the 48th world economic forum Annual meeting was organised in the Alpine resort of Davos- Klosters from January 23 to 26, 2018. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made the opening address on January 23rd, while the keynote address the given by the US President Donald Trump on the closing day, January 26. America frist does not mean America alone," Trump said in his speech. The state of the US economic features highly in his speech.
more than 2500 from business, International Organisations, civil society, academic, media and the arts from over 100 countries participated. Top celebrities including actress cate Blanchett, singer Elton John and Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan received crystal award ceremony on January 21st before the formal conference started.
this year's Annual meeting theme "creating a shared shared featured in a fractured world", made case for renewed commitment to International collaboration as a way of solving treat is critical Global challenges. it's the first time that the forum's Annual meeting has features and all females panel of co-chairs. They were IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde and Norwegian Prime Minister is Erna Solberg.
IMF launch Global Centre for cyber security
In a bid to safeguard the world from hijacker and growing data branches ---especially from Nation-states-- The world economic forum on January 24th, 2018 announce any Global Centre for cyber security. Headquarters in Geneva, the centre will become operational from March 2018.
As a borderless problem, urgent action is needed to create a safe operating environment for new technologies technologies like America intelligence, Robotics, drones, self driving Cars and the internet of things, the WEF said.
India at Davos
ON January 23rd, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi listed his three most significant Challenges to Civilization as we know it : climate change, terrorism and the backlash against globalisation.
Modi, leader of the fastest growing major economy in the world- as well as the world's largest democracy also spoke about the opportunities and dangerous of Technology, India's plan to fight in income inequality, job creation and out the country is "cutting the Red Tape and rolling out the red carpet to international trade and investment.
Chetna Sinha founder of founder and chair of the Mann Deshi Foundation called