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Indians working from offices have better mental health than those working from home: StudyA global study highlights that for mental wellbeing, good workplace relationships and a sense of pride in work are more crucial than worklo...
Consumption of chips, chocolates and cold drink could increase depression, sadness: StudyA global study conducted by Sapiens Labs found a strong correlation between the consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and a decline i...
Young adults who are addicted to smartphones suffer more from stress & suicidal thoughts: StudyThe study, titled ‘Age of first smartphone and mental wellbeing outcome’, was conducted in over 40 countries and included over 27,969 adult...
Smartphones can hamper mental well-being of young adultsAccording to a report by Sapien Labs, the growth of smartphone use and an increase in social isolation point to a decline in the mental hea...
CreditAccess Grameen to acquire Madura MicrofinanceThe transaction is subject to the approval of Reserve Bank of India, the Securities and Exchange Board of India and other regulators.
Race intensifies for Madura MicrofinSources said that Madura had a few other suitors including a mid-sized MFI.
More suitors join race to acquire Madura MicrofinanceMadura Microfinance was founded by late banker-turned-entrepreneur KM Thiagarajan and is now run by his non-resident Indian, neuro scientis...
Federal Bank looks to acquire Madura MicrofinanceThe deal is expected to be partly in share-swap, and partly in cash for the micro lender backed by private equity firm Elevar Equity Maurit...
In US one-third of small businesses fail within first three yearsOne study estimates that 46% of these failures are due to incompetence that stems from poor planning, lack of record keeping, little knowle...
If markets don't work for everyone, we will be compromising the trajectory of India's growth: Ramesh Ramanathan, Chairman of Janalakshmi Social ServicesRamanathan, who is curating this series on making markets work for the poor, speaks to ET about the need for a sustained debate on whether ...
- Microfinance: Time to move towards financial inclusion
Small may be beautiful, but it is also limiting. Truly effective markets will enable micro enterprises to thrive and set them on the path t...
- It is time for second generation of financial services
There is need to organise poor primary producers and aggregate their small surpluses to make them efficient. Promoting social businesses is...
Economic reforms confined to the corporate sector onlyPoverty is concentrated in the informal sectors of the Indian economy, with people in these occupations amongst the worst affected.
- Madura Micro Finance aims to turn SHG women into corporate ladies
Madura Micro Finance to scale operations via new initiatives motivating more women to join the stream through a feature film based on the t...
- 'Entrepreneurship is not about creating wealth alone but fostering values'
There is no dearth of entrepreneurship in the country given its vast human capital and talented minds. In fact, the robust growth, which In...