Nearly 70 million Indians live with some form of rare genetic disease. But for global drug makers, the country isn’t a priority. Unless local firms step up their R&D efforts, the government remedies its lack of policy preparedness, and obscene drug prices are tamed, this population will oscillate between helplessness and despair.
Getty Images Anushka Panda, an all-India CBSE topper last year, suffers from a dangerous rare disease that has no medication available in India.
An IIT meet-up, UPI lessons, building tech for neglected kiranas: how BharatPe is taking on Paytm et al.
BharatPe is charting a different strategy in the crowded financial-services space by focusing on merchants rather than consumers. For the six-month-old fintech startup, payments is only the starting point. Does it have a sound business model for the long haul?
It’s Spoton! How a logistics upstart is closing in on the big boys
Focus on profitable growth has made Spoton the fastest-growing road-express player in India. With its asset-light model and high-margin businesses, the company is narrowing the gap with industry leaders in profits and revenues.
They are sisters, not twins: why Kia’s India playbook will look different from Hyundai’s
With an independent distribution and after-sales service network, and a strong product pipeline, Kia refuses to live under the shadow of its more-powerful sister, Hyundai. But a shift in consumer preference to compact SUVs could dampen its plans.
The L&T-Mindtree deal and the lure of the billion-dollar revenue club: Is the entry fee worth it?
As the first hostile takeover in the IT sector in India, the L&T-Mindtree deal has been closely watched from legal, financial, and ethical angles. But the bigger question is, does it signal greater consolidation among mid-sized IT firms?
The binary-options black hole: Forget about making money, it will suck in what you have
Run by offshore companies, platforms like Olymp Trade lure investors with promises of handsome returns. But the reality is different: Even if a trader has an equal number of wins and losses, the final earnings are less than the money invested. And in case the trader wants to withdraw what’s left, they will block the account.
