'Cyrus was always looking at trying to improve himself'

'He wanted to learn all the time.' IMAGE: Then Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Pallonji Mistry, right, with Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi in New Delhi, January 6, 2015. Photograph: PTI Photo......

Serum Inst to launch first indigenous vaccine against pneumonia

The first indigenous vaccine against pneumonia, developed by Serum Institute of India (SII), is slated to be launched by Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and made available in the domestic......

Bharat Biotech to make 900 million Covaxin vaccines

500 million doses per annum from its two sites in Hyderabad and 200 million doses each from its Ankleshwar and Kolar facilities.Sohini Das reports. IMAGE: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan shows......

This path-breaking vaccine may win a Nobel, and it's for not Covid

The new malaria vaccine (RTS.S/ AS01, tentatively brand-named Mosquirix) is the very first one to offer immunity against a parasite -- specifically the plasmodium falciparum parasite, which is the......

HUL gets Rs 963 cr Income Tax demand notice

Leading FMCG maker HUL said that it has received a demand notice of Rs 962.75 crore from the Income Tax Department and will go in for an appeal against the order. Photograph: Philippe......

Glaxo, Voltas in brand war

Does Volmax sound similar to Voltas? That is the question which the Intellectual Property Appellate Boardwill have to consider again as the 12-year old brand dispute between multinational drug......

Sebi fines Glaxo for delayed disclosure in Indian listed arm

Capital market watchdog Sebi on Tuesday slapped a fine of Rs 25 lakh (Rs 2.5 million) on Glaxo Group Ltd, a promoter entity of drug maker Glaxo Smithkline Pharmaceuticals, for failing to make......

Glaxo may wind down two plants

Glaxo SmithKline Pharmaceuticals is weighing the option of winding down operations at two of its four plants in India in an attempt to rationalise manufacturing.The drug giant has undertaken a......

London 2012 doping lab gets WADA approval

The doping laboratory that will process more than 6,000 samples at this year's London Olympics has been given the seal of approval by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). The London 2012 organising......