Posted on May 7, 2008 by Shital
Your daily dose of headlines:
Health: Over 53% children in India under five years - that is, 67 million - live without basic healthcare facilities. This means that India alone accounts for about one-third of all children in the world aged below five who don’t have basic healthcare. [Source: Times of India]
Education: There is a shortage [...]
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Posted on April 30, 2008 by Shital
Your daily dose of headlines:
International: The US government has put India on its ‘Priority Watch List’, along with nine other countries, saying that the country’s failure to protect Intellectual Property Rights is putting health, safety and jobs of its citizens at risk. [Source: Times of India]
Literacy: The Global Monitoring Report says that India has 35 [...]
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Posted on April 15, 2008 by Shital
Gender Budgeting: In order to promote the concept of gender budgeting at all levels of governance, the Ministry of Women and Child Development is developing manuals on this topic. This is part of a larger movement to address gender specific barriers.
Education: Proctor & Gamble’s global philanthropy program, “Live, Learn, and Thrive” has partnered with Child [...]
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Posted on April 10, 2008 by Shital
Technology: Although it is a hub for information technology, India is only #50 on the world’s most networked economies list, partly due to its poor ICT infrastructure.
Health: According to a survey, in the next decade, one in 20 female deaths in India between the ages 30 to 69 will be caused by smoking. (Source: India [...]
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Posted on April 2, 2008 by Shital
Just a few headlines for this evening:
Health: Another Planning Commission report reveals that India faces a shortage of doctors and nurses, but that the private sector can help remedy this issue, and accordingly, plan to set up hundreds of new medical education institutions as a public private partnership.
Energy: IT companies often consume a large amount [...]
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Posted on February 29, 2008 by Santhosh
From NextBillion. d.light Design is a hot new BOP start-up with funding from who’s who of the social venture capital world. They are looking for a VP - Sales to be based out of New Delhi.
Position: Vice-President, Sales
Location: India
Organization: The goal of d.light design is simple – to eradicate kerosene lanterns from the face of [...]
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