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Small and medium-sized enterprises play a major role in our country’s economic growth. However, obtaining financing still remains one of the main challenges for them, with the interest rates charged by financial institutions being too high. In many cases, even if the SMEs do apply for loans, the main difficulty they face is a lack of collateral. It is to address this problem that Hardika Shah launched Kinara Capital back in 2011. The company provides no-property-collateral loans to small businesses in the manufacturing and trading sectors in India, thus empowering entrepreneurs in realizing their dreams.

Kinara Capital – An idea inspired by real-life struggles

Deepica Mutyala, a South Asian beauty entrepreneur, started her career in 2012 with Birchbox. She later created a YouTube video that showed how to cover dark under-eye circles with red lipstick in 2015. Deepica gained instant popularity after her viral video went viral and she was featured on "The Today Show" and "The Dr. Oz Show" for her beauty hack. Her viral hack was viewed over 10 million times.Deepica Mutyala Refinery29, Vogue New York Times, Vogue CNN, Marie Claire and other media outlets featured her work. Live Tinted, a digital community she founded in 2018, allows for the creation of a comprehensive skin-tone beauty line. It developed into a cross-cultural movement called #TintFam where beauty and cultural discussions led to product development.

Tribute to the former President of India and "Bharat Ratna" Dr. #APJAbdulKalam on his death anniversary.