World Economic Forum 2016

Union Minister Smriti Irani said today that data about women have thrown up a stunning story of enterprise at the grassroots.

Nirav Modi, the name on glossy billboards promising exclusive diamond jewellery, is now at the centre of a colossal banking scandal involving fraud worth Rs 11,000 crore. Punjab National Bank has said that its own officials violated rules and put out illegal guarantee documents to help the celebrity jeweler secure credit from banks abroad. Last mon...

David Cameron orchestrated the vote on June 23, 2016, in which the country chose to leave the EU, despite himself backing the campaign to remain in the bloc.

India has marginally improved its ranking in the graft watchdog Transparency International's corruption perception index for 2016, a list topped by New Zealand and Denmark which are jointly ranked as the world's least corrupt nations.

India has been ranked low at 87th place globally in terms of gender equality despite a jump of 21 places from last year, largely due to progress on the education front while Iceland has topped the chart.

As the five-day talkfest of the world's elite draws to a close here, business and government leaders from India are cautiously optimistic about India consolidating its position as the 'bright spot' of global economy continuing its reform process and making it easier to do business in the country.

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff have been elected to the World Economic Forum's Board of Trustees, whose members include Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani and PepsiCo chief Indra Nooyi.

As headwinds from China and the US turn the mood gloomy here at the elite World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting, top NRI industrialist G P Hinduja on Saturday asked corporate leaders to diversify their businesses across sectors and countries to sail through such turbulences.

With high non-performing assets (NPAs) weighing down on the books of several banks, ICICI Bank has adopted a strategy of proactive action on its corporate portfolio and is focusing on higher-rated clients, its chief Chanda Kochhar said here.

Confident of pushing GDP growth higher and continuing the reforms agenda, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said one main reform still work in progress was 'ease of doing business' in India and steps were underway on that front.

A rare note of optimism at Davos this year comes from the trade ministers, who are gathering on Saturday for the first time since the World Trade Organization (WTO) closed the lid on 14 years of increasingly toxic stalemate.

US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday he believed that with effort and good faith on both sides it would be possible to implement the Minsk agreements on Ukraine in coming months to allow for a lifting of sanctions on Russia.

China's economy is on track and the country has entered a phase of steady rather than speedy growth, China Vice-President Li Yuanchao said.

US Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday said the US-led coalition bombing ISIS strongholds in Syria and Iraq will reach their goal of "seriously denting" the group by the end of 2016.

Indian economy needs multiple engines of growth while the government focus now is on reviving private investments, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Thursday.

Union Minister Smriti Irani said today that data about women have thrown up a stunning story of enterprise at the grassroots.

Nirav Modi, the name on glossy billboards promising exclusive diamond jewellery, is now at the centre of a colossal banking scandal involving fraud worth Rs 11,000 crore. Punjab National Bank has said that its own officials violated rules and put out illegal guarantee documents to help the celebrity jeweler secure credit from banks abroad. Last mon...

David Cameron orchestrated the vote on June 23, 2016, in which the country chose to leave the EU, despite himself backing the campaign to remain in the bloc.

India has marginally improved its ranking in the graft watchdog Transparency International's corruption perception index for 2016, a list topped by New Zealand and Denmark which are jointly ranked as the world's least corrupt nations.

India has been ranked low at 87th place globally in terms of gender equality despite a jump of 21 places from last year, largely due to progress on the education front while Iceland has topped the chart.

As the five-day talkfest of the world's elite draws to a close here, business and government leaders from India are cautiously optimistic about India consolidating its position as the 'bright spot' of global economy continuing its reform process and making it easier to do business in the country.

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff have been elected to the World Economic Forum's Board of Trustees, whose members include Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani and PepsiCo chief Indra Nooyi.

As headwinds from China and the US turn the mood gloomy here at the elite World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting, top NRI industrialist G P Hinduja on Saturday asked corporate leaders to diversify their businesses across sectors and countries to sail through such turbulences.

With high non-performing assets (NPAs) weighing down on the books of several banks, ICICI Bank has adopted a strategy of proactive action on its corporate portfolio and is focusing on higher-rated clients, its chief Chanda Kochhar said here.

Confident of pushing GDP growth higher and continuing the reforms agenda, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said one main reform still work in progress was 'ease of doing business' in India and steps were underway on that front.

A rare note of optimism at Davos this year comes from the trade ministers, who are gathering on Saturday for the first time since the World Trade Organization (WTO) closed the lid on 14 years of increasingly toxic stalemate.

US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday he believed that with effort and good faith on both sides it would be possible to implement the Minsk agreements on Ukraine in coming months to allow for a lifting of sanctions on Russia.

China's economy is on track and the country has entered a phase of steady rather than speedy growth, China Vice-President Li Yuanchao said.

US Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday said the US-led coalition bombing ISIS strongholds in Syria and Iraq will reach their goal of "seriously denting" the group by the end of 2016.

Indian economy needs multiple engines of growth while the government focus now is on reviving private investments, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Thursday.