NEWS IN BRIEF

New aviation policy: AirAsia India, Vistara to benefit from 0/20 rule: Theaviation sector is in for an overhaul and consumers are set to become the biggestbeneficiaries of the civil aviation policy announced by the government onWednesday. The Cabinet has cleared the new civil aviation policy which will capfares for passengers and introduce a new rule for airlines looking to expandoperations abroad. Vistara Airlines, a joint venture between the SingaporeAirlines and the Tata Group and AirAsia India are the top beneficiaries of the new0/20 rule announced in the policy.

Recruiters bank on social media for perfect talent: Report: Looking for theright fit, HR managers are increasingly turning to social media, which is proving tobe a potent tool for recruiters as well as job seekers, says a report. The reporttracking the social media hiring trend and prepared by industry body Assochamsaid the interactive platform has emerged as an important route for hiring freshtalent by corporates which use the micro-blogging sites for background checks tojudge the overall persona of candidates. Around 68 per cent of the humanresource managers looked into LinkedIn, Facebook or Twitter to get an idea aboutthe candidate, it noted.

Get your SMSes in Facebook Messenger now: Social media giant Facebookhas enabled SMS in Messenger for Android which means that users will now havethe choice to be able to send/receive SMSes in Messenger itself. The feature isonly available on Android. However, when you send an SMS message, therecipient can be on any platform. "We hope that this new choice will bring theconvenience of being able to access all your messages in one place, making yourmessaging a lot simpler and helping you stay on top of your conversations,"Facebook said in a post.

Delhi Metro may raise one-way fare to Rs 70: Your comfortable travel in DelhiMetro could soon become costlier. The fare fixation panel of the Delhi Metro hasproposed to raise the maximum fare of Rs 30 to Rs 70. The minimum fare couldbe raised to Rs 8 to Rs 15 and a decision is likely to be taken in the next threemonths, say media reports. The reports say the Delhi Metro wants to raise fare tomeet its expenses. The Delhi Metro last raised fares in 2009 when the minimum

fare was revised from Rs 6 to Rs 8. The maximum fare was raised to Rs 30 fromRs 22.

Auto component sector to grow 10-12% in FY17: ACMA: Indian autocomponent industry is expected to grow in the range of 10-12 per cent in thecurrent fiscal on hopes of above-normal monsoon and recovery in the domesticautomobile market, according to industry body ACMA. In the last fiscal, the autocomponent industry's turnover grew by 8.8 per cent to Rs 2.55 lakh crore asagainst Rs 2.34 lakh crore in 2014-15. "In the first two months of this fiscal trendshave been positive. With prospects of a good monsoon, we expect the growthduring this fiscal to be better then the previous one.