Bill and Melinda Gates get Padma Bhushan

Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates, who are also big philanthropists, were on Sunday chosen for Padma Bhushan award this year under the social work cat...

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2015 GATES ANNUAL LETTER BILL AND MELINDA GATES

Forty years ago, Bill and his childhood ...

Madonna calls for charity donations for Malawi flooding victims

Pop superstar Madonna has urged fans to donate money to help victims of the deadly floods which have swept through Malawi over the past week. The Material Girl hitmaker, wh...

Short film from India in global vaccination awareness campaign

Filmmaker Rakesh Omprakash Mehra’s new short film, which aims to raise awareness on polio vaccination, is now part of a global campaign where over 30 world artists at...

Longtime Enemies Art and Science Unite to Promote Vaccination

Louis Pasteur, the father of the germ theory, probably didn’t pick up a paint brush in his spare time. And its unlikely Andy Warhol was very concerned about potential...

Bollywood and television Industry come out in support of Mumbai Children

It was a star studded night at the Star Nite 2014. The underprivileged children from multiple NGOs like Teach4India, Cancer Survivor children from CPAA and Salaam Bombay Fo...

Big Hearts: Hollywood Celebs And Their Million Dollar Charities

BANGALORE: The session once again had enveloped the atmosphere with merriment and glee (unless you??e the Grinch, but let?? not get into that). The spirit of giving has nev...

Sustainable development goals: eight ways to make reality match ambition

Next year, governments will agree a new global development framework of breathtaking ambition. We already know the likely shape of the sustainable development goals (SDGS) ...

John Abraham wants to open facility for ailing underprivileged children

Actor-producer John Abraham says he wants to fulfill his mother’s desire and build a facility for the treatment of underprivileged children suffering from cancer. Joh...