KTR invited to WEF annual meeting at Davos
The Hindu
Industries and IT Minister K.T. Rama Rao has been extended an invitation to attend the Annual Meeting 2022 of the World Economic Forum (WEF) to be held at Davos from January 17 to 21, 2022. WEF presid
Industries and IT Minister K.T. Rama Rao has been extended an invitation to attend the Annual Meeting 2022 of the World Economic Forum (WEF) to be held at Davos from January 17 to 21, 2022.
WEF president Borge Brende, in the invitation, said that as India emerges from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, its ability to quickly adapt to innovation and emerging technologies will be vital for a sustainable economic recovery. “Your insights on harnessing emerging technologies for common good will be key to the discussions at the annual meeting,” he said.
KTR said that the invitation was a recognition of Telangana government’s initiatives in the fields of Information Technology, industry and innovation. He would use the platform to showcase Telangana’s friendly industrial policies and opportunities for global companies to invest in the State.
More than 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers in Andhra Pradesh, once celebrated as the government’s grassroots champions for their crucial role in implementing welfare schemes, are now in a dilemma after learning that their tenure has not been renewed after August 2023 even though they have been paid honoraria till June 2024. Disowned by both YSRCP, which was in power when they were appointed, and the current ruling TDP, which made a poll promise to double their pay, these former volunteers are ruing the day they signed up for the role which they don’t know if even still exists