Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation

“The Women in the Digital Economy Fund (WiDEF) is a historic step for global collaboration to achieve the G20 commitment to close the gender digital divide by 2030 and Reliance Foundation is proud to come on board as a Global Anchor Partner,” said Isha Ambani, Director, Reliance Foundation.

'Microsoft was everything': Bill Gates reveals how he changed careers after retirement

Bill Gates said, 'I was lucky enough that as other people took over Microsoft, I got to go and...'

Poor air quality hits cognitive development in children under 2 years, shows new study 

The study is the first to demonstrate an association between poor air quality and cognitive problems in infants under two years of age, when brain growth is at its peak. 

Hospital oxygen plants not enough, India needs national medical oxygen grid: Report

The report backed by the US AID for International Development and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation bats for a reliable national oxygen grid with multiple generation and storage components, and a network for a smooth flow from surplus to deficit areas.

Bill Gates gave away another $6 billion in bid to get off world’s richest people list

Bill Gates gave away shares worth $6 billion this week in his bid to get off the list of world’s richest people.

Bill Gates congratulates PM Modi as India crosses 200 crore Covid vaccinations

"Congratulations Narendra Modi for yet another milestone of administering #200crorevaccinations," wrote Bill Gates on Twitter.

Bill Gates' thank you tweet for Warren Buffett after $36 billion in donations since 2006

Bill Gates thanked Warren Buffett for the donation, and his many years of friendship, in a Twitter post.

Melinda French Gates will no longer give bulk of her wealth to Gates Foundation: report

Melinda French Gates and Bill Gates had encouraged the rich to sign their Giving Pledge initiative to donate their wealth to charitable causes.

What the Gates divorce means for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

After the news on May 3, grant recipients and staff members alike wondered what would happen. But, the message from the headquarters in Seattle was clear: Bill and Melinda Gates may be splitting up, but the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation isn’t going anywhere.

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: Glimpse of the power-couple’s philanthropic work in India

Bill Gates and his wife Melinda announced that they were divorcing after 27 years of marriage. Here’s a quick look at their philanthropic work in India.

Bill and Melinda Gates Divorce | Melinda Ann French: From tech executive to philanthropic champion

Over the years, Melinda Gates has increasingly built her profile as a champion of women and girls.

Bill and Melinda Gates' divorce evokes comparison with that of Jeff Bezos, MacKenzie Scott

Announcement of Bill and Melinda Gates' divorce evoked comparison with that of Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Scott, another high-profile Seattle-area billionaire couple to part ways in recent years.

Melinda and Bill Gates are divorcing after 27 years of marriage

The couple run the US-based Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the most influential private foundations in the world, with an endowment worth nearly $50 billion.

Bill Gates, the virus and the quest to vaccinate the world

If the initiative, aided by Bill Gates’ fortune and focus, manages to help protect the world’s poor from a virus that has already killed more than 1.3 million people, it will affirm the strategies he has promoted in his philanthropic work.

Rich countries have cornered 51% of future COVID-19 vaccine supply: Oxfam

Supply deals have already been agreed for 5.303 billion doses, of which 2.728 billion (51 percent) have been bought by developed countries including the UK, US, Australia, Hong Kong & Macau, Japan, Switzerland and Israel, as well as the European Union

COVID-19 vaccine: Serum Institute ties up with Gates Foundation, Gavi for 10 crore doses at Rs 225 each in India

For this, the Gates Foundation will provide an at-risk funding of $150 million to GAVI, with the pricing capped at a maximum of $3 per dose.

Piramal partners with Gates Foundation to improve health in India's tribal districts

The new collaborative will focus on improving health and nutrition in high-burden and tribal districts, in support of the Government of India's work to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 by 2030.

PM Modi calls 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' people's movement upon receiving Global Goalkeeper Award from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Netizens were touched by Modi's gesture of dedicating the award to 130 crore Indians and dubbing it a people's movement

PM Modi receives 'Global Goalkeeper' award for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

PM Narendra Modi dedicated the award to those who transformed the Swachh Bharat campaign into a "people's movement"

We need to talk about our bodies: 22-year-old Naga girl chosen by Gates Foundation to become 'family planning leader'

Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphio Rio also congratulated Nyekha for her feat

PM Modi to be honoured by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for Swachch Bharat Abhiyan

The minister of state in the Prime Minister's Office said the award will be given to PM Modi when he visits the United States this month

Big food companies keen on food fortification: FSSAI

Big food companies like Cargill, Future group and Tata Global Beverages have shown interest in launching fortified food items to fight malnutrition, a top official of food safety regulator FSSAI today said.

SJM calls for ban on Bill and Melinda Gates foundation

The organisation believes the Gates foundation is not doing philanthropy but instead is serving the interest of big corporate houses.

Raising global fund for cheap, clean energy: Melinda Gates

According to gates, every company needs to have a strong family leave policy which will help address the issue of redistribution of certain household work like caring for children and the elderly. Not just women, but men too should be encouraged to take leave to spend time with their children.

Bill Gates says Zika response better than for Ebola

The world's wealthiest foundation, chaired by the Microsoft Corp co-founder and his wife, has helped make great strides against diseases among the world's poorest nations. It distributed grants of nearly USD 4 billion in 2014 and had USD 43.5 billion at the end of 2014, according to latest available figures.