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Are Toilets and Bank Accounts Connected? In India, Yes
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plan to develop India includes creating toilet access for all 1.2 billion people and opening a bank account for every adult who doesn’t already have one.
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UST Global unveils unique telemedicine mobile app, in collaboration with Nanavati Hospital
Kerala’s largest IT employer UST Global, Monday, announced the release of an advanced telemedicine application, developed in collaboration with Mumbai-based Balabhai Nanavati Hospital’s telemedicine centre and BlackBerry India.
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- public health
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How Agent Orange helped spawn the Socially Responsible Investing movement
Sustainable, socially responsible mutual funds would not exist without agent orange.
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- Agriculture
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- South Asia
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- impact investing
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OPINION: Are the RBI and Indian government headed for a face-off?
The Modi government has ignored warning signals raised by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) about the way the Jan Dhan Yojana financial inclusion scheme is being implemented.
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India’s cooperative banks emerge from technological dark ages
The National Informatics Centre cooperative core banking solutions aims to address some of the concerns of financial inclusion in rural areas.
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- South Asia
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Boom time for e-commerce in India; but customers face heightened risk of fraud
As more Indians step up to make online payments, there is a proliferation of payment gateways and mobile wallets, many of which are facing the risk of being misused by unscrupulous merchants.
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- mobile finance
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Janalakshmi to lead investor rush into India’s microfinance sector
After Janalakshmi's record-breaking deal, Indian MFI sector likely to raise Rs 2,000 crore in FY15
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Health insurers offer Nano price
With increased penetration of government health insurance schemes like RSBY ( Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana) coupled with private hospitals building capacity across the country, health insurers are also looking at smaller markets.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia