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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, wearing cap facing camera, takes a boat ride to reach the other side of River Kosi in Aulali, Khagaria district of Bihar state last year. Pic: AP.

Study: Gates project saved 100,000 Indians from HIV

By AP News Tue, Oct 11, 2011 2:28PM UTC View Comments

An estimated 100,000 people in India may have escaped HIV infection over five years thanks to one of the world’s biggest prevention programs, an encouraging sign that targeting high-risk groups remains vital even as more donors focus on treatment, a new study suggests. While the initial findings regarding the $258 million Avahan project, funded by...

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What did Steve Jobs really think of India?

By Bala Murali Krishna Thu, Oct 06, 2011 11:37PM UTC View Comments

What did Steve Jobs think of India? What we know is little – a patchwork of assorted quotes from media interviews or biographers. It would be interesting to see if Walter Isaacson’s biography of the tech and business visionary, due in November, will shed any more light. While we wait on it, here are a...

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Lee Myung-bak meets Bill Gates on US trip

By Nathan Schwartzman Mon, Sep 26, 2011 12:17PM UTC View Comments

While on a trip to the US to the United Nations and elsewhere, President Lee scored a breakfast meeting with Bill Gates....

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Time for India’s rich to forget dynasty, and give something back

By Bala Murali Krishna Thu, Mar 24, 2011 6:20PM UTC View Comments

Mukesh Ambani has built the world's most expensive home, but he's no philantropist. Pic: AP.

For several months now, philanthropy has found rare expression in India’s business press, presumably to nudge India’s rich into considering it. The Economic Times ran a series of articles on the subject and rival Mint ran an even larger one edited by Rohini Nilekani, the wife of former Infosys executive Nandan Nilekani. The sharp attention...

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