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Beijing gets 1st private mental hospital
Beijing got its first privately owned mental health clinic on Sunday. This is part of a larger drive by the government to shake up the monopoly of state-owned hospitals in a country where private hospitals have less than one percent market share.
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PRESS RELEASE: National Skill Development Corporation, Ennovent to help skilling firms in India get funding
The initiative aims to create opportunities and aspirations for skilling as an entrepreneurial opportunity in different sectors to fill the demand of trained skilled workforce in the country.
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Breaking the Myths of Microfinance
A poor woman approaches a microfinance lender along with a couple of her neighbours and friends.
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Viewpoint: E-wallets Won’t Work in India, Says Mswipe Founder
A digital/mobile wallet defeats the very purpose of money, and hence, it is not going to work in India, states Manish Patel, Founder and CEO of mobile point of sale (mPoS) company Mswipe.
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Citibank, MasterCard Launch Digital Wallet for Debit, Credit Card Customers in India
Citibank India and MasterCard have launched digital wallet Citi MasterPass for both debit and credit card customers to be able to shop online at over 250,000 e-commerce merchants.
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Singapore Fintech Out to Empower Asia’s Unbanked
For most of us including Singaporeans, not having access to credit and debit cards is almost unheard of. Beyond the Little Red Dot though, citizens in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East continue to transact with cash and coins. They are the world’s unbanked who have minimal contact with banks and financial services. Though the unbanked make up about half of the world’s adult populace today, emerging financial technology startups including Singapore fintech startups are amplifying efforts to bring financial inclusion to the unbanked right at their fingertips.
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India Showing Improved Consumer Sentiment: Rakesh Kapoor, CEO, Reckitt Benckiser
Rakesh Kapoor, chief executive at British consumer goods firm Reckitt Benckiser, on Monday said India is showing "improvement in consumer sentiment" even as the maker of Dettol antiseptic liquid and Durex condoms reported better-than-expected performance for the quarter ended June.
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Kerala Selects HP India to Provide Digital Healthcare Solution
The Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Kerala, has selected HP India to create an e-Health IT platform to enable the delivery of a digital healthcare solution and services for Health Care facilities across Kerala. The digital healthcare solution will help healthcare practitioners to improve patient care and focus resources.
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- Health Care
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