PM Modi considers cheap loans, free accidental insurance to small businessesPrime Minister Narendra Modi is considering offering cheap loans and free accidental insurance coverage to millions of small businesses, two government sources said, as he tries to placate a key voter bloc ahead of a general election due by May. Small business groups have been critical of the Modi government in the past year after many firms were squeezed by a shock move to ban high-value currency notes in 2016 and a ...

A billionaire entrepreneur and founder of the country's leading biotechnology firm Biocon, Mazumdar said that even agritech should be given importance, to help farmers

Globally, the number of diabetes patients is at around half a billion with over 30 million in the US alone, the most sought after market for diabetes care companies, especially those into insulin.

Ogivri is the biosimilar version of Swiss drug maker Roches Herceptin, a breast cancer and gastric cancer drug with sales of $6.9 billion a year worldwide

Ogivri (Trastuzumab), jointly developed by Biocon and Mylan, is the biosimilar version of Swiss drug maker Roche's Herceptin.

Roshni Nadar Malhotra, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Shobhana Bhartia and Priyanka Chopra have been named among the world's 100 most powerful women by Forbes

A big transformation is happening in the global generic pharmaceutical industry. As a result, stocks of most major drug companies have done badly in the past one year.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw said Biocon delivered a strong revenue growth of 35 per cent this quarter, driven by robust performance across our biologics, small molecules and research services segments.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is the only self-made women -- with the total wealth of Rs 24,790 crore - who could make it to the top 100. On the third spot is Indu Jain of Bennett Coleman and Co Group, whose total wealth is estimated to be around Rs 26,240 crore.

At 10:24 am, the Sensex was trading 320 points higher at 37, 305 level and the Nifty stood at 11,247, up 80 points. The BSE metal index rose to a record level of 12,497 points, up 219 points.