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Salaam Bombay Foundation and YES BANK conduct Financial Literacy for BMC students on the occasion of World Youth Skills Day

Mumbai, July 15: On the occasion of World Youth Skills Day, Salaam Bombay Foundation’s skills@school program in partnership with YES Bank conducted a Financial Literacy field visit for over 200 children across 7 BMC schools. These children had the opportunity of visiting a YES BANK branch near their school and learning the basics of banking including …

India Stands to Lose More than $4.58 Trillion to Non-Communicable Diseases

New report from the World Economic Forum and Harvard School of Public Health finds that India stands to lose $4.58 trillion to non-communicable diseases, an amount more than double India’s annual GDP Five key interventions reduce incidence of the diseases, and potentially provide a 15% return on investment Key decision-makers from government, civil society and academia meet …