Bengaluru: Aster DM Healthcare opened its Telecommand Centre and Digital Health – India office in Bengaluru. The centre is equipped with the latest technology and staffed by a team of highly skilled medical professionals. From this state-of-the-art facility, doctors and nurses can remotely monitor and treat patients in real-time, providing expert care and guidance from … Read more
New Delhi: Health-tech startup Pristyn Care said on Thursday that it had fired 45 employees of its current 2,000-strong workforce, across functions. The layoffs are part of a regular process that was triggered after a comprehensive performance review to track employee efficiency, it said. “In the last four months, we have hired over 300 employees … Read more
Washington: As we have learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, the microorganisms that cause various diseases can rapidly change into versions that avoid detection and treatment. However, researchers presenting in ACS Infectious Diseases have discovered a process that could aid in detecting these elusive infections. Their “AutoPLP” approach creates nucleic acid probes that are quick, accurate, … Read more
President Droupadi Murmu with Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrive at Parliament House to attend first day of Budget session in New Delhi on January 31, 2023. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar In her maiden address to the joint sitting of both Houses of parliament … Read more
by Dr Vaibhav Kapoor The healthcare sector has not been able to derive the benefits of the GST transition like other sectors of the economy. Instead, embedded taxes have increased in the post-GST regime. The Union Budget should ease GST norms to enable the healthcare sector, including new-age healthcare players to derive benefits. The Budget … Read more
In a relief to exporters from hotel, healthcare, and educational sectors, the government on Friday announced a one-time relaxation for them with respect to maintaining the average export obligation under the Export Promotion Capital Goods (EPCG) scheme. Under the scheme, imports of capital goods are allowed duty free, subject to an export obligation. The latest … Read more
Macroeconomic and Employment Policies Specialist at the Employment Policy Department of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva,Kee Beom Kim, was recently in India for preparatory meetings related to the G-20’s meeting on employment or Labour20 (L-20) scheduled for the first week of February at Jodhpur. Mr. Kim’s works focuses on undertaking analyses on key … Read more
New Delhi: The COVID-19 pandemic has been a catalyst of growth and has accelerated the adoption of digital tools, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Friday, while stressing that under India’s presidency, the proposed G20 global initiative on digital health will prioritise bridging the digital divide. The initiative will bring together scientific expertise, collective … Read more
The Indian healthcare sector has witnessed major adoption of digital technologies, much of which could be credited to the COVID-19 pandemic. The use of telehealth, wearable devices, health apps, adoption of Electronic Health Records, Artificial intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) has seen a significant rise. A recent report by Markets and Research revealed that … Read more
Cambridge: A recent study revealed that robots may be more effective than parent reported or self reported tests in diagnosing mental health disorders in youngsters. A team of roboticists, computer scientists and psychiatrists from the University of Cambridge carried out a study with 28 children between the ages of eight and 13 and had a … Read more