by Team Spectrum Books | Nov 5, 2020 | News in Brief
The government on September 25, 2020 unveiled the first look of India’s first Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) train, which can attain a top speed of 180 km/hr, three times faster than Delhi Metro trains. Once in operation, it will run on the...
by Team Spectrum Books | Nov 5, 2020 | News in Brief
As per news reports in September 2020, a study, published on CNN website by Dr Paul Chodas of NASA’s Centre for Near Earth Objects Studies (CNEOS), states that a new mini-moon, named as ‘2020 SO’, is all set to zoom past nearest to the Earth on December 1st, 2020 at a...
by Team Spectrum Books | Nov 3, 2020 | News in Brief
India successfully conducted the flight test of a Supersonic Missile-Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART) system on October 6, 2020 from Wheeler Island off the coast of Odisha. All mission objectives, including the missile’s flight up to the designated range and...
by Team Spectrum Books | Nov 3, 2020 | News in Brief
As per the announcement made by the Scientists at the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) on October 7, 2020, September 2020 was the warmest month on record globally. The year 2020 has seen three record-breaking months, with January, May, and September being the...
by Team Spectrum Books | Nov 3, 2020 | News in Brief
According to the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), an Australian government agency responsible for scientific research, the world’s sea floor is littered with an estimated 14 million tonnes of sunken microplastics, broken down from...
by Team Spectrum Books | Nov 3, 2020 | News in Brief
It was reported in September 2020 that an accurate and low-cost strip test that can detect the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) within one hour is expected to be available for the first phase of testing and has obtained permission for commercial use. Called Feluda, the...
