WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM 2019

Favourable conditions exist to achieve $5 trn economy target: DPIIT Secy

The government has worked towards ease of doing business over the past five years, DPIIT Secretary Guruprasad Mohapatra said

Updated On: 03 Oct 2019 | 12:14 PM IST

Japan, South Africa, China, others at Davos calls for global tech rules

Shinzo Abe of Japan said on Wednesday in Davos, Switzerland, that his country would use its chairmanship of the Group of 20 nations this year to push for a new international system governing how data

Updated On: 09 Jul 2019 | 11:37 AM IST

Stuck in trade war, tech firms pitch the promise of innovation at Davos

Global leaders and technology chieftains agreed on the need for stricter government oversight, after a year that featured privacy scandals at Facebook Inc. and a broad reckoning of the tech industry

Updated On: 25 Jan 2019 | 2:26 PM IST

Japan's central bank chief warns fintech firms could disrupt banking system

He said big tech companies tended to specialise in payments and settlement rather than deposit-taking and lending

Updated On: 25 Jan 2019 | 11:18 AM IST

Davos 2019: CEOs irked by Trump's policies, trade war as business suffers

The companies gathered at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss Alps this year say they are worried Trump's trade war with China will dampen the global economy and business investments even further

Updated On: 24 Jan 2019 | 9:05 AM IST

WEF summit opens as gloomy outlook for world economy reigns in Davos

Through Friday, world leaders, as well as nearly 2,000 CEOs and hundreds of others, would discuss what ails the world and what needs to be done

Updated On: 21 Jan 2019 | 11:48 PM IST

India moves up a notch on global talent competitive index, ranked 80th

China is the best performer among BRICS countries, while India remains the laggard of this grouping

Updated On: 21 Jan 2019 | 9:37 PM IST

World leaders at Davos say recession unlikely despite gloomy global outlook

Leaders from India felt the time is ripe for the country to present itself as a counterbalance to China and continue on its growth path

Updated On: 21 Jan 2019 | 9:23 PM IST