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Over 40 heads of state and government, as well as 2,500 leaders from business and society will convene at the  46th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, from 20 to 23 January in Davos-Klosters , Switzerland, under the theme, Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution . Critical current challenges, such as  security ,  climate change  and  “new normal” global growth and commodity prices,  are among the issues on the agenda. The Co-Chairs of the Annual Meeting 2016 are:  Mary Barra,  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, General Motors Company;  Sharan Burrow , General-Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC);  Satya Nadella , Chief Executive Officer, Microsoft Corporation;  Hiroaki Nakanishi , Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hitachi;  Tidjane Thiam , Chief Executive Officer, Credit Suisse; and  Amira Yahyaoui , Founder, Al Bawsala and Global Shaper. "The Fourth Industrial Revolution refers to the fusion of technologies across the physica

A bus branded with ‘Make Andhra Pradesh Your Business’ posters run on the streets of the Davos city in Switzerland ahead of the 46th World Economic Forum annual summit Ahead of the 46th World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Summit, Andhra Pradesh government has come out with an innovative campaign on the streets of Davos to attract investments to the reorganised State. Building on the tremendous success achieved at the recently held CII Partnership Summit in Visakhapatnam, the State government has now begun undertaking a unique initiative to project the might of the reorganised AP as an investment destination bringing it to the doorstep of the Western world. Executed with startling visuals - the state government has branded a special bus with ‘Make AP your Business’ posters. According to a press release by the AP CMO, it is the first time AP has branded a bus in Davos to make the State, “investors’ port of call”. The special vehicle is making rounds in the c

New Delhi : Andhra Pradesh today signed a pactwith World Economic Forum under which the Geneva-based organisation will help the state assess its competitiveness. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), signed during the National Strategy Day on India event of WEF, paves the way for a future collaboration that will allow the state government and its partners to assess competitiveness. Drawing on the work of the Forum in benchmarking competitiveness, particularly through the use of the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI), the Andhra Pradesh government and its partners will assess the competitiveness - both strengths and weaknesses - of the state's economy. The assessment will provide key data for the design of evidence-based policies and reforms, and allow comparison with other economies of similar size or at a similar stage of development. "Collaboration with the World Economic Forum will provide us with the methodology, tools and knowledge to design better po

Walk to work, cycle to work features to make Amaravati a green capital, says Naidu Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has underscored the need for evolving measures to face serious challenges that are likely to be thrown up by the rapid pace of urbanisation. “Urbanisation is a reality, and it is unstoppable. Close to 80 per cent of the GDP is expected to come from urban areas in the near future,” he said, stressing the need for governments to gear up for meeting challenges. Mr. Naidu was delivering the keynote address at a meeting convened by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in New Delhi on Wednesday. He recalled how he developed Hyderabad into an economic and IT hub during his earlier stint as Chief Minister of the united State and said that he had suggested some structural changes in urban development, including generation of energy through solid wastes, as convenor of the sub-group of the Swachch Bharat Mission. The Chief Minister said people had given him an op