Bill Gates visits Bhubaneswar slum. What did the billionaire ask residents?Bill Gates visited a slum in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, engaging with residents and discussing the impact of government welfare initiatives. He a...
28 Feb, 2024, 12.51 PM IST
We wanted to harness the outpouring of generosity during Covid-19 and scale it: Atul Satija, CEO, GiveIndiaICRF worked across three key programs: Cash relief, humanitarian aid and addressing healthcare needs for frontline workers and hospitals. F...
22 Dec, 2020, 09.43 PM IST
GiveIndia supports 56 lakh Indians in response to the Covid-19 crisisFor the flagship mission — Support Covid-19 Hit Families — GiveIndia partnered with 250+ nonprofits across the country to help daily wagers...
17 Dec, 2020, 04.09 PM IST
The world should get a COVID-19 vaccine by early 2021, says Microsoft founder Bill Gates"I am optimistic that by early next year, of the six western constructs, probably three or four will have shown safety and efficacy, and fo...
24 Sep, 2020, 06.17 AM IST
Work from home culture to continue even after pandemic ends: Bill GatesBill Gates, who co-founded Microsoft and also the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, said he has not travelled for work this whole year.
23 Sep, 2020, 09.54 PM IST
Kya Bantai? 'Stay home, Stay safe', Gully Boys from Dharavi hip-hop to spread the messageThe progressive rap aims to bring the right message regarding Covid to people.
06 May, 2020, 11.07 AM IST
A trained pilot, philanthropist, startup investor: There's nothing Ratan Tata can't doOn his 82nd birthday, here a look at what makes him loved by millions of Indians.
28 Dec, 2019, 09.26 AM IST
Include safe sanitation issues in poll manifestos: ASCIAhead of the polls, ASCI has come out with several suggestions under 'Right to Safe Sanitation for All and At All Times'.
03 Apr, 2019, 05.25 PM IST
How Blippar's Ambarish Mitra went from living in Delhi's slum to founding a billion-dollar companyLiving in the slums, Mitra went door-to-door in the city selling magazine subscriptions by day. At night, he worked in a tea stall.
18 Aug, 2015, 01.10 PM IST
How one CEO went from a teenage runaway living in an Indian slum to founding a billion-dollar companyWith one IPO under his belt, Ambarish Mitra now has a billion-dollar augmented reality advertising company, Blippar.
18 Aug, 2015, 10.16 AM IST
Bill Gates was so addicted to Minesweeper, he used to sneak into a colleague's office after work to playIt was that his high score at the classic Windows game had just been topped by a computer script.
18 Aug, 2015, 09.54 AM IST
Poor excluded in Ahmedabad's urban development model: StudyThe abandonment of slum upgrading in favour of rehabilitation and resettlement of slum-dwellers has accentuated the exclusion of the urban ...
08 Jun, 2015, 11.55 AM IST
Row over clinical trial as 254 Indian women dieThe trial was for a cervical cancer screening method and the women who died were part of a control group kept without screening to study de...
21 Apr, 2014, 11.13 AM IST
OECD, rich G8 countries look to channel their funding into impact-investing projectsThe OECD and the rich G8 countries are therefore beginning to restructure their giving patterns from the aid kitty to align with impact inv...
18 Sep, 2012, 01.34 PM IST
- We want savings to be part of financial-inclusion agenda: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Bob Christen , director of the Financial Services for the Poor initiative at The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , told ET over telephone f...
17 Nov, 2010, 05.12 AM IST
- 'India is top priority for Gates Foundation'
Jeff Raikes, the man behind Microsoft Office software and one of the first 100 employees of the software giant, shifted gears in 2008 - fro...
01 Nov, 2010, 01.53 AM IST
- Bill Gates donates $10 million to South Africa
Software tycoon Bill Gates and his wife Melinda have donated $10-million for the improvement of the living conditions of the urban poor in ...
22 Nov, 2007, 05.41 PM IST