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Shahid Akhter, editor, ETHealthworld, spoke to Prashant Tandon, Chair, Digital Health Platforms; CEO & Co-Founder, 1mg, to know more his expectations from the healthcare budget by way of primary care and digital health. Expectations from the Union Budget 2021This is a very important budget coming up for India, coming out of the pandemic we saw a phase where the private healthcare sector of India stood up and delivered when it counted most. But now the time has come for us to actually take note and strengthen this sector. The core of the country needs to be strong and healthy. We have a very specific list of expectations. I think four things come to mind.Wishlist1. The Role of Digital Healthcare as a part of the key health delivery architecture of this country – Digital Healthcare platforms, its high time be recognised as healthcare establishments and be accessible to the same incentive schemes and same tax structures as per healthcare establishments. I think it's very … [Read more...] about The government needs to take very clear, decisive and concrete steps to ensure regulatory clarity: Prashant Tandon, CEO & Co-Founder, 1mg

Riccio will report to Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook, Apple said in a statement. He will be replaced by company veteran John Ternus, who will join the executive team as senior vice president of hardware engineering. … [Read more...] about Apple’s hardware engineering chief to step down to focus on new project

China, the first country to bring the coronavirus outbreak under control, has made historic achievements in eradicating absolute poverty despite the impact of the pandemic, contributing to over 70 percent of the global drive in this field. China has also continuously advanced South-South cooperation and made tangible contributions to poverty eradication and debt relief in the developing world. … [Read more...] about Xinhua Commentary: China walks the talk in pursuit of multilateralism

New Delhi: India on Wednesday inked a strategic partnership agreement with the International Energy Agency (IEA) to strengthen cooperation in global energy security, stability and sustainability. This partnership will lead to an extensive exchange of knowledge and would be a stepping stone towards India becoming a full member of IEA, a power ministry statement said. "The Framework for Strategic Partnership between the IEA members and the Government of India was signed on 27th January, 2021 to strengthen mutual trust and cooperation & enhance global energy security, stability and sustainability," it said. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by Power Secretary Sanjiv Nandan Sahai and IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol. "The contents of the strategic partnership will be jointly decided by IEA members and India, including a phased increase in benefits and responsibilities for India as an IEA strategic partner, and building on existing areas of work within Association and … [Read more...] about India inks MoU with IEA for global energy security, sustainability

"The contents of the strategic partnership will be jointly decided by IEA members and India, including a phased increase in benefits and responsibilities for India as an IEA strategic partner, and building on existing areas of work within Association and the Clean Energy Transitions Programme, such as Energy Security, Clean & Sustainable Energy...Expansion of gas-based economy in India etc," it said. … [Read more...] about India inks MoU with International Energy Agency for global energy security, sustainability