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10 2021 | Spectrum | Volume 14 Number 5
10 2020 | Spectrum | Volume 14 Number 5
How Blockchain Technology

has evolutionised the World

ASMITA SOOD Along with revolutionizing the
monetary world, this technology
Blockchain Technology is a holds the answer to one of the
typical database which stores biggest challenges faced by
data in blocks and then chains humanity, i.e., vaccinating
them together, in that respective the world population against
order. A decentralized blockchain Covid-19. Blockchain has the
is immutable, meaning that the potential to revolutionize the
data entered is irreversible. The way in which vaccines reach
transactions are permanently people all around the globe.
recorded and visible to everyone. This distribution will be done
via the smallest channels of
One of the major ways in
which Blockchain Technology the supply chain and thus, a
single integrated window is
has revolutionized the monetary required to keep a track of
world is through the concept of distribution. It will also help
Cryptocurrency, for example, the stakeholders manage the
Bitcoin.
inventory and optimize the orders. Eyes on the stars, feet on the ground! Dr. Sridhar Vembu in front of his office
The world market is This will ensure that inventory in Mathalamparai. (Source: Forbes India)
continuously getting bigger visibility is maintained, and the
and more complex by the day. process is secure and free from
In this scenario, industries fraudulent activities. It helps A Technocrat with Real Roots!
are constantly looking for keep a tab on the movement of
a solution that makes these vaccines through a distribution
transactions faster, easier, more system, thus making the process come from even the remotest with Zoho due to the positive
transparent as well as secure. of vaccine distribution more B. KAVYA SHRUTHI talents. Through this, he aspires impacts it’s had on their lives.
Blockchain does exactly that efficient. Therefore, Blockchain What would you do in a village to encourage youth to work With strong preferences for
along with eliminating the need Technology has revolutionized with misty hills, paddy-adorned from and for their hometowns, skills and knowledge over
for intermediaries, reducing the modern world and has the
costs, delays and increasing potential to improve each sector fields, and peacock-cry imbued which shall reduce migration grades, Sridhar’s Zoho Schools
accuracy. and industry effectively. breeze? Programming is the to cities and promote diverse of Learning offers courses in
last thing that’ll come to your economic growth. Sridhar is technology, design and business,
mind, but Dr. Sridhar Vembu, the a lateral thinker. He believes and has produced 884 graduates
CEO of Zoho Corporations, an that nationalism is the desire to so far.
Indian-American firm providing build a nation that is a producer
Software as a Service (SaaS) predominantly. He reflects this “We are a state-of-the-art
platform to more than 60+million in his work by building SaaS tech company with a very
users worldwide, is a man of platforms based truly out of old-fashioned approach to
unconventional actions. He India. Sridhar emphasizes on company building.”, says
currently works from his ‘rural the importance of challenging Sridhar. Today’s youth look
office’ in the Mathalamparai the status quo and building up to his visionary, yet grounded
village, Tenkasi. It was here resilience at work. He nurtures leadership. Acknowledging his
that Zoho Desk (a customer a fluid work environment in contributions in the trade and
service software) was built Zoho where titles don’t limit industry sector, Dr. Sridhar
from scratch demonstrating expression. Every employee Vembu has been awarded the
A blockchain network that world class software can shares a sense of belonging revered Padma Shri this year.

Should Euthanasia Be Legalised?

AASTHA AGGARWAL support is withdrawn (passive aren’t able to pay bills or fulfill
euthanasia). The debate on the other grudges.
Euthanasia or mercy killing legalisation of euthanasia is
Euthanasia is legal in many
is the act of painlessly and a tough one, with both sides countries across the world.
intentionally ending a life to end firmly strong in their views. Passive euthanasia earned legal
pain and suffering. Euthanasia Euthanasia gives an individual status in India back in 2011, in
may sound cruel and against the the right to introspect their response to a plea for euthanasia
natural law, but it can also be essence of life and live and for Aruna Shanbaug, a nurse
considered kindness as it eases end it in a dignified manner at King Edward’s Memorial
the person of their helpless state without pressure. It may be an Hospital, Mumbai, who had been
despite coming with a hefty act of kindness, but one cannot brutally raped and strangled in Euthanasia: an end to suffering
emotional cost.
neglect the infinite problems the 1973. The attack paralysed her
The process is most favorable practice will lead to. Legalising and left her in a vegetative state
when the patient has an euthanasia will give extra power till her death in 2015. Though Legalising euthanasia
incurable disease, or they are to the medical community. the plea for disconnecting life
in an irreversible coma. In There will be unknown and support was rejected, several will give extra power to
this practice, the patient is uncontrollable consequences. guidelines were issued that
either given a lethal injection Misuse will happen. People legalized passive euthanasia in the medical community
(active euthanasia), or their life will pull the plug on those who India in the landmark judgement.