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Similar to AIIMS, government plans to set up All India Institutes of Ayurveda

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min read

The government has approved setting up of an All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) at Sarita Vihar in New Delhi, to come up on the lines of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). Reportedly, the Upper house of Indian Parliament Rajya Sabha was informed about the government’s nod over AIIA, the first referral-cum-teaching facility ...

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US-based Value Inns & Hotels forays in Indian market; plans to tap wellness space

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 3 min read

Globally renowned eighth largest hotel chain, a part of International Vantage Group, Value Inn Worldwide & Value Hotel Worldwide has entered in Indian hospitality market through master license agreement with Miraya Hotel Management Pvt Ltd. The new partners in hospitality business have long-term plans to tap wellness market, which is slated to touch Rs1 trillion ...

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Leading salon chain Naturals plans to rope in Alia Bhatt, replacing Kareena Kapoor Khan

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min read

Leading salon chain Naturals, which aims to open its franch ises across every nook and corner of India, have plans to rope in Bollywood’s new charm Alia Bhatt as its next brand ambassador. In an exclusive conversation with Wellness India, Co-Founder and Chairman of Naturals, C K Kumaravel unveiled his next preference for his brand ...

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Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev to open 10,000 training centers in Haryana with state government

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min read

Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev made a public announcement recently, to open 10,000 yoga training centers in Haryana thatcould be a combination of Vedic and modern teaching methodologies. He also informed the public that these training centers would be opened on the lines of Nalanda and Takshila universities, known for ancient learning of India, which imparted ...

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Government plans to expand its Jan Aushadhi stores with more medicines

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min read

After making big announcements of its Jan Aushadhi stores, a plan pitched by an expert panel yet to be implemented, the Union Government have plans to include 14 anti-cancer,53 cardiovascular and 14 anti-diabetic medicines in the proposed list of items under the scheme. Earlier, under the scheme, nearly 500 low-cost drugs were to be supplied ...

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Pharma major Sun Pharma may spend $7bn on further acquisitions

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min read

Emboldened by its takeover of domestic rival Ranbaxy Laboratories, India's leading Pharma company Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd is willing to spend as much as $7 billionon further acquisitions The biggest deal till date at $3.2 billion, the Ranbaxy deal of Sun Pharma has given it sufficient scale in generics and emerging markets to think about ...

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IT solutions firm SoftAge forays into healthcare; plans to hire 1,200 employees

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min read

IT solutions and document management company SoftAge Information Technology released a press note, which disclosed that the company will diversify its business into the healthcare sector, after signing an agreement with Ravi Jaipuria (RJ) Group. The agreement inked between the two aimed to set up sample-gathering centers for the RJ Group’s diagnostic lab chain Diagno ...

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Taiwan-based Apex Medical enters into Indian market; plans to invest Rs100 crore

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min read

Taiwan-based Apex Medical Corporation has announced its foray into the Indian market, with big plans to invest about Rs 100 crore. The company, which is mainly into manufacturing of respiratory therapy and supports surface products, will initially import its products and sell them in the country through local dealers, hospitals and tenders to the government. ...

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UP government to soon open 3 new swine flu testing labs

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min read

After Swine flu creating havoc and rapidly spreading to many districts in Uttar Pradesh (UP), the State government is taking a serious view of the growing cases of Swine flu. On May 16, the State Government gave an undertaking before the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court that three new labs to test Swine ...

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Fitness app HealthifyMe plans to hire 1,000 nutritionists post funding

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 3 min read

Bangalore-based Caeruz Ventures Pvt. Ltd. owned HealthifyMe, the mobile fitness and weight loss app, has announced their second round of funding. The funding received from angel investors come close on the heels of the recent Micromax investment in the company.  The second round of funding has been raised from angel investors comprising of Gopal Srinivasan ...

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