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PM pitches for corporate investment in agriculture

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“Agriculture is the backbone of rural economy. But we need to change the old ways of thinking,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said. “We need to think beyond partisan lines to hand-hold the farmer. The corporate world has no investment in agriculture beyond making tractors. There needs to be more investment in food processing, building warehouses, facilitating the movement from seed to the market. We need to have a futuristic vision for agriculture,” Modi said in his reply on the motion of thanks on the President’s address in the Lok Sabha…

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Coursera focuses on corporate training programmes for future growth

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So far, Coursera has partnered with Indian School of Business and is aspires to get IITs and IIMs on its platform. Mumbai: Global online education platform Coursera is focused on strengthening its enterprise business in India by partnering with more companies and educational institutions for its future growth, said a top company official. Last year, the US-based company launched Coursera for Business, under which it curates online courses for companies as part of its corporate training programmes. Globally, the programme is used by 100 companies. In India, some of its corporate…

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