India has performed poorly in removing gender-based disparities, ranking 114 out of 142 countries in World Economic Forum's 2014 gender gap index, scoring below average on parameters like economic participation, educational attainment and health and survival.
Surprisingly, Jeff Bezos is the new entrant to the list and ends up holding the first position.
The growth in employment has lagged far behind the world economic growth last year. Experts say this situation is not politically, socially or economically sustainable.
The general election could be held sometime after the passage of the federal budget, Gilani indicated during an interaction with Pakistani journalists on Sunday night following his return from Davos, Switzerland, where he attended the World Economic Forum.
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has lauded his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh, describing him as a "genuine person" who is keen to resolve all bilateral issues.
RBI projects GDP growth in FY16 at 7.8 per cent, 30 bps higher than FY15. However, this comes with a downward bias.
He feels that the reserve price set by the government for the 2G spectrum auction was very high.
Despite slowing down, China and India continue to contribute more than half of the world's economic growth, a new report by an investment management and advisory services firm has claimed.
The United States reigns supreme as the world's economic superpower.
For 2012, the forum has selected 192 YGLs from 59 countries.
Is it a boon or a curse?
N Ganapathy Subramaniam further said TCS has signed deals worth over $6 billion in a matter of just 2-3 weeks
Global economic situation continues to be challenging & global growth will likely remain tepid in 2012
In her first visit abroad in 24 years, most of which were spent under house arrest, Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi left for Thailand on Tuesday to attend a World Economic Forum meet ahead of her European tour, ending a long spell of isolation and announcing her arrival on the global stage.
Terming it a socially responsible business model for growth, HCL Tech vice chairman and CEO Vineet Nayar said the company would create these jobs for fresh engineers.
The government emphasised that the country's credit strengths were 'much better' than most similar-rated economies.
While the top 10 countries in the list continue to be dominated by European nations, India dropped 5 places from 51 to rank 56 in the latest list.
India has been ranked 52nd in the Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index 2015 compiled by the World Economic Forum.
With the recent proliferation of cyberattacks, corporate executives need to devote increasing attention to protecting information assets and on-line operations, said a report released on Monday by the World Economic Forum.
Index analyzes drivers of financial system development that support economic growth.
IMF said in 2017, India is likely to grow at the rate of 7.2 per cent instead of the earlier projected 7.6 per cent.
Knowledge of technical skills, creativity, social and emotional intelligence is what recruiters are looking for.
A report by the Switzerland-based World Economic Forum for the year 2011-12 says that many Asian countries have better and more modern infrastructure than the United States.
The current global financial crisis dominated the India Economic Summit's (IES) pre-event conference. The three-day event, being organised jointly by the World Economic Forum (WEF) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) from Saturday, would make its debut in this city after 26 years. The summit, an annual event, is usually held in New Delhi.
As the world grows together, it is also growing apart, states the World Economic Forum's new Global Risks Report.
As the West realizes that globalisation has pauperised governments, left its society in disarray and its currency weak, there is a huge re-think there about the very idea of globalisation.
85 per cent of countries have improved their gender equality ratios.
India will contribute 36 global cities by 2025.
Once the envy of the world, these nations are now posing a threat to the world economy.
Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, who is drawing massive crowds in his country, has declared that "army's days are over" in Pakistan and vowed to have "best relations" with India.
Bharti Airtel is the country's largest telecom operator.
'Nations like India with high inflation and public debt should be cautious'
Reliance Industries raced to 52-week high on better than estimated earnings and announcement of bonus share.
'Every slide in the power point presentation had a graph with years like 2006, 2008, 2010 on the X axis... Most lines seemed to lie inert horizontally and many seemed to dip despondently, except the red line for China which seemed to rise triumphantly in each slide...' B S Prakash attends the World Economic Forum's Latin American version.
Sikka dismissed that the new technology and connectivity would create imbalances.
The second-generation reforms undertaken by India have not kept pace with those in the other countries, World Economic Forum's chief economist, Augusto Lopez Claros said on Monday.
The statement came after President Pratibha Patil and her Swiss counterpart Micheline Calmi-Rey addressed the Indo-Swiss Business Forum in the Swiss capital of Berne.
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