Social Behaviour
Air India CEO tells staff to report any improper behaviour on aircraft
) Air India CEO Campbell Wilson has told the airline staff to report any improper behaviour on aircraft to authorities at the earliest even if the matter appears to have been settled. In an internal communication to airlines' employees, he reflected on the urinating incident to say that "the repulsion felt by the affected passenger is totally understandable and we share her distress. "Whilst the story is more complicated than has been reported, there are clearly some lessons we can and must learn. "Most importantly is that, if an incident on our aircraft involves improper behaviour of such magnitude, we must report it to authorities at the earliest opportunity, even if we genuinely believe that the matter has been settled between the parties involved. "The same applies in the case of passengers deemed to meet the threshold of 'Unruly'," he said. Ten days after the shocking November 26 urinating incident on a New York-Delhi Air India flight, another episode of a drunk male passenge
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Virtual contact fails to combat pandemic loneliness in over-60s: Study
Findings also indicate the need to enable strong inter-household ties to bolster public mental health in the long run
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Best of BS Opinion: Gaps in tax reform, mapping recovery, and more
Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Monday
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As work from home deepens …
… are far-reaching social changes coming with it?
Undoing of social progress: Covid-19 is intensifying fault lines in society
The pandemic is bringing back caste biases and reversing the gains in girl child education, writes Kavita Chowdhury
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India coronavirus dispatch: Pandemic and the challenge of behaviour change
From preparing for community transmission after lockdown, to relief for homeless migrants, and how to wear and remove a mask properly - read these and more in today's India dispatch
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Grooming classes to help you revamp the way you walk, talk, dress and dine
Etiquette classes today cater to a wide audience of job seekers, front-desk execs, business heirs, romantics, students and even those with low self-esteem
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Beijing to judge every resident based on behavior by end of 2020
Citizens with poor scores will be 'unable to move' a step
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