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Risk Management

Time to upgrade Airline Black Boxes, says US Safety Board

In too many cases, the current two hours of sound on the cockpit voice recorders hasn’t been enough to aid investigations, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a recommendation posted to its website Thursday. The board cited several dozen instances in which the recorders were overwritten before they could be brought into the lab.Investigators want the requirement to be increased to 25 hours of sound, and are seeking retrofits for current aircraft by 2024.

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Indian firms overly confident about their Cybersecurity, Survey

-88 percent of Indian firms surveyed said they are better prepared for data breaches than their competitors
-Financial services and utility respondents were least realistic, with 100 percent rating their firm as above average or as top performers, while retail services had the highest percentage who said their firms were top performers at 60 percent
-In the coming year, 80 percent of Indian financial services firms believe the overall level of cyber-threats and data breach activity will go up
-62 percent of Indian firms say cybersecurity investment will increase in the year ahead. This rose to 67 percent amongst Indian financial services firms and 80 percent for utilities

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Sell-off continues: FPIs pull-out Rs 266-bn in Oct on rupee, oil concerns

FPIs have been net sellers almost throughout this year except a couple of months. However, experts said the swiftness of the exit in October thus far has shaken the market.
Negative sentiments from the global market on concerns over a slowing world economy led by lingering trade war between the US and China triggered the FPI pullout, said Vinod Nair, Head of Research, Geojit Financial Services.

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It’s Not Easy to Teach Robot Drivers to Think Like Humans

With Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo planning to roll out an autonomous taxi service to paying customers in the Phoenix area later this year, and General Motor Co.’s driverless unit racing to deploy a ride-hailing business in 2019, the shortcomings of robot cars interacting with humans are coming under increased scrutiny. Some experts have advocated for education campaigns to train pedestrians to be more mindful of autonomous vehicles. Startups and global automakers are busy testing external display screens to telegraph the intent of a robotic car to bystanders

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