Recent breakthroughs on vaccines offer ray of hope: UN chief

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has described the recent breakthroughs towards development of COVID-19 vaccines as a 'ray of hope' that needs to reach everyone and called on the......

Serum Institute may supply 400 million doses to Gavi-Covax

Serum Institute already has two deals of 100 million each to supply the Oxford-AstraZeneca and the Novavax vaccine to Gavi-Covax at $3 per dose, reports Sohini Das. IMAGE: A vial containing......

China joins global vaccine alliance; to buy 15 million doses

China has officially joined the World Health Organisation's (WHO) COVAX alliance to equitably distribute COVID-19 vaccines around the globe, ending speculation that it plans to supply them on its......

The A-W Of Desi Guests At the White House Dinner

The dinner Jill Biden and her husband US President Joe Biden hosted for Prime Minister Narendra D Modi, June 22, at the White House brought together, Indians and Americans from so many firmaments,......

To mark Adani's 60th birthday, family pledges Rs 60K cr to charities

In one of the biggest donations by a business family in India, the family of Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani on Thursday committed to donating Rs 60,000 crore (around $7.7 billion) to various......

Bill Gates praises Nitish Kumar

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was showered with praise by Bill Gates for an impressive performance of rapid vaccination for children in his state, with the philanthropist saying that 'people......

Corruption hits projects in India: Bill Gates

Software czar Bill Gates engaged in a large number of social projects in India, has told US lawmakers that the northern parts of the India face difficult challenges. "We see places like India,......

India has potential for very rapid growth: Bill Gates

Bill Gates specifically complimented India's Aadhaar identity system and the country's performance in the financial services and pharma sectors. India has the potential for "very rapid" economic......

Tendulkar talks philanthropy with Bill Gates

IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar and wife Anjali chat with Bill Gates, Mumbai, February 28, 2023. Photographs: Kind courtesy Sachin Tendulkar/Twitter It was a moment of epic proportions when Indian......

Here's why the eyes of the world will be on Tokyo...

US billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates will launch an 'Our Global Goals' partnership with the Japan Sports Agency and Tokyo 2020 Olympic organisers in an effort to achieve the United Nations......