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Issue resolved, flights on schedule now: Civil Aviation Minister Naidu

The ministry is constantly monitoring the operations at airports and airlines to ensure travel readjustments and refunds are taken care of, he added

Banking to healthcare operations: What caused the global cyber outage?

George Kurtz, CrowdStrike's CEO, said in a post on X that CrowdStrike had deployed a fix for the issue. "This is not a security incident or cyberattack," he wrote

Microsoft outage disrupts aviation in India; other services unaffected

IndiGo, India's largest airline, reported the cancellation of at least 192 flights over Friday and Saturday

All ops running after successful resolution of Microsoft outage: SpiceJet

SpiceJet said late on Friday that all its systems at airports, ticket bookings and call centres are up and running smoothly after a "successful resolution" of a Microsoft outage that impacted the aviation industry all through the day. "The technical outage has been fully resolved, and all our systems are back to normal operations," SpiceJet Chairman and Managing Director Ajay Singh said in a statement. The outage, which began Friday morning, affected airlines globally, causing temporary disruptions to online services and airport check-in processes. The airline said that despite the challenges posed by the global technical outage, it is operating all scheduled flights as planned on Friday and claimed there was not even a single cancellation due to the technical outage. "Our team worked to ensure minimal disruption to our passengers' travel plans. We appreciate the understanding and cooperation of our passengers and stakeholders during this time," the airline said.

Microsoft outage: Fliers stuck at Dubai airport, US flights impacted too

A global Microsoft outage caused by a Crowdstrike update affected airline operations, and disrupted services at major airports globally

Microsoft glitch triggers chaos, internet turns it into comedy gold

Microsoft Windows users across the world are finding themselves face-to-face with the infamous 'Blue Screen of Death'

UK airports, trains, LSE, NHS impacted by global Microsoft outage

The UK's airports and trains experienced delays, with the London Stock Exchange and the National Health Service among the other organisations in the country dealing with the fallout of a global IT outage on Friday that has grounded planes and caused chaos around the world. The outage, believed to be related to an issue at US-headquartered prolific cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike and Microsoft, seems to be affecting Windows PCs globally and has also forced Sky News' off the air. London's biggest airport, Heathrow, said in a statement that its "flights are operational though we are experiencing delays". While the airport said it is implementing contingency plans to minimise impact, Gatwick Airport said passengers may experience some delays" when checking in and passing through security. Luton and Edinburgh Airport, meanwhile, switched to manual systems to support operations. The London Stock Exchange Group said trading continues to operate as normal while it is working on resolving an

Major US airlines ground flights amid global Microsoft outage roils ops

American Airlines, however, later said in a statement it had re-established operations. Frontier and Spirit too cancelled directives to ground planes

Crowdstrike's update on Microsoft outage: 'Issue found, fix deployed'

Microsoft outage: Crowdstrike clarified that the outage was not caused by a cyberattack but due a defect in an update, which has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed

Microsoft outage: Govt in touch with authorities, says Ashwini Vaishnaw

The worldwide Microsoft outage caused widespread disruptions in sectors ranging from flight operations and the stock market to media outlets and banking operations

Microsoft's 'Screen of Death' error chokes global services: What's impacted

Millions of Microsoft users around the world reported seeing the "Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)" error on their devices, which is causing the system to suddenly shut down or restart

Blue Screen of Death: Global outage that led to Windows 10 crash explained

An outage of CrowdStrike has caused a global disruption for users of Microsoft Windows computers, affecting businesses and individuals across Australia, Japan, India and other countries

Check-in systems down: IndiGo, SpiceJet, Akasa ops hit by major tech glitch

Microsoft cloud service outage disrupts check-in systems across the country. Airlines are working with Microsoft to resolve the technical issues

Microsoft resolves cloud outage that led US airlines to ground flights

US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg said the department was monitoring the flight cancellation and delay issues

Microsoft's AI-powered Designer app is now available on iOS and Android

Microsoft Designer is available as a free mobile app and as an app on Windows. With Designer app, users can edit and create images using artificial intelligence

Microsoft faces backlash over DEI team layoffs amid diversity commitments

Microsoft has laid off its internal team dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) due to 'changing business needs'

How Microsoft's Satya Nadella became tech industry's steely-eyed AI gambler

The notion that Nadella is a steely-eyed risk taker with a grand vision for AI can be hard to square with his history as a low-key boss in an industry full of corner office peacocks

UK starts probe into Microsoft's hiring of former Inflection AI staff

In March, Microsoft hired Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of Google DeepMind, as head of its newly-created AI unit, followed by a number of employees from Inflection, which he set up in 2022

Google tried to offer $512 mn package to derail Microsoft antitrust pact

While Google has long trailed Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft in the cloud market, it's begun to see impressive results

Tech wrap Jul 11: Microsoft Surface, Lava Blaze X, Samsung XR headset, more

Microsoft launches Surface Pro, Laptop Copilot Plus AI PCs in India. Motorola kicks off Razr 50 Ultra pre-booking ahead of first sale on July 20. Lava launches Blaze X with a curved AMOLED display