Current Affairs :- 24th August, 2020

♦️ Satpal Singh Satti Appointed Chairman Of Himachal Pradesh's 6th Finance Commission

♦️ Apple Becomes 1st U.S. Company To Reach A $2 Trillion Market Cap

♦️ TAAI & FICCI FLO Sign MoU With Ministry Of Tourism For Women Skilling Program

♦️ China Successfully Launches Optical Remote-Sensing Satellite " Gaofen-9 05 "

 Launched From Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre In Northwest China. 

♦️ICMR To Launch Coronavirus Vaccine Portal

 The Portal Will Show Data For Covid-19 Vaccine

♦️ I&B Ministry Releases SOP To Resume Work In Media Production

♦️IIT Bombay Holds Its 58th Annual Convocation Ceremony In A Virtual Reality Mode

♦️ The ICC Hall Of Fame Was 1st Introduced In The Year 2009

♦️South Africa's Jacques Kallis Has Been Inducted Into ICC Hall Of Fame 2020

♦️ J Kallis Is The 4th South African Player Inducted Into ICC Hall Of Fame

♦️ Pakistan's Zaheer Abbas Has Been Inducted Into ICC Hall Of Fame 2020

♦️ Z Abbas 6th Pakitan's Player Inducted Into ICC Hall Of Fame

♦️ Australia's Lisa Sthalekar Has Been Inducted Into ICC Hall Of Fame 2020

♦️ Out Of 93 Players Only 9 Women Have Been Included In The ICC Hall Of Fame

♦️ England's Rachael Flint Became The 1st Woman To Be Inducted In The Hall Of Fame 

( 2010 )

♦️ Since 2009 Till Date Just 6 Indians Have Been Included In ICC Hall Of Fame. 

The Hindu Editorials :- 24th August, 2020

♣️Women, uninterrupted: On access to contraception and abortion services

♣️Failing on fires: On Srisailam power plant accident

The Hindu Editorial VOCAB :- 24th August, 2020

▪️PURGE (NOUN): Elimination:(परिशोध)

Synonyms: expulsion, extermination 

Antonyms: keeping, holding

Example: Radha was feeling shy of telling her about her purge from the contest.

▪️QUANTUM (NOUN):Quantity:(मात्रा)

Synonyms: sum, amount 

Antonyms: part, whole

Example: While quantum energy could not be measured fully, the scientist continued to work on the experiment.

▪️PRECINCT (NOUN): Department: (प्रसीमा)

Synonyms: area, ward 

Antonyms: whole, full

Example: I am working in this precinct. 

▪️CONTEMPORANEOUS (ADJECTIVE):Coeval: (आधुनिक)

Synonyms: simultaneous, contemporary 

Antonyms: different, separate

Example: The contemporaneous ringing of the multiple phone lines kept the new receptionist very busy.

▪️PUNITIVE (ADJECTIVE):Retaliatory:(दंडात्मक)

Synonyms: vindictive, punishing 

Antonyms: beneficial, rewarding

Example: Don’t be punitive otherwise you’ll get into a soup.

▪️FEUD (VERB): (झगड़ा):quarrel

Synonyms: fight, bicker

Antonyms: agree, socialize

Example: He feuded unnecessarily with his friends.

▪️FANATICAL (ADJECTIVE): (कट्टर):narrow minded

Synonyms: orthodox, biased

Antonyms: liberal, unprejudiced

Example: In old days most of the people had fanatical thinking.

▪️SKULLDUGGERY (NOUN): (फरेब):tricky behaviour

Synonyms: chicanery, crafty

Antonyms: probity, modesty

Example: He always knew about his brother’s skullduggery towards others.

▪️QUASH (VERB): (समाप्त करना):cancel

Synonyms: revoke, abrogate

Antonyms: permit, authorize

Example: For no reasons her job offer letter was quashed.

▪️NOVICE (NOUN): (नवशिक्षित):beginner

Synonyms: tyro, learner

Antonyms: expert, veteran

Example: Abhinav was a complete novice in foreign affairs.