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NITI Aayog, Microsoft sign agreement to bring in AI tools for agriculture and healthcare

Government’s premier think tank NITI Aayog has inked agreement with Microsoft India to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to address challenges in agriculture and healthcare and promote adoption...

October 13, 2018

India ranks 145th among 195 countries in healthcare access, quality: Lancet Study

India ranked 145th among 195 countries in terms of Healthcare access and quality (HAQ) index in the year 2016, behind its neighbours like China, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and...

May 23, 2018

Cabinet approves MoA between India and WHO

The Union Cabinet has approved Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) between India and World Health Organisation (WHO) represented by its Regional Office for South-East Asia acting through its country...

April 26, 2018

Operational Guidelines for Planning and Implementation of Family Participatory Care released

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has released Operational Guidelines for Planning and Implementation of Family Participatory Care (FPC) for improving newborn health. The guidelines are...

July 29, 2017

NITI Aayog launches SATH Program

NITI Aayog has launched SATH-‘Sustainable Action for Transforming Human capital’ with the State Governments for furthering the agenda of cooperative federalism.  Salient Highlights NITI Aayog under the SATH initiative...

June 10, 2017

India, Cambodia ink 2 MoUs for bilateral cooperation in Tourism, Mekong Ganga Project

India and Cambodia have signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) to boost bilateral cooperation in the field of Tourism and another related to umbrella projects under Mekong Ganga...

September 17, 2015

Practo acquires Insta Health Solutions

Healthcare firm Practo has acquired has acquired hospital management software firm Insta Health Solutions for 12 million dollars. Insta Health Solutions was founded by former top Wipro executive...

September 15, 2015

Union Government launches 'Sehat' to provide healthcare facilities in rural areas

Union Government has launched a telemedicine initiative dubbed as Sehat to provide healthcare facilities in rural areas in collaboration with Apollo Hospitals. This telemedicine initiative was launched by...

August 26, 2015

Healthcare firm Practo acquires tech start-up Genii

Healthcare firm Practo has acquired Mumbai based Genii, a technology services start-up focused on product design and development. With this acquisition, Genii’s founders Varun Vohra and Aditya Anand...

July 10, 2015

India, US ink pacts to enhance cooperation in health sector

India and United States have signed a series of agreements on health in order to enhance cooperation in health sector. The multiple areas covered under such agreement include...

June 26, 2015

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