Pune-based vaccine manufacturer Serum Institute of India has launched two more vaccines - for rotavirus causing diarrhoea and rabies - and is working on a few more from dengue to cervical cancer.

On August 15th ,  Shoba, a resident of Medak district near Hyderabad, reached out to Niloufer government hospital for mother and child health, with a newborn suffering from severe jaundice.

This combined capacity includes orders from reputed corporate houses such as Serum Institute of India, Rajasthan Gum Group and an assortment of SME customers, the company said in a BSE filing.

The rise in his wealth can be attributed to Chinese e-commerce behemoth Alibaba's investment in the company and subsequent funding rounds that have raised Paytm's valuation.

Five Indians have made it to the Forbes Asia's annual Heroes of Philanthropy list that highlights some of the region's noteworthy givers.

The new policy on foreign direct investment (FDI) announced by the government on Monday, June 20, has been welcomed by the Indian pharma sector, though there are some caveats being added in terms of the likely responses to the policy from foreign companies.

Delhi and Maharashtra have been leading the country in the list of deaths from Dengue and Swine Flu respectively.

Cyrus Poonawalla's purchase becomes the largest ever real estate deal, beating that of industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla which had set a record last week when he paid Rs 425 crore for Jatia House.

PVR has continued to expand at a rapid clip over the past few years. Earlier this year, it announced its second acquisition, of DT Cinemas from property developer DLF for about Rs 500 crore.

The third edition of Business Today's Emerging Companies survey has found a dazzling array of companies rocketing up the growth curve, in sectors as diverse as hybrid seeds to feed for shrimps.

Godrej Agrovet now has 34 facilities compared with 56 four years ago while its capacity has increased to 1.8 million tonne from one million tonne. Last year itself, the company raised the capacity by 3.5 lakh tonne.

Until 10 years ago - its revenue then was around Rs 65 crore against Rs 634.34 crore in 2014/15 - a sizeable portion of its business came from the telecom sector, both government and private makers of wireless communication equipment.

Despite the capital intensive nature of the business, the company has lowered its debt by almost Rs 100 crore in three years until 2013/14 to Rs 397.54 crore.

Eicher Motors owns barely three per cent of India's motorcycles market. But the company almost completely dominates most segments it operates in.

Suven has recorded 50 per cent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) since 2011. Its total income were up from Rs 152.25 crore in 2010/11 to Rs 529.8 crore in 2014/15, which is marginally higher than 2013/14.

Kamarajar Port, for the record, has been increasing revenue by 54 per cent on an average every year for the last three years.

As part of our Emerging Companies 2015 special, we profile the company that is a perfect example of a venture that had a slow start but over the years managed to build a base for a strong takeoff.

Most of them started with very little capital and resources. And all of them persevered through the bad times of the industry.

The view seems to be widely held that in health there is a crying need to plan properly. Swine flu is a good example that tells us more should be done towards people's health.