With relations between India and Pakistan at a low ebb, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has no plan to meet his Pakistani counterpart Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on the margins of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos next week.

‘’No meeting is planned between the two Prime Ministers,’’ Vijay Gokhale, Secretary (Economic Relations) said while briefing the media on Modi’s visit to Davos on 22-23 January.

There was no possibility of a meeting between Modi and US President Donald Trump either since the two leaders would not be in Davos at the same time, he added

‘’The Prime Minister’s visit to Davos is very short. It will be only for 24 hours and will be very focused. This is a sign that we engage with the globe”, Gokhale said.

During the visit, Modi will deliver the keynote speech at the plenary session of the WEF on 23 January. He will also have a bilateral meeting with Alain Berset, President of the Swiss Confederation on 22 January. The same evening, he will hold a round-table with global CEOs.

This is the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to the WEF after more than 20 years. Earlier in 1997, then Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda had addressed the economic forum.

As Many as six ministers from India are scheduled to address the forum. They include Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal, Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of State for External Affairs M J Akbar and Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region Jitendra Singh.

Securities market regulator SEBI has eased norms for real estate investments trusts (REITs) and infrastructure investment trusts (InvITs) to raise funds from strategic investors.

According to a SEBI circular, REITs and InvITs can invite subscriptions from strategic investors.

“The strategic investor(s) shall, either jointly or severally, invest not less than 5 per cent and not more than 25 per cent of the total offer size,” SEBI said in a circular issued on Thursday.

“The investment manager or manager on behalf of the InvIT or REIT, shall enter into a binding unit subscription agreement with the strategic investor(s), which propose(s) to invest in the public issue of InvIT or REIT.”

The circular further states that subscription price per unit, “payable by the strategic investor(s), shall be set out in the unit subscription agreement and the entire subscription price shall be deposited in a special escrow account prior to the opening of the public issue”.

“The price at which the strategic investor(s) has or have agreed to buy units of the InvIT or REIT shall not be less than the issue price determined in the public issue,” the circular reads.

FC Pune City have signed Spanish defender Manuel Jesus Ortiz Toribio and Austrian midfielder Marko Stankovic, the Indian Super League (ISL) football franchise announced on Friday.

The two players have joined the Pune outfit in the second international transfer window of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) starting from January 15 to February 16.

Sevilla FC’s product Toribo and Stankovic, who was played for Austria once, will be available for selection ahead of their match against ATK on Saturday.

FC Pune City have released Damir Grgic and Robertino Pugliara.

The rising star of Indian women cricket, Harmanpreet Kaur, who became an overnight sensation after her sensational knock against Australia in the semi-finals of Women’s World Cup is facing googly from the Indian Railways.

Harman became a household name in India with her unbeaten 175 runs but she is facing a tough phase of her life in terms of the job. With her splendid performance in WWC 2017, Kaur was offered the DSP job in Punjab police. To take the offer, Harman resigned from her post in the Western Railway. The vice-captain of Indian women cricket team had been associated with Railways since the last three years. And when she was offered the position in Railways, she had signed a 5-year contract.

However, Railways is not accepting her resignation. Not just that, but from the moment she had accepted the DSP role, Kaur has not been paid any salary since the last five months.

While talking to The Indian Express, Harmanpreet Kaur said, “I worked for three years with the Railways. But, they are asking for the salary of five years to waive off the bond and relieve me. After the World cup, it has been five months that I have not been paid any salary. I am jobless. I am neither getting any salary from Railways nor from the Punjab government.”

“Actually, I wanted to talk to some reporter (to raise the issue) but thought that I should not be mistaken as if I am speaking against the Railways. Railways were my last hope and had given me a job when Punjab government had turned down my request. I hope, the Railways will give me the bond waiver so that I can go to my home state. I think there is a rule that bond gets shifted when you change one government job to other. Punjab Chief Minister has taken up my case three to four times, but nothing has happened so far,” Kaur added.

Even Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has requested Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, to find a solution the solution regarding this matter. A mail from the CM states, “I would like to request you that the case of Ms. Harmanpreet Kaur is different wherein the condition of the bond should not apply as she is not leaving the government for a private job. Rather she is joining the state government from a Central Government Organisation for better career prospects. If she is not allowed to join as DSP by imposing the bond by the Railways, it would be unfair to her and amount to punishing rather than rewarding her outstanding performance in cricket.”

Meanwhile, Anil Kumar Gupta General Manager of Western Railway also issued a statement on the issue, which says, “The Railway Board recruits people under sports quota and there is a condition of five-year bond. In case they want to leave earlier (than five years) they have to reimburse the salary of five years. If they deposit the amount, they are allowed to go.”

Harmanpreet has been selected in the women’s squad for South Africa tour and she will begin her training camp from January 24.

As a goodwill gesture, Pakistan on Friday handed over an Afghan boy who went missing during his visit to the country.

The Foreign Office said that Foreign Secretary of Pakistan Tehmina Janjua handed over the custody of an Afghan child to the Afghan Embassy in Islamabad.

The child, whose age was not disclosed, had come to Islamabad with his parents for medical treatment of his father. However, during their stay in Islamabad, Ubaid Ullah went missing.

The mother of the child could not find any clue about his whereabouts and after the death of Ullah’s father, she returned to Afghanistan.

The child was found by Islamabad Police in 2015 and was referred to Child Protection and Welfare Bureau who took the custody of the child.

Meanwhile, the Pakistani authorities, as well as Pakistani Embassy in Kabul, has continued efforts for tracing his family in Afghanistan.

“On Friday, after the successful conclusion of these efforts, Ubaid Ullah was handed over to the Afghan Embassy in Islamabad. He would be travelling later on Friday to reunite with his family in Afghanistan,” the Foreign Office said.

The government and people of Afghanistan have deeply appreciated Pakistan’s efforts for taking good care of the destitute Afghan child and his safe reunion with his family, according to the FO.

In the wake of Padmaavat controversy, the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) suggested a change in the Ghoomar song. The makers of the film have now released a new version of the song and they have covered Deepika’s midriff through CGI. The protest against Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmaavat has gone a step ahead.

The protest began after there were rumors of intimate scenes between Alauddin Khilji and queen Padmavati in a portion of the movie. Though the director denied such claims, it made no difference to the protestors. Later, female lead Deepika Padukone had to face threats from Karni Sena.

Rajput women too are standing against the release of the film and threatened to commit ‘jaauhar’. Supreme Court has finally made a verdict to release the film nationwide on 25 January. However, the decision has not gone down well with the protestors as they have made it clear that the protests still continue.

Now, CBFC has come up with a new modification in a song of the film. The Ghoomar song featuring Deepika was released in 2017. Today, Ghoomar 2.0 was released by the makers and you will notice a difference between the two songs.  Deepika, who will be playing Padmavati, has got her stomach covered with CGI after a historian in the panel had an objection regarding her attire.

Film: The Commuter

Director: Jaume Collet-Serra

Cast: Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Jonathan Banks and Sam Neil

Rating: **1/2

The Commuter, often punctuated with the question “What kind of a person are you”, ignites an ethical dilemma. You feel that the film is going to turn out to be a psychological thriller. But alas! That’s where it all ends.

This film, like all Liam Neeson’s previous solo endeavours, lands up being just another thriller, packed with Neeson’s brand of badass action.

In this film, Neeson plays Michael MacCauley an ex-police officer who now works as a by-the-book insurance salesman. The opening act of the film sets up the everyday toils of MacCauley as a loving father and a devoted husband who gets ready every morning and takes the same train to-and-fro to work.

This routine is set, till one fine day he is unceremoniously given the pink slip. Shaken, since he still has a few familial obligations pending, MacCauley is wary about the future. Desperation hits him till a mysterious woman (Vera Farmiga), tempts him with $100,000 for an anonymous act. She tells him that someone on this train doesn’t belong there. He has to identify the person and tag him/her with a tracker.

And before he has fully understood what’s at stake, MacCauley has entered into a Faustian pact from which there is no going back. Matters become worse when he makes any attempt to backtrack. Soon it becomes a race against time for MacCauley to sort out the mystery on the train, save the victim on the train and his family from an uncertain fate.

The screenplay is convoluted and cliched and doesn’t feel authentic in its portrayal of what it’s actually supposed to be.

While the premise of the film is promising, the plot falters in its ambition as it ends up seeming to have been put together by an amateur screenwriting duo – Byron Willinger and Philip de Blasi. The story then seems to have been revised by “Non-Stop” screenwriter Ryan Engle. The three of them have been given credit for writing the script.

No matter what was Willinger and Blasi’s contribution or Engle’s overhaul to the story, the end result is not overtly exciting. The tale is a middle of the road effort.

But the efforts put in by Liam Neeson as the action-hero is definitely noteworthy. When MacCauley reveals, “Sixty years and what else I’ve got to offer,” you realise, Neeson is playing his age and has nothing exceptional to offer, but nevertheless, for his age he is more than convincing.

He is backed by a solid supporting cast including Farmiga who appears in only two scenes but quickly makes herself a pivotal player. She effortlessly enhances the mysterious nature of her antagonist character. Patrick Wilson plays his friend and confidant Alex Murphy with aplomb.

The others in supporting roles are a slew of character actors depicting a multi-ethnic New York straddling many classes.

On the tech front, cinematographer Paul Cameron’s camera work is initially a bit disappointing. His fames are shaky and distracting. Nevertheless, as the narrative progresses, he manages to give us brilliant visuals of action sequences which have smooth and impressive transitions which in turn are effortlessly layered by the editors.

Overall, despite a cliched and overexposed narrative that weighs it down, the film delivers precisely what fans of the action star expect, a B-grade entertainer.

The Indian telecom regulator on Friday recommended that both Internet and mobile communications on board aircraft (MCA) service should be permitted as In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) in the Indian airspace.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said it has arrived at the recommendation after analysing the comments received from consultations and open house discussions on the issue.

“The operation of MCA services should be permitted with a minimum height restriction of 3000 metres in Indian airspace for its compatibility with terrestrial mobile networks,” it added.

The sector regulator said Internet services through Wi-Fi onboard should be made available when electronic devices are permitted to be used only in flight/airplane mode.

“A separate category of “IFC Service Provider” should be created to permit IFC services in Indian airspace. The IFC service provider should be required to get itself registered with DoT (Department of Telecommunications) and it need not necessarily be an Indian entity,” it added.

Actors Mark Wahlberg, Josh Duhamel and wrestling star Roman Reigns reportedly made purchases from an unlawful anabolic steroid distributor, Wellness Fitness and Nutrition (WFN).

An arrested dealer, Richard Rodriguez, named the three celebrities during a phone interview with filmmaker Jon Bravo from the Brooklyn Detention Center in New York, reports tmz.com.

Rodriguez claimed the Hollywood stars would have the drugs delivered under a different name.

“This is an individual that is very well-known and will help me in extending into a market that I’m very interested in. The individual’s name is Mark Wahlberg,” said Rodriguez.

“He used to get creative with ways in which to ship the particular products to certain countries and areas where we can receive the products – but not necessarily under his name,” he added.

Rodriguez claimed he is the one who decided to cut ties with Wahlberg once the actor got too “demanding”.

“Wahlberg was a really good person, but as it started to get more in-depth – our relationship – he just started to become a little bit more demanding. I just chose to – once I started to see his true colours – to sever my ties,” he said.

Revealing other names, Rodriguez said: “One in particular is a very famous wrestler by the name of Roman Reigns. He was originally introduced to me by one of the informants. Another individual is a guy by the name of Josh Duhamel, he’s been in a lot of high-profile movies, he’s also known as the former husband of Fergie. I’ve worked with a lot of A-list celebrities.”

Why are Bollywood actresses not naming and shaming their sexual assaulters and harassers as openly as their Hollywood counterparts? Actress Nimrat Kaur says before women are questioned about it, the legal system has to be “watertight” and give victims the support and confidence to be fearless.

Sexual abuse has been at the centre of attention in Hollywood as prominent names from the industry have come out and spoken against how men in power take advantage of women. It all began when several women accused Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct.

Asked why no names are taken against sexual offenders in Bollywood, Nimrat said in recorded response from Mumbai: “In order for women to come out about harassment in work environments in India, the legal system has to be watertight and it has to be able to give the support and that absolute sense of fearlessness to any victim anywhere, who has gone through any kind of abuse or harassment.”

She said sexual harassment needs to be looked into at a “deeper level before women are questioned as to why they don’t come out with offences that have been made against them”.

“We as a society need to get stronger and more solid and instil that fearlessness into women,” she added.

Nimrat, who has featured in The Lunchbox and Airlift and will soon be seen in ALT Balaji’s web series The Test Case, also wonders why actresses and the film industry are the focus.

“One sees this at a basic level anywhere — that any woman who goes through any kind of trauma or any kind of abuse of a sexual nature, her first instinct is to let it go, slide it, forget it or who wants to get into it,” she said, adding that “it is (because of) the embarrassment that the victim shies away from speaking against it”.

“Just the circus around the noise something like this can create. The embarrassment this can bring to a family and how your name might be maligned… There is so much taboo around sexual offence that the person who has been offended… more than half the times they just shy away from coming out. Because they don’t have faith in the system or legal support they get.”

Nimrat, who has herself worked in American showbiz via series like Wayward Pines and Homeland, stressed that for women to come out strongly about facing abuse, the mentality has to change at the “grassroot level”.

“Women have to know that they are not at (a) disadvantage and there is no shame in coming out and calling someone out for an offence, and that they need to be called out.

“It is a confidence that has to be brought out within women from the system, government and legal point of view,” added the 35-year-old, who plays the role of a strong woman being trained as a combat officer for the Indian Army in “The Test Case”.

Film: 12 Strong

Director: Nicolai Fuglsig

Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, Michael Pena, Navid Negahban, Trevante Rhodes, William Fichtner, Geoff Stults, Thad Luckinbill, Ben OToole, Kenny Sheard, Austin Stowell, Austin Hebert, Jack Kesy, Kenneth Miller, Elsa Pataky, Rob Riggle, Taylor Sheridan, Fahim Fazli, Laith Nakli

Rating: ***1/2

Based on a true story and with jingoistic appeal, 12 Strong takes you directly into the heart of the battlefield — where 12 American soldiers set out to wipe out the Al-Qaeda backed Taliban from the land known as “the graveyard of many empires” — Afghanistan.

“12 Strong” is the glorification of the Americans in a revenge drama. After the 9/11 attack of the World Trade Centre, when America was shaken, a dozen of emotionally charged Special Forces Operatives handpicked by Captain Mitch Nelson (Chris Hemsworth) go on a mission of utmost importance and secrecy, to annihilate the enemy, in the town of Mazar-i-Sharif.

After bidding a teary farewell to their families, the soldiers are dropped into the wilderness, 40 miles away from their destination where they meet-up with Dostum (Navid Negahban), a local CIA agent and a warlord, who helps them in their endeavour. Though vastly outnumbered by an enemy who have no fear of death, how Nelson and his men navigate their way into the strategically positioned town forms the crux of the tale.

Despite the modern artillery, soldiers riding on horseback like cowboys in the wilderness makes this modern day war film look like a period western drama.

Picking off enemies with an assault rifle from atop a charging horse at full gallop, Chris Hemsworth as the understated but result-oriented Captain is impressive. And of his pack, it is Michael Shannon as Hal Spencer, Michael Pena as Sam Diller and Trevante Rhodes as Ben Milo who have some meaningful scenes. The rest are only there to fill the screen with nothing much to do.

The film is virtually Hemsworth’s show and he, with his natural charm and charisma reminds you of his character Thor more than that of a strategic soldier. Apart from him, it is Navid Negahban as Dostum who with a strong screen presence makes a powerful impact as the key leader in Afganistan’s anti-Taliban Northern Alliance.

The script, written by Ted Tally and Peter Craig, is compelling, complete with men promising their women that they will come home, a leader insisting that he won’t lose a single man, the bad guys executing women and plenty of battle scenes.

These scenes are backed by motivating and impacting dialogues like, “If we quit now, what happened back home will happen again and again”, “Stop being a soldier. Start using your heart and you can be a warrior” or “Your mission will fail because you fear death.”

Visually, the film is fascinating as it is mounted on a large scale, and projected with flair.

Director Fuglsig’s collaborators, who include cinematographer Rasmus Videbaek, editor Lisa Lassek and a skilled battalion of stunt workers and visual-effects artists who have dramatized the challenges with appreciable consistency and precision. The tone here has a peculiar mixture of appealing and unvarying, fantasy-inspiring frames. Despite some gory and blood-curdling scenes that glorifies the war, the film fails to get into the complexity and futility of it.

Overall, 12 Strong is both an entertaining and mildly cheerful yarn that keeps you hooked.

Four policemen were injured in a grenade blast in Jammu & Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Friday.

According to the police, A grenade exploded near Tehsil office in Pulwama resulting in minor injuries to four policemen.

In a tweet, DIG South Kashmir said that four policemen were injured in the blast.

“Four Policemen received an injury in the grenade blast at Pulwama. All are stated to be stable”,  DIG South Kashmir Tweeted.

https://x.com/DigSkr/status/954305403629666304

All the injured are stated to be stable,  police said on Friday.

Actor Colin Firth has said he will not do any projects with Woody Allen in the future.

His comment came on the same day as Dylan Farrow gave her first televised interview accusing her adopted father Allen of sexually assaulting her when she was seven years old, reports The Guardian.

“I wouldn’t work with him again,” Firth, who worked in Allen’s film “Magic in the Moonlight” in 2013, said in a statement.

He had worked with Allen before Farrow published an open letter the following year alleging that her father molested her in an attic and accusing Hollywood of turning a “blind eye”.

Allen denied the accusation as “untrue and disgraceful” at the time and again rebuffed the claims this week, accusing the Farrow family of “cynically using the opportunity afforded by the Time’s Up movement to repeat this discredited allegation”.

The Time’s Up initiative us in response to the reckoning around sexual abuse in Hollywood. It stemmed from sexual harassment and rape allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein.

In December last, Farrow wrote an op-ed repeating her claims and questioning why the movement against sexual violence had spared Allen. She called on other actors to support her.

Since then, many high-profile actors have publicly expressed empathy for Farrow and have said they regret working with Allen, including Mira Sorvino, Rachel Brosnahan, Greta Gerwig, Rebecca Hall and Timothée Chalamet. Hall and Chalamet, who have parts in in Allen’s next film, “A Rainy Day in New York”, which was scheduled to be released this year, said they would donate their salaries to charities.

British television series Criminal Justice and The Office will get a ‘desi’ twist with their Indian adaptations.

BBC Worldwide India has announced a partnership with Aditya Birla Group’s Applause Entertainment to develop and produce Indian versions of iconic BBC formats.

For starters, they will work together to develop Indian versions of Criminal Justice and The Office.

“Applause is looking to create premium content for Indian viewers to watch online, delivered on the back of the big digital highways that have been built through telecom and all other platforms that exist. We feel that BBC Worldwide, with its high quality content library and formidable reputation for making premium content in India, is the ideal partner to work with,” said Sameer Nair, CEO of Applause Entertainment.

“Together, we are pulling expertise and resources to adapt popular BBC formats here. We have picked shows that have been global successes and we believe that the Indian adaptations will meet the viewing needs of the Indian market.”

Criminal Justice follows life of individuals on a gut wrenching journey through the criminal justice system. It has also been adapted for the US as “The Night Of” and starred John Turturro and Riz Ahmed.

“The Office” is set in a nondescript paper office company in a nondescript industrial town and features narcissistic, childish and egotistical, middle manager, David Brent and the psychological car wreck that is his life.

This will be the first time both the shows will be developed in Asia.

Myleeta Aga, Senior Vice President and General Manager, South East Asia and South Asia at BBC Worldwide, said: “We see Criminal Justice and ‘The Office’ as just the first step in a long and fruitful partnership with Applause. We are confident this partnership will be result in many more incredibly popular and well-loved Indian adaptations of BBC formats.”

To help businesses communicate better with their customers globally including in India, WhatsApp on Thursday launched “WhatsApp Business” – a free-to-download Android app for small businesses.

The new app will make it easier for companies to connect with customers, and more convenient for its 1.3 billion users to chat with businesses that matter to them.

“People all around the world use WhatsApp to connect with small businesses they care about from online clothing companies in India to auto parts stores in Brazil,” the Facebook-owned app said in a statement.

Currently, “WhatsApp Business” is free to download on Google Play in Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Britain and the US. The app will roll out for other countries, and in India, in the coming weeks.

“WhatsApp Business will make it easier for people to connect with them, and vice versa, in a fast and simple way,” the company said.

The app will help customers with useful information such as a business description, email or store addresses and website.

It will also save time with smart messaging tools – quick replies that provide fast answers to frequently asked questions, greeting messages that introduce customers to your business, and away messages that let them know you’re busy.

“People will know that they’re talking to a business because you will be listed as a Business Account. Over time, some businesses will have Confirmed Accounts once it’s been confirmed that the account phone number matches the business phone number,” WhatsApp said.

People can continue using WhatsApp as usual as there’s no need to download anything new.

“People will continue to have full control over the messages they receive, with the ability to block any number, including businesses, as well as report spam,” the company added.

For over 80 percent of small businesses in India and Brazil, WhatsApp helps them communicate with customers and grow their business.

In India, 84 percent of SMBs think that WhatsApp helps them communicate with customers, andA80 per cent of SMBs think that WhatsApp helps them grow their business.

Glassics is a fashion eyewear company that tested WhatsApp Business first-hand to message customers quickly and build personal relationships with them.

“WhatsApp Business helped us develop stronger relationships with our customers. We were able to respond faster to customers with features like away messages and quick replies, and offer a better overall experience,” said its co-founder Devesh Nichani.

Pakistani activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has backed Twinkle Khanna’s film Pad Man on menstrual hygiene, saying it imparts an “inspiring” message.

Yousafzai met Pad Man producer Twinkle as the latter addressed students at The Oxford Union, the world’s most prestigious debating society, on Thursday.

“I’m really excited to see the film ‘Pad Man’… because the message behind the film is truly inspiring,” Yousafzai told Twinkle before her speech, read a statement.

Twinkle, who is also an author, joined cultural, political and high profile figures here, ahead of the worldwide release of her much-anticipated debut as producer, of Pad Man, in cinemas on January 25.

Pad Man is based on the life of social entrepreneur and activist Arunachalam Muruganantham, who revolutionised sanitary hygiene in rural India 20 years ago by inventing a machine to make low-cost sanitary pads.

Eager students attended Twinkle’s session at The Oxford Union in what marked the first time for an Indian film to be showcased at the institution.

Twinkle engaged the audience by explaining why the world needs to know about the story and the importance of spotlighting issues relating to menstrual hygiene.

“My primary motivation to make a movie on menstruation was to bring awareness to a subject that so far has been tucked away in shadows and like Voldemort is never mentioned.”

She also pointed out the global nature of the problems including in the UK, saying that: “In the beginning, I thought that period poverty was only a problem in my country and countries like Africa, Bangladesh, but groups like Plan International UK have found that one in 10 school girls in the UK itself are missing school because they are unable to afford hygiene products and end up using substitutes like rolled up socks.”

In the question-and-answer session that followed her speech, Twinkle asked the audience to raise their hands if they were currently on their periods. When almost three quarters of the room raised their arms, Twinkle said: “Now imagine sitting here with a rag cloth or a rolled up sock or even wadded up newspaper between your legs. Would it even be possible for you to study under those circumstances?

“Yet, pads are still seen as a luxury item. It is odd that pads are taxed at 12 percent in India but brooms are tax free, because it is more important that you keep your house clean rather than your body, and that America has taxes on tampons but Viagra is in fact tax-free, perhaps because policies are made by 65-year-old men.”

Asked whether or not she could accept the fact that religious practices can sometimes form an obstacle when it comes to female menstruation, Twinkle said: “In Hinduism, you often see the priest sweating in front of the �Yajna’ (a ritual conducted in front of a sacred fire). If god can accept his sweat, then he can accept my blood!”

Singer Peter Andre appeared in high spirits as he took to the French Alps with his wife Emily and his two eldest children, Junior and Princess.

The singer, 44, wore a big smile on his face as he went on a chair lift with his family, before settling down for some lunch, where he stroked Junior’s hair, dailymail.co.uk reported on Thursday.

Junior, 12, and Princess, 10, are Peter’s children from his first marriage to Katie Price. He and Emily share Amelia, 4, and Theo, 1, who were not pictured with them on the day, but did join them on their travels.

Peter was pictured beaming at his son as they sat down in the sunshine for a snack, with the singer clad head to toe in black.

Peter has been getting his children to learn to ski.