Indian Billionaires' Silence On Offering Coronavirus Help Has Twitter Users Furious

Today, COVID-19 has brought the entire world to a halt. Cities that were once always hustling and bustling today are deserted with citizens administering self-quarantine.

Healthcare professionals around the world are struggling to contain the novel coronavirus, with a shortage of medical equipment, even basic necessities like face masks and suits.

Looking at this, billionaires have contributed to making the lives of these healthcare professionals better.

World¡¯s second richest man Bill Gates, through his Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged $100 million to help in efforts containing the novel coronavirus.

He also funded 15,000 medicinal molecules to be shipped to a leading laboratory in Belgium to test and be a potential cure to the novel coronavirus. Moreover, recently, he donated Rs 37 crores for at-home testing kits for COVID-19 for people in Washington.

China¡¯s richest businessman and founder of Alibaba Jack Ma too has left no stone unturned to help the western world. In January, he pledged Rs 100 crores for helping scientists develop vaccines for COVID-19. He also recently donated one million face masks along with 500,000 test kits to the US, along with several more in places like Africa and Japan.

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And the world has been seeing such contributions by other players in the tech field too. However, no Indian tech company has contributed to fighting against COVID-19.

For instance, apart from setting coughing sounds as caller tunes for people¡¯s numbers, India¡¯s richest man ($59 billion net worth) Mukesh Ambani has been quiet in making any contributions, and people on Twitter have surely noticed this.

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There are some in India who have tried to do their part. The Infosys Foundation on March 12 had announced that it will help the State¡¯s education department for setting up smart classes in 1,000 government higher primary schools in Karnataka in a ?20 crore led by Infosys¡¯ CSR arm.

While it surely isn¡¯t obligatory for companies to contribute to the world, it is a social responsibility nonetheless, to help the people who have helped you get to the position you are today. We hope they do plan on doing something to help in the battle against COVID-19 soon.