President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received a phone call today from Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. During the call, Gates extended his congratulations to on the occasion of Eid Al-Fitr, extending his wishes for the ongoing prosperity and progress of the UAE and its people. The President and […]
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Now Gautam Adani became the fourth richest person in the world, leaving Bill Gates behind
Gautam Adani, the head of the Adani Group, one of the world’s top billionaires, has come fourth in the race for wealth. According to Forbes’ list of Real Time Billionaires, Gautam Adani has replaced Bill Gates, the fourth richest person in the world. While Microsoft’s Bill Gates has slipped to […]
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Bill Gates tests positive for Covid-19 with mild symptoms
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Wednesday informed that he has contracted COVID-19 and quarantined at home. Taking to Twitter, the billionaire said that he is fully vaccinated and has access to testing and “great medical care.” “I’ve tested positive for COVID. I’m experiencing mild symptoms and am following the experts’ […]
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PM Modi meets Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on the sidelines of the COP26 meet in Glasgow on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, PM Modi met Nepali Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The Indian Prime Minister and his British counterpart Boris Johnson today launched […]
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Gates Foundation pledges additional $250 mn to deliver vaccines
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced it will commit an additional $250 million to strengthen global efforts to end the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic. This brings the foundation’s total funding to the Covid-19 response to $1.75 billion, with today’s $250 million representing the largest single pledge. This funding will support continued […]
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US FDA suspends Bill Gates-backed at-home Covid-19 testing program
An at-home coronavirus testing project in Seattle backed in part by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation said on Saturday it was working with U.S. regulators to resume the program after being suspended by the Food and Drug Administration. The Seattle Coronavirus Assessment Network (SCAN), which aims to monitor the […]
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Bihar CM Nitish Kumar meets Bill Gates, discusses state’s health and education sectors
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met American business magnate Bill Gates and briefly discussed about state’s health and education sector. The meeting took place on Sunday in Patna. Bill Gates is the co-founder of Microsoft. He is also a co-chair and trustee of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. In […]
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My wish is for India to get rid of malnutrition: Bill Gates
Identifying health as the pre-eminent challenge facing India, Bill Gates, the co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation said: “If there was one wish I had for India, it would be to get rid of malnutrition because that reduces the potential of those kids so dramatically and their ability […]
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Jeff Bezos loses world’s richest man title to Bill Gates
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has lost the title as the world’s richest man, paving the way for tenacious Bill Gates to grab the top spot after Amazon’s lacklustre Q3 results resulted in Bezos losing nearly $7 billion in stock value. Amazon shares fell 7 per cent in after-hours […]