Fourth Industrial Revolution Current Affairs, GK & News

World Economic Forum: 1 trillion trees and report on Password role in Cyber Crime

January 22, 2020

The World Economic Forum began on January 21, 2020 in Davos. The highlight of the forum this year is over its initiative to plant 1 trillion trees in the next decade and also to equip 1 billion people with fourth industrial revolution. The forum has released a report on the role of passwords in cyber ..

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India joins Reskilling Revolution Initiative at World Economic Forum as a Founding Member

January 22, 2020

On January 22, 2020, India joined Reskilling Revolution initiative of World Economic Forum. It helps economies to adopt o changes being introduced by Fourth Industrial Revolution. Highlights India joined the Reskilling Revolution Initiative launched at the World Economic Forum as founding member. The other founding members include US, UAE, Russia, Pakistan, France and Brazil. The ..

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WEF Organizing India Economic Summit in New Delhi

October 3, 2019

The World Economic Forum is organizing India Economic Summit on October 3 – 4, 2019 in New Delhi. It is hosted in collaboration with CII – Confederation of Indian Industry. The summit will have special focus on collaboration with South Asia and ASEAN countries. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has arrived in India to attend ..

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President of India addresses India-Iceland Business Forum in Reykjavik

September 12, 2019

President of India Ram Nath Kovind, addressed the India-Iceland Business Forum in Reykjavik, (capital of Iceland) on 11 September 2019. President Kovind is on a 3 day visit to Reykjavik, Iceland from 9-11 September 2019. This is part of President’s three first leg visit to– Iceland, Switzerland and Slovenia. This is also the first visit ..

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PM confers Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prizes

March 1, 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi conferred Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prizes for the years 2016, 2017 and 2018 in New Delhi. Addressing the gathering the Prime Minister asked the scientific community to take advantage of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and develop technologies that will make India a global hub for manufacturing, knowledge and technology-based industries. Eleven scientists ..

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Digital currency: Aber

January 30, 2019

The central banks of the UAE and Saudi Arabia will launch a common digital currency called Aber. Aber will be used for financial settlements between the two countries through Blockchains and Distributed Ledgers technologies. Benefits of the Digital Currency The digital currency would be launched to explore the following benefits: The digital currency would aid ..

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