Their bags are always packed and they believe that the world is their oyster. He urged us to come inside his house and with a lot of trepidation we gave in.”. Three women in a car, for close to 10 hours a day would sometimes get a bit stifling, so the challenge lay in terms of keeping the atmosphere in the car congenial at all times,” says Soumya. Also, dealing with the sub-zero temperatures was a major test. I’m an outdoor educator and am currently consulting for an education-based project. A local lady named Chongpi, physically handicapped was distressed at our plight and invited us over to her house, shared what meagre food she had and gave up her bed for us.” Looking forward to her next trip, Nidhi reveals, “We are planning a couple of drives in north-east India with women drivers who can push their driving limits in difficult terrain. We spend the first night wet, cold and hungry. When I sh Agrees Rashmi who found this trip life changing among many things. “I was introduced to trekking when I was in Class 5. Once we were stuck Custom 1603211 between landslides, at a small village called Chamol in Manipur. “I am humbled by the sheer helpfulness of people we met on our journey. Before going on this journey, I was wondering whether my family would be able to manage in my absence and during the trip, we faced challenges in terms of knowing the local languages.

“I loved the changing landscapes; flood plains of Myanmar, to the Tibetan plateau in China, to the Tien Shan mountains in Kyrgystan, the fertile Fergana valley in Uzbekistan, dry, desert lands in Kazakhstan, then to the flat, yet green pastoral lands in Russia to finally reach the coniferous trees and pretty European meadows in Finland,” says Nidhi in awe of the beautiful world. With travel, once you start, you can never truly finish. Apparently, there was no electricity and no inflow of groceries and goods for days. One of them told us that it was not safe for us to be sitting in the car and urged us to come to his house where he could organise lunch for us. We speak to this first all-women group on the challenges they faced and their daredevil attitude on this super adventurous trans-continental expedition. We were greeted by the most welcoming smiling faces of his mother and two sisters who cooked the best Manipuri food for us, played the guitar for us, sang songs and made us feel at home.”Recalling another incident, Soumya adds, “Driving from Kohima to Imphal, we were stuck one day due to a strike and all the roads were blocked with nowhere to go, watching the protesters pass us by. We were in a dilemma, but just trusted our instincts and drove behind him.”Hospitality and tourism educator and a PhD scholar, Rashmi Koppar chips in saying, “The challenge was getting the paperwork in order.Nidhi Tiwari of Women Beyond Boundaries (WBB) has had many years of long-distance, high-altitude driving and off-road jeeping experience, while Smita was working in the development sector for over 15 years. From the time we crossed the Indian border, up until Finland, communication was a major challenge, especially while ordering food.” For Soumya Gopinath, a physiotherapist, mother of two young boys, who also runs an outdoor biking gear company and a campsite in the Western Ghats, it was an extension of her passion for trekking that started in her school days

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Almost a month back a meeting was called by Niti Aayog wherein both companies were asked to firm up their joint venture agreement, the official said.3 million units.New Delhi: Consensus on signing the JV deal between SAIL and ArcelorMittal for an auto-grade steel plant is likely in two months at the instance of Niti Aayog, an official said. It will construct a cold rolling mill and other downstream finishing facilities in India, touted as one of the fastest-growing automotive markets in the world with production expected to double between 2014 and 2020, from 3.. “Both the companies had issues, including pricing mechanism for raw material,” the official added.6 million units to 7.The government had earlier said that the proposed auto-grade steel plant would be set up close to an automobile hub.

A task force comprising representatives from both ArcelorMittal and SAIL has been working on detailed due diligence and preliminary feasibility study and all other issues for setting up the joint venture company. “A consensus on signing of the joint venture may be reached in two months,” the official said. The country’s largest steel maker had sought help from Niti Aayog to resolve Automotive Wheel Hub Bearings differences with ArcelorMittal over setting up of Rs 5,000-crore steel plant.The JV will also focus on producing specialised grade steel products for defence, space and automobiles. SAIL and ArcelorMittal had in May, 2015 entered into a MoU to explore the possibility of setting up an auto-grade steel manufacturing facility under a joint venture in India

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The company is providing LED-based lidar systems to French supplier Valeo, which also buys vision-based systems from Mobileye. But regulators are also concerned that drivers could be lulled into unsafe behavior by systems that take control for a time, but expect human operators to re-take command in an emergency.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating the role of Autopilot in the Florida accident and another crash in Pennsylvania involving a Tesla vehicle.Delphi Automotive PLC plans to build lidar vision systems with technology from Quanergy Systems, which makes solid state lidar systems.2-billion acquisition earlier this yeag systems. Automakers are stepping up orders as lidar systems come down in size and price, she said.Germany's Robert Bosch, which has been developing self-driving components and systems for more than 15 years, buys lidar from an unnamed Tier II supplier and intends to package it in a highly automated “highway pilot” system intended for series production in 2020, said spokesman Tim Wieland."

Regulation and litigation wild cardsRegulation and litigation are two big wild cards for the autonomous driving sector.Tesla’s Autopilot system uses cameras and radar, but not lidar. The agency also is expected to roll out this summer broad guidelines for deploying autonomous vehicle technology.Like Mobileye, Velodyne, a leading supplier of laser-based lidar systems, works with many of the world’s top automakers, including KD35-33-04XC Ford, GM, BMW, Toyota Honda Motor Co and Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz.The May 7 death of Ohio technology company owner Joshua Brown in a Tesla Motors Inc Model S while the car's semi-automated Autopilot system was engaged highlighted the limitations of current automated driving systems.Semi-automated systems such as General Motor Co's SuperCruise and Traffic Jam Pilot from Volkswagen AG's Audi are due on the market in 2017-2018.Concerns raised by the first reported fatality in a semi-automated car were expected to speed adoption of more sensitive technology to help vehicles see and drive themselves safely, increasing demand on the emerging autonomous vehicle technology industry, investors and analysts said. "The tradeoff is quite clear: Some safety improvement is better than none

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