Stocks drifted lower in early trades on the major Indian bourses this morning with investors tracking weak global cues and pressing sales at several counters. Some weak earnings reports from India Inc

The size of the Indian healthcare market is abysmally small when compared with similar and dissimilar economies. The per capita spend on healthcare in India is three times lower than China and 150 times lower than the United States of America. Our healthcare model ranks very low on certain parameters, namely health expenditure as percentage of GDP, per capita spending on healthcare, doctor–population and hospital bed-population ratio and infant and maternal mortality ratio. Analysis reveals that the existing system is heavily skewed in favor of the urban population. This has led to a peculiar situation with the majority of health services being centralized in urban areas where only 22-25 percent of the population resides.

The market, which very nearly bounced back into positive territory after staying in the red for close to three hours, plunged sharply post noon and is still trading with sharp losses with several blue

The market has regained a significant portion of lost ground past mid morning thanks to some strong buying in FMCG, PSU and realty stocks. Select stocks from metal, healthcare and banking sectors too

Due to sustained selling almost across the board, the market, which plunged sharply in early trades on weak global cues, continues to languish deep down in the red now. Weak economic data from the

Drugmaker Elder Pharmaceuticals is exploring options to sell its nutrition products business, two sources with direct knowledge of the development said. One of the sources said Elder is looking for

Trading got off to a dismal start on the major Indian bourses this morning with investors indulging in heavy selling across the board, tracking weak global cues. The Sensex, which tanked nearly 300