New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) The free trade agreement that India and Gulf countries hope to sign will give Indian firms greater access to the $1-trillion market in the Middle East, apart ...

New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday said the measures taken by his government helped India brave the financial crisis better than most countries, but it may "wind ...

New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Bahrain can be the conduit for channelling the synergies of India and the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the head of Bahrain's Economic Development Board said here ...

New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) The Gulf kingdom of Bahrain could act as the conduit for channelling the synergies of India and the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), said the head of ...

New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday said the measures taken by his government helped India brave the financial crisis better than most countries, but it may "wind ...

New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) India may have faced the global downturn better than most countries but the road ahead to accelerated growth will not be an easy one to endure, ...

Mumbai, Nov 5 (IANS) German luxury car maker Audi will partner with the World Economic Forum's India Economic Summit by providing its premium model cars for facilitating the travel of delegates attending ...

Geneva, Sep 8 (DPA) Switzerland Tuesday replaced the US in the top place in the World Economic Forum (WEF) ranking of most competitive countries for doing business. "The United States falls one place ...

Coimbatore, Feb 25 (IANS) Mystic and yoga expert Jaggi Vasudev, a regular speaker at the World Economic Forum (WEF), feels "India is not handling the issue of terrorism with Pakistan right". "For ...

Tehran, Feb 3 (IANS) Tehran mayor Mohammad-Bagher Qalibaf has named Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who had walked out of a World Economic Forum (WEF) debate, as an “honorary Tehran citizen”, ...

Davos, Feb 1 (IANS) Indian megastar Amitabh Bacchan was honoured with World Economic Forum's (WEF) Crystal Award here for his contribution to the world of art.Noted Bharatnatyam and Kuchipudi dancer Mallika Sarabhai ...

Davos (Switzerland), Feb 1 (Xinhua) Japan would provide about $17 billion in development aid to Asian countries, the country's prime minister said here Saturday."Japan will support Asian countries by mobilizing funds ranging ...

Tehran, Jan 31 (IANS) Iranians have hailed Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Teyyeb Erdogan for his heated exchange with Israeli President Shimon Peres over the Gaza Strip at the World Economic Forum (WEF) ...

Davos (Switzerland), Jan.28 (ANI): Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath on Wednesday stated that Indias domestic demand will help it sustain economic growth despite the prevailing global downturn, which could not ...

New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) Two 25-year-old entrepreneurs are among the youngest Indian corporate leaders attending the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland.Sachin Duggal and Saurabh Dhoot, promoters of Nivio, ...

London, Jan 13 (IANS) China will experience a hard landing, rich and poor nations will fight over climate change and gaps will open up in global governance in 2009, the World Economic ...

Ahmedabad, July 25 (IANS) The World Economic Forum (WEF) has invited Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda to participate in the second Annual Meeting of The New Champions 2008 to be held ...

Xinhua Kuala Lumpur, June 15 (Xinhua) India Sunday urged Asian countries close collaboration to handle the rising challenges besetting the world. "The worldwide crisis is rising significantly, but nothing has happened at a ...

Xinhua Sharm El-Shiekh (Egypt), May 18 (Xinhua) US President George W. Bush Sunday said Iran will not be allowed to posses nuclear weapons. Bush made the remarks in a special address to the ...

By Dipankar De Sarkar London, April 10 (IANS) Despite its status as a world leader in information technology, India does not figure among the top 20 of the world's most networked economies. In ...

By Dipankar De Sarkar Every year thousands of the world's top executives, politicians and strategic thinkers take time off their busy schedule and gather for five days of agenda-setting discussions in a plush ...

New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) India Wednesday slammed the World Economic Forum (WEF) report slotting India on the 65th position out of the 130 countries it assessed, saying the ranking had "glaring ...

By Dipankar De Sarkar London, March 8 (IANS) A planned ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) aimed at breaking a deadlock in the Doha Development Round has been put off because ...

Islamabad, Feb 1 (ANI): President Pervez Musharraf is reported to have had an unannounced meeting in Davos with Saman Ahsan, the daughter of Aitzaz Ahsan, the president of the Pakistan Supreme Court ...

New Delhi, Dec.1 (ANI); India is at an inflection point the prospect of sustaining 8-10 percent growth is achievable, but a number of basic challenges are acting as a handbrake on development ...