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Dabur India extends Honitus brand with ‘Hot Sip’
MUMBAI: Moving forward on its mission to present the benefits of Ayurveda in modern-day formats, Dabur India has extended its Honitus brand with the launch of Dabur Honitus Hot Sip, a powder to make Ayurvedic ‘Kadha’ especially designed to help fight cough & cold. Enriched with the goodness of 15 powerful unique Ayurvedic herbs such as Shunthi, Kantakari, Kulanjana & Tulsi, combined with honey to provide effective natural formulation for effective relief from cough, cold and sore throat, Honitus Hot Sip comes in two ready-to-use formats – a tea-stick and a sachet.
Backed with the traditional Ayurvedic knowledge of medicinal Kadha preparation, Dabur Honitus Hot Sip is easy to use – Just stir the tea stick or the contents of the sachet in either warm water, tea or milk, and experience the goodness of Ayurveda Kadha. Dabur Honitus Hot Sip sachet is priced at Rs. 10, while the stick format is priced at Rs. 95 for a box of five sticks.
Dabur India Marketing Head-OTC Ganapathy Subramaniam said: “This marks a first for Dabur and for the Ayurvedic and healthcare industry in India. Indian consumers have always sworn by the health benefits of Ayurvedic Kadha, and with Dabur Honitus Hot Sip we are now offering a effective alternative to fight cough and cold, that is convenient, time saving and packed with the goodness of Ayurvedic herbs.”
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Practo names Cijo George as vice president of artificial intelligence
New vice president of artificial intelligence to mine healthcare data and sharpen care delivery
BENGALURU: India’s healthtech race just picked up speed. Practo has appointed Cijo George as vice president of artificial intelligence, tasking him with wiring AI deep into the company’s sprawling healthcare platform.
George will steer AI strategy and execution, embedding machine intelligence across care navigation, doctor-facing tools and overall platform intelligence. He will work across product, engineering and clinical teams to rewire how patients search for and access care — and how doctors deliver treatment with greater consistency and precision.
He reports directly to Shashank ND, co-founder and chief executive officer.
Shashank ND said years of building healthcare data across patients, providers and treatment outcomes had laid the foundation for more advanced AI applications. Artificial intelligence, he added, can unlock the value of that data to improve patient outcomes and equip doctors with actionable insights. He described George’s experience in building production-grade AI systems as closely aligned with Practo’s long-term vision.
George brings nearly two decades of experience spanning machine learning, AI platforms and product engineering. Most recently at Observe.AI, he led work on large-scale AI systems deployed by global enterprises. Before that, at Belong.co, he drove platform and AI initiatives focused on search and personalisation in the HR technology space. He also worked with the Advanced Technology Group at NetApp, contributing to machine-learning and data-science projects for distributed systems.
An alumnus of the Indian Institute of Science with a master’s degree in high performance computing, George said the chance to apply AI to directly improve patient experience and clinical delivery drew him to the role. Practo’s scale and its extensive longitudinal healthcare data, he added, offer significant room for innovation.
The move comes as digital health platforms double down on artificial intelligence to boost patient engagement, streamline provider workflows and sharpen decision-making. For Practo, the prescription is clear: turn data into diagnosis, and algorithms into advantage.
