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Prices double as private vaccines flood market
NEW DELHI: The Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP) seems to have slipped almost entirely into the grip of the private sector as the government's vaccine institutes that were reopened in February 2010 after being shut down two years ago are yet to contribute in any significant way. In the process, the cost of most vaccines has more than doubled since 2006-07.
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NIC to launch Rs 5,000 cr VC fund for innovation: Pitroda
The fund will support enterprises which drive change at the bottom of the economic pyramid
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Lok Capital buys minority stake in social enterprise Drishti
Firm will use funds to service underserved geographies of Karnataka
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India’s shift to inclusive innovation is ‘a model to follow’
A leading Indian scientist and policymaker is calling on developing countries to adopt an "emerging paradigm" of affordable, less complex and inclusive innovation to promote development and cut poverty.
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Unitus Seed Fund lands $8 Million for BoP Startups from Leading Early-stage Investors
Investment includes backing of Vinod Khosla, Mohandas Pai, Mike Murray and others
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The Gyaner Haats – knowledge bazaars – of Bangladesh
Faruk Ul Islam explains how his charity is developing networks that build on official channels to reach deeper into communities
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- Technology
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Measles outbreak kills hundreds in Pakistan
An international health body says that the disease has killed more than 300 children in Pakistan's Sindh province.
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Tata launches ‘Social Enterprise Challenge’
Mumbai, Dec 27 — Aiming to find the country's most promising social enterprises, the Tata Group has launched the 'Tata Social Enterprise Challenge' in association with the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC), a company statement said here Thursday.
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