IHH Healthcare aims to hike its stake in Fortis to 50%: CEO Prem Kumar NairIHH Healthcare sees India as a major growth market. The company plans to increase its stake in Fortis Healthcare. IHH aims to expand its ho...
09 Apr, 2026, 01.02 PM IST
Gujarat becomes first state in India to launch Tribal Genome Sequencing ProjectGujarat has launched India's first Tribal Genome Sequencing Project, aiming to improve healthcare for tribal communities. The initiative, s...
16 Jul, 2025, 04.10 PM IST
Agri revolution or regulatory blind spot? Genome-edited rice crops stir debateA group of experts cautions that the lack of specific rules for genome-edited crops may hurt transparency, while the government says that e...
10 May, 2025, 09.55 AM IST
India’s first genome-edited rice varieties will boost rice yields by 20-30%, reduce water consumption: Shivraj Singh ChouhanUnion Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that these genome-edited rice varieties are expected to help achieve the target of bo...
05 May, 2025, 03.55 PM IST
Telangana secures over Rs 36,000 crore in life sciences investments, genome valley leads the wayTelangana's Genome Valley is attracting substantial investments in life sciences. Over Rs. 36,000 crore was invested in the past year. This...
15 Nov, 2024, 09.54 PM IST
Syngene takes up Rs 788 crore expansion at its Hyderabad facilityThe Bengaluru-headquartered biotech major is investing Rs 788 crore to expand its facility at Genome Valley. The project, minister KT Rama ...
14 Sep, 2023, 08.24 PM IST
Rx Propellant launches 9 lac sq ft of Lab Spaces in HyderabadWith major footprint in Genome Valley, Rx Propellant has already developed 5 lac sq ft of lab space, most of which are operational with mar...
18 Oct, 2022, 04.30 PM IST
Team of scientists from ICAR completes genome sequencing for pomegranateThe team involved in this landmark research comprised Dr. N.V. Singh, Dr. P. Roopa Sowjanya, Dr. Shilpa Parashuram, Dr. P.G. Patil and Dr. ...
26 Sep, 2022, 02.17 PM IST
Coronavirus: Scientists from 4 BRICS nations to carry out genomic sequencing, mathematical modellingA whole-genome sequencing is required for the identification of genetic mutations and recombinations of the virus, while epidemiological st...
06 Aug, 2021, 05.26 PM IST
Genome sequencing: A solution to India's problem of rare genetic diseasesA genome is a person’s complete set of DNA, including all genes with more than 3 billion DNA base pairs. Genome sequencing will lead to pre...
02 Nov, 2019, 11.00 PM IST
Could Genome Research Council under public-private partnership be a way forward for India’s human genome program?In the last 25 years genomic technologies have evolved faster than the computing technologies, and the forecast of genomic market of $140 b...
02 Nov, 2019, 06.32 PM IST
India to launch its 1st human genome cataloguing projectDepartment of Biotechnology to rope in 22 partners for project that will help develop better therapies.
22 Jul, 2019, 08.02 AM IST
- Genome India Project launched in northeast
Imphal, Oct 24 (IANS) Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) of over 2,000 individuals spanning different ethnic, linguistic and socio-cultural sect...
24 Oct, 2017, 05.02 PM IST
SAP lab to take maiden India product to global marketCode-named Project Genomics, the software offers visual analytics, data transformation pipelines and clinical applications for genome resea...
08 Aug, 2014, 01.14 PM IST
Gene mapping of tiger completed, to help in conservationThis may well prove to be a giant leap in international efforts at conservation of the tiger, an endangered big cat.
18 Sep, 2013, 05.04 AM IST
Climate change threatens agriculture, but genomics comes to rescueWheat and rice are sensitive to rapid changes in temperature. An increase of 2 degree centigrade over normal will reduce the yield of wheat...
12 Jun, 2012, 07.13 AM IST
- WB soon to have a world class research facility for cancer
West Bengal will soon house a world-class research facility for cancer.
25 Jul, 2009, 09.48 PM IST