🔵 6th AUGUST

❇️ HIROSHIMA REMEMBRANCE DAY
हिरोशिमा स्मरण दिवस

💠 On August 6, 2024, Japan marks the 78th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bomb attack on the city of Hiroshima.

💠 In 1945, the United States warplane Enola Gay dropped an atom bomb named “Little Boy” in the city of Hiroshima killing 140,000 people.

💠 Why the atom bomb?
The relations between Japan and the USA worsened after the end of World War II in 1945.

🟢 NEWS RELATED TO JAPAN

🔸India-Japan conducted a Maritime Partnership exercise (MPX) in the Andaman Sea

🔸Japan to participate in NATO summit for the first time

🔸Japan’s ‘Order of the Rising Sun’ award conferred to Narayanan Kumar

🔸Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, Switzerland Elected non-permanent members for 2023-24 to the UNSC

🔸Third India-Japan joint exercise ‘EX DHARMA GUARDIAN-2022’

🔸Former Japan PM Shinzo Abe given Netaji Award 2022

🔸Japan introduced the world’s 1st Dual-Mode Vehicle

✍ Credit : Arvιnd Kυмar ⛥

🟢 Agreement & Treaty

- सिंधु जल समझौता 1960
- ताशकंद समझौता 1966
- शिमला समझौता 1972
- लाहौर घोषणा 1999
- आगरा सम्मिट 2001

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- Indus Water Treaty 1960
- Tashkent Agreement 1966
- Shimla Agreement 1972
- Lahore Declaration 1999
- Agra Summit 2001

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🟢 NEWS
🔷 FIFA RANKING
▪️India are now ranked 22nd in Asia and 124th in the world.

🔷 Players of the Year 2023-24 at the AIFF
▪️ Mens - Lallianzuala Chhangte
▪️ Women’s - Indumathi Kathiresan

🔷UPSC chairman Manoj Soni confirms resignation

❇️ 7 August

🥇 National Javelin Day
राष्ट्रीय भाला दिवस

🥇 The Athletics Federation of India (AFI)celebrate across the country to commemorate one of the greatest moments in the country's sporting history, Neeraj Chopra's Olympic gold medal.

🟢 NEWS
🔶Gold at Tokyo Olympic & Kuortane Games

🔶Silver in World Athletics Championship 2022 & The Diamond League

🔶Wins Sportsman of the Year award: Sportstar Aces 2022

🔶Honoured with Param Vishisht Seva Medal

🔶The man with Golden Arm 2022

🔶Sets National Record With 89.30M

🔶Renamed Army Sports Institute, Pune as “Neeraj Chopra Stadium”

🔶‘Golden Boy Neeraj Chopra’ by Navdeep Singh Gill

🔶Nominated for Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year Award

🔶 Brand Ambassador
▪️GoodDot
▪️Tata AIA Life
▪️Coca-Cola signed for Limca Sportz promotion
▪️RBI appoints for Banking Fraud Awareness Campaign

✍ Credit : Arvιnd Kυмar ✪

🟢 IMPORTANT TRIBES OF INDIA:

1. Bonda - Orissa
2. Katkari - Maharashtra, Gujarat
3. Sahariya - M.P., Rajasthan
4. Baiga - M.P.
5. Asur and Paharia - Jharkhand
6. Reang/Bru - Tripura, Mizoram
7. Chenchu - Andhra Pradesh
8. Konda Reddy - Andhra Pradesh
9. Onge, Jarawa, and Sentinels - Andaman and Nicobar
10. Chakma - Mizoram
11. Angami - Nagaland
12. Santhal - Jharkhand
13. Changpa - Ladakh
14. Parivara, Talwara, and the Siddi Community Tribes - Karnataka

#Rivers_Series

◾️ BEAS RIVER

1. Rises at BEAS KUND near southern face of Rohtang pass in Kullu.

2. It cuts through a Dhauladhar range in a deep gorge near Koti and Larji.

3. Then it flows from North to South along Manali and Kullu Towns.

4. Further down, It flows through a Kangra valley and then turns west to enter the Punjab plain.

5. It finally passes through Kapurthala and Amritsar and joins sutlej near Harike.

❇️ 9th AUGUST

🔴 International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
विश्व के स्वदेशी लोगों का अंतर्राष्ट्रीय दिवस

🔹 Theme24 : “Protecting the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation and Initial Contact”

🔹 To Raise awareness and protect the rights of the world's indigenous population.

🔹 First pronounced by the United Nations General Assembly in December 1994.

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📮World Tribal Day
Cabinet Minister and Ministry

📮NAGASAKI DAY

📮Karori Train Robbery memorial Day

🏢 United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) :
▪️ Est. : 1945
▪️ Headquarters: New York, US
▪️ President:  H.E. Csaba Kőrösi(77th)

✍ Credit : Arvιnd Kυмar ⛥

🙏🏻A. P. J. Abdul Kalam🙏🏻

💠Born : 15 October 1931, Rameswaram TN

💠Died : 27 July 2015, Shillong Meghalaya

💠Full name : Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam

💠He was an Indian aerospace scientist and politician

💠11th President of India from 2002 to 2007

💠Before being elected as the President also served as Chief Scientific Adviser to the PM and Secretary of DRDO

💠Bharat Ratna Awarded : 1997

💠Known as the "Missile Man of India" 

🏆 IMPORTANT AWARDS
1997: Bharat Ratna
1981: Padma Bhushan
1990: Padma Vibhushan
1997: Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration
1998: Veer Savarkar Award
2000: SASTRA Ramanujan Prize – Shanmugha Arts, Science,Technology & Research Academy, India
2013: Von Braun Award

📚BOOKS OF APJ ABDUL KALAM
📯Wings of Fire : Autobiography 
📯India 2020
📯Ignited Minds
📯Target 3 Billion
📯Turning Points
📯You Are Born To Blossom
📯My Journey
📯A Manifesto for Change
📯Advantage India
📯Reignited

💠 Wheeler Island rename Dr. Abdul Kalam Island

✍Credit : Tk Gupta

📊 CENSUS FACT for CGL

•Henry Walter is known as the father of the Indian Census.
• The Census was first started under British Viceroy Lord Mayo in 1872.
• The first synchronous census was taken under British rule on February 17, 1881, by W.C. Plowden, Census Commissioner of India.
• During that time Lord Ripon was Viceroy of India.
• The first census of Independent India was conducted in 1951, which was the seventh census in its continuous series.
• Census 2011 was the 15th National Census of the country since 1872 and the 7th after Independence.

📈 Most Repeated Question
• The year of the Great Divide - 1921
• State with the highest population density – Bihar (1102)
• State with the lowest population density – Arunachal Pradesh (17)
• Union territory with Highest population – New Delhi (11320)
• Union territory with least population – Lakshadweep
• State with the highest population – Uttar Pradesh
• State with the lowest population – Sikkim
• State with the highest sex ratio – Kerala
• State with the lowest sex ratio – Haryana
• State with the highest literacy rate – Kerala
• State with the lowest literacy rate – Bihar
• State largest rural population –
Up> Maharashtra> MP>Punjab
• The most populous tribe - Bhil
• Literacy Rate in India (Category)
• 74.04 % is Overall
• 82.14% for Males
• 65.46% for Females
• 16.68% diffrence between M & F

🟢Recent Award

- Dilip Bose Lifetime Achievement Award – Nar Singh & Rohini Lokhande
- Gudleppa Hallikeri Award 2024 – Siddhalinga Pattanashetti
-Nelson Mandela Award for Health Promotion 2024 – National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bengaluru
-CSR Champion Award 2024 – Power Finance Corporation Limited
-UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award – Major Radhika Sen
-Economic Times HR World Future Ready Organization Award 2024-25 – NHPC

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♟World Bank

📯Founded – 1944
📯Headquarters – Washington Dc
📯President – David Malpass
📯MD & CFO – Anshula Kant
📯Chief Economist – Carman Reinhart
📯Executive Director – Rajesh Khullar
📯Member Countries -189
📯World Bank Group – 5 (IBRD, IDA, IFC, MIGA and ICSID)


✍ Credit -  Pihu kaur⋆˙

❇️ 12 AUGUST

🚵‍♀ International Youth Day
अंतर्राष्ट्रीय युवा दिवस 

Theme24 : “From Clicks to Progress: Youth Digital Pathways for Sustainable Development” 

💠 This day was observed for first time on 12 August, 2000

💠 12 January : National Youth Day
🔷 Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekanand

🟢 NEWS
🔶Maharashtra Government Launches Scheme To Boost Youth Employability

🔷Oracle Partners With Tamil Nadu To Empower Youth With IT Skills

🔶ISRO’s START 2024 Program To Inspire Youth In Space Science

🔷Indian Youth Uday Bhatia And Manasi Gupta Receive ‘Diana Memorial Award’

🔶Yatin Bhaskar Duggal Wins First Prize In National Youth Parliament Festival 2024 (5th Edition)

🔷Odisha Govt Introduces ‘Swayam’ Scheme For Youth Empowerment

🏢 Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports
▪️Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya

✍ Credit : Arvιnd Kυмar ⛥

🧍Scientific Name of Human Beings

The scientific name of human beings is Homo sapiens. Human beings can also be classified based on the following groups:

- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Primates
- Family: Hominidae
- Genus: Homo
- Species: Homo sapiens sapiens Linnaeus

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🟢 MAJOR RESEARCH INSTITUTES

🔷 Agricultural and Food Research:
- Indian Agricultural Research Institute - New Delhi
- Central Sugarcane Research Institute - Coimbatore
- Central Tobacco Research Institute - Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh
- Indian Institute of Sugar Technology - Kanpur
- National Dairy Research Institute - Karnal, Haryana
- Central Rice Research Institute - Cuttack
- Indian Pulses Research Institute - Kanpur

🔷 Chemical and Biological Research:
- Indian Institute of Chemical Biology - Kolkata
- Central Drug Research Institute - Lucknow
- Cellular and Molecular Biology Centre - Hyderabad

🔷 Environmental and Engineering Research:
- Central Environmental Engineering Research Institute - Nagpur
- Central Water and Power Research Centre - Khadakvasla, Pune

🔷 Industrial and Technological Research:
- Central Leather Research Institute - Chennai
- Central Road Research Institute - New Delhi
- Diesel Locomotive Works - Varanasi
- Central Tractor Institute - New Delhi
- Industrial Toxicology Research Centre - Lucknow

🔷 Defense and Electronics Research:
- Bharat Electronics Limited - Jalahalli, Bengaluru

🔷 Meteorological and Physical Research:
- Indian Meteorological Institute - New Delhi
- Raman Research Institute - Bengaluru
- High Latitude Research Laboratory - Gulmarg

🔷 Miscellaneous:
- Central Botanical Research Institute - Lucknow
- Centres Research Centre - Gurugram (Gurgaon)

❇️ 14 August

🕊 Partition Horror Remembrance Day
विभाजन विभीषिका स्मृति दिवस

🔷 It commemorates the victims and sufferings of people during the Partition of India.

🔶 Announced by PM Narendra Modi on 15 August 2021.

🔶The partition of India in 1947 divided British India into two independent dominions: India and Pakistan.

🔷The partition was outlined in the Indian Independence Act 1947

🔶The Dominion of India is today the Republic of India (since 1950)
🔸The Dominion of Pakistan was composed of what is known today as the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (since 1956)
🔸The People's Republic of Bangladesh (since 1971).

🔷On which date was the partition of India announced - 3rd (June 1947)

🔶The Balkan plan for the partition of India was present - Brain of Lord Mountbatten.

✍ Credit : Arvιnd Kυмar ⛥

✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 14.08.2024


1. VIBRANT (ADJECTIVE): (जोशपूर्ण): energetic
Synonyms: spirited, virile
Antonyms: dispirited, lethargic
Example Sentence:The rich merchants are a part of a vibrant economy.


2. EXPEDITIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (शीघ्र): speedy
Synonyms: swift, quick
Antonyms: slow
Example Sentence:The investigation was supposed to be expeditious.


3. PERTURBED (ADJECTIVE): (व्याकुल): anxious
Synonyms: worried, concerned
Antonyms: unworried
Example Sentence:He nodded, obviously perturbed about something.


4. SATISFACTORY (ADJECTIVE): (संतोषजनक): adequate
Synonyms: all right, acceptable
Antonyms: unsatisfactory
Example Sentence:He did not get a satisfactory reply.


5. FALLOW (ADJECTIVE): (परती, बिना जोती बोई भूमि): uncultivated
Synonyms: unploughed, untilled
Antonyms: cultivated
Example Sentence:Incentives were provided to farmers to let land lie fallow.


6. INFIRM (ADJECTIVE): (कमजोर): frail
Synonyms: weak, feeble
Antonyms: strong
Example Sentence:Those who are old or infirm aren't allowed to travel.


7. SUBSEQUENT (ADJECTIVE): (आगामी): following
Synonyms: ensuing, succeeding
Antonyms: previous
Example Sentence:The theory was developed subsequent to the earthquake of 1906.


8. UPHOLD (VERB): (कायम रखना): maintain
Synonyms: sustain, continue
Antonyms: abandon
Example Sentence:They uphold a tradition of not causing distress to living creatures.


9. INCAPACITATE (VERB): (अक्षमता): disabled
Synonyms: debilitated, indisposed
Antonyms: fit
Example Sentence:He was incapacitated by a heart attack.


10. PUERILE (ADJECTIVE): (बचकाना): childish
Synonyms: immature, infantile
Antonyms: mature
Example Sentence:We had a puerile argument.

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