Packing batteries with more punch
Indian researchers are working on cells that can store more energy, last longer
SK Bhargava, Deputy General Manager of Union Bank of India (middle) hands over the first prize of the Hyderabad edition of BusinessLine Cerebration Business Quiz to Somak Ray (left) and Francis Kurian Thomas, from healthcare start-up eKincare, in Hyderabad on Friday - Nagara Gopal
In a last-round flourish, a two-member team from healthcare start-up eKincare emerged victorious in the Hyderabad regional round of Cerebration, the annual business quiz organised by BusinessLine in association with Union Bank of India, on Friday.
The 17th edition of the all-India quiz got off to a good start with over 70 teams taking part in the elimination (written) round, despite heavy rains in the city. Six teams went to the final round.
eKincare — represented by Somak Ray and Francis Kurian Thomas — and IT major Infosys were tied at 40 points in the last round of questions (a buzzer round), in which teams were awarded 10 points for correct answers and negative 10 points for wrong answers. eKincare pressed the buzzer — and got the answers right — for the last but third and the last questions — and emerged the winner.
The winner will now go to Mumbai to participate in the finals scheduled for September 7. The regional-level quizzes will also be held in Chennai, Bengaluru, Kochi, New Delhi and Mumbai. The winner at the national level will take home a prize money of ₹75,000. The four other finalists in the Hyderabd round were: Adieu ED (10 points), Sai Mitra Constructions (20 points): Univariety (20 points) and Deloitte (10 points). They were tested in four rounds of six questions each, framed in text, visual, audio and video formats.
An enthusiastic audience comprising B-School students from ICBM School of Business Excellence, which hosted the contest, and corporate employees from the city, also pitched in with correct answers, winning prizes.
Here are a few of the questions the quiz master, Miraj Vora, from Quizworks, posed to the participants: Which is the parent company of the social networking app Helo, which supports 14 regional languages and has over 50 million active users? The answer: ByteDance.
In Latin, this word means a sense of envy, a ‘looking upon’ associated with the evil eye, from a word meaning, ‘to look against, to look in a hostile manner’. Which company is named as a play on this word, and has labelled all their files NV (next version)? The answer: Nvidia. The Latin word is invidia.
The practice of registering all RTC (road transport corporation) buses in Hyderabad with a particular feature has a history that goes back to the first fleet of buses introduced by the erstwhile rulers of Hyderabad. In fact, historians say that when the last Nizam of Hyderabad handed over reins to the Government of India, one of the conditions he set was that this tradition be continued. This practice has never been discontinued since the first bus was given a registration number. Which tradition is this? The answer: The letter Z in the bus numbers.
SK Bhargava, Deputy General Manager of Union Bank of India, gave away the prize to eKincare, while D Zarar, Principal of ICBM-SBE, presented the prize to the runners-up Infosys.
Indian researchers are working on cells that can store more energy, last longer
To fix a broken bone, doctors often harvest another bone from the patient’s body or from someone else. It ...
Superconductors from IIScScientists at IISc Bangalore have invented a device with a nanocrystal structure ...
Engineering and construction giant L&T has won a licence from the Council of Scientific & Industrial ...
I am contemplating taking early retirement now at 53 years of age. I will be drawing regular pension ₹38,000.
Investors can re-enter after there is more clarity on demand sustainability
The fund’s category change does not alter its investment process that has delivered strongly
If you have only a pure vanilla term cover and a health plan, then you should get personal accident insurance ...
India is ready with two vaccines to beat the deadliest virus of recent times. The immunisation drive, however, ...
Although they match their Gujarati, South Indian and North Indian counterparts bite for bite, Maharashtrian ...
Actor-director Seema Pahwa spent her time in pandemic 2020 building stories around the eccentricities of joint ...
The clinician scientist on how to combat a mutating virus
Agencies are optimistic that ad volumes and spend will rebound
When tech meets fashion, it can knock your socks off
2020 ambushed and battered agencies — but advertising kept audiences engaged
The turn of the year is a great opportunity for brands to put their best feet forward and showcase ...
Three years after its inception, compliance with GST procedures remains a headache for exporters, job workers ...
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives of companies are altering the prospects for wooden toys of ...
Aequs Aerospace to create space for large-scale manufacture of toys at Koppal
And it has every reason to smile. Covid-19 has triggered a consumer shift towards branded products as ...
Please Email the Editor