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NEW PRINCIPAL OF OUR COLLEGE

 "Leadership is not a position or a title, it is action and example."

 A principal is someone who is the leader of an entire community within a college. Leaders are change makers and progress is impossible without change. Yes! We are glad to inform that our Mechanical department HOD Dr.R. Malayalamurthi is now the principal of ACGCET, succeeding the principal Dr.R. Shanmugalakshmi from 04.05.2020. We believe to advance, move forward and take the college to next level with Dr.R. Malayalamurthi as our principal. Each and every member of the college is extremely happy and ready to lend a great support in the upcoming days.

GENERAL ARTICLE

Karl Marx-The father of Communism

Karl Marx was a German philosopher and Socialist bron on May 5,Trier, Prussia. He was the oldest surviving out of nine children.His parents were Jews but later he became atheist. He joined University of Bonn but he was jailed due to drunkenness. Later he moved to University of Berlin where he studies law and philosophy. There he joined a movement knows as Young Hegelians and criticised the cultural and political establishment of that day. Marx joined the Liberal Democratic newspaper called Rheinische Zeitung and later became the editor of that newspaper in 1842.German government banned that newspaper and he moved to Paris where he met his forever friend Friedrich Engels. In 1845 the Prussian Government intervened and Marx was expelled from France moved to Brussels. In 1847 the newly founded Communist League in London drafted Marx and Engels to write “The Communist Manifesto”which was published the following year. In it they mentioned class materialism and making the working men the new ruling class of the world. He worked as a journalist there, including 10 years as a correspondent of the New York Daily Turbine. But he was financially supported by Engels. In 1864 Marx helped to found the International working men’s association and gave inaugural address. Three years later he published “Capital”(Das Kapital) his masterwork of his economic theory. In it he wrote how Capitalism works and struggles of the working class. He worked on manuscripts on additional volume but remained unfinished and he died on March 14,1883.

Even though he can earn good income with his intelligence he chose to write the struggles of the working class and sacrificed his life for the working class. Marx will live forever and never be forgotten.

“Ideoligies doesn’t die”

“Democracy is the road to Socialism”-Karl Marx

Engels on his funeral speech said “Your name will endure through ages and also your work”. 

INTERESTING FACTS

Banana

Banana, a fruit that we commonly use. Lot of  us love eating bananas!
A few interesting facts about this berry fruit  are

• This is a fruit with more trade regulations.

• We are familiar with tomato Ketchup right. In Philippines instead of tomato they use bananas for ketchup! It may be too Yummy to eat.

• A fruit with potassium, fibre content, low calories and cholesterol.

• Bananas are radioactive because they naturally contain potassium isotopes.

• All of us know that banana skin is slippery. Four Japanese have measured the amount of friction between a shoe and the banana skin.The measured friction coefficient is 0.07.This is much more low than the value on common materials.

This is too few about bananas. If anyone know some more interesting facts just comment to share with us. 

Magnetic Hills

Anti gravity hills, sounds mysterious right?

If we place a vehicle without giving life to the engine, it will move uphill on it’s own which seems to defy gravity.

All over the world such hills are present. In India we can find magnetic hills in the states of Chattisgarh, Gujarat,Maharashtra and the union territory Ladakh. There are lot of myths about this magnetic hill. But Magnetic Hill is actually an ‘Optical Illusion' produced by the surrounding land. So a slight downhill slope appears to be an uphill slope for us. This confusion of viewing a downhill as uphill is because of the obstructed view of horizon. Without a horizon in view, we can’t find any reliable reference to say a slope is downhill or uphill.

Floating Post Office

In the world of emails and SMS ,still post offices are widely used means of communication in India.

Dal Lake is situated in the heavenly city of Srinagar. In the astounding  Dal lake we can find a boat with the logo of Indian Post Office. It holds a board ‘Floating Post Office, Dal Lake’. It is established in 2011 by the then Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir Omar Abdullah. Also the post office have a museum which contains lot of unique stamps. In the floating post office the stamps used have image of the beautiful Dal Lake. A most visited tourist place.

There are lot of such peculiar Post offices like undersea post office,post office inside Eiffel Tower, post office in Antarctic and so on.

If anyone know about those peculiar Post offices, just comment to share with us.

KNOW YOUR DAYS

May 8-World Red Cross Day

Every year 8th May is celebrated as World Red Cross Day to honour the International Red Cross Crescent Movement founder Henry Dunant who was born on this day in 1828. It is meant to inspire, facilitate and also promote all humanitarian activities that are carried out by the ICRC.

May 10(2nd Sunday of May)-Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day is a celebration honouring the mother of a family, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds , and the influence of mothers in society.

May 11-National Technology Day

This day marks the anniversary of Pokhran Nuclear tests of 1998 and India’s technological advancements in Space. Pokhran nuclear tests were a series of five nuclear bomb test explosions conducted by India led by the Aerospace engineer and late president Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam.

May 12-International Nurses Day

It is an International day observed around the world on 12 May of each year, to mark the contributions that Nurses make to Society. The day was chosen as it is the birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing.

REFRESH YOUR MIND

1) The sum of the present ages of a father and his son is 60 years. five years ago, father's age was four times the age of the son. so now the son's age will be:

A) 5
B) 10
C) 15
D) 20

2) A boy can swim in still water at 4.5 km/h, but takes twice as long to swim upstream than downstream. The speed of the stream is ?

A) 1.8 kmph B) 2 kmph
C) 2.2 kmph D) 1.5 kmph

3) The calendar for the year 1993 will be same for the year

A) 1999
B) 2004
C) 2010
D) 2021

4) A mixture of 150 litres of wine and water contains 20% water. How much more water should be added so that water becomes 25% of the new mixture?

A) 10 litres
B) 20 litres
C) 30 litres
D) 40 litres

5) The area of the largest circle that can be drawn inside a rectangle with sides 18cm by 14cm is

A) 49sq.cm
B) 154sq.cm
C) 378sq.cm
D) 1078sq.cm

ANSWER FOR LAST WEEK QUESTIONS:

1)Answer: Option B) 5

Let the speed of the stream be x km/hr. Then,
Speed downstream = (15 + x) km/hr,
Speed upstream = (15 - x) km/hr.
  30/  (15 + x) + 30/(15 - x)= 4 × (1/2)
  900/225 - x^2 = 9/2
        9x^2 = 225
        x^2 = 25
        x = 5 km/hr.

2) Answer: Option C) 42,33

Let their marks be (x + 9) and x.
Then, x + 9 = 56/100 (x + 9 + x)
  25(x + 9) = 14(2x + 9)
  3x = 99
  x = 33
So, their marks are 42 and 33.

3) Answer: Option C) 1200

2(15 + 12) x h = 2(15 x 12)
 h = 180/27m = 20/3m.
 Volume={15x12x(20/3)}=1200Cu.m

4) Answer: Option C) 16km

Let the distance travelled on foot be x km.
Then, distance travelled on bicycle = (61 -x) km.
So, x/4 + (61 -x)/9 = 9
  9x + 4(61 -x) = 9 x 36
  5x = 80
x = 16 km.

5) Answer: Option A) Rs.890

Arun :  Kamal : Vinay = (8,000 x 6) : (4,000 x 8) : (8,000 x 8)
= 48 : 32 : 64
= 3 : 2 : 4.
 Kamal's share ={4005 x(2/9)}=Rs.890.

The winner of the last week aptitude corner is  S S ASWATHY, EEE, 2nd YEAR .
         

READING MATTERS

Nike! I think we are all familiar with this word. For me the  first thing that comes into my mind while saying Nike is athletic shoes and all. What about you guys? 

Nike is the world’s largest athletic footwears supplier and it manufactures sports equipments. Nike is a famous brand too. 

         

We all relay on branded things. But behind the success story of a brand,there are a lot of struggles and sacrifice . Nike also have such story. If you guys want to know more about Nike, just catch up the book ‘SHOE DOG' written by the co-founder of Nike,Phil Knight. This book is a portrait of the Nike’s struggles and its rise as the world’s most acknowledged company. According to Bill Gates, this is one of his five favorite books of 2016.

Finally, this book is a superb biography than a boring one. A completely inspirational one for the future entrepreneurs. 

Feeling bored in this quarantine ! Just start reading.

ARTISTIC  ZONE:

                S. Janani, CSE, 1st yr

               A. Selvi, EEE, 2nd yr

             H. Anusha, ECE, 2nd yr

             T. Abirami, ECE, 2nd yr

PICS CORNER

    V. Alagumuthumari, Civil, 2nd yr.

           V. Siva ranjani, Mech, 1st yr

             Sushmitha, ECE, 2nd yr

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