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India battles misconceptions on mental illness
Many Indian villagers blame evil spirits, and stigma still runs deep. As suicides soar, officials focus on training community-based mental health workers.
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- South Asia
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Ronnie Screwvala puts profit first in social impact ventures
Ronnie Screwvala, the managing director of Walt Disney India, logs in 70 hours a week for the entertainment company and yet devotes 10-15 hours to philanthropy and social impact businesses. "Whatever one makes from the business, 10-15% should always go back to society," he says.
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- Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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Poverty alleviation: Villagers thrive by using alternative energy
Farmers in Ahmadwala, a village some 40 kilometres to the west of Lahore, are no longer worried about power outages affecting their livelihoods.
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- Agriculture, Energy
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Renewable energy marks Kerry visit to India
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry wrapped up on Tuesday his first visit to India with the highlight of a $100 million loan guarantee program by USAID on private sector financing for clean energy under the Development Credit Authority.
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- South Asia
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Health insurance surge to put India in top 10 pharma markets
India’s drugs and pharmaceuticals market is poised to become one of the top 10 in the world in value with total sales doubling to $26 billion by 2016, driven by an expected surge in health insurance, according to the latest market prognosis report by drug market researcher IMS Health.
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‘The next 10 years will make or break India’
Vijay Govindarajan, Professor at Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College in the US speaks to N. Madhavan about how Indian companies can promote innovation.
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Especially grim encephalitis toll feared in India
A mosquito-borne disease that preys on the young and malnourished is sweeping across poverty-riven northern India again this monsoon season in what officials worry could be the deadliest outbreak in nearly a decade.
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Literacy, Not Income, Key To Improving Public Health In India
New research suggests public health in developing countries may be better improved by reducing illiteracy rather than raising average income.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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