In order to maintain discipline and decorum in school, the Directorate of Primary Education (DPE) has issued a detailed circular in this regard. As per the notice, primary school teachers of Pune schools have been banned from chewing tobacco, gutkha or the consumption of alcoholic during school time. Other points from the circular: The DPE, in the circular, has stated that an extensive number of teachers from rural areas are seen chewing tobacco-gutkha during classroom study Further, this activity of teachers can put students at the risk of getting addicted to these items If in future, teachers are found consuming…
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This week on The Full Nerd, Gordon Mah Ung, Brad Chacos, and Hayden Dingman predict just how much AMD’s upcoming Zen CPU will cost, riff on how powerful the PlayStation 4 Pro will be, and then debate: Star Wars vs. Star Trek. In the Builder’s Corner, Brad gives us the best GPU for the most common resolutions and some strategy for high-frame rate panels. Of course, we answer your burning questions about PC hardware. Have a question? Drop it in the comments or email [email protected] and we’ll answer it in the next episode. Watch the Full Nerd Episode 7 on YouTube right here or…
1 of 14 Thumbnails MORE See larger image Credit: Mike Homnick It’s what’s inside that counts It’s the day everybody dreads: You power up your PC and it sits dormant, failing to boot because your hard drive or SSD is dead. But after you stop cursing and reaching for your backups—you do create backups regularly, right?—you might as well make the best of things. There’s a world of small wonders hidden inside every storage drive if you take the time to dig around. Since storage drives die far less frequently than they used to, the opportunities for dissection are rare.…
The Huawei Mate 9 – which has been the subject of some rumors and leaks in the past few weeks – will be officially released on November 8, according to a new rumor out of the company’s home country of China. The rumor also reveals pricing information for the various variants of the handset. It says that the 4GB RAM + 64GB ROM variant will carry a price tag of RMB 3,199 ($475) or RMB 3,399 ($505), depending on whether it’s a Carrier Edition or a phone which supports all Chinese networks. Then there will be a 4GB/128GB model that…
The Sony Xperia X Compact is now available to pre-order in the United States. The device is listed on Amazon, which is currently letting users pre-order it for $450 – the listed price is $500 but the retailer is offering a $50 credit at checkout. All the three colors variants – White, Universe black, and Mist blue – are currently available, and the $50 credit is available on all of them. The handset will start shipping September 25. In case you missed, the Xperia X Compact is already available for purchase in the UK as well as several other European…
Samsung has launched the new Galaxy J7 Prime and Galaxy J5 Prime in India. The former we have seen before but the latter is a new device. The J7 Prime has a 5.5-inch 1080p LCD with a 1.6GHz octa-core processor, 3GB RAM, 16GB storage, microSD slot, dual SIM support (not hybrid), 13 megapixel rear camera, 8 megapixel front camera, fingerprint sensor, metal body, and a 3300mAh battery. Meanwhile, the J5 Prime has a 5-inch 720p LCD with quad-core Exynos processor, 2GB RAM, 16GB storage with microSD, 8 megapixel rear camera, 5 megapixel front camera, and 2400mAh battery, with other things…
Floresco Productions | Getty Images Consumers spent a lot more at restaurants and bars in August, while cutting back on big ticket items like cars and furniture — and even online shopping. Spending at food services and other eating places jumped 0.9 percent last month, while food and beverage stores saw a pickup of 0.3 percent. That compares with a drop of 0.9 percent at auto and parts dealers, and a 0.7 percent dip in spending on furniture. “If there is an election uncertainty effect, it would not be surprising if restaurants were spared the pain: in principle uncertainty should…
“My great economists don’t want me to say this, but I think we can do better than that,” he said Thursday in a speech to the Economic Club of New York. Earlier Thursday, his campaign said in a fact sheet that its planned tax cuts and deregulation will boost average annual GDP growth to 3.5 percent and “create as many as 25 million new jobs” in the next decade. The U.S. economy grew at roughly 2 percent in 2015 and last grew at a 4 percent annual rate in 2000. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images Republican presidential nominee…
Big banks are no safer now than they were before the financial crisis, according to a new analysis by a Harvard duo that includes former White House economic advisor Larry Summers. Not only does the paper assert that the possibility of a too-big-to-fail scenario still looms, but they also said the increased regulatory environment actually has played a part in keeping the system endangered. “We find that a substantial part of the reason banks have become riskier and effectively more leveraged is a decline in their franchise value,” the researchers wrote in a white paper for the Brookings Institution. They…
Talentedge, India’s leading Ed-Tech firm, offering ‘live and interactive’ anywhere learning in digital format has collaborated with MICA – India’s premier management school to offer a PG certificate programme in Digital Marketing. The four-month PG certificate programme includes lectures from eminent faculty and industry experts of India. The programme will commence from October 15. The course will have periodic evaluations of the participants and will include lectures from reputed Digital Communication Management, Adjunct Professor at MICA- Amit Kishore. Objective of the programme The certification programme has been specially designed for learners who seek to enhance their knowledge of digital marketing…