BHUBANESWAR  SATURDAY  JULY 20, 2024  `9.00  PAGES 12  JEYPORE EDITION TRUMP CALLS FOR UNITY IN HIS FIRST ADDRESS AFTER ASSASSINATION BID After formally accepting his third presidential nomination from the Republican Party, Donald Trump on Thursday said he will work for all ‘WILL BE PRESIDENT FOR ALL OF AMERICA’ DON TAKES POTSHOTS AT BIDEN, PELOSI Starting his 92-minute speech in a soothing and calm manner, he promised he would be a president “for all of America”, including Democrats, saying he wanted to heal the divided country. The 78-year-old also recounted in detail the attempt to assassinate him last Saturday, which he said deeply affected him, and narrated how sad he was about a supporter killed by the gunman ■ “I am not supposed to be here tonight. I stand before you... only by the grace of almighty God,” Trump said, recounting the assassination attempt on him ■ However, a few minutes into the speech, Trump shed his new-found softer image and wore his familiar bombastic avatar calling Joe Biden “the worst president in US history” and former House Speaker “crazy Nancy Pelosi” Record TRUMP’S PRESIDENTIAL ACCEPTANCE SPEECH WAS THE LONGEST IN U.S. HISTORY CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA ■ BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOGGA ■ MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI ■ DHARMAPURI ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOLLAM ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI BPIA hit hard by IT outage, 30 flights cancelled What exactly happened and how it created chaos Microsoft said the issue began at 1900 GMT on Thursday, after a defective update to CrowdStrike Falcon, an IT solution designed to protect Windows systems, ended up crashing the system instead A S I S H M E H TA @ Bhubaneswar THE Microsoft outage led to cancellation of over 30 flights from the Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) besides causing severe inconvenience to travellers on Friday . Several airlines had to issue handwritten boarding passes to the passengers. IndiGo cancelled at least six flights from Bhubaneswar to Mumbai, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, New Delhi and Hyderabad. It also shared a list of flights which were cancelled on Friday and Saturday . BPIA director Prasanna Pradhan told TNIE that passengers started facing problems due to the glitch after 10 am. Airline reservation system worked but there were issues in the check-in system for which manual boarding passes were issued to the fliers, he said. A long queue of anxious passengers could be seen outside the counters at the city airport. The cancellations and delays left them in a catch-22 situation because instantly opting for other mode of transport was practically impossible. A passenger who was to leave for Mumbai expressed apprehensions that the cancellations may lead to a rise in the alreadyelevated tickets prices. While the demand of tickets is expected to increase significantly this weekend, travel agents pointed out that the global outage also affected the bookings on the day . “Flight bookings were extremely slow on the day In some book. ings, transactions were declined and in a few others, the process came to halt during the payment process,” said Deepak Panda, managing director Usha Travels. On an average, about seven flights each operate from Bhubaneswar to New Delhi, Kolkata and Bengaluru everyday; five to Mumbai, three to Hyderabad and one each to Pune and Chennai. What is CrowdStrike that caused the chaos CrowdStrike is a US-based cybersecurity firm that provides incident response and threat hunting services. It is known for its expertise in detecting and responding to advanced threats Over 2,600 flights cancelled globally Passengers look at screens, some of them showing Blue Screen errors, at T3 of Delhi international airport on Friday | PTI Tech outage cripples world MASSIVE TECH BLACKOUT AFFECTS AIRLINES, BANKS, MEDIA OUTLETS CHAOS AT MAJOR AIRPORTS AS OPERATIONS DISRUPTED INDIGO CANCELS 200 FLIGHTS EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ New Delhi/Mumbai/Bengaluru AIRLINES, banks, media outlets, and financial institutions across the world were on Friday thrown into turmoil by one of the biggest IT crashes in recent histoy, caused by an update to an antivirus programme. The mass IT outage came after some widely used Microsoft 365 applications and services shut down for hours as a result of the update. There were unprecedented chaos in major cities, including in India, with flights grounded, communication shut down, and shops closed. Millions encountered the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) error, causing sudden system shutdowns or restarts. Indian evacuation from B’desh begins, toll tops 75 Y E S H I S E L I A N D P R A S A N TA M A Z U M D A R @ New Delhi/Guwahati WITH the situation in Bangladesh continuing to remain volatile and the toll of the student unrest over a contentious quota order reaching 75 on Friday , hundreds of Indian students have started streaming into the country through various border crossings. India was careful not to comment on the situation, with External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal saying, “We see this as an internal matter of the country .” Till Thursday, over 300 people, mostly students from India, Nepal and Bhutan, were evacuated via Dawki in Meghalaya. The Meghalaya government said 202 Indians — 198 students and four tourists — were evacuated. The students included 67 from Meghalaya. Ninety-five others from Nepal and seven from Bhutan had entered through Dawki. “On Friday, 96 students Out of more than 1,10,000 scheduled commercial flights on Friday, 2,691 have been cancelled globally, according to aviation analytics firm Cirium crossed the border at Gede-Darshana around 5.30 pm. None of the students waiting to cross back was left behind. Another batch of over 100 students are expected to cross into India during at night,’’ according to a source. Sources said border crossings between India and Bangladesh at Benapole-Petrapole, Gede-Darshana and AkhauraAgartala remain open for students and Indian nationals. “Around 13 Nepalese students were also permitted to enter India after their embassy made an official request,’’ the source added. The Indian Railways cancelled the Kolkata-Dhaka Maitree Express on Saturday and Bandhan Express between Kolkata and Khulna on Sunday . There are over 15,000 Indians in Bangladesh, of which 8,500 are students. The Assam government has sought the Centre’s help for the evacuation of students stranded in the neighP9 bouring country . Microsoft, which said it was actively working to fix the outage, attributed the BSOD issue to a recent update by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, which admitted that its action affected Microsoft Windows devices. In India, almost all the airlines and major airports were affected as they struggled to provide online booking, web check-ins, and flight status updates. IndiGo cancelled around 200 flights across the country . SpiceJet, Air India, Akasa, and Vistara also faced disruption due to a technical error in Microsoft Azure, the cloud computing platform that powers critical systems. Throughout the day, airlines were seen doing manual check-ins and issuing handwritten boarding passes. Operations at key airports such as Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Bengaluru were badly hit, leaving thousands of passengers stranded. Aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu said his ministry and Airports Authority of India (AAI) are actively managing the situation. Banking regulator RBI in a statement said that critical systems of most banks are not in cloud and that only a few banks are using the CrowdStrike tool, which created the chaos. “Our assessment shows that only 10 banks and NBFCs had minor The reasons for this outage has been identified and updates have been released to resolve the issue Minister for Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw OWNER NAMES OF HOTELS UP, U’KHAND HARDEN STANCE ON KANWAR N A M I TA B A J PA I @ Lucknow NDA allies oppose it NDA allies JD(U) and LJP came out against the UP govt’s decision, saying it could trigger communal tension Bigotry, says Congress The Congress said the move shows bigotry, with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra terming it an attack on Constitution A day after it toned down the Muzaffarnagar police’s order asking eateries and shops along the Kanwar Yatra route to display their owners’ names, the Yogi Adityanath-led government in Uttar Pradesh on Friday hardened its stance, saying the order will now be applicable across the state. Meanwhile, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami said similar orders to display the names, addresses, and mobile phone numbers of owners are already in place in his state. The Muzaffarnagar police had on Monday issued an order instructing hotels, roadside eateries, and shops that fall on the yatra route to display the names of their owners to enable the pilgrims to take informed decisions and maintain the sanctity of their faith. However, after the authorities were panned for allegedly trying to target Muslim traders, the order was reviewed on Thursday and it was left it to the ‘free will’ of the eateries owners to display their names. With the latest decision by the state government, the display will be mandatory . Kanwar Yatra will commence on July 22 with the advent of the Hindu month of Shravan and conclude on August 2. The authorities have also made it clear that stringent action would be taken against those selling ‘halal-certified’ products. EXPRESS READ SC to examine contours of Governor’s immunity Protesters pelt stones as they clash with police in Dhaka on Friday | AFP disruptions, which have either been resolved or are being resolved. Overall, the Indian financial sector in the Reserve Bank’s domain remains insulated from the global outage,” an RBI statement read. Auto major Maruti Suzuki India said it had briefly halted production and dispatch operations due to the outage. Although many IT employees found it difficult to log into Microsoft applications on Friday no major setbacks were re, ported for the IT industry except production downtime. “Those who were using Microsoft Azure were not able to login,” an IT employee said. Meanwhile, in a statement around 7 in the evening, CrowdStrike said that the issue has been identified, isolated and a P9, 10 fix has been deployed. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday decided to examine the contours of the blanket Constitutional immunity governors in harness have from criminal prosecution, after hearing a plea filed by a woman employee of the WB Raj Bhavan. She alleged that she was sexually harassed by Governor C V Ananda Bose. Article 361 of Constitution says, no criminal or civil proceedings shall be instituted or continued against the President, or the Governor, in any court during his term of office | P5 UPSC files FIR against IAS officer Puja Khedkar Mumbai/ New Delhi: The UPSC on Friday filed a criminal prosecution FIR against IAS officer Dr Puja Khedkar and issued a show cause notice asking why her candidature should not be cancelled. If Khedkar is found guilty after her reply, then she will be dismissed from the service. According to the UPSC note, they conducted a thorough investigation into the misdemeanour of Khedkar | P8 BJP committed to all-round devpt of Odisha, says Nadda EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Bhubaneswar/Puri BJP national president JP Nadda on Friday heaped wholesome praise on the people of Odisha for electing the first saffron party government in the state and playing a major role in cementing a third consecutive term for Narendra Modi as the prime minister of the country . Addressing the state executive committee meeting of the party in Puri, Nadda said the JP Nadda & CM Mohan Majhi lighting BJP will pay back the immense the lamp before the meeting | EXPRESS love shown by the people by ensuring all-round development ple,” he said. Highlighting BJP as the only of the state. “The BJP will leave no stone unturned to truly pan-India party in the , serve the people and ensure country Nadda said more than 58 per cent of the country’s their welfare,” he said. He said, the BJP has achieved area is under its governments. a historic milestone in Odisha The party has support of more by winning 78 seats and secur- than 57 per cent population of t h e c o u n t r y, h e ing 40.8 per cent of claimed. the votes. The party Coming down heavhas 18 MLAs from ily on the Congress, tribal communities The BJP will pay the BJP president and holds the highest number of MLAs back the immense said the party has from the Scheduled love shown by the turned into a parasitCastes. “We will ac- people by ensuring ic entity that cannot all-round stand on its own and tively propel the Adidevelopment of vasi community and the state. We will depends on others to move ahead. RidiculScheduled Castes forleave no stone ward, leaving no gaps unturned to serve ing the grand old parthe people and ty’s celebrations of its in bringing them into ensure their improved perfor mthe mainstream,” welfare ance in the recent Nadda said. He also said that elections, he comJP Nadda, BJP the new BJP governpared the Congress to president ment in the state has a student rejoicing afalready started fulfillter getting minimum ing its poll promises. “After 40 required marks. “Even if all years in Odisha, the doors of the parties in the INDI alliance the Ratna Bhandar have been combine their seats, they still opened. The process of accu- cannot match the BJP’s numrately evaluating the proper bers. And, the Congress only evaluation of the prasad of weakens its allies, no matter Lord Jagannath is underway who they partner with. Today . The government will fulfill all the party runs on crutches,” he CONTINUED ON P5 the promises made to the peo- said. PITAMBAR ACHARYA APPOINTED ADVOCATE GENERAL The state government appointed senior advocate Pitambar Acharya as the new Advocate General (AG) on Friday | P3