✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 06.03.2024


1. CONVENTIONAL (ADJECTIVE): (पारंपरिक): normal
Synonyms: standard, regular
Antonyms: original
Example Sentence:A conventional morality had dictated behaviour.


2. COMMIT (VERB): (समर्पित होना): devout
Synonyms: devoted, loyal
Antonyms: apathetic
Example Sentence:We are committed to the fundamental principles of democracy.


3. COUNTER (VERB): (विरोध करना): parry
Synonyms: answer, contradict
Antonyms: support
Example Sentence:The possibility of the enemy being able to counter with similar missiles was remote.



4. ERSTWHILE (ADJECTIVE): (भूतपूर्व): former
Synonyms: old, past
Antonyms: present
Example Sentence:The erstwhile president of the company died recently.


5. UNRELENTING (ADJECTIVE): (निरंतर): continual
Synonyms: constant, continuous
Antonyms: intermittent
Example Sentence:Everyone for him was an unrelenting opponent.


6. CONTENT (ADJECTIVE): (संतुष्ट): contented
Synonyms: satisfied, pleased
Antonyms: discontented
Example Sentence:He seemed more content, less bitter.


7. CLAMOUR (NOUN): (कोलाहल): din
Synonyms: racket, uproar
Antonyms: silence
Example Sentence:The questions rose to a clamour.


8. PERFUNCTORY (ADJECTIVE): (असावधान): cursory
Synonyms: desultory, quick
Antonyms: careful
Example Sentence:He gave a perfunctory nod.


9. DISTRESS (NOUN): (संकट): anguish
Synonyms: suffering, pain
Antonyms: happiness
Example Sentence:To his distress he saw that she was trembling


10. SENSELESS (ADJECTIVE): (बेहोश): pointless
Synonyms: futile, hopeless
Antonyms: sensible
Example Sentence:It was as senseless as crossing Death Valley on foot.

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⚔ SLAVE DYNASTY   {✍️ ριнυ }

•1193 Muhammad Ghori
•1206 Qutubuddin Aibak
•1210 Aram Shah
•1211 Iltutmish
•1236 Ruknuddin Firoz Shah
•1236 Razia Sultan
•1240 Muizuddin Bahram Shah
•1242 Allauddin Masood Shah
•1246 Nasiruddin Mahmood
•1266 Giyasudin Bulban
•1286 Kai Khushro
•1287 Muizzuddin Kaiqubad
•1290 Shamuddin Kaimurs

√ 1290 Slave dynasty ends
(Reign period – 97 years approximately)

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🧰 SRI LANKA   {✍️ ριнυ }

9 states 25 districts
Praliament : parliamenthua (225 seats)
National day- 4 February 1948
Anthem: “Sri Lanka Matha”
Currency – Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR)
National Flower- Blue water lily
National Tree- Ironwood
National Fruit – Jackfruit
National Bird – Ceylon (Jungle Fowl)
National Game: Volleyball
Capital and largest city – Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Official languages – Sinhala,Tamil
Religion – 70.2% Buddhism, 12.6% Hinduism
President – Ranil Wickremesinghe
Prime Minister – Minister Dinesh Gunawardena
Speaker of the Parliament –
Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena
Chief Justice – Jayantha Jayasuriya
Highest peak – Pidurutalagala
Longest river – Mahaweli
Famous festivals – Sinhala and Tamil New Year, Vesak, Poson Festival, Kandy Esala
Perahera, Kataragama Festival, Vel Festival, Deepavali.

🏔 List of Hill Stations in India 🏔
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🔹 Almora➖Uttarakhand
🔹 Cherrapunjee➖Meghalaya
🔹 Coonoor➖Tamil Nadu
🔹 Dalhousie➖Himachal Pradesh
🔹 Darjeeling➖West Bengal
🔹 Gangtok➖Sikkim
🔹 Gulberga➖Jammu and Kashmir
🔹 Kalimpong➖West Bengal
🔹 Kasauli➖Himachal Pradesh
🔹 Kemangundi➖Karnataka
🔹 Khandala➖Maharashtra
🔹 Kodiakanal➖Tamil Nadu
🔹 Kullu valley➖Himachal Pradesh
🔹 Lansdowne➖Uttarakhand
🔹 Mahabaleshwar➖Maharashtra
🔹 Manali➖Himachal Pradesh
🔹 Mount Abu➖Rajasthan
🔹 Mussoorie➖Uttarakhand
🔹 Nainital➖Uttarakhand
🔹 Pahalgam➖Jammu and Kashmir
🔹 Panchgani➖Maharashtra
🔹 Panchmarhi➖Madhya Pradesh
🔹 Ranikhet➖Uttarakhand
🔹 Saputara➖Gujarat
🔹 Shillong➖Meghalaya
🔹 Shimla➖Himachal Pradesh
🔹 Ooty or Udhamandalam➖Tamil Nadu

❇️ 8 March

👱🏻‍♀International Women’s Day
अंतर्राष्ट्रीय महिला दिवस

Theme24 - 'Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress

👩🏻‍🦱 International Women's Day will be celebrated across the world on March 8 to mark the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women.

👩🏻‍🦰 For the first time, International Women's Day was celebrated in 1911.

👩🏻National Women's Commission ➖ 1992

🟢 NEWS

🔶 Global Gender Gap Report 2023
India - 127th

🔷 Women’s Prize for Fiction - Ruth Ozeki for “The Book of Form and Emptiness”.

🔶 World Women's Entrepreneur Award - Sangeeta Abhayan Kerala Entrepreneur

🔷 Salhoutuonuo Kruse And Hekani Jakhalu Become 1st Women MLAs From Nagaland

🔶 UNESCO Decides To Dedicates 2023 The International Day Of Education To Afghan Girls And Women

🔷 National Women’s Day Of India 2024: 13 Feb ( Sarojini Naidu )


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- Beryllium: Utilized in aerospace and defense industries.
- Tungsten: Found in alloy steels for military, construction, metalworking, mining, and oil drilling.
- Cadmium: Used in electrical storage/rechargeable batteries alongside Nickel.
- Gallium: Employed in clean energy technologies.
- Cobalt: Essential for lithium-ion batteries.
- Indium: Used in advanced engineering applications.
- Rhenium: Utilized in mass spectrographs, thermistors, and catalysts.
- Selenium: Found in pigments for ceramics, paints, and plastics.
- Tantalum: Used in mobile phones and surgical implants.
- Vanadium: Essential in the iron and steel industry, as well as aerospace applications.

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✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 09.03.2024


1. CONVALESCENT (ADJECTIVE): (अच्छा हो जानेवाला): recuperating 
Synonyms: recovering, improving 
Antonyms: worsening 
Example Sentence: The Roman Convalescent Home for women and children was erected in 1865. 


2. DEPORT (VERB): (निकाल देना): expel 
Synonyms: banish, exile 
Antonyms: admit 
Example Sentence: He was deported for violation of immigration laws. 


3. SCRUTINIZE (VERB): (जाँचना): inspect 
Synonyms: survey, scan 
Antonyms: glance at 
Example Sentence: Customers were warned to scrutinize the small print. 


4. SUSPENSION (NOUN): (निलंबन): adjournment 
Synonyms: interruption, postponement 
Antonyms: continuation 
Example Sentence: He was angry about his suspension from the team. 


5. COMPLACENCY (NOUN): (आत्मतुष्टि): smugness 
Synonyms: self-satisfaction, self-approval 
Antonyms: dissatisfaction 
Example Sentence: The figures are better, but there are no grounds for complacency. 


6. FEASIBILITY (NOUN): (व्यवहार्यता): practicability 
Synonyms: practicality, viability 
Antonyms: impracticality 
Example Sentence: There is feasibility in screening athletes for cardiac disease. 


7. TAME (ADJECTIVE): (पालतू): domesticated 
Synonyms: domestic, docile 
Antonyms: wild 
Example Sentence: The fish are so tame you have to push them away. 


8. INCLUSIVE (ADJECTIVE): (समावेशी): including 
Synonyms: incorporating, counting 
Antonyms: excluding 
Example Sentence: All prices are inclusive of VAT. 


9. LAX (ADJECTIVE): (सुस्त): slack 
Synonyms: slipshod, negligent 
Antonyms: stern 
Example Sentence: Lax security arrangements at the airport. 


10. STREAM (VERB): (लहराना): flutter 
Synonyms: float, flap 
Antonyms: dangle 
Example Sentence: Her black cloak streamed behind her. 

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🟢 ECONOMICS IMPORTANT YEARS (PYQ's)

- 1935: RBI established on April 1st.
- 1948: Introduction of Minimum Wages Act.
- 1949: Nationalisation of RBI.
- 1949: Passing of Banking Regulation Act.
- 1950: Establishment of Planning Commission.
- 1952: Setup of National Development Council.
- 1956: Passing of Khadi & Village Industries Commission Act.
- 1976: Regional Rural Banks Act enacted.
- 1982: Establishment of NABARD.
- 1986: Enactment of Consumer Protection Act.
- 2005: Passing of MGNREGA.
- 2015: Establishment of NITI Aayog.

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✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 10.03.2024


1. EXPLOIT (VERB): (अनुचित लाभ उठाना): take advantage of 
Synonyms: make use of, abuse 
Antonyms: treat fairly 
Example Sentence: These workers are at particular risk of being exploited in the workplace. 


2. COMPASSION (NOUN): (दया): pity 
Synonyms: sympathy, feeling 
Antonyms: indifference 
Example Sentence: The victims should be treated with compassion. 


3. GRIM (ADJECTIVE): (कठोर): stern 
Synonyms: forbidding, uninviting 
Antonyms: amiable 
Example Sentence: The expression on his face was grim. 


4. UNDERSCORE (VERB): (ज़ोर देना): emphasize 
Synonyms: highlight, stress 
Antonyms: understate 
Example Sentence: The company underscored the progress made with fuel cells. 


5. PARTIALLY (ADVERB): (आंशिक रूप से): partly 
Synonyms: in part, relatively 
Antonyms: wholly 
Example Sentence: The work partially fulfills the function of a historical memoir. 


6. ADVENT (NOUN): (आगमन): arrival 
Synonyms: appearance, emergence 
Antonyms: departure 
Example Sentence: The advent of television was a milestone. 


7. EXTRAORDINARY (ADJECTIVE): (उल्लेखनीय): remarkable 
Synonyms: exceptional, amazing 
Antonyms: ordinary 
Example Sentence: He is well known because of an extraordinary practice. 


8. HORRIBLE (ADJECTIVE): (बुरा): nasty 
Synonyms: disagreeable, unpleasant 
Antonyms: pleasant 
Example Sentence: The tea made by her tasted absolutely horrible. 


9. SUSPICION (NOUN): (संदेह): intuition 
Synonyms: feeling, impression 
Antonyms: certainty 
Example Sentence: She had a sneaking suspicion that he was laughing at her. 


10. UNSCRUPULOUS (ADJECTIVE): (नीतिज्ञानहीन): unprincipled 
Synonyms: unethical, immoral 
Antonyms: ethical 
Example Sentence: Unscrupulous landlords might be tempted to harass existing tenants. 

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🔹 India’s first ‘Coal to Methanol’ pilot plant :- Hyderabad, Telangana

🔹 Asia’s biggest Bio-Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) plant :- Indore, MP

🔹 India’s 1st commercial biomass-based hydrogen plant :- Khandwa, MP

🔹 India’s maiden project of mixing hydrogen into the natural gas system :- Indore, MP

🏑 Men's Hockey5s World Cup 2024:

- Host: Oman
- Teams: 16
- Winner: Netherlands
- Runner Up: Malaysia
- Top Scorer: Waheed Rana (Pakistan, 23 goals)
- Best Player: Akhimullah Annur (Malaysia)
- Best Young Player: Hannan Shahid (Pakistan)
- Best Goalkeeper: Joey van Walstijn (Netherlands)

✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 11.03.2024


1. DIGNITY (NOUN): (गरिमा): nobility
Synonyms: majesty, regality
Antonyms: informality
Example Sentence:He bowed in front of God with great dignity.


2. INDUCE (VERB): (कारण बनना): cause
Synonyms: produce, effect
Antonyms: prevent
Example Sentence: None of these measures induced a change of policy.


3.CURB (VERB): (अंकुश लगाना): restrain
Synonyms: hold back, keep back
Antonyms: release
Example Sentence:She promised she would curb her temper.


4. SPLENDID (ADJECTIVE): (शानदार): magnificent
Synonyms: sumptuous, grand
Antonyms: modest
Example Sentence:The view of the HawaMahal was splendid.


5. PINNACLE (NOUN): (शिखर): peak
Synonyms: height, summit
Antonyms: nadir
Example Sentence:He had reached the pinnacle of his career.


6. LAX (ADJECTIVE): (बेपरवाह): slack
Synonyms: slipshod, negligent
Antonyms: stern
Example Sentence:Never let go of that privacy or be lax with your security.


7. INDEFINITELY (ADVERB): (अनिश्चित काल के लिए): sine die
Synonyms: forever, for good
Antonyms: temporarily
Example Sentence:Talks cannot go on indefinitely.


8. COMPLEX (ADJECTIVE): (जटिल): complicated
Synonyms: involved, intricate
Antonyms: simple
Example Sentence:It was a complex task of regenerating Docklands.


9. DEMOLITION (NOUN): (विध्वंस): destruction
Synonyms: knocking down, flattening
Antonyms: construction
Example Sentence:The monument was saved from demolition.


10. NEGLIGENCE (NOUN): (लापरवाही): carelessness
Synonyms: lack of care, dereliction of duty
Antonyms: conscientiousness
Example Sentence:His injury was due to the negligence of his employers.

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🔹 India’s first ‘Coal to Methanol’ pilot plant :- Hyderabad, Telangana

🔹 Asia’s biggest Bio-Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) plant :- Indore, MP

🔹 India’s 1st commercial biomass-based hydrogen plant :- Khandwa, MP

🔹 India’s maiden project of mixing hydrogen into the natural gas system :- Indore, MP