'We Indians are Guinea Pigs?': Bill Gates faces backlash over his ‘laboratory' remark on India

Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder, faced backlash on social media after referring to India as "a kind of laboratory to try things" in a podcast with Reid Hoffman. His comments, aimed at highlighting India's progress, revived controversy over a 2009 Gates Foundation-funded clinical trial that killed seven tribal schoolgirls. Critics expressed outrage online, with some accusing Gates of viewing Indians as experimental subjects.
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