Apple alerts Senior Congress leader KC Venugopal about ‘malicious spyware’ attack on his phone
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and party organization in-charge, KC Venugopal, claimed on Saturday that a "malicious spyware" had been detected on his phone. Venugopal, who represents Kerala's Alappuzha constituency in Parliament, shared this information through a post on the social media platform X.
"Thank you PM Modi ji, for sending your favourite malicious spyware on my phone also," Venugopal wrote. He added, "Apple has been kind enough to intimate me about this special present of yours!"
Venugopal also shared a screenshot of the alert he received from Apple, which read: "This is not a repeat notice — this is to inform you that we detected another attack against your device."
Venugopal accused the Modi government of acting in a "criminal and unconstitutional manner" by targeting political opponents and invading their privacy. "The message of the Lok Sabha elections was that the people reject any attack on the Constitution and the BJP’s fascist agenda," he said.
He vowed to oppose what he described as a "blatantly unconstitutional act" and a breach of privacy.
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Vistara in-flight experience will continue post-merger, says Air India
New Delhi (PTI): Air India on Friday said Vistara routes and schedule as well as the in-flight experience will continue and the flights operated with Vistara planes will have the code 'AI2' post-merger.
The merger of the two full service carriers is scheduled to be completed on November 12, following which Singapore Airlines will have a 25.1 per cent stake in Air India.
Vistara is a joint venture between Tata Group and Singapore Airlines.
Post the merger, the vintage 'Maharaja' will be retained through the frequent flyer programme of the integrated entity.
"The existing members of Club Vistara will be seamlessly transferred to Air India's Flying Returns program. With this merger, Flying Returns will also evolve into an all-new avatar 'Maharaja Club'," Air India said in the statement.
Reiterating that the experience offered by Vistara will continue for customers post-merger, Air India said Vistara will be identified by a special four-digit Air India code beginning with the digit '2'.
"For instance, UK 955 will become AI 2955 helping customers identify them while booking... after November 12," the statement said.
Further, it said the routes and schedule operated by Vistara aircraft will continue to be the same, alongside the airline's in-flight experience that includes the product and service such as menu and cutlery on the Vistara aircraft.
There are concerns in certain quarters on whether Vistara passengers will continue to get the same services like now, post-merger as Air India, which is in the transformation phase, has been facing certain service issues in recent times.
Air India, on October 2, also said that Vistara experience will remain post-merger.
On Wednesday, Vistara Chairman Bhaskar Bhat said the integrated entity will share the best practices of the two airlines and the livery of Vistara will stay for sometime.
The Air India-Vistara merger, announced in November 2022, will also see Singapore Airlines acquiring a 25.1 per cent stake in the merged entity.
