✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 13.09.2024


1. REVULSION (NOUN): (घृणा): disgust
Synonyms: repulsion, abhorrence
Antonyms: delight
Example Sentence:
News of the attack will be met with sorrow and revulsion.



2. EBB (VERB): (उतार): recede
Synonyms: go out, retreat
Antonyms: come in
Example Sentence:
The trend began to ebb.



3. BOUNTY (NOUN): (उदारता): generosity
Synonyms: magnanimity, munificence
Antonyms: meanness
Example Sentence:
For millennia the people along the Nile have depended entirely on its bounty.


4. CAJOLE (VERB): (चापलूसी करना): persuade
Synonyms: wheedle, coax
Antonyms: bully
Example Sentence:
He hoped to cajole her into selling the house.



5. EMPHATIC (ADJECTIVE): (ज़ोरदार): vehement
Synonyms: firm, wholehearted
Antonyms: hesitant
Example Sentence:
The children were emphatic that they would like to repeat the experience.



6. HEGEMONY (NOUN): (नेतृत्व): leadership
Synonyms: dominance, dominion
Antonyms: self-government
Example Sentence:
Germany was united under Prussian hegemony after 1871.



7. AMELIORATE (VERB): (सुधरना): improve
Synonyms: better, enhance
Antonyms: worsen
Example Sentence:
The reform did much to ameliorate living standards.



8. DISTEND (VERB): (फूलना या फूलाना): swell
Synonyms: bloat, bulge
Antonyms: shrink
Example Sentence:
The abdomen distended rapidly.



9. HALT (NOUN): (विराम): stop
Synonyms: standstill, cessation
Antonyms: start
Example Sentence:
There was a halt in production.



10. TREACHEROUS (ADJECTIVE): (बेवफ़ा): traitorous
Synonyms: disloyal, perfidious
Antonyms: loyal
Example Sentence:
He is a treacherous RAW agent.

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❇️13th September

🩸 World Sepsis Day
विश्व सेप्सिस दिवस

🩸 Sepsis is a serious health condition caused by viral, bacterial, and fungal infections in the body, and can affect people of any age. Different types of infections like UTI, lung infection, skin infection, and GIT infections may lead to Sepsis.

🩸World Sepsis Day (WSD) was established by the Global Sepsis Alliance in 2012.

🟢 Important Disease for Upcoming Exams

🦠Bacterial Disease
Diphtheria, Cholera, Leprosy, Pneumonia, Tetanus, Typhoid, Tuberculosis

🦠Viral Disease
Chickenpox, Small Pox, Common Cold, AIDS (Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome), Measles, Mumps, Rabies, Dengue fever

🦠Protozoal Disease
Malaria, Amoebic dysentery, Sleeping sickness, Kala-azar

🦠Fungal Disease
Ringworm (Dermatophytosis), Athlete's Foot (Tinea Pedis),Candidiasis (Yeast Infection), Aspergillosis, Cryptococcosis,Histoplasmosis.

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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

🏵 LATEST FESTIVAL IN NEWS 2024

🪴 Festival Name ➖ State Name
🔹 Herath Festival ➖ J&K 
🔹 Khajuraho Dance Festival ➖ Madhya Pradesh 
🔹 Maru Mahotsav or Jaisalmer Desert Festival ➖ Rajasthan 
🔹 Kanchoth festival ➖ Jammu and Kashmir 
🔹 Torgya (Monpa tribal) ➖ Arunachal Pradesh 
🔹 Kachai Lemon Festival ➖ Manipur 
🔹 Losoong (Namsoong) ➖ Sikkim 
🔹 Losar Festival, Spituk Gustor ➖ Ladakh 

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❇️ 14th September

🛑 Hindi Diwas
हिंदी दिवस

🔹Hindi was adopted as one of the two official languages of the Republic of India by the Constituent Assembly on 14 September, 1949.

🔹"Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar" & "Rajbhasha Gaurav Puraskar" awards given annually on Hindi Diwas

🔹Part XVII- Art 343(1): The official language of the Union shall be Hindi in Devanagari.

🔹Art 351: Development of Hindi Language

🔹"Udant Martand" - First Hindi language newspaper

🔹"Arun Bhoomi" - Arunachal Pradesh 1st Hindi newspaper

🔹"Atmanirbharta" - Oxford’s Hindi word of 2020

🔹Dr Gyan Chaturvedi's 'Pagalkhana' 32nd Vyas Samman

🔹12th World Hindi Conference Inaugurated At Fiji

🔹 18th G20 Summit, take place in New Delhi in 2023, with the theme “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam".

🔹‘Tomb of Sand’ becomes first Hindi novel to get won International Booker Prize

♦️World Hindi Day- 10 Jan
♦️Hindi Journalism Day- 30 May

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RRB NTPC (Graduate Level) Form Apply Link Activated.

https://www.rrbapply.gov.in/#/auth/landing

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✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 15.09.2024


1. HERETIC (NOUN): (नास्तिक): schismatic
Synonyms: apostate, pagan
Antonyms: believer, follower
Example Sentence:
As a relapsed heretic, he was left to the secular arm.


2. COVERT (ADJECTIVE): (गुप्त): hidden
Synonyms: undercover, secret
Antonyms: open, known
Example Sentence:
Behind his soft behaviour he has some covert intentions.


3. DEFILE (VERB): (अपवित्र करना): corrupt
Synonyms: degrade, desecrate
Antonyms: honour, praise
Example Sentence:
He tried to defile the system...


4. FISHY (ADJECTIVE): (संदेहजनक): dubious
Synonyms: doubtful, suspicious
Antonyms: truthful, aboveboard
Example Sentence:
I am convinced there is something fishy going on.


5. KNOTTY (ADJECTIVE): (जटिल): troublesome
Synonyms: mystifying, perplexing
Antonyms: easy, facile
Example Sentence:
It was his knotty idea.


6. KNAVE (NOUN): (दुष्ट): fraud
Synonyms: miscreant, rogue
Antonyms: hero, angel
Example Sentence:
He is known as a notorious knave of this area.


7. LUDICROUS (ADJECTIVE): (ऊटपटांग): absurd
Synonyms: bizarre, comical
Antonyms: normal, ordinary
Example Sentence:
It was a ludicrous statement made by her.


8. KUDOS (NOUN): (प्रशंसा): praise
Synonyms: esteem, applause
Antonyms: dishonour, denunciation
Example Sentence:
When the football team won the state championship, they were given kudos during a celebratory pep rally.


9. JOLT (VERB): (ऐंठना): convulse
Synonyms: disturb, jar
Antonyms: calm, comfort
Example Sentence:
His statement jolted me in my mind.


10. VERBOSE (ADJECTIVE): (वाचाल): wordy
Synonyms: gabby, circumlocutory
Antonyms: concise, succinct
Example Sentence:
He is a verbose man.

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👤 Brand Ambassador

💠Dinesh Karthik – SA20 league
💠Shikhar Dhwan – MotoGP India
💠Aditya Roy Kapur – Bisleri Limonata
💠PV Sindhu – Greenday’s Better Nutrition
💠PV Sindhu – Tobacco Control
💠Shah Rukh Khan – Muthoot Pappachan Group
💠Kareena Kapoor Khan – UNICEF India National Ambassador

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🛑 16 SEPTEMBER

🟢 World Ozone Day, or International Day for the preservation for Ozone layer
विश्व ओजोन दिवस, या ओजोन परत के संरक्षण के लिए अंतर्राष्ट्रीय दिवस

🔴 Theme24 : 'Montreal Protocol: Advancing Climate Actions'

💠 The day was designated by the United Nations General Assembly on December 19, 2000, to commemorate the  signing of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer in 1987

💠 World’s governments adopted the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer in 1985

💠 The Ozone layer is a piece of the atmosphere that has high ozone concentrations. Ozone is a gas that is made of three oxygen atoms O3

🔹 Atmosphere is rich in Ozone gas - Stratosphere

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🟢 SUMMITS/CONFERENCE/EVENTS
         Abhash Sir SuperCA Part 15

• 🔶 14th World Spice Congress - Navi Mumbai 
🔷Theme :- "VISION 2030: S-P-I-C-E-S"
• 🔶 2nd National Spice Conference
2023 - Hyderabad
🔷Theme :- Food Safe Spices: The Way Forward to a Stable & Sustainable Income
• 🔶 India Mobile Congress (IMC 2023) - New Delhi
🔷Theme - "Global Digital Innovation" 
• 🔶 India Smart Cities Conclave 2023 - Indore (MP)
• 🔶 Indian Space Conclave (ISC 2023) - Manekshaw Centre in New Delhi
🔷Theme - "Bhumandal se Brahaman Tak (From Earth to the Entire Universe)".
• 🔶 Bharat Tex 2024 (World’s largest Textile Event) - Bharat Mandapam & Yashobhoomi in New Delhi
• 🔶 9th India International Science Festival (IISF) 2023 - Faridabad
🔷Theme :- "Science and Technology Public Outreach in Amrit Kaal
• 🔶 10th Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit - Gandhinagar 
Chief Guest - Czech Republic's PM Petr Fiala
• 🔶 1st Nuclear Energy Summit 2024 – Belgium
• 🔶 World Hydrogen Summit and Exhibition 2024 - Rotterdam, Netherlands
• 🔶 2nd edition of India, Australia, Indonesia Trilateral Maritime Security Workshop (TMSW) - Kochi, India 
🔷Theme - 'Indian Ocean Region: Collaborative Efforts to Enhance Regional Maritime Security'.
• 🔶 BRICS Foreign Meeting - Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod
• 🔶112th International Labour Conference - Geneva , Switzerland
• 🔶 77th World Health Assembly - Geneva, Switzerland 
🔷Theme of 2024 - “All for Health, Health for All”.
• 🔶 18th G20 Summit, 1 Day Conference - New Delhi 
🔷Theme :- "Transnational Grid Interconnections for One Sun, One World, One Grid (OSOWOG)"
• 🔶 7th Indian Ocean Conference - Perth, Australia 
🔷Theme :- Towards a Stable and Sustainable Indian Ocean
• 🔶 9th Raisina Dialogue - New Delhi
🔷Theme :- “Chaturanga: Conflict, Contest, Cooperate, Create”
• 🔶 13th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization - Abu Dhabi, UAE
• 🔶 2nd Edition Naval Commanders Conference 2023 - New Delhi
• 🔶 27th World Investment Conference - New Delhi
🔷Theme - "Empowering Investors: IPAs Pioneering Future Growth."
• 🔶 “Sahkar Se Samriddhi” Conference - Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
🔷Theme for the 102nd International Cooperative Day is “Cooperatives Build a Better Future for All.”
• 🔶 The 3-day NATO summit - Washington DC

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❇️ 17 September

🧑‍🦽 World Patient Safety Day
विश्व रोगी सुरक्षा दिवस

Theme24: "Improving diagnosis for patient safety"

🔸 The objectives of World Patient Safety Day are to increase public awareness and engagement, enhance global understanding, and spur global solidarity and action to promote patient safety.

🟢 NEWS

🔶Star Health’s Introducing Braille Insurance Policies For The Visually Impaired

🔷“Vishanu Yuddh Abhyas”: Pandemic Preparedness Drill Under One Health Mission

🔶Dhulikhel Becomes Nepal’s First ‘Healthy City’ And Second Healthiest City In Asia: WHO

🔷Former Union Health Secretary Preeti Sudan To Head UPSC From August 1

🔶Rajasthan government will introduce India’s first right-to-health bill

🔷Rajasthan’s Special Health Care Abhiyan ‘Anchal’ launched for pregnant women

🏢WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (WHO)
▪️Founded - 7 April, 1948
▪️HQ - Gevena Switzerland
▪️D.G - Tedros Adhanom
▪️MC - 194

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❇️ 18 SEPTEMBER

🎋 World Bamboo Day
विश्व बांस दिवस

Theme24 : "Next Generation Bamboo: Solution, Innovation, and Design"

🎋 To raise awareness about bamboo and its many benefits. Bamboo is used in many products, including construction materials, furniture, paper, textiles, and crafts. It also helps the environment by reducing soil erosion, absorbing carbon dioxide, and contributing to biodiversity.

🟢 PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTION

▪️ ‘World’s First’ Bamboo Crash Barrier Installed On Maharashtra Highway

▪️ Scientific Name
Bamboosa aridinarifolia

▪️ Green Gold : Bamboo

▪️Bamboo belongs to the grass family (Poaceae)

▪️The Cheraw or bamboo dance is a traditional dance of Mizoram.

▪️Panda : bamboo :: Koala : eucalyptus

▪️India is second in the world in terms of Bamboo production. China currently occupies first position.

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✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 18.09.2024


1. ALOOF (ADJECTIVE): (पृथक): distant
Synonyms: detached unresponsive
Antonyms: familiar
Example Sentence:
They were courteous but faintly aloof.


2. GRATIFICATION (NOUN): (संतुष्टि): satisfaction
Synonyms: fulfilment, indulgence
Antonyms: dissatisfaction
Example Sentence:
My son's success was a great gratification.


3. PRODIGIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (बहुत बड़ा): enormous
Synonyms: huge colossal
Antonyms: small
Example Sentence:
The stove consumed a prodigious amount of fuel.


4. STIGMATIZE (VERB): (गाली देना): condemn
Synonyms: denounce, brand
Antonyms: eulogize
Example Sentence:
He was stigmatized in fashion by the people.


5. ABROGATE (VERB): (अभिनिषेध करना): repudiate
Synonyms: revoke, repeal
Antonyms: institute
Example Sentence:
The ministry proposed to abrogate the electoral law of 1850.


6. INSULAR (ADJECTIVE): (संकुचित विचार का): narrow-minded
Synonyms: limited, blinkered
Antonyms: broad-minded
Example Sentence:
They are a group of stubbornly insular farming people.


7. DISPENSATION (NOUN): (छूट): exemption
Synonyms: immunity, exception
Antonyms: restriction
Example Sentence:
Although she was too young, she was given special dispensation to sing.


8. DE FACTO (ADJECTIVE): (वास्तव में): in practice
Synonyms: in effect, in fact
Antonyms: alleged
Example Sentence:
The country was de facto divided between two states.


9. FRAUGHT (ADJECTIVE): (व्यग्र): anxious
Synonyms: worried, upset
Antonyms: calm
Example Sentence:
There was a fraught silence.


10. DISCRETIONARY (ADJECTIVE): (विवेकाधीन): optional
Synonyms: non-compulsory, voluntary
Antonyms: compulsory
Example Sentence:
There has been an increase in year-end discretionary bonuses.

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🟢Appointment
CMD of NHPC Ltd – Raj Kumar Chaudhary
Additional secretary in PMO – Amit Singh Negi
Director in Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) under Ministry of Corporate Affairs – Samir Ashwin Vakil
Deputy Election Commissioners in ECI – Maneesh Garg, Sanjay Kumar and Ajeet Kumar
Director general of Employees’ State Insurance Corporation – Ashok Kumar Singh

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🟢Recent Appointment in Defence Sector
🔸Director General of Assam Rifles -Vikas Lakhera (22nd)
🔸Director General of BSF – Daljit Singh Chawdhary (additional charge)
🔸Additional National Security Adviser – Rajinder Khanna
🔸Deputy National Security Adviser – TV Ravichandran, Pavan Kapoor & Pankaj Kumar
🔸Vice Chief of Army Staff – NS Raja Subramani
🔸Chief of Intelligence Bureau – Tapan Kumar Deka (reappointment for 1 year)

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🟢 3rd Saturday of September
• 16 September 2022 •

🏖International Coastal Cleanup Day

🏖 10 Indian beaches have been recommended for 'Blue Flag' eco-label for 1st time

🏝Shivrajpur beach in Gujarat
🏝Ghoghla beach in Daman and Diu
🏝Kasarkod beach in Karnataka
🏝Padubidri beach in Karnataka
🏝Kappad beach in Kerala
🏝Rushikonda beach in Andhra Pradesh
🏝Golden beach in Odisha
🏝Radhanagar beach in Andaman and Nicobar
🏝Kovalam Beach in Tamil Nadu
🏝Eden Beach in Puducherry


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✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 19.09.2024


1. JEOPARDIZE (VERB): (जोखिम में डालना): threaten
Synonyms: endanger, imperil
Antonyms: safegaurd
Example Sentence:
He jeopardized his as as well as my life by jumping in the lake.


2. COGNIZANT (ADJECTIVE): (जानकार): aware
Synonyms: conscious apprised
Antonyms: unaware
Example Sentence:
Statesmen must be cognizant of the political vicinity within which they work.


3. PERVASIVE (ADJECTIVE): (व्यापक): prevalent
Synonyms: penetrating, pervading
Antonyms: uncommon
Example Sentence:
Racism is pervasive and entrenched in our society.


4. COMPREHENSIVE (ADJECTIVE): (व्यापक): comprehensive
Synonyms: thorough, complete
Antonyms: small
Example Sentence:
My friend has an extensive collection of silver.


5. LUCRATIVE(ADJECTIVE): (लाभप्रद): profitable
Synonyms: profit-making, gainful
Antonyms: unprofitable
Example Sentence:
She has a lucrative career as a stand-up comedian.


6. FIASCO (NOUN): (असफलता): success
Synonyms: disaster, catastrophe
Antonyms: failure
Example Sentence:
Her plans turned into a fiasco.


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


8. UNRELENTING (ADJECTIVE): (निरंतर): continual
Synonyms: constant, continuous
Antonyms: intermittent
Example Sentence:
His unrelenting efforts led to his success.


9. TRANQUILLITY (NOUN): (शांति): peace
Synonyms: repose, calm
Antonyms: commotion
Example Sentence:
The tweeting of birds gives tranquility.


10. INEVITABLE (ADJECTIVE): (अपरिहार्य): unavoidable
Synonyms: inescapable, inexorable
Antonyms: avoidable
Example Sentence:
War was inevitable.

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🟢 SPORTS VENUES
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• 🔶 Women’s Asia Cup 2024 - Sri Lanka
• 🔶 2026 FIFA World Cup Final - New York
• 🔶 Saudi Arabia to host FIFA World Cup 2034.
• 🔶 2027 World Test Championship Final - England
• 🔶 ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup 2024 - South Africa
• 🔶 Brazil to host FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027.
• 🔶 Australia and Uzbekistan host AFC Women’s Asian Cups.
• 🔶 India will host the BWF World Junior Championships 2025 at the National Centre of Excellence in
Guwahati.
• 🔶 ICC confirms venues of 2024 Men's T20 World Cup to be co-hosted by USA & West Indies.
• 🔶 South Africa host ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup 2024.
• 🔶 England to host 2027 World Test Championship Final.
• 🔶 Bangladesh to host 24th Asian Archery Championships in 2025.
• 🔶 China's Ningbo to host World Weightlifting Championships 2026.
• 🔶 India will host Junior Hockey World Cup in 2025.
• 🔶 UP to organize 2025 edition of MotoGP Bharat in Noida.
• 🔶 French Alps to Host 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games.
• 🔶 India to host T20 Asia Cup 2025, 2027 edition in ODI format in Bangladesh.

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