Here are two stories from Microcapital.org on the MFI space in India:

• SKS Microfinance Partners with State Bank of India (SBI), State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH) and State Bank of Mysore (SBM) to Integrate 600 Branches
• Small Industries Development Bank of India…

India is represented strong in the list of participants from the 2009 Global Social Benefit Incubator, which is a program led by SocialEdge and Santa Clara University that “assists social benefit entrepreneurs in developing business plans that enable their organizations…

Indians have a much higher pre-disposition for heart disease, and are genetically three times more vulnerable to a heart attack as compared to people living in many Western nations. While cardiovascular medicine has made great strides in the last few…

Top posts from the past week:

1. Prerna talked about the flourishing gay-lesbian scene in Bangalore
2. She also touched on a new venture using rice husks for renewable energy
3. Shital highlighted a few activities in India around World Environment Day

Reaching into the archives:

Vinay’s op-ed on…

While the government of India wrestles with its official stance on homosexuality, the gay-lesbian scene in Bangalore is flourishing. Just last week,

The Delhi high court directed the Union government to figure out its stance on homosexuality; the ministry of home…