Friday, 14 August 2020

The Hindu Editorial VOCAB :- 14th August, 2020


▪️CORNUCOPIA (NOUN): (प्रचुरता)Abundance
Synonyms: bounty, fullness 

Antonyms: need, lack

Example: I shall come from London Town with a cornucopia of presents.

▪️FRET (VERB): (चिड़चिड़ाना)Feel uneasy
Synonyms: be upset, be anxious 

Antonyms: please, delight 

Example: She was always fretting about something or the other. 

▪️ETHEREAL (ADJECTIVE): (कोमल)Extremely delicate
Synonyms: light, sublime 

Antonyms: earthly, indelicate

Example : In this ethereal realm are the currents that make possible wireless telegraphy.

▪️UNLETTERED (ADJECTIVE):(निरक्षर)Uneducated
Synonyms: ignorant, illiterate 

Antonyms: educated, literate

Example: Such misconceptions have not been confined to the unlettered masses.

▪️SPRIGHTLY (ADJECTIVE): (प्रमुदित)Lively
Synonyms: agile, active 

Antonyms: spiritless, lethargic

Example: The sprightly old woman walks two miles every day.

▪️SANCTIMONIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (पाखंडी)Self-righteous
Synonyms: insincere, hypocritical

Antonyms: honest, sincere

Example: His sanctimonious expressions explained his intentions.

▪️SULLEN (ADJECTIVE): (उदास)Morose
Synonyms: gloomy, brooding 

Antonyms: cheerful, pleasant

Example: The offenders lapsed into a sullen silence.

▪️CHAOTIC (ADJECTIVE)(अराजकतापूर्ण) Disordered
Synonyms: uncontrolled, lawless s

Antonyms: ordered, organized

Example: My house becomes a chaotic place in the absence of my wife.

▪️CONTRITE (ADJECTIVE): (पछताया हुआ) Chastened
Synonyms: repentant, sorrowful 

Antonyms: indifferent, unapologetic

Example: He was so contrite that he wrote me a letter of apology.

▪️PRUNE (VERB): (काटना/ छाँटना)Pare down
Synonyms: trim, reduce 

Antonyms: include, increase

Example: Economic hard times are forcing the companies to prune their budget.

Current Affairs :- 14th August, 2020


♦️PM Narendra Modi Launched “Transparent Taxation – Honoring the Honest” platform of IT department

♦️India Extends an Assistance of USD 1 Million to Antigua and Barbuda’s COVID-19 Response

♦️First-of-its-kind Katra-Delhi Express Road Corridor to be completed by 2023

♦️Daughters have Equal Birthright to Inherit Property with Retrospective Effect: Supreme Court

♦️Goa’s Moira bananas, Harmal Chillies, Khaje gets GI tag

♦️Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Committed USD 25mn to Expand Unified Champion Schools to 6 countries Including India

♦️RBI Mandates System-based Asset Classification for Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs)

♦️Federal Bank Partnered with Fiserv, Inc. to Support Launch of their 1st Independent Credit Card, ‘Federal Bank Credit Card’

♦️Ammunition Factory Khadki, Pune Handed Over 40 mm Under Barrel Grenade Launcher (UBGL) to BSF

♦️Israel Successfully tested its Arrow-2 Ballistic Missile Interceptor

♦️NASA’s TESS Completed Primary Mission, Finds 66 New Exoplanets & around 2100 ‘candidates’

♦️Israel shares AI-based technology, high-end equipment with AIIMS to help combat COVID-19

♦️World Organ Donation Day 2020: August 13

♦️International Left handers Day 2020: August 13

♦️Punjab CM Amarinder Singh Launched ‘Punjab Smart Connect Scheme’ to Provide Free Smartphones for more than 1.74 Lakh Students

♦️Odisha Cabinet Approved 20 Proposals including 4 Mega Drinking Water Projects

♦️Goa Signed a First of its Kind Tripartite MoU with GIZ India and Siemens Limited to Provide German Vocational Training in ITIs

♦️West Bengal Govt Launched ‘Karma Sathi Prakalpa’ scheme to Provide Soft Loans, Subsidies to Youth

♦️Andhra Pradesh CM Launched “YSR Cheyutha” scheme to ensure sustainable livelihood for women

♦️Telangana launched AI for Agricultural Innovation Program in Collaboration with C4IR & WEF, India

♦️Odisha to Promulgate Ordinance to Enhance Punishment for Non-Compliance of Covid-19 regulations

♦️Manipur Observed its Patriots’ day 2020 on August 13

♦️Microwave device ‘Atulya’ to disintegrate novel Coronavirus unveiled : Nitin Gadkari

♦️“Atma Nirbhar App Innovation Challenge” winners announced: Govt

The Hindu Editorials :- 14th August, 2020