Current Affairs :- 29th July, 2020

♦️GoI funded 10 Broad Gauge Locomotives handed over to Bangladesh by Indian Railways in a virtual ceremony

♦️PM Modi Launched High Throughput COVID-19 Testing Facilities at Kolkata, Mumbai & Noida

♦️Govt released guidelines for 4 schemes to boost domestic manufacturing of bulk drugs & medical devices Parks

♦️Central Govt. with World Bank decides to convert ravines of Chambal region into arable land

♦️India’s GDP boosts to 2.5% by AI : Report by ICRIER, Google & NASSCOM6India to set up Solar Power Plant in Sri Lanka

♦️GAIL and CCSL signs MoU to partner in Compressed BioGas projects in India

♦️Home Minister Amit Shah Distributed 100 Electric Potters Wheels to Artisans of Gujarat

♦️IRCTC and SBI Card launched a Co-branded Contactless Credit Card on RuPay Platform

♦️Bharti AXA General Insurance Launched Crop Insurance Campaign, ‘Bohot Zaroori Hai’ for Farmers

♦️SBI provided USD 16.20 million liquidity support for local businesses in Maldives as COVID-relief

♦️Indian oil and France’s Total formed 50:50 JV to make superior quality bitumen

♦️Former Coal India chief Anil Kumar Jha to head Expert Appraisal Committee

♦️Indian climate activist Archana Soreng becomes a member of António Guterres’s new Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change

♦️Tata AIA Life Insurance Appointed Naveen Tahilyani as its new MD & CEO

♦️Alok Misra Appointed as CEO and Director of MFIN

♦️Ram Vilas Paswan launched ‘BIS-Care’ App to Check the Authenticity of ISI and Hallmark Quality Certified Products

♦️World Hepatitis Day 2020 – July 28

♦️World Nature Conservation Day 2020 – July 28

♦️International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystems 2020  – July 26

The Hindu Editorials :- 29th July, 2020

♣️Digging deeper: On GST compensation

♣️The cost of haste: On drugs, vaccines and regulators

The Hindu Editorial VOCAB :- 29th July, 2020

▪️INSTIL (VERB): (डालना)inject

Synonyms:infuse, implant

Antonyms: eradicate, extract

Example : The instructor tried to instil fear in the students.

▪️ENCROACH (VERB): (अधिक्रमण करना)violate

Synonyms:trespass, infringe

Antonyms: shun, abide

Example: As the forests continue to be destroyed for development, bears have no choice but to encroach into residential areas.

▪️EVASION (NOUN): (टालना)avoidance

Synonyms: evasiveness, obliqueness

Antonyms: directness, frankness

Example: She is in the habit of making evasion from every situation.

▪️PERSECUTE (VERB): (सताना)harass

Synonyms: torment, domineer 

Antonyms:comfort, console

Example: The major kept on persecuting the soldiers.

▪️GIGANTIC (ADJECTIVE): (विशाल)huge

Synonyms:enormous, immense

Antonyms: small, slight

Example: A gigantic lily grows at a height of 20 feet’s.

▪️RAVAGE (VERB): (नष्ट कर देना)destroy

Synonyms:ruin, devastate 

Antonyms: restore, reconstruct

Example : Anita ravaged all our weekend plans.

▪️TRECHAREOUS (ADJECTIVE): (विश्वासघाती)disloyal

Synonyms:faithless, unreliable

Antonyms: faithful, reliable

Example: He is a treacherous junk-dealer.

▪️SANGUINE (ADJECTIVE): (आशावादी)confident

Synonyms: hopeful, optimistic 

Antonyms:pessimistic, depressed

Example: He is a sanguine person in every adverse situation.

▪️ORDAIN (VERB): (हुक्म देना)impose

Synonyms: order, proclaim 

Antonyms: violate, revoke

Example: Antariksh knows the ministry will never ordain him as a priest.

▪️INSIPID (ADJECTIVE): (स्‍वादहीन)tasteless

Synonyms: vapid, unflavoured 

Antonyms:delicious,pungent

Example: Tomato soup tastes insipid.