Private equity and overseas companies are taking over domestic healthcare chains, creating a new pecking order

At a time when India's GDP growth has been predicted to recover sharply almost a year after the COVID-19 pandemic, the focus seems to be gradually returning to the $5 trillion economy goal. At the India Today Conclave South 2021, Dr Sangita Reddy, Joint Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals Group, R Seshasayee, Vice Chairman, Hinduja Group, B Santhanam, Chairman and Managing Director, Saint-Gobain India and K Ullas Kamath, Joint Managing Director, Jyothi Laboratories, in a conversation with Rajeev Dubey, Editor, Business Today, discuss how Infrastructure, services sectors can help southern states contribute to India's $5 trillion economy mission. The executives also discussed at length about the pros and cons of the Production Linked Initiative (PLI) scheme, besides highlighting some key issues. Watch the video for more.Also Read: India Today Conclave: South's contribution to $5 tn-economy could be much higher, say experts

Experts says south India has always played an important role in India's economic growth and manufacturing, IT, pharma, edtech and healthcare could drive the country's growth engine to realise $5 trillion economy dream

Kameshwari did not report any side effects after getting vaccinated; Apollo Hospital Bengaluru shared a picture of her getting inoculated

In order to ramp up the COVID-19 vaccination capacity, the government is involving a large number of private facilities. The health ministry had said that around 10,000 hospitals under Ayushman Bharat-PMJAY and 687 hospitals under CGHS can be used as CVCs

Business Today awards in Chennai saw Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi K. Palaniswami announce investments worth Rs 10 lakh crore, creating employment opportunities for 20 lakh people over next four years

Adani Enterprises, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise, GAIL, Jubilant Foodworks, MRF, Vedanta and Yes Bank will be added to Nifty Next 50 from March 31.

Speaking at an AIMA event here, Guleria said the vaccine is the only weapon available to gain immunity and help reduce mortality rate due to the infectious disease

How workflow automation is helping organisations become more efficient by reducing errors and operational costs

A multi-disciplinary team consisting of engineers and 3D designers will work with Apollo Hospitals medical and surgical team in the Hospital 3D-printing labs

As per bulk deal data available on BSE, 30 lakh shares of APL Apollo Tubes were sold by APL Infrastructure at an average price of Rs 965.15 apiece. This took the total deal value to Rs 289.54 crore

Business Today on Tuesday honoured companies, business leaders based in Tamil Nadu, who contributed to the growth of the state. The winners were identified on the basis of the difference they made in the state, by a high profile jury comprising Arun Roy, IAS, Special Secretary, Industries Department, Govt of Tamil Nadu; Dr Darez Ahmed, IAS, Executive Director, Guidance Tamil Nadu; Preetha Reddy, Vice-Chairperson Apollo Hospitals Group; Rajshree Pathy, Chairperson, Rajshree Sugars & Chemicals; Dr GSK Velu, CMD, Trivitron & Neuberg Diagnostics and Chairman, Ficci Tamil Nadu State Council; Prof Pawan Kumar Singh, Director, IIM Trichy and N Madhan, Regional Managing Partner-South, PwC India. The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Thiru Edappadi K Palaniswami, presented a total of 11 awards, including five for investment, three for employment, one for exports and two for others. Watch the video for more.Also Read: BT Business Leaders of TN: Manufacturing, electronics, SaaS can make India $5 trillion economy, say experts

Tamil Nadu's automotive industry, which is a $3 trillion industry globally, has emerged as a significant player over the years, along with electronics industry, which stands at $2.7 trillion globally. Watch as experts including Dr Preetha Reddy, Vice-Chairperson Apollo Hospitals Group; Dr S Christopher, Ex-chairman, DRDO; Gopal Srinivasan, Chairman and MD, TVS Capital Funds Limited; Josh Foulger, Country Head and Managing Director, Foxconn International Holding, India; Madan R Krishnan, Vice President and Managing Director, Medtronic India; Vivek Partheeban, COO, Caplin Point Laboratories Ltd; Francisco Betti, Head - Shaping the Future of Advanced Manufacturing and Production, World Economic Forum; K Shanmugam, Ex-Chief Secretary, Tamil Nadu discuss how emerging markets have become key players for the state's economic growth.Also Read: Business Today honours business leaders of Tamil Nadu

Madan Krishnan, Vice President, and MD, Indian Subcontinent, India Medtronic, said human capital is the asset adding to it, adoption of technology in a better way to achieve a goal of $5 trillion economy

Business Today Tamil Nadu Business Leaders of State Awards 2021: Hyundai Motor bagged the Biggest FDI Investment in Tamil Nadu, while Cheyyar SEZ Developers took away the Biggest Employer in Tamil Nadu award

Stock Market Updates Today: Sun Pharma, ITC, HDFC were trading among the top losers today while RIL, L&T, Maruti were among the top gainers

Revenue from operations stood at Rs 2,759.84 crore in the quarter under review as compared to Rs 2,911.74 crore in the same period a year ago, says Apollo Hospitals

Stocks to watch today on February 12: Sun Pharma, APL Apollo Tube, RITES, Oil India, Power Grid, ACC among others are the top stocks to watch out for in Friday's trading session

Stock Market News Updates Today: Earlier today, Sensex hit a record high of 51,804 and Nifty hit a lifetime high of 15,243

With record healthcare expenditure and allocations focussing on mitigating the impact of Covid-19, it's a shot in the arm for the sector