🟢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
         Abhash Sir SuperCA Part 16

• 🔶 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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✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 20.09.2024


1. PERTINENT (ADJECTIVE): (प्रासंगिक): relevant
Synonyms: to the point apposite
Antonyms: irrelevant
Example Sentence:
She asked me a lot of very pertinent questions.


2. EMBELLISH (VERB): (अधिक रोचक बनाना): elaborate
Synonyms: embroider, exaggerate
Antonyms: simplify
Example Sentence:
Followers often embellish stories about their heroes.


3. JUDICIAL (ADJECTIVE): (न्यायिक): legal
Synonyms: judiciary, juridical
Antonyms: ilegal
Example Sentence:
There would be a judicial inquiry into the allegations.


4. FACTION (NOUN): (अंदरूनी कलह): infighting
Synonyms: dissension, dissent
Antonyms: harmony
Example Sentence:
The army faction strengthened day by day


5. DESPERATE (ADJECTIVE): (निराशाजनक): despairing
Synonyms: hopeless, anguished
Antonyms: cheerful
Example Sentence:
As the supply of food ran out, people became desperate.


6. DEFIANCE (NOUN): (अवज्ञा): resistance
Synonyms: opposition, confrontation
Antonyms: submission
Example Sentence:
Despite her defiance, her voice shook.


7. TEMERITY (NOUN): (धृष्टता): audacity
Synonyms: boldness, nerve
Antonyms: shyness
Example Sentence:
No one had the temerity to question his conclusions.


8. SETBACK (NOUN): (स्र्कावट): problem
Synonyms: difficulty, issue
Antonyms: breakthrough
Example Sentence:
The violent attack was a serious setback for the peace process.


9. DISSEMINATION (NOUN): (प्रसार): spreading
Synonyms: circulation distribution
Antonyms: suppressing
Example Sentence:
The dissemination of public information was essential.


10. DRAB (ADJECTIVE): (बेरंग): colourless
Synonyms: grey, dull
Antonyms: bright
Example Sentence:
The landscape was drab and grey.

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❇️ 20th September

🎿 International Day of University Sport
विश्वविद्यालय खेल का अंतर्राष्ट्रीय दिवस

🏂 This celebration helps create links between universities and their local communities with sport, physical activity and healthy living playing the leading role. since 2016, Officially proclaimed by UNESCO

🟢 NEWS

🔶2nd Khelo India University Games 2021 won by JAIN University held in Bengaluru, Karnataka

🔷IIT Madras joins Inspire Institute of Sports for innovative boxing analytics software

🔶Sports Ministry to host the “Meet the Champion project” on National Sports Day

🔷Meghalaya Sports Department set to host 2nd edition of North East Olympics

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🔷 29 August : National Sports Day

🔹International Day of Sport for Development & Peace (Home Work)

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🟢 INTERNATIONAL NEWS
         Abhash Sir SuperCA Part 17

• 🔶 On 1 January 2024, BRICS – the intergovernmental organisation comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – admitted four new members: Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates.
• 🔶 Sweden officially becomes 32nd member of NATO.
• 🔶 Chile , Panama , Spain , Paraguay & Malta becomes member of International Solar Alliance.
• 🔶 United Nations Declared 2024 as the International Year of Camelids.
• 🔶 United Nations General Assembly has declared 2025 the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology.
• 🔶 UNICEF in collaboration with India to launch "Green Rising" initiative at COP28 Summit in Dubai.
• 🔶Pakistan, Somalia, Denmark, Greece and Panama were elected as nonpermanent members of the UN
Security Council for a two-year term beginning 2025.
• 🔶 Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has removed offshore tax haven Cayman Islands from its 'grey list’.
• 🔶 Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia becomes 8th wonder of the world.
• 🔶 Bhutan Becomes 1st Country to Fully Sterilise its Entire Street Dogs Population.
• 🔶 China makes world's First high-speed carbon fiber train.
• 🔶 China has launched the world’s fastest internet network that can transmit data at a rate of 1.2 terabits per second.
• 🔶 Dubai to have world’s First Air taxi, agreements inked at World Government Summit 2024.
• 🔶 France is poised to become the First Country in the world to enshrine the Right to Abortion in its
Constitution.
• 🔶 Japan introduces new 3D Holographic Banknotes.
• 🔶 Kyrgyzstan Declares Snow Leopard As National Symbol.
• 🔶 Nepal climber Kami Rita Sherpa also known as 'Everest man' climbs Mt. Everest for 29th time.
• 🔶 Indian skydiver Shital Mahajan has jumped off a helicopter from a height of 21,500 ft in front of the
world's highest peak Mt Everest.
• 🔶 New Zealand set to scrap world's First law banning tobacco sale.
• 🔶New Zealand bans disposable E-Cigarettes and Vapes.
• 🔶 Nigeria the 1st Country Globally to Launch Men5CV Meningitis Vaccine Recommended by WHO.
• 🔶 PM Modi inaugurates grand BAPS Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi.
• 🔶 Saudi Arabia is preparing to introduce its First luxury train, named the Dream of the Desert.
• 🔶 Thailand announces Visa-Free Entry for Indians to boost tourism.
• 🔶 The Ibu volcano on Halmahera Island in the eastern Indonesian province of North Maluku erupted.
• 🔶 The Tallest statue of B.R. Ambedkar known as the "Statue of Equality" has unveiled in Maryland.
• 🔶 The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has launched the new currency “Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG)” backed by gold and foreign currencies to replace its local currency Zimbabwe dollars (ZW$).
• 🔶 Venezuela becomes First Country to lose all Glaciers.

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❇️ 21 September

🎗World Alzheimer's Day
विश्व अल्जाइमर दिवस

Theme24: "Time to act on dementia, Time to act on Alzheimer's" 

🧠 Brain Of human body is affected by the ALZHEIMER’S disease.

🎗World Alzheimer's day first observed in 2012

🎗Alzheimer's is an irreversible progressive brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking Skills

🎗Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia.

🟢 RELEATED NEWS

🔷China approves first new Alzheimer’s Drug ‘Oligomannate (GV-971)’  in 17 Years.

🔶Jitendra Singh launches World’s First Multimodal Brain Imaging Data and Analytics

🔷IISc Centre for Brain Research officially opened by PM Modi

🔶MeitY hosts Digital India BHASHINI brainstorming session

🔷IIT Guwahati has discovered new ways i.e Trozan Peptide to prevent memory loss or reduce short-term losses related to Alzheimer disease.

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❇️ 22 September

🦏 World Rhino Day
विश्व राइनो दिवस

Theme24: "Keep the Five Alive"

Scientific Name : Rhinocerotidae
Assam : State Animal

🔸Since 2011, The International Rhino Foundation recognizes World Rhino Day as day of awareness for the threats facing all five rhino species, and celebrates rhinos and all those around the world who care about them.

🟢RELATED NEWS & PYQs

🔹 First wildlife bond issued by World Bank to save Africa’s black rhino

🔷 World Heritage Site:
Kaziranga National Park 1985 Assam

🔶Greater one-horned rhino is listed under the Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 ( SSC CGL 2021)

🔷Elephants, Bears and Rhinos are examples of Mammals ( RRB NTPC 2016 )

🔶The Indian Rhino is an example of what type of Species - Vulnerable species

🔸 World’s oldest rhino, Passes Away in Tanzania at 57

🏢 International Union for Conservation of Nature(IUCN)
Founded : 1948
Founder : Julian Huxle

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✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 22.09.2024


1. ENLIVEN (VERB): (हर्षित करना): cheer up
Synonyms: raise someone's spirits, uplift
Antonyms: subdue
Example Sentence:
My visit to my mother had quite clearly enlivened her.


2. PRAGMATIC (ADJECTIVE): (व्यावहारिक): practical
Synonyms: matter-of-fact, realistic
Antonyms: impractical
Example Sentence:
There was no pragmatic solution to the problem.


3. ADVERSARY (NOUN): (प्रतिद्वंद्वी): opponent
Synonyms: rival, enemy
Antonyms: ally
Example Sentence:
Sonia beat his old adversary in the quarter-finals.


4. AFFLICT (VERB): (पीड़ा देना): trouble
Synonyms: bother, burden
Antonyms: comfort
Example Sentence:
His younger child was afflicted with a skin disease.


5. CYNICISM (NOUN): (संदेहवाद): scepticism
Synonyms: doubt, distrust
Antonyms: optimism
Example Sentence:
Her cynicism has influenced me more than I thought.


6. INCONCEIVABLE (ADJECTIVE): (समझ से बाहर): beyond belief
Synonyms: unbelievable, incredible
Antonyms: likely
Example Sentence:
They behaved with inconceivable cruelty.


7. HEFTY (ADJECTIVE): (शक्तिशाली): powerful
Synonyms: violent, hard
Antonyms: feeble
Example Sentence:
He aimed a hefty kick at the door.


8. GLARE (NOUN): (भौह चढ़ाना): scowl
Synonyms: glower, frown
Antonyms: smile
Example Sentence:
She almost gave me a glare of contempt.


9. CRIPPLE (VERB): (खराब करना): ruin
Synonyms: destroy, wipe out
Antonyms: boost
Example Sentence:
The thought of him almost crippled her.


10. BUCK (VERB): (खंडन करना): resist
Synonyms: oppose, contradict
Antonyms: accept
Example Sentence:
The shares bucked the market trend.

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🟢 BOOKS IN NEWS
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• 🔶 Adventures of Ed-aMamma: Ed Finds a Home - Alia Bhatt
• 🔶 Breaking the Mould - Raghuram Rajan 
• 🔶 Irrfan: A life in Movies - Shubhra Gupta 
• 🔶 I Have the Streets: A Kutti Cricket Story - Autobiography of Ravichandran Ashwin co-authored with Sidharth Monga.
• 🔶 Knife - Salman Rushdie
• 🔶 Source Code: My Beginnings - Bill Gates
• 🔶The Book of Life: My Dance with Buddha for Success - Vivek Agnihotri 
• 🔶 The Conspiracy - Sri Lanka ex-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa
• 🔶 The Fire on the Ganges: Life Among the Dead in Banaras - Radhika Iyengar 
• 🔶 Viswasapoorvam - Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan released Autobiography of Islamic scholar and the resident of Kerala Muslim Jama-ath, A.P. Aboobacker Musliyar.
• 🔶 Welcome to Paradise - Twinkle Khanna
• 🔶 Zeba: An Accidental Superhero - Huma Qureshi

#QuickRevision #SSC #CGL #RRB #NTPC

💠 BRAND AMBASSADORS (✍ Pihu Kaur⋆˙)
▪️Alia Bhatt – French cosmetic maker L’Oreal Paris
▪️Salman Khan – GRM Basmati Rice
▪️Dinesh Karthik – SA20 League
▪️Shikhar Dhawan – MotoGP India
▪️Aditya Roy Kapur – Bisleri Limonata
▪️PV Sindhu – Greenday’s Better Nutrition & Tobacco Control

🟢Appointment in Defence Sector

DG of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) – Rajwinder Singh Bhatti
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Central Air Command – Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit
Deputy Chief of Air Staff – Air Marshal Tejinder Singh
DG of Project Seabird – Vice Admiral Rajesh Dhankhar (replace Tarun Sobti)
DG of National Security Guard (NSG) – B Srinivasan (replace Nalin Prabhat)
Additional DG of ITBP – Sanjeev Raina

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🏵 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

🟢Appointment in Defence Sector

-Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of -Central Air Command – Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit
-Deputy Chief of Air Staff – Air Marshal Tejinder Singh
-DG of Project Seabird – Vice Admiral Rajesh Dhankhar (replace Tarun Sobti)
-DG of National Security Guard (NSG) – B Srinivasan (replace Nalin Prabhat)
-Additional DG of ITBP – Sanjeev Raina

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🧰Federal Bank

- Founded- 23 April 1931
- Founder- K.P Hormis
- Headquarters – Kochi, Kerala.
- MD & CEO- Krishnan Venkat Subramanian (replace KVS Manian)


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🧰Brand Ambassador

- Salman Khan – GRM Basmati Rice
- 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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✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 25.09.2024


1. UNRELENTING (ADJECTIVE): (निरंतर): continual
Synonyms: constant, continuous
Antonyms: intermittent
Example Sentence:
He continued to pursue acting with unrelenting hostility.


2. CONSPICUOUS (ADJECTIVE): (सुस्पष्ट): clear
Synonyms: visible, noticeable
Antonyms: inconspicuous
Example Sentence:
He was uncomfortable about his conspicuous weight gain.


3. PROLIFERATION (NOUN): (विकास): growth
Synonyms: multiplication, spread
Antonyms: decrease
Example Sentence:
We attempted to measure the rate of cell proliferation.


4. INDISPENSABLE (ADJECTIVE): (अपरिहार्य): essential
Synonyms: crucial, necessary
Antonyms: dispensable
Example Sentence:
He made himself indispensable to the parish priest.


5. PRECARIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (अनियत): uncertain
Synonyms: insecure, unreliable
Antonyms: safe
Example Sentence:
She made a precarious living as a painter.


6. AGILE (ADJECTIVE): (चुस्त): nimble
Synonyms: lithe, spry
Antonyms: clumsy
Example Sentence:
I am as agile as a monkey.


7. PERVASIVE (ADJECTIVE): (व्यापक): prevalent
Synonyms: penetrating, pervading
Antonyms: rare
Example Sentence:
Ageism is pervasive and entrenched in our society.


8. DEFER (VERB): (झुक जाना): yield
Synonyms: submit, give way
Antonyms: stand up to
Example Sentence:
He deferred to Tim's superior knowledge.


9. RIGOROUS (ADJECTIVE): (सूक्ष्‍मताप्रिय): meticulous
Synonyms: punctilious, conscientious
Antonyms: slapdash
Example Sentence:
The rigorous testing of consumer products was done.


10. INCUR (VERB): (झेलना): suffer
Synonyms: sustain, experience
Antonyms: avoid
Example Sentence:
I will pay any expenses incurred.

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