Thursday, 30 July 2020
The Hindu Editorial VOCAB :- 30th July, 2020
▪️RECEDE (VERB): Withdraw (पीछे हटना)
Synonyms: abate, regress
Antonyms: increase, extend
Example: The Cabinet will recede more and more from our principles, our party.
WANTON (ADJECTIVE): extravagant:(आवारा)
Synonyms: lustful, outrageous
Antonyms: good, moral
Example: Between 1868 and 1872 they added ten millions by wanton extravagance to the State debt.
▪️NULLIFY (VERB): Cancel (प्रभावहीन करना)
Synonyms: revoke, abolish
Antonyms: approve, allow
Example: Fortunately, the attempt to nullify its benefits proved ineffectual.
▪️ALIGN (VERB): line up:(पंक्तिबद्ध करना)
Synonyms: array, adjust
Antonyms: disorder, mess up
Example: Similar instruction is given the troopers in aligning themselves to the left.
▪️GRAPPLE (VERB): grab:(भिड़ जाना)
Synonyms: confront, cope
Antonyms: release, let go
Example: Every blood-vessel was striving to grapple with the present.
▪️JUNTA (NOUN): (समिति) council
Synonyms: faction, cabal
Antonyms: single, individual
Example: After the dictator died the country was taken over by a junta of former officials.
▪️SCUTTLE (VERB): (जल्दी से दौड़ना) scamper
Synonyms: dash, hasten
Antonyms: walk, saunter
Example: The hamster starts to scuttle around his cage when he hears the children approaching.
▪️JEER (VERB): (मज़ाक उड़ाना) ridicule
Synonyms: taunt, hoot
Antonyms: compliment, laud
Example :The winning team jeered the opponents as their captain flaunted the trophy.
▪️JETTISON (VERB): (निकाल फ़ेकना) throw overboard
Synonyms: dump, discard
Antonyms: hold, keep
Example: I will keep the good experiences and jettison the bad ones, before I leave this city.
▪️MANTLE (NOUN): (आवरण) cloak
Synonyms: mask, disguise
Antonyms: reality, truth
Example: Aman smiled and pulled off his mantle, handing it to the boy.
Current Affairs :- 30th July, 2020
♦️Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur tops Niti’s delta ranking of Aspirational districts for Feb-June 2020 in health sector
♦️PFC signs an agreement with IIT- Kanpur for the Research, Training & ED in Smart Grid Technology
♦️Green-Ag project launched in Mizoram to bring transformative change in the farm sector
♦️5th Annual Meeting of Board of Governors of AIIB held virtually; Jin Liqun Reelected President of AIIB
♦️Maldives launched 9 development projects under USD 5.6 million Indian Grant for HICDP
♦️A 300-year-old temple, Sree Sree Joy Kali Matar temple reconstructed with Indian support in Natore, Bangladesh
♦️ADB Approves 3 Million USD Grant to India to Support COVID-19 Response
♦️National Awards for excellence in Earth System Science: MoES
♦️ICRA Limited Appointed N. Sivaraman as MD and Group CEO ; Succeeds Naresh Takkar
♦️CSIR’s CSIO along with AMESYS INDIA developed a microorganism decontamination box named ‘Suraksha’
♦️Veteran Bollywood Actor Kumkum Passed Away at 86 in Mumbai
♦️M Venkaiah Naidu virtually unveiled, Padi Bhavajaalalu Telugu version of Late S Jaipal Reddy’s Ten Ideologies book
♦️Indian Origin Author Avni Doshi’s ‘Burnt Sugar’ on 2020 Booker Prize
♦️International Tiger Day 2020 – July 29
♦️World In Vitro Fertilization Day 2020 – July 25
♦️UKIBC Signs MoU with Government of Gujarat to Strengthen Gujarat’s Industrial Development
♦️Kerala announced new Chief Minister’s Entrepreneurship Development Programme to address working capital shortage
♦️Assam: Guwahati gets “BANDICOOT” the first manhole cleaning robot in Northeast
♦️Bombay Flying Club: India’s 1st DGCA-approved drone training school
♦️‘Dare to Dream 2.0’ contest for innovators and startups launched: DRDO
Wednesday, 29 July 2020
Current Affairs :- 29th July, 2020
♦️GoI funded 10 Broad Gauge Locomotives handed over to Bangladesh by Indian Railways in a virtual ceremony
♦️PM Modi Launched High Throughput COVID-19 Testing Facilities at Kolkata, Mumbai & Noida
♦️Govt released guidelines for 4 schemes to boost domestic manufacturing of bulk drugs & medical devices Parks
♦️Central Govt. with World Bank decides to convert ravines of Chambal region into arable land
♦️India’s GDP boosts to 2.5% by AI : Report by ICRIER, Google & NASSCOM6India to set up Solar Power Plant in Sri Lanka
♦️GAIL and CCSL signs MoU to partner in Compressed BioGas projects in India
♦️Home Minister Amit Shah Distributed 100 Electric Potters Wheels to Artisans of Gujarat
♦️IRCTC and SBI Card launched a Co-branded Contactless Credit Card on RuPay Platform
♦️Bharti AXA General Insurance Launched Crop Insurance Campaign, ‘Bohot Zaroori Hai’ for Farmers
♦️SBI provided USD 16.20 million liquidity support for local businesses in Maldives as COVID-relief
♦️Indian oil and France’s Total formed 50:50 JV to make superior quality bitumen
♦️Former Coal India chief Anil Kumar Jha to head Expert Appraisal Committee
♦️Indian climate activist Archana Soreng becomes a member of António Guterres’s new Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change
♦️Tata AIA Life Insurance Appointed Naveen Tahilyani as its new MD & CEO
♦️Alok Misra Appointed as CEO and Director of MFIN
♦️Ram Vilas Paswan launched ‘BIS-Care’ App to Check the Authenticity of ISI and Hallmark Quality Certified Products
♦️World Hepatitis Day 2020 – July 28
♦️World Nature Conservation Day 2020 – July 28
♦️International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystems 2020 – July 26
The Hindu Editorial VOCAB :- 29th July, 2020
▪️INSTIL (VERB): (डालना)inject
Synonyms:infuse, implant
Antonyms: eradicate, extract
Example : The instructor tried to instil fear in the students.
▪️ENCROACH (VERB): (अधिक्रमण करना)violate
Synonyms:trespass, infringe
Antonyms: shun, abide
Example: As the forests continue to be destroyed for development, bears have no choice but to encroach into residential areas.
▪️EVASION (NOUN): (टालना)avoidance
Synonyms: evasiveness, obliqueness
Antonyms: directness, frankness
Example: She is in the habit of making evasion from every situation.
▪️PERSECUTE (VERB): (सताना)harass
Synonyms: torment, domineer
Antonyms:comfort, console
Example: The major kept on persecuting the soldiers.
▪️GIGANTIC (ADJECTIVE): (विशाल)huge
Synonyms:enormous, immense
Antonyms: small, slight
Example: A gigantic lily grows at a height of 20 feet’s.
▪️RAVAGE (VERB): (नष्ट कर देना)destroy
Synonyms:ruin, devastate
Antonyms: restore, reconstruct
Example : Anita ravaged all our weekend plans.
▪️TRECHAREOUS (ADJECTIVE): (विश्वासघाती)disloyal
Synonyms:faithless, unreliable
Antonyms: faithful, reliable
Example: He is a treacherous junk-dealer.
▪️SANGUINE (ADJECTIVE): (आशावादी)confident
Synonyms: hopeful, optimistic
Antonyms:pessimistic, depressed
Example: He is a sanguine person in every adverse situation.
▪️ORDAIN (VERB): (हुक्म देना)impose
Synonyms: order, proclaim
Antonyms: violate, revoke
Example: Antariksh knows the ministry will never ordain him as a priest.
▪️INSIPID (ADJECTIVE): (स्वादहीन)tasteless
Synonyms: vapid, unflavoured
Antonyms:delicious,pungent
Example: Tomato soup tastes insipid.
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