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Friday, December 12, 2025
TopicBill Gates

Topic: Bill Gates

Bill Gates praises India’s digital finance policies as a model for the world

Citing India's platforms for universal identification and digital payments, Gates said the policies drastically reduced the cost and friction of distributing aid to the poor.

Elon Musk overtakes Bill Gates to become world’s second-richest person

The 49-year-old entrepreneur’s net worth soared to $127.9 billion driven by yet another surge in Tesla’s share price. Gates’s fortune stood at $127.7 billion.

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.

On Camera

Congress wasted a chance to turn the tables on BJP over Vande Mataram. It chose appeasement

Seven decades after Independence, the “Hindu Congress” is accusing the BJP on the same lines as the Muslim League had done.

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.