♦ The World Economic Forum (WEF) has named Civil Aviation Minister K Ram Mohan Naidu and six others from India among the young global leaders.

♦ WEF unveiled its 2025 cohort of young global leaders -- 116 exceptional individuals under the age of 40, who are redefining leadership in a changing world. 

♦ Apart from Naidu, there are six others from India on the list are - Ritesh Agarwal, Founder and Group Chief Executive Officer, OYO Hotels and Homes; Alok Medikepura Anil, Managing Director, Next Big Innovation Labs; Natarajan Sankar, Managing Director and Partner, Boston Consulting Group; Nipun Malhotra, Founder, Nipman Foundation; Manasi Subramaniam, Editor-in-Chief and Vice-President, Penguin Random House and Anurag Maloo, Mountaineer, Entrepreneur & Keynote Speaker, Orophile Ventures (Climbing4SDGs).

♦ The 116 people will join the Forum of Young Global Leaders, an influential community of 1,400 members, who include heads of state, Nobel Prize winners, and Fortune 500 CEOs, among others.