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Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard whne he was just 19 to start Microsoft with Paul Allen in 1975.
The South African Federation of the Urban Poor on Thursday disclosed this in statement saying the money was donated by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The money would be directed through the Slum/Shack Dwellers International, which is based in South Africa.
The very, very rich were very, very generous this year.
The William and Flora Hewlett and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundations announced a $9.1 million grant for Pratham, a non-profit organisation, recently to help 60 million children in India get added help in basic math, reading and writing.
Warren E Buffet, dubbed as the planet's biggest philanthropist after he decided to give away 85 per cent of his wealth amounting to $37.4 billion to charity, said he does not believe in dynastic inheritance.
Most of Indian billionaires are shy of talking about the money they spend on charity.
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates on Friday had a private meeting with senior officials of his company in Chennai for about two hours.
Serum Institute already has two deals of 100 million each to supply the Oxford-AstraZeneca and the Novavax vaccine to Gavi-Covax at $3 per dose.
During a video conference, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation co-chair Bill Gates and Prime Minister Modi agreed that given India's willingness and capacity to contribute to global efforts, it was important for New Delhi to be included in the global discussions for coordinating responses to the pandemic.
In what is believed to be the largest charitable gift made in the US, the world's second richest man Warren Buffet plans to donate the bulk of his $44-billion fortune to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
They will jointly launch AIDS prevention programmes targeting the youth and high-risk groups.
Indian economist Kalpana Kochhar, who heads the Human Resources Department of the International Monetary Fund, is leaving the organisation to join the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the IMF announced on Wednesday. Kochhar, who served in various senior positions during her three decades at the IMF, will retire on July 30, it said.
Gates says he wants to spend more time on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
This is more than 25 per cent higher as compared to the same period of the previous year when the prime minister had 78 domestic engagements.
The chairman of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation expressed satisfaction at the Foundation's programmes in the state on AIDS.
We are certainly for digitisation. I do not have opinion about demonetisation. I still don't, says Bill Gates.
By January-February, it's expected to have at least 100 million doses for the Indian government, reports Sohini Das.
The students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas and other United States schools, Tim Cook, India's Indira Jaising and Mukesh Ambani. The names mentioned above have nothing in common... until now. They have all been named as Fortune's World's 50 Greatest Leaders. Here are some of the prominent names mentioned in the list.
American business tycoon and philanthropist Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on Friday announced an emergency relief fund of $700,000 for the flood victims of Jammu and Kashmir.
Bill Gates has revealed that the development of "next-generation" ultra-thin condoms to enhance sexual pleasure is in progress.
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As India launches the world's most ambitious and biggest vaccination drive against COVID-19, the country will encounter the formidable challenge of rapidly scaling up distribution of the vaccines to secure immunity for its entire population, two prominent Indian scientists at World Health Organisation have said.
The new malaria vaccine (RTS.S/ AS01, tentatively brand-named Mosquirix) is the very first one to offer immunity against a parasite -- specifically the plasmodium falciparum parasite, which is the deadliest of the five parasites that cause malaria.
Biocon CMD Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw has been named in the world's top 100 'effective and talented' people by US-based 'Scientific American' magazine.
We should be relieved that we got the doses but we must also know where they came from and who was and who was not responsible for this achievement, notes Aakar Patel.
Surprisingly, Jeff Bezos is the new entrant to the list and ends up holding the first position.
The Covishield maker's forte throughout the past half a century has been a combination of affordable vaccines and high volumes. Its tetanus, diphtheria and measles vaccines are known throughout the world, reports Sohini Das.
The grouping, which is called Co-Impact, has been set up with an initial corpus of $500 million and will focus providing healthcare, education, and economic opportunity to the underserved populus in developing countries.
The report said the global economy will lose $12 trillion or more by the end of 2021 despite spending of $18 trillion in trying to stimulate growth around the world.
Bill Gates discussed with the Indian leader the opportunity to design 21st century toilets that do not need big sewage systems and water treatment plants.
The institute expects to complete both, phase-2 and 3 trials in India by the end of this year.
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