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Trump's ‘Iceland’ slip up at Davos while making Greenland claim | Watch

US President Donald Trump at World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 21, 2026.
Published on Jan 22, 2026 03:01 pm IST

Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu to attend strategic meetings at WEF 2025

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu (PTI)
Published on Jan 22, 2025 12:46 pm IST

Bhumi Pednekar talks on how AI can democratise films in speech at WEF

Bhumi Pednekar spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Updated on Jan 20, 2025 12:13 pm IST

‘Good explanation of…’: Musk endorses Argentina President Milei's WEF speech

Argentina's President Javier Milei arrives to deliver a speech at the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos on January 17, 2024.
Updated on Jan 18, 2024 04:24 pm IST

WEF meet: U.P. team attracts many firms for investment in state

Union minister Smriti Irani and other members of U.P. delegation during a spotlight event at Davos in Switzerland. (Sourced)
Updated on Jan 17, 2024 05:32 am IST

‘India bright spot…’: At Davos 2023, World Economic Forum chief on PM Modi

The WEF also issued a statement and said it values its nearly 40-year collaborative history with India (File)
Published on Jan 20, 2023 03:17 pm IST

Davos 2023: Pfizer CEO evades questions on Covid vaccine efficacy. Watch video

A Rebel News journalist was seen asking a lot of uncomfortable questions to the Pfizer CEO (File)
Published on Jan 20, 2023 02:13 pm IST

‘Pro-Planet People’: PM Modi talks climate in World Economic Forum address

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the World Economic Forum's Davos Agenda via video conferencing in New Delhi on Monday. 
Updated on Jan 17, 2022 09:43 pm IST

World Economic Forum launches Global artificial intelligence alliance

"AI holds the potential to deliver enormous benefits to society, but only if it is used responsibly." Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of the WEF, said.
Published on Jan 29, 2021 09:34 am IST

World Economic Forum to be held next year in Singapore

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends a session during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Published on Dec 08, 2020 08:09 pm IST

Tech-driven changes in job markets threaten social contract with workers: Experts

A WEF study found that as many as 57 per cent of workers in India are concerned about potential job losses in the next one year, although a large majority of employees also expect their employers to help them retrain for new roles.
Published on Oct 22, 2020 04:34 pm IST

WEF to hold ‘twin summit’ in January

According to a person closely associated with the WEF, the announcement suggests the forum is unlikely to cancel the physical meeting. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Updated on Jun 04, 2020 06:49 am IST

Dr. Bina Modi receives award of excellence from the Egyptian government in Cairo

Dr. Bina Modi receives Award of Excellence from the Egyptian Government in Cairo (L) Dr. Maya Morsy, President NCW, (R) Dr. Harbeen Arora, Global Chairperson, ALL
Updated on May 19, 2024 07:11 am IST

George Soros dubs rise of nationalism in India a ‘setback’

Billionaire investor George Soros has said the “biggest and most frightening setback” to open societies comes from India
Updated on Jan 25, 2020 05:46 am IST

‘Don’t need degree to know about climate targets’: Greta to US Treasury chief

Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg attends a session at the 50th World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
Updated on Jan 24, 2020 06:43 am IST

Priyanka Chopra at WEF, Davos: ‘I want my kids to grow up in a world where the world leaders have listened to Greta’s generation’

Priyanka Chopra at World Economic Forum, Davos on Tuesday.
Updated on Jan 22, 2020 09:10 am IST

News updates from Hindustan Times: Modi, Nepal’s Oli open border check-post

“In the last five months, this is the second time we are inaugurating bilateral projects via video conferencing,” PM Modi said.
Updated on Jan 26, 2024 05:27 pm IST

Pak PM Imran Khan to meet US President Donald Trump at World Economic Forum in Davos

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and US President Donald Trump
Updated on Jan 21, 2020 09:13 am IST

India’s richest 1% have 4-times more wealth than 70% of its poorest: Study

The combined total wealth of 63 Indian billionaires is higher than the total Union Budget of India for the fiscal year 2018-19 which was at Rs 24,42,200 crore, according to an Oxfam study.
Updated on Jan 20, 2020 08:16 am IST

Structural discrimination has held women back. India must address it

Women are not given equal opportunities in education; they are often the primary caregivers for children and the elderly at home; they have far less mobility than men; and there is a serious issue of safety in public places.
Updated on Dec 22, 2019 07:45 pm IST

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

Worldwide, women now hold 25.2 per cent of parliamentary lower-house seats and 21.2 per cent of ministerial positions, compared to 24.1 per cent and 19 per cent, respectively last year.
Updated on Dec 17, 2019 05:37 am IST

Deepika Padukone to receive Crystal Award by the World Economic Forum, for spreading mental health awareness

Deepika Padukone at the trailer launch of film Chhapaak.
Updated on Dec 13, 2019 07:33 pm IST

Deepika Padukone joins Shah Rukh Khan, Karan Johar; to attend 50th WEF annual meet in Davos

Deepika Padukone poses for photographs as she attends the opening ceremony of Jio MAMI 21st Mumbai Film Festival in Mumbai.
Updated on Nov 10, 2019 05:49 pm IST

India set to realise its vision of USD 5-trillion economy: WEF chief Borge Brende

A vendor sits at a fruit stall in a market in New Delhi. Steered by a “decisive leadership”, Brende said, India is “rising to the occasion” through a significantly enlarged global profile.
Updated on Oct 03, 2019 04:12 pm IST

Travel 2019: Spain is this year’s best country to visit

Wondering where to land next? Spain has been declared as the world’s best country to visit, by the World Economic Forum.
Updated on Jun 27, 2020 02:20 am IST

‘The Garden of Eden is no more’: David Attenborough’s warning at WEF

Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (L) and British naturalist, documentary maker and broadcaster David Attenborough attend a conversation during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting, on January 22, 2019 in Davos, Switzerland.
Updated on Jan 23, 2019 01:11 pm IST

The crisis of imbalance in the world economy

The World Economic Forum (WEF), an annual event held in Swiss ski resort of Davos, has become a symbol of global capitalism.
Updated on Jan 23, 2019 08:28 am IST

Chandrababu Naidu’s son Nara Lokesh to lead Andhra delegation to World Economic Forum

Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu’s son and state IT minister Nara Lokesh will lead a delegation of officials and industrialists to the World Economic Forum at Davos in Switzerland.
Updated on Jan 18, 2019 12:16 pm IST

Robots to handle 52 percent of current work tasks by 2025: World Economic Forum

WEF’s report,The Future of Jobs 2018, foresees robots swiftly replacing humans in the accounting, client management, industrial, postal and secretarial sectors.
Updated on Sept 17, 2018 10:33 am IST