Current Affairs :- 21st September, 2020

♦️21 September : International Day Of Peace 

 Theme 2020 : " Shaping Peace Together " 

♦️ Simanchala Dash Appointed As Advisor To IMF Executive Director

 Simanchala Dash Has Been Appointed For A Period Of 3 Years

He Served As PS To The Then FM Arun Jaitley From 2014 To 2017

♦️ 3rd Meeting Of G20 Trade And Investment Working Group (TIWG) Held Virtually

TIWG Was Established Under The Chinese G20 Presidency In 2016 

♦️Former PM H D Deve Gowda Took Oath As A Member Of The Rajya Sabha From Karnata

 H D Deve Gowda Was Last A Member Of The Upper House In 1996

♦️ Kane Tanaka (117) Becomes Oldest Person On Record

♦️Mohamed Hussein Roble Appointed New Prime Minister Of Somalia

♦️ India Provided A Soft Loan Of $250 Million To The Govt Of The Maldives 

♦️India’s Fuel Demand To Contract 11.5% In 2020 : Fitch Solutions

♦️ PM Narendra Modi Awarded Ig Nobel Prize 2020 For Medical Education

 Award Given By A Magazine Improbable Research Every Year Since 1991

♦️ Atal Bihari Vajpayee Becomes 1st Indian Prime Minister To Be Awarded The Ig Nobel Prize (1998)

♦️ PM Modi Became The 2nd Indian Prime Minister To Be Awarded The Ig Nobel Prize 

♦️ BrandZ Released India’s Most Valuable Brand Rankings 2020

♦️ HDFC Bank Retains Top Spot In India’s Most Valuable Brand Rankings

 HDFC Bank Was Ranked As India’s Top Brand For The 7th Consecutive Year

 LIC Ranked 2nd, and TCS Ranked 3rd. 

♦️UP Announced To Set Up Country’s Biggest Film City

♦️A Book Titled " Azadi : Freedom. Fascism. Fiction. " Authored By Arundhati Roy

♦️ Margaret Atwood Awarded Dayton Literary Peace Prize

♦️ India To Achieve 100 MT Coal Gasification Target By 2030

♦️ Udit Singhal Named By UN In Class Of Young Leaders for SGDs

♦️ UP Decided To Provide Cows To Families With Malnourished Children

♦️ Gujrat Govt Announced Subsidy Schemes For e-Scooters , Rickshaws .

The Hindu Editorials :- 21st September, 2020

♣️Fair and unfair: On actor Suriya and contempt

♣️Cricket in action: On IPL 2020

The Hindu Editorial VOCAB :- 21st September, 2020

▪️GRIEVOUS (ADJECTIVE): (क्षतिकर):severe

Synonyms: appalling, atrocious

Antonyms: acceptable, bearable

Example: This was a grievous blow to William, but his courage did not fail.

▪️JINX (NOUN): (अशुभ): curse

Synonyms: enchantment, spell

Antonyms: boon, benefit

Example: Superstitious persons consider number thirteen a jinx.

▪️JARGON (NOUN): (तकनीकी भाषा):language difficult to understand

Synonyms: argot, lingo

Antonyms: quiet, sense

Example: It is difficult to understand the jargon of tribal people.

▪️LEADERENE (NOUN): (तानाशाह महिला नेत्री):an autocratic female leader

Synonyms: queen, duchess

Antonyms: servant, follower

Example: The leaderene of that country criticized the anti-feminist suggestions of her opposition.

▪️PANDEMONIUM (NOUN): (विप्लव):craziness

Synonyms: anarchy, tumult

Antonyms: calm, order

Example: Many people were badly injured during the pandemonium of the riot.

▪️CURB (NOUN): (नियंत्रण): rein

Synonyms: limitation, control

Antonyms: freedom, encouragement

Example: Taking a few deep breaths following a heated argument may curb your temper.

▪️ANGST (NOUN): (उत्कंठा): feeling of anxiety

Synonyms: agony, apprehension

Antonyms: calmness, confidence

Example: A day before the fight, the inexperienced boxer was plagued with angst about losing his first match.

▪️ACCOMPLICE (NOUN): (सहकारी):aide

Synonyms: associate, ally

Antonyms: opponent, enemy

Example: Alpa could not have committed murders in two different towns at the same time unless she had an accomplice.

▪️AFTERMATH (ADJECTIVE): (परिणाम):impact

Synonyms: outcome, consequences

Antonyms: source, origin

Example: Although the aftermath was daunting, nothing could compare to the moment that the tornado struck the building.

▪️BAIT (NOUN): (प्रलोभन): enticement

Synonyms: allurement, attraction

Antonyms: discouragement, repulsion

Example: Herrings make excellent bait for pike.