Current Affairs :- 5th August, 2020

♦️MoD releases draft Defence Production and Export Promotion Policy 2020; aimed at $5 bn export by 2025

♦️IIT Kanpur and DAR & PG sign agreement with MoD for using AI, ML to address grievances

♦️Listed entities get 3 years to meet criteria of minimum 25% public shareholding

♦️Four more States/UTs linked with One Nation One Ration Card scheme; taking total to 24

♦️For the 1st time in India Railways uses NTC machine for track construction

♦️Canara Bank Partnered with 3 insurers to Provide Individual Short-Term Corona Kavach Policy

♦️National Bank of Bahrain Selects Infosys Finacle to Digitally Transform its Transaction Banking Business

♦️Sunil ydv SS received the Karmaveer Chakra of United Nations and iCONGO at ReX ConcLIVE

♦️RBI Approved Sashidhar Jagdishan as Next MD & CEO of HDFC Bank; will Succeed Aditya Puri

♦️IIT Madras with Helyxon Developed First of Its Kind Remote Patient Monitoring Solution for COVID-19

♦️A health assistant robot “Rakshak” designed by the Mumbai Division of Central Railway

♦️A COVID prevention kiosk named “UV Baggage Bath” inaugurated at Bengaluru railway station

♦️Nobel Peace Prize Winner John Hume Passed Away at 83

♦️Padma Bhushan Awardee & Former Arunachal Pradesh Governor Ram D Pradhan passes away

♦️Government of AP Signs MoU with Hindustan Unilever Ltd, P&G and ITC to Support Economic Empowerment of Women

♦️DNHDD Launched E-Gyan Mitra Mobile Application for Online Education

♦️Two-day international webinar on ‘Lokmanya Tilak – Swaraj to Self-Reliant India’: ICCR

♦️Axis Bank unveils AXAA ,an AI powered conversational banking IVR

The Hindu Editorials :- 5th August, 2020

♣️More of the same: On Trump's signing of order against hiring H1B visa holders

♣️Language of unity: on rejection of the three-language formula

The Hindu Editorial VOCAB :- 5th August, 2020

▪️RABID (ADJECTIVE): (उन्मत्त)

Synonyms: frenzied, zealous 

Antonyms: apathetic, indifferent 

Example: The show is small but rabid fan base. 

▪️THRONG (NOUN): (भीड़)

Synonyms: flock, mass 

Antonyms: individual, one

Example: Ayush pushed his way through the throng. 

▪️INCERTITUDE (NOUN): (संदेह)

Synonyms: doubt, insecurity 

Antonyms: certainty, certitude 

Example: Some schools broke down under the stresses of policy incertitude. 

▪️TENUOUS (ADJECTIVE): (कमज़ोर)

Synonyms: delicate, insubstantial 

Antonyms: certain, strong 

Example: The light may be an exceedingly tenuous cometary tail to the earth. 

▪️ANNEX (NOUN): (पूरक अंश)

Synonyms: appendix, adjunct 

Antonyms: base, lessening

Example: The first ten amendments were annexed to the Constitution in 1791. 

▪️UPRISING (NOUN): (विद्रोह)

Synonyms: rebellion, revolt 

Antonyms: harmony, obedience 

Example: We have witnessed many uprisings in the past. 

▪️ AMBIGUOUS (ADJECTIVE): (अस्पष्ट)

Synonyms: enigmatic, puzzling 

Antonyms: determined, unambiguous 

Example: They spoke many ambiguous statements. 

▪️COERCION (NOUN): (दबाव)

Synonyms: intimidation, duress 

Antonyms: freedom, liberty 

Example: They surrendered due to the coercion faced by them. 

▪️PLACARD (NOUN): (इश्तिहार)

Synonyms: advertisement, banner 

Antonyms: concealment, secrecy 

Example: These tiles are often found openly displayed on a pallet with a placard indicating a drastic price drop. 

▪️ WINSOME (ADJECTIVE): (मनोहर)

Synonyms: appealing, delightful 

Antonyms: repulsive, unattractive 

Example: Alpa gave him her most winsome smile.