One of the fastest rising stars in India's cabinet is its new Finance Minister. She has western experience from her time in the United Kingdom and started out as the top spokesperson for the Prime Minister's party just 13 years ago. For the last two years she was responsible for...
Google, Verily Launch Screening for Diabetic Retinopathy in India
Google, and its affiliate, South San Francisco-based Verily (subsidiary of Google parent Alphabet), have been conducting a global clinical research program with a focus on India to screen for two conditions that impact millions of people worldwide: diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema. The studies involved Aravind Eye Hospital at...
Supply Chains Pose Challenges for India E-commerce
India is the world’s biggest untapped shopping market says the Wall Street Journal, as it traces one online order and its delivery on a 1200 mile journey from Surat in the western state of Gujarat where the garment was manufactured to Madurai in the eastern state of Chennai where the...
Honeywell to increase India investment by $100 million
Honeywell Technology Solutions Lab Pvt Limited is to invest another $100 million at the 29 acre facility at Ilandhaikulam IT/ITES Special Economic Zone Park promoted by state-run Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu Ltd in the temple city of Madurai 250 miles south of the city of Chennai. ELCOT, promoter of...