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Analysis: Golden Rice in India: Is It Necessary? What Are Impediments to Adoption?
There is a saying in Chinese used to wish others well that means, “may you never live in interesting times.” In a complex world full of conflict, disease, and death, the idea of living in a simpler world without the plagues of the present must seem comforting to most. Sadly, this is not the world we live in, no matter how much one may wish it into reality. For those living in rural India, life can be a constant struggle.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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- South Asia
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- nutrition
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Amazon and the Bank of India Are Helping Small Businesses
The State Bank of India (SBI) and Amazon.in have agreed to work together and focus efforts on improving payments and e-commerce solutions for small businesses across the country.
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India’s Street Dentists Filling Gap for the Poor
Ignoring noisy buses and curious onlookers, street dentist Allah Baksh plunges his hands into a patient's mouth to fit a sparkling set of dentures for $12 (S$16) in the Indian city of Bangalore.
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Angel Investing 2.0 – Will Angel Investing Go Online in India?
The last one year has seen a huge surge in angel investing in the Indian startup ecosystem. As a platform that has now become the largest marketplace for startup funding; we have been witnessing how the ecosystem has evolved over the last 18 months. In early 2013 when LetsVenture was founded, startup funding was traditionally done through offline networks and fundraise was challenging; our intent was to make fundraising faster and efficient for the founders.
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The Key to a Global Nutritional Crisis Might Be a Simple Iron Fish
In 2009, Christopher Charles came up with a surprisingly simple and astonishingly effective tool to increase dietary iron intake without resorting to pills: A small metal fish – a symbol of luck in Cambodian culture – that can infuse food with the proper amount of necessary iron to ensure better overall nutrition.
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- Education, Health Care
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- nutrition, public health
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India’s Jan Dhan financial inclusion drive hits customer service barrier
Creating new accounts is not enough. Banks’ behaviour towards low income clients is a major roadblock
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India Bats for Health Research Alliance Among NAM Nations
Batting for greater collaboration in health research among non-aligned group of countries, India today said the member nations should use their "collective bargaining" power for making new medicines and medical technologies available to all at affordable costs.
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The Little Red Dot Saving Lives in India
Because nearly every Indian woman wears a bindi – a beauty accessory in the shape of a small dot worn in the center of the forehead – Grey for Good decided to create iodine-coated bindis that could act as a daily supplement if worn for at least four hours.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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