Absence Of Regular Principals In Degree Colleges Mars Higher Education In Odisha

Almost 1200 Degree Colleges in Odisha are presently running without regular Principals.Let that sink in, before going forward with the data of government colleges because, as many as 49 government-run Degree colleges too have to make do with adhoc Principals.The sorry state of affairs of the higher education institutions in the State has raised questions…Continue Reading

Investors fear inflation most in 2022 and see lower stock market returns, CNBC survey shows

Traders work on the trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, December 17, 2021.Andrew Kelly | Reuters(Click here to subscribe to the new Delivering Alpha newsletter.)Wall Street investors believe inflation will remain a major roadblock for the markets in 2022 and stocks will only see muted returns, according to the new CNBC Delivering Alpha investor…Continue Reading

Apple ditched Intel, and it paid off

Apple CEO Tim Cook delivers the keynote address during the 2020 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) at Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California.Brooks Kraft/Apple Inc/Handout via ReutersApple’s decision to ditch Intel paid off this year.The pivot allowed Apple to completely rethink the Mac, which had started to grow stale with an aging design and iterative…Continue Reading

Wealthy millennial investors plan to sell stocks in 2022. Here’s why

Trevor Williams | DigitalVision | Getty ImagesA majority of millennial millionaires (55%) say they are planning to sell stocks in 2022 because of potential tax changes, according to the recent CNBC Millionaire Survey.Ninety percent of millennial millionaires say they anticipate taking some sort of action in regards to their finances in the year ahead as…Continue Reading

Covid-19 pandemic: Nashik sees 73 cases and 2 deaths; 37 recover

The COVID-19 count in Nashik reached 4,13,763 on Wednesday after 73 cases were detected, while two deaths took the toll to 8,755, an official said. So far, 4,04,553 people have been discharged post recovery, including 37 during the day, he said. With 2,760 samples being examined on Wednesday, the number of tests in Nashik went…Continue Reading

Banks’ gross NPAs may rise to 9.5% in Sept 2022: RBI report

The gross non-performing asset ratio of scheduled commercial banks is likely to increase to 9.5 per cent in September 2022 from 6.9 per cent in September 2021 in a severe stress scenario Topics NPAs | RBI ANI  Last Updated at December 29, 2021 20:03 IST The gross non-performing asset (GNPA) ratio of scheduled commercial banks is likely…Continue Reading

Covid curbs may be reimposed in Bengal after reviewing situation: Mamata

Banerjee, during an administrative review meeting at Sagar Island, asked officials concerned to review the overall pandemic situation in the state Topics West Bengal | Coronavirus | Coronavirus Tests West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday hinted at bringing back Covid curbs in the state amid the threat of a possible third wave of the pandemic looming large,…Continue Reading

Delhi Police revises SOP on health welfare for personnel amid Omicron scare

Special Commissioner of Police (Welfare) Shalini Singh held a meeting with all the district and unit heads and other stakeholders on Wednesday Topics Delhi | Coronavirus | Coronavirus Tests Amid a rise in the number of coronavirus cases and that of its new variant Omicron, the Delhi Police has revised the standard operating procedure on health welfare for its…Continue Reading

Vacancies ranging from 5-36% in faculty positions in 7 IITs: CAG report

It noted that there was a shortfall in enrolment in the post-graduate (PG) programmes in all the eight IITs Topics cag | IITs Despite efforts put in by the IITs and a steady increase in the number of faculty members recruited every year, vacancies ranging from five to 36 per cent in faculty positions were observed in…Continue Reading