By Ravi Saraogi, The Global Steering Group for Impact Investments (GSG) launched a billion-dollar India Impact Fund at a summit held in Delhi last week. The fund will focus on providing debt capital to social enterprises in development sectors like finance, health,...
San Francisco : Amazon on Tuesday announced a new investment of $10 million in Closed Loop Fund (CLF) to support recycling infrastructure in the US aimed at cutting the amount of waste treated at landfills. Amazon said its investment will increase the availability of...
Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the state ensured food security for more than 8.5 crore people through its "Khadya Sathi" scheme. "Today is #WorldFoodDay. We have ensured the food security of more than 8.5 crore people of #Bangla...
San Francisco : US internet giant Google Inc. has said its Cloud CEO Diane Greene will not attend an upcoming international business conference to be held in Saudi Arabia. The high-profile Future Investment Initiative (FII) Summit, dubbed as "Davos in the Desert" is...
Kolkata : Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani on Saturday said the Centre is making it mandatory that jute mills would get the entire payment for government orders only after jute farmers and labourers are paid fully. "Jute industry has a ready order worth Rs...
Kathmandu : Nepal and China have agreed to facilitate joint investment in the power sector, according to a joint statement issued by both sides after a meeting here. The meeting of the Nepal-China Joint Implementation Mechanism was conducted on Friday as a stepping...
New Delhi : Fifty eight million people in India are living without pension or any other form of assistance, civil society organisation Pension Parishad has said. Citing the State of Pensions in India Report 2018, Economist Prabhat Patnaik said the Central government...
By Nishant Arora, New Delhi : When Apple announced its 2018 line-up of iPhones last month, one thing was clear: The brand is getting bigger with top-of-the-line innovations in the premium and luxury smartphone market -- dictating the rules for its rivals. For an...
New Delhi : Fostering robust partnerships and seeking a collective and collaborative approach towards green, accessible, functional and liveable housing will be what experts from GRIHA Council and UNSW Sydneys School of Built Environment will focus on at the 10th...
Bhubaneswar : The Odisha government on Tuesday approved seven investment proposals worth Rs 7,416 crore, which will help create employment opportunities for 4,454 people. The 80th meeting of the State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) held under the...