U.S. consumer spending increased modestly in November as household incomes failed to rise for the first time in nine months, suggesting economic growth slowed in the fourth quarter. The Commerce Department said on Thursday that consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of U.S. economic activity, rose 0.2 percent after an upwardly revised 0.4 percent increase in October. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast consumer spending advancing 0.3 percent last month. Spending in October was previously reported to have risen 0.3 percent. When adjusted for inflation, consumer spending edged up 0.1 percent last month after a similar gain in…
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“In the larger interest of the students of the state I request you to reconsider the decision and provide an additional option to the students to appear in either English or Odia in the NEET examination,” Pradhan said in a letter to the Union Health and Family Welfare Minister J P Nadda Odia had been excluded even as Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil and Telgu were included, said Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan RELATED STORIES DU to hire 4,000 permanent teachers in 2017 AMU students protest against 18 per cent reservation given to Muslims Gujarat education department unable to rescue…
It has been recommended that students belonging to SC and OBC categories having a total family income from all sources of Rs 6 lakh or less per annum are eligible to avail benefits under the scheme. Thawar Chand Gehlot RELATED STORIES DU to hire 4,000 permanent teachers in 2017 AMU students protest against 18 per cent reservation given to Muslims Gujarat education department unable to rescue private engineering colleges from vacancy crunch Bhopal: Dress code to be introduced in Govt-run PG college for girls Marks secured in viva-voce will determine admission into M Phil and PhD courses: JNU In a…
The advertisement for the posts will be issued in January, 2017. DU to hire 4,000 permanent teachers in 2017 RELATED STORIES Marks secured in viva-voce will determine admission into M Phil and PhD courses: JNU MEA’s new rules will make passport obtaining process hassle free ‘E-Learn Punjabi’ launched for teaching Punjabi: Punjab Education Board Shah Rukh Khan receives honorary degree by Hyderabad-based university JNUSU not happy with VC for not reducing viva weightage in MPhil, PhD admission In a sigh of relief for many, Delhi University (DU) has announced to hire over 1000 teachers on permanent posts. After seeing the…
Mozilla is getting closer to rolling out a faster, more responsive browser to all its users since introducing multi-process Firefox to a select few in August. Soon a much wider swathe of users will be able to experience the performance gains that multi-process Firefox offers. Mozilla says the new Firefox design is offering a 400 percent increase in responsiveness and a 700 percent improvement when webpages load. The multi-process version of Firefox operates similar to Chrome. The idea is that if you separate web content from the user interface the program will be more stable and efficient. The problem with Firefox, however, is…
The Tesla Model 3 will have a base price of $35,000, which the company hopes will appeal to the masses. Credit: Tesla Motors MORE LIKE THIS Every Tesla car will contain the hardware to drive itself Tesla’s free Autopilot 8.0 update shifts focus to radar to avoid car crashes Report: Intel plans to make the Core i7 the brains behind self-driving cars VIDEO World Tech Update: New TSA rules take flight A general rule of the road is that as long as you only go about 5 miles over the speed limit there’s little chance you’ll end up getting a…
It wasn’t too long ago when Cyanogen announced its plan to destroy Android. Back in 2015, Kirt McMaster, then the CEO of the company behind the fledgling fork CyanogenMod, declared in no uncertain terms that Google was the enemy. McMaster told Forbes that Cyanogen’s intention was to put “a bullet through Google’s head.” But as McMaster would soon find out, it’s not so easy to kill a megacorp. After a series of missteps and layoffs, Cyanogen announced last week that it was closing up shop, bringing an abrupt end to a battle that was never really in doubt. In a…
Back in October this year, B&H Photo was selling the Microsoft Lumia 550 for $60. A quick look at the retailer’s website now reveals that the device is no longer available there. In case you missed the deal, you’ll be glad to know that now Microsoft has given the device a price cut. No, the price hasn’t dropped to $60 this time, but at $69, it’s not a bad deal either. Sadly – just like the Acer Liquid M330 – the Lumia 550 is also currently out of stock, so you’ll have to keep an eye out to track when…
Launched back in October this year, the Huawei Nova is already available in three color options: Prestige Gold, Mystic Silver, Titanium Grey. Now, a fourth color has been added to that list: Obsidian Black. Yes, after the Huawei Mate 9, the Nova is now also available in Obsidian Black color. The new model is currently only on sale in China, and pricing should be same as other color variants. As of now, there’s no information on if and when it will arrive outside of the Asian country. source”cnbc”
Gionee Android A new Gionee smartphone has been certified by the Chinese telecommunication authority TENAA. The Gionee F106, the TENAA listing reveals, is powered by an SoC with quad-core 1.5GHz processor, and sports a 4.99-inch HD display. RAM is 2GB, while internal memory is 16GB, and is further expandable via a microSD card slot. The device features an 8MP rear camera and a 5MP front unit. Measuring 144×70.8×8.4mm and weighing in at 150.2g, the phone runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow, and packs in a 2,660mAh battery. Color options include gold and silver. Pricing and availability information is’t currently know source”cnbc”