The Hindu Editorials :- 24th July, 2020

♣️Calibrated balance: On India and non-alignment

♣️Escalating tensions: On U.S. closing Chinese mission

The Hindu Editorial VOCAB :- 24th July, 2020

▪️SCALLOP (VERB): pucker 🙁सिकुड़ना)

Synonyms: scrunch, crumple

Antonyms: flatten, smooth

Example: The scallop fishery is becoming more and more valuable.

▪️INTERLACE (VERB): braid 🙁लपेटना)

Synonyms: curl, enmesh

Antonyms: untwist, untangle

Example: Alice interlaced her hair around her finger.

▪️CANARD (NOUN): fabrication 🙁झूठी अफ़वाह)

Synonyms: exaggeration, lie 

Antonyms: truth, reality

Example:  Her statement was full of canard.

▪️CANDOR (NOUN): complete honesty 🙁निष्कपटता)

Synonyms: directness, fairness      

Antonyms: dishonesty, unfairness

Example: She has done her task with complete candor.

▪️CESSATION (NOUN): abeyance 🙁ठहराव)

Synonyms: breather, discontinuance

Antonyms: activity, continuity

Example: Since the bad weather has caused a temporary building cessation, the office building will not be completed on time.

▪️AGILE (ADJECTIVE): Flexible: (चुस्त)

Synonyms: lithe, supple   

Antonym: rigid, stiff

Example:  Monkey is an agile animal.

▪️SHOVE OFF (VERB): Leave quickly : (निकास)

Synonyms: depart, exit      

Antonyms: arrive, come

Example:  As soon as the police arrives the goons shove off from the bank.

▪️SALACIOUS (ADJECTIVE): Indecent: (गंदा)

Synonyms: vulgar, lewd   

Antonyms: moral, decent

Example: The salacious ruffians made filthy remarks on her.

▪️AMBLE (VERB): (टहलना)to walk casually

Synonyms: stroll, wander

Antonyms: rush, dash

Example:  Kanika rather ambled through the halls than attend the session.

▪️RAKISH (ADJECTIVE): Charming:(बाँका)

Synonyms: dashing, raffish    

Antonyms: boorish, adhesive

Example: He is a rakish man.

Current Affairs :- 24th July, 2020

♦️PM Narendra Modi Laid Foundation Stone for Manipur Water Supply Project

♦️PM Modi addressed virtual India Ideas Summit 2020; India-US negotiating UAV co-development programme

♦️Kakrapar Atomic Power Project’s Unit 3 in Gujarat: India’s First 700 MWe unit to Achieve Criticality

♦️India to Have 60% Renewable Energy by 2030: R K Singh at Webinar On Energy Transition

♦️Jitendra Singh Launched Restructured Scheme for PM’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration 2020 and Web Portal Virtually

♦️India, Maldives signed contract for development of Geydoshu Mas Plant in Maldives’ Maradhoo and Hulhudhoo

♦️Turkmenistan became 25th country with Observer Status in World Trade Organization

♦️Nicaragua becomes the 87th Country to sing the International Solar Alliance Framework Agreement

♦️Ravi Shankar Prasad Represented India in the G20 Digital Economy Ministers Virtual Meeting Hosted by Saudi Arabia

♦️Airtel Payments Bank Partnered with NSDC to Skill Rural Youth for Financial Services Sector Jobs

♦️Bank of Baroda Launched ‘Insta Click Savings Account’, 100% Paperless Digital Self-Assisted Online Savings Account

♦️India’s GDP to contract by 6% in FY21: DBS

♦️CBDT launched revised Form 26AS; Details of Specified Financial Transactions included

♦️RIL becomes the 1st Indian company to reach Market Cap of Rs 13 lakh crore; Becomes 48th largest company in market cap globally

♦️Mukesh Ambani, fifth-richest Man in the World with Net Worth $75 billion: Forbes Real-Time Billionaires List

♦️The DG/RPF, Shri Arun Kumar, nominated as the Vice-Chairman of the UIC, security platform

♦️CCI Approved Acquisition of Krishnapatnam Port Company Limited by Adani Ports and SEZ Limited

♦️China Launches Tianwen-1: China’s First Rover Mission to Mars

♦️ISL becomes 1st league in South Asia and 7th in Asia to join the World Leagues Forum

♦️The book titled “The Pandemic Century”, by British Medical Historian Mark Honigsbaum

♦️National Broadcasting Day 2020 – July 23

♦️January 6 2020: World Day of War Orphans

♦️March 9 2020: International commonwealth day

♦️2021: International Year of Fruits and Vegetables

♦️GEDCOL and NHPC signed MoU to develop floating solar power projects in Odisha

♦️CIPET gets NABL accreditation for testing, certification of PPE kits

♦️First-ever container ship “MV Shejyoti” from Kolkata via Chattogram port reaches Agartala