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  • Latest situation: Hizbollah device explosions cause deaths in Lebanon as Israel extends war aims

  • Human impact: Death toll in Gaza crosses 40,000; around 100 hostages in captivity; aid worker deaths rise

  • Food and water insecurity: UN warns food supplies to Gaza dwindling as famine looms

  • Infrastructure damage: More than half of Gaza’s buildings damaged by fighting

  • Key events in the war: From Hamas’s October 7 attack to Israel’s incursions

Latest situation: Hizbollah device explosions cause deaths in Lebanon as Israel extends war aims

Walkie-talkies and other wireless communication devices used by Hizbollah were detonated across Lebanon on Wednesday, killing at least 14 people and injuring at least 450, a day after thousands of pagers exploded.

The fresh blasts compounded the country’s shock from the initial pager attack on Tuesday, which Hizbollah blamed on Israel, vowing revenge.

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The latest deaths and injuries brought the toll from the two days of blasts to 26 dead, including at least two children, and more than 3,000 injured.

Hizbollah and Israel are already engaged in a war of attrition across the Israel-Lebanon border, which has raised fears of a broader Middle East conflict.

Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant signalled on Wednesday that the country was entering a new phase of fighting on its northern border with Lebanon.

He spoke after the Israeli army’s 98th Division — which includes paratroopers and commando units — was ordered to move to Israel’s northern border, according to a person familiar with the matter.

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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement on Wednesday: “I’ve already said we will return the residents of the north securely to their homes. And this is precisely what we will do.”

Human impact: Death toll in Gaza rises above 40,000; around 100 hostages still in captivity; aid worker deaths rise

The Israel Defense Forces launched air and land offensives in Gaza in response to Hamas’s cross-border assault in southern Israel. Hamas killed more than 1,200 people during the October 7 attack and seized about 250 hostages, according to Israeli officials, who say around 100 hostages remain in captivity.

The death toll from Israel’s offensive in Gaza passed 40,000 in August, according to Palestinian health officials.

According to data from UN OCHA and Israeli human rights group B’Tselem, around 640 Palestinians in the West Bank and about 1,900 Israelis and foreign nationals in Israel have been killed since October.

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After October 7, the IDF moved into northern Gaza before sweeping south towards Khan Younis and then Rafah. More than 2mn people in Gaza have been displaced by the conflict, with many leaving Rafah and some moving to al-Mawasi or other IDF-declared “humanitarian areas”.

Humanitarian workers inside Gaza have faced significant danger during the conflict, with an unprecedented number being killed.

Food and water insecurity: UN warns food supplies to Gaza dwindling as famine looms

Food supplies into Gaza have diminished even further since international experts raised the threat of famine in the enclave, according to the regional director of the World Food Programme.

“We clearly don’t manage to bring enough food into Gaza,” Corinne Fleischer told the Financial Times in August after returning from the territory, citing access problems including the closure of most crossings, long delays at Israeli checkpoints and looting by gangs inside Gaza.

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Fleischer said the WFP needed to bring in 24,000 tonnes of food per month to feed 1.1mn people, or half Gaza’s population. UNRWA, the other main UN agency working in Gaza, is responsible for feeding the other half.

Aid deliveries containing urgently needed food, water and medical supplies have not been able to enter Gaza at their usual levels since the war began. The shortages have worsened since IDF troops took “operational control” of the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing on May 6.

The US built a $230mn floating pier to help get more aid into Gaza, but shipments were affected by storms and poor sea conditions, and the project was mothballed in July.

Since Israel launched its Gaza offensive, damage to infrastructure and lack of fuel and electricity have also led to a severe water shortage.

Before the war, Gaza sourced most of its water from an underground aquifer or from Israeli state-owned water company Mekorot. According to an April UN OCHA report, two of the Mekorot pipelines have been closed and the third is operating at only partial capacity. Israel has recently moved towards reopening them after pressure from the US.

Meanwhile, only one of the six wastewater treatment plants and two out of three desalination plants are partially working.

Map of Gaza showing the 3 desalination plants, 6 wastewater treatment plants and the 3 Mekorot water pipeline connections. Sources: World Bank, UN OCHA

Infrastructure damage: More than half of Gaza’s buildings damaged by fighting

According to damage assessments from researchers at the CUNY Graduate Center and Oregon State University, more than half of all buildings across the Gaza Strip have suffered damage, rising to nearly 80 per cent in Gaza City.

The damage in Khan Younis and Rafah has also increased as Israel expanded its offensive from northern Gaza to the rest of the territory.

Map showing buildings likely damaged in Gaza between October 5 and October 12, December 4, August 26. Damage until December 4 is concentrated in North Gaza and Gaza. Damage to April 21 covers the entire strip, with much of Deir al-Balah, Khan Younis and Rafah damaged. Source: damage analysis of Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite data by Corey Scher of CUNY Graduate Center and Jamon Van Den Hoek of Oregon State University

October 9 2023 to present: Key events in the war and region

September 18 2024

Hizbollah walkie-talkies explode in Lebanon in second day of blasts

September 18 2024

Hizbollah vows to retaliate against Israel over pager explosions

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SEPTEMBER 17 2024

Israel adds securing northern front against Hizbollah to war aims

SEPTEMBER 10 2024

ICC prosecutor seeks ‘urgent’ arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders

SEPTEMBER 6 2024

US protester shot dead in West Bank

SEPTEMBER 6 2024

US military draws up plans for collapse of Gaza ceasefire talks

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September 4 2024

Netanyahu’s defiance leaves Israel-Hamas deal out of reach

September 2 2024

Strike action paralyses much of Israel after hostage deaths

September 1 2024

Israel retrieves bodies of six hostages, including US citizen

august 29 2024

Death toll rises as Israel’s operation in West Bank enters second day

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AUGUST 27 2024

Israeli hostage taken by Hamas rescued from Gaza

AUGUST 25 2024

Israel and Hizbollah engage in their biggest exchange of fire since the 34-day war in 2006

August 16 2024

US-led mediators present ‘bridging proposal’ to end Israel-Hamas war

AUGUST 11 2024

Israel orders more Gaza evacuations as school strike death toll confirmed at 80

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AUGUST 9 2024

US, Egypt and Qatar in urgent push to secure Israel-Hamas ceasefire

AUGUST 6 2024

Hamas picks Yahya Sinwar as new political leader

August 1 2024

Israel says it killed Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif

July 31 2024

Iran accuses Israel of killing of Hamas political leader in Tehran

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July 30 2024

Israel says it has killed senior Hizbollah commander in Beirut strike

July 27 2024

Israeli civilians killed after rocket from Lebanon hits Golan Heights

july 22 2024

Palestinians ordered to leave Khan Younis as Israel renews offensive

July 19 2024

Yemen’s Houthis claim drone attack on Tel Aviv

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July 13 2024

Dozens dead after Israeli air strikes target top Hamas commander

JULY 12 2024

Netanyahu says Israeli troops will stay on Egypt-Gaza border

July 11 2024

US says it will not reopen Gaza aid pier

July 4 2024

Hizbollah fires 200 rockets at Israel to avenge killing of top commander

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June 18 2024

Israeli military approves plan for ‘offensive’ in Lebanon

June 9 2024

Israel rescues four hostages in Gaza but scores of Palestinians killed

June 6 2024

Dozens killed in Israeli strike on UN school in Gaza

May 24 2024

ICJ orders Israel to halt Rafah offensive

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May 20 2024

ICC prosecutor requests arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and senior Hamas leaders over alleged war crimes

May 7 2024

Israel sends troops into Rafah and seizes border crossing despite Hamas agreeing to ceasefire-for-hostages deal

April 19 2024

Israel launches calibrated retaliatory strikes against Iran

April 5 2024

Israel admits “grave mistake” after strike on World Central Kitchen aid workers

March 25 2024

UN resolution demands Gaza ceasefire

February 29 2024

More than 110 Gazans killed in deadly aid convoy chaos

December 4 2023

Israel steps up aerial bombardment on southern Gaza followed later in the month by an offensive into the city of Khan Younis

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November 24 2023

Israel-Hamas truce takes hold ahead of planned hostage release

November 16 2023

Israeli military raids Gaza’s largest hospital in climax of siege

OCTOBER 9 2023

Israel imposes a “complete siege” on Gaza, calling up a record 300,000 reservists and pounding the strip from the air

October 7 2023: Hamas attacks Israel

As much of Israel slept, Hamas militants launched an multipronged dawn assault on the country from the Gaza Strip.

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The assault began in the early hours of the morning on the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, with thousands of rockets fired at Israeli towns and cities. Many were intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome defence system, but satellite imagery showed fires and smoke rising from locations that were hit.

Satellite map of Gaza and Israel showing locations of fires and smoke plumes. The fires were detected by the Sentinel-2 satellite. The map uses a true colour satellite image composited with false colour image to highlight the fires. Source: Sentinel satellite data via EO Browser.

Hundreds of Hamas fighters simultaneously attacked by land, air and sea, breaching the fortified barrier between Gaza and Israel.

Militants used motorised paragliders to attack the Supernova music festival, which was taking place not far from the Gaza border. After flying in, they shot many Israelis and took others as hostages.

Map showing the location of Supernova music festival attacked by Hamas

After breaching the Gaza fence, armed Hamas fighters targeted Israeli communities and military sites at several locations, going door-to-door and performing execution-style killings as well as taking hostages.

More than 1,200 Israeli civilians and troops were killed on October 7, according to Israeli officials — making it the deadliest attack on the country since its foundation.

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At the UN COP29 climate talks in Baku negotiators gear up to agree a new finance target. Plus: prospects for a carbon market framework; what Trump win means for Biden’s green bill; China’s cleantech boom; EU faces backlash; loss and damage funding

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Kerala GST body slaps taxes on Adani’s Thiruvananthapuram airport pact, goes against Rajasthan and Gujarat appellate authority rulings- The Week

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Kerala GST body slaps taxes on Adani’s Thiruvananthapuram airport pact, goes against Rajasthan and Gujarat appellate authority rulings- The Week

The Kerala bench of the GST Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) ruled that the concessionaire agreement between the AAI (Airport Authority of India) and Adani Thiruvananthapuram International Airport Ltd is liable to GST since it is not a “transfer of business” but supply of services.

This ruling is in direct conflict with rulings passed by the Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling (AAAR) in Rajasthan and Gujarat regarding the transfers of Jaipur and Ahmedabad airports, respectively. These state bodies exempted GST on almost identical transfers.

Back in March 2023, the Rajasthan bench of AAR said that the considerations received from the transfer of running business of whole airport operations are a “tax neutral supply”, which could persuade similar transfers in other locations in India. However, the almost identical agreement between Adani’s airport arm and AAI is now treated differently.

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The 2021 handover of the Thiruvananthapuram airport was met with strong political opposition from both the ruling left LDF and opposing UDF alliances. However, it garnered local support in Thiruvananthapuram when social media groups, including IT professionals and residents, actively lobbied for better amenities, which, according to them, were allegedly absent in the capital city airport when compared to the PPP facilities at Cochin International Airport.

According to GST law, the transfer of a business as a going concern, as a whole or an independent part thereof, is considered a service, and such supplies are exempt from the goods and services tax. The Rajasthan AAR ruled in 2023 that the 2021 Jaipur Airport pact was a transfer of going concern and, therefore, GST exempt.

Did Thiruvananthapuram get the short end of the stick?

In 2021 and 2022, both Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh benches of AAR also ruled that business arrangements between AAI and airport proceeds in a similar manner were covered under transfer of going concern.

However, the invoice raised by AAI for reimbursement of salary and staff cost on Adani Jaipur International Airport Ltd fell under “supply of services” and hence taxable at 18% under GST, as per the Rajasthan AAR ruling.

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In contrast, the Kerala ruling for Thiruvananthapuram International Airport by the state AAR said that the deal did not constitute “a transfer of business” and, therefore, will not be treated as “a transfer as going concern”. It also noted that “assets have not been transferred”, and GST is payable on the amounts received as a consideration for leasing or supply of assets to the concessionaire, that is, Adani Thiruvananthapuram International Airport Ltd. These leased assets include critical aeronautical items required to operate the airport.

The Kerala AAR bench went even further and slapped GST on the annual concession fees charged by AAI from Thiruvananthapuram International Airport Ltd as well.

Will the Kerala GST ruling hamper the development of Thiruvananthapuram International Airport?

Last month, Adani Airport Holdings Ltd (AAHL) announced a Rs 1,300 crore investment into the expansion of Thiruvananthapuram International Airport under the name “Project Anantha”.

With an aim to do a significant overhaul of the infrastructure by 2027, the expansion includes an extended renewal of the terminal, with a focus on Kerala’s culture and heritage. It remains to be seen what will happen to the plan now that there are tax implications in the mix.

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AMRG & Associates Senior Partner Rajat Mohan noted Kerala AAR’s contrasting stance, saying, “this discrepancy highlights the need for clearer guidance at a national level to ensure uniformity, as businesses navigating such transactions could face inconsistent tax treatment.” The only similarity with the GST body’s treatment of the identical Jaipur deal was the 18 per cent GST levied on the invoices raised by AAI for reimbursement of salary and staff cost since they come under “supply of services”.

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BBC A woman wearing a floral blouse and jumper holds a mobile phone showing a reading from their smart meter in one hand and a cup of black coffee in a pink mug in the other. Her arms are resting on a wooden table top.
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Smart meters enable people to monitor their electricity and gas use

The way smart energy meters work in northern England and Scotland is causing issues for customers, BBC Panorama has been told.

The body that represents energy companies, Energy UK, has confirmed for the first time there is a regional divide – because of the way meters send usage data back to suppliers.

The technology used in the north can affect whether smart meters work properly – and could leave customers having to submit manual readings and receiving estimated bills.

The issues have also been confirmed by meter engineers who have spoken to the BBC.

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In the Midlands, Wales and southern England, all meters use wireless cellular technology – similar to mobile phones – to send data to energy providers. If a signal is not strong enough, it can be boosted by an aerial.

But in northern England and Scotland, meters instead rely on radio frequencies and no such fix is available.

It is a legal requirement, the government says, for suppliers to make sure smart meters are working and it expects suppliers to “resolve all issues at a much faster pace”.

The mass roll-out of smart meters began 12 years ago, with the goal of helping people save money on their bills, while lowering carbon emissions as part of the government’s net zero plan.

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By showing how much energy households are using, and how much it is costing, meters are intended to encourage people to use more energy at times of day when it is cheaper – because there is a surplus while most are in bed and factories are closed.

As more energy comes from renewable sources, smart meters will form a vital part of a “smart grid”, allowing consumers’ demand for energy to match the available supply, minute-by-minute.

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Hartesh Battu says he has had six different smart meters and none of them have worked

The cost of installing smart meters across Great Britain is estimated to be £13.5bn, according to the government. There are 36 million such devices in England, Wales and Scotland – but recent government figures show 3.5 million of them are not working properly.

As a rule of thumb, smart meters in the northern region designed to connect to the radio signal have two small indicator lights on the communications hub, fitted to the top of the smart meter. The hubs fitted to smart meters in central and southern regions, receiving the cellular signal, usually have five of these indicator lights.

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Northern Ireland’s energy market is separate with its own rules and regulator – and a consultation on a proposed smart meter roll-out is taking place.

Hartesh Battu, a doctor from Glasgow, has had six different smart meters, fitted by two energy suppliers, none of which have worked. “I just think it’s astonishingly bad in terms of the technology,” he told us. “I do feel like, ‘how could billions of pounds be spent on something so bad?’”

He told the BBC he had wanted a smart meter so he could save energy on his bills and take advantage of a night-time rate that would make it cheaper to charge his electric car.

His current energy supplier, Octopus Energy, told him the problem was down to signal issues in the area and may be because he lived “far up north” – reasoning that left him feeling deeply unimpressed. “I just thought that was a bit bonkers because I live in Glasgow, I’m hardly up in Shetland, I’m not rural at all.”

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It shows the middle of Great Britain, with an orange line demarking approximately the north-south divide from Liverpool on the west coast to Hull on the East. 
To the north of the line is a graphic representation of a radio mast with the text 'smart meters in northern England and Scotland rely on radio signals to operate. This can cause issues. 
Below the line is a graphic representation of a mobile phone mast with the text reading, 'smart meters in the rest of England and Wales use mobile technology, so the signal can be improved by an aerial'.

When the mass roll-out started, the decision to use radio signals across northern England and Scotland – rather than the mobile technology further south – was because it was thought the signals would be able to travel far across the hills and mountains, reaching more rural communities more easily.

But Energy UK admits there are problems regarding how the radio signals transmit. “There are issues in the north,” chief executive Dhara Vyas told us.

She said there were “live conversations” within the industry about increasing the network range in the north of England and Scotland.

This technological divide has been experienced by smart meter engineers who have spoken anonymously to Panorama.

One engineer, “Ahmed” told us there were more problems in northern England and Scotland on average, adding that the technology further south was more up to date.

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“You can end up going to someone’s house at the bottom of a mountain in the north and the radio frequency can’t get through. But there could be a good 3G signal nearby and that could get through – the customer doesn’t know that,” he said.

Another engineer, “Steve” working for a major energy supplier in Merseyside, who has experience of installing meters in homes on both sides of the regional divide, told us it was “far easier to complete a successful installation” in the south and Midlands where he could use the cellular network.

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The original roll-out of smart meters is a “textbook example of a project failure”, Sir Dieter Helm, a former government advisor on energy policy, told Panorama.

He believes the Coalition government made several mistakes that led to the roll-out taking too long and costing too much money. The decision to divide the communications network in two was one such error, he says, which meant there “were bound to be problems and right from the word go”.

Energy suppliers do not have direct control over the communication network – in both the north and south. Instead it is run by an organisation known as the Data Communications Company (DCC) and is operated by outsourcing company, Capita.

Panorama contacted Dr Battu’s energy supplier, Octopus Energy, about the problems he was having with his meter. The company said the situation was “frustrating” because government regulations dictated it must use the radio-wave technology to provide a signal to Dr Battu’s meter – and that it was not permitted to access the local 3G signal instead.

However, in what they described as “a highly unusual move”, Octopus told us that it had in fact decided to break the rules and fix his meter by connecting it to the mobile network. It added that “regulation has not moved with technology”.

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Meter engineer, “Alan”, agrees with Octopus that the rules are too rigid. When he encounters problems in the north with radio-wave technology, especially in built up areas, he says he wishes he could access the cellular network.

“It shouldn’t be an either-or. We should be able to use both.”

Capita told the BBC it advised energy suppliers against using alternative technological solutions, because that would mean there was no contractual or consumer protection for the meter user to ensure service was maintained or problems addressed.

It said the network it runs provides 99.3% coverage across Great Britain, adding that it was “fully committed to resolving connection issues”.

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In a statement it added: “The DCC is actively working with government to provide a future-proof 4G technology solution for the whole of Britain.”

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Money Saving Expert founder Martin Lewis says someone has to make the smart meter system work

Most energy users pay a little bit extra on their bills towards the cost of installing and fixing smart meters. That is supposed to be offset by the savings they could make and the environmental benefits.

And the latest figures show that nine in 10 smart meters are working fine. But a recent survey by Citizens’ Advice suggests one in five households have had to regularly send manual meter readings because their smart meters haven’t worked properly.

Money Saving Expert founder Martin Lewis told the BBC he was supportive of the concept of smart meters, but the reality had not matched up.

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“I find it incredibly frustrating how bad the roll-out has been, it has taken far too long, it has cost billions. All our bills are higher because of it, and we haven’t yet reaped the benefit because it hasn’t been done right. Somebody needs to grab the bull by the horns and make the smart meter system finally work.”

The government told Panorama that “while over 90% of smart meters are operating normally’’ the number not working properly was “still too high” and, as a result, “many households are missing out on cheaper, flexible tariffs”.

It also said that a recent customer experience survey by Ofgem “found no statistically significant differences” in the proportion of customers reporting that their meter was not sending readings to their suppliers for areas in, or predominantly in, the north.

Most experts agree smart meters can help to deliver lower bills and lower carbon emissions. But if the tech problems continue, that could put people off having them and undermine the government’s goal of getting them into every home.

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China’s markets fell on Monday after a fiscal stimulus package announced by authorities last week to help shore up its economy underwhelmed investors.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index declined 2.1 per cent, while mainland China’s CSI 300 edged lower. Brent crude, the international oil benchmark affected by the outlook for China demand, was trading 0.4 per cent lower at $73.50 a barrel.

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Chinese equities had climbed over the past week with expectations of more details on Beijing’s stimulus plan following a monetary policy blitz at the end of September. But investors were disappointed by the lack of measures targeting consumption, said analysts.

“Investors are unwinding bullish bets as they feel the major event is over and they are a bit let down,” said Jason Lui, head of Asia-Pacific equities and derivatives strategy at BNP Paribas. Lui noted that mainland markets were benefiting from increased retail participation and the central bank’s new lending facilities.

Traders in options markets sold down their Chinese equity positions in Hong Kong, implying they did not believe the fiscal stimulus would lead to any major market moves. Six-month at-the-money options for the Hang Seng China Enterprises index were down 8.5 per cent.

China’s rubber-stamp parliament, the National People’s Congress, on Friday announced a $1.4tn package to restructure local government debt. The long-awaited fiscal plan included authorising local governments to issue bonds to restructure much of a “hidden” debt pile worth about Rmb14tn ($2tn).

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Finance minister Lan Fo’an said the government was “studying” additional measures to recapitalise big banks and strengthen consumption but did not provide more details.

The country’s central bank on Monday fixed trading on the renminbi at its lowest level in a year, at Rmb7.18 a dollar, 0.5 per cent lower than Friday’s fix. The dollar strengthened by 0.1 per cent to $105.1 against of a basket of six currencies.

The weaker exchange rate suggests downward pressure on the renminbi from investment outflows and traders positioning for president-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration and potential trade tensions with China.

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“With perceived emphasis on stabilisation rather than stimulus, and no measures to facilitate bank recapitalisation and/or boost consumption, we think this will come as a disappointment for stock investors,” wrote analysts at Nomura.

Investor focus has shifted to the Central Economic Work Conference, an agenda-setting economic meeting held by authorities in early December in Beijing, for more stimulus details.

“Constant delays and underwhelming stimulus might remind some investors of Green Day’s ‘Boulevard of Broken Dreams’ — a song that echoes the feeling of repeated disappointments,” added Nomura.

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Different retirement ages for pilots of Air India and those of Vistara could be a potential issue, with reports suggesting that a section of the flying officers are unhappy as the merger between both carriers gets underway this week.

Formerly owned by the government, Air India came under the Tata fold in 2022. The latest merger with Vistara, which is supposed to be concluded later this week, has also raised questions regarding the confusion about the retirement of pilots.

As of now, the retirement age for pilots and staff is 58 years at Air India and 60 years at Vistara. Current DGCA regulations allow pilots to fly up to the age of 65. Reports say that management has yet to provide a statement regarding the same to clear any brewing discord.

“While the management was prompt in bringing parity in terms of salary structure and other working conditions of the employees of the two airlines as part of the merger process, it is yet to address the issue of two different retirement age limits,” an anonymous source told PTI.

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Will Singapore Airlines’ investment help transform Air India?

Singapore Airlines recently announced that it would invest Rs 3,194.5 crore in the merged Air India entity.

This adds to the merger consideration of 49 per cent interest in Vistara and Rs 2,058.5 crore in cash from Singapore Airlines (SIA) in exchange for a 25.1 per cent stake in the merged carrier.

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“SIA’s additional capital injection is expected to be Rs 3,194.5 crore (about SGD 498 million), based on Tata’s funding to Air India to date. This will occur after the completion of the merger and within November 2024 through subscription to new Air India shares,” read a statement by Singapore Airlines.

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‘Thirteen Forty Five’ will be available from March in the flag carrier’s premium economy class cabins and its lounges

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