by Team Spectrum Books | Sep 28, 2020 | News in Brief
Minister of Education Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, on August 13, 2020 gave information on Twitter about the development of a 2G-friendly mobile phone application, called ‘Wise App’ by two friends from IIT-Bombay, namely, Mubeen Masudi from Kashmir and Bilal Abidi from...
by Team Spectrum Books | Sep 28, 2020 | News in Brief
The Delhi International Airport launched an online Air Suvidha Portal, in August 2020, for international passengers. The portal offers a contactless service to international fliers, who have a connecting flight from Delhi to other states. All international passengers...
by Team Spectrum Books | Sep 28, 2020 | News in Brief
Neuroscience startup Neuralink, co-founded by Tesla Inc and SpaceX CEO Musk in 2016, on August 28, 2020, unveiled its plan to implant wireless brain-computer interfaces, that include thousands of electrodes in the most complex human organ to help cure neurological...
by Team Spectrum Books | Sep 28, 2020 | News in Brief
The World Bank, on August 27, 2020, announced its decision regarding suspension of the publication of Doing Business Report, which carries the Ease of Doing Business (EODB) Rankings. The decision is taken in the wake of a number of reported irregularities related to...
by Team Spectrum Books | Sep 28, 2020 | News in Brief
India is witnessing a legacy waste, a cumulative consequence of decades of neglect and lack of foresight, and complete absence of urban planning, which has left India with mountains of waste-landfills, waste-choked drains, water bodies and rivers. India generates...
by Team Spectrum Books | Sep 28, 2020 | News in Brief
On August 27, 2020, doctors at MGM Healthcare a private hospital in Chennai successfully performed Asia’s first lung transplant surgery on a Covid-19 survivor who had developed coronavirus related fibrosis. The lungs for the transplant came from a brain dead donor at...
