Tag: Bill Gates
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‘India looking to offer innovations at global level’
India is now looking for new ideas which could be useful to other developing countries as well, a senior Indian official has said, asserting that the country is taking steps to have such an ecosystem. Renu Swarup, Senior Advisor, DBT and Managing Director, Biotechnology Industrial Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) said that India is formulating policies...
October 8, 2017 -
What Satya Nadella’s first book ‘Hit Refresh’ will unravel
India-born Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s first book Hit Refresh will give an account of his personal journey so far, the company’s ongoing transformation, and the coming wave of technological and economic change. Set to hit the stands on September 26, Nadella has penned the book — which carries a foreword by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates –...
September 8, 2017 -
Amazon founder overtakes Bill Gates to become world’s richest man
A rally in e-retail behemoth Amazons share price on Thursday propelled founder Jeff Bezos to the top of a list of the worlds richest individuals, media reported. Bezos, who is also Chairman and Chief Executive of the Seattle-based company, was worth almost $91 billion after Amazon's share price rose more than 1 per cent in...
July 27, 2017 -
An innovative venture
From Bill Gates to Sachin Tendulkar, people who have become some of the most iconic figures have achieved because of their strong vision, resilience and courage. In keeping with the same spirit, Droom, India’s pioneering online automobile transactional marketplace has now become the title sponsor for MTV Dropout —the country’s first startup reality show that...
May 4, 2017 -
Billionaire Gates meets with Trump to talk foreign aid
Tech billionaire Bill Gates is meeting with President Donald Trump to discuss progress in programs for global health and development as well as domestic education. Gates, who as the co-founder of Microsoft is the world's wealthiest man, will highlight the "indispensable role that the United States has played in achieving these gains," his foundation said...
March 20, 2017 -
Tax those ‘thieves’
Finding similarities in the thinking of hard-boiled businessman Donald Trump and entrepreneur-philanthropist Bill Gates would not be easy, but in their own different ways they do make common cause in protecting American jobs. The “fixer” in the White House seeks to use American muscle in all possible ways against those who “steal” jobs and have...
February 25, 2017 -
Bill Gates opens account on China’s WeChat
American billionaire Bill Gates has become a rage in China after he opened an account on Chinese messaging application WeChat and greeted his followers in Mandarin, the media reported on Tuesday. WeChat is the most widely used messaging application in China and has more than 800 million users, Efe news reported. In a one-minute video...
February 14, 2017 -
Bill Gates invests $140 million in HIV cure
Microsoft founder Bill Gates' charity foundation has invested $140 million in the development of HIV-preventing drug implants that could revolutionise the treatment of the life-threatening infection. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is providing this funding for the groundbreaking new technology which could revolutionise HIV prevention. Currently prevention drugs are available in the form of...
January 4, 2017