WEF 2025: Rapid global access to new life-saving HIV medicines must to end AIDS, says UNAIDS

IANS | January 21, 2025 3:01 PM

Davos, Jan 21 (IANS) Global leaders must urgently prioritise and work to provide access to new long-acting HIV prevention -- and potentially treatment -- medicines in all low and middle-income countries, to help end AIDS by 2030, said the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting here on Tuesday.

India sees surge in deal activity at record $116 billion in 2024

IANS | January 21, 2025 2:22 PM

New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) India's deal-making landscape witnessed a landmark year in 2024, with a record 2,186 deals valued at $116 billion, marking a 33 per cent increase in volumes and 76 per cent surge in values (year-over-year), a report showed on Tuesday.

Quick-commerce to remain hot sector for VC investments in India this year

IANS | January 21, 2025 11:28 AM

New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Global VC investment rose from $349.4 billion across 43,320 deals in 2023 to $368.3 billion across 35,684 deals in 2024, as quick-commerce remained a hot sector of investments in India in the fourth quarter last year and will continue in 2025, according to a report on Tuesday.