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ADB, Habitat for Humanity to support housing microloans for India's vulner
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], April 19 ((ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has teamed with Habitat for Humanity International to help microfinance institutions (MFIs) deliver housing loans to low-income families in rural and peri-urban areas of India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and the Philippi
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Twitter services down globally, users report logout errors, failure to twe
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): Microblogging and social networking service Twitter, for the second time went globally down on Saturday with users experiencing multiple issues ranging from search terms and tweets failing to load to logout errors on desktops.
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Nationwide lockdown not needed, need to impose restrictions at micro level
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 14 (ANI): There is a need to impose restrictions at micro level small areas and no nationwide lockdown is required, said chairman of the COVID-19 working group of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) Dr NK Arora on Wednesday.
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SCNL to facilitate Covid-19 vaccination for all employees
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 13 (ANI): Leading microfinance institution Satin Creditcare Network Ltd (SCNL) today announced vaccination drive for all its employees.
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Taylor Swift's goofy reply to Sophie Turner makes Joe Jonas trend on Twitt
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 8 (ANI): After English actor Sophie Turner and American pop star Taylor Swift exchanged goofy comments on the songstress's recently released 'Mr. Perfectly Fine' track, Twitter users made Joe Jonas trend on the micro-blogging platform in speculation that the song was d
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Vedanta's 'waste to wealth' programmes foster local MSMEs in rural Odisha,
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Korba (Chhattisgarh) [India], April 7 (ANI): Vedanta's aluminium and power business said on Wednesday it is fostering hundreds of MSMEs in remote rural areas with its innovative 'waste to wealth' programmes.
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Loans of Rs 14.96 lakh crore sanctioned since launch of PM Mudra scheme
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): More than 28.68 crore loans for an amount of Rs 14.96 lakh crore have been sanctioned by banks, Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) and Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) since the launch of Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY), according to the Centre.
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Sikkim Government launches monthly scholarship programme for school studen
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI/BusinessWire India): With a radical approach to incentivise learning among school students, the Government of Sikkim has become the first state in the country to launch its monthly micro-scholarship programme for school students.
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Twitter confirms 'Spaces' are coming to desktop web browsers
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
California [US], April 2 (ANI): Microblogging site Twitter's 'Clubhouse'-like audio chat rooms feature 'Spaces', will soon be rolled out in desktop browsers.
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Study reveals gut microbiota in cesarean-born babies catches up
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Gothenburg [Sweden], April 2 (ANI): While it's known that the infants born by cesarean section have a relatively inadequate array of bacteria in the gut, a novel study has found that by the age of three to five years, they are broadly in line with their peers. The study also showed that it t
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Twitter rolls out stickers for 'Fleets'
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 1 (ANI): Micro-blogging site Twitter has added stickers to 'Fleets'. The stickers are available for users on both Android and iOS.
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Grameen Credit Agricole Foundation grants a 3M euros loan to Pahal in favo
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], March 26 (ANI/BusinessWire India): With about 190 million adults without a bank account, India has -after China- the second-largest unbanked population in the world (World Bank). The microfinance sector has become a key instrument to fight financial exclusion in
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