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Pahal Financial Services Raises $5 Million USD From WaterEquity
Business Wire India Ahmedabad-based Microfinance Institution, Pahal Financial Services Pvt. Ltd., recently raised debt capital worth 5 million US dollars from WaterEquity, a USA-based impact investment asset manager.
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- Asia Pacific
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Analysis: Delhi Reopens a Crack Amid Uncertain Economic Prospects for India
The Indian capital lifted restrictions on manufacturing and construction, critical drivers of an economy that has been battered by the pandemic.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Asia Pacific
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- manufacturing
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upGrad Aquires Impartus
The acquisition will give an exit to Impartus’ existing investor Kaizen, which had invested $4.1 million in the startup in 2015.
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- Education, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Asirvad Microfinance Raises $15 Million From WorldBusiness Capital Inc
Asirvad Microfinance, a subsidiary of Manappuram Finance, on Monday said it had raised $15 million (around Rs 110 crore) in a seven-year external commercial borrowing loan from the US-based WorldBusiness Capital Inc (WBC).
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- Finance
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Press Release: Wadhwani Foundation Announces $1 Million in Grants to Immediately Help Indian Families Impacted by COVID-19
Donations to 10 charities and organizations will provide medical and financial assistance to patients and families to help reduce the devastating impact and slow COVID-19 spread
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Asia Pacific
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- corporations, philanthropy
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Viewpoint: India Can Be a Global Leader in Building a Nature-Positive Economy
India's total agriculture subsidies are likely to reach $45-50 billion in perpetuity by 2030. Repurposing it to support India's 120 million smallholder farmers transition to regenerative agriculture can help generate system-scale impact by 2030 in a cost-neutral manner.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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Press Release: VisionSpring Raises $1.5 Million for India COVID-19 Response and Will Deliver More Than 1,000 Oxygen Concentrators to Expand Care
Social Enterprise Deploys Global Team to Procure Personal Protective Equipment and Oxygen Concentrators in Race to Meet Medical Needs in India
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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Analysis: How Digital Payment Systems Can Boost Bangladesh’s Push to Meet the SDGs
As we grapple with the challenges presented by the pandemic, Bangladesh continues to clock impressive growth and is in fact an outlier in the global economic scenario.
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- Coronavirus, Finance, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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- digital payments, fintech, SDGs