Tag: Bill Gates
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World needs WHO now more than ever, says Bill Gates after US suspends funding
UN chief Antonio Guterres also condemned Donald Trump's remarks and said it is 'not the time to reduce the resources' of WHO.
April 15, 2020 -
Microsoft’s Bill Gates steps down to focus on philanthropy
Gates, 64, co-founded the company in 1975 with Paul Allen and build into the world’s largest software maker.
March 14, 2020 -
‘Deeply appreciate generosity’: Xi Jinping writes thank you note to Bill Gates for $100 million aid
Earlier this month the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation committed up to USD 100 million for the global response to the outbreak.
February 22, 2020 -
When famous college dropouts Smriti Irani and Bill Gates meet
Irani shared a picture with Gates on Instagram after the event and captioned it (in Hindi) 'Soch rahe hain padhai puri kari nahi, aage kya karein (We are thinking that as we haven't completed our degrees, what should be done next).'
November 19, 2019 -
Bezos regains top position as richest man in world
The e-commerce giant’s shares fell 7 per cent in after-hours trading on Thursday. After that Bezos was left at $103.9 billion.
October 26, 2019 -
Into the goodnight
It is critical for older people, especially those who can afford special options, to think of how they intend to spend their final days and specify, along with their will and estate plan, their preferred dispensation about the last phase of their life.
October 6, 2019 -
Steve Jobs was master at ‘casting spells’ on workers: Gates
'I was like a minor wizard because he would be casting spells, and I would see people mesmerized, but because I'm a minor wizard, the spells don't work on me.'
July 8, 2019 -
Poverty’s sick parade
“One billion people worldwide have come out of poverty since 2000,” asserts the just-released report, ‘The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Goalkeepers: The Stories Behind the Data, 2018’. China and India played a key role in the achievement, the report contends. Yes, that wouldn’t have been possible without factoring in the numbers in these two...
October 20, 2018 -
Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul Allen dies at 65
Allen's philanthropic work includes creating organisations such as the Allen Institute for Brain Science, along with the Institute for Artificial Intelligence and the Institute for Cell Science.
October 16, 2018 -
Trump’s ‘America First’ policy worries Bill, Melinda Gates
Microsoft Corporation co-founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda on Tuesday expressed their concern over US President Donald Trump’s “America First” philosophy in their annual letter to the world. “More broadly, the America First worldview concerns me. It’s not that the US shouldn’t look out for its people. The question is how best to do...
February 14, 2018 -
‘Toilet Ek Prem Katha’ director Shree Narayan Singh overwhelmed by Bill Gates’ praise
Shree Narayan Singh, the director of “Toilet Ek Prem Katha” cant stop marvelling at the impact his film has made. From Prime Minister Narendra Modi and now Bill Gates, the film has been noticed by the high and the mighty. Singh, who began his career with a small insignificant totally-forgotten film, “Yeh Jo Mohabbat Hai”,...
December 23, 2017 -
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates finds Akshay’s ‘Toilet: Ek Prem Katha’ inspirational
Akshay Kumar and Bhumi Pednekar’s starrer ‘Toilet: Ek Prem Katha’ not only made it big at the box office, but also seems to be inspiring a lot of people across the world. Latest to be inspired by the movie is none other than Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, who in a series of tweets said the movie...
December 20, 2017 -
Bill Gates to assist Uttar Pradesh in tackling child malnutrition
Microsoft co-founder and co-chair of the Gates Foundation, Bill Gates on Friday met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and expressed his willingness to tackle the issue of child malnutrition in the state. In a series of tweets, the UP CM’s office said: “Mr. Gates expressed his willingness to work on issue of strengthening Anganwadi...
November 17, 2017 -
Pakistan should learn from India
The Clean India initiative is one of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet projects. Launched three years ago, it seems to address one of India’s biggest problems — urban sanitation. One figure quoted by The Washington Post as the cost of poor sanitation in India was $106.5 billion in 2015 i.e. over five per cent...
November 17, 2017 -
Rajnath Singh seeks Bill Gates’ help in developing model villages
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday met Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, co-chair of the Gates Foundation, and requested him to initiate health awareness programmes in India and suggested that his foundation should also concentrate on developing model villages. Welcoming Gates, Singh also appreciated the various welfare works being undertaken by the Bill & Melinda...
November 16, 2017 -
The smartphone danger
Psychologists are quickly learning how dangerous smartphones can be for teenage brains. Research has found that an eighth-grader’s risk for depression jumps 27 per cent when he or she frequently uses social media. Kids who use their phones for at least three hours a day are much more likely to be suicidal. And recent research...
November 5, 2017 -
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos becomes richest person in the world
The uptick Amazon shares registered on Wall Street this Friday has directly affected the fortune of its founder, Jeff Bezos, who immediately replaced Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates as the richest person in the world. Two hours after the stock market opened on Friday, Amazon shares were up 11.9 per cent, on the first day since...
October 27, 2017