Gates was referring to the impact of the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals, especially about the goal to reduce child mortality.
Nine more wealthy families and individuals have pledged to give at least half of their fortunes to charity as part of a philanthropic campaign.
The richest 400 Americans are significantly richer in 2013 than they were last year and younger Americans are accumulating wealth at a faster clip than their baby boomer counterparts.
In his plea to Congress, Gates emphasizes science education.
Thiruvananthapuram-based Eram Scientific Solutions Private Limited was awarded the grant as part of the foundation's second round of 'Reinvent the Toilet Challenge' grants totalling nearly $3.4 million.
The government wants the AI Summit to give it an early start in becoming part of any global body setting policies for the emerging technology.
The predictions appear in the annual letter from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, chaired by the Microsoft Corp co-founder and former chief executive and his wife.
The Swachh Bharat Mission was launched in 2014 and its components include the construction of household toilets, community and public toilets and solid waste management.
The Indian software industry, which has a big exposure to the US market, has expressed its concerns over the comments by the US President. Some US companies, which outsource a number of their IT jobs to Indian companies, have launched a campaign against the new law that ends tax incentives to those firms which create jobs overseas.
Fifty of China's super-rich recently received an invitation to a banquet to be held on September 29.
In an interview, Ravi Venkatesan, chairman Microsoft Corporation India Pvt. Ltd, spoke to rediff.comabout Gates, his insatiable curiosity and indomitable courage to take risks.
The foundation is providing the money to The Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria through a promissory note, co-chair Bill Gates said.
Rajinikanth's older daughter Aishwaryaa gave us a little preview of her parents' visit to Jamnagar for the pre-wedding celebrations of Radhika Merchant and Anant Ambani.
'The quality of justice is directly linked to the quality of judges -- if that suffers, justice delivery suffers.'
As Gates plans his transition, Ray Ozzie (founder of Lotus Notes and Groove Virtual Office) has assumed the position of chief software architect and Craig Mundie has taken the new title of chief research and strategy officer.
Bill Gates is said to be considering investing personal assets worth several hundreds of billions of yen in developing the new type of reactor.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation campus in Seattle, Washington has secured LEED-NC Platinum certification from the US Green Building Council.
Bill Gates, who is on a five university tour talking to students about the work done by his philanthropic organisation Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, said he later completed a few degrees through online courses.
Bill Gates, chief architect of Microsoft Corporation, is expected to boost his company's investment plans in the country besides giving a fillip to its R&D activities.
Gates owns about 4.5 per cent of the $277 billion company and is its largest individual shareholder.
'If the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation cuts funds, there could be more impact.'
What was Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's objective behind arranging a day-long visit by high profile industrial tycoon Bill Gates to Rae Bareli and Amethi, on Tuesday?
Software czar Bill Gates, legendary investor Warren Buffett and Apple's Steve Jobs, all known for their business acumen, have been named among the 20 best American CEOs of all time.
"The group expressed belief that philanthropy and social service are integral to the development of any society. The meeting was focused on sharing ideas on philanthropy and not about any pledges. It discussed social work in areas like education, health, water and agriculture," stated the Azim Premji Foundation, the not-for-profit organisation run by Premji.
A few months after his U-19 World Cup heroics, three senior journalists sought his cellphone number, which he readily provided -- only, he gave three different, but similar, numbers to the three of them!
Both factions of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind (Arshad Madani and Mahmood Madani) slammed the Bill and expressed grave concerns over the proposed legislation.
Bill Gates, a frequent visitor to India, had a firsthand experience of this variety of rice when he visited the country last year.
A world without tobacco 'is a world in which people live longer and have happier lives,' Bloomberg, New York Mayor who has a fortune of $16 billion, said at a joint press conference with the Microsoft founder Gates. They said the money would go to anti-smoking groups working with governments to curb the consumption of tobacco and related products, including World Health Organisation and Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates wants to become Toyota's chief Formula One sponsor.
British Prime Minister David Cameron told the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation, a donors conference in London, that the new funding arrangement would help 'vaccinate more than 80 million children against diseases such as pneumonia and diarrhoea.'
French information technology (IT) and consulting services major Capgemini on Monday said it would acquire Mumbai-headquartered WNS for $3.3 billion in cash. This could be one of the largest merger & acquisition deals in the IT services and business process management sector.
'He has been one of the clearest thinkers in the history of business.'
For years, the true nerds of Silicon Valley have obsessed about Bill Gates. They damned Microsoft as an evil empire and proclaimed Gates its Darth Vader. His products? Technically inferior and chronically behind schedule. His company? An evil monopoly bent on world domination and the suppression of truly great software.
The founder of KIIT, Achyuta Samanta, and other top officials of the private engineering college were questioned by a government committee about the alleged suicide of a Nepalese girl in her hostel and the assault on students of her country. The incident sparked outrage in the Odisha Assembly, with opposition members demanding a judicial inquiry. Samanta was questioned for two hours, along with the institute's Vice-Chancellor, Registrar, Dean, and two suspended women officials. The committee is investigating the circumstances surrounding the student's suicide, the alleged high-handedness of the institute's administration, and the decision to suspend specific students and shut down the institute for them. The Odisha government has assured Nepalese students that it will cover their travel expenses, arrange remedial classes, and reschedule their mid-semester examinations if necessary.
Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die on Friday amid protests by opposition and treasury benches over the alleged insult to Dr B R Ambedkar and directions by Speaker Om Birla to members against holding demonstrations at any gate of Parliament.
