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'Unlikely Modi will take another swing at Pak'

'It seems likely that the February 2019 crisis is over.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi launches a Kalashnikov rifles manufacturing facility in Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, March 3,......

The Power of Assured Indian Innovation

Can we make high speed 4G Internet available at 10 cents per GB, and make all voice calls free of cost -- that too in a large and diverse country like India? Can we make high-quality but simple......

3 Americans win Nobel medicine prize for work on biological clocks

The Nobel prize in physiology or medicine for 2017 has been awarded to the American trio of Jeffrey C Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W Young for “for their discoveries of molecular......

Giant inflatable ballerina takes over New York's Rockefeller Center

There’s a dancer currently kicking up a storm at the Rockefeller Center Plaza in New York. IMAGE: The 45-foot tall nylon sculpture is based on a porcelain figurine of a ballerina in a......

The 2 Raj Shahs America is talking about

One Raj Shah has been the top Indian American in the Obama administration, points out Monali Sarkar, the other Raj Shah is poised to play a key role in the Trump administration. IMAGE: Dr Rajiv......

Tata Power inks pact with Rockefeller Foundation to light up Bharat

Tata Power will target 10,000 micro grids across India, for which it has formed a company, TP Renewable Microgrid. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Tata Power announced a new business in......

How to provide 24x7 electricity for all Indians by 2027

'The 24x7 power for all vision is inspiring, because as we've so often seen, where India leads, the world follows,' says Rajiv J Shah, President, The Rockefeller Foundation.Illustration: Dominic......

Nandan and Rohini Nilekani join Gates-led philanthropic group

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......

How Jack Ma grew from 'shrimp' to whale

Often described as the Rockefeller of his age, the 51-year-old Jack Ma, who started life as an English teacher, is courted by business tycoons, political leaders and Hollywood stars. This is not......

How solar power is lighting up 1,000 remote villages

Around 80 mn rural households are estimated to have no access to grid power. Off-grid decentralised systems, based on renewable energy, are lighting up around 1,000 villages through government......

Vidhu Vinod Chopra: 'James Cameron raved about my film'

'He asked me, "How can you do it Vinod? How did you come out of your comfort zone?"' 'When Jennifer Lawrence won over the older woman, I lost respect for the Oscars.' Vidhu Vinod Chopra takes......

Rushdie & Padma Lakshmi doing fine

No thanks, we're fine. Novelist Salman Rushdie and his wife Padma Lakshmi might not have said it out loud in as many words, but they clearly seemed to be giving the media a message.There has been......

'Truly blessed' Andreescu getting used to celebrity status

IMAGE: US Open champion, Canada's Bianca Andreescu at the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. Photograph: Kind courtesy, Bianca Andreescu/Twitter Canadian teenager Bianca Andreescu, who upstaged......

From visualisation to reality, Canada toasts 'Queen B'

The 19-year-old's triumph, which came in her US Open main draw debut and against the undisputed queen of the sport, was the latest step in a meteoric rise for Bianca Andreescu and it dominated......

Tiger Woods is now Hero's global brand ambassador

India's two-wheeler giant, the Hero Group, has signed American golf legend Tiger Woods as its brand ambassador in a four-year deal that targetscapturing new markets in North America and......

Players need to rethink pay: NBA chief Stern

NBA Commissioner David Stern is not in a giving mood these days despite having an office that overlooks the holiday-season revelry of glittery Fifth Avenue. Stern figures he has given enough over......

Sameer Ahuja helms Sports Museum of America

When New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg formally inaugurated the Sports Museum of America May 7, Sameer Ahuja saw a dream transform into vibrant reality. The nation's first and only interactive,......

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Piramal, Rockefeller Foundation join hands to improve health in India#39;s tribal districts

..the partnership aims to set a global example by leveraging digital technology to reduce preventable deaths amongst mothers and children living in... ...

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Christmas arrives in NYC with lighting of Rockefeller Center tree

Thu, Dec 5 2019 01:45:28 PM New York, Dec 5 (IANS): Christmas arrived in New York with the lighting of the world's most famous Christmas tree, the... ...

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Rajiv J Shah, President, Rockefeller Foundation

The foundation, active in India since 1913, has now partnered with Tata Power to install mini grids to supply power to more than 10,000 villages.... ...

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/interviews/we-need-inclusive-capitalism-that-can-help-vulnerable-people-rajiv-j-shah-president-rockefeller-foundation/articleshow/72200487.cms

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