REITs to be 'Booster Rocket' for Investments: JLL India

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.

India and the United States have a mature relationship and can survive differences, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley told NDTV's Shweta Rajpal Kohli at the World Economic Forum in Davos, ahead of US President Obama's visit to India.

India and the United States have a mature relationship and can survive differences, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley told NDTV at the World Economic Forum in Davos, ahead of US President Obama's visit to India.

Google boss Eric Schmidt predicted on Thursday that the Internet will soon be so pervasive in every facet of our lives that it will effectively "disappear" into the background.

Britain's Prince Andrew spoke at the Davos annual meeting on Thursday to "reaffirm" official denials of claims he had sex with an underaged girl employed by an American billionaire and convicted sex offender.

A police officer was injured when a small bomb exploded outside the presidential palace in Cairo on Thursday, police sources said.

Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka spoke to NDTV's Dr Prannoy Roy on the sidelines of the annual World Economic Forum meeting being held at Davos. It has been an amazing journey at Infosys, and there's been a lot of positive energy in the company that keeps me going, Mr Sikka said.

US President Barack Obama's visit to India for Republic Day celebrations has created a buzz. NDTV spoke to some of the top CEOs gathered at Davos to attend the annual World Economic Forum meet on what they expect from the event.

NDTV's Prashant R Nair caught up with Qualcomm Incorporated president Derek Aberle on the sidelines of the annual World Economic Forum meet at Davos. Mr Aberle spoke about the telecom sector and its growth potential and how the government should make more and more spectrum available.