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Are Self-Driving Cars Taking Over Humans?

- Arya Dharmadhikari(Std X, Abhinav Vidyalay) The 21st century has played an important role in the advancement of technologies. This development has even revolutionized the Automobile industry. We have developed from fuel-efficient vehicles to Hybrids and EVs and now we are enhancing self-driving vehicles. Tesla, Waymo, Volvo, GM, BMW, Mercedes are among the few companies that have started testing self-driving cars. The leading among them is Waymo, which has developed level 4 autonomy which we will discuss in the next section. So before reaching levels of autonomy we should understand what self-driving cars are and why we require them. What is a self-driving car? A self-driving car (also called an autonomous vehicle) is a car that is competent in driving itself without any human intervention. The car has sensors, cameras, lasers, radars, GPS, LIDAR through which the Artificial Intelligence senses the surrounding environment, this helps the car to navigate on its path and to detect sig

Gray money vs Dark money

There are two kinds of black money. 1. Wealth that is hidden from the tax authorities by people who work hard but find the taxation too steep. Let's call this Gray money. 2. Wealth gained illegally by means of coercion, distortion of laws, supply of illegal services, inflation of bills etc. Let's call this Dark money. While Gray money is accumulated by traders, dark money is hoarded by people who pose as traders but in reality are either crooks or politicians or the various kinds of political power brokers. While the gray money is a rejection of the legal system, dark money is a rejection of the moral system of wealth.  While Gray money is used to sustain business and is therefore a driver of economy, dark money is often public money being siphoned off to feather a few nests and thus is lost from the economy. The question arises: Are both monies equally evil? Do both deserve the same penalty?  As a common man would have, Yes! However, the same common man cries against #taxation

MSP - Minimum Support Price

                                                                                                  -   Diya Mulik (std. X Abhinav Vidyalay)     In 1960 Minimum support price was introduced by our Government because Indians faced many problems of food storage due to there being a drought for multiple years. This policy was very helpful for our farmers, this policy was designed to maintain stocks of food, and the government also provided price support to our farmers. The MSP was made for various commodities and the rates of grain were also turned into a minimum price for those who cannot afford it.   In our agriculture price policy when the MSP was declared for the first time from various objectives, one of them was Minimum support price which became an important function of our agriculture price policy. The objective of the minimum support price is to ensure the price of farmers who grew the crops and give higher investment and production. The objective of MSP is also to bring suf

Indian Swimmers At Tokyo Olympics 2021

  Indian Swimmers At Tokyo Olympics 2021  Written by Shamli S Pardeshi (Std. X Abhinav Vidyalay) Edited by Harsh M Fact checked by Harsh M                                                                                             India won 7 medals in Tokyo Olympics 2021. There were a lot of participants who qualified for the Olympics but couldn't win the medal. Indian swimmers who qualified for the Olympics were Srihari Nataraj,  Sajan Prakash and Maana Patel, respectively.  Sajan Prakash , a 27-year-old swimmer from Kerala represented India at the Tokyo Olympics 2021 as well as Rio 2016 Summer Olympics. Sajan Prakash is an inspector in Kerala Police. He is training under the guidance of S. Pradeep Kumar. He had a neck injury and was struck in Thailand during the pandemic. He is the first Indian swimmer to break the Olympic “A” qualification mark. He qualified in the men's 200m freestyle, 100m and 200m butterfly stroke. Sajan Prakash finished 2nd in his heat with the timing o

CYBERSECURITY

  -Durva Waykole (std. X Abhinav Vidyalay) The beginning of the digital era has opened up a lot of opportunities nowadays. We can do mobile banking, online shopping, booking a hotel room, ordering some dinner, booking a cab, reading news, and books everything in just one click, but it has been rightly said that everything has a price, and the more you connect to digital assets the more is the chance of high risk towards your confidential and sensitive data. Now the question arises how the companies are securing this data and how they are protecting the data from this cyberattack? The answer is cyber security. What is Cybersecurity? Cyber security is the body of technologies, processes, and practices designed to protect systems, networks, and programs from unauthorized access which means from small or big cyberattacks or cyber threats, therefore, protecting the organization and individuals. There are various types of cyber-attacks that you can fall prey to, such as Phishing attacks , Ma

Top 10 Smartphones under ₹30000

   -Hemal D, Neel P, Aditya S  (IX, Abhinav Vidyalay) Due to the soaring prices in silicon valley , the prices of flagship smartphones have risen like never before. But if you cannot stretch your budget to buy a flagship phone, you can get a mid-range phone with a better price to performance ratio. We have compared and reviewed dozens of smartphones to filter out the top 10 best mid-range phones so that you will be easily able to choose the best smartphones. The Minimum specifications taken into consideration are- Processor- Snapdragon 750G or Dimensity 1200 , RAM- 6GB, Battery- 4400mAh, 90Hz s AMOLED Display.     *PC stands for picture credits . 1) Realme X7 MAX 5G Processor MediaTek Dimensity 1200 5G (6nm) Ram 12 GB Camera Primary Camera:64 MP + 12 MP +8 MP Selfie Camera: 16 MP Battery 4500 mAh, 65W charging Display 6.43” sAMOLED 120 Hz Storage 256 GB 5G connectivity Yes (7 bands, dual 5G) UI RealmeUI 2.0 Realme X7 Max is the best smartphone under ₹30000. It has Dimensity 120