by Team Spectrum Books | Mar 7, 2021 | Science and Technology
Direct Seeding of Rice (DSR) In the wake of the lockdown and the exodus of migrants in 2020, there were reports that farmers in Punjab and Haryana were being encouraged to resort to direct seeding of rice (DSR) in place of the method of transplanting. In the technique...
by Team Spectrum Books | Mar 3, 2021 | Science and Technology
On June 6, 2017, Mukundpura village near Jaipur witnessed a bright trail in the sky, followed by a thunderous sound. Later, a burning object with a sulphurous smell was found on the soft agricultural land, broken into several fragments. It caused a pit of about 15 cm...
by Team Spectrum Books | Jan 10, 2021 | Science and Technology
The Indian Maritime Sector, which is dominated by foreign technology, is finally on its way to become self-reliant. As per the news reports in November 2020, a research team at the National Technology Centre for Ports, Waterways and Coasts (NTCPWC) from IIT Madras has...
by Team Spectrum Books | Jan 3, 2021 | Science and Technology
Brain Electrical Oscillation Signature Profiling (BEOSP), also known as brain fingerprinting, is a revolutionary scientific technology that has come into use in investigating crimes. The National Centre for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) says that the BEOSP is an...
by Team Spectrum Books | Dec 26, 2020 | Science and Technology
It was reported in November 2020 that a newly discovered species of burrowing frog has been named Sphaerotheca Bengaluru. The new species of the frog has been named after Bengaluru city to show that there exists a wide gap in documentation of amphibians from...
by Team Spectrum Books | Nov 1, 2020 | Science and Technology
It was reported is October 2020 that the announcement regarding discovery of phosphine gas in the atmosphere of Venus seems to have annoyed a section of astrobiologists at the global professional body of astronomers, known as the International Astronomical Union...
