Thursday 30 July 2020
The Hindu Editorial VOCAB :- 30th July, 2020
▪️RECEDE (VERB): Withdraw (पीछे हटना)
Synonyms: abate, regress
Antonyms: increase, extend
Example: The Cabinet will recede more and more from our principles, our party.
WANTON (ADJECTIVE): extravagant:(आवारा)
Synonyms: lustful, outrageous
Antonyms: good, moral
Example: Between 1868 and 1872 they added ten millions by wanton extravagance to the State debt.
▪️NULLIFY (VERB): Cancel (प्रभावहीन करना)
Synonyms: revoke, abolish
Antonyms: approve, allow
Example: Fortunately, the attempt to nullify its benefits proved ineffectual.
▪️ALIGN (VERB): line up:(पंक्तिबद्ध करना)
Synonyms: array, adjust
Antonyms: disorder, mess up
Example: Similar instruction is given the troopers in aligning themselves to the left.
▪️GRAPPLE (VERB): grab:(भिड़ जाना)
Synonyms: confront, cope
Antonyms: release, let go
Example: Every blood-vessel was striving to grapple with the present.
▪️JUNTA (NOUN): (समिति) council
Synonyms: faction, cabal
Antonyms: single, individual
Example: After the dictator died the country was taken over by a junta of former officials.
▪️SCUTTLE (VERB): (जल्दी से दौड़ना) scamper
Synonyms: dash, hasten
Antonyms: walk, saunter
Example: The hamster starts to scuttle around his cage when he hears the children approaching.
▪️JEER (VERB): (मज़ाक उड़ाना) ridicule
Synonyms: taunt, hoot
Antonyms: compliment, laud
Example :The winning team jeered the opponents as their captain flaunted the trophy.
▪️JETTISON (VERB): (निकाल फ़ेकना) throw overboard
Synonyms: dump, discard
Antonyms: hold, keep
Example: I will keep the good experiences and jettison the bad ones, before I leave this city.
▪️MANTLE (NOUN): (आवरण) cloak
Synonyms: mask, disguise
Antonyms: reality, truth
Example: Aman smiled and pulled off his mantle, handing it to the boy.
Current Affairs :- 30th July, 2020
♦️Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur tops Niti’s delta ranking of Aspirational districts for Feb-June 2020 in health sector
♦️PFC signs an agreement with IIT- Kanpur for the Research, Training & ED in Smart Grid Technology
♦️Green-Ag project launched in Mizoram to bring transformative change in the farm sector
♦️5th Annual Meeting of Board of Governors of AIIB held virtually; Jin Liqun Reelected President of AIIB
♦️Maldives launched 9 development projects under USD 5.6 million Indian Grant for HICDP
♦️A 300-year-old temple, Sree Sree Joy Kali Matar temple reconstructed with Indian support in Natore, Bangladesh
♦️ADB Approves 3 Million USD Grant to India to Support COVID-19 Response
♦️National Awards for excellence in Earth System Science: MoES
♦️ICRA Limited Appointed N. Sivaraman as MD and Group CEO ; Succeeds Naresh Takkar
♦️CSIR’s CSIO along with AMESYS INDIA developed a microorganism decontamination box named ‘Suraksha’
♦️Veteran Bollywood Actor Kumkum Passed Away at 86 in Mumbai
♦️M Venkaiah Naidu virtually unveiled, Padi Bhavajaalalu Telugu version of Late S Jaipal Reddy’s Ten Ideologies book
♦️Indian Origin Author Avni Doshi’s ‘Burnt Sugar’ on 2020 Booker Prize
♦️International Tiger Day 2020 – July 29
♦️World In Vitro Fertilization Day 2020 – July 25
♦️UKIBC Signs MoU with Government of Gujarat to Strengthen Gujarat’s Industrial Development
♦️Kerala announced new Chief Minister’s Entrepreneurship Development Programme to address working capital shortage
♦️Assam: Guwahati gets “BANDICOOT” the first manhole cleaning robot in Northeast
♦️Bombay Flying Club: India’s 1st DGCA-approved drone training school
♦️‘Dare to Dream 2.0’ contest for innovators and startups launched: DRDO
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