Kerosene Lamps help Bill Gates plane take off

New Delhi: Looking out of his plane window, Bill Gates might have been excused for mistaking the sight for an untimely Diwali, held in his honour.

But what the Microsoft chairman was being treated to on Saturday evening was not Indian culture but an unforgettable demonstration in Indian technology.

His private jet was taking off by the light of kerosene lamps from the Jodhpur airbase. Read more..................Gates on tarmac, Indian bright idea flickers to life

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