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‘Will Twitter have guts?’: Jairam amps up attack on minister over Pfizer vaccine
Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar shared a video on Twitter on Friday about Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla's encounter with a journalist at Davos 2023, and blamed Congress leaders Jairam Ramesh, Rahul Gandhi and P Chidambaram for pushing the case of foreign Covid-19 vaccines in India.
Updated on Jan 21, 2023 01:24 PM IST
Sharangee Dutta, New Delhi
Watch | Journalist asks Greta Thunberg about climate change. She says
Davos 2023: Greta Thunberg is at Davos to lead a climate march on the last day of talks at the World Economic Forum.
Published on Jan 20, 2023 05:13 PM IST
Shobhit Gupta | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan
‘India bright spot…’: At Davos 2023, World Economic Forum chief on PM Modi
Klaus Schwab said India is promoting a just and equitable growth for all in the world during its G20 presidency,
Published on Jan 20, 2023 03:17 PM IST
PTI | | Posted by Ritu Maria Johny
Davos 2023: Pfizer CEO evades questions on Covid vaccine efficacy. Watch video
The Pfizer chief time and again ducked the questions, only to say "Thank you very much" and "Have a nice day".
Published on Jan 20, 2023 02:13 PM IST
ANI | | Posted by Ritu Maria Johny
‘Our objective is…’: Ukraine's Zelensky on Crimea
Russia-Ukraine War: "Our objective is to liberate all of our territories," Zelensky told an audience in Davos, speaking in Ukrainian.
Published on Jan 19, 2023 01:48 PM IST
AFP |
‘Rahul Gandhi not a pappu… a smart man’: Raghuram Rajan hails Congress leader
After joining the Bharat Jodo Yatra, Raghuram Rajan had said 2023 will be difficult for the Indian economy as also for the rest of the world and the country failed to "generate reforms" needed for growth.
Updated on Jan 19, 2023 08:15 AM IST
Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
‘Tyranny is outpacing democracies’: Zelensky at Davos summit
Davos 2023: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the World Economic Forum today and issued a "call for speed" in a barely veiled reference to hesitations in Germany about the supply of heavy Leopard tanks.
Published on Jan 18, 2023 10:46 PM IST
AFP |
Greta Thunberg to meet IEA chief Birol at Davos key meet
Davos 2023: The Swedish activist is due to meet Birol along with fellow campaigners Helena Gualinga, Vanessa Nakate and Luisa Neubauer, the organisers said in a statement.
Published on Jan 18, 2023 06:41 PM IST
Reuters |
Davos 2023: UN chief slams 'Big Oil' firms over ‘big lie’. Here’s what he said
Davos 2023: Guterres was speaking at Davos summit, a week after a study said ExxonMobil denied the findings of its own scientists on the role of fossil fuels in climate change.
Published on Jan 18, 2023 04:57 PM IST
AFP |
India has mastered art of leveraging technology: Tata group's Chandrasekaran
Davos 2023: World needs resilience and India can take lead, Chandrasekaran said addressing a session on 'India's road to a USD 10 trillion economy' here at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2023
Published on Jan 18, 2023 04:25 PM IST
PTI | | Posted by Singh Rahul Sunilkumar
Davos 2023: Brazil lacking global aid to fight climate change, says minister
Davos 2023: Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva had offered to hold the COP30 climate summit in the Amazon region in 2025 to show its commitment towards curbing in climate change.
Published on Jan 17, 2023 08:31 PM IST
Reuters |
'Are they trying to be the boss of Earth?' Elon Musk lambasts Davos 2023 summit
World Economic Forum (WEF) is an international organisation that is best known for its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. There will be a gathering of roughly 600 CEOs, but the CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk has chosen not to attend.
Published on Jan 17, 2023 07:36 PM IST
Davos 2023: Impossible for China to return to planned economy, says vice-premier
Davos 2023: Chinese Vice-Premier Liu told the World Economic Forum summit that China will support the growth of the private economy in 2023.
Published on Jan 17, 2023 05:41 PM IST
Reuters |
This country's president is skipping Davos. Why? Power cuts up to 11 hours
Cyril Ramaphosa: Amid the blackouts, authorities have announced that the prices of electricity will be increased by almost a third over the next two years.
Published on Jan 17, 2023 04:33 PM IST
Davos 2023: Economist fear global recession in 2023, states WEF survey
World Economic Forum survey comes after the World Bank last week slashed its 2023 growth forecasts to levels close to recession for many countries as the impact of central bank rate hikes intensifies, Russia's war in Ukraine continues, and the world's major economic engines sputter.
Published on Jan 16, 2023 04:11 PM IST
Reuters | | Posted by Singh Rahul Sunilkumar
World Economic Forum 2023 summit kicks off at Davos on Jan 16 | 10 top points
The theme of this year's World Economic Forum summit is ‘Cooperation in a fragmented world’. Besides this raging issues like the Russia-Ukraine war, global recession, climate change and spike in the cost of living are among the key issues to be discussed.
Published on Jan 14, 2023 02:35 PM IST
Davos VIPs face criticism over private jet use: How polluting are they?
During last year's week-long event, 1,040 private planes flew in and out of airports serving the resort of Davos, found a new report commissioned by campaign group Greenpeace.
Published on Jan 14, 2023 03:18 AM IST
Reuters | | Posted by Nisha Anand
At Davos, Zelensky calls for 'maximum' sanctions against Russia
Zelensky said sanctions need to go further to stop Russia’s aggression, including an oil embargo, blocking all of its banks and cutting off trade with Russia completely. He said that it's a precedent that would work for decades to come.
Published on May 23, 2022 08:24 PM IST
AP | , Davos
Maharashtra unveils its pavilion at World Economic Forum meet in Davos
The state government had launched the Magnetic Maharashtra 2.0 campaign to attract investments in the state. The campaign has managed to attract new investments worth ₹1.89 lakh crore in addition to an FDI of ₹2 lakh crore, the government statement said.
Published on May 23, 2022 02:57 PM IST
Davos Forum is back after 2 yrs, but with less billionaire starpower and no snow
The lingering pandemic, rampant inflation, tumbling stock markets and the war in Ukraine mark a bleak backdrop for the five-day event. Looming over it all is this year’s theme, which has an ominous ring: “History at a Turning Point.”
Published on May 23, 2022 10:22 AM IST
Bloomberg |
With Ukraine, climate change in focus, World Economic Forum in Davos to return
The high-profile annual powwow of the rich and powerful from across the world will begin with a welcome reception on Sunday evening and will continue till Thursday, May 26.
Published on May 22, 2022 03:51 AM IST
PTI |
Global throwaway culture to investments: Highlights of Modi’s Davos address
Prime Minister Narednra Modi addressed the World Economic Forum and hailed India's Covid-19 vaccination drive and spoke about topics such as economic reforms, climate change, digital infrastructure, digital payments and also called for investments in the country.
Published on Jan 17, 2022 10:19 PM IST
hindustantimes.com, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PM Modi to deliver special address at World Economic Forum's Davos Agenda today
The World Economic Forum is held at the Swiss ski resort of Davos every year in January. But this time, the event has been postponed due to Covid-19. A week-long online event titled Davos Agenda is being held instead to decide on the talking points for the annual meeting scheduled in summer.
Published on Jan 17, 2022 05:58 AM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Amit Chaturvedi, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Joe Biden plans to skip January’s World Economic Forum in Davos: Report
Biden will instead dispatch administration officials to meetings at the Swiss ski resort, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Updated on Nov 18, 2021 11:58 PM IST
Bloomberg | , Hindustan Times, New Delhi
'India fulfilled its global responsibility': PM Modi's top quotes
PM Modi talked about how India ensured that a large chunk of its population is saved from the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic after predictions were made that 70-80 crore people will be infected.
Published on Jan 28, 2021 06:46 PM IST
hindustantimes.com | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi
Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron push for return to pre-Trump cooperation
A week after Joe Biden’s inauguration, Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron used virtual addresses to the World Economic Forum’s Davos Agenda to talk up the value of international cooperation and to push for coordinated action on issues ranging from digital taxation to trade and climate change.
Published on Jan 26, 2021 09:30 PM IST
Bloomberg |
Pandemic far from over, but winter cannot stop arrival of spring: Xi Jinping
In a special address at the World Economic Forum's online Davos Agenda Summit, Jinping also said the pandemic should be an excuse for reversing gains from globalisation and promised further opening up of the Chinese economy.
Published on Jan 25, 2021 06:36 PM IST
PTI | , New Delhi/davos
Davos ski resort eerily quiet without economic talkfest this year
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. Discussions have moved online, starting Monday, and Covid-19 restrictions are also keeping regular tourists away.
Published on Jan 23, 2021 09:18 PM IST
Reuters | , Davos
