The growth puzzleHindu Business LineIt is worth deliberating a bit on the nature of economic growth in India and the challenges for banks while realising this grand vision. There is no denying the growth — whether captured through GDP numbers or late…
Hedge Fund News: UBS, Facebook Inc (FB), Peter EichlerInsider Monkey (blog)I-bank AGacquisitions to launch hedge fund; focus on index strategy (VCCircle) Bangalore-based boutique investment bank AGacquisitions India is foraying into the alternative inv…
Shutting Nuclear Power Is MadnessThe StarOver two-thirds of them are being built in the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and China), where economies are growing fast and governments are increasingly concerned about both pollution and climate change. But it…
IBNLiveChina Considering Ways to Encourage Organ Donation, Xinhua SaysBloombergChina plans to end its reliance on organ transplants from condemned prisoners within two years, after the successful trial of a human organ donation project, the news agency…
Fab Five's mane focus on AndrewStarPhoenixAfter seven rounds of chemo, surgery to remove the tumour, radiation and a stem cell transplant in Calgary, Andrew has recovered. "He's gone through a lot of stress at an early age, battling cancer…
Over the past two years, the Star has kept in touch with five organ-transplant patients. Here’s our progress report.
China bans hospitals from refusing AIDS patientsSalonIt comes two days after Vice Premier Li Keqiang intervened to demand a hospital in the northeastern city of Tianjin provide treatment for a 25-year-old lung cancer patient after the man was turned aw…
Scientists pick up the scent of surgery successVarsity OnlineThe trial, published in the journal Brain, which specialises in neurology, was carried out “double blind”, with neither the researchers nor the owners of the dogs knowing which animals we…
Bereaved family cries kidney racketTimes of IndiaAccording to Sumati, her husband Bhaskar Chakravarthi, a mechanic from Kamakshipalya was operated this February by replacing a kidney donated by his father Chakravarthi. However, during first week of Nov…