❇️ 4 January

🙌 World Braille Day
विश्व ब्रेल दिवस

🟢 World Braille Day is observed every year in memory of Louis Braille, the inventor of the Braille script. He was born on January 4, 1809.

🔶 Louis discovered the Braille script only at the age of 15. It was made for the visually impaired. The method in Braille is named after him.

🔶 Braille is a tactile writing system. It is written on a special type of raised paper.

🟢PYQs
▪️It’s code was based on 12 dots.
▪️The 12 dots were placed in rows of 66.
▪️Myopia- Nearsighted : close objects appear clearly, but far ones don't.
▪️Hypermetropia- Farsighted : nearby objects are blurry.

🟢 NEWS
🔶India’s 1st Internet Radio “Radio Aksh” For Visually Challenged Launched In Nagpur

🔷IIT Kanpur Develops Touch-Sensitive Watch For The Visually Impaired

🔶“MANI” To Help Visually Challenged To Identify Currency Notes

🔷Blind T20 World Cup 2022: India Beat Bangladesh

💥World Sight Day -13 October
     
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🪩 January 5

🙌 National Bird Day
राष्ट्रीय पक्षी दिवस

🦩To create awareness or education about the physical and behavioral needs that need to improve the welfare of the millions of birds kept in captivity.

🦤 National Bird Day was launched in 2002 in the United States.

🦃 In India National Bird Day is celebrated every year on 12 November. National Bird Day was declared by the Government of India on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Dr. Salim Ali, India's famous Ornithologist, and Naturalist.

🟢 PYQs
▪️Study of Birds: Ornithology
▪️Birdman of India: Dr. Salim Ali
▪️Father of Indian Ornithology : Allan Octavian Hume

🟢 NEWS
🔷Nagaland Organized Tokhu Emong Bird Count

🔶J&K Tourism Department Inaugurates Bird Festival At Pahalgam

🔷Kerala Got Its First-Ever Scientific Bird Atlas

🔶Kazhuveli Wetland Declared As 16th Bird Sanctuary Of Tamil Nadu

🔷Ladakh Announces Black-Necked Crane As State Bird

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🗿 STATUE OF INDIA

🟡 Statue of Equality - 216 feet
🔸Ramanujacharya
▪️Hyderabad

🟡Statue of Knowledge - 70 Feet
🔸B.R. Ambedkar
▪️Latur, Maharashtra

🟡Statue of Peace
🔸Ramanujacharya
▪️Jammu and Kashmir

🟡Statue of Peace - 151 inch
🔸Vijay Vallabh Surishwar
▪️Rajasthan

🟡Statue of Prosperity - 108 feet
🔸Nadprabhu Kampegoda
▪️Bengaluru

🟡Statue of Unity - 182 meter
🔸 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
▪️Narmada River, Gujarat

🟡Vishvas Swaroopam - 369 feet
🔸Nathdwara, Rajasthan

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🪩 January 6

🙌 World War Orphans Day
विश्व युद्ध अनाथ दिवस

Theme 2023 : “Standing Up for War-Affected Children”

▪️Orphan: a child whose parents are dead

🙍🏻The purpose of the day is to spread awareness globally about the need to protect the human rights of children orphaned by wars and to generate efforts to secure a better tomorrow for them.

🙍🏻‍♂The World Day of War Orphans was initiated by the French organization

🙍🏻As per UNICEF, a child under 18 years of age who has lost one or both parents to any cause of death is considered an orphan.

🟢 NEWS
🔶Sindhutai Sapkal Popular As ‘Mother Of Orphans’ Passes Away

🔷Uttarakhand CM Declared Vatsalya Yojana For Orphan Children

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✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 07.01.2024


1. CONVALESCE (VERB): (निरामय होना): recuperate
Synonyms: recover, improve
Antonyms: deteriorate
Example Sentence:He spent eight months convalescing after the stroke.


2. GREGARIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (सुसामाजिक): social
Synonyms: sociable, companionable
Antonyms: unsociable
Example Sentence:He was a popular and gregarious man.


3. EXQUISITE (ADJECTIVE): (उत्कृष्ट): beautiful
Synonyms: lovely, elegant
Antonyms: crude
Example Sentence:The Indians brought in exquisite designs and beadwork to sell.


4. FEASIBLE (ADJECTIVE): (व्यवहार्य): practicable
Synonyms: practical, workable
Antonyms: impractical
Example Sentence:It is not feasible to put most finds from excavations on public display.


5 TRANQUILLIZE (VERB): (शांत करना): sedate
Synonyms: soothe, pacify
Antonyms: agitate
Example Sentence:The dogs had to be tranquillized before their owner's body could be brought out.


6. IMPROBABLE (ADJECTIVE): (अप्रत्याशित): inauthentic
Synonyms: unconvincing, unbelievable
Antonyms: believable
Example Sentence:The characters have improbable names.


7. IMPULSE (NOUN): (आवेग): wildness
Synonyms: spontaneity, recklessness
Antonyms: premeditation
Example Sentence:She was solely a woman of impulse, not premeditation.


8. WRECK (VERB): (बिगाड़ देना): ruin
Synonyms: spoil, disrupt
Antonyms: facilitate
Example Sentence:An eye injury wrecked his chances of a professional career.


9. TORMENT (NOUN): (यातना): agony
Synonyms: suffering, torture
Antonyms: pleasure
Example Sentence:Their deaths have left both families in torment.


10. FELICITOUS (ADJECTIVE): (उचित): apt
Synonyms: well chosen, choice
Antonyms: inappropriate
Example Sentence:It was a felicitous phrase.

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🔴BRICS {✍️ ριнυ }

🔵 The full form of BRICS is Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

🔵 Initially, it had only four countries in 2009.
🟠South Africa joined in 2010.

🔵 It is associated with five emerging economies of the world which exert significant influence on regional affairs.

🔵 It was formed in 2009 and since then the governments of these 5 countries meet annually in a formal summit.

🔵For the year 2020, Russia hosted the 12th BRICS summit. In 2021, India will be the host of the 13th BRICS summit.

🔵 The BRICS Bank or New Development Bank was developed by an agreement signed during the Sixth BRICS Summit in Fortaleza, Brazil (2014).

🔵 The headquarters of BRICS Bank is in Shanghai.

🔵 In 2015, KV Kamath, a veteran Indian banker was appointed as the first chairman of the bank.

🪩 January 8

🎏 World Budhhist Flag Day
विश्व बौद्ध झंडा दिवस

🎏 Buddhist Flag Day is an annual holiday celebrated by Buddhists around the world to honor the Buddhist flag, which is an international symbol of Buddhism. The flag was first designed by the Colombo Committee, a group of Buddhist leaders in Sri Lanka, in 1885 as a way to bring unity and solidarity to the Buddhist community.

🟢 PYQs
▪️Buddha was born in Lumbini (Nepal).
▪️Obtained his enlightenment in Bodh Gaya,
▪️Gave his first sermon in Sarnath, and died in Kushinagar (UP)
▪️Sarnath is the place where Gautama Buddha first taught the Dharma then Buddhist Sangha has originated.
▪️Gautam Budhha is the founder of the world religion of Buddhism.

🟢 NEWS
🔶Indian Army’s Airawat Division Conducted Ex Sanchaar Bodh

🔷India’s Largest Reclining Statue Of Lord Buddha Being Built At Bodh Gaya

Note : TCS never ask this day but its facts are very important.

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✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 08.01.2024


1. ENTIRETY (NOUN): (संपूर्णता): whole 
Synonyms: sum, total 
Antonyms: part 
Example Sentence: She would have to stay in her room for the entirety of the weekend. 


2. LUMINOUS (ADJECTIVE): (चमकदार): shining 
Synonyms: bright, brilliant 
Antonyms: dark 
Example Sentence: The dial on his watch was luminous. 


3. DISSUADE (VERB): (रोकना): deter 
Synonyms: discourage, prevent 
Antonyms: persuade 
Example Sentence: My friends try to dissuade me from flying. 


4. LEGITIMATE (ADJECTIVE): (वैध): valid 
Synonyms: sound, admissible 
Antonyms: invalid 
Example Sentence: His excuse for being late was legitimate. 


5. IMPOVERISH (VERB): (शक्तिहीन करना): weaken 
Synonyms: sap, exhaust 
Antonyms: strengthen 
Example Sentence: The soil was impoverished by annual burning. 


6. AMENABLE (ADJECTIVE): (आज्ञाकारी): compliant 
Synonyms: acquiescent, biddable 
Antonyms: uncooperative 
Example Sentence: All parents want their children to be amenable. 


7. IGNOMINIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (अकीर्तिकर): humiliating 
Synonyms: undignified, embarrassing 
Antonyms: glorious 
Example Sentence: No other party risked ignominious defeat. 


8. DISCLOSURE (NOUN): (प्रकटीकरण): revelation 
Synonyms: divulgence, declaration 
Antonyms: concealment 
Example Sentence: He cannot prevent the disclosure of information. 


9. CUSTOMARILY (ADVERB): (प्रायः): usually 
Synonyms: traditionally, normally 
Antonyms: occasionally 
Example Sentence: The leaves are customarily used for animal fodder. 


10. CUTTING-EDGE (ADJECTIVE): (उन्नत): advanced 
Synonyms: innovative, pioneering. 
Antonyms: conventional 
Example Sentence: The company succeeded as it uses cutting-edge technology. 

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🪩 January 9

✈️ Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
प्रवासी भारतीय दिवस

🔴 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2025 (Last PBD was observed in 2023 and hence there will no Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2024)

🎪This day is observed and celebrated to mark the contribution of the Indian community living overseas towards the development of India.

🎪 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is celebrated in India once every two years on 9th January.

🎪The day, also known as NRI Day.

🎪 Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi, who led the freedom struggle, returned to India from South Africa on January 9, 1915, after that in the year 2003, the Indian National Congress party decided to celebrate Pravasi Bharatiya Divas on January 9.

🎪 In the year 2003, Pravasi Bharatiya Divas was started by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

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