Lufthansa to launch Munich-Banaglore flight from March 2020

German full service carrier Lufthansa on Wednesday announced the launch of a direct flight to Banaglore from Munich, starting March 2020. The flight service on the new roue will be operated five-times per week with 293-seater Airbus A350-900 plane in three class configuration with 48 seats in business Class, 21 seats in premium economy rest and 224 in economy class, the airline said in a release.

***************** Times Network to expand presence in Canada *Media firm Times Network on Wednesday said it is expanding its presence in Canada and its channels Times Now, Zoom, ET Now, and Mirror Now will be available to South Asian viewers on live streaming service TabletStream. "With an evolving consumer preference for watching content across platforms, we are very excited to partner TabletStream that allows viewers in Canada to access our best in class news and entertainment channels across devices," Times Network COO and Executive President Jagdish Mulchandani said.

************ MCX Gold contracts registers highest delivery of 5,158 kg *The Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) Wednesday said the exchange has witnessed a record delivery of 5,158.80 kg, valued at Rs 1,821 crore, in gold August delivery contracts. Increased volatility, market uncertainty, change in duty-structure and increase in gold prices encouraged both buyers and sellers to use the MCX derivative contracts to hedge their margins and meet delivery commitments, a release said here.

The last time delivery in MCX gold contract crossed 5,046 kg-mark was in October 2009. ************** Grexter Living acquires i2Sstay *Co-living provider Grexter Living on Wednesday said it has taken over i2Sstay for an undisclosed amount to further strengthen its core team and expand its portfolio.

Through this deal, Grexter Living has scaled up its operations adding 2000 new beds to its inventory, taking its total count of beds to over 5000 beds in Bengaluru, the company said in a statement issued here. *************** MMRDA appoints AFCONS Infra to partly design metro project *MMRDA on Wednesday said it has appointed AFCONS Infrastructure to partly design and construct the elevated viaduct, including the viaduct to integrate with Metro-4 and Metro-5 and seven elevated stations, Metro-5 corridor.

It also appointed the consortium of Systra (France), Consulting Engineers Group and Systra MVA Consulting (India) as general consultants for the construction of civil work on the Kalyan-Bhiwandi Metro-5 stretch and Dahisar-East to Mira Bhayendar and Andheri-East to CSMIA Metro-9 corridor..