by Team Spectrum Books | Aug 21, 2020 | News in Brief
On August 9, 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the 6th instalment under the PM KISAN scheme of Rs 17,000 crore to nearly 85 million farmers. This cash benefit was transferred directly to the Aadhaar verified bank accounts of farmers at a function organised...
by Spectrum | Aug 21, 2020 | News in Brief
India puts import embargo on 101 defence items to promote self-reliance in defence In a big step towards attaining self-reliance in defence equipment, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, on August 9, 2020, announced that the government has prepared a list 101 items on...
by Team Spectrum Books | Aug 21, 2020 | News in Brief
The ill-fated Air India Express plane, a Boeing-737, which was repatriating Indians stranded in Dubai due to the coronavirus pandemic, met a tragic accident on the evening of August 7, 2020, when it overshot the runway of the Calicut International Airport in heavy...
by Team Spectrum Books | Aug 21, 2020 | News in Brief
New butterfly species found in Matheran After an eight-year-long study conducted by the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) in the forest of Matheran, a hill station near Mumbai, researchers have found as many as 77 new species of butterflies which brings the total...
by Team Spectrum Books | Aug 21, 2020 | News in Brief
Data curb plan According to reports in August 2020, India plans to regulate ‘non-personal’ data, has raised major concerns among U.S. tech giants Amazon, Facebook, and Google and a lobby group representing them are preparing to push back against the proposals. The...
by Team Spectrum Books | Aug 21, 2020 | News in Brief
Equal Inheritance Rights to Women In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court on August 11, 2020 held that daughters, like sons, have an equal birthright to inherit joint Hindu family property. The court ruled that daughters will have equal inheritance rights to those...
