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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
A user’s post on X reinforces what many privacy rights advocates have long feared: that airports are coercing flyers into using the facility, often making it impossible to say ‘no’.
Earlier this month, a post on social media platform X took many Indian flyers by surprise.
On 7 June, a passenger raised concerns that Vistara was capturing photos of all passengers at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport. The full-service airline responded that the cameras at the boarding gates were for DigiYatra, a government-backed initiative that lets passengers check in using a facial recognition system. When the passenger tried confirming whether Vistara took photographs even of those who did not opt for the facility, the airline said that “pictures of all the customers are taken”. It later clarified that …
As the low-cost carrier pushes through a compensation overhaul, the absence of a CEO is complicating a delicate moment.
The two new chief executives at Air India and IndiGo come with contrasting reputations but face the same challenge—do their predecessors one better.
A regulatory easing could see the billionaire’s conglomerate move from running airports to owning an airline—an idea he is warming up to, with multiple options open.
