At Davos, Smriti Irani On Perils Of Not Seeing Productivity From Health Perspective

Artificial Intelligence, or AI, can "fundamentally transform governance", Andhra Pradesh IT Minister Nara Lokesh told NDTV Wednesday at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland's Davos.

India's work on artificial intelligence (AI) has three main objectives that will be completed this year, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told NDTV at the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos.

Iran hopes U.S. President Donald Trump will choose "rationality" in its dealing with the Islamic Republic, Iran's Vice-President for Strategic Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday, adding Tehran had never sought nuclear weapons.

Israel's economy and industry minister Nir Barkat has sought Hamas to be replaced with people who recognise the state of Israel and who are "peace-seeking". In an interview to NDTV at Davos, Mr Barkat also spoke on a range of matters.

The Panama Canal was not a gift from the United States, President Jose Raul Mulino said Wednesday, after US President Donald Trump threatened to take it back.

India's nuclear reactors are "absolutely safe" as it applies the highest levels of safety standards to its civil nuclear programme, the chief of global nuclear watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has told NDTV.

Europe's largest and now Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) in conflict-hit Ukraine had been minutes or hours away "a few times" from a nuclear catastrophe, the head of the IAEA told NDTV in Davos.

Maharashtra, on the first day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) worth over Rs 4.99 lakh crore.

A change in the H-1B visa policy for highly skilled professionals from India under Trump 2.0 would be "fantastic" for the US as it needs them, American economist Kenneth Rogoff told NDTV at the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos.

Tamil Nadu is keen on securing investment to create high-end, high-value jobs to boost its economy, and any jobs coming into the state is a win for the Indian economy also, Industries Minister, TRB Rajaa, told NDTV at the World Economic Forum.

India's growth to a $5-trillion economy will not happen if women - or the "better half of the economy" - are not part of it, Dipali Goenka, the CEO of Welspun Living, has said.

One of the key themes of the World Economic Forum (WEF), year after year, is the theme of inclusion. When the world talks about inclusion, diversity is critical, but also the role of women. Former Union Minister Smriti Irani spoke to NDTV.