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Thursday, April 25, 2024
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Topic: Davos

WEF only pushes the agenda of MNCs that fund it. Don’t expect welfare from Davos forum

At WEF 2024, the five-day conference in Davos mainly focussed on how friendship rather than ‘efficient partnerships’ is driving trade and investment globally.

Saudi Arabia is developing a new ‘blue economy’–with regenerative tourism, maritime logistics

With the maritime economy projected to reach $3 trillion by 2030, unlocking the potential of the blue economy can return a five-fold yield.

Is Europe’s pursuit of security delusional? West must fix its internal maladies first

There has to be a collective pursuit of finding a new equilibrium for the world.

World Economic Forum discuss impact of high interest rates at Davos 2024

While expectations for high inflation are diminishing globally, the persistently high rates are testing economic resilience and impacting borrowers and global markets.

Shinde under Oppn fire for Davos trip as Uddhav’s Sena calls it a ‘splurge, junket of illegal CM’

CMO reacts saying 10 persons accompanying Maharashtra CM & 8 MMRDA officials travelling independently. This is Maharashtra CM's 2nd visit, 2023 trip was govt’s most expensive so far.

‘Auto-rickshaw CM now chartered CM’ — Congress slams Shinde-led delegation’s Davos outing cost

Following a report by ThePrint on Eknath Shinde-led delegation spending Rs 32 crore on the trip to Davos, Congress questions expenses, says this is ‘not a govt of common people’.

Why Yogi may remember Shamshad Begum as BJP ministers, legislators target UP IAS officers

Civil servants in UP and Madhya Pradesh are under similar attacks. But unlike Shivraj Singh Chouhan, CM Yogi has remained mum.

Energy, food, health—India at WEF summit in Davos looked promising

At least five states made their presence felt at the meeting, including India's business capital, Mumbai. Here are five highlights from the week.

A tale of two summits: Quad under a Chinese shadow & Davos searching for a solution to Russia

Quad's message from Tokyo was of solidarity and the World Economic Forum's Switzerland meeting was more political than ever. Both were concerned about the health of geopolitics.

YouTube CEO says work remains to curb misinformation but committed to free speech

Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki also said the platform continues to operate in Russia in order to deliver independent news there.

On Camera

BJP has a problem of plenty in Phase 2. It can only go down from that

BJP’s fate in the second phase of 2024 Lok Sabha election will be decided in Karnataka, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra, where it performed very well in 2019 but faces a stiff competition now.

Kotak Mahindra Bank shares drop 10% after RBI bans it from taking new customers via digital channels

The private lender's shares tumbled to be top Nifty 50 loser after India's central bank barred it from taking on new customers through online and mobile banking channels.

Rafale to Exercise Garuda, a look at Indo-French defence ties as Chief of Defence Staff visits France

Another addition to military cooperation has been the Strategic Space Dialogue, inaugurated in Paris in 2023. Last month, India participated as an observer to France’s AsterX.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.