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Facebook Blames ‘Faulty Configuration Change’ for Nearly Six-Hour Outage

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Facebook Blames ‘Faulty Configuration Change’ for Nearly Six-Hour Outage

Facebook blamed the nearly 6-hour outage on Monday on “wrong configuration changes,” which prevented the company’s 3.5 billion users from accessing its social media and messaging services, such as WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger. The company did not specify who performed the configuration change and whether it was planned in a blog post late Monday.

Several Facebook employees who asked not to be named told Reuters earlier that they believed the outage was caused by an internal error in routing Internet traffic to their system. Employees say the failure of internal communication tools and other resources that rely on the same network to work has exacerbated the error.

Security experts say that inadvertent errors or sabotage by insiders are reasonable. “We now want to make it clear that we believe that the root cause of this outage is an incorrect configuration change,” Facebook said in a blog. The Facebook outage was the largest in the history of the Web monitoring organization Downdetector. The blackout was the second blow to the social media giant in a few days after a whistleblower on Sunday accused the company of repeatedly putting profits before suppressing hate speech and misinformation.

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As the world flocked to competing apps such as Twitter and TikTok, Facebook’s stock price fell 4.9%, the biggest one-day drop since November last year, due to a broader sell-off in technology stocks on Monday. After the service was restored, the stock price rose approximately 0.5% in after-hours trading. “I’m sorry for every business, family, and individual that depends on us,” Facebook Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer tweeted, adding that “it may take some time to reach 100%.

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SpiceJet announces 8 new flights to connect Jaipur with Varanasi, Amritsar and Ahmedabad

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SpiceJet announces 8 new flights to connect Jaipur with Varanasi, Amritsar and Ahmedabad

SpiceJet expands its domestic network with 8 new flights that will connect Jaipur with Varanasi, Amritsar and Ahmedabad and also link Ahmedabad with Pune.

SpiceJet is further expanding its domestic network with the launch of eight new flights starting November 15.

In the statement released on Wednesday, the airline announced that these new routes will connect Jaipur with Varanasi, Amritsar and Ahmedabad, while also linking Ahmedabad with Pune. This expansion follows the recent launch of 32 new flights in October 2024, including two international flights connecting Delhi with Phuket.

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Last month, SpiceJet also commenced UDAN flights linking Shivamogga in Karnataka with Chennai and Hyderabad, and introduced double daily flights between Chennai and Kochi, enhancing connectivity across key regional and metropolitan cities.

“We are excited to announce the launch of new flights from Jaipur to Varanasi, Amritsar, and Ahmedabad, as well as from Ahmedabad to Pune, providing our passengers with greater flexibility and convenience,” SpiceJet Chief Business Officer Debojo Maharshi said.

“These new flights reflect our commitment to supporting passenger demand across tier-II cities and beyond. With our expanded winter schedule, including international and UDAN routes, we aim to provide our customers with greater convenience, affordability, and seamless travel experiences,” Maharshi added.

SpiceJet will deploy its 78-seater Q400 aircraft in these sectors. Bookings for the new flights are now open and tickets are available at the website of the airline, SpiceJet’s mobile app and through online travel portals and travel agents.

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On Monday, the airline received a significant boost, with Acuite Ratings & Research Limited upgrading its long-term rating by four notches to ‘B ‘ and its short-term rating to A4. The rating agency has also assigned a ‘Stable’ outlook to the airline.

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