Current Affairs :- 11th August, 2020

♦️PM Narendra Modi Launched Submarine Cable Connectivity to Andaman & Nicobar Islands (CANI)

♦️PM Launched Financing Facility of Rs.1Lakh crore Under Agriculture Infrastructure Fund & Rs 17000 Cr As 6th Installment of PM-KISAN

♦️Piyush Goyal and Pralhad Joshi Dedicated the Railway Museum at Hubballi to the Nation Over Video Conference

♦️Def. Minister Rajnath Singh Restricted Import of 101 defence items

♦️PM inaugurated Rashtriya Swachhata Kendra;Launched ‘Gandagi Mukt Bharat’ – Week Long Campaign

♦️IBBI Amended Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Insolvency Resolution Process for Corporate Persons) Regulations, 2016

♦️PCA to Name Mullanpur Stadium After Late Maharaja Yadavindra Singh

♦️Central Government Extends the Credit Guarantee Scheme to Large Firms & Self Employed

♦️International Financial Corporation to Invest Rs.75 Crore in Endiya Partners Fund II

♦️SBM Bank India Collaborated with InstaReM to Enhance Outbound Remittance Experience from India

♦️NPCI Launched Omni-Channel Loyalty Platform, ‘nth Rewards’

♦️Walter Roger Martos Ruiz Becomes New Prime Minister of Peru; Succeeds Pedro Cateriano

♦️Mohamed Ould Bilal Appointed as Prime Minister of Islamic Republic of Mauritania

♦️Capital India Finance Appoints Harsh Kumar Bhanwala as Executive Chairman

♦️IIT Kanpur in Collaboration with Agnys Waste Management Pvt. Ltd Developed Indigenous Seed Balls, ‘BEEG’ for Farmers

♦️Max Verstappen Wins F1 70th Anniversary Grand Prix 2020

♦️Former Indian Football player Laishram Manitombi Singh Dies at 39

♦️Books Titled ‘Corona Kavithakal’ ‘Republic Day 2020’ and ‘Thus Speaks the Governor’ Authored by Mizoram Governor Released

♦️World Biofuel Day 2020: August 10

♦️International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2020 – August 9

♦️Nagasaki Day 2020 – August 9

♦️Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel Announced the Launch of “Indira Van Mitan Yojana” To Support Forest Dwellers

♦️Chhattisgarh’s Jagdalpur Became the First Municipal Corporation of India to Provide Forest Land Right Certificates to Urban People

♦️Bihar State Pollution Control Board Signs MoA with IIT, Delhi for air quality management

♦️Andhra Pradesh Signed an MoU with the Boston Group to Setup Centre at Visakhapatnam

♦️Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar launched Anti Bullying Campaign of Faridabad Police over Social Media

The Hindu Editorials :- 11th August, 2020

♣️Hospitals afire: on lack of safety in health-care centres

♣️Misplaced priorities: On controlling of coronavirus

The Hindu Editorial VOCAB :- 11 th August, 2020

▪️DELIVERABLE (NOUN):  बांटने योग्य

Synonyms: product, result 

Antonyms: input, admission

Example: From that time he has been adding steadily to his deliverable and his reputation.

▪️ AGGRIEVE (VERB):  (दु:ख देना) 

Synonyms: oppress, abuse 

Antonyms: assist, back

Example: Her sharply penetrating cuss words aggrieved me a lot. 

▪️ SERMONIZE (VERB):  (उपदेश देना)

Synonyms: preachify, teach 

Antonyms: mislead, misguide

Example: The saint was sermonizing the people of Canada. 

▪️RUPTURE (NOUN):  टूटना

Synonyms: break, fissure 

Antonyms: closing, closure

Example: As soon as each understood the other’s full intention, there would be a rupture. 

▪️TENOR (NOUN):  (विषय)

Synonyms: body, core 

Antonyms: exterior, outside

Example: He could not understand the general tenor of the debate. 

▪️ADO (NOUN):  (हलचल)

Synonyms: bother, confusion   

Antonyms: calm, peace

Example: It has made great ado already, let’s call it a day.

▪️ARTICULATE (VERB): (साफ़ साफ़ बोलना)

Synonyms: join, integrate    

Antonyms: disjoin, disconnect

Example: I articulate his company once in a blue moon.

▪️ARID (ADJECTIVE):  (शुष्क)

Synonyms: dreary, dry       

Antonyms: humid, damp

Example: This time I am arid in telling you fables otherwise I know the ropes. 

▪️AVID (ADJECTIVE):  (उत्सुक)

Synonyms: devoted, fervent   

Antonyms: apathetic, cold

Example: He is an avid man with larger than life perspective.

▪️ARCANE (ADJECTIVE):  (रहस्य का)

Synonyms: mystic, occult      

 Antonyms: known, familiar

Example: I can’t paint to save my life it’s my arcane weakness.