Why is it in the news?
→ World Economic Forum identified cybersecurity as India’s biggest risk in 2026.
→ Geoeconomic confrontation ranked as the most severe global risk.
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Important Points
- Cybersecurity identified as India’s top risk for 2026.
- Geoeconomic confrontation ranked as the most severe global risk, overtaking armed conflict and extreme weather.
- Geoeconomic confrontation involves trade restrictions, sanctions, investment controls and technology bans.
- State-based armed conflict ranks second globally.
- Extreme weather events and societal polarisation follow as major risks.
- Misinformation and disinformation ranked 5th globally.
- Adverse outcomes of AI entered top 10 global risks.
- Cyber insecurity ranks 9th globally.
- Over the next decade, climate risks dominate (extreme weather, biodiversity loss, Earth system changes).
- For India, income and wealth inequality is the second biggest risk.
- Other India-specific risks: insufficient public services, economic downturn, state-based armed conflict.
- India recorded 369.01 million malware detections in 2025.
- Trojans (43.38%) and Infectors (34.23%) dominate cyber attacks.
- Top 1% of Indians captured 22.6% of national income in 2022 (Oxfam).
- Public health expenditure is ~1.9% of GDP (below 2.5% target).
- India spends ~5% of GDP on social protection (excluding health) vs global average ~13%.
- FPI outflow reached USD 18.9 billion in 2025.
- WEF is headquartered in Geneva; founded in 1971 by Klaus Schwab.