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India climbs eight places to 127 in terms of gender parity: WEF The World Economic Forum's (WEF) annual Gender Gap Report, 2023 said that India has ranked at 127 out of 146 countries in terms of gender parity -- an improvement of eight places from last year. The WEF ranked India at 135 out of 146 countries in the Global Gender Gap Index in the report's 2022 edition. India has improved by 1.4 percentage points and eight positions since the last edition, marking a partial recovery towards its 2020 parity level. According to the report, the countr...
India climbs eight places to 127 in terms of gender parity: WEF
India climbs eight places to 127 in terms of gender parity: WEF
Source: Accord Fintech
22/06/2023 1:58:15 PM
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath first UP CM to attend World Economic Forum meet in Davos  Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will be travelling to Davos city in Switzerland in January to attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) meet. Yogi Adityanath will be the first chief minister of UP to be attending the WEF meeting. A delegation of senior officials from the state industries department will accompany him. Invest UP, the state's investment promotion and facilitation agency, has been delegated the responsibility to make arrangements for the trip and take...
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath first UP CM to attend World Economic Forum meet in Davos
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath first UP CM to attend World Economic Forum meet in Davos
Source: IANS
2/12/2022 10:58:07 AM
WEF recognises Dr Reddy's Hyderabad factory part of global lighthouse network  Pharma major Dr Reddy's Laboratories on Tuesday announced that the World Economic Forum (WEF) has recognised its largest manufacturing facility in Bachupally, Hyderabad, as part of its global lighthouse network. Lighthouses are factories leading the way in Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0 or 4IR) technologies to drive impact in productivity, workforce engagement, sustainability, and supply chain resilience. "The journey of our facility started four years ago wit...
WEF recognises Dr Reddy's Hyderabad factory part of global lighthouse network
WEF recognises Dr Reddy's Hyderabad factory part of global lighthouse network
Source: IANS
12/10/2022 9:26:30 AM
India: A bright spot in the global economic arena The World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting took place during May 22-26 at Davos, Switzerland. The WEF meet was attended by about 3,000 participants from across the world including 109 from India. In an interview on the sidelines of WEF, Borge Brende, President of the World Economic Forum (WEF) described India as one of the main drivers of the global economy amid post Covid-19 disruptions, further aggravated by the Ukraine War. He described India as a "bright spot" in the globa...
India: A bright spot in the global economic arena
India: A bright spot in the global economic arena
Source: IANS
15/06/2022 8:26:55 AM
World Economic Forum: India participates with record delegation To mark its presence robustly at the just-concluded World Economic Forums (WEF) annual meeting this year, India had sent a record delegation this year led by Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal. The meeting took place in Davos from May 23-25. This year coincides with the World Economic Forum's 50th anniversary and 35 years of the Forum's collaboration with India. Speaking at the WEF, Goyal said, even as challenges continue to remain on economic front, the gover...
World Economic Forum: India participates with record delegation
World Economic Forum: India participates with record delegation
Source: IANS
2/06/2022 1:38:54 PM
Karnataka registers big investment flow at WEF meet in Davos: CM Basavaraj Bommai Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai claimed that the state is in the forefront of attracting investments at the World Economic Forum (WEF) meet. The Davos trip has proved a success for Karnataka, he said. "This is the biggest investment flow the state is registering in the recent past," he said after returning from Davos meet in Bengaluru. The state government has succeeded in drawing total investments of Rs 59,350 crore with its participation at WEF Meet in Davos, he ex...
Karnataka registers big investment flow at WEF meet in Davos: CM Basavaraj Bommai
Karnataka registers big investment flow at WEF meet in Davos: CM Basavaraj Bommai
Source: IANS
27/05/2022 3:25:36 PM
WEF 'Davos Agenda' closed with world leaders' global economic concerns The week-long meeting convened leaders on "The State Of The World" -- the Davos Agenda -- closed on Friday with headline-making dialogues by Heads of state and governments, international organisations, business and civil society. World leaders spoke on the global economic outlook, energy transition, social justice, healthy future and resiliency in their special addresses. It was the first global platform of the year and focused on driving concerted action among key global stakeho...
WEF 'Davos Agenda' closed with world leaders' global economic concerns
WEF 'Davos Agenda' closed with world leaders' global economic concerns
Source: IANS
22/01/2022 11:52:38 AM
'State of the World' address: Prime Minister Narendra Modi to speak on India-centric issues It seems that the World Economic Forum (WEF) Davos virtual summit has already set an agenda for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is scheduled to deliver his special address on Monday evening at 8.30 p.m. From Covid-19 putting pressure on the Indian healthcare system to India's struggle with climate change, specially mentioning the Mumbai floods, Covid's impact of Indian school children from the rural areas to new emerging mental health problems among the public, the WEF has ...
'State of the World' address: Prime Minister Narendra Modi to speak on India-centric issues
'State of the World' address: Prime Minister Narendra Modi to speak on India-centric issues
Source: IANS
17/01/2022 5:12:25 PM
Omicron uncertainty prompts WEF to delay Davos summit to mid-2022 ZURICH   - The World Economic Forum (WEF) on Monday postponed its annual meeting in Davos due to the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant, putting off the event scheduled for January until mid-2022. A month before world business and political leader were due to gather in the Swiss ski resort, its organisers said they had decided to postpone in light of continued uncertainty over Omicron, adding the event was now planned for "early summer". Davos, which in the pa...
Omicron uncertainty prompts WEF to delay Davos summit to mid-2022
Omicron uncertainty prompts WEF to delay Davos summit to mid-2022
Source: Reuters
20/12/2021 9:17:41 PM
Circular economy can cut vehicle emissions by 75% by 2030  In order to address global warming, the adoption of circular economy practices combined with accelerated electrification in the automotive industry has the potential to reduce carbon emissions by up to 75 per cent by 2030, a new Accenture-World Economic Forum (WEF) report said on Tuesday. The move can also help cut non-circular resource consumption by up to 80 per cent per mile by 2030. According to an Accenture analysis, mobility demand — in terms of both passenger miles an...
Circular economy can cut vehicle emissions by 75% by 2030
Circular economy can cut vehicle emissions by 75% by 2030
Source: IANS
16/03/2021 4:23:55 PM