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Crucial Vaccines Out of Reach for Many in Rural India
The Union health ministry's ambitious Mission Indradhanush to immunise children against various diseases faces a major challenge as the Hib vaccine to safeguard the little ones from deadly infections like meningitis, pneumonia and severe throat conditions remains out of the reach in vast areas of the country.
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Wheel of Fortune
The entrepreneur hopes to empower the differently-abled by manufacturing vehicles that offer mobility, quality at a reduced cost and even aid in employment.
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Alibaba Rival JD.com Launches Crowdfunding Site for Startups in China
China’s largest e-commerce companies are eager to leverage their millions of users and hoards of data for new projects. For example, Alibaba’s other businesses include healthcare management, financial services, and cloud data. Now JD.com, its smaller but still formidable rival, is branching out into crowdfunding for startups.
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The US Is Warming Up to China’s Big New Development Bank
Washington appears to have softened its stance towards the new Beijing-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, backing down from its earlier resistance and saying it is now ready to welcome the institution.
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India to Add More AIDS, TB Drugs to Essential Medicines List
India is likely to add more HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis drugs to its list of essential medicines that are subject to price caps, people directly involved in the process said, in a move to improve affordability of drugs to treat the deadly diseases.
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India to Repackage State-Supplied Condoms in Bid to Attract Users
When it comes to the wrappers of India's state-supplied condoms, boring is out, attractive is in, but erotic is too much.
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Press Release: Caspian Impact Investments Raises $20 Million in Financing From OPIC
Caspian Impact Investments (CII) today announced that it closed a debt financing commitment of $20 million from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S. Government’s development finance institution.
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Ali Health Pens Tie-Up for Online Health Testing Platform
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's healthcare subsidiary will tie-up with Zhejiang DiAn Diagnostics Co Ltd to help develop an online hospital platform, the diagnostics firm said in a filing late on Monday.
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