‘Stop creating a world of haves, have-nots’
Nobel laureate and social entrepreneur from Bangladesh Muhammad Yunus, well known for his work in the area of microfinance, on Thursday called for efforts to make COVID vaccines accessible to all.
Stating that many countries had already booked vaccines more than what is needed to inoculate their population, he said the rush is already creating a world of vaccines haves and have-nots. “I appeal to the world to declare vaccine as a global public good. There should not be any ownership control, commercial control [over the vaccine]… there should not be any patent right,” he said, pointing out that vaccine is life and life is for everybody.
Bill Gates To Attend TiE Global Summit Dec 10, 2020, 12:58 IST
Hyderabad, December 10...Bill Gates, Founder, Microsoft Corporation will be attending TiE Global Summit to receive Life Time Achievement Award today at 8pm Virtually at the TiE Global Summit 2020 awards function to be held tonight at 8pm IST.
He will be addressing a gathering of over 20,000 entrepreneurs.
Sharing these details in a press noted issued to the media in Hyderabad today Mr Sridhar Pinnapureddy, TiE Global Summit-2020 Chair said, the World’s Largest Entrepreneurship Summit is richer by Mr Bill Gates presence.
Bill Gates, who cofounded Microsoft Corporation, the world’s largest personal-computer software company, is globally very well known. He is a world leader in Information Technology. Microsoft is a household name across the globe. His name is synonymous to world of computing and a role model for every entrepreneur.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates was Thursday conferred TiE lifetime achievement award.Receiving the award virtually during TiE Global Summit, he said it was honour to receive this prestigious award from TiE.In his remarks on the occasion, he said .
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