U.S. Presidential candidate Barack Obama trounced rivals Hillary Clinton and John Edwards in the Democratic primaries in South Carolina. Obama got 55% of the votes while Hillary secured 27% and Edwards 18%. Following his decisive victory in South Carolina, Obama said: Tonight, the cynics that said what began in the snows of Iowa was just an […]
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates are giving $27 million through their charitable foundation to assist Indian farmers in developing micro-irrigation techniques. The grant is being routed through International Development Enterprises. The goal of the project is to assist up to 250,000 smallholder farm families—1.75 million people—in 14 states of India and boost […]
