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Shikho, an edtech startup focused on Bangladesh’s students, gets $1.3M seed

In Bangladesh, students often rely on after school learning centers for study help or test preparation, but many of the best ones are concentrated in major cities. Edtech startup Shikho was created to

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Swyft raises $17.5 million to bring same-day delivery to all the retailers that aren’t Amazon

Thanks to major players like Amazon and Walmart, we’ve become accustomed to next- or same-day delivery. But the pandemic has also renewed our interest in buying from smaller businesses and retai

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War on love? India's 'love jihad' legislation

/Reuters Jihad in love?"Love jihad is a calculated agenda of invasion on the demographics," said Alok Kumar, central working president of the Vishva Hindu Prishad (VHP), at the launch of the "

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COVID-19 conundrum in Pakistan: To control virus or ignore poverty?

The coronavirus is spreading in Pakistan at one of the fastest rates in the world, and overwhelmed hospitals are turning away patients. But the government is pushing ahead with opening up the country