Author: Rolando Garcia

Germán Efromovich, born 1950 in La Paz is a Bolivian-born entrepreneur with multiple citizenship viz; Brazilian, Colombian, and Polish. He is the owner of South American conglomerate, Synergy Group Corp. Synergy Group Corp, owns majority shares in airlines including Colombian carrier Avianca Holdings, has shown probing interest in investing in Jet Airways, which operations on April 17 after running out of cash and failing to raise money to keep afloat.  The Synergy Group, which owns majority of Avianca Holdings the second-largest airline Latin America, after Chilean carrier LATAM Airlines, formed in 2010 via the merger of Colombia’s Avianca and El…

Wheelchair tennis champion Dylan Alcott took to his Twitter and revealed a personal note sent from Prince Harry. The sixth in line to the throne praised Alcott for his Wimbledon win and for the most popular new talent award at the Logies as well. Also, he praised Alcott for his work “raising awareness and changing perceptions of disability”. But the letter then takes a peculiar turn, as the Prince hilariously checks in on his underwear situation. The letter which prince sent to Alcott reads: “Dear Dylan, I wanted to pass on my congratulations for your recent win at Wimbledon and…

After resisting and remaining antagonistic in coming under the ambit of NADA for so long, BCCI has finally relented and is now under the purview of the National Anti Doping Agency. The autonomous cricket body was apprehensive that coming under NADA would curtail their freedom. Hence, they evaded nibbling the bait for close to a decade as successive governments had failed to convince them. Now, that BCCI has come under the NADA fold, Sports Minister Mr. Kiren Rijiju termed this development as “highly positive”. He feels that this would have a lasting implication in the future. However, despite coming under…

Shopee has appointed Cristiano Ronaldo as its regional brand ambassador. According to reports, Ronaldo will work with Shopee on a wide range of initiatives in order to engage and inspire people in Southeast Asia and Taiwan. Ronald will star in Shopee’s 9.9 TV commercial which is going to be premiered on 16 August and air in all Shopee markets. In a statement, the chief commercial officer of Shopee and head of Shopee Singapore, Zhou Junjie, said “Ronaldo’s values are a natural fit for Shopee. ​He is known for his tremendous focus, dedication, and determination, a reflection of Shopee’s deep commitment…

West Indies star batsman Chris Gayle had mentioned that he might possibly want to play one more Test match before retiring from international cricket. Chris Gayle, who recently announced his retirement from international cricket after the home Test series against India, is not selected in the West Indies squad for the two-match Test series starting from August 22 in Antigua. Earlier, Gayle stated that he would retire from international cricket after the World Cup 2019 but later reversed his decision and said he would like to turn up for the Windies one last time for the home series against India.…

Cafe Coffee Day founder and owner of Asia’s single largest coffee estate V.G. Siddhartha is missing and suspected to have committed suicide by jumping into Netravati River in Ullal on Monday midnight. According to reports, Siddhartha was talking on his phone when he asked his driver to stop the car near a bridge across the Nethravathi River in Mangalore. A panicked driver went down looking for Siddhartha, but could not find him anywhere. The driver then alerted the family members who in turn informed the police. Siddhartha founded Cafe Coffee Day in the mid-90s on Brigade Road, Bangalore which has…

Going off-air during the ICC Cricket World Cup, Power Sportz’s flagship show ‘Talking Turkey with Kanthi’ is all set to return with a new episode on July 19. Power Sportz is the first sports news and journalism channel on a digital platform. Famous for its flagship show ‘Talking Turkey with Kanthi’, the channel is all set to make a comeback on the normal mode with regular programs being aired. Another new story on Indian sports, more disclosures, more information for the discerning sports lover, the flagship show of Power Sportz is all set to resume week after week on every…

FaceApp challenge has become a new sensation in social media. If you haven’t yet noticed, then open your FB account and see how people are taking FaceApp challenge and posting their old age photos. Even celebrities are not behind in the race; they are also taking this FaceApp challenge so excitingly. Celebrities, from Carrie Underwood to Nadine Nassib Njeim, Heidi Klum, Nour Arida, Sean Lowe have participated in the old age challenge so far.  Lance Bass took to his Instagram and shared a photo of N*Sync joking, “When we finally reunite.” And Jonas Brothers captioned their old age photo “When…

Hi Hafeez and welcome on board. You are just 24-years-old and the CEO and Managing Director of Kudroli World, which deals in Infrastructure, Building, Commercial Real Estate, Broadcast Media, Building Materials, Apparel & Fashion, Hospitality, IT, Services, Entertainments, Events, Sports etc. Tell us a bit about yourself. Basically born to a Business family, it was my father’s initiation to the business that led me to handle our family business successfully at the start of my career and later having realised the true potential of business lies in diversification and expansion, led me to foray into verticals that interested me and…

Amazon Invests Rs. 50 Crore In Quess Corp Arm, Shares Jump. Quess Corp has allocated 7,54,437 equity shares of the company to Amazon.com NV Investment Holdings LLC at Rs. 676 per share. Quess Corp shares rose as much as 18.40 per cent on the BSE to intraday high of Rs. 521 after the company informed exchanges that Amazon.com’s unit Amazon.com NV Investment Holdings LLC, a category III foreign portfolio investor, has invested around Rs. 51 crores in the company’s subsidiary Qdigi Services Limited. On the NSE, Quess Corp shares climbed as much as 18.86 per cent to intraday high of…