New Delhi: The Singapore Airlines Board has approved the merger between Air India and Vistara. The merger will be completed by 2024.
With this, Air India will become India’s largest international carrier and second largest domestic carrier with 218 aircraft.
There are reports that Singapore Airlines will invest 250 million dollars in India as part of the merger. With this, Singapore Airlines will have 25.1% stake in Air India. Vistara was founded in 2013.
Beijing: Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin (96) passed away. Chinese state media reported that Jiang Zemin, who was undergoing treatment for leukemia, died at around 12.13 pm on Wednesday.
He was the President of China from 1993 to 2003. He served as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 1989 to 2002 and Chairman of the Central Military Commission from 1989 to 2004.
Jiang Zemin led China’s rapid economic growth for two decades.
Islamabad: Deadly bomb attack on Pakistan Border Force in Quetta, Balochistan. More than five people were killed and 25 injured. The injured people were rushed to the nearby hospitals. The attack came 48 hours after Pakistan declared a ceasefire.
Ranchi: A Malayali jawan was killed in a Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district last day. Mohammed Hakeem, a member of the CRPF’s highly trained Cobra squad, was killed in a Maoist attack near Raipur.
Mohammed Hakeem is a native of Dhoni in Palakkad district. Recently, a team including Hakeem was appointed for security duty in Dabbakonda area of Sukma district. The District Reserve Guard and Special Task Force were also present with the CRPF team.
New Delhi: Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy have resigned from the board of directors of RRPR Holding Pvt Ltd, the promoter group of news channel NDTV. The resignation comes after Adani Group bought NDTV stake. RRPR Holding’s board approved the appointment of Sudipta Bhattacharya, Sanjay Pugalia and Senthil Sinniah Chengalvarayan as directors instead.
Adani Group got full control of RRPL in August this year. Adani Group, which owns 29.18 percent shares of NDTV, has come up with an open offer to buy 26 percent more from other shareholders. According to the BSE website, Prannoy Roy is still the Chairperson of NDTV and Radhika Roy is the Executive Director.
Thiruvananthapuram: Health Minister Veena George said that attacks on health workers will not be accepted under any circumstances and strong action will be taken. The excellence of the health sector in Kerala is the excellence of the health workers. Kerala has effectively survived all three waves of the Covid pandemic. During the pandemic, which the world saw with great concern, health workers performed self-sacrificing activities. Many health workers have lost their lives during the fight against Covid. They are irreplaceable. Sharing with the pain of loved ones. The Minister also stated that the Nursing Council is holding their families together. The minister was speaking after disbursing financial assistance to the families of nurses who died on duty due to Covid.
Ahmedabad: 2 die after drinking spurious liquor in Gujarat. Two people died in Gujarat’s Junagadh district. The health condition of Rafeeq Gokhari and his friend deteriorated after consuming fake liquor. They were then rushed to the hospital, where both died on the way. The bodies have been kept at the civil hospital for post-mortem. After hearing the information, MLA Bhikha Galajoshi reached the hospital. The family members of the deceased have also gathered at the hospital demanding an investigation into the incident.
New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India will launch the e-Rupee from December 1. It is estimated that the digital rupee will help make financial transactions easier and faster. E-Rupee will be a medium of exchange in addition to current currency notes.
Meanwhile, it will be implemented in selected cities in the first phase. In the second phase, e-Rupees will be available in Kochi as well. The notes will be of the same value as the paper currency, RBI said. No interest is earned on e-Rs. It can be converted into cash like bank deposits when needed. In the first phase, it will be released through four banks including SBI.
Thiruvananthapuram: The 27th IFFK will be held in Thiruvananthapuram from December 9 to 16. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will inaugurate the festival at Nishagandhi Auditorium, Thiruvananthapuram on December 9th. Minister VN Vasavan will preside. Culture Minister VN Vasavan announced in a press conference that 184 films from 70 countries will be screened at the film festival organized by the Kerala State Film Academy. The minister also said that Hungarian director Bela Thar, who has become a legend in world cinema through his films of philosophical dignity, has been selected for the IFFK Lifetime Achievement Award. The award consists of ten lakh rupees and a sculpture.
Bela Thar’s six films will be exhibited at the fair, presenting a unique narrative style with a philosophical approach to human problems. It includes some of his best films, The Turin Horse and Werkmeister Harmonies. Bela Thar, who is coming to India for the first time, will be awarded the award by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan at the closing ceremony on December 16. Film Academy to publish ‘Kalathinte Irulbhoopadangnal’ written by C S Venkateswaran giving a comprehensive introduction to Bela Thar’s film career.
Kochi: James Cameron’s Hollywood film Avatar 2 release crisis in Kerala. The theater owners have said that they will not cooperate with the release of the film as the makers are asking for 60 percent of the theater collection. The theater owners’ association, FEUOK, has taken a stand not to cooperate with the release of Avatar 2. FEUOK, informed that 50-55 percent is usually given to foreign language films. The owners informed that they were sending the agreement directly to the theaters without prior notification for the release.
It has been decided that the film will not be released in all the 400 theaters under FEUOK. Avatar 2 will get 50 percent of the revenue in states other than Tamil Nadu. avatar; The Way of Water is released in six languages in India. The film will be released in theaters on December 16. The first part of Avatar was released in 2009. Avatar still holds the top spot in the history of world cinema with record collections. The second part of Avatar is coming after a gap of thirteen years.
The film is made with an investment of 2000 crores.
