Deep tech firm ropes in city company to build systems, technologies to make Indian Railways safer

Deep tech firm ropes in city company to build systems, technologies to make Indian Railways safer

NOVA Control Tecnologix (NOVA), a deep-tech subsidiary of e2E Transportation Infrastructure, in partnership with city-based Tata Elxsi (a Tata Group firm), would develop Kavach 4.0, the next generation of India’s indigenous Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system, said to be a milestone in railway safety and technology innovation. NOVA, a newly floated arm of e2E, has … Read more

Qualtrics to buy healthcare tech firm Press Ganey in $6.75 billion deal

Qualtrics to buy healthcare tech firm Press Ganey in .75 billion deal

Bengaluru: AI-powered customer survey software maker Qualtrics has agreed to buy healthcare market research company Press Ganey Forsta in a $6.75 billion deal, both companies said on Monday. The deal comes at a time when tech giants are racing to secure proprietary datasets to train their artificial intelligence models. The deal would give Qualtrics access … Read more

NHS to lose out on new drugs, pharma firm Novartis warns

NHS to lose out on new drugs, pharma firm Novartis warns

Pritti MistryBusiness reporter, BBC News PA Media NHS patients will lose access to new cutting-edge treatments because of skyrocketing costs, the pharmaceutical giant Novartis has claimed amid a row over drug pricing deals. The warning comes after talks over the cost of medicines for the UK between Health Secretary Wes Streeting and pharma firms broke … Read more

Manager of private firm arrested for stealing valuables from company in Bengaluru

Manager of private firm arrested for stealing valuables from company in Bengaluru

The Jayanagar police on Tuesday arrested a 40-year-old manager of a private firm and recovered 1.4 kg of gold valuables and 1 kg of silver articles worth ₹89.09 lakh, which he had allegedly stolen from his office in the last few years. Karthik, a resident of Tyagarajanagar, was working as a manager in the firm … Read more

Tamil Nadu Police Commission calls for firm action on wrongful, brutal handling of suspects

Tamil Nadu Police Commission calls for firm action on wrongful, brutal handling of suspects

Representative images | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The Fifth Tamil Nadu Police Commission has called for stringent disciplinary action against abuse of authority, especially brutal handling of suspects. In its final report submitted to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K Stalin, recently the Commission called for quick internal investigation and immediate disciplinary action when police personnel … Read more

German firm Festo opens manufacturing plant in Hosur, invests ₹500 crore

German firm Festo opens manufacturing plant in Hosur, invests ₹500 crore

Germany-headquartered Festo has inaugurated a state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in Hosur, Tamil Nadu, entailing investments to the tune of ₹500 crore. The plant will initially generate more than 1,000 direct and indirect employment opportunities. There are plans to scale operations and workforce in the coming years. The new plant will focus on the production of advanced … Read more

Blood test firm blamed by GPs for ‘catalogue of disasters’

Blood test firm blamed by GPs for ‘catalogue of disasters’

Ashley John-Baptiste BBC News Investigations Getty Images Blood test results have been leading to misdiagnoses and unnecessary hospital referrals, GPs have told the BBC An NHS provider that won a £2bn contract to deliver blood-testing services for hospitals and GPs is failing to deliver reliable results, according to medical professionals. Synnovis, a public-private partnership between … Read more

Michelle Mone-linked PPE firm evidence to be heard in private, Covid inquiry rules

Michelle Mone-linked PPE firm evidence to be heard in private, Covid inquiry rules

Getty Images Doug Barrowman, who led PPE Medpro, pictured alongside his wife Baroness Michelle Mone. The chair of the Covid inquiry has ruled that evidence related to PPE Medpro, the firm linked to Baroness Michelle Mone and her husband Doug Barrowman, will be heard in a closed, private session next month. On 3 March, the … Read more

Michelle Mone-linked PPE firm evidence to be heard in private, Covid inquiry rules

Michelle Mone-linked PPE firm evidence to be heard in private, Covid inquiry rules

Getty Images Doug Barrowman, who led PPE Medpro, pictured alongside his wife Baroness Michelle Mone. The chair of the Covid inquiry has ruled that evidence related to PPE Medpro, the firm linked to Baroness Michelle Mone and her husband Doug Barrowman, will be heard in a closed, private session next month. On 3 March, the … Read more