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Apr 01, 2021 01:36 PM IST India has closed 62.5 percent of its gender gap till date, the World Economic Forum's report said.
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Mar 03, 2021 12:15 PM IST Bengaluru-headquartered information technology services major Wipro Limited on Wednesday announced that it has joined the Partnering for Racial Justice in Business initiative launched by the WEF to promote a culture of diversity, inclusion, equity and justice for people of all racial backgrounds in the workplace.
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Jan 28, 2021 08:41 PM IST Apart from the vaccination drive, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also credited a robust testing and treatment mechanism in India for reducing the pace of coronavirus transmission in the country during his address at the World Economic Forum's Davos Dialogue.
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Jan 26, 2021 11:09 PM IST Speaking at the World Economic Forum's online Davos Agenda Summit, she said the IMF is projecting 5.5 per cent global economic growth for 2021, which is higher than before.
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Jan 25, 2021 06:32 PM IST In a special address at the World Economic Forum's online Davos Agenda Summit, Xi Jinping also said the pandemic should be an excuse for reversing gains from globalisation and promised further opening up of the Chinese economy.
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Jan 25, 2021 01:37 PM IST Announcing the coalition during its week-long online Davos Agenda Summit, the WEF said it would work towards improving racial and ethnic justice in the workplace.
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Jan 25, 2021 12:02 PM IST The latest India supplement of the Oxfam report 'The Inequality Virus' said it would take an unskilled worker 10,000 years to make what businessman Mukesh Ambani made in an hour during the pandemic and three years to make what he made in a second.
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Jan 25, 2021 09:24 AM IST Davos Summit 2021: Heads of states and government and business leaders will discuss collaboration on issues such as COVID-19 vaccination, job creation and climate change.
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Jan 23, 2021 09:27 PM IST The streets of the little Alpine town that welcomed around 3,000 business chiefs, political thinkers and state leaders for last year's annual meeting lie deserted.
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Jan 18, 2021 08:21 PM IST The event runs throughout the week with daily themes on subjects like economic systems, responsible growth, cooperation and the harnessing of technologies in the 4th Industrial Revolution - a common theme at Davos events.
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Jan 10, 2021 12:33 PM IST Among other recommendations, the World Economic Forum report underscores the critical role data can play in helping cities manage and direct emergency operations during a crisis.
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Dec 07, 2020 09:46 PM IST "After careful consideration, and in light of the current situation with regards to COVID-19 cases, it was decided that Singapore was best placed to hold the meeting," organisers said.
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Sep 24, 2020 11:00 PM IST Jaishankar said the challenge for the diplomacy of the two countries would be on how to adjust to each other's rise.
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Jul 01, 2020 02:54 PM IST Since the COVID-19 outbreak, the disruption in the lives of people worldwide has been nothing short of an unpleasant shock and the scars will take time to heal.
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Jun 03, 2020 09:43 PM IST Prince said that rebuilding the world from the devastating impact of the "dreadful" coronavirus pandemic presented an opportunity for those environmental causes.
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May 19, 2020 04:26 PM IST "Economic distress and social discontent will rise over the next 18 months unless world leaders, businesses and policy-makers work together to manage the fallout of the pandemic," according to the report.
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May 13, 2020 11:45 AM IST Releasing the annual rankings, the Geneva-based international organisation for public-private cooperation said COVID-19 will compromise the transition to clean energy
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Apr 02, 2020 07:00 PM IST With the coronavirus pandemic emphasising the media's indispensable role in society, a new study showed that just about one-fourth of the consumers in India currently pay for news but nearly two-thirds are willing to pay.
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Mar 18, 2020 10:20 AM IST Despite the considerable progress, corporate India with 16 percent board representation of women in NIFTY 500 companies, remains behind the curve.
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Feb 12, 2020 12:55 PM IST A country that has a tourism sector that both cares about the sustainability of the environment and nurtures its places of natural beauty is going to attract discerning international and local visitors who are willing to pay the extra dollar.
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Jan 23, 2020 10:54 PM IST Denmark and New Zealand have cornered the top spot, followed by Finland, Singapore, Sweden and Switzerland in the top ten.
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Jan 23, 2020 10:48 PM IST Gurnani expressed concern on recent statutory levies on the telecom sector and said that judicial reforms go hand in hand with ease of doing business.
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Jan 23, 2020 10:25 PM IST The budget carrier is in active talks with the planemaker on compensation for 737 MAX-related costs, Singh told the Reuters Global Markets Forum.
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Jan 23, 2020 10:20 PM IST US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in several television interviews that they expected to finalize agreements with those allies in 2020.
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Jan 23, 2020 09:30 PM IST The Trump administration and Greta Thunberg have sparred indirectly since Tuesday on panels in Davos but organisers have carefully averted any direct confrontation.