Gates Foundation

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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