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Cash-Back the New King in Indian e-Commerce
Bhumika Grover, it was never a choice between the 'Big Billion Days' of Flipkart or Amazon's 'Great Indian Festive Sale' in the run-up to Diwali. Even the 'Electronics Monday' sale by Snapdeal was not captivating enough.
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Indian Student Designs Cardboard Baby Incubator in UK
Indian student has developed a low-cost cardboard baby incubator that that could help save millions of lives in countries like India which lack grassroots-level infrastructure for neonatal care of premature and underweight infants.
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Viewpoint: CSR As a Seed Fund for Social Enterprises
Would it not be great if a corporate social responsibility (CSR) fund becomes a seed or social fund for investment in a cluster of a dying art or a traditional skill and transforms it into a success story? Or, how about a CSR fund that transforms an entire village into one where all households are digitally literate?
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Majors Announce Plan to Reduce Maternal, Newborn Mortality
Project ASMAN, a major healthcare initiative aimed at reducing infant, neonatal and maternal mortality in India was launched today by a consortium of leading private and development sector partners.
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India’s largest mobile wallet to split into separate payments, ecommerce apps
The country's largest mobile wallet Paytm will hive off its bread-and-butter payments business as a separate app, with the current app focusing on shopping.
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India Is Training ‘Quacks’ to Do Real Medicine. This Is Why
Aditya Bandopadhyay has treated the sick for more than twenty years. He works in the village of Salbadra, in the state of West Bengal, India. He has no degree in medicine.
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Technology Alone Is Not the Answer in Healthcare
“A technology only solution isn’t going to get us anywhere,” says Shelly Saxena. He’s referring to the growing number of social enterprises and development initiatives that use mobile phones and telemedicine to deliver healthcare in India.
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Can social entrepreneurs drive inclusive growth in India?
Over 60% of the Indian population still lives on less than $2 (about Rs.130 at current rates) a day. In the World Economic Forum’sInclusive Growth and Development Report 2015, India is placed second highest in terms of net income inequality among 34 countries in the lower-middle-income group.
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