by Team Spectrum Books | Aug 20, 2020 | News in Brief
On August 11, 2020, Russia declared itself the first country to develop a vaccine against the novel coronavirus. Named “Sputnik V” after the Soviet satellite, the vaccine was developed by Gamaleya Research Institute and the Russian defence ministry. Russia registered...
by Team Spectrum Books | Aug 19, 2020 | News in Brief
A special collection of studies published on August 10, 2020 in the journals Nature Astronomy, Nature Geoscience, and Nature Communications suggests that Ceres, a dwarf planet discovered by the Italian polymath Giuseppe Piazzi in 1801, may be an ocean world with...
by Team Spectrum Books | Aug 19, 2020 | News in Brief
Earthquake Warning Tools As per reports in August 2020, Google is adding earthquake warning tools to users of the Android smartphone mobile operating system, including the Samsung Galaxy series. This alert will help people find safety for themselves and their loved...
by Team Spectrum Books | Aug 19, 2020 | News in Brief
On August 10, 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, through video conferencing, inaugurated submarine optical fibre cable (OFC) in a bid to enhance connectivity between Chennai and Port Blair and 12 more islands in the region as a measure to give a major boost to the...
