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Zephyr Peacock, Omidyar Network invest Rs 100 Crore in Swarna Pragati
Bengaluru-based private equity funds Zephyr Peacock and Omidyar Network have picked up about 15 per cent stake in housing microfinance firm Swarna Pragati for about Rs 100 crore, people close to the development said.
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Facebook’s Campaign in India Provokes Controversy
Facebook is calling on Indian users to send an email to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), asking the government agency to support its Free Basics program. The campaign, which shows up when users sign onto the social media platform and includes a pre-filled form so they don’t even have to write an email, has already proven controversial, with opponents saying its message undermines net neutrality in India.
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World Bank Approves $1.5 Billion Loan for Toilets in India
The World Bank has approved a $1.5 billion loan for a state-led sanitation program in India, where millions of people have no access to toilets, the bank said Wednesday.
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Narayana, Which Serves India’s Poor, Going Public
All eyes are on the IPO of Narayana Hrudayalaya, the Bangalore-based affordable healthcare chain founded by India’s best-known cardiac surgeon Dr. Devi Shetty, which opens tomorrow. Dr. Shetty, 62, pioneered inexpensive cardiac surgeries by creatively and efficiently driving down costs, thus putting life-saving surgeries within the means of thousands of poor Indians. That is particularly noteworthy in a country where healthcare is mainly delivered by as-yet small number of private healthcare operators while the government spend on healthcare is a scant 1.1 % of the GDP – compared with 18% in the United States.
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Drugmakers Launch Cut-Price Versions of Type 2 Diabetes Medicine
Costing a fraction of the brands sold by global organisations and their local affiliates, medical experts say the strengthening trend of new, low-priced drugs with fewer side effects may fundamentally change the way the disease is treated.
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Remittance Platform for Healthcare Services Takes Off in India
With over 22 million non-resident Indians (NRIs) sending $76 billion annually to support their family’s financial needs back home, India is by far the largest remittance market in the world.
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Bill Gates | 2016 Will Be the Year of Financial Inclusion
Bill Gates describes himself as a technologist, business leader, and philanthropist. More recently, he was called the most generous man in the world.
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In India, healthcare is still a seller’s market
Devi Prasad Shetty, chairman, Narayana Hrudayalaya Ltd, talks to Ashish K Tiwari about the overall healthcare scenario in India, key concerns, and how his company is working towards providing affordable healthcare to the common man.
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