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In India, what drives private banks’ interest in rural areas?
The rapid increase of rural incomes and consumption with a shift in expenditure patterns has altered business perceptions
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Aavishkaar in list of top global impact investors
Two prestigious US universities have selected social venture capital firm Aavishkaar Venture Management Services and its flagship fund, Aavishkaar India Micro Venture Capital Fund, as among the world's top global impact investors.
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Health tourism being made competitive in India
The Centre is taking all steps to make the Indian health tourism industry globally competitive
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SKS Microfinance poised to make a clean break from the past
If Vikram Akula, the disgraced founder of SKS Microfinance, is attempting a back-door entry into the company, then something in it is attractive again.
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Indian company to install 15,000 ATMs in the next 3 years
India is an under-penetrated ATM market with only 98 ATMs for every one million people.
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Medical services through phone on anvil
Can cellphones save lives? Marking a significant shift, Indian healthcare providers are now looking at extending medical services through mobile telephony.
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Lack of birth control hits millions of women globally: India
India today expressed concern over a staggering 222 million women not having access to contraceptive services globally, leading to 80 million unplanned pregnancies, 30 million unplanned births and 20 million unsafe abortions each year.
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Apollo Hospitals Group readies higher dose of telemedicine
In a first of its kind initiative in the healthcare sector, Chennai-based Apollo Hospitals Group is soon going to launch the next version of telemedicine, a web-based platform with a ‘Skype-like’ video conferencing tool embedded’.
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