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A low pressure over the Bay of Bengal developed today which is likely to trigger heavy to very heavy rainfall coupled with gusty surface wind in the next 24 hours, the Met department said today. Under the influence of upper air cyclonic circulation, a low pressure area has formed over the northwest Bay of Bengal and its neighbourhood, the weatherman said. Under its impact, rain and thundershower are likely to occur in most areas in Odisha. Similarly, heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to take place in some areas with extremely heavy rainfall at one or two places in northern districts, while heavy rainfall may occur at one or two places in south Odisha in the next 24 hours. Strong gusty surface wind from northwesterly direction with speed reaching 45-50 kmph and gusting up to 60 kmph may prevail in south coastal Odisha, it said. Gusty wind is also likely to prevail from easterly direction at 35-45 kmph speed and going up to 55 kmph in the north coastal areas. The
India's current account deficit (CAD) rose sharply to USD 14.3 billion -- or 2.4 per cent of GDP -- at the end of first quarter of 2017-18, mainly on account of an increased trade gap. CAD stood at USD 0.4 billion, or 0.1 per cent of GDP, in April-June of 2016-17. The figure compares with USD 3.4 billion (0.6 per cent) for the quarter ended March 2017. "The widening of CAD on a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis was primarily on account of a higher trade deficit (USD 41.2 billion) brought about by a larger increase in merchandise imports relative to exports," said the Reserve Bank (RBI) while issuing the document on Developments in India's Balance of Payments during April-June of 2017-18. In general terms, CAD refers to the difference between inflow and outflow of foreign exchange that has a bearing on exchange rate. During the period, private transfer receipts, mainly remittances by Indians employed overseas, at USD 16.1 billion went up 5.3 per cent over the same quarter of
An employee of the American tech giant Microsoft has accidentally announced that Windows 11's Notepad app is getting a tabs feature.According to The Verge, an American technology news website, a photo of a version of Notepad with tabs was shared by the employee, a senior product manager at Microsoft."Notepad in Windows 11 now has tabs!" he enthusiastically announced with a loudspeaker emoji.The screenshot included a Microsoft internal warning: "Confidential Don't discuss features or take screenshots." It suggested that Microsoft's tabs feature is still in early internal testing.Minutes later the tweet was deleted but not before Windows Central and several Windows enthusiast Twitter accounts had spotted it.If Microsoft does implement tabs for Notepad, it will be the first built-in tool to have a tabbed interface, following the addition of tabs to File Explorer earlier this year, reported The Verge.Microsoft first tried tabs across all Windows 10 apps in a feature called Sets four years