Alice Cunninghamin Brandeston Richard Knights/BBC Chantal Chaervey has struggled for years to get her son with cerebral palsy access to healthcare services since he turned 18 When Chantal Chaervey’s son with cerebral palsy lost access to healthcare services at 18, she did not imagine she would be fighting four years on to change this. As … Read more
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
Wes Streeting has ruled out introducing value added tax (VAT) on private healthcare at the forthcoming Budget. It comes after newspaper reports that the Treasury was looking at bringing private healthcare services within scope of the sales tax. But asked whether this was under consideration, the health secretary told BBC Breakfast: “it’s not happening”. It … Read more
Equity markets witnessed sharp selling pressure this week, with benchmark indices plunging over 2.5%, snapping a three-week winning streak. Sentiment remained weak from the outset, and selling momentum accelerated in the final session. As a result, both Nifty and Sensex closed near their weekly lows, at 24,654.70 and 80,426.46, respectively. Global trade tensions dictated market … Read more
New Delhi: India’s healthcare odyssey will be defined not by the amount of data it generates but by how effectively that data is cleaned, curated, and applied. This was the unanimous view of experts at a panel discussion on India’s Healthcare Odyssey: Navigating the Future with AI and Next-Gen Tech. Moderated by Prof. Anurag Agrawal, … Read more
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Shares of Jaykay Enterprises Ltd jumped 20% to hit the day’s high of Rs 193 per share on the BSE on September 18, after its step-down subsidiary, Allen Reinforced Plastics Limited, secured a fresh order from BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited. The order, valued at about Rs 94.45 crore including GST, is for the manufacture of … Read more
New Delhi: Imagine walking into a hospital where robotic footsteps echo through the halls. A machine scans patients, recommends treatments, and updates records, all without waiting for a doctor’s command. It feels almost too real, yet this is the promise of agentic AI: speed, precision, and relief for India’s overstretched healthcare system. But with great … Read more
Megha MohanBBC World Service gender and identity correspondent Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images Melinda French Gates has pledged a total of $1bn for women’s care Billionaire philanthropist Melinda French Gates has said women’s health is chronically underfunded, as she committed $50m to researching the issue. This is part of her pledge to invest $1bn in the field … Read more
Despite foreign investors pulling money out of Indian equities, Amit Premchandani, Fund Manager (Equity) at UTI AMC, believes the market story runs deeper. He argues that valuations, earnings quality, and sectoral opportunities matter more than short-term flows, and highlights why large caps, BFSI, healthcare, and autos remain attractive bets. Edited excerpts from a chat: Sensex … Read more