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  Davos set to host WEF Annual Meeting 2022 again, Ukraine crisis, climate change key focus

  Business | May 22, 2022 12:07 IST

  The high-profile annual powwow of rich and powerful from across the world will begin with a welcome reception on May 22 and will continue till May 26.

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  PM Modi addresses WEF's Davos Agenda, says India gifted 'bouquet of hope' to the world

  India | January 17, 2022 22:56 IST

  PM Modi also stressed that India has the world's largest, safe and successful digital payments platform.

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  India's 10 richest' wealth enough to fund school, higher education of every child for 25 yrs: Study

  Business | January 17, 2022 8:09 IST

  In its annual inequality survey released on the first day of the World Economic Forum's online Davos Agenda summit, Oxfam India further said that an additional one per cent tax on the richest 10 per cent can provide the country with nearly 17.7 lakh extra oxygen cylinders.

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  Just 1 % of Fortune 500 companies led by Black chief executives: World Economic Forum

  Business | March 03, 2021 11:57 IST

  'With just one per cent of Fortune 500 companies led by Black chief executives, the need to tackle racial under-representation in business is urgent and obvious,' Zahidi was quoted as saying in a Wipro statement.

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  Many more COVID-19 vaccines will be made available from India: PM Modi at WEF's Davos Agenda Summit

  India | January 28, 2021 20:34 IST

  In a special address at the World Economic Forum's online Davos Agenda Summit, Modi also said he wants to assure the global business community that situation will now change rapidly on the economic front also and invited businesses from all over to participate in the country's growth journey.

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  India launched 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan' with the resolve of increasing the capacity of our economy: PM Modi

  News | January 28, 2021 19:20 IST

  Our Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan is committed towards global good and global supply chain. India has the capacity, capability and reliability to strengthen the global supply chain: PM Narendra Modi at World Economic Forum's Davos Agenda

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  PM Narendra Modi addresses World Economic Forum's Davos Agenda Summit

  News | January 28, 2021 17:57 IST

  Amid apprehensions, I have come before you with a message of confidence, positivity, and hope for the world on the behalf on more than 1.3 billion Indians: Prime Minister Narendra Modi at World Economic Forum's Davos Agenda

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  PM Modi to address World Economic Forum's Davos Agenda Summit today

  News | January 28, 2021 10:00 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Davos Dialogue today (Thursday) via video conferencing at 5:30 pm IST, during which he will be speaking on a wide range of subjects, including India's reform trajectory and increased usage of technology. The prime minister will also be interacting with CEOs during the event.

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  PM Modi to address World Economic Forum's Davos Dialogue today

  India | January 28, 2021 10:07 IST

  The WEF annual meeting in Davos engages the world's top leaders to shape global, regional and industry agendas at the beginning of the year.

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  PM Modi likely to address World Economic Forum on Jan 28

  India | January 24, 2021 12:45 IST

  The meeting will be organised in a "twin" format, being both in-person and virtual, connecting key global governmental and business leaders in Davos with a global multi-stakeholder network in 400 cities around the world for a forward-oriented dialogue driven by the younger generation.

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  Antivirals, spaceflights, hyperloops among 20 markets to transform economies: WEF

  Business | October 21, 2020 14:56 IST

  After receipt of Facebook records, it was discovered that the alleged mobile numbers were all being used by Deshbandhu Singh, a 24-year-old resident of Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh.

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  85 million human jobs likely to be displaced by machines by 2025: WEF Report

  Business | October 21, 2020 14:31 IST

  The 'Future of Jobs Report 2020', however, noted that 97 million new roles may emerge that are more adapted to the new division of labour between humans, machines, and algorithms.

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  One in four adults globally scared to get Covid vaccination: WEF survey

  World | September 02, 2020 10:14 IST

  25 per cent of respondents of a global World Economic Forum survey said that they do not want to get the Covid-19 vaccine due to possible side-effects.

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  Impact of Coronavirus Pandemic on India's Economy

  News | July 17, 2020 12:37 IST

  Due to coronavirus pandemic India's growth in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year 2020 went down to 3.1%. The Chief Economists at the World Economic Forum answers how long will it take for India to recover from this?

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  India up at 74th place on WEF’s global energy transition index

  Business | May 13, 2020 11:53 IST

  India has moved up two positions to rank 74th on a global ‘Energy Transition Index’ with improvements on all key parameters of economic growth, energy security and environmental sustainability, the World Economic Forum (WEF) said on Wednesday.

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  Forgot your password? not having one will make you safer, says World Economic Forum report

  Business | January 22, 2020 13:21 IST

  The new report released by the World Economic Forum, here during its 2020 annual meeting, said that freeing ourselves of passwords will actually make individuals safer and businesses more efficient. Cybercrime is set to cost the global economy USD 2.9 million every minute in 2020, and some 80 per cent of these attacks are password-related.

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  US seeing economic boom never seen by world: Trump

  World | January 21, 2020 17:14 IST

  US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the US is in the midst of an economic boom that has never been seen before anywhere in the world.

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  Not enough has been done: Greta Thunberg scolds WEF elites over climate as Trump arrives in Davos

  World | January 21, 2020 16:27 IST

  ​Four young climate activists, including Greta Thunberg, scolded the elites gathered at the World Economic Forum for not doing enough to deal with the climate emergency and warned them that time was running out.  

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  Pakistan PM Imran Khan leaves for Switzerland to attend World Economic Forum

  World | January 21, 2020 16:01 IST

  Prime Minister Imran Khan left for Switzerland to attend the World Economic Forum and meet the world leaders, including US President Donald Trump, on the sidelines of the annual event which kicked off at the ski resort town of Davos on Tuesday.

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  Wealth of India's richest 1% more than 4-times of total for 70% poorest: Oxfam

  Business | January 20, 2020 7:36 IST

  India's richest 1 per cent hold more than four-times the wealth held by 953 million people who make up for the bottom 70 per cent of the country's population, while the total wealth of all Indian billionaires is more than the full-year budget, a new study said on Monday.