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10 ways coronavirus has changed SWAMI YOU'RE ON MUTE VIVEKANANDA Work-from-home has mostly passed the tech- JANUARY 12 THE WORLD nology test. It's a boon for com- panies like the videoconfer- encing platform. ECONOMY However, it's a worry for businesses catering to the old infrastructure of The economic shocks like the coronavirus pandemic of office life— from commercial real estate 2020 come once in few generations, bringing about to food and transportation. permanent and far-reaching changes. Here is an overview NOT GOING of some of the transformations... ANYWHERE? Global tourism fell 72% in A true luminary, Swami 2020 through October. Vivekananda was credited with LEVIATHAN est rates for a long time. According McKinsey reckons that a quar- enlightening the western world Big government (government that is to economists, the interest rates ter of business trips could dis- excessively interventionist) staged a dipped 1.5% points than they oth- THE GREAT appear forever as meetings about Hinduism comeback, as authorities had to erwise would have DIVIDES He pushed for national integra- track where people went been. move online. The World Bank RISE OF THE ROBOTS tion in colonial India and who they met, and warns that the pan- to pay their wages Covid-19 triggered new In 1984, the government of DEBTS AND demic is spawning a A DIFFERENT when employers concerns about the physical GLOBALISATION India declared his birthday as the couldn't manage it. ZOMBIES new generation of contact in the When Chinese factories shut down NATIONAL YOUTH DAY These interventions, Governments poverty and debt industries where however, incurred worldwide of- early in the pandemic, it sent shock The main objective is to pro- turmoil. social distancing is budget deficits of $11 fered credit as a waves through the supply chains mote rational thinking among the trillion in 2020. lifeline, and tough, like everywhere and made businesses businesses K-SHAPED youth, believed to be the future retail, hos- and governments reconsider their reliance on China. EVEN EASIER grabbed it. One As economies locked of the country result was a pitality or down, the upshot has MONEY surge in the warehousing. GOING GREEN PM Narendra Modi will address the been labelled a ‘K-shaped The Central banks corporate debt This led to the When 2020 saw planes grounded valedictory function of the second were plunged back levels. The recovery.’ The virus has rise of the robots. and people staying home, even oil National Youth Parliament Festival via into printing Bank for Inter- widened the income or money. Interest national Settle- Companies replaced majors like BP felt a real threat video conferencing today. The festi- rates hit record ments calculates wealth gaps across fault the humans with from the world, getting serious about climate— val's objective is to hear the voice of lows. History that non-financial com- lines of class, race and robots. Governments from California to the UK announced plans the youth aged between 18 and 25 shows that the pan- panies borrowed a net $3.36 gender. years , the future of India demics depress inter- trillion in the first half of 2020. to ban the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars by 2035 APPLE TO LAUNCH SMALLER, New state of matter 'liquid glass' GM CHANGES BRAND VIEWPOINT FASTER CHARGERS: REPORT LOGO TO HIGHLIGHT Representational pic cientists have uncovered a new state of matter, the liquid glass, with WHY NOT BHARAT RATNA FOR previously-unknown structural elements. The surprise discovery comes EV FUTURE S 20 years after the existence of the ‘liquid glass’ was first predicted, eneral Motors has unveiled a DHYAN CHAND, ASKS FORMER and reveals new insights into the mysterious glass transition. new corporate logo, its first HOCKEY CAPTAIN GOVINDA DISCOVERED G major logo change since 1964, According to scientists, this as part of a new campaign to acceler- new state seems to exist ate the automaker’s focus on electric 1 between a solid and a colloid vehicles (EVs). (such as a gel) homogeneous mix- tures with particles that are micro- obile giant Apple is reportedly planning scopic but still bigger than the atoms to bring smaller and lighter versions of and molecules and easier to study its USB-C wall chargers. Navitas M When materials transform from Semiconductor is expected to obtain orders for liquids into solids, their mole- gallium nitride or GaN chargers for the same. 2 cules usually line up to form a crystalline pattern, which is not the ➤ GaN chargers use gallium nitride case with glass, which is why scien- The “m” in the new GM logo tists are so keen to analyse and is a nod to the shape of an technology, and are more heat-efficient, deconstruct it— with glass (and glass- regular materials that have already electrical plug, the company ockey wizard Dhyan Chand was a "great man, great allowing faster-charging speeds, despite like materials), the molecules are human being and a great player" and it is a surprise been extensively studied said the charger itself being quite smaller locked or frozen in a disordered state that he has not yet been conferred with the Bharat The campaign includes a pre- H Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, says former The findings have the potential India hockey captain BP Govinda."Being a hockey wizard and ➤ Ireland-based Navitas Semiconductor, In the liquid glass, the scien- to go way beyond the glass as viously-announced $27 billion someone who is well known around the world, why not? Peo- tists noticed that the colloids well, shedding light on every- investment in EV and ple have compared Dhyan Chand to what Pele was to football. US-based Power Integrations and China- 4 3 were able to move, but couldn't thing— from the smallest biological autonomous vehicles (AV) Why shouldn't he get it? he questioned. based Innoscience are the global top rotate – they had more flexibility than cell to the biggest cosmological sys- through 2025 and the launch three suppliers of fast-charging solu- the molecules in glass, but not tem – any scenario, where there is unex- of 30 new EVs by 2025-end There has been a steady demand from various enough to make them comparable to plained disorder quarters on conferring Dhyan Chand the highest tions based on GaN-on-Si chips civilian award since a long time. Born on August 29, 1905, Dhyan Chand was arguably the face of sports in pre-Independent India, and for many years after 1947 as well. He led the Indian team to Bright back-to-back gold medals IDEA A solar-powered remote for your TV! at the 1928, 1932, and Cricketer 1936 Olympics Sachin As part of its 'Going Green' scheme, tech giant Samsung has created a new solar-powered TV remote, which can In 1956, the government conferred on him the Tendulkar is also be charged by indoor lighting, removing the need for replaceable batteries... Padma Bhushan— he the only was never presented sportsper- Called the Solar Cell Remote Control, the The remote, made of recycled-plastic bot- FOR A CAUSE the Arjuna award son to have new TV remote contains a tles, is part of the company’s small solar panel, and can eco-packaging scheme, which The South Korean firm has also though— and released a been con- be charged using both reduces text and images on the pledged to reduce the carbon foot- postage stamp in his ferred with indoor and outdoor light, as packaging in order to reduce the print of its TV business over the memory on December 3, the Bharat Ratna, well as being plugged in amount of oil-based ink used in next few years, as well as seek to 1980, a year after he died till date printing Samsung says it esti- reduce power consumption in its mates that the remote will In a more unusual step, the products and use more recycled Apple stopped including charging help prevent waste from packaging is also covered in a materials plugs in the box for new iPhone Should Dhyan Chand be conferred with the Bharat around 99 million batteries pattern of microdots, aimed to Several tech giants have begun models, in an effort to reduce the Ratna or is it too late? SHARE YOUR VIEWS AT in the next seven years help the buyers reuse, customise taking a range of steps to improve weight and the amount of packaging [email protected]. YOU CAN POST YOUR COM- and repurpose the packaging their green credentials. Last year, required for each device Q MENTS AT TOISTUDENT.COM No one undertakes research in physics with the intention of winning a prize. It is the joy of discovering something FOCUS. LEARN. MASTER no one knew before. -Stephen Hawking 02 TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2021
undamental Science _ Physics _ is an es- sential part of most technological and F scientific educa- tional curriculum. Amongst EXPERIMENT 5 the many tools that can be used for making knowledge of Physics and its learning fun, the most attractive is that of FUN WITH ICE CUBES Hands-on Physics Experiments EXPERIMENT 1 Squeeze a few ice cubes (HPEs), which helps in the un- A)together in a towel and derstanding of many natural hold them for a minute. and technical processes via di- rect observation and experience. BEND WATER WITH OBSERVATION: A study published by Prof. Sain When you stop pressing, the EXPERIMENT 6 Beilock in Psychological Science cubes are frozen together. showed that students who took a ELECTRICITY hands-on approach to learning his experiment is so simple you can do it at any time. EXPLANATION: had activation in sensory and TTurn on the tap so that you get only a very thin stream The pressure causes the ice BAR MAGNET’S motor-related parts of the of water flowing. Now comb your hair 10 times and then to melt by lowering its melt- brain. Activation of these brain bring the comb close to the flowing water, without actu- ing point. When the pres- MAGNETIC areas was associated with better ally touching the water. sure is withdrawn the quiz performance by physics molten water re-solidifies and students who participated in the OBSERVATION: joins the cubes together. FIELD LINES research. If all goes well, the stream of water should bend towards the An HPE involves any materi- comb. Take two heavy stones ake some iron filings and al, object, instrument or experi- B)and a thin metal wire. Tspread them over a small re- mental setup used for learning a EXPLANATION: Tie the stones at the two ends gion on a sheet of white paper. Put properly contextualized concept, While brushing hair, electrons are collected on the comb. of the wire. Hang the wire a bar magnet below the sheet of principle, law or application. These electrons have a negative charge. When you bring the along with the stones over a paper and tap the paper gently. They contribute to the negatively charged comb near the stream of flow- larger block of ice. student's use of basic concepts ing water,it is attracted to it. You can try an- OBSERVATION: and experimental skills to con- other experiment with your comb. Tear OBSERVATION: Iron filings form a definite pat- struct something new and so up pieces of tissue paper into tiny bits. The wire passes through the tern. give the pupil a chance to inte- Then charge your comb again by ice without breaking it, leav- grate theoretical and practical brushing it through your hair and ing a solid cube. EXPLANATION: contents naturally. bring it close to the tiny pieces of When the magnet is placed below Some Hands-on Physics tissue paper.They will jump off EXPLANATION: the sheet of paper, it attracts the Experiments are given below the table to the comb the The line of ice directly under the wire melts iron filings. The pattern of the with an effort to allow stu- same way that the wa- because the pressure lowers the melting point. iron filings shows the lines of dents to become part of the ter was pulled to the The wire sinks into this water. The water force that make up the magnetic learning process so that comb. It is all above the wire freezes again due to field of the magnet. The concen- physics as a subject becomes thanks to the decrease of pressure. Therefore the wire tration of iron filings near the interesting, exciting and easy to wonders of stat- passes through. poles indicates that these areas understand. ic electricity. exert the strongest force. EXPERIMENT 7 EXPERIMENT 2 TO SHOW THE PRESENCE OF FLOAT EGG IN WATER DIY ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE lace an egg in a glass ake a glass tumbler, water and a P of fresh water. No- Tcard. Fill up the glass tumbler com- tice what happens. Add pletely with water and cover it with salt to the water, stir && the card. Putting your hand on the gently, and observe what card, turn the glass upside down and happens. then slowly remove your hand. OBSERVATION: OBSERVATION: In the fresh water, the Water does not fall down. egg sinks. As you add salt, it floats. EXPLANATION: DECIPHER When you turn the glass upside down, EXPLANATION: the pressure of the air outside the glass is A denser liquid exerts a greater up-thrust or buoyant force. Salt greater than pressure of water inside the makes water denser. Now you understand easily why a ship rides HANDS-ON LEARNING ACTIVATES glass. Therefore the card experiences an higher in ocean water than in river water. You understand why it's upward push. For this reason water does not easier to swim in the ocean than in a lake or pond. SENSORY AND MOTOR-RELATED fall the card stays in place. PARTS OF THE BRAIN EXPERIMENT 3 EXPERIMENT 8 BOTTLE SUBMARINE EXPERIMENT 4 AIR CONTAINS NITROGEN AND ake a soft drink bottle and fill it with Twater up to the brim. Collect a plastic OXYGEN IN RATIO 4:1 BY VOLUME dropper and wrap a few turns of a metal FLOATATION OF NEEDLE ON WATER wire to make it heavy at one end. Fill up the sing a tissue pa- water. When water comes in ake a flat container and fix a candle dropper with water up to its neck and in- Uper as a carrier, contact with air, the mole- Tat its center. Put some quantity of sert it into the bottle. If the plastic dropper place a needle on the cules on the surface of the water in the container. Place an empty, floats on top of the water, add more water surface of water in a water huddle closer together dry glass tumbler over it. Mark five to it; on the other hand if it sinks, pour out glass tumbler. With and form a thin film or skin marks above the water surface on the a little so that the dropper just barely floats. the help of a fork gen- over the surface. If you gen- glass tumbler at equal distances. The Close the cap of the cold drink bottle tight- tly press the tissue pa- tly pour a drop of soap solu- candle is lightened and is covered with ly.Hold the palm of your hand over the bot- per so that it sinks tion in a glass tumbler with the glass tumbler. tle and press it firmly; then release your into water. the floating needle, the nee- hand. dle sinks immediately. The OBSERVATION: OBSERVATION: soap After some time the candle is extin- OBSERVATION: The needle will float. solution reduces the guished and the water level is raised The plastic dropper dives down. When you surface tension of in the glass tumbler up to first mark. remove your hand, the dropper floats again. EXPLANATION: water. By lowering The needle is heavier than the amount surface tension, soap EXPLANATION: EXPLANATION: of water it displaces and should be makes water able to The air in Earth's atmosphere is made up of approximately 80 per cent When you press with your hand, you force the air inside the plas- expected to sink. It, however, floats wet the surface of nitrogen and 20 per cent oxygen. The raised level in water is 1/5 of the vol- tic dropper to compress - to occupy less space. This leaves room because of an invisible elastic skin of the needle. ume of air in the glass tumbler. for more water. When the added water enters the dropper, it This proves that one part of the air of the glass tumbler is a gas which sup- becomes heavier than the water which it displaces and sinks. ports combustion, i.e., oxygen. Hence, 1/5 by volume is oxygen in air. Binay Biswas, Physics teacher, Birla High School, Kolkata PREP UP TO FRAME CRISPR-CAS9 MarvelsMarvels ofof geneticgenetic engineeringengineering ANSWERS SMARTLY WHAT IS IT? SALIENT FEATURES y advice to students who First and foremost, reading the portant. Read up on current affairs The code of life; There are many genetically modified will be appearing for their texts meticulously is a must. to make your writing authentic and Deoxyribonucleic organisms used today in the food 1Read every story and make a matured. Acid (DNA) is a com- Mboard exams is that they mind map of the plot and the setting industry, especially meat sector. plex molecule that should not bank on last minute of the stories. According to the new Practice all formats regularly.Re- Genetic engineering is also widely pattern, extracts can be given from member you stand to lose marks guides growth, study plans. 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But the Indian duo of Hanuma Vihari and R Ashwin stood their ground and managed to do just that as they eked out a draw in what was nothing short of an action- packed fifth day in the third Test between India and Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground BRAVEHEARTS VIHARI, ASHWIN
■ Batting out 131 overs, the decided to send in Rishabh Pant down this time round. most India have batted in the at the fall of stand-in skipper fourth innings of a Test since Ajinkya Rahane’s wicket. With ■ He first combined for a short 1980, showed exactly what Ash- the game clearly in Australia’s partnership with Pujara and win meant when he spoke about court, Pant decided to show why then after the latter’s dismissal playing like true warriors at the the team has backed him despite for 77, combined with Ashwin to end of the fourth day’s play at his inconsistent run. see India home.The scoresheet the SCG. might call this a draw, but both ■ A fearless brand of cricket teams know that India will walk ■ A hamstring injury from him suddenly saw India away with their heads held high. notwithstanding,Vihari hit an walking into the lunch break Not just that, they will walk onto unbeaten 161-ball 23 while Ash- with the score on 206/3. With 201 The Gabba high on confidence win hit 39 off 128 balls as the needed and Pant on a roll, it sud- after this inspiring effort. two defended away any hopes denly looked like India was play- Australia had of registering a ing to go 2-1 up in the series. ■ There was banter, there was win. With an injured Ravindra Credit must also be given to humour and there were a few Jadeja waiting in the pavilion, Cheteshwar Pujara as he kept ugly gestures in-between, but it was important for the two to the board ticking and didn’t get it was all in the spirit and noth- ensure they saw India to the into a shell. ing that crossed the line in what end and that is just what they was an adrenaline-filled final did as the players shook hands ■ But Nathan Lyon sending session of the third Test. While with an over left. Pant back on 97 suddenly saw the Australian skipper Tim the Indian fans fear another col- Paine tried to get into the skin ■ But it all started in the morn- lapse. But the out-of-form Vi- of Ashwin, the Indian spinner ing when the team management hari wasn’t letting anybody was no less.
THIS RESULT IS TOUGH TO SWALLOW: PAINE
Photo: AP Australia skipper Tim Paine on Monday said that the result was a The game will be definitely be tough one to swallow and not holding onto catches costed the remembered for a side. “I thought we created enough chances to win the game, great show of this one’s a tough one to swallow. Our bowlers were superb, character by an (Nathan) Lyon bowled well. Just that we didn’t hold onto our Indian team which catches. Looking forward to Brisbane. We didn’t play our best in has missed the the last two games, but we were somewhat good with the bat in services of regular this Test. There were a few positives for us, our bowlers created skipper Virat Kohli plenty of chances,” said Paine during the post-match presenta- and a bunch of tion. “Today was a whole-hearted effort from the boys, just that seniors like things didn’t go our way,” he added. Paine did not have a good Mohammad Shami, day behind the stumps as he ended up dropping three catches Ishant Sharma and (two of Rishabh Pant and one of Hanuma Vihari). ANI Umesh Yadav in what is one of the toughest places to tour PLAN WAS TO FIGHT TILL THE END WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT THE RESULT: RAHANE
Photo: AFP The talk going into day five was to fight till the end without thinking about the result, said India skipper Ajinkya Rahane. Australia's seamers “Our talk coming this morning was to show character and fight attacked Ashwin till the end. Not to think about the result. Really happy with the relentlessly with way we fought especially today, but also throughout the game,” short-pitched deliveries Rahane said at the post-match presentation. “Even in the first aimed at the body innings when Australia were 200 for 2 and getting them all out for 338 was really good,” he added. Pant came ahead of Hanuma Vihari at number five, a move that was made keeping the left-right combination in mind, said Rahane. “There are few NEVER BACKING DOWN FROM A CHALLENGE areas we can improve (ahead of fourth Test) on but special Hats of to both @Hanumavihari and guard marks from the crease. Par @Hanumavihari for the roles of the day was very mention to Vihari and Ashwin. The way they batted in the end @ashwinravi99. To draw the test! A kuch kaam na aaya. Khaaya peeya they’ve played brilliantly. Any guess- impressive. Can’t and showed character was really good to see. Credit to him lot has to be said about vihari for kuch nahi, glass toda barana. But I es in which dressing room the wait for Brisbane (Pant) for the way he played,” said the skipper. ANI his grit and determination even am so so proud of the effort of the morale will be high? now. #AUSvIND after being injured! This knock is as Indian team today. Seena chonda ho Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, good as any hundred in test cricket! gaya yaar. former India captain former Australia captain Ashwin always had the talent to be a Virender Sehwag, Loved the fight and determination of Never giving up. Never backing VIHARI’S KNOCK WAS EQUAL TO SCORING A HUNDRED: ASHWIN main allrounder! #AUSvsIND former India batsman India all day today. Starting with down from a challenge. Great char- K Srikanth, former India batsman Chasing 400 in Sydney was never going to be easy, as the ball was going up and down. That knock by Pant set us Really proud of #TeamIndia! Special Pant and Pujara, and then for Vihari acter and resilience displayed by up. After Pujara and Pant’s wicket and with Vihari injured, it was going to be difficult to go for the win. Touring Tried all tricks including Steve Smith mention to @RishabhPant17 , and Ashwin to withstand Australia the team. Australia is never easy so Vihari can be proud of himself. It was a knock equal to scoring a hundred. I was trying to remove Pant’s batting @cheteshwar1 , @ashwinravi99 and and look largely in control for most Mayank Agarwal, India batsman just telling the batting coach during the lunch break that I have never left the SCG without a fifty, this is a venue where I have done well with the bat and today’s innings is right up there. Photo: GETTY IMAGES
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