Trump calls for unity in his first major address after assassination bid After formally accepting his third presidential nomination from the Republican Party, Donald Trump on Thursday said he would be a president “for all of America”, saying he wanted to heal the divided country. In his record 92-minute speech, the 78-yearold said the assassination attempt deeply affected him villupuram l saturday l july 20, 2024 l `9.00 l PAGES 12 l city EDITION 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 81 domestic flights delayed in Chennai 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 C s h iv a k u m a R @ Chennai Air passengers at the Chennai International Airport were caught off-guard on Friday as flight schedules were hit by a major disruption in Microsoft Corporation’s cloud services. The technical glitch resulted in crowding in the airport as airline officials began issuing handwritten boarding passes to passengers. Apart from cancellations, numerous flights were delayed by a minimum of 30 to 45 minutes. According to airport sources, as of 8 pm on Friday out of , the total 192 domestic flights, 81 have been delayed and nine flights were cancelled. Out of the 36 international flights, nine have been delayed with no cancellations. A Chennai airport official said that services of several airlines, including IndiGo, Akasa, SpiceJet, Air Asia and Air India Express, were hit. Several airlines also reported that their check-in and ticket management services were temporarily unavailable. Meanwhile, in an official statement, IndiGo said, “Our team is working relentlessly to resolve the issue and restore normal services as quickly as possible.” An Air India Express spokesperson said that none of their flights were cancelled. “We are doing manual check-ins,” he added. Notably, all those airlines using the Navitaire Departure Control System for passenger reservations were affected. 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 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 over 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. 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 reportedly 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. Airlines were seen doing manual checkins and issuing hand-written boarding passes. Operations at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Bengaluru airports were hit, leaving thousands of passengers stranded. Aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu said his ministry and Airports Authority of India 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 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. In a statement in the evening, CrowdStrike said that the issue has been identified, isolated and fixed. P9, 10 Indian evacuation begins, toll tops 75 Y es h i S e l i a n d P r a s a nta 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 Meg- halaya. 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 crossed the border at GedeDarshana 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 at Benapole-Petrapole, Gede-Darshana and AkhauraAgartala remain open for students and Indian nationals. ‘Shops along Kanwar route must show owner names’ N AM I TA B A J PA I @ Lucknow 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 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, the order was reviewed on Thursday . With the latest decision, the display will be mandatory .
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