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  • Reuters

    Analysis-From manual pricing to ChatGPT: How Air India is transforming under Tata

    Air India, until recently tied to an antiquated manual pricing system when setting airfares, is shifting to algorithm-based software long used by rivals to help it squeeze out more revenue from each flight. In another sign of the formerly government-owned carrier's whirlwind transformation under its new owner Tata Group, Air India is testing ChatGPT, OpenAI's popular chatbot, to replace paper-based practices. The push to modernise underscores the decay left by years of under-investment as Air India looks to shed decades-old bureaucratic processes and recapture customers from Dubai's Emirates and powerful domestic rival IndiGo.

  • AFP

    In US, men unravel stereotypes -- by knitting

    Knitting has surged in popularity once again in the United States in this age of pandemics and self-care.  It was in the park that he kept knitting when the coronavirus pandemic brought travel to a screeching halt.

  • Reuters

    China manufacturing activity expands at slower pace in March

    China's manufacturing activity expanded at slower pace in March, official data showed on Friday, suggesting hopes of a strong post-COVID economic recovery are faltering amid weaker global demand and a continued property market downturn. The official manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) stood at 51.9, against 52.6 in February, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), above the 50-point mark that separates expansion and contraction in activity on a monthly basis. The February figure had grown at the fastest pace in more than a decade.