Shimon Peres Recovering After Heart Scare

Former Israeli president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres was making an "excellent" recovery today after treatment for a heart problem, his surgeon said.

Failure to mitigate adverse impact of climate change is the biggest risk facing the world this year with greater damage potential than even the weapons of mass destruction, says a WEF survey.

The Annual Meeting in Davos remains the foremost creative force for engaging the worlds top leaders in collaborative activities focused on shaping the global, regional and industry agendas.

The WEF added that a delegation would still be welcome in the future if North Korea "acts as a responsible and responsive member of the international community." It did not elaborate.

More than 40 heads of state and government will attend next week's World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, which this year is focused on "mastering the fourth Industrial Revolution," organisers said on Wednesday.

India will have a strong presence of over 100 business and government leaders, led by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos next week that would be attended by more than 2,500 participants from across the world, including 40 heads of state.

Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella will co-chair the World Economic Forum's annual meet in January, an event that is likely to be attended by over 100 Indian business leaders.

In a republished interview recorded during the World Economic Forum at Davos, Jack Ma talks about the various failures that shaped his life. Guess what? He failed a lot.

Walmart India plans to open 15 cash-and-carry stores in Andhra Pradesh in next five years.

Taking forward his agenda of attracting investments in Maharashtra, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today announced his plan to transform Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) into a global financial, commercial and entertainment hub.

"The conclave of Indian and American CEOs exhibited a strong confidence about India. The desire of American businesses to invest in India was great. Their queries related essentially to the ease of doing business in India," he said in his Facebook post, 'President Obama, Davos and After'.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said global investors have evinced interest to invest in the state in the information technology, manufacturing and agriculture sectors.

Lauding the Reserve Bank of India's role in helping bring down inflation, Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian said the apex bank may further ease the interest rates as improvement on price front has opened the space for monetary easing.

Goyal, who was here to attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting, told PTI in an interview that India is a destination where business will become more and more attractive and it will be a destination where they can work "without fear, favour or extraneous conditions."

The power and coal minister, who was here to attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting, also said employees of Coal India have understood and appreciated the imperatives of the disinvestment proposal.

"We will have a diversified global workforce, but I can't give any numbers as in our business numbers can be translated into revenue and I'm in a quiet period.

"That is the total rate cut I see coming ahead," said Kotak, who was here to attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting.

US Secretary of State John Kerry was due in Nigeria Sunday, just weeks away from closely fought elections overshadowed by fears about mounting Boko Haram violence and poll-related unrest.

The TCS CEO made the statement when taking over as the chair of the IT governors steering committee of the WEF at Davos.

In the wake of the Sony hack late last year, cyber-security has been a hot button topic at the four-day World Economic Forum at Davos.