by Team Spectrum Books | Jun 18, 2021 | Our Take
Chennai, formerly called, Madras is India’s sixth largest city with a population of about 11 million. On an average, the city gets an average of about 1,400mm of rainfall in a year. However, climate change effects are being observed with rising sea levels,...
by Team Spectrum Books | Mar 3, 2021 | Our Take
The term ‘friluftsliv’ is a Norwegian word, which commonly implies embracing the outdoors. It means spending time in Nature and not being in a rush. According to Norway Tourism, the term ‘friluftsliv’ was invented by the famous playwright Henrik Ibsen in the 1850s....
by Team Spectrum Books | Jan 27, 2021 | Our Take
January 26, 2021. Another Republic Day. Made memorable not so much by the parade and the fly past that included the Rafale jets for the first time, as by the anarchy unleashed on the national capital by so-called farmers taking out a tractor rally to emphasise their...
by Team Spectrum Books | Dec 17, 2020 | Our Take
There are attempts to draw parallels betwen the Covid-19 pandemic and the Spanish influenza of 1918-19, the most devastating pandemic in the recent history, which claimed an estimated 20–50 million lives. Trends of the Spanish Flu India was the focal point of the...
by Team Spectrum Books | Aug 31, 2020 | Our Take
Vaping is the act of inhaling vapour produced by a vaporiser or electronic cigarette (e-cigarette). The vapour is produced from a material such as an e-liquid, waxy concentrates, or dry herb. A vaporiser, an electric device, turns the vaping material into vapour. It...
by Team Spectrum Books | Aug 31, 2020 | Our Take
The Oxford Dictionary defines ‘floccinaucinihilipilification’ as ‘the action or habit of estimating something as worthless’. The word has Latin roots—flocci, nauci, nihili, pili—all of which mean ‘at little value’. In the minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee,...
