Michael Chancley, communications director, PrEP4All, and PrEP user. AIDSVu.org: “Local Data: Louisiana.” CDC.gov: “HIV and Women: HIV Diagnoses,” “HIV Surveillance Data Tables. Table 3a,” “PrEP Effectiveness,” FDA.gov: “FDA Approves First Injectable Treatment for HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis,” Dec. 20, 2021, “FDA approves second drug to prevention HIV infection as part of ongoing efforts to end the … Read more
Foreign direct investment (FDI) into India in the July-September quarter of 2021-22 fell a sharp 42% on year at $13.5 billion from $23.4 billion a year ago. However, the inflows were up 39.17% from the pre-pandemic period of July-September FY20. Total FDI inflows including equity inflows, re-invested earnings and other capital was down 30% on-year … Read more
By Sophia Ononye-Onyia, PhD, MPH, MBA I was born in Enugu, Nigeria. Malaria was a gruesome reality for all of us. In fact, a child dies from malaria every two minutes, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). So, I was obviously ecstatic when the WHO announced its recommendation for widespread use of the first malaria … Read more
Mumbai: Mumbai-based logistics firm JM Baxi Group plans to raise ₹2,000-2,500 crore through an initial public offering, people aware of the development said. JM Baxi, backed by global private equity fund Bain Capital, may be valued at ₹8,500-9,000 crore in this public offering, they said. Bain will make a partial exit, while the proceeds to … Read more
Making the National Pension System (NPS) more attractive for subscribers joining it after 65 years of age, the PFRDA has permitted them to allocate up to 50 per cent of the funds in equity, besides easing the exit norms. The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has revised the guidelines on entry and exit … Read more
Aug. 26, 2021 — Efforts to improve diversity and equity in academic medicine have been “moved to the back burner” in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, despite a growing need to address racial disparities, said the top diversity expert at the Association of American Medical Colleges. “It’s the notion of ‘here we go … Read more
New Delhi: Overseas investors were net buyers to the tune of Rs 1,210 crore in Indian markets in the first five trading sessions of August on the back of domestic factors. In equities, they invested Rs 975 crore during August 2-6, as per depositories data. In the debt segment, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) pumped in … Read more
MUMBAI: Sona BLV Precision Forgings, also known as Sona Comstar saw a muted response from investors on the first day of its Rs 5,500-crore initial public offering. The IPO was subscribed merely 11 per cent at the end of day one. At 5:00 pm, only 1,13,93,298 shares of the company received bids out of a … Read more
MUMBAI: Mumbai-based Shrem Group, a family wealth investment office, is looking to double its asset portfolio in the road sector to Rs 15,000 crore under its infrastructure commonly called InvIT. The government’s push for rapid growth in the infrastructure sector will catalyse a massive fund flow in the Infrastructure Investment Trusts, Nitan Chhatwal, CMD of … Read more
By Nimesh Chandan Alfred Bernhard Nobel was born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1833. He was a chemist, engineer and an inventor and held 355 patents to his name. In 1867, while experimenting with explosives, he discovered a mixture that had high explosion capabilities and was easy to handle. He named the invention ‘dynamite’ after the … Read more