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Blue Collar, Inc
Krishna Kumar used to spend his days listlessly gathering scrap in garbage dumps across Motihari in Bihar.
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“Being a woman gives me patience and humility”
Aparajita Agrawal's Sankalp Forum is the first platform globally that has social enterprises at its core.
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World Bank proposes multi-billion plan to reduce poverty in India
The World Bank has come out with a multi-billion ($12-20 billion) four-year plan aimed at bringing down poverty levels in seven low-income Indian States.
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Coughing Dragon, Sneezing Elephant: China, India, and Global Health Governance
The recent H7N9 flu scare in China has shown once again that we live in “an epidemiologically interdependent world.”
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India readying to take on absolute emission reduction cuts
India is preparing to take on absolute emission reduction cuts under the new global climate compact to be signed in 2015.
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The “Technology for Impact Accelerator” announces the first batch of 16 startups
“Technology for Impact Accelerator” program for business creating social impact is an initiative by CIIE- IIM Ahmedabad and Village Capital. As a part of the first batch, 16 startups have been selected.
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The Novartis Decision: Is the Big Win for Indian Pharma Bad News for Investment?
In a decisive victory for India’s pharmaceutical industry, India’s Supreme Court rejected Novartis’ patent application for the cancer drug Glivec on Monday.
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Investors commit over Rs 400 crore for funding new ventures for the poor
BANGALORE: Investors have committed at least Rs 400 crore to a government-backed fund that will provide capital to new ventures serving the needs of India's low-income communities. The fund, whose eventual size is envisaged at more than Rs 5,000 crore, is the first such by the government, which is taking increasing interest in venture capital investing.
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