The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has said that it will consider allowing government ads in digital media. The ministry has also given a go-ahead to the industry to set-up a self-regulatory body. Representative image from Pixabay The Centre on Friday said that it is considering extending benefits enjoyed by traditional media to digital media … Read more
Shahid Akhter, editor, ETHealthworld, spoke to Devesh Varma– Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Piramal Swasthya to know about their digital adoption that has helped them to establish network connectivity in rural and hard-to-reach areas. How do you find the shift in telemedicine policy in India?The shift in Indian telemedicine policy is encouraging and evolving. … Read more
Jennifer D. Oliva, JD, associate professor of law, Seton Hall University School of Law, Jersey City, NJ. Ross D. Silverman, JD, Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health and Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, Bloomington. Public Health Watch Report: “Assessing Legal Responses to COVID-19.” MIT Technology Review: “A flood of … Read more
Kohei Matsui is no stranger to India. As the portfolio manager of the Asia (Ex-Japan) Fund of Sparx Asset Management — one of the largest independent money managers in Asia — Matsui is studying India more closely than before and is looking to increase the fund’s exposure. In an interview with ET on the sidelines … Read more
For years millions of individuals carrying the plastic card in their wallets for payment didn’t even know they could just tap their cards on the black brick-like machine at the shop as they walked out with merchandise. As fear-stricken people looked out for ways to avoid touching even their door knobs, they learnt that payments … Read more
It is unfair to call a double digit growing sector expensive if it starts to trade at 18-20 PE multiples while a whole host of consumer companies growing at 5-7% and which are trading at 70-80 PE multiples are considered quality, says the Founder, Abakkus Asset Manager. Let’s start with Sunil Singhania the market timer. … Read more
NEW DELHI: The ambitious National Digital Health Mission (NDHM), unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, under which every Indian will get a health ID that will ease access to medical services has been rolled out on a pilot mode in six union territories. The National Health Authority (NHA), the apex agency responsible for … Read more
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced the launch of the National Digital Health Mission on the occasion of the 74th Independence Day. PM Modi, during his address to the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort, said that the mission will bring a “revolution” in the health sector in the country. … Read more
New Delhi [India] July 31 (ANI/Digpu): In the global race against time for a COVID-19 vaccine, this could be a game-changing scientific breakthrough. Indian serial entrepreneur and investor, Bhargav Sri Prakash, Founder & CEO of health tech pioneer, FriendsLearn have expanded a longstanding partnership with data scientists and AI researchers at the Heinz College of … Read more
Mumbai: Telecom major Bharti Airtel may report its losses narrowed in the quarter ended June from a year ago, despite the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic. The telecom sector was an outlier as most sectors remained non-operational for most of the June quarter due to pandemic-induced lockdown. Even as the lockdown increased data consumption, … Read more