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Coronavirus Outbreak: Gates Foundation to give $150 million more to combat COVID-19 globally
•The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced an additional $150 million of grant for the global fight against the deadly coronavirus, raising its total funding to more than $250 million
Bill, Melinda Gates to honour Narendra Modi for sanitation initiative 'Swachh Bharat Mission' aimed at improving access to toilet
•Bill and Melinda Gates aren't backing down from honouring India Prime Minister Narendra Modi despite concerns about human rights abuses in the disputed Kashmir region
World Health Day 2019: Maternal & child health are priority areas for AI in India
Arvind Kasaragod •AI can go a long way in helping India attain a crucial sustainable development goal in health care.
Gates Annual Letter discusses women empowerment, DNA kits, next-gen toilets and more
Tech2 News Staff •For the 2019 annual letter, Bill and Melinda Gates discuss nine surprising things they didn't see coming in 2018.
India has 97% children enrolled in school, but teaching them basic skills is the next challenge: Report
Sunaina Kumar •In 2000, when the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan was launched in India, almost one in five children, was not enrolled in primary school.
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.
Billionaire Warren Buffett just donated a record $2.8bn to Gates, family charities
Fp Archives •Warren Buffett on Monday donated about $2.84 billion of Berkshire Hathaway stock to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and four family charities, as part of the billionaire's plan to give away nearly all of his wealth.
Modi govt clarifies on Gates Foundation, says NGO is not under scanner
Fp Staff •Government on Wednesday dismissed reports suggesting that the Home Ministry was looking into the funding of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
No polio, hunger-free Africa: Gates Foundation says lives of poor will improve in the next 15 yrs
Fp Archives •The $42 billion Gates Foundation says the lives of poor people around the world will improve more over the next 15 years "than at any time in history."
Indian co wins $100,000 Gates grant for condom innovation
Fp Staff •Lakshminarayanan Ragupathy of HLL Lifecare in Thiruvananthapuram and his team are up against six researchers from the US, two from the UK and one each from South Africa and Australia