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16-Apr-18 ICICI Lombard General Insurance has emerged as the frontrunner to acquire Chennai-based Star Health & Allied Insurance, edging past the competing consortium of WestBridge Capital and investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, valuing the company at INR6,000 crore (USD904 mn). [image: Business Medical Dialogues / Star Health]
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11-Apr-18 In Mar-18, the Indian National Payments Corporation reported that UPI saw more than 178 million transactions and totalling more than USD3.7 bn. At this rate, incumbent payment innovators might just get disintermediated themselves. [image: Bloomberg News]
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10-Apr-18 E-pharmacies are here to stay in India, with their popular discounts and doorstep deliveries. The government is now working on new rules to ensure e-pharmacies have a level playing field and further ensuring they are properly regulated. [image: ET Healthworld]
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09-Apr-18 Indian beauty and wellness firm VLCC is expanding, with plans to add 50 new training institutes to its existing 70. VLCC also has plans to foray into new markets such as Canada, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Oman and Bangladesh. [image: BCCL]
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09-Apr-18 India's largest mortgage lender Housing Development Finance (HDFC) is in advanced talks to acquire Apollo Munich Health Insurance for INR1,000 crore (USD153 mn). Apollo Munich is the second largest standalone health insurance provider in India after Star Health. [image: The Economic Times]
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