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TopicBill Gates

Topic: Bill Gates

Bill Gates says US virus testing has ‘mind-blowing’ problems

Gates says the US government hasn’t improved Covid testing, describing it as slow and lacking fair access.

Bill Gates urges US to help poorer countries get vaccines

Bill Gates says the US leads in Covid research but it has only taken care of itself in producing and procuring a vaccine.

Twitter employees were manipulated by hackers into giving access to internal systems

Twitter, which suffered its biggest security breach this week, said hackers were able to reset passwords for 45 users, while eight had their data downloaded entirely.

Bill Gates warns of a ‘deadlier pandemic’ if Covid vaccines go only to the highest bidder

WHO has said 21 vaccine candidates are currently being tested on human volunteers. Three of these vaccines are in the third phase of the clinical trials.

Bill Gates to Azim Premji: How billionaires explain their donations

We analysed the letters of the signatories of the Giving Pledge to understand what drives the philanthropy of billionaires.

Bill Gates invests in mass production of Covid vaccine so poor countries will get a shot

Gates is focusing on the most promising vaccine candidates, committing funds to help ensure production capacity is ready even before any have proven to work.

Bill Gates says virus vaccine could take as little as 9 months

Even if it takes 18 months, that would still be fastest that scientists have created a new vaccine & 8-10 of the 115 current vaccine candidates look promising.

Bill Gates’s coronavirus vaccine could be ready in 12 months

Bill Gates is funding production of the 7 most promising ideas for a vaccine but production will probably not start in September.

Bill Gates, AMA say Trump’s ‘dangerous’ decision on WHO funding will hurt Covid-19 efforts

US President Trump Wednesday halted funding to WHO, which he claims severely mismanaged and covered up the spread of coronavirus.

Jeff Bezos donating $10 billion barely dents his surging fortune

Even if the full value of the donation were to be immediately subtracted from his wealth, Bezos would still be the richest person on the planet.

On Camera

Buying Russian oil, misreading Trump—3 points will define India’s next energy strategy

India should have secured greater savings by pressing Russia for prices nearer the cap while sustaining high volumes. This would have preserved strategic autonomy and served economic logic.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Shadow war over India’s defence procurement on social media raises concerns of dodgy & undue influence

One such website has drawn particular scrutiny for spreading fake stories that have upset not only the Indian but also foreign defence firms by falsely attributing misinformation.

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.