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Anand Mahindra offers help to 80-year-old who plays his 40-year-old broken violin on the pavement dailyMahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra has pledged support to an 80-year-old violinist, Bhagwan Mallick, whose poignant video went viral. M...
Her husband died, then 2 sons, & then brother, all within 7 years; yet Odisha’s tribal daughter, once renamed by her schoolteacher, fought through grief to rise to India’s highest officePresident Droupadi Murmu's journey from a remote village in Odisha to India's highest constitutional office is a remarkable story of resili...
Meet Michael Dell, who dropped out of college to build a tech empire and later donated over $1 billion to his alma materMichael Dell, who left the University of Texas at Austin to build his tech empire, has now donated over $1 billion to the institution. His ...
Texas big medical boost: Nvidia billionaire Tench Coxe, wife Simone donate $100 million to UT Austin healthcare projectNvidia board member Tench Coxe and his wife Simone Coxe have donated $100 million for a new medical center in Austin, Texas. This significa...
Indian-American couple gives $5.5 million for healthcare infra in USBrij and Sunita Agarwal have gifted USD 5.5 million to expand medical services in Houston. This significant donation will enhance clinical ...
An Indian-American NC State commencement speaker just paid off every senior's final-year student loansAnil Kochhar surprised graduates at NC State Wilson College of Textiles by paying off all their student loans. This generous gift offers gr...
Quote of the day by John D Rockefeller: 'If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than...' Life lessons on success, hard work and human nature by American industrialist and philanthropistQuote of the day by John D Rockefeller talks about taking new paths to achieve success instead of following accepted methods. The quote exp...
From uncle's loan in 1977 to $36.8 billion today: The story of a quiet African titan reshaping global energy from LagosAliko Dangote is widely regarded as Africa’s richest businessman and one of the most influential industrialists in the world. His journey b...
Nirmal Narvekar, Harvard’s $57 billion Indian-American money manager, bows outNirmal Narvekar, the Indian-American financier behind Harvard University's massive endowment, is set to retire in 2027. His tenure saw a si...
How China is helping Cuba survive crippling blackouts as years of US sanctions leave the country with ‘absolutely no fuel’Cuba faces a severe energy crisis with widespread blackouts. China is significantly boosting Cuba's solar power infrastructure. Imports of ...
Nvidia CEO's foundation buys $108 million of AI computing from CoreWeave, donates it to researchersNvidia CEO Jensen Huang and his wife are donating $108.3 million in computing time from CoreWeave to universities for AI research. This sig...
MacKenzie Scott has donated more than $19 billion since her divorce. Who is she?MacKenzie Scott has donated $80 million to Howard University, one of the largest gifts in its history, underscoring her commitment to diver...
Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife Mackenzie Scott donates $80 million to Howard University - one of the largest in school’s 158-year history; Check out her net worth despite donating $19 billion since her 2019 divorceMacKenzie Scott has donated $80 million to Howard University, a significant contribution aimed at promoting racial equity and strengthening...
Nike’s Phil Knight shocks nation with $2 billion donation to Oregon Cancer Center — largest everNike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife Penny donated $2 billion to the Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health & Science University. Thi...
Ashoka University gets ₹250 cr grant from Harish & Bina Shah FoundationThe grant takes the total commitments received by the private university in the National Capital Region to ₹2,606 crore. It will be deploye...
Jeff Bezos's $10 bn donation to fight climate change tops list of richest charitable gifts in 2020Bezos's 'real-time' net worth is around $188 bn, as estimated by Forbes.
Sanjay Shah, the man who bought Trump Tower in Chicago, donates $5 mn to Lehigh UniversityThe Indian-American CEO of Vistex had completed his MBA from the university 25 years ago.
TCS gifts Carnegie Mellon $35 million for new facility, scholarshipsTata Consultancy Services, India’s largest IT services provider, gave US University Carnegie Mellon $35 million to fund a new facility and ...
Largest philanthropic donation of 2014: Warren Buffet gives $2.1 billion to Gates FoundationAccording to global wealth intelligence and prospecting company Wealth-X, Buffet topped the list of the 10 biggest single charitable donors...
Indian-American couple gifts $12 mn to University of DallasIn 1981, Satish Gupta founded SB International Inc., a privately-held global steel company headquartered in Dallas.