The India Meteorological Department, while defending its failure to forecast the severity of last week’s storm in Delhi, explained the difficulty of predicting sudden and extreme changes resulting from the interaction of multiple weather systems from different directions. It emphasized the need for much denser weather monitoring systems and greater sophistication in analytical capabilities to…
Photo: reports.weforum.org The World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2025 and QS’s World Future Skills Index contain critical insights into the state of India’s workforce and its preparedness for the future. They offer a roadmap for the government and universities to address the pressing challenges and opportunities in shaping a future-ready workforce. Their findings…
India, poised to surpass 900 million Internet users, would find itself vulnerable without proper policy implementation to combat disinformation. Representational file image. | Photo Credit: Reuters The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Risks Report 2025 underscores misinformation and disinformation as the highest ranked short-term global threat. The WEF defines “global risk” as an event that…
India must democratize AI to establish itself as a global leader in artificial intelligence, AI experts deliberated at the Mint AI Summit 2025. They highlighted the need for collaboration across multiple sectors, including public-private partnerships, universities, and scholars. Currently, India lags in AI PhD holders and faces significant infrastructure challenges, particularly in energy supply and…
IT-major Wipro Limited’s Executive Chairman Rishad Premji in an interview with the news portal NDTV at Davos 2025, highlighted how he is leveraging artificial intelligence to reskill the employees to be relevant in the world of automation. “Skilling is important to be able to have talent that’s AI-ready, to be able to deploy and leverage…
Attendees listen to a virtual speech delivered by U.S. president Donald Trump, at the Annual Meeting of World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on January 23, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump used an address on Thursday (January 23, 2025) to the World Economic Forum to promise global elites lower taxes if…
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday said, “Our first ‘Made in India’ chip will be rolled out this year and now we are looking at the next phase, where we can get equipment manufacturers, material manufacturers and designers in India”. At the World Economic Forum, the union minister stated that India’s semiconductor programme, he said…
India Pavilion at World Economic Forum (WEF) annual conference 2025 in Davos, Switzerland was inaugurated by Union Minister of Food Processing Industries Chirag Paswan, Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Jayant Chaudhary and others. | Photo Credit: By Arrangement India Pavilion at World Economic Forum (WEF) annual conference 2025 in Davos, Switzerland,…
Davos, Asserting that Indian workers prove their mettle everywhere they go including in leadership roles, union minister Jayant Chaudhary has said this success story is set to grow further on the global stage. Speaking to PTI in this ski resort town on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, the minister said the…
Armed conflict is the top risk in 2025, a World Economic Forum (WEF) survey released last week showed, a reminder of the deepening global fragmentation as government and business leaders attend an annual gathering in Davos. Nearly one in four of the more than 900 experts surveyed across academia, business and policymaking ranked conflict, including…
