Insurers can’t hike senior citizen health insurance policy premiums by more than 10% per year without consultation: IRDAIAs part of the ongoing monitoring of insurance products offered in the Indian insurance market, IRDAI observed that there has been a steep ...
31 Jan, 2025, 02.28 PM IST
Health a glaring hole in election discourse, say expertsAs India prepares for Lok Sabha polls, health remains absent from the election discourse. Poor medical infrastructure, insufficient public ...
02 Mar, 2024, 04.11 PM IST
What Byju's teaches usByju's, an Indian edtech company, faced misgovernance and allegations of unethical practices. Governance is crucial in unlisted startups pr...
27 Feb, 2024, 12.12 AM IST
UK nurses strike: Biggest-ever nursing strike in NHS history commences todayThe ongoing strikes have forced the NHS to postpone thousands of appointments and procedures across the UK.
15 Dec, 2022, 03.37 PM IST
Covid drains bank accounts of uninsuredThe surge in cases and the subsequent capacity constraints are forcing the middle-class to avail of private healthcare services they cannot...
15 May, 2021, 01.06 PM IST
ET Analysis: Covid-impacted Indian healthcare is hitting high & low notes simultaneouslyThe pandemic has yet again brought home the truth to investors that healthcare in India cannot be run like any other business.
29 Sep, 2020, 10.38 AM IST
Healthcare staying fit offers no immunity to servicesThe fourth quarter performance of companies in this sector has provided a glimpse of what to expect ahead.
18 Jun, 2020, 08.42 AM IST
View: Our world after coronavirusIt is up to the nations to step up and emerge from the crisis into a better future.
12 Apr, 2020, 06.55 PM IST
Five paradoxes of Indian HealthcareThe Supreme Court has held healthcare to be a fundamental right under Article 21 of the Constitution.
27 Jul, 2018, 11.50 AM IST
Niti Aayog's healthcare PPP needs clarity: HospitalsNiti Aayog’s proposal pushes for PPPs focussed on cancers, heart conditions and respiratory tract diseases in non-metros.
24 Jul, 2017, 02.49 PM IST
Indian-American Seema Verma shares podium with Donald TrumpVerma as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is one of the highest ranking Indian American in the Trump adminis...
05 May, 2017, 02.06 PM IST
Keep healthcare out of GST purview: AssochamThe GST would subsume excise, service tax, VAT and other local levies and make India a single, uniform market for seamless transfer of good...
25 Jan, 2017, 03.53 PM IST
Welcome decision on FDI in pharma sectorIt is welcome that the Cabinet has shot down a proposal to restrict foreign direct investment (FDI) in the pharmaceutical sector.
30 Nov, 2013, 05.52 AM IST
Instead of flying sick babus abroad, hone up our own healthcare systemBureaucrats who cannot procure tuberculosis drugs fast enough to prevent a stock-out want no expense spared when it comes to taking care of...
09 Sep, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
Lower spectrum floor prices welcomeTelecom regulator Trai wants the government to cut reserve prices to auction spectrum. We approve.
21 Aug, 2013, 10.55 AM IST
- Health budget may go up by 2%
Public spending on health was 0·94% of the gross domestic product (GDP) in 2004-05, which was among the lowest in the world.
08 May, 2011, 05.14 AM IST
The sorry state of public healthWith India’s dysfunctional primary healthcare system severely impairing its human capital, the govt needs to rise above rhetoric.
02 Apr, 2010, 04.05 AM IST