On Dec. 27, Bill Gates, the billionaire philanthropist, made a trip to Mar-a-Lago for dinner with Donald J. Trump. Some people around him were surprised that he had decided to go, but Mr. Gates wants to talk to whoever will listen. The dinner lasted three hours, and Mr. Trump seemed to enjoy himself, a person … Read more
New Delhi: Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates predicts a sobering scenario for global health, estimating a 10-15per cent chance of another pandemic emerging within the next four years, according to a recent Wall Street Journal interview. “The chance of a natural pandemic in the next four years is somewhere between 10 and 15 percent,” Gates stated … Read more
Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar speaking at a public meeting at Munirabad in Koppal district on Sunday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, who also holds the Department of Water Resources portfolio, has said that all 33 crest gates at the Tungabhadra reservoir will be replaced within a year. Addressing a … Read more
The newly elected BJP government in Odisha on Wednesday approved a proposal to re-open all four gates of Puri’s Shree Jagannath Temple. The government also announced a special corpus of Rs 500 crore to look after the critical issues related to the temple. The entire cabinet, including Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, will also leave … Read more
Farmers under the banner of the Andhra Pradesh Rythu Sangam (APRS) staged a demonstration in front of the Ongole Mandal Revenue Office here on Thursday, demanding urgent completion of repairs to the crest gates of Obul Reddy Gundalakamma reservoir. Leading the protest, APRS State general secretary K.V.V. Prasad said a year had passed since the … Read more
The Central Water Commission issues a first flood warning for the third time in the present water year The Central Water Commission issues a first flood warning for the third time in the present water year Officials of the Water Resources Department lifted all 70 gates up to a height of 9 feet to release … Read more
May 3, 2022 — Bill Gates says people are tired of living with COVID-19 but warns that difficult days may be ahead. “We’re still at risk of this pandemic generating a variant that would be even more transmissive and even more fatal,” the Microsoft co-founder told The Financial Times in an interview. “It’s not likely, … Read more