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Medicine in India: ‘Qualified Quacks’ and a Baffling Drug Landscape
In India, stories of doctors being drunk, using rusty instruments or bicycle pumps during surgery, or ordering unjustified procedures are increasingly common.
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India ranks 9th in Brookings financial inclusion scorecard – but 1st in country commitment
India ranked ninth out of 21 countries for its overall financial and digital inclusion efforts, according to the 2015 Brookings Financial and Digital Inclusion Project (FDIP) Report and Scorecard that was launched on Tuesday.
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Bharti Airtel and Uber Announce First-of-its-Kind Strategic Partnership
As part of this partnership, Uber riders across India can now pay for their trips using Airtel mobile wallet service – Airtel Money.
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Indian Payment Solutions Provider ePaisa Incorporates Bitcoin Payments
ePaisa, an Indian payment processor that offers mobile based cash and card payment applications for small and medium businesses has now included bitcoin as one of the payment options.
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OPINION: Payments Banks – A game-changing idea for financial inclusion in India
Over the next decade or so, payment banks' functioning has the potential to bring about another revolution in the banking sector.
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Intellecap Impact Investment Network and Rianta Capital invest Rs 10 million in Sampurn(e)arth Environmental Solutions
Intellecap Impact Investment Network has invested Rs 10 million in Mumbai-based waste management company Sampurn(e)arth in syndication with Zurich-based family office Rianta Capital and Primarc Group Director Siddharth Pansari of ah! Ventures.
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- Environment, Health Care
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Indian government committed to reviving postal department through payments banking
Communications minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said the government will revive the postal department by using over 1.5 lakh post offices for furthering financial inclusion.
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Mobile payments app Paytm to allow Indian consumers to bargain with merchants
Mobile payments and e-commerce application Paytm is launching a messenger function directly connecting buyers and sellers.
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