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1.The nation’s most senior military officer, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat and 11 other people on board an Indian Air Force helicopter were killed in a crash near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu shortly after noon Wednesday.-theindianexpress.com

2.General Bipin Rawat, India’s first Chief of Defence Staff who died in a helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu, was a strong proponent of India-US defence ties and helped deepen the strategic partnership between the two countries, a senior US official has said.-hindustantimes.com

3.Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' ex-wife MacKenzie Scott has topped the list of the world's 100 most powerful women by Forbes. Scott replaced the outgoing German chancellor Angela Merkel.The main reason behind Scott finishing on top is because of her massive philanthropy work. Scott has given away $8.6 billion of her fortune in charity, including $2.7 billion in this year alone. In December 2020, Scott donated over $4.1 billion amid the COVID-19 pandemic.-dnaindia.com

4.Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the world is looking towards India for affordable and sustainable technology-enabled solutions across all streams of emerging domains, including 5G, artificial intelligence and robotics.-moneycontrol.com

5.The World Health Organization said the omicron variant of the coronavirus may change the course of the pandemic. It called on countries to vaccinate as fast as possible and keep measures in place to protect people from infection.-hindustantimes.com

6.Amid the Omicron scare and citizens wondering whether a lockdown will be imposed again, Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope, on Wednesday, clarified that the severity of the coronavirus variant is low and people don't need to panic.-dnaindia.com

7.From Rs 400 salary to CEO of Rs 700 crore company:-Anyone who knows what an anti-virus is knows about Quick Heal. But not many know about the man behind India’s leading cybersecurity company and his inspiring rags-to-riches story. Today the founder of a company worth Rs 755 crore, 55-year-old Kailash Katkar started his career as an ordinary calculator repairman.-dnaindia.com

8.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) maintained a status quo on key rates, keeping the repo rate unchanged, in its bi-monthly policy review announced on Wednesday.-dnaindia.com

9.The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Wednesday announced that their 14-month agitation will be called off at 12pm on Thursday, but only after receiving the final copy of the Union government’s revised proposal which has accepted their demands.-hindustantimes.com

10.Steadfast, strong, and evidently attaining their vision of opening a multitude of luxury experiential hotels, The Postcard Hotel is set to open two new hotels this December, The Postcard Hideaway, Netravali and The Postcard Mandalay Hall, Kochi. Refurbished and renewed, The Postcard Galle, Sri Lanka also opens again, as Sri Lanka has reopened its borders for tourists.-hotelierindia.com

11.Banyan Tree has unveiled plans to double its footprint of 54 properties across 23 countries by 2025 with the introduction of 5 new brands launching in the next 18 months.In 2022, the group will introduce the new Garrya, Homm and Folio brands, as well as two brand extensions of Banyan Tree named Veya and Escape.-hotelierindia.com

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