Air India passenger claims insect in on board meal

July 5, 2015

New Delhi, Jul 5: A passenger on board an Air India flight from Kathmandu reportedly found a "housefly" in the meal served to him during the journey, but the airline said that no sample of the food item was submitted to it for verifying the claim.

The incident took place yesterday on the airline's flight from Kathmandu to Kolkata.

Air India said that since the aggrieved passenger did not provide a sample of the "insect-ridden" food item to it for examination, it could not verify the claim.

"AI clarifies that the incident about an 'insect' in the meal was brought to our notice by a passenger of KTM-CCU flight. However, upon request to examine, the food sample was not shared or returned to us for us to examine or investigate. We are thus not able to confirm the veracity of the claim being made," the national carrier said in a statement.

"AI follows laid down procedures on such complaints and, hence, it was imperative to have the specimen for us to investigate," it added.

The airline was hit with a similar controversy last month when a passenger alleged that he had found a "lizard" in his on board meal. The claim, however, was later found to be "fake" by the AI authorities.

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Gautam Adani reclaims Asia's richest person title with net worth of USD 111 billion

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June 1,2024

Gautam Adani, chairman of multinational conglomerate the Adani Group, has reclaimed the title of the richest person in Asia with a net worth of $111 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. This came after the group's shares rallied up to 14 per cent on Friday.

With this, Adani has overtaken Reliance Industries’ Mukesh Ambani after nearly 5 months. Ambani stands at 12th rank with a net worth of $109 billion. He had overtaken Adani in net worth after his conglomerate's shares crashed following the Hindenburg report last January.

So far in 2024, Adani’s net worth has jumped $26.8 billion while Ambani's wealth has increased by $12.7 billion.

Last week, Adani also expressed his optimism about the future of the group saying that its best days are ahead.

“The road ahead is paved with extraordinary possibilities, and I can promise you that the Adani Group today is stronger than it has ever been," he said.

2023 had been quite challenging for the Adani Group after the Supreme Court ordered a panel to probe the allegations in the Hindenburg report. Adani, who was the third richest person in the world before the report, slipped in the rankings rapidly after the group's shares saw a sell-off.

However, later the Supreme Court ordered the Securities and Exchanges Board of India (Sebi) to conclude its investigation into the Adani Group and said no more probes were needed. Sebi had said that it could not reach an outcome in its probe.

The shares of the Adani Group have rallied after the judgement. In January, Adani had overtaken Ambani after nearly 12 months but later the lead was taken again by Ambani. Now Adani has overtaken Ambani again.

The Bloomberg Billionaires Index showed that currently, Bernard Arnault is currently the richest person in the world with a net worth of $207 billion. He is followed by Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos with total wealth of $203 billion and $199 billion respectively.

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