🟢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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🏛 NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India) ✍Pihu Kaur⋆˙

- Founded: 1st January 2015
- Preceding: Planning Commission (15th March 1950)
- Headquarters: New Delhi
- Chairperson: Narendra Modi
- Vice Chairperson: Suman K Bery
- CEO: Parameswaran Iyer
- Ministry: Comes under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry

📝 गोलान हाइट्स

खबरों में क्यों?
1. 27 जुलाई को गोलान हाइट्स में एक विस्फोट हुआ।
2. इजरायल ने आरोप लगाया है कि इस हमले के पीछे हिजबुल्लाह का हाथ है।
3. हिजबुल्लाह लेबनान में स्थित एक भारी हथियारों से लैस उग्रवादी और राजनीतिक आंदोलन है - जो इजरायल का उत्तरी पड़ोसी है।

गोलान हाइट्स के बारे में
1. गोलान हाइट्स दक्षिण-पश्चिम सीरिया में एक चट्टानी पठार है, जो उत्तर-पूर्व इजरायल की ओर फैला हुआ है।
2. यह दक्षिण में यारमौक नदी और पश्चिम में गैलिली सागर से घिरा है।
3. 1967 के मध्य पूर्व युद्ध में, इजरायल ने गोलान हाइट्स के लगभग 1,200 वर्ग किलोमीटर (लगभग 460 वर्ग मील) पर कब्जा कर लिया, जहां से सीरिया ने उस पर हमला किया था।
4. इजरायल ने 1981 में इस क्षेत्र पर कब्जा कर लिया।
5. संयुक्त राष्ट्र इस क्षेत्र को सीरिया का हिस्सा मानता है।
6.2019 में, अमेरिका गोलान हाइट्स पर इजरायल की संप्रभुता को मान्यता देने वाला पहला देश बन गया।

📝 Golan Heights

Why in the news ?
1.A blast occurred in Golan Heights on 27th July.
2.Israel has alleged that Hezbollah is behind this attack.
3.Hezbollah is a heavily armed militant and political movement based in Lebanon - Israel's northern neighbor.

About Golan Heights
1.The Golan Heights is a rocky plateau in south-west Syria, extending towards north-east Israel.
2.It is bordered by the Yarmouk river in the south and the Sea of Galilee in the west.
3.In the 1967 Middle East war, Israel captured about 1,200 km sq (about 460 square miles) of the Golan Heights, from which Syria had attacked it.
4.Israel annexed the area in 1981.
5.The United Nations recognizes the region as a part of Syria.
6.In 2019,The U.S. became the first country to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan heights.

🟢 RENAMED PLACES
#English_Version

1. Atal Tunnel (formerly Rohtang Tunnel, Himachal Pradesh)
2. Swaraj Island (formerly Havelock Island, Andaman)
3. Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh (formerly Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai)
4. Mount Manipur (formerly Mount Harriet, Andaman)
5. BADLAV (formerly Beti Bachao Beti Padhao)
6. Dharashiv (formerly Osmanabad City, Maharashtra)
7. Martyr Island (formerly Neil Island, Andaman and Nicobar)
8. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Island (formerly Ross Island, Andaman and Nicobar)
9. APJ Abdul Kalam Island (formerly Wheeler Island, Odisha)
10. Shri Siddharudha Swamiji Hubli Railway Station (Karnataka)
11. Rani Rampal Stadium (Rae Bareli Hockey Stadium)
12. Balbir Singh Senior Hockey Stadium (Mohali, Punjab)
13. Sudhar Grah (Uttar Pradesh, Name of Prisons)
14. Ahilya Nagar (formerly Ahmednagar City, Maharashtra)
15. Kartavya Path (formerly Central Vista Lawn, Delhi)
16. Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar (formerly Aurangabad City, Maharashtra)
17. Jagdishpur (formerly Islam Nagar, Madhya Pradesh)

🟢 बदले गए नाम
#Hindi_Version

1. अटल सुरंग (रोहतांग सुरंग, हिमाचल प्रदेश)
2. स्वराज द्वीप (हैवलॉक द्वीप, अंडमान)
3. चिंतामन द्वारकानाथ देशमुख (चर्चगेट रेलवे स्टेशन, मुंबई)
4. माउंट मणिपुर (माउंट हैरियट, अंडमान)
5. BADLAV (बेटी बचाओ बेटी पढ़ाओ)
6. धाराशिव (उस्मानाबाद शहर, महाराष्ट्र)
7. शहीद द्वीप (नील द्वीप, अंडमान निकोबार)
8. नेताजी सुभाष चंद्र बोस द्वीप (रॉस द्वीप, अंडमान निकोबार)
9. APJ अब्दुल कलाम द्वीप (व्हीलर द्वीप, ओड़िशा)
10. श्री सिद्धारुद्धा स्वामी जी हुबली रेलवे स्टेशन (कर्नाटक)
11. रानी रामपाल स्टेडियम (रायबरेली हॉकी स्टेडियम)
12. बलवीर सिंह सीनियर हॉकी स्टेडियम (मोहाली अंतर्गत, पंजाब)
13. सुधार गृह (उत्तर प्रदेश, जेलों का नाम)
14. अहिल्या नगर (अहमदनगर शहर, महाराष्ट्र)
15. कर्तव्य पथ (सेंट्रल विस्टा लॉन, दिल्ली)
16. छत्रपति संभाजी नगर (औरंगाबाद शहर, महाराष्ट्र)
17. जगदीशपुर (इस्लाम नगर, मध्य प्रदेश)

🏆 70th National Film Awards

- Best Marathi Film - Valvi

- Best Kannada Film - KGF: Chapter 2

- Best Hindi Film - Gulmohar

- Best Tiwa Film - Sikkasal

- Best Bengali Film - Kaberi Antardhan

- Best Assamese Film - Emuthi Puthi

- Best Feature Film - Aatam

- Best Actor - Rishab Shetty, Kantara

- Best Actress - Nithya Menen in Tiruchitrabalam and Manasi Parekh in Kutch Express

- Best Director - Sooraj Barjatya, Oonchai

- Best Supporting Actress - Neena Gupta, Oonchai

- Best Supporting Actor - Pawan Malhotra, Fauja

- Best Feature Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment - Kantara

- Best Debut - Fauja, Pramod Kumar

- Best Telugu Film - Karthikeya 2

- Best Tamil Film - Ponniyin Selvan - Part 1

- Best Punjabi Film - Baaghi Di Dhi

- Best Odia Film - Daman

- Best Malayalam Film - Saudi Velakka CC.225/2009

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✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 18.08.2024


1. PREVALENT (ADJECTIVE): (प्रचलित): widespread
Synonyms: prevailing, frequent
Antonyms: uncommon
Example Sentence:The ill practices are more prevalent in society today.


2. POST (PREPOSITION): (के उपरांत): subsequent to
Synonyms: after
Antonyms: before
Example Sentence:American poetry post the 1950s hasn't had the same impact.


3. ABROGATION (NOUN): (निराकरण): repudiation
Synonyms: revocation, repeal
Antonyms: institution
Example Sentence:The ministry proposed for the abrogation of the electoral law of 1850.


4. EXQUISITE (ADJECTIVE): (अति सुंदर): beautiful
Synonyms: lovely, elegant
Antonyms: crude
Example Sentence:The place was filled with exquisite, jewel-like portraits.


5. ONGOING (ADJECTIVE): (चल रही है): in progress
Synonyms: under way, going on
Antonyms: finished
Example Sentence:There is an ongoing debate on the issue.


6. RAUCOUS (ADJECTIVE): (उग्र): noisy
Synonyms: discordant, loud
Antonyms: mild, quiet
Example Sentence:Her birthday parties were raucous but fun.


7. DIVINE (ADJECTIVE): (मनोरम): lovely
Synonyms: handsome, beautiful
Antonyms: mundane
Example Sentence:Her face had the most divine smile.


8. THRIVE (VERB): (फलना-फूलना): flourish
Synonyms: prosper, burgeon
Antonyms: decline
Example Sentence:Education groups thrive on organization.


9. FUGITIVE (ADJECTIVE): (भगोड़ा): person escaping law
Synonyms: escapee, outlaw
Antonyms: enduring, confronting
Example Sentence:The fugitive don rarely left his cabin to avoid any social contact.


10. LAMENT (VERB): (विलाप करना): mourn
Synonyms: sorrow, wail
Antonyms: celebrate
Example Sentence:He was lamenting the death of his infant daughter.

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❇️ 19th August

📷 World Photography Day
विश्व फोटोग्राफी दिवस

Theme24 : “AN ENTIRE DAY,”

📸The aim of this day is to encourage people to express their feelings, emotions and social thinking through their photography skills

🔰The chemical used as a ‘fixer’ in photography is - Sodium Thiosulphate

🔰Silver Bromide is used in photography as a component of an emulsion that helps develop a photographic image.

🔰The primary colors in photography are - Red, Green and Blue

🔰 Worldwide Pinhole Photography Dayfalls on- 26 April

🟢 NEWS
🔷Mohammed Salem’s Award-Winning Photograph At World Press Photo 2024

🔶Alex Dawson Captures The Underwater Photographer Of The Year 2024 Award

🔷Picture Of Polar Bear Falling Asleep On Iceberg Wins Top Photography Prize

🔶10-Year-Old Bangalore Kid Wins ‘Wildlife Photographer Of The Year’ Award

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🔴List of Awards For Sports In India


▪️Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna
🔸Sports And Games
🔹1991

▪️Arjuna Award
🔸Sports
🔹1961

▪️Dronacharya Award
🔸Outstanding Coaches In Sports
And Games
🔹1985

▪️Major Dhyan Chand Award
🔸Sports And Games
🔹2002

▪️Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy
🔸Running Trophy
🔹1956

▪️Rashtriya Khel Protsahan
Puruskar
🔸Sports
🔹2009

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