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WEF 2022: Andhra signs 3 MoUs, AMNS India announces Rs 1,000 cr investment

World Economic Forum 2022: ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India intends to complete the expansion project in 2023

WEF 2022: Outlook grim for global recession but experts weigh how much

"We are not in a recession yet, but the signs are not good," said David Rubenstein, Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of Carlyle at the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Annual Meet on Tuesday

WEF 2022: Rebuilding the damaged world is a priority, say global leaders

At World economic 2022 in Davos, business, political, and tech leaders are clear that deeper collaboration is essential to rebuild a world damaged by the Covid-19 pandemic and geo-political aggression

Need coordinated global response to tackle pandemics: Health leaders at WEF

At least one novel pathogen emerges every year, with each one of those having the potential to morph into another worldwide pandemic and therefore, there is a need for a coordinated global response to tackle pandemics, health leaders said here on Wednesday. Speaking at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2022 here, they noted that the official count of COVID-19 deaths is more than 6 million, but the tail end of the pandemic is still raging in some parts of the world. Improved global coordination and regional capacity building will help ensure the world is better prepared for the next pandemic, leading health experts said. "We must not lose this moment of potential transformative change in building preparedness," said Helen E Clark, Board Chair, Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health, World Health Organization (WHO). "Unfortunately, political resolve to solve COVID is beginning to fade." Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda, pointed out that the COVID-19 pandemic is still

World Economic Forum 2022: Remembering Rahul Bajaj at Davos Annual Meet

It was Rahul Bajaj's insistence 40 years ago that made Indian business leaders attend the World Economic Forum WEF event.

Pfizer to offer nearly two dozen low-cost products to poor nations

The products, which are widely available in the US and the European Union, include 23 medicines and vaccines that treat infectious diseases, some cancers and rare and inflammatory conditions

WEF 2022: Karnataka, Tamil Nadu making their presence felt in Davos

Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai launched a global investors meet at the state pavilion on the main promenade at the World Economic Forum

WEF 2022: Yo-Yo Ma, Emmanuel Ax perform in solidarity with Ukraine

The concert at World economic forum (WEF) 2022, which began with the national anthem of Ukraine, ended with a hope for peace and resolution of conflict.

WEF 2022: Not sharing Covid vaccines widely is racism, says UN official

Just 13 per cent of people in low-income countries, mostly brown and black, are vaccinated, said UN Undersecretary-General

Top headlines: Govt approves stake sale in HZL; IndiGo Q4 loss widens

Business Standard brings you the top headlines on Wednesday

WEF 2022: China commits to plant and conserve 70 billion trees by 2030

In the past decade, China has regrown more than 70 million hectares of forest cover

Karnataka story different from other states, says CM Bommai at WEF

With a number of Indian states lining up here at the WEF Annual Meeting to woo investors, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Bommai on Wednesday said his state is the "safest place to do business"

WEF 2022: Govt has no immediate plan to lift wheat export ban, says Goyal

The world's second biggest producer of wheat banned private overseas sales of the grain on May 14 after a scorching heat wave curtailed output and domestic prices hit a record high.

India was never traditional supplier of wheat to world, says Goyal at WEF

Asserting that it was never a traditional player in the international wheat market, India said it will continue to allow wheat export for countries that are vulnerable, friendly

WEF 2022: Pfizer commits medicines, vaccines to 45 lower-income countries

World Economic Forum (WEF) 2022: The initiative by Pfizer was launched at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos 2022

WEF 2022: The reasons to worry just keep piling up for Davos executives

World economic forum (WEF) 2022: The risk of a global recession -- a repeated topic at meetings -- was just one reason for wanting a ceasefire as the Russia-Ukraine war enters its fourth month

WEF 2022: Every dollar invested in social jobs to yield $2.3 return

Jobs in the US include 4.2 million teaching jobs, 1.8 million in personal care and service workers, and 900,000 jobs in healthcare.

WEF 2022: EU CEOs step up action plan on energy and food security

CEO Action Group renewed its commitment to a 55 per cent emissions reduction target by 2030

Energy war, chip-battle, Taiwan in focus at WEF in a turbulent world order

For the titans of commerce gathering in Davos this week, all of this marks a shift away from the era of ever-closer global ties, when big business thought it had succeeded in making the world flat

WEF 2022: From Lagos to DC, these activists are fighting air pollution

99% of people worldwide breathe air above the safe limits suggested by the World Health Organization