Three years later, the COVID slide hasn’t stopped. New research suggests students still haven’t regained the academic ground they’ve lost in the disruptions of the ongoing pandemic, and many high school students will continue to struggle after graduation. The average high school junior who took the ACT college-entry test in spring 2021 fell from the [...]
February 4, 2022
Loknath Das
Education
New Delhi: For potential homebuyers, the year 2019 is not expected to be any different from the last few years. Prices are likely to remain stagnant and developers will continue to focus on clearing existing inventory rather than launching new projects as they continue to grapple with regulatory changes like Real estate (regulation and development) Act, [...]
January 7, 2019
Loknath Das
Real Estate
WASHINGTON — The House is expected to give final approval on Friday to a measure that would allow Republicans to speedily gut the Affordable Care Act with no threat of a Senate filibuster, a move that would thrust the question of what health law would come next front and center even before President-elect Donald J. [...]
January 13, 2017
Saheli
Health
China’s exports and imports fell more than expected in October, with weak domestic and global demand adding to doubts that a pick-up in economic activity in the world’s largest trading nation can be sustained. October exports fell 7.3 percent from a year earlier, while imports shrank 1.4 percent, official data showed on Tuesday, raising fears [...]
November 8, 2016
Saheli
Business
Alibaba Group, the massive Chinese online retailer, posted stronger than expected fiscal second quarter earnings on Wednesday morning and the stock is popping. The Chinese online retailer posted earnings of 5.26 Chinese yuan per share against analyst expectations of 4.69 Chinese yuan. Revenue came in at 34.3 billion yuan against the 33.9 billion yuan expected by analysts. [...]
November 2, 2016
Saheli
Business
tvOS is the operating system software platform that runs on the fourth-gen Apple TV. It’s the Apple TV’s equivalent of iOS on the iPhone or macOS on the Mac; it manages the apps you can install on the device and offers various features of its own. Just as iOS and macOS receive regular free updates, patching [...]
September 5, 2016
Saheli
News
U.S. housing starts slipped in May as the construction of multi-family housing units dropped, but further gains in building permits suggested a rebound that would continue to support economic growth in the second quarter. Groundbreaking fell 0.3 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual pace of 1.16 million units, the Commerce Department said on Friday. Starts [...]
June 22, 2016
Saheli
Real Estate