“Nobody in India should be credit starved,” says Shruti Aggarwal, co-founder of Stashfin, a neo banking startup, which focuses on small ticket size loans between Rs 1,000 and Rs 10 lakh essentially helping the un-banked or the underbanked take care of sudden unforeseen needs. With a total funding of $75 million, Stashfin is now making headlines.
Launched in 2016, it has raised funds from a host of investors across the globe including China based Tencent, Hong Kong headquartered Integrated Cap...
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Beautiful to look at as they don bright hues, the jumping spiders make a pretty sight yet there is one among them that despite being vividly colourful is unable to see and appreciate colour, according to an article in sciencedaiy.com
It was Nathan Morehouse, who along with the Cynthia Tedore-led international team of researchers found this jumping spider.
While Morehouse is an associate professor at the University of Cincinnati, Tedore is research associate from the University of Hamburg.
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Sri Lanka on Wednesday faced a severe crisis after it had to shut down the Kelanitissa Power Plant during the night due to the lack of diesel. The power plant generates 300 megawatts of electricity on a daily basis.
With a severe foreign exchange shortage that the country has been facing for the past many months, Sri Lanka has not been able to import oil. The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) could not supply diesel to the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), due to which the entire country is fa...
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The Afghanistan-Pakistan dispute over the Durand Line has taken centre- stage yet again. Facing prospects of high-octane street protests Pakistan's National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf has dropped his plans of leading a high-level inter-ministerial delegation to Kabul on January 18 for two-day talks on the Durand Line dispute and the humanitarian crisis exploding in Afghanistan!
In the last week of December 2021, videos showing Taliban fighters removing Pakistan’s border fencing appeared ...
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India handed over 1,000 houses to Tamils in Sri Lanka’s plantation areas on the occasion of Pongal. This is part of the 4,000 houses currently being built under a grant scheme from India.
Indian High Commissioner Gopal Baglay; Sri Lankan Minister of Youth and Sports Namal Rajapaksa and the Minister of State for Estate Housing and Community Infrastructure Jeevan Thondaman handed over the keys to the beneficiaries from the plantation community.
Baglay conveyed his greetings to the people on ...
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Top leaders of Serbia have severely criticised Australia's decision to deport World No. 1 men's tennis player Novak Djokovic for not being vaccinated against Covid-19.
Djokovic was deported from Australia as a court rejected his plea on Sunday to stay in the country to play in the Australian Open after the government canceled his visa.
The top player was detained by Australian immigration authorities on January 6 for not being vaccinated against Covid-19. A court-ordered his release on Jan...
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The World Health Organization approved two new treatments for curing Covid-19 patients on Friday as Omicron cases continued to surge worldwide.
WHO experts said arthritis drug baricitinib used with corticosteroids to treat severe or critical Covid patients led to better survival rates and reduced need for ventilators.
Experts also recommended synthetic antibody treatment drug Sotrovimab for people with non-serious Covid at highest risk of hospitalization, such as the elderly, people with i...
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