The annual World Economic Forum opens in Davos today. In the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister since 1997, Narendra Modi will attend the meet, where he will interact with global business leaders besides delivering the keynote address.

TRAI will meet officials of telecom firms to discuss issues that would be taken up during the year. The meeting comes in the backdrop of the financial difficulties being faced by the industry, which has seen its revenue and profitability come under pressure.

Om Prakash Rawat will take over as Chief Election Commissioner. He will oversee elections in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland scheduled for February. Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh too will go to the polls under his watch.

The Supreme Court will hear a plea by the state governments of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh against the release of Deepika Padukone-starrer-Padmaavat. The apex court on January 25 paved the way for the nationwide release of the film.

Traders will observe a day long ‘Delhi trade bandh’ to protest the ongoing sealing of business establishments by BJP-ruled civic bodies. The Confederation of All India Traders has said the sealing is being conducted by “sidelining fundamental provisions” of MCD Act, 1957 “under the guise of order of the Supreme Court”.

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