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First engagement in snowing #Davos, PM @narendramodi met with Swiss President @alain_berset. Two leaders had produc… https://t.co/UARYrX7yvA — Raveesh Kumar (@MEAIndia) 1516646759000

Narrating India's growth story and presenting exciting opportunities for global business in India at #Davos, PM… https://t.co/193wlYfOXi — Raveesh Kumar (@MEAIndia) 1516655273000

* The top billing on Day 1 belongs to Prime Minister Narendra Modi , who will be delivering the opening plenary address at the World Economic Forum (WEF) later today.* Following in the footsteps of Chinese President Xi Jinping , who gave the keynote speech last year, PM Modi will likely tout India's economic successes and stress that the country is open for business.* Modi is the first Indian prime minister to attend the summit in two decades and is expected to share his vision for India's future engagements with the international community.* The prime minister dove right into the social whirl soon after landing inyesterday. He held a bilateral meeting with Swiss president Alain Berset, met with 120 members of the International Business Forum for a round-table conference and hosted a welcome reception and dinner for global industry bosses from 18 countries.* He is accompanied by several ministers, a high-powered business delegation, and two yoga instructors who will host yoga training sessions for the entire duration of the week-long gathering.* 3,000 delegates, including 70 world leaders, will grace the snowy alpine town of Davos over the course of this week. Every European leader of note will be in attendance - Emmanuel Macron of France, Germany's Angela Merkel, Britain's Theresa May and Paolo Gentiloni of Italy, to name a few.* US President Donald Trump , who has been mired in negotations to end a US government shutdown, is due to close the conference with a speech on Friday.* Davos is shorthand for the World Economic Forum, which in its original guise was founded in 1971 by German business professor Klaus Schwab as a way for European corporate leaders to learn from their US peers.* Political leaders started attending later in the 1970s, and since then it has morphed into an annual jamboree where the global elite -- joined by intellectuals, activists, celebrities and sometimes protestors -- debate the world's problems.* The overarching theme this year is "Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World".(With inputs from Agencies)