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WEF Readies Davos Meeting In May; Over 300 Public Figures, Expected To Attend

The World Economic Forum's 2022 annual meeting in Swiss ski resort town Davos next month is expected to be attended by over 300 public figures, including heads of state and government from across the globe, while nearly 100 business and political ...

Top 20 Jobs That Will See Higher Demand Post Pandemic, Automation

If automation wasn't already a threat to existing jobs, the COVID-19 outbreak accelerated the decline in demand for certain front-end jobs. In its the "Future of Jobs Report 2020", the World Economic Forum studied the effects of pandemic related disruptions and ...

India’s Richest 1% Have 4 Times More Wealth Than 70% Of The Poorest: Study

A new study on Monday showed that India's richest 1 percent hold more than four-times the wealth held by 953 million people who make up for 70 percent of the country's poorest population. In fact, the combined wealth of 63 Indian ...

Piyush Goyal To Lead Indian Delegation In World Economic Forum 2020

Union Minister of Commerce and Industry & Railways, Piyush Goyal, will lead the Indian delegation to the 50th World Economic Forum (WEF) at Davos from 20 to 24 January 2020, the Commerce Ministry said in a statement. Goyal will also participate ...

India Falls 10 Places On The Global Competitiveness Index

India has fallen ten places on the annual list ranking global competitiveness of countries around the world, mainly due to improvements made by other economies. In the Global Competitiveness Index compiled by Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF), Singapore topped the list ...

India's Richest Got Richer By 39% In 2018 While The Poorest Only Saw A 3% Rise

In 2018, Indian billionaires saw their fortunes swell by Rs 2,200 crore a day wherein the top 1 percent of the richest in the country got richer by 39 percent while the bottom half of the population only a 3 percent ...

WEF: Reliance To Set Up Center for Fourth Industrial Revolution

After Chief Minister Davendra Fadnavis' tweet yesterday, Reliance Industries confirmed that they will set up a Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR) with World Economic Forum in Mumbai, reported PTI. It will operate as a sister centre for C4IR in ...

WEF's Fourth Industrial Revolution Centre Proposed to Set Up In Mumbai

The next World Economic Forum (WEF) Centre for Fourth Industrial Revolution is being proposed to be set up in Mumbai, tweeted Maharashtra Chief Minister (CM) Devendra Fadnavis, today. CM Fadnavis tweeted from Davos saying, "It was amazing to know about the ...

WEF Ranks India 62nd in its Inclusive Development Index 2018

World Economic Forum (WEF) released its annual Inclusive Development Index (IDI), ahead of its annual meet today which will be attended by several important leaders of the world. India attained the 62nd place among emerging economies. IDI is a WEF initiative ...

PM Modi Flies to Davos to Attend World Economic Forum

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has left for Davos-Klosters, Switzerland today to participate in the World Economic Forum, where he will deliver this year's opening plenary address on Tuesday. He plans on sharing his vision for India's future engagements with the international ...

India Ranked 30th on Global Manufacturing Index by WEF

The World Economic Forum has ranked India at 30th position on a global manufacturing index reported PTI. It has been ranked below China but above other BRICS countries, i.e. Brazil, South Africa and Russia. Brazil has been ranked 35th, Russia 35th, ...

India Is World's 40th Most Competitive Economy: WEF

India has been ranked as the 40th most competitive economy slipping one place from last year's ranking on the World Economic Forum's global competitiveness index, which is topped by Switzerland. On the list of 137 economies, Switzerland is followed by the ...

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