<ul class="summary-list"><li>A passenger on a SpiceJet flight from Mumbai to Bengaluru, India, was locked in the plane bathroom.</li><li>After using the bathroom, he was unable to get out due to a malfunction.</li></ul>A bathroom break on a flight turned into a nightmare for one passenger who got stuck in the plane's restroom for the majority of his flight, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-68002986">the BBC</a> reported.On Tuesday, a SpiceJet flight left Mumbai for Bengaluru, India. Shortly after the plane operated by <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/pilots-grounded-for-photo-of-dangerous-midflight-cockpit-coffee-break-2023-3">India's domestic airline</a> jetted off, a passenger went inside the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/barfly7777-cooking-hotel-airplane-bathrooms-prime-steak-shrimp-toilet-shocking-2024-1">cabin's lavatory to use the restroom</a>.According to the BBC, the passenger could not exit the restroom and was stuck inside for about an hour of the one-hour-and-45-minute flight.In a statement sent to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/india-passenger-stuck-spicejet-flight-b2479926.html">The Independent</a> and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/spicejet-flier-trapped-in-spicejet-plane-toilet-for-an-hour-after-door-lock-jams-4878219">New Delhi Television</a>, a Spicejet representative said the incident was "due to a malfunction in the door lock." The airline did not respond to Business Insider's request for comment, which was sent outside regular business hours.SpiceJet cabin crew realized the passenger was stuck after the "man's distress calls," the BBC reported. They were unable to unlock the door from outside the bathroom, according to the same source, and when the flight started its descent, the cabin crew communicated with the passenger via a handwritten note.X user <a target="_blank" class="css-175oi2r r-1wbh5a2 r-dnmrzs r-1ny4l3l r-1loqt21" href="https://twitter.com/iam_amangulati">@iam_amangulati</a> posted a <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/iam_amangulati/status/1747486579134693472">copy of the note</a>: "Sir we tried our best to open the door. However, we could not open. Do not panic, we are landing in a few mins, so please close the comode lid and sit on it and secure yourself. As soon as the main door is open, engineer will come. Do not panic."The X user did not respond to BI's request for comment.When the plane landed in Bengaluru, technicians arrived on board and unlocked the door, and the passenger disembarked the flight, the BBC reported."Throughout the journey, our crew provided assistance and guidance to the passenger," the airline's statement to the BBC reads. "Upon arrival, an engineer opened the lavatory door, and the passenger received immediate medical support."An airline representative told the BBC that the passenger will receive a full refund for the flight.

A plane passenger's bathroom break turned into a nightmare when he got stuck inside — and cabin crew couldn't get him out

<ul class="summary-list"><li>After the plane lavatory's lock malfunctioned, a man was trapped inside during a flight.</li><li>He said he was "traumatized" and injured when the plane landed with him still in the restroom.</li></ul>A passenger who was stuck in a plane bathroom for most of a flight said the incident left him "traumatized."The man was traveling on a SpiceJet flight from Mumbai, India, to Bengaluru, India, when he became <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/spicejet-passenger-stuck-plane-bathroom-until-landing-report-2024-1">locked in the restroom</a> because the door lock malfunctioned.The 37-year-old man, who was not named, told The Times of India that he <a target="_blank" href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/passenger-traumatized-after-being-stuck-in-spicejet-flight-toilet-without-medical-assistance/articleshow/106941561.cms">plans to sue the airline</a> and lodge a complaint with the Indian aviation-regulatory authority."I was traumatised, dazed, and injured as I was thrown around inside the toilet as the plane landed in Bengaluru. There was no medical assistance at all," he told the outlet.The man was stuck inside the lavatory for <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-68002986">about an hour</a> of the hour-and-45-minute flight, and engineers freed him upon landing, the BBC previously reported."I managed to draw the attention of the crew, who tried to open the door. It was getting scarier every minute," the passenger told The Times of India.The cabin crew communicated with him by slipping a handwritten note under the door telling him: "Sir we tried our best to open the door, however we could not open."The note, posted on X, told the passenger, "Do not panic" and asked him to sit on the closed commode lid and "secure yourself" before landing.The man claims he was injured as the plane landed and said he was just given a bottle of water and no medical assistance upon arrival."During landing, I was thrown around and suffered injuries. It took 20 minutes for someone to start breaking open the door. When I came out, I had bruises, and my vision was blurred for a while," he said.He said SpiceJet offered him 5,000 Indian rupees, or about $60, as compensation, but he didn't accept it.SpiceJet countered his claims, telling The Times of India that the crew gave him "assistance and guidance" and that he "received immediate medical support" after an engineer opened the bathroom door."SpiceJet apologises for the inconvenience caused to the passenger. The passenger is being provided a full refund," an airline spokesperson said.SpiceJet did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

Passenger locked in a tiny plane bathroom claims he was tossed around and suffered injuries as it landed, report says

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A photo shared on social media showed an uncovered cup of coffee perched on a plane's cockpit controls.</li><li>The photo outraged India's aviation community, with one retired pilot calling it "inexplicable" behavior.</li></ul>Two pilots in India have been grounded following the circulation of a photo that showed them drinking coffee and eating pastries mid-flight in the cockpit of a SpiceJet plane, according to reports.<a href="https://twitter.com/Mohan_Rngnathan/status/1635560522161737729?s=20">The photo,</a> which was shared widely on social media, does not show the pilots' faces. It does, however, show gujiyas, a fried dessert pastry that is typically eaten during the Hindu festival of Holi, and a dangerously placed cup of coffee.The coffee, which has no lid and shows the Indian budget airline SpiceJet's logo, is perched on the plane's thrust lever controls in the photo, causing outrage in the aviation community.Mohan Ranganathan, an aviation-safety expert who initially shared the photo, <a href="https://twitter.com/Mohan_Rngnathan/status/1635564186129534976?s=20">said on Twitter:</a> "The Central pedestal is not a table. Even the slightest turbulence and coffee/ spills on to the electronics, it will foul the systems. This is s CRIMINAL act."A retired pilot and former head of operations for an Indian airline, Shakti Lumba, <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/india-spicejet-airlines-pilots-coffee-intl-hnk/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told CNN</a> that the "feel-good" photo opp was "totally inexplicable" behavior. "All pilots are aware of the dangers of spilled liquids in the cockpit," he said, per the media outlet.SpiceJet did not respond to Insider's request for comment, but the airline told <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/photo-of-coffee-cup-placed-dangerously-inside-cockpit-raises-eyebrows/article66620108.ece" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hindu</a> that it is trying to learn more details about the incident.A spokesperson for SpiceJet said in a statement provided to <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/holi-celebration-goes-wrong-two-spicejet-pilots-grounded-for-keeping-beverage-on-centre-console-while-having-gujhiyas/articleshow/98667668.cms?from=mdr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Times of India</a> that both pilots have been taken off their roster pending an investigation."SpiceJet has a strict policy for consumption of food inside the cockpit which is adhered to by all flight crew," the spokesperson said, adding that disciplinary action would be taken after the investigation had concluded.The Directorate General of Civil Aviation, India's regulatory body that oversees aviation safety, is also looking into the incident, The Hindu reported.Indian aviation rules allow pilots to have food and drink in the cockpit but under strict guidelines, <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-64948054">per BBC News</a>. For example, cups need to have lids to prevent potentially catastrophic spillages.According to CNN, spilling a hot drink on the central pedestal could cause technical equipment to overheat or, worse, trigger the entire system to shut down.

Two Indian pilots were grounded after a photo of coffee and snacks balanced dangerously on cockpit controls was shared on social media

<ul><li>Indigo has been hit by labour troubles on the ground too as this month, aircraft maintenance technicians went on a mass sick leave for two days in Delhi and Hyderabad.</li><li>All the airlines will face shortage of crew, leading them to poaching.</li><li>Experts also fear that this increase in demand for experienced pilots will push them to hire foreign pilots.</li></ul>India’s largest airline Indigo has been well-known for its on-time performance. Yet, earlier last month over half of its flights were delayed. Reason? A large chunk of its <keyword id="55080" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="cabin-crew" source="Orion">cabin crew</keyword> staff took a sick leave. As per s<a href="https://zeenews.india.com/aviation/indigo-staffing-trouble-continues-now-technicians-go-on-mass-sick-leave-for-this-reason-2483851.html">ources</a>, they all went to attend a mass recruitment drive by Tata Air India, a competitor. The airline has been hit by labour troubles on the ground too as this month, aircraft maintenance technicians went on a mass sick leave for two days in Delhi and Hyderabad to protest low wages and salaries. There will be more such incidents in the coming months, experts say, as a new airline Akasa Airlines is all set to launch operations. Jet Airways too is making a comeback and even Tata Air India is getting ready for a revamp. All of them will face shortage of crew, leading them to poaching. There are around 17,000 registered pilots in India out of which over 2,500 are women. The industry needs much more. “India needs 10,000 more flight attendants, 6,000 more qualified pilots. Compared to past slowdown of 2010, 2012 or 2009 in the industry, this time it is going to be very hard for the airlines to sustain. To sustain growth one has to add aircrafts, fleets, need more pilots, flight attendants, engineers,” Mark Martin, founder and CEO of Martin Consulting told Business Insider in an interview. Experts also fear that this increase in demand for experienced pilots will push them to hire foreign pilots. Flying schools had closed during the Covid-19 pandemic for two years and there are a lot of pending licenses to be approved as well. It’s not just the pilots but there will be a shortage of experienced engineers, ground staff and other cabin crew that new airlines would love to have in their fold. It means an aviation talent war is afoot and it will be another ground for old and new airlines alike to battle on — in addition to fliers and flying slots. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Salary cuts and bruises" comment="subhead" text="Salary cuts and bruises">Salary cuts and bruises</cmsannotation> While many international airlines went bankrupt and shut shop during the pandemic close downs, top Indian airlines have managed to stay afloat. For which, they had to resort to salary cuts and more such moves. Indigo and SpiceJet both deferred and slashed salaries but also restored them within a year, as airlines started flying in 2021. But very few salaries <a href="https://www.outlookindia.com/business/talent-war-amongst-airlines-aviation-sector-indigo-air-india-akasa-air-air-india-how-indian-airlines-are-gearing-up-to-prepare-for-talent-war-news-207844">are back to pr</a>e-pandemic levels in spite of the fact that Indians have been thronging airports in the recent months. This could be another reason why most of them could be swayed by better salaries and offers from the market. Praveen Paul, a Bengaluru based aviation consultant disagrees. He believes that employees would stick to bigger airlines which are better paymasters and will look for stability in addition to hikes. Indigo, he says, is one of the few airlines that pays its employees on-time, unlike most others. “I don’t see talent running to new airlines in a hurry. Indigo, Tata’s Air India will not lose any talent while SpiceJet, Go Air may lose as employees feel whatever happens they get their salaries on time at Air India and Indigo,” Paul told Business Insider India. Aviation sector jobs, while technical and necessary, have gone through many rounds of stress and strain in the last few years. After the debacle of Kingfisher employees who were never paid when it closed down in 2016, Jet Airways and its bankruptcy was also hard on the sector and its employees. However, now that there’s a turnaround, they would be in a better position to negotiate — that could be bad news for airlines who are already flying on wafer thin margins thanks to a massive increase in aviation turbine fuel prices. 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An application has been filed, seeking <keyword id="54626" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Geographical-Indication" source="Orion">Geographical Indication</keyword> (GI) certification tag for <keyword id="6811039" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Shehnai" source="Orion">shehnai</keyword>, a musical instrument taken to its zenith by the renowned musician of Kashi, <keyword id="359549" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="ustad-bismillah-khan" source="Orion">Ustad Bismillah Khan</keyword>. The GI application was filed on Tuesday by a Varanasi-based cultural organisation, Bharat Ratna <keyword id="5782" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="ustad" source="Orion">Ustad</keyword> Bismillah Khan Foundation, with the support of Padma Shri awardee Dr Rajani <keyword id="287016" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="kant" source="Orion">Kant</keyword> of Human Welfare Association, who is also known as the 'GI Man' of India for his proactive role in filing over 125 GI applications across the country. Bharat Ratna Ustad Bismillah Khan Foundation, which is a cultural society established in 2009, is looked after by its managing trustee, Syed Abbas Murtaza Shamsi. "Shehnai and <keyword id="6357203" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="varanasi" source="Orion">Varanasi</keyword> are synonymous with the city. It was the Ustad who lifted shehnai from the ignominy of being an obscure wind instrument played at marriages to an ideal medium of classical music," said Dr Rajani Kant, adding that Varanasi has been associated with this instrument for years, and still continues to produce some of the finest players of the instrument. According to him, the application was filed at GI Registry in Chennai. "More than anyone else, Ustad Bismillah Khan was solely responsible for popularising shehnai as a concert instrument both, nationally and internationally," he said. The shehnai is made of wood, with a double reed at one end and a metal flared bell at the other end. Its sound creates and maintains a sense of auspiciousness and sanctity, and as a result, is widely used during marriages and in temples. "The making of shehnai comes in the category of handicraft, and there about 60-70 artisans engaged in this craft in Varanasi," said Kant, who is instrumental in getting GI-tags to most of the goods in Varanasi and adjoining districts. According to records, the Varanasi region of eastern UP has 16 GI-tagged products, including Banaras Brocade and Sarees, handmade carpet of Bhadohi, Banaras Gulabi Meenakari Craft, Varanasi Wooden Lacquerware and Toys, Nizamabad Black Pottery, Banaras Metal Repousse Craft, Varanasi Glass Beads, Ghazipur Wall Hanging, Varanasi Soft Stone Jali Work, Chunar Balua Patthar, Chunar Glazed Pottery, Banaras Zardozi, Mirzapur Pital Bartan, Banaras Wood Carving, Banaras Hand Block Print and Mau Saree. "The GI tag carries an assurance of quality and distinctiveness which is essentially attributable to the fact of its origin in that defined geographical locality, region or country," said Kant. SEE ALSO : <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/spicejet-flight-makes-an-emergency-landing-again-sixth-incident-in-3-months/articleshow/92673272.cms">SpiceJet flight makes an emergency landing again – sixth incident in 3 months</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/finance/news/inflation-is-making-indian-companies-borrow-more-thats-bad-news-when-interest-rates-are-high/articleshow/92657691.cms">Inflation is making Indian companies borrow more – that's bad news when interest rates are high</a>

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<ul><li>Over 90% of respondents of an O’Reilly study are using cloud computing offerings such as <keyword id="753967" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="software-as-a-service" source="Orion">Software-as-a-Service</keyword> (<keyword id="6395918" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="saas" source="Orion">SaaS</keyword>). </li><li>A report from Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) revealed that over 63% of the respondents admit that <keyword id="14371558" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="saas-misconfiguration" source="Orion">SaaS misconfiguration</keyword> is to blame for the surge in security incidents. </li><li>By opting for SSPM solutions, organizations can significantly reduce the time to detect and remediate SaaS misconfigurations.</li></ul>The popularity of Software as-a-Service (SaaS) applications has grown immensely in recent years. COVID-19 spurred the acceleration of SaaS adoption among industries that were traditionally reluctant to embrace SaaS models. However, the increasing adoption of SaaS apps have left many organizations vulnerable to security incidents. To make matters worse, even a slight misconfiguration or inability to secure user permission can open gateways for hackers and fraudsters. Even though Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) and security teams are working round the clock to secure organizations’ apps and data, these measures are proving inadequate. <keyword id="11295388" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="saas-security" source="Orion">SaaS Security</keyword>: A rising cause of concern In a recent Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) <a href="https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/artifacts/saas-security-and-misconfigurations-report/">report</a>, 63% of the respondents stated that SaaS misconfiguration can be blamed for the surge in security incidents. According to a 2021 <a href="https://get.oreilly.com/ind_the-cloud-in-2021-adoption-continues.html">study</a> by O’Reilly, 90% of the respondents are using cloud computing offerings such as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). This is resulting in hundreds of global settings and thousands of customer roles, as well as permissions in configuring, monitoring, and consistent updating. With so many applications running constantly and getting frequent updates, the probability of exploitable misconfigurations has risen significantly. Therefore, organizations must take adequate measures to understand and tackle the complex threat landscape surrounding the SaaS security of the company. Preventing the SaaS misconfiguration A few basic steps that organizations can take to prevent SaaS misconfiguration include: <ul><li>Ensure file sharing configurations in each SaaS application so that sensitive data is not publicly accessible.</li><li>Organizations should ensure that they activate MFA (multi-factor authentication) for all customer applications.</li><li>Organizations should further execute a security protocol for onboarding new applications while limiting user permission in all applications.</li></ul>There are, however, more strategic and advanced methods that organizations currently prefer to secure customers from deceptive apps, misconfiguration and misappropriated user permissions. Some of the comprehensive measures that can be employed by organizations to combat misconfigurations in SaaS applications include: Opting for SSPM Organizations can opt for SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM) which takes an automated approach to tracking and remediating the exploitable misconfiguration in SaaS applications of the organization. According to the CSA report mentioned earlier, SSPM solutions can significantly reduce the time taken to detect and remediate SaaS misconfigurations. Additionally, it can also help CISOs and security professionals handle the profound transformation to an extensive SaaS environment. Moreover, it helps them to contain misconfiguration exposures from leading to a leak or breach. Identify loose ends It is paramount for SaaS security that no individual has access to business data without the knowledge and consent of the security team. The task of maintaining control over evolving corporate data has been taking a toll on security professionals. With the incorporation of SaaS applications and hundreds of configurations, the challenges will be exacerbated. Therefore, organizations should locate all publicly accessible resources such as discussions, forms, dashboards and other data components. If the security teams find any flaws, they should quickly address them to avoid a data breach and take the required precautionary measures to keep control over the data of the organization. Addressing the configuration drift With SaaS having multiple settings and configurations at a given time, it is easy to understand that configuration drift can take place. Configuration drift occurs when the SaaS application configuration is not aligned with the initial, defined configuration. While it is not an uncommon thing, when kept unresolved, configuration drift can give rise to security vulnerabilities. Configuration drift often occurs when hardware or software modifications are pushed to the enterprise infrastructure but not aligned in the configuration setting of an app. Although this phenomenon is unavoidable, regular configuration review can minimize the impact of drift and ensure the configuration settings align with the initially defined configuration. Creating a Disaster recovery plan All of the SaaS platforms or applications have built-in security features and configurations that should be correctly configured to provide adequate security for their data and networks. At the same time, organizations should also have a disaster recovery plan to imitate services and data that could get lost if disaster strikes. 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<ul><li>The Indian government levied two different taxes on oil refiners and crude oil producers last week.</li><li>This tax impacts Reliance Industries the most as it is the largest exporter of petrol and diesel, and a large chunk of its profits come from the oil and chemicals business.</li><li>Moody’s, however, believes that this tax will not affect the credit quality of Reliance. However, brokerages believe that there would be some impact on its valuation, along with ONGC and Oil India.</li><li>While the international gross refining margins are high this month, any correction could materially impact all refiners who intend to export.</li></ul>India’s new windfall taxes on energy companies will see export-oriented oil refiners like Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) paying back as much as ₹6 per litre of petrol and ₹13 per litre of diesel exported, to the government. “The increase in government taxes will limit the earnings upside for RIL's exports, but will not materially affect its solid credit quality and excellent liquidity. RIL is the largest exporter of petroleum products from India,” said a report by Moody’s. In the fiscal year ended March 2022, the telecom-retail-oil giant generated about 41% of consolidated pre-tax profits from its oil-to-chemicals business. Refiners too could be supported by an unusual increase in gross refining margins thanks to the massive change in supply chain dynamics after the Russia-Ukraine war. Apart from the sudden surge in fuel demand across the world after the pandemic, China too has limited its exports and EU sanctions have changed the way oil flows. In June, refining margins in Singapore, which are a benchmark, almost doubled to $40/bbl for gasoline and $62/bbl for gasoil cracks in early July, according to a report by Yes Securities. This offers cushion to Indian refiners, who stand to gain from this trend in spite of the new tax. The new taxes announced by the finance ministry last week also collects back windfall gains of crude oil explorers like ONGC, Oil India and more. But they won’t be burdened too much by it, according to the rating agency. “The increase in taxes on crude oil production will reduce ONGC's margins, but this is mitigated by current high oil prices and the company's low cost of production,” Moody’s said. No upside for ONGC beyond $80 per barrel However, ONGC’s stock has been burdened with the fear of such a tax for a long time now. And many brokerages believe that it will derate it. “The recent windfall tax indicates the government would not allow ONGC to earn beyond $80/bbl while there is no government support to ONGC if crude prices fall below $50/bbl,” said a report by Elara Capital. The brokerage also derated yet another state-owned oil company Oil India as half of the earnings of this explorer and refiner comes from its Numaligarh Refinery. It expects to affect Reliance as well. “We believe around 8% correction on Reliance stock vs the Sensex by 4% in the past one month mostly factors in the negative earnings impact, due to export duty. However, as in the case of upstream companies, concerns could emerge on Reliance if gross refining margins collapse while export duty remains on gasoline and diesel,” said Elara. SEE ALSO : <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/indian-consumers-are-upgrading-their-tv-sets-as-early-as-8-years-now-as-per-report/articleshow/92674467.cms">Indian consumers are upgrading their TV sets as early as 8 years now thanks to the pandemic</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/spicejet-flight-makes-an-emergency-landing-again-sixth-incident-in-3-months/articleshow/92673272.cms">SpiceJet flight makes an emergency landing again – sixth incident in 3 months</a>

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<ul><li>According to a new Gartner study, <keyword id="6355999" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="ai" source="Orion">AI</keyword> is the top priority for business leaders for the third year in a row.</li><li>The AI market is now on its path to reaching <a href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/607716/worldwide-artificial-intelligence-market-revenues/">$126 billion by 2025</a>, with no signs of slowing down anytime soon.</li><li>Adopting new technology isn't always simple. Hence it's critical for CEOs to grasp the reins and steer their companies into the digital age.</li></ul><keyword id="11121339" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="metaverse" source="Orion">Metaverse</keyword> may be all the rage these days, fuelling popular imagination, taking over movies, games and other pop culture, but when it comes down to the brass tacks, the top bosses at organisations worldwide continue to swear by <keyword id="107950" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="artificial-intelligence" source="Orion">Artificial Intelligence</keyword> (AI) to drive global growth. AI has become an inseparable part of an organisation. Businesses are considering AI for reasons ranging from data innovation to developing organisational strategy. The AI market is on its path to reaching <a href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/607716/worldwide-artificial-intelligence-market-revenues/">$126 billion by 2025</a>, with no signs of slowing down anytime soon. The Garter 2022 CEO Survey supports the greater relevance of AI for business leaders versus Metaverse. According to this latest study issued by Gartner, AI is the top priority for business leaders for the third year in a row. The "<a href="https://www.gartner.com/document/code/766731?ref=ddisp&amp;refval=766731">2022 CEO Survey — The Year Perspectives Changed</a>" polled CEOs and top executives on a variety of topics, including workforce, the environment and digitization. The studies also found that the Metaverse, which has garnered a lot of attention in the previous year, especially since Facebook's rebranding to Meta, isn't as significant to business leaders as AI. About 63 percent of people do not consider Metaverse to be the right technology for prioritisation in the current business landscape. While CEOs frequently welcome breakthrough technologies, Metaverse has only garnered a lot of confusion and managed to create a lack of confidence about the need for investment. <h3 style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">The <keyword id="14371484" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="business-case-for-ai" source="Orion">Business Case for AI</keyword> </h3> AI has swept the business world, with<a href="https://hbr.org/2021/09/ai-adoption-skyrocketed-over-the-last-18-months"> 52% of companies</a> accelerating their AI adoption plans due to COVID. Many businesses have already turned to AI as a core force driving their advancement, having adopted this tech stack technology as central to their progress. The four key ways AI is being used in business right now are: <ul><li>Personalization: Every interaction a user has with a company's website is recorded and turned into usable data that can be accessed. This data is later used to develop tailored techniques for a personalised response.</li></ul><ul><li>Automated systems: Business Process Automation is increasing in popularity day by day, multiplying employee productivity.</li></ul><ul><li>Advanced customer service: Customer service is now firmly anchored in AI, as the technology can scan speech and decide what the client needs. This saves time and frees employees from robotic tasks of handling repetitive, simple questions, thus enhancing client satisfaction.</li></ul><ul><li>Data Management: AI powers data analysis to save employees' productive time, allowing them to focus on other activities.</li></ul>Strategies to Scale AI Adoption With increasing adoption in enterprises, AI has helped in scaling up operations across the board. This is not lost on CXOs and many decision makers are now opting for more pervasive adoption of the technology in their organisations. 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CEOs can get people on board in support of this scaling up process if they provide a roadmap of goals and expectations for this technology.</li></ul><ul><li>Take advantage of data opportunities: All CEOs are in a unique position to define goals, focus their vision and identify data opportunities that AI would provide. Once done effectively, this will push the company's growth remarkably.</li></ul> Thus CEOs need to act now and switch to a more advanced technology option, rather than wait. The measure of a successful company will soon be based on the ability of the decision makers to make significant changes to internal operations through AI and the subsequent improvement in the quality of the company’s client interactions. Admittedly, adopting a new technology isn't always simple. That's why it's critical for CEOs to read the future, grasp the reins and steer their companies into the digital age. 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Kolkata, Mar 31 () Post offices in West Bengal willdeliver pension at the home of people who are 80-years old orabove during the lockdown period, a senior official of thepostal department said.For others pension will be disbursed from the postoffices from April 3, the official said."We have decided to deliver pension right at thedoorsteps of citizens who are 80-years and above or those whoare infirm", chief postmaster general (CPMG) of West Bengalcircle Goutam Bhattacharya told .He said delivery of pension at home will start from April4 onwards and those who will be the beneficiaries havealready been intimated in this regard."This is an extraordinary situation for which we havetaken this measure. For others, pension will be disbursed fromApril 3 as the previous two days fall under annualclosing", he said.Those coming to post offices for pension withdrawals,cash deposits will have to maintain social distancing as pergovernment guidelines and hand sanitizers will also beprovided.People delivering pension at home will be given adequatesecurity to avert any untoward incident, he said.Bhattacharya said the main priority of the postaldepartment is to see that there are no problems regarding cashwithdrawals from savings accounts."Not all the post offices will remain open during thelockdown period due to lack of manpower as many of our staffcome from neighbouring districts, but the major ones like headand sub-post offices will be kept open", he added.The ATMs of the post offices, which are inter-operablewith banks, will remain open across the state.The postal department has also given priority fortransport of medical kits and other related parcels to otherplaces."Since trains are not running, we are sending theseparcels by road wherever possible. For long distances, theitems are being transported by cargo flights of Air India,Spicejet and Blue Dart", he said. dcRG RG

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At least four persons were killed and one went missing in Mumbai and Thane as heavy rain clobbered the country's commercial capital since Monday night with the state government declaring a holiday in the city and the <keyword id="6361772" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="mumbai-metropolitan-region">Mumbai Metropolitan Region</keyword> areas, officials said here on Tuesday. The day was marked with flooding in several parts of the city, a major landslide on the Western Express Highway, an incident of a double house crash, over 100 trees crashing and several emergency incidents of electric short-circuits. In the double house crash incident in Santacruz, Rekha M. Kakade and her 18-month old infant daughter Jahnavi were washed away and drowned in a swollen drain. Another daughter Shivanya was rescued safely but a third daughter is still missing, said BMC Disaster Control. <keyword id="9701050" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="rakib-a-mandal">Rakib A. Mandal</keyword>, 15, was electrocuted and died on the spot when he came in contact with a live wire of street light on Ghodbunder Road in Thane, while a man was washed away in the floods in Navi Mumbai, said the local police. Mumbai city recorded 25.2 cms while the suburbs notched 26.8 cms of rain in the past 24 hours, throwing normal life out of gear in Mumbai, Thane, Palghar and Raigad (the MMR areas), and catching commuters unaware. The Central Railway's Harbour Line was stopped from the Kurla-Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus and trains crawled on the main lines, but <keyword id="9402731" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="the-western-railway">the Western Railway</keyword> suspended services between Bandra-Churchgate, owing to flooding in Dadar and surrounding areas. After rains subsided in the afternoon, all train services resumed normal operations. Road traffic was badly hit in the city and the entire MMR region with the BEST diverting its buses on at least 25 routes all over the city, including Dadar, Kings Circle, Parel, Wadala, Chembur, Kurla, Sion and Bandra owing to waterlogging in these areas. A massive landslide on the Western Express Highway between Kandivali-Malad paralysed south-bound traffic at dawn on Tuesday, but there were no casualties. Soon afterwards, the <keyword id="53938" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Brihanmumbai-Municipal-Corporation">BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation</keyword> deployed six JCBs to start work of clearing the debris, stones and the highway is likely to be cleared for operations soon. BMC Commissioner I.S. Chahal, accompanied by top officials P. Velrasu, Chandrashekhar Chore, Sanjay Rathod and others went around various flooded spots in south Mumbai and supervised the anti-flooding operations undertaken. Homes or shops were flooded in slums or low-lying areas in the suburbs of Malad, Kurla, Ghatkopar, Parel with people struggling to save their valuable belongings from the water. Flooding was reported in Dadar, Prabhadevi, Bhendi Bazaar, Sir J.J. Hospital Junction, Kurla, Chembur, Tilak Nagar, Sion, Wadala, Mankhurd, Bandra, Andheri, Kandivali and other parts. The Mithi River was swollen at Dahisar, Borivali, Kandivali and Goreagaon and running above the danger level, forcing many on their banks to evacuate their dwellings with the authorities remaining alert for any eventuality. The main subways in Khar, Andheri, Malad and Dahisar were also flooded and all vehicular traffic stopped on both sides. The Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway, the old Mumbai-Pune highway, major or arterial roads in Mumbai, Thane, Palghar and Raigad were heavily waterlogged or flooded, stranding many vehicles in 3-4 feet deep waters, and causing traffic snarls. The IMD has forecast spells of more heavy to very heavy rainfall in the city and surroundings over the next 24 hours, besides a high tide with a swell of 3.98 metres early on Wednesday. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/after-us-spicejet-to-operate-flights-between-india-and-london-uk-from-september-1/articleshow/77344108.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">After US, SpiceJet to begin flights to London from September 1</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/corporates/news/tech-mahindra-wants-25-30-of-its-employees-working-from-home-permanently-by-june-2021/articleshow/77346959.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">INTERVIEW: Tech Mahindra wants 25-30% of its employees working from home permanently by June 2021 — CFO explains how they got to that number</a>

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<ul><li>An <keyword id="2573" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Air-India">Air India</keyword> flight carrying 323 passengers was due to land in <keyword id="6354604" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Chicago">Chicago</keyword> but because of bad weather, it was diverted to <keyword id="190683" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Milwaukee">Milwaukee</keyword>.</li><li>The flight could have gone back to Chicago in two hours but a strict flight duty time limitation (FDTL) of the crew rule left passengers stuck inside the plane for over 28 hours. </li><li>Air India was also slapped with a $8.8 million penalty fee for 'tarmac delay'. </li></ul>Flight delays are inarguably frustrating, and passengers are quick, and perhaps rightly so, to blame the airline - but there are times when the airline is not entirely at fault. One such incident happened on 09 May when a Chicago-bound, 16-hour Air India flight from New Delhi landed six hours late because of a rule that had no room for <a href="https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/air-india-may-have-to-pay-almost-rs-60-crore-penalty-to-323-passengers-for-flight-delay-345581.html?utm_source=FB&amp;utm_medium=paid" data-type="tilCustomLink">accommodating</a> ‘relaxations’. The flight carrying 323 passengers was due to land in Chicago but because of bad weather, it was diverted to Milwaukee airport, just 19 minutes flight time away. Ideally, the flight could have flown back to Chicago after two hours but a recent mandate by the <keyword id="6354705" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="directorate-general-of-civil-aviation">Directorate General of Civil Aviation</keyword> (<keyword id="6354787" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="DGCA">DGCA</keyword>) said that regardless of circumstances, there would be no relaxation of the flight duty time limitation (FDTL) of the crew rule. So basically, the Air India crew that was servicing the flight has to be relieved and a fresh crew had to be driven in from Chicago to take over. Needless to say, this caused the unwarranted six-hour delay but passenger woes did not end there. The passengers were not allowed to get off the plane since the Milwaukee airport that was overburdened by a number of diverted flights had no gates available for the passengers to disembark. Among the passengers were a number of wheelchair-bound people, infants and an autistic child who was on her first flight. This kid had to seek medical attention at the Milwaukee airport. By the time the flight reached its final destination, the passengers were inside the flight for over 28 hours in all. Air India’s woes were multiplied when they were slapped with $8.8 million penalty fee for 'tarmac delay' that is to be paid to the passengers. The US guideline states that if international flights’ passengers are onboard for more than four hours, the airline is liable to pay $27,500 per passenger onboard. Air India, along with and the <keyword id="118746" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Federation-of-Indian-Airlines">Federation of Indian Airlines</keyword> (FIA) that represents private carriers (Jet Airways, IndiGo, SpiceJet and GoAir), filed a plea in the <keyword id="6355014" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="delhi-high-court">Delhi High Court</keyword> seeking modification of the court’s direction to DGCA on April 18 to not permit variations in FDTLs. And the abovementioned incident was cited as an example in court during the hearing on 15 May. "A diversion by its very nature is unscheduled -- diversion due to medical emergency or any other reason. In such cases unless dispensation (variation) is accorded, flights will be grounded and passengers put to untold hardships. This is not to mention the huge penalties involved," said an airline official.

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It was on March 29, 2016 that all passengers onboard flights SpiceJet 614 and Air Mauritius 746 safely got off the crafts without ever realizing one thing, this could have turned out to be their last journey since both the aircrafts had come in close proximity with each other in the Chennai International Airport airspace. 
 This incident, called a near miss incident because of proximities that could lead to compromise in their safety on air, has gone down in the Directorate General of Civil Aviation's (<keyword id="6354787" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="DGCA">DGCA</keyword>) record. 
 
Whenever there is a delay in landing because of bad weather and other technical issues, there is always an announcement to declare it to the passengers, but in near miss incidents, no such announcement is made, resulting in passengers leaving the airport without a clue of what could have happened. 
 
Counting the number of such incidents in the last 12 months, there have been 35 such cases between March 3, 2015 and March 29, 2016, and all of them have occurred in just eight airports, one of which, the Jammu airport, is controlled by the Indian Air Force. 
 
Sometimes, such incidents happen because of close proximities with other flights, and sometimes, an aircraft might pick up a command that was meant for another aircraft and act on it. Moreover, sometimes, aircrafts might even get signals for wrong turns, leading to such incidents. 
 
Such miscommunications were all taken up seriously by the DGCA, which has put in place a total of 11 corrective measures, ranging from proficiency checks for pilots and Air Traffic Controllers to circulars issued to change confusing call-signs. 
 
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<div class="KonaFilter image-container"><div class="image on-image"></div></div>A SpiceJet Boeing 737-800 collided with a stray water buffalo this week while taking off from an airport in the western Indian city of Surat.
All 146 passengers and crew onboard the Delhi-bound flight emerged from the incident unscathed, but the aircraft suffered significant damaged to its left engine. According to <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-29947409">the BBC</a>, the low-cost Indian airline claimed the buffalo - which was unfortunately killed - was essentially invisible on the dark runway. The passengers were flown to their destination on a later SpiceJet flight.
Following the incident, Spicejet announced in a statement on <a href="https://twitter.com/flyspicejet/status/530658715180216320">Twitter </a>that it was suspending operations immediately from the airport. 
The airline's COO, Sanjiv Kapoor, also took to Twitter to blame the airport's poor security and lacking infrastructure for the collision - calling the presence of a buffalo on the runway "<a href="https://twitter.com/SKapoorSpiceJet/status/530397817802465280">simply inexcusable</a>."
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Passengers and news organizations have tweeted photos of the damaged caused by the collision between the 170,000 pound aircraft and the 1,800-2,000 pound <a href="http://www.animalinfo.org/species/artiperi/bubaarne.htm">animal</a>.
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Although most major airports in India have modern perimeter fencing, some of the smaller provincial facilities have experienced perimeter breaches in recent years. A Kingfisher Airlines aircraft collided with a stray pig in the central Indian city of Nagpur in 2009, reported <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/SpiceJet-suspends-Surat-flights-says-stray-animals-growing-menace-at-airports/articleshow/45070607.cms">The Times of India</a>. The publication also reports that a Mumbai Airport shut down for 30 minutes when a stray dog was spotted on its runways in 2010.
Runway incursions are not isolated to the developing world. In 2012, a man scaled an 8-foot tall <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/07/27/security-breach-jfk-airport-kayaks/13236481/">perimeter fence at New York's JFK Airport</a> when his jet ski ran out of gas. Earlier this year, a pair of wayward kayakers breached the same perimeter fence near the airport's runway.

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