The government on Sunday gave a strong push to upgradation and expansion of healthcare infrastructure, medical education and pharma sector with the Union Budget 2026-27 announcing a slew of steps, including those aimed at making India a global hub for allied healthcare professionals and biopharma manufacturing.
'...he keeps his campaign promises, does what he said he will do which led to his huge victory.'
Dr Ramakanta Panda, one of the world's leading heart surgeons and the chairman and chief cardiac surgeon at Mumbai's Asian Heart Institute, recommends simple things you can do every day to keep your heart healthy.
United States Agency for International Development's Administrator Dr Raj Shah has said the public-private partnerships the USAID has been pushing for in India has overcome much of the notorious entrenched bureaucratic hurdles and red tape that has hitherto been a bane to development, particularly in alleviating acute health care deficiencies in the system.
The dinner Jill Biden and her husband US President Joe Biden hosted for Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, June 22, at the White House brought together, Indians and Americans from so many firmaments.
Two key Indian American physicians from the Obama administration, who worked on implementing healthcare reforms, are stepping down from their posts to return to clinical practice. Dr Sachin H Jain, 30, and Amol S Navathe, 32, worked for the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
With US President Barack Obama set to sign into law the landmark healthcare reform bill, the opposition Republican party on Tuesday announced it would move the Supreme Court against the legislation approved by Congress.
Opportunities will also stem from the clear support for generics.
A day after the US Congress passed the landmark Healthcare Reform Bill, the US President, Barack Obama, today said his administration is a step closer towards the passage of the real Financial Reform Bill
Indian IT companies are equally jubilant. That's because the Bill, which proposes to create Electronic Health Records (EHRs) for all Americans by 2014, is expected to open up a $20 billion market opportunity for Indian IT services firms like Infosys, Wipro, TCS, Firstsource and MindTree.
Excerpts from Obama's first State of the Union Address on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday
'Unfortunately, the most likely outcome is that they will press India to give in to the ISI, or, equally disastrously, ask for Indian troops to join them in Afghanistan.'
Reflecting the mood of the powerful business community on the healthcare reform bill passed by the US House of Representatives, the US Chamber of Commerce on Monday said the House made a "wrong and unfortunate" decision that "ignores" the will of the Americans people.
Announcing the grants in Chicago, US Vice President Joe Biden said the $1.2 billion would be funded by the $787 billion economic stimulus plan. Of the total money, $598 million would be used to establish 70 health information technology regional extension centers, which would help hospitals select and implement electronic health record systems.
He asserted that he did not compromise much on getting his landmark healthcare reforms through the Capitol Hill.
The Indian healthcare system currently combines the worst features of the public and private models.
The US healthcare reform bill with its focus on cutting costs is likely to be beneficial for generic and CRAMS players.
The bill which would have given a two-year window to bring a replacement of Obamacare was defeated by 55-45 votes on Wednesday in the Republican-majority Senate.
NTPC, Sun Pharma Coal India and Asian Paints were among top losers on BSE Sensex
The US federal government was due to start partially shutting down on Tuesday after lawmakers failed to compromise on an emergency spending bill before a midnight deadline.
Most of the 400,000 Pentagon staff sent home amid the US government shutdown have been ordered to return to work even as the deadlock over the federal budget between Republicans and Democrats entered its sixth day on Sunday.
The US is the biggest market for the outsourcing industry.
In his first tweet after election results started coming in US President Trump claimed success. "Tremendous success tonight. Thank you to all!".
The broader market outperformed with the S&P BSE Midcap down 0.3%, while the S&P BSE Smallcap was little changed.
Companies that are developing biosimilars (for regulated markets) or have portfolio of new chemical entities (NCEs) under development.
The trinity of rising stocks, rising yields and rising dollar since Donald Trump's election has already faced a setback.
Several types of investment risks can threaten your portfolio -- some are easier to avoid than others
India may be hit if stalemate in Washington persists over two weeks.
'His popularity is still high; respect for his intellect and integrity is still discernible; but his long night may just be beginning,' says Ambassador B S Prakash.
Summers dogged by controversies over past views
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