❇️ 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

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🟢 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)

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🙏🏻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

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📊 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)


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❇️ 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

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🧍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.

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✅ 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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❇️ 15 August

🇮🇳 78th Independence Day
78वां स्वतंत्रता दिवस

🇮🇳 On 15 August 2024, the GOI is organizing various programs with the Independence Day 2024 theme as "Viksit Bharat"

🇮🇳 To mark this glorious year, the day has been named Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.

🇮🇳This day is celebrated to remember the struggle that the freedom fighters fought to achieve the independence of our country.

🇮🇳 Due to this long struggle by our ancestors, India became a sovereign and democratic nation.

🇮🇳 It was on 15th August 1947 that India was declared independent from British colonialism. British rule in India began in the year 1757, when the English East India Company began to exercise its control over the subcontinent.

🇮🇳Mountbatten decided to grant independence on 15 August 1947.

🇮🇳 ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ Bike Rally Flagged-Off On Independence Day 2023

🇮🇳 ‘Meri Mati Mera Desh’ Campaign To Be Launched In Run-Up To Independence Day

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🎊 FESTIVALS / उत्सव / महोत्सव 2024
#SSC #CGL #CHSL #RRB #NTPC

🔸 Shigmotsav 2024 - Goa
🔹 Dol Jatra Festival - West Bengal
🔸 Gorsam Kora Festival - Arunachal Pradesh
🔹 Herath Festival - Jammu Kashmir
🔸 Chapcharkut Festival - Mizoram
🔹 Flower Festival 2024 - New Delhi
🔸 International Gita Festival 2024 - Colombo, Sri Lanka
🔹 Vaikasi Visagam 2024 - Tamil Nadu
🔸 Saga Dawa Festival - Sikkim
🔹 Matatheertha Aunsi Festival - Nepal
🔸 Thrissur Pooram - Kerala
🔹 Biscuit Jatra Festival - Nepal
🔸 Longte Yulo Festival - Arunachal Pradesh
🔹 Apricot Blossom Festival - Ladakh

🔸 शिगमोत्सव 2024 - गोवा
🔹 डोल जात्रा महोत्सव - पश्चिम बंगाल
🔸 गोरसम कोरा महोत्सव - अरुणाचल प्रदेश
🔹 हेराथ पर्व - जम्मू कश्मीर
🔸 चापचारकुट महोत्सव - मिजोरम
🔹 पुष्प महोत्सव 2024 - नई दिल्ली
🔸 अंतर्राष्ट्रीय गीता महोत्सव 2024 - कोलंबो, श्रीलंका
🔹 वैकासी विसागम 2024 - तमिलनाडु
🔸 सागा दावा महोत्सव - सिक्किम
🔹 मातातीर्थ औंसी उत्सव - नेपाल
🔸 त्रिशूर पूरम - केरल
🔹 बिस्किट जात्रा महोत्सव - नेपाल
🔸 लोंगटे यूलो त्यौहार - अरुणाचल प्रदेश
🔹 खुबानी खिलना महोत्सव - लद्दाख

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70th National Film Awards 2024:

Aattam (Best Feature Film),
Rishab Shetty (Best Actor for #Kantara ),
Nithya Menen (Best Actress for Thiruchitrambalam)!

Congratulations to all winners!

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✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 16.08.2024


1. ACCOUNTABILITY (NOUN): (जवाबदेही): responsibility
Synonyms: liability, answerability
Antonyms: unaccountability
Example Sentence:Lack of accountability damaged public respect for business and political leaders.


2. CONTEMPLATIVE (ADJECTIVE): (विचारशील): thoughtful
Synonyms: pensive, reflective
Antonyms: active
Example Sentence:She regarded me with a contemplative eye.


3. BLISTERING (ADJECTIVE): (बर्बर): savage
Synonyms: vicious, fierce
Antonyms: mild
Example Sentence:There was a blistering attack on the government's transport policy.


4.ASSERTIVE (ADJECTIVE): (आत्म विश्वासी): confident
Synonyms: forceful, self-confident
Antonyms: retiring
Example Sentence:The job of a salesman calls for assertive behaviour.


5. ADUMBRATE (VERB): (पूर्वाभास देना): foreshadow
Synonyms: outline, darken
Antonym: illuminate, light up
Example Sentence:The setting sun adumbrates the bridge to create a scenic view.


6. ASSAULT (VERB): (हमला करना): hit
Synonyms: strike, smack
Antonyms: defend
Example Sentence:He pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer.


7. HALT (VERB): (ठहरना): stop
Synonyms: come to rest, pull up
Antonyms: start
Example Sentence:The pressure is growing to halt the bloodshed.


8. INSTITUTE (VERB): (आरंभ करना): install
Synonyms: instate, induct
Antonyms: dismiss
Example Sentence:His sons were instituted to the priesthood.


9. MISLEAD (VERB): (बहकाना): deceive
Synonyms: delude, lie to
Antonyms: be honest
Example Sentence:The government misled the public about the road's environmental impact.


10. IDENTICAL (ADJECTIVE): (समान): one and the same
Synonyms: aforementioned, aforesaid
Antonyms: different
Example Sentence:She stole from the identical station at which she had been arrested before.

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