New Delhi: Rising commodity prices, global economic risks and increasing unemployment are the issues that have made headlines at the World Economic Forum at Davos.
About 2,500 global leaders are attending the summit and India is fielding its biggest-ever delegation of 125 CEOs and senior ministers like Home Minister P Chidambaram, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma, Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath and Heavy Industries Minister Praful Patel.
Corporate India is also well represented with Azim Premji, Mukesh Ambani, Sunil Bharti Mittal and Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, apart from a host of other corporate leaders, talking about the India growth story.
On the sidelines of the Davos Summit after Azim Premji's criticism of the government, Bharti Chief Sunil Mittal said it's time the UPA government delivered on its promises.
Internationally renowned music composer AR Rahman was also honoured on Tuesday with the Crystal Award of the World Economic Forum at the opening ceremony.
The Geneva-based WEF is playing host to top 1,000 companies around the world, 30 heads of state or governments, renowned academicians, artists and the faith leaders, including head of the Chinmaya Mission in New Delhi Swami Nikhilananda Saraswati.
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