🟢 Award

- Olympic Order in gold – French President Emmanuel Macron
- Ramon Magsaysay Award 2024 – Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki
- Best Airport at the India Travel Awards – Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad
- Global Finance Central Banker - Report Cards 2024 – Shaktikanta Das (A+ grade); 2nd year
- Hilal-e-Imtiaz Award (Pakistan 2ndhighest civilian award) – Arshad Nadeem

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✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 13.10.2024


1. FORMIDABLE (ADJECTIVE): (डरावना): intimidating 
Synonyms: forbidding, redoubtable 
Antonyms: comforting 
Example Sentence: Hers is a formidable opponent. 


2. EXASPERATION (NOUN): (खीज): irritation 
Synonyms: annoyance, chagrin 
Antonyms: pleasure 
Example Sentence: She rolled her eyes in exasperation. 


3. FORTIFY (VERB): (मज़बूत करना): invigorate 
Synonyms: strengthen, energize 
Antonyms: sedate 
Example Sentence: She is fortified by her religious faith. 


4. PRECISION (NOUN): (शुद्धता): exactness 
Synonyms: accuracy, correctness 
Antonyms: inaccuracy 
Example Sentence: The deal was planned and executed with military precision. 


5. IMPROBABLE (ADJECTIVE): (असंभाव्य): unlikely 
Synonyms: not likely, doubtful 
Antonyms: probable 
Example Sentence: This account of events was seen by the jury as most improbable.


6. NOTABLE (ADJECTIVE): (उल्लेखनीय): noteworthy 
Synonyms: remarkable, outstanding 
Antonyms: insignificant 
Example Sentence: The gardens are notable for their collection of magnolias and camellias. 


7. PHENOMENAL (ADJECTIVE): (अभूतपूर्व): exceptional 
Synonyms: extraordinary, remarkable 
Antonyms: ordinary 
Example Sentence: The town expanded at a phenomenal rate. 


8. ATYPICAL (ADJECTIVE): (विचित्र): unusual 
Synonyms: untypical, non-typical 
Antonyms: typical 
Example Sentence: I belong to the sample of people who are rather atypical of the target audience. 


9. THOUGHTFUL (ADJECTIVE): (विचारशील): pensive 
Synonyms: thinking, reflective 
Antonyms: vacant 
Example Sentence: Brows were drawn together in thoughtful consideration. 


10. FLAUNT (VERB): (शान दिखाना): show off 
Synonyms: parade, exhibit 
Antonyms: hide 
Example Sentence: Newly rich consumers eager to flaunt their prosperity. 

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❇️ 14 October

⚖ World Standards Day
विश्व मानक दिवस

Theme24 : “Shared Vision for a Better World: Spotlight on SDG 9”

🔶14 October, the members of IEC, ISO and ITU celebrate World Standards Day, which is a means of paying tribute to the collaborative efforts of the thousands of experts worldwide who develop the voluntary technical agreements that are published as International Standards.

🔸SOP: Standard Operating Procedure

🟢 NEWS
🔶BIS Tie-Up With IISc, Bengaluru To Promote Standardisation

🔷BIS Introduces New Standards To Enhance EV Safety & Quality In India

🔶Vedanta’s BALCO: First Indian Company Certified With ASI Performance Standard

🔷Airbus Collaborates With IIM Mumbai To Elevate Aviation Training Standards

🔸Shri G. Kamala Vardhana Rao appointed as CEO of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)

🔸The symbol of Bureau of Indian Standard given for the purity of gold - Hallmark

🔹Pramod Kumar Tiwari - Director General BIS

✍ Credit : Arvιnd Kυмar ⛥

✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 14.10.2024


1. UNDERPIN (VERB): (प्रोत्साहित करना): promote
Synonyms: nurture, encourage 
Antonyms: hinder 
Example Sentence: The theme of honour underpinning the two books. 


2. IMPRUDENT (ADJECTIVE): (अविवेकी): unwise 
Synonyms: injudicious, incautious 
Antonyms: prudent 
Example Sentence: It would be imprudent to leave her winter coat behind. 


3. INCURSION (NOUN): (चढ़ाई): attack on 
Synonyms: assault on, raid on 
Antonyms: retreat 
Example Sentence: Soldiers went for incursions into enemy territory. 


4. EXACERBATE (VERB): (ख़राब करना): aggravate 
Synonyms: worsen, inflame 
Antonyms: calm 
Example Sentence:The exorbitant cost of land in urban areas only exacerbated the problem. 


5. CATASTROPHE (NOUN): (आपदा):/disaster 
Synonyms: calamity, cataclysm 
Antonyms: salvation 
Example Sentence: An environmental catastrophe has hit the country. 


6. SLENDER (ADJECTIVE): (अल्प): meagre 
Synonyms: limited, slight 
Antonyms: considerable 
Example Sentence: He helped people of slender means. 


7. DIGNIFIED (ADJECTIVE): (प्रतिष्ठित) : stately 
Synonyms: noble, courtly 
Antonyms: undignified 
Example Sentence: She maintained a dignified silence. 


8. PROFOUNDLY (ADVERB): (गंभीरतापूर्वक): extremely 
Synonyms: very, deeply 
Antonyms: superficially 
Example Sentence:He profoundly altered the whole course of my life. 


9. OPPRESSIVE (ADJECTIVE): (दमनकारी): harsh 
Synonyms: cruel, brutal 
Antonyms: lenient 
Example Sentence: They survived an oppressive dictatorship. 


10. RETREAT (VERB): (पीछे हटना): go out 
Synonyms: ebb, recede 
Antonyms: come in 
Example Sentence: It becomes so hot that the lizards retreat into the shade.

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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

✍Credit : Tk Gupta

✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 15.10.2024


1. RADICAL (ADJECTIVE): (संपूर्ण): thoroughgoing
Synonyms: thorough, complete
Antonyms: superficial
Example Sentence:A radical overhaul of the existing regulatory framework is needed.


2. BANISH (VERB): (निर्वासित करना): dispel
Synonyms: dismiss, disperse
Antonyms: engender
Example Sentence:All thoughts of romance were banished from her head.


3. MARGINAL (ADJECTIVE): (थोड़ा): slight
Synonyms: small, tiny
Antonyms: vast
Example Sentence:It seems likely to make only a marginal difference.


4. WHITTLE (VERB): (काटना): erode
Synonyms: wear away, eat away
Antonyms: increase
Example Sentence:The shortlist of fifteen was whittled down to five.


5. QUIESCENT (ADJECTIVE): (स्थिर): inactive
Synonyms: inert, latent
Antonyms: active
Example Sentence:Strikes were headed by groups of workers who had previously been quiescent.


6. MOUNT (VERB): (बढ़ना): increase
Synonyms: grow, rise
Antonyms: decrease
Example Sentence:The costs mount up when you buy a home.


7. REINSTATE (VERB): (पुनः स्थापित करना): restore
Synonyms: put back, replace
Antonyms: abolish
Example Sentence:The union threatened strike action if Owen was not reinstated.


8. RIFE (ADJECTIVE): (व्याप्त): widespread
Synonyms: general common
Antonyms: scarce
Example Sentence:Male chauvinism was rife in medicine.


9. CONSEQUENTIAL (ADJECTIVE): (अहम): resulting
Synonyms: resultant, ensuing
Antonyms: causal
Example Sentence:A loss of confidence and a consequential withdrawal of funds.


10. ALLIANCE (NOUN): (नाता): affinity
Synonyms: relationship, association
Antonyms: distance
Example Sentence:An alliance between medicine and morality is to be established. 

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❇️ 16 October

🌮 World Food Day
विश्व खाद्य दिवस

Theme24: "Right to Food for a Better Life and a Better Future"

🥗 Main focus of this day is that food is a basic and fundamental human right. WFD commemorates the day in 1945 when the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) was founded.

🥗 FAO designated 16 October as World Food Day in 1979.

🥗 SDG- Goal 2: Zero Hunger

🥗 India ranks 105 out of 127 countries in Global Hunger Index 2024

🟢 NEWS
🔶The Ministry Of Food Processing Industries Is Hosting World Food India 2024

🔷Kerala Retains Top Spot In India Food Index For Second Consecutive Year

🔶Amul Tops Global Food Brand Rankings In 2024

🔷Food Regulator FSSAI Certifies Nearly 100 Jails As ‘Eat Right Campus’

🔶Shri Pashupati Kumar Paras Launches SUFALAM For Food Entrepreneurs

🏢 Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
▪️Est. : 16 October 1945
▪️HQ : Rome, Italy
▪️Head: Qu Dongyu

✍ Credit : Arvιnd Kυмar ⛥

#Important #NTPC2024

▪️डिजिटल शक्ति 4.0 अभियान -- राष्ट्रीय महिला आयोग
▪️'पोषण भी ,पढ़ाई भी' अभियान --- महिला बाल विकास मंत्रालय
▪️नई चेतना 2.0 अभियान -- ग्रामीण विकास
मंत्रालय
▪️75/25 पहल --- केंद्रीय स्वास्थ्य मंत्रालय
▪️ स्वावलंबन 2.0 -- रक्षा मंत्री राजनाथ सिंह
▪️ मेरा गांव मेरी धरोहर प्रोजेक्ट --- संस्कृति मंत्रालय


▪️Digital Shakti 4.0 Campaign -- National Commission for Women
▪️'Poshan Bhi ,Padhai Bhi' Campaign --- Ministry of Women and Child Development
▪️Nai Chetna 2.0 Campaign -- Rural Development Ministry
▪️75/25 Initiative --- Union Health Ministry
▪️Swavalamban 2.0 -- Defense Minister Rajnath Singh
▪️Mera Gaon Meri Dharohar Project --- Ministry of Culture

🟢 Conventions and Protocols related to various environmental and humanitarian issues:

1. Ramsar Convention - Wetlands
2. Bonn Convention - Migratory birds
3. Vienna Convention - Ozone layer
▪️ Montreal Protocol - Ozone layer
4. Minamata Convention - Mercury
5. Geneva Protocol - Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare
6. Stockholm Convention - Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP)
7. Rotterdam Convention - Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides
8. Basel Convention - Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal

#GeneralKnowledge #QuickRevision

⚖ chief Justice

🔶Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court – Justice Manmohan
🔶Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court – Justice Indra Prasanna Mukerji
🔶Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court – Justice Rajiv Shakdher
🔶Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court – Justice Suresh Kait
🔶Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court – Justice Nitin Madhukar Jamdar
🔶Chief Justice of the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court – Justice Tashi Rabstan
🔶Chief Justice of Madras High Court – Justice Shriram Kalpathi Rajendran
🔶Chief Justice Jharkhand High Court – Justice M.S. Ramachandra Rao

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❇️ 18 OCTOBER

🚺 World Menopause Day
विश्व रजोनिवृत्ति दिवस

Theme24: Menopause Hormone Therapy.


🚺 To raise awareness of the menopause and to support options to improve health and well-being for women in mid-life and beyond.

🚺 World Menopause Day was established in 1984 by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Menopause Society (IMS).

🟢 Govt. Schemes Related to Women Health

🔸Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakaram (JSSK)
🔹Kasturba Poshan Sahay Yojana (KPSY)
🔸Women Helpline Scheme
🔹Pradhan Mantri Matritva Vandana Yojana
🔸Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan

🟢 NEWS

🔷NIRAMAI Health Analytix Pvt. Ltd & InnAccel Technologies Pvt. Ltd. company has/have received the World Bank Group and the Consumer Technology Association's Global Women's Health Tech Awards in January 2022.

🔶17 SDG - GOAL 3: Good Health and Well-being

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

✍ Credit : Arvιnd Kυмar ✪

✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 19.10.2024


1. UNBRIDLED (ADJECTIVE): (निरंकुश): unrestrained
Synonyms: unconstrained, uncontrolled
Antonyms: restrained
Example Sentence:He had a moment of unbridled ambition.


2. HUMILIATE (VERB): (अपमानित करना): embarrass
Synonyms: mortify, humble
Antonyms: aggrandize
Example Sentence:You'll humiliate me in front of the whole school!


3. BARBARIC (ADJECTIVE): (निर्दयी): cruel
Synonyms: brutal, barbarous
Antonyms: benevolent
Example Sentence:He carried out barbaric acts in the name of war.


4. ABRIDGE (VERB): (संक्षेप करना): shorten
Synonyms: cut, curtail
Antonyms: lengthen
Example Sentence:The introduction is abridged from the author's afterword to the novel.


5. ABEYANCE (ADJECTIVE): (निलम्बन): suspension
Synonyms: remission, suspense
Antonyms: in hand
Example Sentence:Matters were held in abeyance pending further enquiries.


6. OBNOXIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (अप्रिय): unpleasant
Synonyms: disagreeable, nasty
Antonyms: delightful
Example Sentence:They overthrew the chancellor who was very obnoxious to them.


7. ANNIHILATE (VERB): (मिटा देना): destroy
Synonyms: wipe out, obliterate
Antonyms: create
Example Sentence:A simple bomb could also annihilate a lot of things.


8. CONFER (VERB): (प्रदान करना): bestow on
Synonyms: present with/to, grant to
Antonyms: withhold
Example Sentence:The Minister may have exceeded the powers conferred on him by Parliament.


9. VEX (VERB): (खीझाना): annoy
Synonyms: irritate, infuriate
Antonyms: mollify
Example Sentence:The memory of the conversation still vexed him.


10. DEEM (VERB): (मानना): consider
Synonyms: judge, adjudge
Antonyms: mis-judge
Example Sentence:The event was deemed a great success.

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❇️ Tue, 1 Oct, 2024 – Thu, 31 Oct, 2024

👛 Breast Cancer Awareness Month
स्तन कैंसर जागरूकता माह

Theme24: "No-one should face breast cancer alone"

🧬 Cancer : A disease in which abnormal cells divide uncontrollably and destroy body tissue.

👛 This initiative brings attention to the impact of breast cancer on individuals, families, and communities, while also emphasizing the need for timely diagnosis and treatment.

👛 Breast Cancer Awareness Month has been observed since 1985.

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

✍ Credit : Arvιnd Kυмar ⛥

❇️ 21 OCTOBER

👮‍♂Police Commemoration Day
पुलिस स्मृति दिवस

🔱 This is day is observed as Martyr's Day in all police forces of India.

⚜ The day commemorates the sacrifices of ten policemen who sacrificed their life while defending our borders with China in 1959.

🔱In 2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Indias first national police museum in Delhi on the occasion of Police Commemoration Day.

⚜The proposal to have a police memorial in India was first by the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led government in 2002.

🟢 IMPORTANT DAY
15 January - Indian Army Day
8 October - Indian Air Force Day
4 December - Indian Navy Day

🟢 HEAD OF DEPARTMENT
CDS: Lt General Anil Chauhan
Air Chief: Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari
Army Chief: Manoj Pandey
Naval Chief: Admiral R. Hari Kumar
DRDO Chief: Samir V. Kamat
ITBP Head: Anish Dayal Singh
CISF DG: Shri.Sheel Vardhan Singh

✍ Credit : Arvιnd Kυмar ✪

✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 21.10.2024


1. BLIGHT (NOUN): (यातना): affliction 
Synonyms: scourge, bane 
Antonyms: blessing 
Example Sentence: The vacant properties are a blight on the neighbourhood. 


2. COMPLACENT (ADJECTIVE): (आत्मसंतुष्ट): smug 
Synonyms: self-satisfied, self-approving 
Antonyms: dissatisfied 
Example Sentence: You can't afford to be complacent about security. 


3. WRANGLE (NOUN): (तकरार): argument 
Synonyms: dispute, disagreement 
Antonyms: agreement 
Example Sentence: An insurance wrangle is holding up compensation payments. 


4. INCLUSIVE (ADJECTIVE): (समावेशी): all-in 
Synonyms: all-inclusive comprehensive 
Antonyms: exclusive 
Example Sentence: They have menus stating fully inclusive prices. 


5. IMPLICIT (ADJECTIVE): (अंतर्निहित): implied 
Synonyms: indirect, inferred 
Antonyms: explicit 
Example Sentence: Comments seen as implicit criticism of the policies. 


6. COLLISION (NOUN): (टकराव): clash 
Synonyms: conflict, opposition 
Antonyms: coalescence 
Example Sentence: When she married an NRI, collision of two diverse cultures took place. 


7. EFFICACIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (प्रभावोत्पादक): effective 
Synonyms: successful, effectual 
Antonyms: inefficacious 
Example Sentence: The treatment was efficacious in some cases. 


8. OFFENSIVE (ADJECTIVE): (आपत्तिजनक): insulting 
Synonyms: rude, derogatory 
Antonyms: complimentary 
Example Sentence: The allegations made are deeply offensive to us. 


9. ABRIDGE (VERB): (संक्षेप करना): shorten 
Synonyms: cut, curtail 
Antonyms: lengthen 
Example Sentence: It was abridged from the original work. 


10. TANGIBLE (ADJECTIVE): (वास्तविक): real 
Synonyms: actual, solid 
Antonyms: abstract 
Example Sentence: The emphasis is now on tangible results. 

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