Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of “Women-led Development” resonated strongly at the WEF 2024, with the global community expressing committed support. The WEF praised India’s inclusive and remarkable growth story under Prime Minister Modi’s visionary leadership, commending the government’s philosophy of “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas.”

The newly launched Alliance aims to bring together global best practices, foster knowledge sharing, and attract investments in key areas such as women’s health, education, and enterprise. The initiative builds on the commitments of the G20 Leaders’ Declaration and India’s dedication to women-led development.

Irani, speaking at the announcement, stated, “On a street where money walks and politics talks, we were able to bring together the best of industry, enterprise, and humanity in this grand Alliance.” She highlighted India’s achievements, including its spectacular inclusive growth story.

President Droupadi Murmu will on January 22 present the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar to 19 children for their exceptional achievements, an official statement said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with the award winners on Tuesday, it said.

The children, comprising nine boys and 10 girls, hail from 18 States and Union Territories, including two aspirational districts.

The Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar, 2024 will be given in six categories — art and culture (7), bravery (1), innovation (1), science and technology (1), social service (4), and sports (5), according to the statement.

New Delhi’s only World Trade Centre at Nauroji Nagar recently saw the inauguration of its first office space. The state of the art office of CRCS was inaugurated by Union Minister for Home and Cooperation Amit Shah. CRCS will be occupying approximately 41,000 sqft of super built up area valuing approximately Rs 165 crore at World Trade centre (WTC), Nauroji Nagar. The world trade centre will also have provision for ample car parking space.

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) appointed NBCC (India) Limited as implementing agency for re-development of Nauroji Nagar, New Delhi. NBCC is authorized to market the commercial space on freehold basis. NBCC is building Delhi’s only World Trade Centre situated in Nauroji Nagar, which is one of the largest commercial hubs with modern facilities and amenities and this project.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday said he is resolute in leading the state to its ambitious target of becoming a USD 1 trillion economy as the state government secured investment MoUs worth Rs 3.53 lakh crore (USD 44 billion) this week at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting.

The state also received an expression of interest for an additional Rs 1 lakh crore investment, taking the total to Rs 4.5 lakh crore (nearly USD 57 billion) with a potential to create about two lakh jobs across sectors, including electronics, IT, data centres, gems and jewellery, agriculture, automobile and renewable energy, an official statement said.

Team Telangana, led by chief minister A Revanth Reddy, wrapped up the World Economic Forum (WEF) conclave at Davos with investments of over 40,000 crore in the kitty after meetings with the top brass of over 200 major corporate houses over a three-day period.

The state government said it inked deals worth 40,232 crore, which is nearly double of what the state managed to garner last year at Davos.

Telangana inked deals with Adani Group, JSW Group, Iron Mountain & Web Werks, Tata Technologies, BL Agro, Surgical Instruments Group Holdings, Godi Energy, Aragen Life Sciences, Innovera Pharmaceuticals, QCentrio, Systra, Uber and o9 Solutions that can create over 2,500 jobs.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday that the relations between India and the United Kingdom goes back to historical days to the time of the Battle of Plassey in 1757. She inaugurated the 47th International Kolkata Book Fair on Thursday. Banerjee said,

“We have close ties with the UK with so many students studying in various universities in the UK and people working in that country. They ruled our country for a long time. Their construction work, architecture and artistic work has survived several

As devotees' countdown to the opening of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on January 22, the world's largest 300-foot lamp will be lit in the city at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.

Jagadguru Paramhans Acharya said, "This lamp will be lit using 1.25 quintals of cotton and 21000 litres of oil. Soil and water from different places across the country and cow's ghee have been used to prepare this lamp. This is the world's largest lamp."

jagadguru Paramhans Acharya highlighted the significance of the festival of Diwali.

In a groundbreaking discovery, India has recorded its first-ever confirmed record of a rare Tibetan Brown Bear. The bear was spotted in high altitudes of Northern Sikkim thanks to the camera traps installed by the Sikkim Forest Department and WWF-India. With this discovery, the nation's animal diversity has increased by one subspecies.

An image of this Tibetan Brown Bear was shared on Instagram by All India Radio News. In the caption of their post, the news agency informed, "The camera traps that recorded the bear were placed by Phuchung Lachenpa, Tashi Palden Lachenpa and Palden Lepcha in the high altitudes of Mangan district and caught this elusive bear in December 2023. These photos highlight the characteristic yellowish scarf-like collar of this bear that broadens from the shoulders to the chest." They also shared two pictures of the Tibetian brown bear.

The United States continues to have the most powerful military in the world, followed by Russia and China, according to the Global Firepower rankings 2024.

India has the fourth strongest military globally, according to the index which evaluated the strength of 145 countries.

According to the ranking, Pakistan is at number 9 while Bhutan has the least powerful military in the world.

The index takes into account around 60 factors, including the number of troops, military equipment, financial stability, geographic location and available resources.

Continuing its dominance among peers for five years, the National Stock Exchange of India emerged as the world's largest derivative exchange in 2023 by the number of contracts traded. In addition to this, it ranked 3rd in the world in the equity segment by number of trades (electronic order book).

“NSE Group (National Stock Exchange of India and NSE International Exchange) has once again emerged as the world’s largest derivatives exchange group in the calendar year 2023 by number of contracts traded based on statistics published by Futures Industry Association (FIA), a derivatives trade body," said the stock exchange in its release on Thursday.