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Jan Dhan may win Guinness record for Modi, but duplicate accounts can burden banks
he Narendra Modi government is in dialogues with the Guinness World Records team to bag a record for the government for opening maximum number of bank accounts in minimum number of days, according to persons familiar with the development.
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How technology is checking health corruption in India
In 2011 Amarendra Kumar learned that a doctor at one of Delhi's biggest hospitals was pushing for his baby niece to have a heart operation she didn't need.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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The one dollar contraceptive set to make family planning easier
An agreement has been signed which will make contraceptive injections available to women in 69 of the world's poorest countries.
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To end preventable maternal mortality, let’s explore ‘business as unusual’
When you think of efforts to reduce maternal mortality, it’s natural to look to governments, theUnited Nations, the World Health Organization and other national and international bodies charged with responding to global health challenges.
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Villgro Innovations invests in seven social enterprises
Social enterprise incubator Villgro Innovations has picked seven new companies operating in the healthcare, energy, agriculture and education sectors for its second set of incubation and funding programme.
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G20 vows to reduce cost of transferring remittances to 5%
Taking concerns of India and other developing countries on board, the G20 today vowed to take "strong practical" measures to reduce the global average cost of transferring remittances to five per cent.
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OPINION: Why India, not China, is a better investment partner for Africa
Did you read the story on Chinese investment in Africa? They’re being published in droves, usually with a vaguely racist headline, like “Booming African lion economies gear up to emulate Asians.”
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DFID, Gates Foundation to set up digital financial services unit in Pakistan
The United Kingdom (UK) government’s Department for International Development (DFID) on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to set up a digital financial services (DFS) unit in Pakistan.
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