"Getting the award in the year of Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary is personally significant for me. When 130 crore people take a pledge, any challenge can be overcome," the prime minister said.
Billionaire Bill Gates, in a 2019 interview, supported bringing back a regulation in the US to require the super-rich to pay a 55 per cent tax when they inherit their family fortune. Proponents of an inheritance or estate tax say it reduces inequality and creates a meritocratic society by chipping away at the enormous advantages the children of the wealthiest families enjoy by an accident of birth. Many large economies levy such a tax on their richest citizens; India does not.
On a mission to cool soaring bilateral tensions, United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday held extensive talks with his Chinese counterpart Qin Gang on a range of issues, including the Taiwan issue and the Ukraine war.
Berkshire Hathaway, a diversified financial insurance firm, is the flagship company of Buffett. The company said in regulatory filling that Buffett donated 428,688 class B shares of Berkshire to the Trust worth $1.25 billion.
Agarwal, a real estate developer, was arrested under sections 75 and 77 of the Juvenile Justice Act, while the others were booked for allegedly serving alcohol to an underage person.
Whenever you think of Microsoft, the only name that crosses one's mind is Bill Gates. But the tech behemoth was co-founded in 1975 by Gates and Paul Allen.
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According to StatCounter, a website that tracks what software is loaded on Internet-connected computers, more than 90 per cent of PCs in China -- now the world's biggest market -- are running pre-8 versions of Windows.
When it comes to history, even Bill Gates's enormous wealth isn't enough to put him on the top of the rank.
There are some who did not complete college, but went on to become successful businessmen.
Microsoft Corp is betting a mix of old and young blood will revive the aging technology pioneer, but new Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella may find it tough to push change with co-founder Bill Gates and former CEO Steve Ballmer breathing down his neck.
A cricket buff and poetry loving electrical engineer from Hyderabad Satya Nadella is the next occupant of the Microsoft corner office in Redmond from where Bill Gates built his software empire.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates tops list of the world's top 25 richest self-made billionaires.
Elon Musk is one of the world's most successful entrepreneurs.
Biden is not risking his reputation in a crucial election year, argues Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Forbes said this year's 1,226 billionaires are a record high, up one per cent from last year's total.
The chairman of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation expressed satisfaction at the Foundation's programmes in the state on AIDS.
When one thinks of technology, the first name that strikes us is that of Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
It is shameful that Governor Ravi has become a representative of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Raj Bhavan has turned into an office of the saffron party, he alleged.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday.
The cricketing extravaganza became a business opportunity for everyone, from five-star hotels to cafes to street vendors across the country on Sunday.
Wipro Chairman Azim Premji on Thursday came out strongly against the idea of formulating laws on mandatory spending by industry on corporate social responsibility.
The very, very rich were very, very generous this year.
These tech wizards transformed the IT sector with path breaking innovations.
Industrialist Mukesh Ambani remains India's richest person with a sharp surge of 30 per cent in his net worth to $26 billion.
Most of Indian billionaires are shy of talking about the money they spend on charity.
There is a new crop of ultra-rich who are giving a good part of their cash to philanthropic causes.
The net worth of India's richest man, Mukesh Ambani, dropped 28 per cent, or USD 300 million a day for two months to USD 48 billion as on March 31 due to the massive correction in stock markets, a report said on Monday. The chairman and managing director of the diversified Reliance Industries saw his wealth decline by USD 19 billion (app Rs 144,400 crores) in the February-March period, taking his global ranking down eight places to 17th, the Hurun Global Rich List said.
Tharoor questioned about the alleged hacking of phones using spyware Pegasus, to which the officials responded that the matter is subjudice.
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim remained the richest person in the world with $74 billion in assets, while NRI steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal ranked sixth and Indian industrialist Mukesh Ambani is placed ninth in the US magazine Forbes annual list of world's top billionaires.
The world's largest annual prize for international health honors extraordinary efforts to improve health in developing countries.
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Many have pledged billions of dollars to charity.
All for a good cause, the ice bucket challenge has become an internet sensation and raised over $23 million.
If all goes well, the money spent by companies for corporate social responsibility may increase in the days to come.
Microsoft, which is usually at the receiving end of patent suits, has filed an infringement case against Primax Electronics of Taiwan for using its mouse technology.
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