amendment comes within a month of web-based taxi companies being banned in Delhi, after a taxi driver on Uber's network allegedly raped a finance executive early this month.
Rajan retained the short-term lending rate at 6.5 and the cash reserve requirement of banks at 4 per cent.
"Our artificial intelligence tells us what people are buying at that point, what is in fashion; on the other hand, we have a fair idea of the material available. It gives us a sense of what we should be putting across in the market and we can put them across really quickly," Ananth Narayanan, CEO, Myntra, tells Alokananda Chakraborty.
Two experts who took for the Common Admission Test this year, breaks down the paper for you.
Mahesh Rangarajan, director of the historic Nehru Memorial Museum and Library in New Delhi, tells Sheela Bhatt how the first prime minister will always remain relevant, and the efforts being made to keep his legacy alive.
States spent much more in the first three months of the current financial year compared to the corresponding period last year.
The event will be telecast on MSM's sports channels -- Sony Six and Sony Six HD in English - and Sony Aath, the network's only regional channel, in Bengali.
When an NRI returns to India, he should be aware of his tax residency status.
Saikia was charged by CBI for allegedly violating OSA.
Aditi and Akshay Maliwal are mentoring young sports athletes from Asia to get through to top US universities.
Saundarya Rajesh has helped more than 8,000 women get back to work.
'There is simply no evidence of any new or clear policy direction in internal security, and mounting evidence of policy incoherence.' 'Worse, the promise of giving the common man -- and, more importantly, woman -- a greater sense of security has been utterly belied. Indeed, with an escalation of communal posturing and rhetoric, there is a broader sense of uncertainty,' says Ajai Sahni.
A provision of Rs 15,000 crore has been made in the budgetary estimate of 2016-17 towards interest subvention.
The fund industry may have embraced machines and robots, but managing money still needs the human touch
Yoga, wellness, meditation, Ayurveda, software and ... toothpaste - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has successfully merged business with spirituality
Anupam Kher on why he thinks the prime minister is a genuine person.
Faceless Ambedkarite groups from across the country are running BSP's election war rooms, writes Archis Mohan.
Shekhar Chakravarty has developed and patented Curvo -- world's first non-linear ropeway system.
The seasons in 2012 and 2013 went by with hardly any property launches, mainly due to an economic slowdown and a need to clear the backlog
What has paid in the long run is the continuous investment in technology.
The American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin will attend the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Delhi with an agenda to develop a plan to bring together AAPI, NGOs and the government to provide access to affordable and quality health care. Aziz Haniffa reports
Kalyani Khona is helping the disabled find love.
Despite the government crackdown on Web sites advertising escort services, the Internet leaves enough wiggle room for debauchery to thrive.
'If Facebook were a country, it would be the third most populous one and the most connected.'
At least a dozen officers from Gujarat are handling key assignments in various important central positions
A large chunk of the Rs 8.8 lakh crore of investments the Patnaik government had attracted is in uncertain territory.
The information technology sector, India's largest private-sector employer with 3.1 million direct jobs, will witness muted hiring activity this year.
When Rediff.com's Archana Masih and Rajesh Karkera set course from the foothills of the Himalayas to the Arabian Sea, they could not think of a better place to begin their journey than the stately campus that has given India some of its greatest military heroes.
Malls, retail stores are being hit by online sales and are struggling this festive season.
While India is witnessing slowdown, many countries have not yet been able to come off the last decade's financial crisis.
ISRO chairman A S Kiran Kumar talks of what's on and what lies ahead for the Indian space agency.
Power2SME, a one-stop shop for sourcing and buying raw materials for SMEs, is the only B2B firm in this space.
An industry of scamsters is operating in the guise of call centres in India.
Hepzi Anthony takes a look at the procedures the government has put in place to streamline the process of handling runaway children
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