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Top 10 countries fostering effective energy transition in 2025: Where does India rank?

August 19, 2025 6:29 am

Top 10 countries fostering effective energy transition in 2025 list: In the past decade, India has made significant progress in effective energy transition, currently ranking 71st with an ETI score of 53.3 on the Energy Transition Index 2025.

Ram Madhav at Idea Exchange: ‘Any economic ideology benefitting the last man is priority. That’s why India could do away with absolute poverty’

July 14, 2025 8:40 am

An author and president of a think tank, India Foundation, his latest book is The New World: 21st Century Global Order and India, which focusses on building brand Bharat and where we should be headed

WEF Gender Gap Index 2025: Top 10 best and worst countries for gender parity

June 24, 2025 8:01 am

WEF Global Gender Gap Index 2025 By Country: Gender parity has been a global discussion for decades, yet at the present rate, it will take 132 years estimatedly to eliminate gender gap and achieve full parity.

India slips to 131st position in Global Gender Gap Index 2025

June 12, 2025 12:46 pm

The 19th edition of the report, which covers 148 economies, revealed both encouraging momentum and persistent structural barriers facing women worldwide.

CIDCO signs four major MoUs at Davos WEF

February 09, 2025 8:20 pm

While launching the International Educity project, CIDCO announced it would bring together 8-10 foreign universities to create a global education hub.

From gender equity, biofuels, big cats, India taking lead at global high table

February 08, 2025 3:42 am

Irani discussed gender-responsive trade agreements with Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam. At a meeting with philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, the two explored collaborations on dismantling barriers in healthcare, digital skilling, and leadership.

CPM in Davos: When a Kerala govt delegation went to World Economic Forum

January 29, 2025 8:01 am

For the government, this was a major opportunity to reach out to investors before the state investment summit slated for next month

UPSC Essentials | Daily subject-wise quiz : International Relations MCQs on World Economic Forum, QUAD and more (Week 94)

February 19, 2025 11:15 am

Are you preparing for UPSC CSE Prelims 2025? Check your progress and revise your topics through this quiz on International Relations.

Maharashtra gets Rs 15.75 lakh crore investment, will help generate 16 lakh jobs: Devendra Fadnavis

January 23, 2025 10:36 pm

Devendra Fadnavis also stressed on the importance of sustainable development and climatic challenges, which were deliberated during the WEF.

Maharashtra inks MoUs worth Rs 4.99 lakh crore with 20 companies on Day 1 of World Economic Forum in Davos

January 22, 2025 2:48 pm

The Jindal Steel Work (JSW) group alone signed the largest MOU committing an investment of Rs 3 lakh crores in critical sectors of the state such as steel manufacturing, renewable energy, electric vehicles and infrastructure and cement.

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Braving snowfall, climate activists protest against World Economic Forum in Davos

January 17, 2023 5:08 pm

The agenda of the annual WEF meeting includes climate change, where business leaders from major energy firms are attending the meet

Leaders call for stakeholder responsibility at WEF annual meet

January 25, 2020 8:12 am

The World Economic Forum (WEF) also said the annual meeting, which aimed to bring all stakeholders together to shape a cohesive and sustainable world, was climate-neutral for the fourth consecutive year, with a host of new initiatives to boost resource efficiency and further reduce emissions.

Top Frames: Orthodox believers mark Epiphany with icy plunge, Taliban suicide attack in Kabul

January 23, 2016 6:10 pm

Orthodox believers mark Epiphany on January 19 by immersing themselves in icy waters regardless of the weather. Afghan policemen stand guard at the site of a suicide bomb attack in an area near the Russian embassy in Kabul.

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FM Jaitley at World Economic Forum

January 23, 2016 3:30 pm

Switzerland, Jan 23 (ANI): Finance Minister, Arun Jaitely, on Saturday attended the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. Finance Minister Jaitley said that there are a set of structural reforms which are in progress and there are a large number of steps which the Government of India has taken over the last year-and-a-half. He further added that India's co-operative federalism has transformed to competitive federalism, and that's really a good news for India.

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