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Germany To Give 1 Billion Euros To India To Lower Green House Gas Effect
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed grave concern about the currently inadequate global level of climate action and called on all countries to step up their efforts.
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- Environment
- Region
- South Asia
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Viewpoint: Should the Ease of Doing Business Really Be Our Top Priority?
Once the “ease of doing business” has been naturalised, a community will forget how this ease was achieved in the first instance – what did we lose, modify, erase, corrode as a community to facilitate the making and progress of this object called “business”?
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- South Asia
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- SDGs
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Tata, Rockefeller Foundation Plan 10,000 India Microgrids
Tata Power Co. Ltd., in collaboration with the Rockefeller Foundation, plans to develop 10,000 microgrids in India to boost access to affordable and reliable electricity to homes and enterprises across the nation’s vast rural areas.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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Report: India Among Top Nations With Most Conducive Environment for Financial Inclusion
In India, the Reserve Bank has prepared a draft National Strategy for Financial Inclusion to deepen financial services' coverage in the country. The long-awaited strategy is expected to be finalised in 2019 and will cover a five-year period.
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- Finance
- Region
- South Asia
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How India’s Farmers Are Using Technology to Feed More Than a Billion People
Piggybacking on India's mobile boom, these companies are using smartphones and the internet to help farmers grow, harvest and sell their crops more efficiently.
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- Agriculture, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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- agtech, social enterprise
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Viewpoint: Impact Investors Can Alleviate India’s Unemployment Crisis
India’s labour market is languishing, and a practical solution to the problem could come from impact investors.
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- Investing
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- South Asia
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Meet the Man Who Is on a Mission to Make India Open Defecation-Free With His IoT-Enabled Toilets
Founded in 2015, Faridabad-based social enterprise GARV Toilets has designed and installed over 700 public toilets across India. The design is integrated with solar panels, battery packs, auto flush, and floor cleaning technology.
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- WASH
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- South Asia
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He Revolutionized How Millions of People Spend Money in India. His Next Target: America
In India, Paytm is best known as a one-stop shop for digital payments. You can use it to send money to a friend, like Venmo, or to pay for anything from bus tickets to utility bills using your smartphone.
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- Finance
- Region
- South Asia
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