A billionaire entrepreneur and founder of the country's leading biotechnology firm Biocon, Mazumdar said that even agritech should be given importance, to help farmers

With an overall position of 45th and despite a fall of two places, China is the best performer among BRICS countries, while India remains the laggard of this grouping

There is, however, no silver bullet solution to agrarian distress. It needs long-term planning and multi-pronged strategy.

The theme for this year's World Economic Forum meet at the Swiss town of Davos is Globalisation 4.0. A poll for the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting 2019 has shown that there is widespread support for globalization. The survey was  conducted across 10,000 people in 29 countries who answered questions about globalization 4.0.Some of the findings were as follows:Majority agrees that countries should help one another. That reaction was particularly strong in South and East Asia and in ...