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Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and Minister for IT and Industries Sridhar Babu met with Mr Sajjan Jindal, Chairman and Managing Director, TheJSW Group of Companies at WEF 2024.

AA Edit | India’s power presence at Davos deserves applause

Davos 2024 Highlights: India's Diverse Showcase, Absence of China, and Key Themes of Environment, AI, and Sustainability

23 Jan 2024 11:07 PM

Mind you, many of these indicators come from those places where we want to be seen in a good light, such as Davos. (Representational Image)

Aakar Patel | Why is India’s rank on some global indices not improving?

What is striking is that the media has no interest in reporting the background to which they give out the news

28 Feb 2023 12:05 AM

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi during the programme at Indian School of Business campus, Gachibowli, Hyderabad. (Photo by arrangement)

Sanjaya Baru | From politics to business: All eyes are on Hyderabad

Hyderabad has been used to attracting national and international attention for a long time

30 May 2022 6:54 AM

People work on the main stage of the World Economic Forum at the eve of the event in Davos, Switzerland, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Davos set to host World Economic Forum, Ukraine crisis, climate change key focus

The World Economic Forum (WEF) said the Annual Meeting 2022 will focus on 'history at a turning point', the theme of the summit

22 May 2022 10:13 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Image source: PTI)

Made-in-India vaccine ready for world, says PM

India has started the world’s largest coronavirus vaccination programme, said Modi

29 Jan 2021 4:15 AM

Among other recommendations, the report underscores the critical role data can play in helping cities manage and direct emergency operations during a crisis. (Representational image)

Cities key to India's post-pandemic growth: WEF study

The study by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF) said the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic has been catastrophic for cities

10 Jan 2021 12:52 PM

Davos bound Bhuvan Bam

The creator of the online channel BB ki Vines, is also the only Indian creator who was invited to attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2020.

28 Jan 2020 12:05 AM

American financier George Soros (Photo: AP)

George Soros unveils a billion dollar fund against resurgent nationalism

Soros pledged one billion dollars for a new university network project to fight the erosion of civil society.

27 Jan 2020 10:02 AM

International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva

India slowdown temprorary, eco will recover: IMF

On risks ahead for the global economy, the IMF chief listed factors like weakness in long-term productivity growth and low inflation.

25 Jan 2020 4:02 AM

Priyanka Chopra gets economical

The actress attended the World Economic Forum to rally leaders against extreme poverty, climate change and inequity.

23 Jan 2020 4:04 AM

The WEF said it is has committed to at least double the current percentage of women participants at the Davos summit by 2030. (Representational Image)

India slips to 112th rank on gender gap index, in bottom 5 on health, economic fronts

While Iceland remains world's most gender-neutral country, India moved down from 108th position last year on WEF's Gender Gap Report.

17 Dec 2019 8:28 AM

The report’s index maps out the competitive landscape of 141 economies based on more than 100 indicators in a dozen categories. (Representational Image)

Singapore replaces US as world’s most competitive economy

Hong Kong, the Netherlands and Switzerland rounded out the top five places in the rankings.

09 Oct 2019 10:15 AM

In the last five years, the economy has grown at about 7.5 per cent. The country's growth rate of 8.1 per cent in the last quarter of 2017-18 has fallen to 5 per cent in April-June, 2019-20, Amitabh Kant said at a World Economic Forum event in New Delhi on Thursday. (Photo: File)

Many more structural reforms in offing to propel growth: Kant

I think many more structural reforms are in the offing. The government has pushed for disinvestment, said the Niti Aayog CEO.

03 Oct 2019 3:43 PM

Information is the base of growth. It is important for women to read political and business news stories, too. (Photo: Vinod karimatt)

Inform and Inspire

Through the app Beyond Pink, an information platform for women, Dr Bindu S. Nair aims to bridge the knowledge divide between genders.

25 Aug 2019 12:04 AM

Garima Thakur protesting at VIP Road, Bhopal

Climate of change

According to the report, governments across the world only have 12 years to meet their goal of net-zero carbon emissions (CO ) by 2050.

04 Aug 2019 12:00 AM

Have a vegan meal: A platter of vegan kababs, soya leg piece and vegetarian shawarma.

Go vegan for a greener planet!

The world is apparently set to run out of food by 2050 if we don’t cut down on meats.

11 Apr 2019 12:24 AM

India has made significant strides to improve energy access in recent years, and currently scores well in the area of regulation and political commitment towards energy transition, said WEF. (Representational Image)

India ranks 76th on WEF's global Energy Transition index; Sweden tops list

Sweden remains on the top on the annual list compiled by World Economic Forum and is followed by Switzerland and Norway.

25 Mar 2019 3:43 PM

The offices of the future can be conceived as imaginative business establishments fully aided by virtual assistants.

Robot at the Desk!

Bengaluru’s Invento Robotics unveiled Mitri, the first robot receptionist in the country which blinks, talks and senses a bad day at work.

03 Mar 2019 5:45 AM

Indian tech firms have also started investing their time, money and resources to train their people.

Re-skilling initiative gets warm welcome from global businesses

Global enterprises said they were willing to retrain 17.2 million people as part of the initiative, called closing the Skill Gap.

16 Feb 2019 1:55 AM

Wang said the technology could convert up to 90 per cent of the polyolefin plastic into useful products, including clean fuels. (Photo: Pixabay)

Tackling the plastic menace

Millions of tons of plastic waste could be turned into clean fuels, other products.

08 Feb 2019 6:24 PM

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