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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 and their 11 member team will join Bengaluru based Practo. Currently, Practo ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 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 cancer research, medical infrastructure development and application of new diagnostic technologies. Signed ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2015
India assumes presidency of 68th World Health Assembly
India assumed the presidency of the 68th World Health Assembly (WHA) held in Geneva after a gap of 19 years. The 68th WHA session began on 18 May 2015 and it will conclude on 27 May 2015. The WHA session ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2015
58% immunisation rate in rural areas, 67% in urban areas of India: Union Government
Union government has announced that, the current immunisation rate in rural areas is around 58 per cent while it is over 67 per cent in urban regions of the country. It was announced by Union Health Minister J P Nadda ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2015
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates India’s Healthcare Tourism Portal
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 24 April 2015 inaugurated India’s Healthcare Tourism Portal www.indiahealthcaretourism.com at the ‘SAAARC Trade Mart’ in the Global Exhibition on Services (GES). It was inaugurated on the occasion of three-day Global Exhibition on Services (GES) that ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2015
April 11: National Safe Motherhood day
Every year on 11 April, National Safe Motherhood day is being observed across India. Objective of the day To create awareness on proper healthcare and maternity facilities to pregnant and lactating women. It also seeks to create awareness about the ..