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Adapting to changing climate has financial returns for countries investing in it
Raghumurtugudde •Agricultural and labor productivity along with GDPs will fall by significant amounts if global warming continues unabated.
Narendra Modi to receive award from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan
•Narendra Modi will receive an award from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan from during his visit to the United States later this month.
India saw major reduction in HIV infections over past 7 years, says UNAIDS report; AIDS-related deaths down from 160,000 to 69,000
•An UNAIDS report said that India has seen a major reduction in HIV infections, AIDS-related deaths between 2010 and 2017
Warren Buffett makes largest contribution, donates $3.4 billion to Bill Gates' and family charities
•Warren Buffett still owns roughly one-sixth of Berkshire, the Omaha, Nebraska-based conglomerate he has run since 1965, despite giving away 43 percent of the shares he owned in 2006.
After Walmart-Flipkart deal, Amazon to shift to overdrive; will it hire Infosys' Ravi Venkatesan?
Fp Staff •Venkatesan is in multiple talks with Amazon, the report said quoting sources, adding that he could join the e-commerce giant as either a board member, chairman or a senior advisor in India.
Nasscom to train girls to use technology to address gender equality issues and avail government services
Ians •The project will be run by the Indian Public Library Movement, a Nasscom Foundation's initiative in collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Warren Buffett makes largest donation, gives away $3.17 billion to Gates charity, four others
•The billionaire investor's 12th annual donation to the five charities comprised 18.63 million Class "B" shares of Berkshire, valued at $170.25 each as of Monday's market close.
5 Indian-Americans among the richest in US; Bill Gates tops list 23rd time: Forbes
•Symphony Technology founder Romesh Wadhwani, co-founders of outsourcing firm Syntel Bharat and Neerja Desai, airline veteran Rakesh Gangwal, entrepreneur John Kapoor and Silicon Valley angel investor Kavitark Ram Shriram have featured in Forbes' 'The Richest People In America 2016' list.
Buffett's charity scorecard: Add another $1.5 bn to it
Fp Editors •He started it all with a mission. And the mission is to make the world a better place to live in by empowering the have-nots. Thursday was yet another day when he lived up to his promise.<br /><br /> <br /><br />
Gates Foundation announces $7 lakh for J&K flood relief
Fp Archives •Jammu and Kashmir had faced its worst floods since India's Independence.