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  • Senior journalist Ravish Kumar resigns from NDTV

    By IANS

    NEW DELHI: Senior journalist Ravish Kumar has resigned from his post as senior executive editor at NDTV India, according to reports.

    As per the reports, the news channel is said to have announced his resignation through an internal communication on Wednesday.

    The Ramon Magasaysay award-winning news anchor used to host the popular programmes ‘Prime Time’, ‘Ravish Ki Report’, ‘Hum Log’ and ‘Desh Ki Baat’.

    NDTV said that his resignation came into effect immediately, sources said.

    “Few journalists have impacted people as much as Ravish,” reports quoting the internal communication said.

    The resignation came a day after the new NDTV board approved the resignations of founders Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy as directors of RRPR Holding Private Ltd (RRPR), the promoter group vehicle of NDTV. This meant that the existing and longstanding promoters and management of NDTV has now exited the company.

    The board also appointed Sanjay Pugalia and Senthil Chengalvarayan as directors on RRPRH board with immediate effect.

    It needs to be mentioned that NDTV’s promoter firm RRPR Holding had on Monday stated that it had transferred shares constituting 99.5 per cent of its equity capital to Adani group-owned Vishvapradhan Commercial (VCPL), thus completing the official takeover of NDTV by the Adani group.

    The transfer of shares will give the Adani group control over a 29.18 per cent stake in NDTV. The diversified conglomerate is also conducting an open offer for another 26 per cent stake in the media firm.

    NEW DELHI: Senior journalist Ravish Kumar has resigned from his post as senior executive editor at NDTV India, according to reports.

    As per the reports, the news channel is said to have announced his resignation through an internal communication on Wednesday.

    The Ramon Magasaysay award-winning news anchor used to host the popular programmes ‘Prime Time’, ‘Ravish Ki Report’, ‘Hum Log’ and ‘Desh Ki Baat’.

    NDTV said that his resignation came into effect immediately, sources said.

    “Few journalists have impacted people as much as Ravish,” reports quoting the internal communication said.

    The resignation came a day after the new NDTV board approved the resignations of founders Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy as directors of RRPR Holding Private Ltd (RRPR), the promoter group vehicle of NDTV. This meant that the existing and longstanding promoters and management of NDTV has now exited the company.

    The board also appointed Sanjay Pugalia and Senthil Chengalvarayan as directors on RRPRH board with immediate effect.

    It needs to be mentioned that NDTV’s promoter firm RRPR Holding had on Monday stated that it had transferred shares constituting 99.5 per cent of its equity capital to Adani group-owned Vishvapradhan Commercial (VCPL), thus completing the official takeover of NDTV by the Adani group.

    The transfer of shares will give the Adani group control over a 29.18 per cent stake in NDTV. The diversified conglomerate is also conducting an open offer for another 26 per cent stake in the media firm.

  • Amazon CEO resigns from post, Andy Jessie to be new CEO

    Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has resigned from his post. He will step down by the end of this year. Bezos wrote a letter to his employees informing them of the decision. In a letter written on Tuesday, he has stated that he is leaving the role of chief executive officer in the company. He has been replaced by Andy Jessie as CEO. Jeff Bezos wrote in the letter, I am excited to announce that I will play the role of Amazon Executive Chairman and Andy Jessie will be the new CEO of the company. Jessie is currently the head of Amazon Web Services. Bezos made the announcement at a time when Amazon released financial results for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2020. The company made $ 100 billion in sales in the last three months of 2020. He further wrote in the letter, I will focus on new products with all my energy in this new role. I have full confidence in Andy Jessie that he will prove to be an outstanding leader.