Walgreens Boots Alliance’s negotiations with Apollo and Reliance currently have the most momentum, said people in the know. Their proposal values Boots at more than £5 billion ($6.3 billion).
Apollo Hospitals is working with the government to vaccinate front line workers. A private market could boost the efforts to inoculate 3,000 lakh people by August.
The biggest beneficiaries from the move will be Apollo’s founders and largest shareholders, the Reddy family, who have been selling assets to pay down their own debt
For India and the EU, the reliance on the US for security needs and on China for goods and services is associated with greater risks and vulnerability to major disruptions.
RBI data shows personal loans tripled in six years, with rising slippages; real wages halved as middle class uses loans to maintain lifestyle fuelled by social media.
Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.
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