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View: What Bill Gates gets wrong about fossil fuels

Gates’s history makes him peculiarly ill-suited to understand how damaging debt divestment can be.

Why Bill Gates bullish on India despite economic growth hurdles

Billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates spoke to Times Now’s Editor-in-Chief Rahul Shivshankar on Monday. Gates spoke on several issues, including India’s economy, welfare schemes.Why Bill Gates bullish on India despite economic growth hurdles

Indian health system improved significantly over last decade: Bill Gates

Bill Gates, philanthropist & Microsoft co-founder during launch function of book 'Health System for a New India: Building Blocks' stated that Improvements in Indian health system in the last decade are very significant. “Improvements in Indian health system in the last decade are significant. There are specific disease programmes and vaccine coverage has improved substantially. It was in 2011 that India had its last case of Polio,” said Bill Gates.Indian health system improved significantly over last decade: Bill Gates

Watch: Bill Gates meets PM Narendra Modi in Delhi

Philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates meets PM Narendra Modi in the national capital.Watch: Bill Gates meets PM Narendra Modi in Delhi

India has potential for very rapid economic growth, says Bill Gates

India has the potential for "very rapid" economic growth over the next decade, Bill Gates has said.

Bill Gates praises Bihar government, says state has made progress against poverty & disease

The Gates Foundation has been working with the state government to ensure health and education.

Greater private sector innovation, digital tools key to quality healthcare services in India at low cost: Bill Gates

Bill Gates, who is currently on a three-day visit to India, said: "Our biggest work has been broadly in the health area helping to get new vaccines introduced, helping to look at innovations in some of the disease-specific areas, like tuberculosis or visceral leishmaniasis (VL) or lymphatic filariasis (LF)."

With a fortune of $110 bn, Bill Gates beats Bezos to become world's richest man

Bezos would be far richer if he and MacKenzie Bezos hadn’t divorced.

Most tech can be shaped to have more benefits than negatives: Bill Gates

Gates is on a three-day visit to India to assess the work that his foundation is carrying out here.

India to host 8th global conference on agri-statistics; Bill Gates to address

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and two ministers of state for agriculture will be present at the event, which is expected to see a participation from 108 countries and over 600 delegates.

Larry Page, Sergey Brin made Google and math jokes iconic. After 21 yrs, founders ready to give 'advice and love, but not daily nagging!'

The duo distanced themselves from the day-today ops over the past year.

Mukesh Ambani overtakes Larry Page, Sergey Brin to become 9th richest in the world

According to Forbes' 'The Real-Time Billionaires List', Ambani's 'real-time net worth' stood at $60.8 billion on Thursday.

The story behind Bill Gates's birthday hat, that's been in the family for 20 years

The billionaire's 64th birthday was celebrated in typical, time-honoured tradition: With a top hat and several edible goodies.

Jeff Bezos loses world's richest man title to Bill Gates

Bill Gates beats Jeff Bezos, reclaims the world's richest man title

The Amazon boss had ended Gates's 24-year run as the richest man in 2018.

Philanthropy is much more complex than running a business: Azim Premji

In March, Premji had executed a fresh bequest to his philanthropic chest, taking his total commitment to social impact to $21 billion and placing himself in the league of Bill Gates and George Soros.

RIL pips BP Plc to become 6th largest energy company

The stock — which has risen 36% so far this year — is trading at 21 times FY20 estimated earnings and 3.5 times book value. The RIL stock ended up 2.47% at Rs 1,547 on the BSE Wednesday. RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani, with a net worth of $58 billion, remains the richest Asian.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw gets lifetime achievement award

Bill Gates, co-chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, gave away this award to Mazumdar-Shaw in New Delhi on Nov 17 at an event to mark the celebration of 108th Foundation Day of ICMR. She was also recognised for her philanthropic efforts and providing better healthcare to people in India and globally through cost-effective life-saving therapies.

RIL m-cap nears Rs 10 lakh crore; Mukesh Ambani now world's 12th richest man

On a year-to-date basis, Mukesh Ambani's wealth increased by $13.70 billion to $58 billion.

The simple strategy fuelling the growth of Bill Gates’ fortune

The Gates fortune had about $60 bn of equity assets as of Monday, according to Bloomberg.

Niti prepares roadmap to improve India's health system

The roadmap has been outlined in a book titled New India: Building Blocks - Potential Pathways to Reforms released on Monday. The book, which is a synthesis of all the discussions and efforts initiated at the national-level workshop held last year, could form the basis of the way forward for the health sector in the upcoming Vision Document of the Aayog in 2020.

Niti Aayog's report to reveal India's health system

The report, titled New India: Building Blocks - Potential Pathways to Reforms, will be released on Monday. The report reveals India’s health system as a story of multiple fragmentations at the level of payers and risk pools, healthcare services and at digital backbone running it, the Aayog said on Friday

Monetary policy can't solve structural problems, it can only address cyclical shocks: Viral Acharya

Financial stability is a pre-requisite for money policy to get transmitted to real economy, he said.

Bill Gates says Big Tech companies shouldn’t be broken up

But splitting the company in two, and having two people doing the bad thing-- that doesn’t seem like a solution, Gates said.

Amazon doing extremely well in India: Jeff Bezos

Amazon founder and CEO, Jeff Bezos, committed investment worth $5 billion in the Indian market in 2016.

Satya Nadella tops Fortune's Businessperson of the Year list; Ajay Banga, Jayshree Ullal also feature

Banga is ranked 8th, while Ullal comes in at the 18th spot.

Jeff Bezos does it again, regains top spot as the world's richest man

Bill Gates is just $4.1 billion behind Bezos at number two richest, worth $105.8 billion.

Market Movers: What changed for D-Street while you were sleeping

The index formed a similar indecisive candle on the weekly scale. A hold above 11,850 level is a must for any upside.

Jeff Bezos is set to lose his crown as world’s richest person

Microsoft has surged 38 per cent this year boosting the value of Gates’s 1 per cent stake.

Bill Gates no longer world's second richest, LVMH's Arnault climbs to No. 2

Gates has never ranked lower than No. 2 in the seven-year history of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Bill Gates, Ratan Tata, Jack Ma: Business Leaders Who Accepted Their Biggest Mistakes

Bill Gates says Steve Jobs cast ‘spells’ to keep Apple from dying

Bill Gates spoke of Jobs, the Apple Inc co-founder and chief executive officer who died of pancreatic cancer in 2011.

Bill Gates praises Steve Jobs, says he 'cast spells' to bring back Apple from the dead

The Microsoft boss is in complete awe of once rival and competitor, Steve Jobs.

Bill Gates is reading these books this summer; what's on your list?

High on Gates's summer selection for this year are books that deal with the idea of disruption.

Bill Gates says losing Android was his 'greatest mistake ever', one that cost him $400 mn

Gates revealed allowing Google to develop Android and not creating a profitable model themselves was a mistake.

PM Modi's Swearing-In: Mukesh Ambani, Kangana Ranaut, Bill Gates, SRK May Attend

$100 billion club! Bill Gates has just joined Amazon's Bezos

Gates’ fortune, now $100 bn on the nose, hasn’t reached such heights since the dot-com boom.

#DhoniInBillionHearts: MSD declared India's second most-admired man after PM Modi

Ace boxer Mary Kom was named as the most-admired woman in the country.

How legendary entrepreneurs created a brand of their own

In the past, a legendary gallery of inspired souls created wealth through growing brand-new opportunities or dramatically redefining and expanding current business opportunities, often globally.

PM Modi receives 'Global Goalkeeper' award for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, says it helped achieve UN goals

Accepting the award, Modi said he shared the honour with crores of Indians who had contributed to the success of the cleanliness mission.

Microsoft employees & interns mock company's Windows phone, 'developer' chant with quirky musical

The 8-minute-long video captures a timeline of Microsoft's milestones over the years.

Bill Gates congratulates government on Ayushman Bharat, PM Modi thanks him

The world's largest ambitious health care scheme PM-JAY will cover medical and hospitalisation expenses for almost all secondary care and most tertiary care procedures.

When it comes to hurricanes, Trump's 'nuke them' idea not all that new

Trump is 73; and 60 years ago, nuclear panaceas for everything were all the rage.

Brilliant Bill Gates Quotes That Will Inspire You To Be Successful

Bill Gates wants to reinvent the toilet, & save $233 billion while at it

The reinvented toilet market could generate $6 billion a year worldwide by 2030, according to Gates.

Estonia wants Indians to set up shop, gives e-residency; Mukesh Ambani, Bill Gates among recipients

E-residency is a government issued digital ID available to anyone in the world.

One thing Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos have in common: They both do the dishes every night

Here’s how doing mindless tasks are better for the top bosses - and you - in the long run.

Cleantech firm 75F raises $18 million in Series A funding

Developing countries in Asia account for two-thirds of global energy growth, driving the growth of energy efficient Smart Building Technology.

Growing trend towards philanthropy in India: Bill Gates

Gates, Head of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has donated nearly USD 1 billion in various projects in India in particular in fields related to health, and woman and child welfare.

Nihaal Mariwala takes work breaks on his L-shaped couch, plays the piano to relax

The Setu co-founders door is always open for people.

PM Modi named world’s most-admired Indian, Big B & SRK follow

Modi is the only Indian politician on the list.

India's public health is a 'mixed story': Bill Gates

Gates said that though India has made progress in almost every area of public health, there is still a long way to go in some areas related to child health.

Technology can help India leapfrog into inclusive growth: Bill Gates

Appreciating Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Digital India' campaign along with the socio-economic reforms, Gates said that digitisation can help monitor quality and eventually help the education system.

Aadhaar doesn't pose any privacy issue: Bill Gates

Gates Foundation has even funded the World Bank to take Aadhaar to other countries as it is worth emulating, Microsoft founder Bill Gates has said.

Bill Gates goes into professor mode, tweets about economy with hand-drawn graph

According to the billionaire, the classic supply-demand economic model used worldwide no longer works.

Unitus gets Rs 100 crore from Bill Gates, Dell

While the first fund was focused on healthcare and education, this fund will also have significant focus on fintech, said Srikrishna Ramamoorthy, partner, Unitus Ventures.

Bill Gates urges US to lead fight against lethal pandemic

Washington, April 28 (IANS) Microsoft Corporation co-founder Bill Gates has said that the US government is falling short in preparing itself and the world for the "significant probability of a large and lethal modern-day pandemic occurring in our lifetimes".

Follow these 5Cs for a successful career

​​If you pick a reasonably good job or career, you are the only one who has the power of making it great by working at it.

Purpose+profit: Capitalism is getting a makeover

Organisations are talking about a triple bottomline — financial, social and environmental results.

View: The importance of being (like) Arun Jaitley

We should all strive to follow Arun Jaitley's private maxim, “If you’ve got it, don’t just flaunt it but use it to help others.”

Money And Passion: What Bill Gates, Mukesh Ambani And Other Billionaires Spend On

Bill Gates elected as member of China's academic institution

Gates, 62, now stands shoulder to shoulder with 66 other prominent Chinese and foreign scientists who have been elected to the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) in 2017.

When Roger Federer, Bill Gates Dazzled The Clay Court

Bill Gates says US will have another financial crisis similar to 2008

The 2008 crisis led to the Great Recession, which saw 8.8 million jobs lost.

Bill Gates says billionaires should pay 'significantly' more taxes

"I've paid more taxes, over $10 billion, than anyone else, but the government should require the people in my position to pay significantly higher taxes," Gates said.

What's common between Bill Gates and Kiran Nadar?

Both are committed to giving back to society, but they share love for a cards game.

Bill Gates ditches Windows phone for an Android

Pre-registration of H-1B applications likely from next April

For applications that will be filed in April 2020, the earliest successful applicants will be able to work in the US will be from October 1 that year.

Jeff Bezos is now worth more than Bill Gates ever was

Jeff Bezos’s net worth reached $105.1 billion on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

From Mukesh Ambani to Bill Gates, here are the real-life Santas

They don’t come riding sleighs with a sack of toys, but bring in big bucks to save the day.

WeWork takes the startup - mania era to its logical extreme

WeWork’s “superpower,” to use a term apparently favored by its CEO, is taking those hallmarks from the unicorn era to their absolute extreme.

Famous five! Bill Gates’s hot book picks of 2017

The world’s second richest man reads about 50 books a year.

The Indian government is truly imperfect, but amazing things have happened: Bill Gates

The CSR thing the Indian govt is doing as an experiment... I don’t think there’s any guarantee that the impact per rupee spent is going to be fantastic, Gates said.

Equitable average growth of 7% to be miracle for India: Bill Gates

Gates further said that getting the Goods and Services Tax (GST) passed was a step in positive direction.

Bill Gates meets Rajnath to discuss initiatives of American philanthropies in India

The home minister also suggested that the foundation should concentrate on developing villages and make them "model villages" so that the local people get inspired.

Can you calculate and manage risk? Here's what experts say

The idea that risk is something that can be easily calculated and managed is fundamentally wrong, even disastrous.

These are the 20 richest people in the automotive industry

Some in this list are prominent, like Elon Musk. Others are not so much so, like Pallonji Mistry.

Fusion energy startups see renewables leaving a gap in power market

Countries with limited space and poor solar conditions like the UK, as well as places with rapidly expanding power grids like India are ideally suited for fusion.

Jeff Bezos passes Bill Gates to become the world's richest person

At the close of U.S. markets Friday, Bezos had a net worth of $93.8 billion.

The world now has three people worth more than $100 billion each

Arnault, chairman of LVMH, entered the ranks of centibillionaires on Tuesday as the luxury-goods maker climbed 2.9% to a record 368.80 euros a share.

What's on the menu at PM Modi's swearing-in ceremony? Kebabs, 'kormas' and 'Dal Raisina'

The dal, which will be served tonight, has reportedly been in process since Tuesday.

What's common between Jack Ma, Bill Gates and Anand Mahindra?

Jack Ma is in good company, when it comes to shaking a leg or two, it seems!

High expertise jobs easier to disrupt for AI: Vinod Khosla

AI will impact jobs. The question is when AI disrupts jobs, it will generate lots of income., says Vinod Khosla.

View: Individual social responsibility, not corporate social responsibility, must be the mantra

The fear that capitalism might be failing forced 180 CEOs of the largest corporations in America to unveil last month a new statement of purpose.

Nerd quotient at 'The Big Bang Theory' just went up: Bill Gates to do a cameo in sitcom

The 62-year-old technocrat and philanthropist will guest star in an episode which will air next month.

Humble, shy, affable: A Reporter's diary on VG Siddhartha, India’s coffee king

Siddhartha’s final letter to his company and employees mentions pressure from lenders, a Private Equity professional and Income-Tax raids that sucked out liquidity in the form of cash and shares.

Jeff Bezos tops Bill Gates as world's richest ahead of Amazon results

Shares of the online retailer rose 1.3 percent to $1,065.92 at 10:10 a.m. in New York, giving Bezos a net worth of $90.9 billion, versus $90.7 billion for Gates.

Bill Gates meets Rajnath Singh

Commending the welfare schemes being run by the Gates Foundation in India, Singh said the scheme should also be implemented in Chhattisgah, Jharkhand and Odisha where there is a large tribal population.

Jeff Bezos's ex-wife MacKenzie joins billionaire philanthropist club, pledges $13 mn to charity

The charitable organisation, founded in 2010 by Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, listed MacKenzie Bezos.

When Ratan Tata, Bill Gates And Barack Obama Took A Stand On Marijuana

What's wrong with Bill Gates' idea of taxing robots

Bill Gates is only one of many people in the tech world who have worried about automation and its threat to workers.

'Toilet: Ek Prem Katha' among the 10 things that inspired Bill Gates in 2017

The 62-year-old entrepreneur and philanthropist shared some of posts that inspired him this year.

Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates try opposite paths to education tech in India

BYJU's approach - backed by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative - contrasts with that of Khan Academy, which has won the backing of Bill and Melinda Gates.

Will Bill Gates become world's first trillionaire?

Bill Gates invests $140 million in HIV cure

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is providing funding for a groundbreaking new technology which could revolutionise HIV prevention.

The 5 books Bill Gates urges everyone to read this summer

What does he do in between board meetings and philanthropic activities?

Bill Gates leads the 'ultra-rich' list in 2016

Bill Gates meets Yogi Adityanath, discusses ways to intensify JE vaccination programmes

Adityanath apprised Gates about the efforts of the government to eliminate prevalent vector-borne diseases in the state.

Bromance diaries: When Bill Gates, Larry Page, and others became friends with business partners

Mixing personal life with business may not be the best idea — but it has worked wonders for these top bosses.