Several Union Ministers, CMs to join world leaders in Davos for WEF meet

Several Union Ministers, CMs to join world leaders in Davos for WEF meet

Union ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw, C.R. Patil, Chirag Paswan, K. Ram Mohan Naidu and Jayant Chaudhary, alongside three chief ministers — Devendra Fadnavis, Chandrababu Naidu and Revant Reddy, will join hundreds of government and business leaders from across the globe in Swiss ski resort town Davos next month for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2025. … Read more

Sweden To Pay Grandparents Parental Leave To Babysit Up To Three Months In Their Grandchild’s First Year

Sweden To Pay Grandparents Parental Leave To Babysit Up To Three Months In Their Grandchild’s First Year

In a groundbreaking move, Sweden has enacted a new law that allows grandparents to receive paid parental leave to care for their grandchildren. This revolutionary legislation, effective from Monday, compensates grandparents for babysitting their grandkids for up to three months during the first year of the child’s life. Under this new law, grandparents are entitled … Read more

China’s economy ‘is full of hope’, but market reforms key to healthy, sustainable foundations

China’s economy ‘is full of hope’, but market reforms key to healthy, sustainable foundations

Unswerving market-oriented reforms would be key for China’s upcoming third plenum, said a former senior official with Beijing’s top economic planner. “China’s economic reform has been going on for 45 years, and this year marks the 46th year, and the most important core issue is reconciling the relationship between the government and the market,” said … Read more

Palestinian Authority to return to Gaza, Saudi-normalized ties incoming

Palestinian Authority to return to Gaza, Saudi-normalized ties incoming

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and foreign ministers representing the “Arab Six” met on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEC) in Riyadh in April to discuss a vision for the “day after” the war in Gaza, according to a Saturday report from the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Ahkbar, citing a document received by the … Read more

Lack Of Women’s Rights Exposed In Iceland As It Tops WEF’s Gender Gap Index 14 Years In A Row

Lack Of Women’s Rights Exposed In Iceland As It Tops WEF’s Gender Gap Index 14 Years In A Row

Iceland, the Nordic island nation, is often touted as a beacon of gender equality, having topped the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report for the past 14 years. However, women and non-binary individuals in Iceland have expressed that the country’s progress towards gender equality has stagnated, despite its global ranking. In an interview with … Read more

Saudi House set to make first appearance in Riyadh

Saudi House set to make first appearance in Riyadh

Riyadh: Saudi House, an initiative for visitors to learn more about the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s transformation under Saudi Vision 2030, is all set to make its first appearance in Riyadh. This intitiative will now be hosted on the sidelines of the Kingdom’s inaugural World Economic Forum (WEF) Special Meeting on Sunday, April 28 and … Read more

Climate Warrior Bhumi Pednekar gets recognised as a young global leader by World Economic Forum : Bollywood News

Climate Warrior Bhumi Pednekar gets recognised as a young global leader by World Economic Forum : Bollywood News

Climate Warrior Bhumi Pednekar is being recognised as a Young Global Leader (YGL) by World Economic Forum. She will be inducted into the prestigious YGL’s class of 2024 at Geneva later this year. The reason behind this step is Bhumi’s contribution towards raising awareness on sustainability and climate change along with her incredible work to … Read more

DPI, Bankruptcy Law, Tax Code Make India Attractive Investment Destination: WEF Official

DPI, Bankruptcy Law, Tax Code Make India Attractive Investment Destination: WEF Official

A combination of policy changes such as bankruptcy law and taxation code and the enabling environment created by the digital public infrastructure has made India an attractive investment destination for the financial technology sector, a senior World Economic Forum (WEF) official said. In a video interview with PTI, Matthew Blake, Head of the Centre for … Read more

Why is China mixing its economic messages when business confidence is so low?

Why is China mixing its economic messages when business confidence is so low?

The move immediately raised fears of the sorts of industrial clampdowns the market has seen in other sectors, triggering a global sell-off in China’s tech stocks and wiping out billions of dollars of value. The regulator then sacked Feng Shixin, a long-serving official and publication bureau chief at the NPPA, sources told the South China … Read more

Crytpo Crowd Takes Over Davos to Promote Digital Asset Amid WEF Meet

Crytpo Crowd Takes Over Davos to Promote Digital Asset Amid WEF Meet

Despite the current turbulence, cryptocurrency executives from various companies attending the convention have taken over Davos’s main boulevard to promote digital asset adoption at the World Economic Forum conference, which brings together global political and commercial leaders. Various activities, such as a free Bitcoin pizza stall and a ‘Liquidity Lounge’, have been provided to attendees … Read more