Tuesday 18 August 2020
Current Affairs :- 18th August, 2020
♦️PM Narendra Modi delivered its 7th consecutive speech on 74th Independence Day; Announced Launch of New Projects
♦️MP CM: Gwalior Chambal Expressway will be Named Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Chambal Progressway
♦️Indian Railways Constructing World’s Tallest Pier Bridge Across River Ijai in Manipur
♦️M/o SJ&E R Launched ‘Nasha-Mukt Bharat’ Campaign; National Institute of Social Defence Building Inaugurated in New Delhi
♦️Union Minister Nitin Gadkari lays foundation stone for 13 highway projects in Manipur among other measures for the NE states
♦️UK Launched £1.5 million Fund for India to Tackle Covid-19 Challenges & Climate Change
♦️India Post Issued 5 Commemorative Postage Stamps and 1 Miniature Sheet on UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India-III
♦️Piyush Goyal Virtually Inaugurated 4th edition of NPPC 2020: Digital Exhibitions and Conferences
♦️PNB Launched ‘DIGITAL APNAYEN’, a Campaign to Promote Digital Banking
♦️Google Partners with CWC of India for Flood Forecasting Initiatives
♦️AAIB forms 5 Member Panel Headed by Captain S S Chahar to Investigate the Kozhikode Plane Crash
♦️AIFF and SAI Jointly Launched “E-pathshala” a Web Platform to Promote Football
♦️Astronomers Found SPT0418-47, a Look-alike of the Milky Way at 12 Billion Light Years Away
♦️Indian Cricketers MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina retire from international cricket
♦️Lewis Hamilton Claims Record
♦️6th Podium Finish with Win at Spanish GP
♦️Arjuna awardee, UP Cabinet Minister and Former Indian Cricketer Chetan Chauhan Passed Away at 73 Due to COVID-19
♦️Actor Sharon Stone’s Memoir “The Beauty of Living Twice” to Release in March 2021
♦️Ex-Air Vice Marshal Arjun Subramaniam Authored a New book titled, “Full Spectrum: India’s Wars 1972-2020″
♦️Chhattisgarh Govt Launched ‘Padhai Tuhar Para’ scheme for school students
♦️Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio launches ‘Yellow Chain’ e-commerce platform on Independence day 2020
♦️Meghalaya CM Launched Restart Meghalaya Mission Worth Rs. 14,515 Crore to Revive Activities Stalled due to COVID-19
♦️Fit India Freedom Run launched : Kiren Rijiju
♦️AYUSH Ministry launches campaign “Ayush for Immunity”
The Hindu Editorial VOCAB :- 18th August, 2020
▪️VENIAL (ADJECTIVE): (क्षम्य)
Synonyms: allowable, forgivable
Antonyms: inexcusable, unforgivable
Example: The cuss word the non right-wingers are using is sheer venial.
▪️SECULAR (ADJECTIVE): (धर्म निरपेक्ष)
Synonyms: not spiritual, profane
Antonyms: religious, spiritual
Example: Both secular and religious institutions can apply for the funds.
▪️SWAY (NOUN): predominance (बोलबाला)
Synonyms: strong influence, command
Antonyms: powerlessness, inefficiency
Example: Her performance created a strong sway on audience.
▪️ASSERTION (NOUN): (अभिपुष्टि)
Synonyms: assurance, guarantee
Antonyms: doubt, confusion
Example: Ravi gave me assurance that he would manage everything.
▪️CONFISCATE (VERB): (ज़ब्त करना)
Synonyms: appropriate, impound
Antonyms: free, release
Example: They confiscated weapons, ammunition and propaganda material.
▪️CONFLUENCE (NOUN): (संगम)
Synonyms: junction, concurrence
Antonyms: division, separation
Example: The confluence of warm and cold temperatures is going to create a powerful storm.
▪️CONGEAL (VERB): (जमाना):
Synonyms: coagulate, curdle
Antonyms: melt, soften
Example: She wanted to wash the frying pan before the bacon fat had a chance to congeal.
▪️CONGENITAL (ADJECTIVE): (जन्मजात)
Synonyms: innate, inherent
Antonyms: foreign, external
Example: When he was 17, he died of congenital heart disease.
▪️CONGREGATION (NOUN): (जनसमूह)
Synonyms: audience, crowd
Antonyms: diffusion, division
Example: Most members of the congregation arrived a few minutes before the service.
▪️PERVERION (NOUN) (दोष)
Synonyms: burlesque, distortion
Antonyms: seriousness, solemnity
Example: The absurdly lenient sentence is a perversion of justice.
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