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10-year-olds can open and operate a bank account alone, says Reserve Bank of India
Children older than 10 years will no longer need the help of their parents or guardians to open and operate a savings bank account. To boost financial inclusion, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday said that banks were at liberty to allow minors above 10 years to independently open and operate savings bank accounts.
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Housing for the base of the pyramid in Brazil: a future without slums
7 key themes and messages to generate innovative and holistic approaches to making slums in Brazil a thing of the past
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- Investing, Uncategorized
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A Coffee Crop Withers
Fungus Cripples Coffee Production Across Central America
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- Agriculture, Impact Assessment
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Selling Circumcision for HIV Prevention at the Epicenter of the Global Epidemic
When Zimbabwe's most famous poet and musician, Albert Nyathi, decided to get circumcised, everyone had an opinion.
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- Education, Health Care
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Cameroon: Vaccinating Against Their Will
The growing number of child deaths from diarrhoea in Cameroon has necessitated the introduction of a new vaccine (RotaTeq) designed to protect babies under five against common types of rotaviruses that cause diarrhoea.
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- Health Care
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Delhi’s air among the dirtiest in world: WHO study
An effort by the World Health Organisation to measure pollution in cities around the world has found New Delhi admits to having the dirtiest air, while Beijing's measurements, like its skies, are far from clear.
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- Environment, Health Care
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Is India Ready for Better Healthcare?
In the heat of the world's largest election many of India's biggest political parties are promising better health coverage for the south Asian nation’s citizens.
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- Health Care
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What It Takes to Be a Social Entrepreneur – An Interview With Rags2Riches
When it comes to global social change, millennials are key to the puzzle. Each year, The Global Good Fund invests in a select group of promising young social entrepreneurs to enter into our fellowship program. We invest both human and financial capital in each Fellow's leadership development. Our hypothesis here at The Global Good Fund is that leadership development is a vehicle for enterprise growth, and, ultimately, social impact.
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