Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Business chiefs warned on January 17 that disruption to shipping in the Red Sea caused by attacks by Yemen’s Houthi militants could affect supply chains for months and lead to a shortage of tankers needed to transport fuel. Attacks by the Iran-allied Houthi militia on … Read more
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has said that the state has inked memorandums of undertaking (MoUs) worth Rs 3,53,675 crore at the World Economic Forum 2024 in Davos, Switzerland. Shinde thanked investors, noting the increased confidence of global industries that showed interest in investing Rs 1 lakh crore in Maharashtra. These MoUs have the potential … Read more
New Delhi: Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help fight systemic challenges straining global healthcare systems with AI-driven diagnosis, infectious disease intelligence and clinical trial optimisation showing the highest potential, a new study said on Monday. The report published by the World Economic Forum (WEF) cited several case studies, including one from India, to highlight the transformative … Read more
A woman casting her vote during a gram panchayat election, in Pamarru of Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh. File photo | Photo Credit: V. Raju India has successfully pushed for including women’s participation in local government bodies as a parameter for the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap report where it has traditionally not fared … Read more
Agreements for investment commitments worth Rs 88,420 crore in Maharashtra have been signed so far at the ongoing World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos in Switzerland, the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said on Tuesday. Investment agreements worth Rs 42,520 crore were signed on Tuesday, the second day of the meeting in the Swiss … Read more
Union ministers Mansukh Mandaviya, Smriti Irani, and RK Singh with Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar during an event on sidelines of World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2023, at India Lounge, in Davos, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI As a fresh round of snowfall made this Alpine resort town whiter, … Read more
The World Economic Forum on Thursday called for recreating a win-win world as its Annual Meeting 2022 in this Swiss ski resort town ended with the war in Ukraine, energy and food crises, climate change and changing nature of globalisation hogging the limelight in discussions of over 2,500 global leaders over five days. Convened under … Read more
India is creating a national framework for digital health intending to develop a digital ecosystem, health minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Wednesday, underlining the government’s various initiatives in that direction and plans to generate a longitudinal Electronic Health Record for more than 1.3 billion people of the country. “Digital health is a great equaliser and … Read more
Calling digital health a great equaliser, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday said there is a need to create a tech-supported healthcare service delivery that is resilient, reliable, and accessible till the last-mile. Addressing a session on ‘Unlocking the power of digital health’ at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting here, he said India has … Read more
The World Economic Forum and leaders of some of the world’s largest businesses are announcing the expansion of a partnership aimed at propelling green technologies. The First Movers Coalition includes businesses that make major purchases around green technologies and down their supply chains. The idea is to send market signals that lead to more investing … Read more