Over 70 per cent of adults in Saudi Arabia, Russia, India and mainland China are confident their life will return to pre-COVID normal within a year

Deloitte CEO Punit Renjen said the Indian government has performed well in addressing the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic

\"India is a major player on a global stage,\" Kerry said in his remarks about the India-US relations and collaboration in climate change and sustainability at the South Asia Women in Energy (SAWIE)

Kerry would travel for consultations on increasing climate ambition ahead of US President Joe Biden's Leaders' Summit on Climate from April 22-23

Biden will host a two-day climate summit of world leaders starting on Earth Day, April 22, in which he will outline the US goal for reductions of carbon emissions by 2030 -- known as the nationally determined contribution under the historic Paris accord

As job description and roles across sectors transform based on digital goals of companies, diversity and inclusion have become more holistic

Alisha Moopen, Deputy MD, Aster DM Healthcare, explains what COVID-19 pandemic has taught women. She lists the number of measures women should take to keep themselves healthy and also touches upon the sacrifices they had to make during the pandemic. Moopen describes how coronavirus increased the gender gap predicted by the World Economic Forum and steps required to lessen this gap. Watch the video for more.Also Read: Women's Day 2021: How to win against all odds

Business Today awards in Chennai saw Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi K. Palaniswami announce investments worth Rs 10 lakh crore, creating employment opportunities for 20 lakh people over next four years

Tamil Nadu's automotive industry, which is a $3 trillion industry globally, has emerged as a significant player over the years, along with electronics industry, which stands at $2.7 trillion globally. Watch as experts including Dr Preetha Reddy, Vice-Chairperson Apollo Hospitals Group; Dr S Christopher, Ex-chairman, DRDO; Gopal Srinivasan, Chairman and MD, TVS Capital Funds Limited; Josh Foulger, Country Head and Managing Director, Foxconn International Holding, India; Madan R Krishnan, Vice President and Managing Director, Medtronic India; Vivek Partheeban, COO, Caplin Point Laboratories Ltd; Francisco Betti, Head - Shaping the Future of Advanced Manufacturing and Production, World Economic Forum; K Shanmugam, Ex-Chief Secretary, Tamil Nadu discuss how emerging markets have become key players for the state's economic growth.Also Read: Business Today honours business leaders of Tamil Nadu

Speaking at the World Economic Forum, Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google and Alphabet in the session 'An Insight, An Idea' , talks about the power of technology, technological innovation and being a 'technology optimistic' himself. Highlighting Artificial Intelligence, he says that the real potential of AI is yet to be discovered and that we are still at a very early stage of AI. It will take about 10-15 years for AI to finally come into play and solve  problems of the future. Also Watch: Quantum computing and AI can solve the biggest problems: Sundar Pichai

The responsibility of skilling, reskilling, and upskilling the workforce in the post-pandemic world lies not just with governments but employees and companies as well. The World Economic Forum's Future of Jobs Report 2020 states that 43 per cent of the businesses surveyed are set to reduce their workforce, and 34 percent plan to expand their workforce due to technology integration. Watch as experts like Salil Parekh, Guy Ryder, Director-General of ILO and others discuss how businesses and governments can collaborate to retrain workers and redeploy them for jobs of the future.Also Read: Economic Survey 2020-21: Higher GDP, lower interest rates counterbalance rising public debt

Bharti Airtel added more new subscribers as compared to market leader Reliance Jio for the fourth consecutive month in November; The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is investigating e-commerce giant Amazon for alleged violation of foreign exchange laws in its dealings with Kishore Biyani-led Future Retail; After a record September quarter, Apple has doubled its business in October - December 2020 quarter (also referred as Apple's Q1 2021) in India. Watch this and more on News Blast.Also Read: Economic Survey: India's real economic growth to be 11% in FY22

Wooing corporate leaders attending the special address, PM Modi emphasised that India has implemented several reforms that have created conducive environment for business and investments

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that India not only managed to beat the COVID-19 crisis, but also helped over 150 countries in the process. Addressing the World Economic Forum's Davos Dialogue via video conference, PM Modi said that at the beginning of the pandemic, global experts had predicted that India would face a tsunami of coronavirus cases, but with the use of public participation and technology for testing and tracking, the country was able to turn the fight against COVID-19 into a mass movement. Watch the video for more.Also Read: WEF Davos Agenda: India will supply many more COVID-19 vaccines to world, says PM Modi

Agriculture minister of India, Narendra Singh Tomar, discussed ways to strengthen the agricultural infrastructure in India at the 51st World Economic Forum. Tomar talked about the government's efforts to deliver soil health cards to farmers and its emphasis on the R&D sector. He also added that a fund of Rs 1 lakh crore has been added to the Atmanirbhar Bharat package to strengthen the crops storage infrastructure and reduce post-harvesting losses. Watch the video for more.Also Read: WEF Davos Agenda LIVE: Industrial Revolution 4.0 to aid Atmanirbhar Bharat, says PM Modi

With India's success, I am also assuring the world that the conditions on the economic front will also change rapidly now, PM Modi said during his address at WEF's Davos Agenda Summit

We trained our human resources to fight coronavirus; Indian vaccines are saving lives around the world, says PM Modi

WEF 2021: Dharmendra Pradhan says it's been policy of government to focus on reskilling and upskilling; Infosys CEO Salil Parekh says Indian tech major is making sure it's doing its bit by offering its new skilling platform to be used by all its workers and students across India

Over 400 top industry leaders from across the globe will attend the session, where the PM Modi will talk about the 'Fourth Industrial Revolution - using technology for the good of humanity'

While speaking at a panel discussion on 'Implementing Stakeholder Capitalism' at the World Economic Forum's virtual Davos Agenda Summit, the Mumbai-based business magnate said it is in everyone's interest to grow businesses in a sustainable manner