Chip Shortage, Energy, China-Taiwan: 5 Global Flashpoints To Watch Out For

A new age of great-power rivalry is redrawing the map of the world economy and forcing business chiefs to navigate around a growing number of global flashpoints.

The theme for this year's World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting, to be held in Davos, Switzerland, from January 16 to 20, will be 'Cooperation in a Fragmented World'.

Environmental lobby group Greenpeace accused attendees of the annual Davos meeting of a "distasteful masterclass in hypocrisy" on Friday over their use of private jets to travel to the event in the Swiss Alps.

A record number of business and government leaders will descend on the Swiss resort of Davos next week to pore over challenges ranging from global economic slowdown to environmental collapse as the World Economic Forum returns to its winter slot.

Top politicians and world business leaders are set to meet for the annual Davos summit in the Swiss Alps next week under the shadow of war in Ukraine, a climate crisis and global trade in disarray.

India's Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri told the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday that a crude oil price of $110 a barrel was not sustainable

Telangana minister KT Rama Rao said that his 10-day trip to the UK and the World Economic Forum, Davos, had concluded successfully.

There is a lot of interest among international companies for defence manufacturing in India because the world sees India a safe place to work, Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal said.

India's Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri told the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday that a crude oil price of $110 a barrel was not sustainable

World leaders, financiers and chief executives said they were leaving this week's World Economic Forum with an urgent sense of the need to reboot and redefine 'globalization'.

Maharashtra Department of Education on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Byju's Institute at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland's Davos to provide modern education to the students of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.

The World Economic Forum and leaders of some of the world’s largest businesses have announced to expand a partnership to promote green technologies. Sweden, India, Japan, Denmark, the United Kingdom and other countries also joined the initiative.

India at Davos: Inside a pavilion on the Swiss Alpine resort's Promenade street beneath an "India @ Davos 2022" logo, the federal government served up treats including 'masala chai' tea, 'samosa' snacks and other spicy delicacies.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday that the West remained divided over the extent of its support for Ukraine.

US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer on Wednesday said it would sell its patented drugs at a not-for-profit basis to the world's poorest countries, as part of a new initiative announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

At least one novel pathogen emerges every year, therefore, there is a need for a coordinated global response to tackle pandemics, health leaders said in Davos.

Cuba applauded India for its extraordinary efforts in healthcare interventions at the World Economic Forum as Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya met his Cuban counterpartin Davos on Tuesday.

ReNew Power will invest a huge Rs 50,000 crore in renewable power generation in the state with a generating capacity of 10,000 to 12,000 Megawatts.

India banned wheat exports earlier this month as an intense heat wave hit output and domestic prices hit a record high.

Kristalina Georgieva, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has asked crypto investors to not abandon virtual assets after Terra’s recent downfall. While calling out global lawmakers to regulate cryptocurrencies, she asked investors to fund stablecoins backed by reserve assets. Georgieva has also emphasised on imparting knowledge around cryp...