Business Correspondent

The World Gold Council today launched a report titled ‘Gold Mining in India’, as part of a series of in-depth analysis on the Indian gold market. The report highlights how India has a rich heritage of gold mining, but the industry’s growth has been hampered by legacy processes and under-investments. In 2020 gold mine production was just 1.6 tonnes.The three areas that have been problematic in the development of the gold mining are Regulatory challenges, Taxation policies, Infrastructure. In March 2015, Parliament approved an amendment to the Mines and Minerals Act 1957 which allowed private companies to bid for mining…

One of the most common misconceptions about Robotic Total Knee Replacement (rTKR) is that whole surgery is performed by robot. That is simply not the case. Procedure is done by the surgeon and assisted by robotic arm and surgeon is still in control. Technology assists the procedure in other ways too. This allows surgeons to more accurately place the implants. With conventional TKR, surgeons allow the patient to resume the normal activities after two weeks. TKR techniques potentially cut this recovery time. rTKR patients can be discharged from the hospital on same day, according to Dr. Madan Mohan Reddy, Sr.…

Over the past few years, respiratory diseases are on the rise and the awareness about respiratory diseases has also increased largely due to Covid over the past 2 years. There are a lot of respiratory ailments that can be addressed successfully by surgery. Diseases such as bronchiectasis, aspergilloma, mucormycosis (black fungus), tumours in the chest and lung cancer can be successfully addressed by thoracic surgery. Earlier these surgeries used to be done via open thoracotomy (big incisions), however most of these surgeries are being done by Video Assisted Thoracoscopic surgery (keyhole surgery). Consultant Thoracic Surgeon, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, Dr Ajay…