Starting a new course ; Y.K. Hamied steps down as managing dir...

In this column, Martin Khor, executive director of the South Centre, writes about Yusuf Hamied, co-owner, managing director and leading personality of Cipla, one of Indias biggest generic drug companies. He describes Hamied as the man who arguably ...

A Scientist at Heart ; K. Anji Reddy founded what is today one of India's biggest drug companies, but his larger contribution was his focus on research and development. Anyone who ever met Kallam Anji Reddy will recall him gradually leading most ...

People gather at Novartis India headquarters in Mumbai yesterday. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court rejected yesterday a patent bid by Swiss drug giant Novartis in a landmark ruling activists and experts say will allow continued supply of cheap generic ...

The total net worth of India's 55 billionaires has fallen marginally to $189 billion (over Rs 10 lakh crore) in the past year, but even half this amount exceeds the country's total fiscal deficit. As per the annual list of world's billionaires, published by ...

Washington: Fifty-five Indians, led by Reliance India chairman Mukesh Ambani, figure in the Forbes annual list of a record 1,426 billionaires, topped by Mexican telecom magnate Carlos Slim Helu for the fourth year in a row. While Helu's net worth up has gone ...