Tesla and Waymo should learn from '24 air crashes
Financial Express Kolkata|January 07, 2025
If you yearn for a future where you can travel from place to place in safety and comfort, some of the major transport events of 2024 might feel like a setback. Don't give up hope.
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comfort, some of the major transport events of 2024 might feel like a setback. Don't give up hope. The crash of Jeju Air flight 2216 on December 29, killing all but two of the 181 on board, and the death of 38 four days earlier when Azerbaijan Airlines flight 8243 was apparently being erroneously targeted by Russian anti-aircraft weapons, helped give the year the worst death toll in commercial aviation since 2018.

It was a similar situation on the ground. For a decade, autonomous driving has promised to bring aviation's normally enviable safety record to the world's roads. Last year it seemed to hit a roadblock—or at least halted in front of a harmless plastic bag and caused a traffic jam, as one confused Chinese robotaxi did earlier this year.

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SC Refuses to Hear Plea on Cancellation of BPSC Exam

THE SUPREME COURT on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea seeking the cancellation of the 70th Combined Competitive Exams (preliminary) conducted by the Bihar Public Services Commission (BPSC) on the grounds of an alleged paper leak and told the petitioner that he should have first approached the Patna High Court.

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Delhi Votes on Feb 5

● Bypolls in Milkipur in UP & Erode in TN are also scheduled

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Mandi prices of pulses near MSP

MANDI PRICES OF several varieties of pulses — tur, urad and moong — are ruling close to the minimum support price (MSP) due to the arrival of kharif harvest and robust imports, trade sources said.

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Fintech Firms Need to Boost Digital Payment Infra: Nagaraju

NOTING THAT THE digital payment infrastructure plays a crucial role in the fintech industry's expansion, financial services secretary M Nagaraju on Tuesday said fintech firms need to improve digital payment systems in rural regions and encourage lending based on digital footprints for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

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NSDC starts pan-India survey to identify gaps in skill initiatives

TO DESIGN GOVERNMENT schemes better and to aid organisations in mapping the demand-supply gap of skilled manpower, the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has begun a pan-India survey with consumer intelligence firm Axis My India.

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10 mn farmers get digital IDs linked to land records

To develop a database of farmers which is linked to their land records, the agriculture ministry, in collaboration with states, has provided digital IDs to 10 million farmers across 10 states as on Tuesday, according to a senior official.

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Petroleum product exports rise 3%

INDIA'S EXPORTS OF petroleum products in December increased by 3.1% to 1.37 million barrels per day against 1.33 million barrels per day in the corresponding period of 2023-24, according to data from energy cargo tracking firm Vortexa.

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Economists Say Consumption Growth Estimate Optimistic

● Slack in urban demand persisting

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New safety features for heavy vehicles soon

● Minister says need to consider limiting drivers' working hours

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ICC explores two-tier Test cricket system

ICC chief Jay Shah will meet Cricket Australia chair Mike Baird and his England counterpart Richard Thompson to discuss the finer points

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