Current Affairs :- 1st August, 2020

♦️AIM launched ‘AIM-iCREST’, in partnership with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Wadhwani Foundation

♦️Piyush Goyal Inaugurates CII National Digital Conference on “Easing of Doing Business for Atmanirbhar Bharat”

♦️Prakash Javadekar represents India in 6th BRICS Environment Ministers’ Meeting

♦️SIDBI, TransUnion CIBIL launched financial knowledge platform ”MSMESaksham” for MSMEs

♦️Craft Silicon & PayU Partnered to Advance Digital Loan Repayment

♦️Kotak Mahindra Bank Launched a Two-Month Campaign, ‘Kona Kona Umeed’ with Offers, Discounts

♦️MobiKwik Launched mpay.me, a Personalized UPI Payment Link

♦️Reliance Power, JERA ink loan agreement with banks for new power plant in Bangladesh

♦️Ivory Coast’s Defence Minister Hamed Bakayoko Appointed as PM

♦️Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd Appointed Former RBI Governor Urjit Patel as Additional & Independent Director

♦️Varun Sridhar is appointed as the New CEO of Paytm Money

♦️TATA Capital Growth Fund invests 30 Million USD for 0.85% Stake in Biocon Biologics

♦️Mars 2020 mission: NASA’s Mars rover ‘Perseverance’ launched to seek signs of ancient life

♦️Folk musician and Padma Shri awardee Sonam Tshering Lepcha died at 92 in Kalimpong, West Bengal

♦️Former Taiwan president, Lee Teng-hui dubbed as “Mr. Democracy” passed away at the age of 97 in Taipei City, Taiwan

♦️Malayalam Actor Anil Murali passed away at the age of 51

♦️World Ranger Day 2020 – July 31

The Hindu Editorial VOCAB :- 1st August, 2020

▪️COLLABORATION (NOUN):  (सहकार्यता)

Synonyms: association, partnership 

Antonyms: disunion, separation

Example: With the collaboration, he undertook the preparation of an inventory.

▪️VITAL(ADJECTIVE):  (महत्वपूर्ण)

Synonyms: crucial, necessary

Antonyms: optional, secondary  

Example: States are a vital part of the grand coalition between the two countries.

▪️GRAVITATE (VERB):  (केंद्र की ओर झुकना)

Synonyms: incline, tend

Antonyms:  ascend, increase

Example: They gravitate to these areas.

▪️STAGGER(VERB):  (लड़खड़ाकर चलना)

Synonyms: careen, lurch

Antonyms: continue, stay  

Example: These numbers are staggering but they are only the tip of the iceberg.

▪️THRIVE (VERB):  (कामयाब होना)

Synonyms: flourish, bloom

Antonyms: cease, decrease  

 Example: It appears to believe that English can’t thrive as long as French survives.

▪️PALPABLE (ADJECTIVE):  (स्पष्ट)

Synonyms: noticeable, credible  

Antonyms: ambiguous, doubtful

Example: The committee’s fervour is palpable in every recommendation.

▪️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.

▪️COALESCE (VERB):  (संगठित होना)

Synonyms: consolidate, integrate      

 Antonyms:  divide, separate

Example: Local high school principals have agreed to coalesce around new approaches for college preparation.

▪️CONTRIVANCE (NOUN):  (युक्ति)

Synonyms: conspiracy, gambit      

Antonyms:  loyalty, faithfulness

Example: The thief’s contrivance for robbing the jewelry store did not take into account the presence of the guard dogs.

Readers Digest :- 31st July, 2020

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Current Affairs :- 31st July, 2020

♦️Cabinet approved National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 by replacing NEP, 1986; HRD ministry renamed as Ministry of Education

♦️CSIR, UBA-IIT Delhi and VIBHA Signs a Tripartite MoU to Adopt CSIR Technologies for Rural Development

♦️1st five of 36 French Rafale fighter jets landed at Haryana’s Ambala Airbase

♦️Dr. Harsh Vardhan released ebook titled “Standard Treatment Guidelines for the Management of Substance Use Disorders and Behavioural Addictions”

♦️Defence Ministry of India and Indonesia agree to expand the military ties during Defence Minister Dialogue in New Delhi

♦️Cabinet approves MoU between India and Zimbabwe on Traditional System of Medicine and Homeopathy

♦️UNICEF Publishes First of its kind report on Health crisis: “The Toxic Truth: Children’s Exposure to Lead Pollution Undermines a Generation of Future Potential”

♦️Narendra Modi & Pravind Jugnauth virtually inaugurated Supreme Court building in Port Louis, Mauritius

♦️SABIC in Spain to Become World’s First Large Scale Chemical Production Plant to Completely Run on Renewable Energy

♦️BOB Financial Solutions Limited ropes Fiserv, Inc for Digital Transformation

♦️Praj Signed MoU with ARAI to Jointly Develop Advanced Biofuels Application technology

♦️‘Aditya’, India’s First Solar Powered Ferry Bags the 1st ‘Gussies’ electric boat awards – Gustave Trouvé Award

♦️DIAT Developed ‘Aashray’, the Medical Bed Isolation System to Combat COVID-19

♦️Iran Launched the Underground Ballistic Missiles During ‘Great Prophet 14’ Military Exercise

♦️Indian GM P. Harikrishna Finishes Second in Grandmaster Triathlon Tournament at Biel Chess Festival 2020

♦️England Won the Final Wisden Trophy against West Indies by 2-1

♦️Indian Domestic Player Rajat Bhatia Announces Retirement from All Forms of Cricket

♦️President of West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee, Somendra Nath Mitra passed away at 78

♦️World day against trafficking in persons – July 30

♦️International Day of Friendship: July 30

The Hindu Editorials :- 31st July, 2020

♣️A long road: On National Education Policy 2020

♣️Banking on serology: On seroprevalence studies

The Hindu Editorial VOCAB :- 31st July, 2020

▪️CAPITULATION (NOUN): giving in:(आत्मसर्पण)

Synonyms: submission, yielding

Antonyms: defending, finding

Example: I was overwhelmed with my brother’s capitulation to allow me to drive his car.

▪️PRECOCIOUS (ADJECTIVE):exceptionally smart:(अत्याधिक बुद्धिमान)

Synonyms: intelligent, advanced

Antonyms: moronic, imbecile

Example: She is extremely precocious girl of our college.

▪️PLACID (NOUN): calm:(नम्र)

Synonyms: serene, tranquil

Antonyms: agitated, disturbed

Example: Placid surroundings of Kashmir enthralled me deep within.

▪️DELETERIOUS (ADJECTIVE): detrimental:(क्षतिकर)

Synonyms: harmful, destroying

Antonyms: helpful, aiding

Example: Smoking is deleterious to health.

▪️STIFFEN (VERB): Make or become harder🙁ठोस बनाना)

Synonyms: tighten, solidify  

 Antonyms:  weaken, dilute

Example: The blood supply to the skin is reduced when muscles stiffen.

▪️FRET (VERB): To worry🙁चिढ़ना)

Synonyms: agonize, bother 

 Antonyms: please, delight 

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

▪️ETHEREAL (ADJECTIVE): Extremely delicate🙁हल्का)

Synonyms: light, sublime     

Antonyms: earthly, indelicate

Example: In this ethereal realm are the currentsthat make possible wireless telegrapy.

▪️CONTRITE (ADJECTIVE): Chastened🙁पश्चात्तापी)

Synonyms: repentant, sorrowful  

Antonyms: indifferent, unapologetic

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

▪️CORNUCOPIA (NOUN):  Abundance🙁प्राचुर्य)

Synonyms: bounty, fullness   

Antonyms:  need, lack

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

▪️FLOP (VERB): Slump🙁गिर पड़ना)

Synonyms: fall, drop    

Antonyms: succeed, achieve

Example: She flopped, exhausted, on to the sofa.