India, Oct. 29 -- Epic tells us the story of medicinal herbs being flown to save a dying soul. Bengaluru-based Airbound vows to do the same job for ailing patients today. What changed in the 7,000 to 14,000 years in between is precision. The saviour in the Ramayana couldn't spot the right plant and brought the entire mountain, instead, from the Himalayas to Lanka deep down south.

But the startup is set to send the right medicine to the right patient right away, thanks to lower payload and higher degree of precision automation.

The concept of airborne healthcare supplies was tested on the quiet outskirts of Hoskote in Bengaluru recently, when five drones took to the skies with a sharp 90-degree take-off, zipped through the mid-day breeze...