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Laptop Battery fire in checked luggage could bring down an Airliner: Study

Regulators had thought that single lithium battery fires would be knocked down by the flame-retardant gas required in passenger airliner cargo holds. But tests conducted by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration found the suppression systems can’t extinguish a battery fire that combines with other highly flammable material, such as the gas in an aerosol can or cosmetics commonly carried by travelers.

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Atlantic Hurricane Season had early start, but fewer Storms Are Expected

Twelve named storms are likely to form in 2018, fewer than last year’s 17 and below the 1981-2010 average, according to a forecast Thursday from Colorado State University. That reduces the chance of Gulf of Mexico disruptions for energy and agriculture. But the outlook is a slight increase from July’s 11 and comes as the Atlantic Basin is about to enter its most active period.

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Data protection bill deterrent for businesses who wilfully do wrong, says Justice B Srikrishna

The proposed legislation contains a provision for the ‘Right to be Forgotten’, which is in line with European data privacy laws such as General Data Protection Regulation. While the draft bill does not insist on personal data of residents of India to be stored only in India, it has made an enabling provision where the government can notify categories of personal data as critical data, which would be only stored
in India.

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