Davos [Switzerland], Jan 23 (NT): Historical address by PM Narendra Modi at World Economic Forum 2018  in Plenary Session commenced at 3:45 PM today.

  Before his address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met President of Switzerland Alain Berset and Professor Klaus Schwab  the Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum in Davos

“I am delighted to be here in Davos with you all for the World Economic Forum,” said PM Modi

 PM Modi talked about  Brexit, Amazon, Harry Potter, cyberspace, Osama bin Laden, Twitter and other concepts to represent an analogy between the world of 1997 and the world of 2018.

Shah Rukh Khan joins the plenary session to hear PM Modi ahead of his keynote address.

“Last time an Indian PM came to Davos was in 1997 when Deve Gowda ji had come. That time our GDP was little more than 400 billion dollars, now its more than six times “said PM Modi

Earlier Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted a round-table conference with the Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of top global companies in Davos, ahead of the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2018 on Monday.PM chaired the meeting of around 120 members of the International Business Forum (IBF).