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India to receive $630 million to fight polio

The international community, led by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has pledged over $630 million to fight polio in India over the next three years.Apart from the Gates Foundation, funds for......

Aravind Hospitals wins $1 m Gates Award

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has named non-profit Aravind Eye Care System in Tamil Nadu as the recipient of its 2008 $1 million Gates Award for Global Health, in recognition of its......

Bill Gates to help Bihar fight kala azar

As hundreds of people, mostly poor, suffer from the deadly kala azar ( black fever) in Bihar, the World Bank and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are eager to fund the kala azar control and......

William Gates meets Maharashtra chief minister

Chairman of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, William F Gates (Sr), who is on a three-day maiden visit to India to review the BMGF's project work on AIDS, on Friday met Maharashtra Chief Minister......

Gates foundation to help Maharashtra with AIDS

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with a corpus of over $2billion, is joining hands with Maharashtra to launch AIDS prevention programmes targeting the youth and high-risk groups.One of the......

Kerala firm gets Gates Foundation grant for 'e-toilet'

An Indian tech-firm has won a whopping grant of over $450,000 from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to set up eco-friendly and hygienic "eToilets", making public conveniences more accessible......

What is Bill Gates' ultimate dream?

After offering new age IT solutions to the world, Microsoft founder Bill Gates has now set his eyes on achieving his 'ultimate' dream - low cost toilets.Come August and he will host the world's......

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to sign MoU with UP govt

Assuring all help of the Melinda and Bill Gates Foundation, Microsoft founder Bill Gates on Wednesday told Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav that his organisation would soon sign a......

Bill Gates on what must be done to help the world's poor

Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, challenged global leaders in his fourth annual letter to invest in innovations that are accelerating progress against poverty, or risk a......

Amazing campus of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation campus in Seattle, Washington has secured LEED-NC Platinum certification from the US Green Building Council.Click NEXT to read more...For Rediff Realtime news on......

Bollywood for Dubai Film Fest

Several Indian film stars, including Naseeruddin Shah, Mithun Chakraborty and Rahul Bose, will walk the red carpet at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) from December 9 to 16. Veteran......

Mira Nair, Farhan Akhtar to make films on AIDS

Top moviemakers Mira Nair (centre), Farhan Akhtar, Santosh Sivan (left) and Vishal Bhardwaj (right) joined hands to make short but 'informative and entertaining' films on HIV-AIDS in a bid to......

Saif, Vidya to star in anti-AIDS film

Mira Nair, Kamal Hassan, Vishal Bhardwaj and Santosh Sivan will make four 12-minute films on AIDS for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Speaking to the NDTV Profit television channel, New......

Jackie Chan to donate half his wealth

After American business tycoon Warren Buffet-- the second-richest man in the world according to Forbes magazine --committed to donate 85 per cent of his wealth to the Bill and Melinda Gates......

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Q. What HOBBY or ACTIVITY that you not do now but think you might like when you retire?r
Hari Baskar: A. more

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Q. Why so much media attention for the costliest house in India built by Mukesh Ambani? Your views?
Hari Baskar: A. Antilla is the new house of Mukesh Ambani. This house break the record for most expensive house in the world. This is the first home in the world...... more

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Q. Relaince Mukesh Ambani\'s turnover had already crossed RS 50,000 Crores-Still he is hungry-What to do with so much of money-
Good Citizen: A. inspite of so much money they have earned from Indian society............bery less social service they r doing...............Bill gates has donated...... more

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Q. can you guess what will be dream of the most richest person in this world??
SriniVenkat: A. I need not guess....There are facts :-Bill Gates the richest man began to realize the expectations others had of him when public opinion mounted...... more

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Q. Billioners Bill Gates and Warren Buffet give billions of dollars for charities. But unfortunately that is not the case with the Indian billioners. Is it the main reason for the rising threat from maoists, naxalites, etc?
Jatin : A. Had a chance to very briefly associate with a project funded by Bill & Melinda Foundation. My company was doing some projects under this fund...... more

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