Aus Open: Sania & Bhupathi go down in Mixed Doubles semifinal

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li>Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza crashed out of Mixed Doubles at the Australian Open Tennis tournament in Melbourne today. </li> </ul><ul><li>In the semifinal, Bethanie Mattek Sands of USA and Horia Tecau of Romania defeated Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi 6-3, 6-3. </li> </ul><ul><li>In the second semifinal, Leander Paes and his Russian partner Elina Vesnina will clash with Roberta Winsi and Deniel Bracili of Italy. </li> </ul><ul><li>Defending Champion and number one ranked Novak Djokovic will take on Andy Murray for a spot against Nadal in Sunday's final. </li> </ul><ul><li>Earlier, India’s Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek entered the final of the Men’s Doubles event. The Indo-Czech duo defeated the Belarusian-Canadian combine of Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. </li> </ul><ul><li>In the final, Paes and Stepanek will face the top seeded Bryan brothers, Bob and Mike of the US.</li> </ul></div>

Aus Open: Sania & Bhupathi go down in Mixed Doubles semifinal

Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza crashed out of Mixed Doubles at the Australian Open Tennis tournament in Melbourne today. In the semifinal,...

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India signs pact with France and Germany to check tax evasion

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div id="5807" style="display: block;"> <ul><li style="text-align: justify;">Taking another step towards combating blackmoney, India has signed a multi-lateral agreement with economic powers like France and Germany to check both tax evasion and avoidance. </li> </ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>The agreement, Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters, is a multilateral agreement of 31 other nations which promotes international co-operation while respecting the rights of taxpayers. </li> </ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>The agreement has been signed under the aegis of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), a top global financial body, at its headquarters in Paris recently. </li> </ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>A Finance Ministry official said the agreement was signed by CBDT official and Joint Secretary in foreign tax division of Finance Ministry Sanjay K Mishra along with OECD Deputy Secretary General Rintaro Tamakio. </li> </ul><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">An OECD statement said, by joining the agreement, India and other 31 signatories sent a strong signal that these countries are acting together to ensure that individuals and multinational enterprises pay the right amount of tax, at the right time and in the right place.</li> </ul></div></div>

India signs pact with France and Germany to check tax evasion

Taking another step towards combating blackmoney, India has signed a multi-lateral agreement with...

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RAPID GK SERIES 36

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">1. The First Chief Justice (Supreme Court) of India is<br /> 2. The annual fair of Rajasthan that is famous for its camel trading event is<br /> 3. This State is known as œIndia s Spice Garden<br /> 4. The largest freshwater lake in India is<br /> 5. In this Century, the Portuguese Merchants first Landed in India<br /> 6. The William Fort is located in<br /> 7. The Dronacharya Award is given to<br /> 8. In this, Indian state the game of Polo originated<br /> 9. India s first Woman Cabinet Minister is<br /> 10. This Personality was designed the Indian Parliament in New Delhi<br /> <br /> <strong>ANSWERS</strong><br /> <br /> 1. Hiralal J. Kania<br /> 2. Sonepur Mela<br /> 3. Kerala<br /> 4. Wular Lake<br /> 5. 16th Century<br /> 6. Kolkata<br /> 7. Coacher (Sports)<br /> 8. Manipur<br /> 9. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur<br /> 10. Edwin Landseer Lutyens</div>

RAPID GK SERIES 36

1. The First Chief Justice (Supreme Court) of India is 2. The annual fair of Rajasthan that is famous for its camel trading event is 3. Th...

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Former ISRO Chief barred from government jobs

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div id="5773" style="display: block; text-align: justify;"> <ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>Former (Indian Space Research Organisation) Isro chief G Madhavan Nair and three other eminent space scientists have been barred from holding any government jobs in an unprecedented disciplinary action by the government for their role in the controversial Antrix-Devas deal. </li> </ul><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>An angry Nair blamed his successor and the current Isro chairman K Radhakrishnan today for the action, accusing him of being behind the move and pursuing a "personal agenda" by misleading the government.  </li> </ul><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>The government action came as an apparent fallout of the Antrix deal in which a private company was allotted scarce S band spectrum by Isro allegedly in violation of rules. </li> </ul><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>Besides Nair, K Bhaskaranarayana, former scientific secretary at ISRO, K R Sridharamurthi, former managing director of Antrix, commercial arm of ISRO, and K N Shankara, former director of the ISRO satellite centre, have been penalised by the Department of Space.</li> </ul></div><a href="http://www.tippani.in/blog/xbusiness.php?submit=showComments&id=5773"> </a></div>

Former ISRO Chief barred from government jobs

Former (Indian Space Research Organisation) Isro chief G Madhavan Nair and three other eminent sp...

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Andhra Pradesh becomes the first state to achieve 100% EPICs

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div id="5775" style="display: block; text-align: justify;"> <ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>Andhra Pradesh has become the first state in the country to achieve cent percent issuance of Election Photo Identity Cards, EPICs. </li> </ul><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>This has been achieved with the distribution of over 33 lakh EPIC cards to the voters today coinciding with the second National Voters’ Day today. Several awareness programmes have been held across the state on the occasion. </li> </ul><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>Speaking at the main function held in Hyderabad, State Governor E S L Narasimhan has asked the Election Commission of India to consider holding all by-elections during a fixed month of every year so that the development process will not be hampered due to the election code of conduct. </li> </ul><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>He also asked political parties to cooperate for a propaganda free by-election on a pilot basis to save huge amounts of money now being spent on election campaigning. </li> </ul><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>The Governor administered the pledge to the newly enrolled voters that they will vote during every election.</li> </ul></div></div>

Andhra Pradesh becomes the first state to achieve 100% EPICs

Andhra Pradesh has become the first state in the country to achieve cent percent issuance of Elec...

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Egypt declares partial lifting of emergency

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">In Egypt, the military rulers have declared partial lifting of emergency in the country. </li> </ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>The move comes into effect from today, the first anniversary of 25th January revolution which saw the overthrowing of decades long Mubarak regime in the country a year ago.  </li> </ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>The emergency laws gave sweeping powers to the police to arrest and prosecute anyone on charges of Thuggery. The opposition and the activists who led 25th January uprisings last year in Egypt have been campaigning for the total removal of emergency laws and release of all civilians in military jails. </li> </ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>The ruling military Council has announced a series of measures on the first anniversary celebrations of the revolution. </li> </ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>25th January is now a national holiday. Armed forces will hold celebrations from 25th to 28th January in Cairo’s Tahrir Square. The celebrations will include musical concerts, artistic and folkloric festivities from Egypt’s 27 districts and martial displays by Egypt’s air force and navy. </li> </ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>Young Activists who led the 25th January revolution have organized a series of marches to converge at Tahrir Square. The move is a part of the Campaign seeking “Hand over power to the elected parliament” on the first anniversary of the public uprising. They are demanding immediate exit of the military. </li> </ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>The campaign calls on MPs to come to Tahrir Square today and take an oath to restore the rights and demands of the revolution’s martyrs and injured The MPs are also called upon to end the state of emergency and free all civilians in military prisons.</li> </ul></div>

Egypt declares partial lifting of emergency

In Egypt, the military rulers have declared partial lifting of emergency in the country. The move comes into effect from today, the first a...

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Padma awards announced

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div id="5777" style="display: block; text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"><span>The President of India on the eve of Republic Day, Wednesday, approved the list of recipients of the prestigious Padma Award for 2012. In total 109 Padma Awards would be conferred this year - 5 Padma Vibhushan, 27 Padma Bhushan and 77 Padma Shri Awards. </span><br /> <br /> <span>The Awards are given in the field of art, social work, science and engineering, public affairs, trade and industry, medicine, sports, civil service, literature and education, etc. The Padma Awards will be conferred by the President of India at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhawan in March/ April 2012. </span><br /> <br /> <strong>Padma Vibhushan</strong><span> </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri K G Subramanyan Art-Painting & Sculpture West Bengal </span><br /> <br /> <span>Late (Dr.)Bhupen Hazarika Art- Vocal Music Assam </span><br /> <br /> <span>Late Shri Mario De Miranda Art-Cartoonist Goa </span><br /> <br /> <span>Dr. Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti Medicine - Orthopedics Maharashtra </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri T V Rajeswar Civil Service Delhi </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> <strong>Padma Bhushan</strong><span> </span><br /> <br /> <span>Smt. Shabana Azmi Art - Cinema Maharashtra </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri Jatin Das Art - Painting Delhi </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri Khaled Choudhury Art - Theatre West Bengal </span><br /> <br /> <span>Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta Art - Instrumental Music - Sarod West Bengal </span><br /> <br /> <span>Dr. Trippunithwra Viswanathan Gopalkrishnan Art - Classical vocal and instrumental music Tamil Nadu </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri Dharmendra Singh Deol alias Dharmendra Art - Cinema Maharashtra </span><br /> <br /> <span>Ms. Mira Nair Art - Cinema Delhi </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri M.S. Gopalakrishnan Art - Instrumental Music-Violin Tamil Nadu </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri Satya Narayan Goenka Social Work Maharashtra </span><br /> <br /> <span>Dr. (Judge) Patibandla Chandrasekhar Rao Public Affairs Germany </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri Anish Kapoor Art - Sculpture UK </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri George Yong-Boon Yeo Public Affairs Singapore </span><br /> <br /> <span>Prof. Shashikumar Chitre Science and Engineering Maharashtra </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri Subbiah Murugappa Vellayan Trade and Industry Tamil Nadu </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri Balasubramanian Muthuraman Trade and Industry Maharashtra </span><br /> <br /> <span>Dr. M S Raghunathan Science and Engineering Maharashtra </span><br /> <br /> <span>Dr. Suresh H. Advani Medicine - Oncology Maharashtra </span><br /> <br /> <span>Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty Medicine-Cardiology Karnataka </span><br /> <br /> <span>Prof. (Dr.) Shantaram Balwant Mujumdar Literature and Education Maharashtra </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri Ronen Sen Civil Service West Bengal </span><br /> <br /> <span>Dr. Homi K. Bhabha Literature and Education UK </span><br /> <br /> <span>Dr. Noshir H Wadia Medicine-Neurology Maharashtra </span><br /> <br /> <span>Prof. Vidya Dehejia Literature and Education USA </span><br /> <br /> <span>Prof. Arvind Panagariya Literature and Education USA </span><br /> <br /> <span>Dr. Jose Pereira Literature and Education USA </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri N Vittal Civil Service Kerala </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri Mata Prasad Civil Service Uttar Pradesh </span><br /> <br /> <strong>Padma Shri</strong><span> </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri Vanraj Bhatia Art - Music Maharashtra </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri Zia Fariduddin Dagar Art - Music - vocal Maharashtra </span><br /> <br /> <span>Smt. Nameirakpam Ibemni Devi Art - Music- Khongjom Parba Manipur </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri Ramachandra Subraya Hegde Chittani Art - Yakshagana dance drama Karnataka </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri Moti Lal Kemmu Art - Playwright Jammu and Kashmir </span><br /> <br /> <span>Smt. R. Nagarathnamma Art - Theatre Karnataka </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri Kalamandalm Sivan Nambootiri Art - Indian Classical Dance- Kutiyattam Kerala </span><br /> <br /> <span>Smt. Yamunabai Waikar Art - Indian Folk Music-Lavani. Maharashtra </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri Satish Alekar Art - Playwright Maharashtra </span><br /> <br /> <span>Pandit Gopal Prasad Dubey Art - Chhau dance and choreography Jharkhand </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri Ramakant Gundecha Art - Indian Classical Music- Vocal Madhya Pradesh </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri Shahid Parvez Khan Art - Instrumental Music-Sitar Maharashtra </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri Mohan Lal Kumhar Art - Terracotta Rajasthan </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri Sakar Khan Manganiar Art - Rajasthani Folk Music Rajasthan </span><br /> <br /> <span>Smt. Joy Michael Art - Theatre Delhi </span><br /> <br /> <span>Dr. Minati Mishra Art - Indian Classical Dance-Odissi. Orissa </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri Natesan Muthuswamy Art - Theatre. Tamil Nadu </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri Umakant Gundecha Art - Indian Classical Music- Vocal Madhya Pradesh </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri Anup Jalota Art-Indian Classical Music- Vocal Maharashtra </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri Soman Nair Priyadarsan Art - Cinema- Direction Kerala </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri Sunil Janah Art-Photography Assam </span><br /> <br /> <span>Ms. Laila Tyebji Art-Handicrafts Delhi </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri Vijay Sharma Art-Painting Himachal Pradesh </span><br /> <br /> <span>Smt. Shamshad Begum Social Work Chattisgarh </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri Niranjan Pranshankar Pandya Social Work Maharashtra </span><br /> <br /> <span>Dr. Uma Tuli Social Work Delhi </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri Sat Paul Varma Social Work Jammu and Kashmir </span><br /> <br /> <span>Smt.Binny Yanga Social Work Arunachal Pradesh </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri Yezdi Hirji Malegam Public Affairs Maharashtra </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri Pravin H. Parekh Pubic Affairs Delhi </span><br /> <br /> <span>Smt. Reeta Devi Social Work Delhi </span><br /> <br /> <span>Dr. P.K. Gopal Social Work Tamil Nadu </span><br /> <br /> <span>Smt. Phoolbasan Bai Yadav Social Work Chattisgarh </span><br /> <br /> <span>Dr. G. Muniratnam Social Work Andhra Pradesh </span><br /> <br /> <span>Dr. V. Adimurthy Science and Engineering Kerala </span><br /> <br /> <span>Dr. Krishna Lal Chadha Science and Engineering - Agriculture Delhi </span><br /> <br /> <span>Prof. Virander Singh Chauhan Science and Engineering Delhi </span><br /> <br /> <span>Prof. Rameshwar Nath Koul Bamezai Science and Engineering Jammu and Kashmir </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri Shoji Shiba Trade and Industry Japan </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri Gopinath Pillai Trade and Industry Singapore </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri Arun Hastimal Firodia Trade and Industry Maharashtra </span><br /> <br /> <span>Dr. Swati A. Piramal Trade and Industry Maharashtra </span><br /> <br /> <span>Prof. Mahdi Hasan Medicine-Anatomy Uttar Pradesh </span><br /> <br /> <span>Dr. Vijaypal Singh Science and Engineering - Agricultural Research Uttar Pradesh </span><br /> <br /> <span>Dr. Lokesh Kumar Singhal Science and Engineering Punjab </span><br /> <br /> <span>Dr. Yagnaswami Sundara Rajan Science and Engineering Karnataka </span><br /> <br /> <span>Prof. Jagadish Shukla Science and Engineering USA </span><br /> <br /> <span>Ms. Priya Paul Trade and Industry Delhi </span><br /> <br /> <span>Dr. Viswanathan Mohan Medicine - Diabetology Tamil Nadu </span><br /> <br /> <span>Dr. J. Hareendran Nair Medicine - Ayurveda Kerala </span><br /> <br /> <span>Dr. Vallalarpuram Sennimalai Natarajan Medicine - Geriatrics Tamil Nadu </span><br /> <br /> <span>Dr. Jitendra Kumar Singh Medicine - Oncology Bihar </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri Surjit Singh Patar Literature and Education - Poetry Punjab </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri Vijay Dutt Shridhar Literature and Education - Journalism Madhya Pradesh </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri Irwin Allan Sealy Literature and Education Uttarakhand </span><br /> <br /> <span>Ms. Geeta Dharmarajan Literature and Education Delhi </span><br /> <br /> <span>Prof. Sachchidanand Sahai Literature and Education Haryana </span><br /> <br /> <span>Smt. Pepita Seth Literature and Education Kerala </span><br /> <br /> <span>Dr. Ralte L. Thanmawia Literature and Education Mizoram </span><br /> <br /> <span>Dr. Shrinivas S. Vaishya Medicine-Healthcare Daman and Diu </span><br /> <br /> <span>Dr. Nitya Anand Medicine - Drugs Research Uttar Pradesh </span><br /> <br /> <span>Late Dr. Jugal Kishore Medicine - Homoeopathy Delhi </span><br /> <br /> <span>Dr. Mukesh Batra Medicine-Homeopathy Maharashtra </span><br /> <br /> <span>Dr. Eberhard Fischer Literature and Education Switzerland </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri Kedar Gurung Literature and Education Sikkim </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri Ajeet Bajaj Sports - Skiing Delhi </span><br /> <br /> <span>Smt. Jhulan Goswami Sports - Women's Cricket West Bengal </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri Zafar Iqbal Sports-Hockey Uttar Pradesh </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri Devendra Jhajrija Sports - Athletics- Paralympics Rajasthan </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri Limba Ram Sports - Archery Rajasthan </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri Syed Mohammed Arif Sports - Badminton Andhra Pradesh </span><br /> <br /> <span>Prof. Ravi Chaturvedi Sports- Commentary Delhi </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri Prabhakar Vaidya Sports-Physical Education Maharashtra </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri T. Venkatapathi Reddiar Others-Horticulture Puducherry </span><br /> <br /> <span>Dr. K. (Kota) Ullas Karanth Others-Wildlife Conservation and Environment Protection Karnataka </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri K Paddayya Others-Archaeology Maharashtra </span><br /> <br /> <span>Shri Swapan Guha Others-Ceramics Rajasthan </span><br /> <br /> <span>Dr. Kartikeya V. Sarabhai Others - Environmental Education Gujarat </span></div></div></div>

Padma awards announced

The President of India on the eve of Republic Day, Wednesday, approved the list of recipients of...

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High-speed trains for Delhi-Mumbai route

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div id="5778" style="display: block; text-align: justify;"> <ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>Going ahead with its ambitious high-speed train proposal, <strong>Railways have joined hands with Japan </strong>to begin the ground work to reduce travel time by half on the Delhi-Mumbai corridor.  </li> </ul><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>Railways will procure a new set of trains with electric locomotives to run on the existing Delhi-Mumbai track.  </li> </ul><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><span style="text-align: justify;">Currently, Mumbai Rajdhanis run at an average speed of 100 km per hour and take about 15 hours to reach the destination. Plan is to set up trains which travel at 160-200 km per hour.</span> </li> </ul><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><span style="text-align: justify;">Train sets are like EMU trains consisting of self-propelled electric locomotive and 10 to 12 modern coaches. </span></li> </ul><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><span style="text-align: justify;">There will be a new fare structure for the high-speed train for the Golden Rail Corridor. </span> </li> </ul><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><span style="text-align: justify;">The Western <span>Dedicated Freight Corridor</span> is likely to be commissioned by 2016-17. </span></li> </ul></div></div>

High-speed trains for Delhi-Mumbai route

Going ahead with its ambitious high-speed train proposal, Railways have joined hands with Japan to...

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Chinese aircraft to monitor disputed seas

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li>A Chinese maritime surveillance aircraft based in Shanghai will expand their area of coverage this year to include waters of the East China Sea disputed with Japan. </li> </ul><ul><li><span style="text-align: justify;">The reports quote officials of the Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration as saying the plane's range includes China's territorial waters as well as what the country claims as its 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone.</span></li> </ul><ul><li>That would encompass the disputed territory known as the Senkaku Islands to the Japanese and as Diaoyu to the Chinese, as well as areas between the two countries where China has been unilaterally developing natural gas deposits to the consternation of the Japanese.<br /> </li> </ul><ul><li>Under the U.N. Convention of the Law of the Sea, countries are entitled to claim 200 nautical miles from their shores as their EEZs. But the EEZs claimed by China and Japan overlap. </li> </ul></div>

Chinese aircraft to monitor disputed seas

A Chinese maritime surveillance aircraft based in Shanghai will expand their area of coverage this year to include waters of the East Chin...

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WEF summit kicks off as uncertainties stare at world economy

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div id="5780" style="display: block; text-align: justify;"> <ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><strong>The World Economic Forum`s five-day annual meeting began in Davos</strong> this morning with top business and political leaders from across the world in attendance in this snow-laden skiing resort town, away from the gloomy economic scenario prevailing in most parts of the globe. </li> </ul><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>Ahead of the summit, a worldwide CEO survey last evening showed that the confidence has plummeted sharply about the global economic growth, even as the companies are relatively more optimistic about their own revenue growth. </li> </ul><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>In its first session, the WEF Annual Meeting 2012 is hosting a debate on the future of capitalism and its relevance in the 21st century, even as the event is often known as an annual congregation of the rich and powerful of the world. </li> </ul><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><strong>The theme of this year`s meeting is `The Great Transformation: Shaping New Models`.</strong> </li> </ul><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>The meeting, among other issues, would discuss `India`s Tall Ambitions`, its preparedness to deliver inclusive growth for a huge population, while achieving effective governance at central and state levels and promoting its model of democratic capitalism. </li> </ul><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>There would also be a discussion on `How Immune Is India`, in the backdrop of the Europe, Japan and the US facing serious structural and societal challenges.</li> </ul><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>WEF, a Geneva-based non-profit organisation, has been holding this Annual Meeting here for over four decades now. Close to 40 heads of state or government from across the world are attending the meeting this year, while WEF is anticipating a record of over 2,600 participants this year, including more than 1,600 business leaders from across the world.</li> </ul></div></div>

WEF summit kicks off as uncertainties stare at world economy

The World Economic Forum`s five-day annual meeting began in Davos this morning with top business...

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