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Dell EMC eyes Jan Dhan, Aadhaar and mobile to increase market share
We have both on-premise as well as cloud solutions to offer our clients. Our solutions have embedded artificial intelligence which helps the software in learning from user behaviour and adapt to evolving requirements, says Rajesh Janey, president & MD, India Enterprise, Dell EMC.
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What Common Kitchen Ingredient Can Help Detect Cervical Cancer?
Each year, cervical cancer kills 270,000 women and a third of these deaths occur in just one country: India.
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FINCA gears up for digital disbursement solutions in Pakistan
The bank will use gadgets to get all necessarily details of the client via biometric verifications, thereby reducing the loan-processing time to within 48 hours. Apart from gadgets, the bank’s newly launched mobile wallet, SimSim appears to be the management’s hope to increase foothold in rural localities.
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JioPhone Ripple Effect: More companies plan affordable 4G feature phone by 2017
Intex’s new feature phone, priced at Rs 1,999 and hitting the market by Diwali, compares with the Reliance Industries’ 4G featurephone — JioPhone, which will be available at one-time refundable price of Rs 1,500 in September.
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India to Block $1.3 Billion Chinese Pharmaceutical Takeover, Sources Say
Tensions between India and China -- the South Asian nation’s biggest trading partner -- have escalated amid a renewed spat over territory in a remote area of the Himalayas, one of the most serious flareups since a border war in 1962.
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OPINION: For India, the decision to disallow driverless cars will be a historical blunder
India cannot afford to miss out on the opportunity to embrace driverless car revolution, and should start working towards this goal soon
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Cycling to success: A road to empowerment for rural girls in India
India has a long way to go to ensure that every girl has the opportunity to complete secondary school. Fortunately, simple interventions, like the humble bicycle, which can promote accessibility to distant schools, and providing life skills education can increase school retention rates, improve learning outcomes, and reduce early marriages.
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Visa chasing Indian payments market as mobile money gains traction
Kelly stated during the company’s Q3 fiscal earnings call that while India presented massive opportunity, the firm faced strong competition from companies offering more innovative solutions that Visa’s typical rivals.
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