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Michael Bloomberg tops the list of America's biggest donors for the second year in a rowFormer New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg donated $3.7 billion to various causes in 2024, leading the Philanthropy 50 list for the secon...
Michael Bloomberg outlines succession plan for media empireMichael Bloomberg co-founded Bloomberg LP in 1981, and as a philanthropist has donated millions of dollars towards his campaign aiming to s...
Bengaluru honoured with $150,000 global award for tobacco control effortsBengaluru was honoured on Wednesday with the 2023 Partnership for Healthy Cities Award, along with Montevideo in Uruguay; Mexico City, Mexi...
Michael Bloomberg turns the dial on Indian health policy
For the love of art: Nita Ambani becomes first Indian trustee of New York's Metropolitan MuseumThis year's Met Gala was attended by Isha, the daughter of Asia’s richest man -Mukesh Ambani.
West Bengal govt plans to switch to electric mode in public transportation in Kolkata by 2030It would bring down per annum carbon dioxide emission by 7,82,560 tonnes. All these e-buses will replace old polluting buses. The shift wil...
Four international agencies to help India tackle toxic air in 102 citiesIndia has sealed a deal with four global agencies, including the World Bank and German development agency (GIZ), to build capacities of all...
Government approves MoU with Bloomberg Philanthropies on Smart CityThe proposal under the Smart Cities Mission seeks to facilitate creation of quality urban infrastructure that will lead to improvement in t...
Smart cities plan gets rolling: Bloomberg Philanthropies to help govt pick city listThe cities chosen to be revamped under the mission will be provided financing under the government’s ambitious 100 Smart Cities plan.
Bloomberg Philanthropies to launch website on Smart CityBloomberg Philanthropies will design and launch a website to involve citizens, urban local bodies and other concerned for the 'Smart City' ...
India can dip into Bloomberg-Gates fund if tobacco litigation loomsSince the past few years, countries like Uruguay have been defending lawsuits from the tobacco industry at the World Trade Organisation
We are at a global turning point in road safety: Kelly Henning, Bloomberg PhilanthropiesKelly Henning, who heads public health programmes at Bloomberg Philanthropies, tells about the impact of its work in India and how an effic...
PM Narendra Modi is a very smart and tough leader: Michael Bloomberg'You look at PM Modi and you think that you are the only one in the room. That's very important because that is how you get people to work ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies team, Urban Development Ministry officials discuss smart city schemeThe discussions focused on the criteria for selection of cities to be developed under the scheme, its components, essential reforms require...
Smart Cities: UN envoy Michael Bloomberg meets PM Narendra Modi, Venkaiah Naidu, to help India in projectAccording to an official, they took note of the fact that while in India the central government is more pro-active in urban sector, it is t...
Michael Bloomberg's India visit to focus on smart cities project and preserving environmentFocus of these meetings in the Capital would also be on discussing the impact that cities and the private sector can have on preserving env...
London Mayor Boris Johnson rattles city's richLondon Mayor Boris Johnson launched an extraordinary attack against Britain’s super-rich, saying they ignored philanthropy in favour of buy...