Davos: Once health tourism hub, now USA House for World Economic Forum in churchDavos, Switzerland, once a refuge for tuberculosis patients, now hosts the World Economic Forum. This annual meeting brings together over 3...
18 Jan, 2026, 11.14 AM IST
World Economic Forum: Davos' role more important than ever in a fragmented world, says Co-ChairDavos will host over 3,000 global leaders for the World Economic Forum's 2026 Annual Meeting, themed 'A spirit of dialogue.' Interim Co-Cha...
24 Dec, 2025, 10.23 AM IST
Geopolitical conflicts biggest new hurdle to climate action: Achim Steiner, UNDPElectric mobility is on the verge of fundamentally rewriting mobility. The other (promising piece of climate tech) is green hydrogen. And l...
18 Jan, 2024, 12.45 AM IST
View: White Davos is back in 2023At the Davos meet, WEF aims to get the world to work together. The annual meeting will see world leaders discuss issues related to inflatio...
12 Jan, 2023, 10.33 PM IST
Davos turns into fortress for WEF meet; locals look for economic boostThe rare springtime WEF Annual Meeting -- which has been otherwise taking place for 50 years in January, when this highest town of Europe i...
22 May, 2022, 03.01 PM IST
Modi, Xi Jinping among world leaders to participate in virtual Davos summitThe WEF's Davos 2020 summit was the last major global event that took place before almost the entire world got locked down due to the COVID...
18 Jan, 2021, 09.32 PM IST
WEF Davos summit to focus on 'The Great Reset' in 2021; will be open to all onlineThe 50th WEF Annual Meeting, which was held from January 21-24, 2020, was one of the last high-profile gatherings this year before the coro...
03 Jun, 2020, 05.47 PM IST
Over 100 Indian CEOs, Deepika Padukone to visit Davos for 50th WEF annual meetThe annual jamboree is expected to be even a bigger affair this time because it would be its 50th anniversary and several top global leader...
10 Nov, 2019, 11.57 AM IST
Universal basic income only as repayable loan: Amitabh KantWhile some countries have positively reacted to this concept, there have been talks that India can also consider such a move though there h...
18 Jan, 2017, 10.23 PM IST
Wealth creation must for wealth distribution to happen: Mukesh AmbaniAmbani said one needs to see in terms of how humanity progresses and how the society progresses.
18 Jan, 2017, 12.33 AM IST
IMF chief Christine Lagarde says BRICS no more looking like a blocOn the positive side, Lagarde said, things we did not think will happen, have happened including on sustainable growth and climate change.
23 Jan, 2016, 10.32 PM IST
WEF 2015: Focus on implementation to convert investor interest into funds, says Prakash Hinduja"The government has to diagnose property all the issues. They will have to look whether there are any deficiencies and then do the needful,...
23 Jan, 2015, 04.00 PM IST
More monetary easing by RBI expected if inflation remains low: Chanda KochharChanda Kochhar, who is here to attend WEF Annual Meeting, was replying to a question on whether she expects more rate cuts by RBI going ahe...
23 Jan, 2015, 02.51 PM IST
WEF 2015: Indian CEOs second most optimistic in the world - Survey"In India, hopes are running high, with reform-minded Prime Minister Narendra Modi now in power," the report said.
22 Jan, 2015, 04.16 AM IST
WEF 2015: Over 5,000 Army personnel at work to secure Davos meet"Up to 5,000 armed forces personnel are serving in this civil affairs mission, from January 12-26, 2015," it said in an update on its WEF o...
20 Jan, 2015, 01.50 PM IST
Chinese PM Li Keqiang to take part in WEF meet in SwitzerlandLi is visiting at the invitation of WEF founder and chairman Klaus Schwab and the Federal Council of Switzerland, Hong said. Li will also m...
13 Jan, 2015, 05.08 PM IST
Kris Gopalakrishnan to co-chair World Economic Forum annual meet next monthInfosys Vice-Chairman Kris Gopalakrishnan will co-chair the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting next month in Switzerland.
10 Dec, 2013, 09.53 PM IST