Monday 3 August 2020

The Hindu Editorials :- 3rd August, 2020


The Hindu Editorial VOCAB :- 3rd August, 2020


▪️RUCHED (VERB): (मोड़ना)
Synonyms: bend, curl

Antonyms: flatten, unbend

Example: Alpa ruched his collar and threatened him.

▪️OBLIGATE (VERB): (विवश करना)

Synonyms: bind, restrict

Antonyms: free, let go

Example: All banks obligate people to repay their loans or take the chance of their credit being ruined.

▪️OVERSIGHT (NOUN): (भूल)

Synonyms: mistake, fault

Antonyms: accuracy, correction

Example: Ankit apologized for not inviting me to his wedding, insisting that it was an unintentional oversight.

▪️PEER (NOUN): (समकक्ष व्यक्ति)

Synonyms: compeer, coequal

Antonyms: follower, disciple

Example: We have a peer that bullies our classmates for their lunch money on a daily basis.

▪️ONUS (NOUN): (दायित्व):
Synonyms: liability, encumbrance

Antonyms: advantage, blessing

Example: As your mother, it is my onus to prepare you for a successful future.

▪️MULISHNESS (NOUN): (हठ)
Synonyms: obstinacy, bullheadedness

Antonyms: irresolution, dubiety

Example: He is buying everything by showing his heights of mulishness.

▪️OSTRACIZE (VERB): (बहिष्कार करना)
Synonyms: expel, exclude

Antonyms: accept, embrace

Example: Nidhi was declared a witch and ostracized by the villagers.

▪️PODGY (ADJECTIVE): (मोटा)
Synonyms: chunky, flabby

Antonyms: lean, skinny

Example: When I stopped jogging, I became podgy.

▪️QUIXOTIC (ADJECTIVE): (विलक्षण)
Synonyms: impractical, dreamy

Antonyms: realistic, sensible

Example: It was clearly a quixotic case against the defendant.

▪️PULSATE (VERB): (काँपना)
Synonyms: tremble, quiver

Antonyms: steady, be still

Example: The meek bird was pulsating in the refractory wind.

Current Affairs :- 3rd August, 2020



♦️Nitin Gadkari inaugurated upstream carriageway of Mahatma Gandhi bridge in Bihar

♦️Narendra Singh Tomar Released Booklet on ‘Best Practices in Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme’

♦️M /o MSME launched programme under “Gramodyog Vikas Yojana” to benefit artisans manufacturing Agarbatti

♦️Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri launches ARHCs Knowledge Pack and Launches mobile app of CREDAI

♦️Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ Launches India Report – Digital Education June 2020 prepared by  Department of School Education & Literacy

♦️India & UK tie up for new 8 Million Pounds Medicinal Research

♦️66th SKOCH Summit Awards: Ministry of Tribal Affairs receives SKOCH Gold Award for “Empowerment of Tribals through IT enabled Scholarship Schemes”

♦️India, Israel Collaborated to develop rapid testing for COVID-19 in under 30 seconds

♦️German Footballer Benedikt Howedes retires at 32

♦️Sahitya Akademi Awardee Sa. Kandasamy passed away at 81 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu

♦️‘Greenlights’ the debut book authored by Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey

♦️World Breastfeeding Week 2020 – Aug 1-7

♦️AP Governor cleared three State-capital Bills and CRDA Repeal Bills 2020

♦️Jitendra Singh Laid Foundation Stones Virtually & E- Inaugurated Various Construction Works under PMGSY-II in J&K

♦️Madhya Pradesh launched “Ek Mask-Anek Zindagi” public awareness campaign from August 1-15

♦️Maharashtra Govt. Approved MagNet project worth Around Rs 1,000 crore to Help Farmers; 70% funded by ADB

♦️Haryana’s Forest department used drone for aerial seeding to increase green cover in Aravallis

♦️Bollywood action director Parvez Khan passes away at 55

♦️Pawan Hans launches Helicopter service in UttaraKhand:UDAN scheme