New Delhi: Popular stand-up comedian and activist Kunal Kamra on Tuesday shared a screengrab of his interaction through video conferencing with student leader Umar Khalid, adding that he is one of the most inspiring Indians for this generation.

Khalid who has been in jail for his alleged involvement in Delhi riots that took place in February last year has been in jail for 13 months now and can be seen smiling in the picture shared by Kamra.

“13 months & still smiling, still loving, still positive, still reading, still writing, Not angry, Not anxious, Not heartbroken,” (sic) Kamra captioned the image.

He further added that Khalid is one of the most inspiring Indians of this generation.

Meanwhile, users on Facebook commented lauding the strong willpower posed by Khalid in his journey so far, while several users went on to refer to him as “man with spine” among other comments.

Khalid was arrested in September last year after the police described him as the “mastermind” behind the violence in the national capital that claimed at least 53 lives and injured hundreds.

The next hearing for Khalid’s bail plea is scheduled for November 2.

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New York, May 13: Melinda French Gates will step down as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the nonprofit she and her ex-husband Bill Gates founded and built into one of the world's largest philanthropic organisations over the past 20 years.

“This is not a decision I came to lightly,” French Gates posted on the X platform on Monday. “I am immensely proud of the foundation that Bill and I built together and of the extraordinary work it is doing to address inequities around the world.”

She praised the foundation's CEO, Mark Suzman, and the foundation's board of trustees, which was significantly expanded after the couple announced their divorce in May 2021.

“The time is right for me to move forward into the next chapter of my philanthropy,” French Gates wrote in her statement. She organises some of her investments and philanthropic gifts through her organisation, Pivotal Ventures, which is not a nonprofit.

Bill Gates thanked French Gates for her “critical” contributions to the foundations in a statement, saying, “I am sorry to see her leave, but I am sure she will have a huge impact in her future philanthropic work.”

French Gates will receive $12.5 billion as part of her agreement with Gates, which she said would commit to future work focused on women and families.

The Gates Foundation did not immediately return a request for comment about whether those assets would come from the foundation itself. In an emailed statement, the foundation said that Suzman announced the decision to employees on Monday.

“After a difficult few years watching women's rights rolled back in the US and around the world, she wants to use this next chapter to focus specifically on altering that trajectory,” Suzman said of French Gates.

Suzman said he knew many had joined the foundation in part because of their admiration for her advocacy, especially around gender equity.

“I know how beloved Melinda is here,” Suzman wrote.

The Gates Foundation holds $75.2 billion in its endowment as of December 2023, and announced in January, it planned to spend $8.6 billion through the course of its work in 2024.

The Associated Press receives financial support for news coverage in Africa from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and for news coverage of women in the workforce from Pivotal Ventures.