Growth of Philanthropy in India Impressive: Bill and Melinda Gates

Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates, co-founders and co-chairs of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, spoke to NDTV's Dr Prannoy Roy on the sidelines of the annual World Economic Forum meet at Davos.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, on Friday warned the West against trying to topple President Vladimir Putin and said that Russians are ready to sacrifice their wealth in Mr Putin's support.

In an emotional speech on the horrors inflicted by extremist groups, US Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday told an audience in Davos that in the fight against "terror", there was "no room for anti-Semitism or Islamophobia".

With oil prices touching "rock bottom", there is an opportunity for countries to cut energy subsidies worth $2 trillion, International Monetary Fund's chief Christine Lagarde said.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has hinted at not raising tax rates and providing incentives for manufacturing in the upcoming Budget while asserting that "structural changes" will have to be made to get the economy to 8-9 per cent growth.

Having set a world record with fastest roll-out of its financial inclusion scheme - Jan Dhan Yojana, the government expects its ambitious power sector programme to create more such records, including by making India the world's largest destination for renewable energy.

Cisco chairman and CEO John Chambers spoke to NDTV's Vikram Chandra on the sidelines of the annual World Economic Forum meet at Davos. "If I were going to bet on one emerging country in the world I'd bet on India," Mr Chambers said.

Ms Kochhar, who is here to attend the WEF Annual Meeting, was responding to a query on the problems of bad loans in the Indian banking sector.

Real Estate Investment Trusts or REITs will be a "booster rocket" for investments coming into India and realty players are awaiting more clarity on the proposed new instrument, JLL India chairman and country head Anuj Puri has said.

The government will go ahead with its disinvestment programme and "a lot of activity" is expected on that front, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said, while hinting at complete privatisation of some loss-making PSUs at a later stage.

The future world of artificial intelligence wowed the Davos elite Thursday, but the rosy picture came with a warning.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, who is in Davos to attend the World Economic Forum, met Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak during which he explained the opportunities for investments in the state.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in an exclusive interview with NDTV's Vikram Chandra at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Anshu Jain, the co-chief executive officer of Deutsche Bank, said that India needs to create a million jobs every month just to stay where it is.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley; noted economist Nouriel Roubini; Nicholas Dirks, chancellor of University of California, Berkeley; ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar and Hari Bhartia, co-chairman & founder of Jubilant Life Sciences, are taking part in a discussion in Davos which is moderated by NDTV's Vikram Chandra.

A terrifying dystopian world was portrayed by a group of Harvard professors at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

The Minister said that the investors across sectors are very enthused about India and were waiting to come in.

After making financial history and entering the Guinness World Records, the Narendra Modi government's financial inclusion scheme Jan Dhan Yojana is creating a big buzz in Davos, with the World Bank President and the Queen of Netherlands lauding India's efforts.

"The budget will be a very important occasion for this government, but then the next 364 days are equally important."

The Google Executive Chairman at Davos said the Internet will become so pervasive it will effectively disappear into the background.