TechSpeak By Sankalp

  Indian elephant   The elephant is the national heritage animal of India. The Indian  Elephants are one of three Asian elephants that are now existing on earth. The population of this elephant had declined by approx.  50% during 1930 to 1940. So, this elephant had been listed as  Endangered species on the “IUCN Red List” in 1986. The scientific name of this elephant is ‘Elephas maximus indicus’.   As compared to the African elephants, Indian elephants are somewhat smaller, have smaller ears, broader skull, and a larger trunk.  The back of this animal has a convex shape or level. The Tips of their trunks have finger-like functions and are used to grab things. The highest point of their body lies on their head. Their tusks are also long as compared to their females. The height of these elephants ranges from 2m to 3.5m and weights between 2 tons to 5 tons. The largest Indian elephant was named “Raja Gaj” which had a height of  3.43m and was ver...

  Let’s stay positive & attract positive   Being positive is one of the most important things that we can do in our life. Whatever the situation maybe, if you always remain positive and also think in a positive way then you can come out of that situation very easily. Positive thinking is one of the important characteristics that a person should have. It has great power. If you start thinking positively then the world around you will become positive.   Rhonda Byrne, an Australian writer, and producer, explains the “law of attraction” in his famous book “The Secret” which is the best-selling book of that time. According to this law, every person attracts the same thing about which he always thinks. It means that if you think negatively then the same will happen to you i.e. if you fear anything to happen then the probability of happening that thing will increase.  On the other hand, if you always think positively then also the same will happen to you ...

  Marathi   Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by more than 80 million peoples in India mainly in Maharashtra and Goa. It is one of the 22  scheduled languages of India. It is the official language of  Maharashtra and the co-official language of Dadra and Nagar Haveli,  Daman and Diu, Goa. It is the third-largest language in India and the 10 th largest language in the world in terms of the total no. of speakers.  Marathi is included among the languages which stand a part of the  Eighth Schedule of the constitution of India, thus granting it the status of a scheduled language.   Marathi is one of many languages that are further derived from  Prakrit that belongs to the Indo- Aryan language family. These changes further advanced and led to the language Apabhramsa which is similar to the old Marathi. The earliest example of Maharashtri as a  separate language is found in approximately 300 BC where a stone is found in a cave...

  HINDI  Hindi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken mostly in India. Modern  Hindi is a standardized version of the Hindustani language which itself is based on the Khariboli dialect. It is one of the two official languages of  India along with English and also it is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India. It is written in Devanagari script. Hindi with more than 260 million speakers around the world is the fourth most spoken language in the world after Mandarin, Spanish and English. Hindi along with Urdu constitute Hindustani language which is the third-largest spoken language in the world after Mandarin and English.   Hindi is mostly used in India. Outside India, it is spoken in Nepal,  Mauritius, Uganda, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Fiji, South Africa, etc. Besides this, it is also spoken and being understood in various other countries like the United State of America, Pakistan, Afghanistan,  United Arab Emirates, Germany, etc where people from ...

  OctOpush   Octopush is the other name of Underwater Hockey in which two teams compete with each other for pushing a flat ball (puck) to the other’s team goal with the help of a special type of hockey stick (also known as a pusher). It was first played in 1954 in Southsea, England. It is generally played in swimming pools. Initially, in this game, each team had eight members, and hence ‘octo’ word comes from it, and since Pusher is used to push the ball, so ‘push’ word is derived from it. This whole name “octopush” was kept to make this game more attractive.   The first Octopush competition was held in 1955 between three clubs Southsea, Bournemouth, and Brighton in which Southsea had won the tournament. This sport had reached South Africa in 1950  and in Canada in 1962 and in Australia in 1966. In Asia, this sport first arrived in 1970 in the Philippines. Now this game has spread in more than 30 countries across the world. The first Underwater Hockey ...

  The first computer in the world   Computers play a very important role in our life. Today it is used in almost every area. For example, in the engineering field it is used in simulation, designing, and analysis of various products, in the medical field it is very widely used in examining internal organs, determining blood flow pattern, in the Military, it is used in the operation of various weapons, satellites and so on. There is no field which can develop at a fast rate without the use of computers. So, we can easily say that computers are nowadays an integral part of our life.   Now, the question might have arisen in your mind: which was the first computer? Who had invented that? How was it at that time?  What was its capability? and so on. Now we will look into these questions in detail. The name of the world’s first electronic general-purpose digital computer was ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer). It was designed by John Mauchly and J. P...

  Crypto Currency: ethereum  Ethereum is an open-source, public cryptocurrency. It is based on the blockchain distributed computing platform and operating system. It was developed by the Ethereum foundation on 30 th July 2015. It uses EVM  1 Bytecode software and operates on a cross-platform operating system. It is written in different programming languages such as C++,  Scala, Python, Go, and Rust. Its size is 300 GB. It is generated by mining nodes for computations performed.   Ethereum was proposed by Vtalik Buterin, a cryptocurrency researcher and programmer in late 2013. Development of this mining took place in July and August 2014 and was funded by an online crowd sale. As a result, on 30 th July 2015, 72 million coins were minted which accounts for about 68 percent of the total circulating supply in 2019.   Vtalik Buterin, the developer of Ethereum and co-founder of Bitcoin  Magazine, first described this concept on paper for buildin...

  GOOGLE CLOUD PRINT Google first introduced Cloud print in April 2010 as a future solution for printing from the Chrome Operating system. It is a service provided by Google which allows its users to print any application from its desktop, mobile, etc (which can directly access the cloud print service through the internet) without actually installing hardware devices. This user has to send a document to google for printing and google will do the rest process. If your chrome can not connect to the Google Cloud Print then it also provides the facility of ‘Cloud print Connector’- which lets printers plugged into a Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac, or Linux computer with internet access to use cloud print with the connector running in Google Chrome.  In this, documents or applications are printed through a web based common print dialogs such as a web interface or Application programming interface. Firstly, the service forwards the job to a printer that is registered to the service. Cl...

  Impact of COVID19 Pandemic Nowadays our world is facing a very difficult situation due to the coronavirus pandemic. Many countries including India have announced a lockdown and people are now living in quarantine. All activities are put on halt. This will really affect the economic condition of the whole world.  In India, prime minister Narendra Modi has announced a lockdown of 21 days. This step is really crucial for the prevention of coronavirus spread. Everywhere in the media, people are requested to remain quarantined. Whatsapp, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and other social media are overflooded with different quotes, videos, GIFs, etc to motivate people to stay home and remain safe. Initially, when lockdown had just been announced people started to panic for their daily needs such as groceries and other essentials. They went to the market and started buying things for long days and in consequence of that, the price of every item rose to its peak value until the governm...

Are competitions about winning or improving yourself? ‘What the competition really is?’ This question has really got different answers. Some people say that if one is in competition then he must win otherwise there is no gain in competition. On the other hand, according to some people if you manage to learn anything in the competition then it is fruitful for you. There is a famous quote said by Jordan Peterson in his book ’12 Rules for Life’ is that “Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not who someone else is today”. It means that you should never compare yourself with other people but always compare yourself with yourself that you were yesterday. We should always try to improve ourselves.  Actually, a comparison between you and others has no meaning. Every person has different backgrounds. The society, religion, faith, family attitude, etc that others have got will never be the same as yours. It is also possible that you have different strategies and mindsets than others. ...

  Anamorphosis   Anamorphosis is an art in which a distorted picture or projections are drawn which appears normal when viewed from a certain angle or from a certain point or with the help of a suitable mirror or lenses.  The word anamorphosis is derived from the Greek prefix ‘ana’ which means  “back” and the word ‘morphe’ which means “shape”. This type of art is in huge demand today. It is used by media, advertisers, painters, and others.      This art also has a great history. It was used in prehistoric cave paintings in order to fool the outsiders so that they do not get into the caves. The earliest known example of this art was the  “Leonardo’s Eye” which was executed by the famous artist Leonardo da Vinci. He has used this art several other times later on. Another well-known example of it was “The Ambassadors” which is made by  Hans Holbein the Younger who was well known for the oblique anamorphic transformation in the painting. In ...

  Bengal tiger The Bengal tiger, also known as Royal Bengal Tiger is the national  animal of both India and Bangladesh. It is native to the Indian  subcontinent and hence it is mainly found in India, Nepal, Bhutan,  Bangladesh and other neighbouring countries. The scientific name of  Bengal Tiger is “Panthera Tigris Tigris”. This tiger is one of the biggest  wild cats who are alive today. The number of this animal is very less  in the world and hence it is included in the list of endangered  species.   It is estimated that Bengal Tigers were present in Indian subcontinent  from about 12000 to 16000 years ago. There are approximately 3000  tigers present in India in 2018 which is somewhat more than the  previous numbers. Bangladesh has around 440 tigers, Nepal has  approx. 200 tigers, Bhutan has around 100 tigers and these tigers are  also present in other neighbouring countries but in very less number. ...

ELON MUSK: THE BEST ENTREPRENEUR  The best example of a businessman is Elon Musk. He is a great engineer, philanthropist, industrial designer, technology entrepreneur, and indeed a great businessman. He was born on June 28, 1971, in South Africa. He was ranked 21 st on the Forbes list of the world’s most powerful people in December 2016. He was also ranked jointly first on the Forbes list of the world’s most innovative people of 2019. He has a net worth of $27.9 billion and is listed as the 20 th richest person in the world in Forbes list. In his childhood he was an exceptionally brilliant student. At the age of 10 he learned computer programming and at the age of 12 he made a video game and sold it for $500. Now he is the founder and CEO of many companies. These include: SpaceX: He is founder and CEO of the world's biggest and most successful private space organisation. During the establishment of this company he faced failure three times. He lost all the money he had at that ti...