Davos turns into fortress, thousands of security personnel take guard

Davos, this highest town in Europe has become synonymous with an annual gathering of the most powerful people in the world and that requires some heavy-duty security cover. Nearly 5,000 Swiss army personnel, including those equipped with the latest gadgets like drones and AI-powered tools, have taken over this small skiing resort town to ensure the safety of its high-profile visitors for the next week and to ensure the successful completion of a rare annual confluence of biggest names in the world from business to government to civil society to art and culture and a lot of others. The thousands-strong army deployment is actually adding to a large number of police and civilian personnel tasked to secure this small Alpine resort town.
Meanwhile, India is sending its biggest-ever contingent this time, comprising five union ministers, three chief ministers and ministers from several other states alongside nearly 100 CEOs and other leaders including from the government, civil society and fields of art and culture.
“In the World Economic Forum in Davos, there is a lot of interest in understanding our thought process, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s economic policy, digital transformation and the way India has created a new digital architecture under the Digital India programme,” Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said before leaving for Davos as head of the Indian delegation. “There will be a detailed discussion in the WEF Annual Meeting.  World Economic Forum about inclusive growth, investment in social, physical and digital infrastructure and democratising technology,” he said.

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Vaishnaw will be joined by his four colleagues from the council of ministers at the Centre — CR Patil, Chirag Paswan, Jayant Chaudhary and K Ram Mohan Naidu.They would also be joined by chief ministers of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana — Devendra Fadnavis, N Chandra  Naidu and A Revant Reddy, respectively.