Folk Dances in India

•Haryana
-Jhumar, Phag, Daph, Dhamal, Loor, Gugga, Khor.

•Himachal Pradesh
-Jhora, Jhali, Chharhi, Dhaman, Chhapeli, Mahasu

•Jammu and Kashmir
-Rauf, Hikat, Mandjas, Kud Dandi Nach

•Jharkhand
-Alkap, Karma Munda, Agni, Jhumar, Janani Jhumar, Mardana Jhumar, Paika, Phagua

•Karnataka
-Yakshagana, Huttari, Suggi, Kunitha, Karga

•Kerala
-Ottam Thullal, Kaikottikali

•Maharashtra
-Lavani, Nakata, Koli, Lezim, Gafa, Dahikala Dasavtar

•Madhya Pradesh
-Jawara, Matki, Aada, Khada Nach, Phulpati, Grida Dance, Selalarki, Selabhadoni

•Manipur
-Dol Cholam, Thang Ta, Lai Haraoba, Pung Cholom

•Mizoram
-Cheraw Dance, Khuallam, Chailam, Sawlakin, Chawnglaizawn, Zangtalam

•Nagaland
-Rangma, Bamboo Dance, Zeliang

•Odisha
-Savari, Ghumara

•Punjab
-Bhangra, Giddha.

•Rajasthan
-Ghumar, Chakri, Ganagor, Jhulan

•Sikkim
-Chu Faat, the Snow Lion, Yak Chaam

•Tamil Nadu
-Kumi, Kolattam, Karagattam

•Tripura
-Hojagiri

•Uttar Pradesh
-Nautanki, Raslila,

•Uttarakhand
-Garhwali, Raslila

🚀 IMPORTANT EXERCISES 2024

🛟18 edition of Joint Naval Drill ‘Naseem Al Bahr’ between India and Oman – Coast off Goa
🛟Army’s Sudarshan Chakra Corps of Southern Command is conducting ‘Exercise SWAVLAMBAN SHAKTI’ at Babina Field Firing Ranges near Jhansi.
🛟Exercise Malabar 2024 between India, Australia, Japan, and USA – Visakhapatnam.
🛟8th edition of Exercise KAZIND 2024 between India -Kazakhstan military – Auli, Uttarakhand.
🛟7th edition of Exercise Eastern Bridge between Indian Air Force and Royal Oman Air Force – Air Force Base Masirah, Oman.
🛟5th edition of Exercise Al NAJAH between Indian Army and Royal Army of Oman – Rabkoot Training Area in Salalah, Oman

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🟢Recent Award

- Fiji highest Civilian Award – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
- Top central banker by the US-based Global Finance magazine – RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das (A+ rating)
- Best Bank in India for 2024 by Global Finance Magazine – State Bank of India
- The Harry Messel Award for Conservation Leadership – Assam’s Bibhab Kumar Talukdar
- Global Anti-Racism Championship Award 2024 – Nepal’s Urmila Chaudhary

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❇️ 10 November

🌍 World Science Day for Peace and Development
शांति और विकास के लिए विश्व विज्ञान दिवस

Theme24 : "Why Science Matters: Engaging Minds and Empowering Futures"

💫 To highlight the important role that science play in society and the need to engage the wider public in debates on emerging scientific issues.

💫 Proclaimed by the UNESCO in 2001 & celebrated for the first time in 2002.

🟢NEWS

🔷International Week Of Science And Peace 2024: 9-15 November

🔶First-Ever Coal Gallery Inaugurated At National Science Centre, New Delhi

🔷India And UNESCO To Co-Organize 2024 Chief Science Advisers Roundtable In Paris

🔶Cabinet Approves ‘Vigyan Dhara’ Scheme By Department Of Science And Technology

🏢 United Nations Educational Scientific And Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
🔹Formation - 4 November, 1946
🔹HQ - Paris, France
🔹DG - Audrey Azouley

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✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 10.11.2024


1. PROTRUDE (VERB): (बाहर निकलना): stick out
Synonyms: jut, project
Antonyms: sunken
Example Sentence:It was something like a fin protruded from the water.


2. SHAMBOLIC (ADJECTIVE): (अव्यवस्थात्मक): chaotic
Synonyms: disorganized muddled
Antonyms: efficient
Example Sentence:The department's shambolic accounting led to company’s downfall.


3. ALACRITY (NOUN): (उत्सुकता): eagerness
Synonyms: willingness, readiness
Antonyms: apathy
Example Sentence:She accepted the invitation with pure alacrity.


4. ABJECT (ADJECTIVE): (बिना गर्व या गरिमा के): obsequious
Synonyms: grovelling, crawling
Antonyms: proud
Example Sentence:An abject apology came from his end today.


5. STIFLE (VERB): (दबाव बनाना): constrain
Synonyms: hinder, hamper
Antonyms: encourage
Example Sentence:High taxes were stifling private enterprise.


6. CUMBERSOME (ADJECTIVE): (दुष्कर): unwieldy
Synonyms: unmanageable, awkward
Antonyms: manageable
Example Sentence:Diving suits are usually cumbersome.


7. DECIPHER (VERB): (गूढ़लेख पढ़ना): decode
Synonyms: decrypt, break
Antonyms: encode
Example Sentence:Authorized government agencies can decipher encrypted telecommunications.


8. SCURRILOUS (ADJECTIVE): (अपमानजनक): abusive
Synonyms: vituperative, derogatory
Antonyms: praising
Example Sentence:It was a scurrilous attack on his integrity.


9 MUFFLE (VERB): (धीमा करना): deaden
Synonyms: dull, dampen
Antonyms: loud
Example Sentence:His voice was muffled due to the distance.


10. TRANSGRESS (VERB): (दुर्व्यवहार करना): misbehave
Synonyms: err lapse
Antonyms: obey
Example Sentence:She had transgressed an unwritten social law.

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Newly Appointed Prime Minister & President

President of Vietnam – Luong Cuong
President of Indonesia – Prabowo Subianto
President of Tunisia – Kais Saied (2nd time)
President of Mexico – Claudia Sheinbaum (first woman president of nation)
PM of Japan – Shigeru Ishiba (replace Fumio Kishida)

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Recent index

World Justice Project Rule of Law Index 2024 – India at 79th; topped by Denmark
First Global Nature Conservation Index 2024 – India ranks 176th with a score of 45.5 out of 100; Luxembourg ranked 1st with a score of 70.8
Global Innovation Index 2024 – India at 39th;  topped by Switzerland
Asia Power Index – 1st USA; 2nd China; 3rd India; 4th Japan; 5th Australia
Energy Transition Index 2024: India at 63rd, topped by Sweden
Environment Performance Index 2024: India at 176th spot topped by Estonia

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✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 11.11.2024


1. STRICTURE (NOUN): (परिसीमन): constraint 
Synonyms: restriction, limitation 
Antonyms: freedom 
Example Sentence: The strictures imposed by the British Board of Film Censors. 


2. DISBURSE (VERB): (चुकाना): pay out 
Synonyms: lay out, spend 
Antonyms: claim 
Example Sentence:$67 million of the pledged aid had already been disbursed. 


3. ANIMOSITY (NOUN): (बैर): antipathy 
Synonyms: hostility, friction 
Antonyms: goodwill 
Example Sentence: He no longer felt any animosity towards her. 


4. ARTICULATE (VERB): (साफ़ साफ़ बोलना): express 
Synonyms: voice, give voice to 
Antonyms: bottle up 
Example Sentence:They were unable to articulate their emotions. 


5. INFANTILE (ADJECTIVE): (बचकाना): childish 
Synonyms: babyish, immature 
Antonyms: mature 
Example Sentence:Everyone is fed up of his infantile jokes. 


6. DEMARCATE (VERB): (हदबंदी करना): separate 
Synonyms: divide, delimit 
Antonyms: join 
Example Sentence:Art was being demarcated from the more objective science. 


7. IMPUGN (VERB): (बहस करना): challenge 
Synonyms: question, dispute 
Antonyms: support 
Example Sentence:The father does not impugn her capacity as a good mother. 


8. OSTENSIBLY (ADVERB): (जाहिरा तौर पर): apparently 
Synonyms: seemingly, on the face of it 
Antonyms: genuinely 
Example Sentence: The party secretary resigned, ostensibly from ill health. 


9. INFURIATE (VERB): (क्रुद्ध करना): enrage 
Synonyms: incense, anger 
Antonyms: please 
Example Sentence: I was infuriated by your article. 


10. DEFER (VERB): (झुक जाना): yield 
Synonyms: submit, give way 
Antonyms: stand up to 
Example Sentence:I deferred to his supreme efficiency. 

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🏆 Award

🔷Global Anti-Racism 🔷Championship Award 2024 – Nepal’s Urmila Chaudhary
🔷Conscious Companies Awards – Mohanji
🔷Femina Miss India 2024 – Nikita Porwal (from Madhya Pradesh)
🔷54th Dadasaheb Phalke Award (for 2022)- Mithun Chakraborty
🔷32nd Ekalabya Puraskar by Odisha govt – Pratyasa Ray (Swimming)
🔷FIDE 100 Awards – Men’s – Magnus Carlsen (Norway); Women’s – Judit Polgar (Hungary)


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🟢 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 | 12.11.2024


1. EMBLEMATIC (ADJECTIVE): (प्रतीकात्मक): symbolic 
Synonyms: representative, demonstrative 
Antonyms: representational 
Example Sentence:My case is emblematic of a larger issue. 


2. PAROCHIAL (ADJECTIVE): (संकीर्ण): narrow-minded 
Synonyms: small-minded, provincial 
Antonyms: cosmopolitan 
Example Sentence:Parochial attitudes seldom lead to distress. 


3. ENTANGLE (VERB): (जाल में फंसना/ फंसाना): involve 
Synonyms: implicate, embroil 
Antonyms: steer clear of 
Example Sentence:They were suspicious of becoming entangled in a civil war. 


4. EXQUISITE (ADJECTIVE): (अति सुंदर): beautiful 
Synonyms: lovely, elegant 
Antonyms: crude 
Example Sentence: She makes exquisite, jewel-like portraits. 


5. EXTRAVAGANT (ADJECTIVE): (फ़िजूल ख़र्च): spendthrift 
Synonyms: profligate, unthrifty 
Antonyms: thrifty 
Example Sentence: It was rather extravagant to buy both.


6. OBLITERATE (VERB): (नष्ट करना): destroy 
Synonyms: wipe out, annihilate 
Antonyms: create 
Example Sentence: The memory was so painful that he obliterated it from his mind. 


7. ARTICULATE (ADJECTIVE): (स्पष्ट): eloquent 
Synonyms: fluent, communicative 
Antonyms: inarticulate 
Example Sentence: He made an articulate account of his and her experiences. 


8. IMPETUS (NOUN): (प्रोत्साहन): motivation 
Synonyms: stimulus incitement 
Antonyms: discouragement 
Example Sentence:The ending of the Cold War gave new impetus to idealism. 


9. EGREGIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (चौंका देने वाला): shocking 
Synonyms: appalling, horrific 
Antonyms: marvellous 
Example Sentence: Egregious abuses of copyright take place. 


10. SPLENDOUR (NOUN): (भव्यता): magnificence 
Synonyms: grandeur, opulence 
Antonyms: modesty 
Example Sentence:The tiles of these roofs are of deep-blue colour adding an element of splendour. 

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🟢International Cricket Council (ICC)

The International Cricket Council is the global governing body of cricket.
It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from Australia, England and South Africa.
It was renamed as the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1987.
Formation – 15 June 1909
Headquarters – Dubai, UAE
Chairman – Jay Shah (replace Greg Barclay) effect from 1 Dec 2024
Deputy Chairman – Imran Khwaja (Singapore)
CEO – Geoff Allardice (Australia)
General Manager – Wasim Khan
Membership – 108 members

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🟢 Ambassador

- 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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🛩 Recent Exercise

- Ex Pitch Black 2024 between India and Australia – Darwin, Australia
-28th edition of Malabar Exercise between India, USA, Japan, Australia – Bay of Bengal (October 2024)
-16th edition of Joint Military Exercise Nomadic Elephant between India and Mongolia – Umroi, Meghalaya
-13th edition of Joint -military Exercise MAITREE between India and Thailand – Fort Vachiraprakan in Tak Province of Thailand.
-29th edition of RIMPAC Naval Exercise – Hawaii, Pearl Harbour USA (INS Shivalik Participated).

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📊 RANK OF INDIA IN ALL IMPORTANT INDICES OF 2024

🟢 HIGH RANKING
- Climate Change Performance Index (2023): 7
- Global Innovation Index: 39
- Travel & Tourism Development Index: 39
- Democracy Index (2023): 41
- International Intellectual Property Index: 42
- Global Energy Transition Index: 63

🟠 MID RANKING
- Henley Passport Index: 83
- Corruption Perception Index (2023): 93
- Gender Inequality Index (2022): 108
- Sustainable Development Report: 109

🔴 LOW RANKING
- Global Peace Index: 116
- World Happiness Report: 126
- Economic Freedom Index: 126
- Global Gender Gap Index: 129
- Human Development Report (2023-24): 134
- World Press Freedom Index: 159
- Environmental Performance Index: 176

🔖📚 India Ranks 1st in SIPRI World’s Top Arms Importer in 2019-23
▪️Top Remittances Inflow Report

❇️ 14 November

👦🏻 Children's Day
बाल दिवस

👩🏻 This day was chosen to celebrate as Children’s Day after the death of India’s first prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, adorably referred to as Chacha Nehru.

🧒🏻 Children's Day in India was initially celebrated on November 20, aligned with World Children's Day. After Jawaharlal Nehru's death, India changed it to honor his birthday, November 14, following a parliamentary resolution.

🟢 NEWS
🔶Centre Signs MoU With Adobe To Help Children Learn AI

🔷British Children’s Writer Michael Rosen Awarded The PEN Pinter Prize 2023

🔶Priya A.S. Received Sahitya Akademi Award 2023 For Children’s Literature

🔷NGO Tapoban, Assam Honoured With Children’s Champion Award

🔶Inauguration Of Online Education Program ‘Pahal’ For Rural Children

🔷Uttar Pradesh Introduces “School Health Program” Digital Health Cards For Children

🔶Ghana Becomes 1st Country To Approve Oxford Malaria Vaccine For Children

✍ Credit : Arvιnd Kυмar ✪

✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 14.11.2024


1. ALIENATE (NOUN): (पृथक करना): estrange 
Synonyms: turn away, set apart 
Antonyms: unite 
Example Sentence: We live in an urban environment which alienates its own inhabitants. 


2. DASTARDLY (ADJECTIVE): (नीचतापूर्ण): wicked 
Synonyms: evil, iniquitous 
Antonyms: noble 
Example Sentence: While the town is sleeping, the mafia is out doing dastardly deeds. 


3. EGREGIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (भीषण): shocking 
Synonyms: appalling, horrific 
Antonyms: marvellous 
Example Sentence: Copyright faces egregious abuses. 


4. CALLOUS (ADJECTIVE): (निर्मम): heartless 
Synonyms: unfeeling uncaring 
Antonyms: kind 
Example Sentence: His callous comments about the murder made me shiver. 


5. AMBIGUITY (NOUN): (अस्पष्टता): ambivalence 
Synonyms: equivocation, obscurity 
Antonyms: transparency 
Example Sentence: We can detect no ambiguity in this section of the Act. 


6. CONSOLIDATE (VERB): (मजबूत करना): strengthen 
Synonyms: secure, stabilize 
Antonyms: weaken 
Example Sentence: The company consolidated its position in the international market. 


7. DESPISE (VERB): (घृणा करना): detest 
Synonyms: hate, loathe 
Antonyms: like 
Example Sentence: He despised himself for being selfish. 


8. UNRAVEL (VERB): (सुलझाना): solve 
Synonyms: resolve, work out 
Antonyms: complicate 
Example Sentence: They were attempting to unravel the cause of death. 


9. PATCHY (ADJECTIVE): (असम): uneven 
Synonyms: bitty, varying 
Antonyms: uniform 
Example Sentence: There was patchy fog in the sky. 


10. DISMANTLE (VERB): (विघटित करना): take apart 
Synonyms: pull apart, deconstruct 
Antonyms: assemble 
Example Sentence: The engines were dismantled and the bits piled into a heap. 

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🏆 TENNIS GRAND SLAM WINNERS 2024

🎾 AUSTRALIAN OPEN
▪️Men’s Singles: Jannik Sinner (Italy)
▪️Women’s Singles: Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus)

🎾 FRENCH OPEN
▪️Men’s Singles: Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)
▪️Women’s Singles: Iga Swiatek (Poland)

🎾 WIMBLEDON OPEN
▪️Men’s Singles: Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)
▪️Women’s Singles: Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic)

🎾 US OPEN
▪️Men’s Singles: Jannik Sinner (Italy)
▪️Women’s Singles: Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus)

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✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 15.11.2024


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


2. TENUOUS (ADJECTIVE): (तुच्छ): slight 
Synonyms: insubstantial, flimsy 
Antonyms: convincing 
Example Sentence: The tenuous link between interest rates and investment. 


3. LACKLUSTRE (ADJECTIVE): (निरुत्साही): uninspired 
Synonyms: uninspiring, unimaginative 
Antonyms: inspired 
Example Sentence: No excuses were made for the team's lacklustre performance. 


4. CONTENTION (NOUN): (तकरार): disagreement 
Synonyms: dispute disputation 
Antonyms: agreement 
Example Sentence: The captured territory was the main area of contention between the two countries. 


5. PLETHORA (NOUN): (बहुतायत): excess 
Synonyms: abundance, overabundance 
Antonyms: dearth 
Example Sentence: She always has a plethora of bad jokes. 


6. RETICENCE (NOUN): (अल्पभाषिता): reserve 
Synonyms: introversion, restraint 
Antonyms: expansiveness 
Example Sentence: She paused, as if hesitating to confide, until her anger overcame her reticence. 


7. SURMISE (VERB): (अंदाज़ा लगाना): guess 
Synonyms: conjecture, suspect 
Antonyms: know 
Example Sentence: I surmised that something must be wrong. 


8. FALLACIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (ग़लत): erroneous 
Synonyms: false, untrue 
Antonyms: true 
Example Sentence: His argument is based on fallacious reasoning. 


9. VEIL (VERB): (ढंक देना): covert 
Synonyms: surreptitious, hidden 
Antonyms: overt 
Example Sentence:Cold mists veiled the mountain peaks. 


10. TRASH (NOUN): (बकवास): nonsense 
Synonyms: drivel, pap 
Antonyms: logic 
Example Sentence: If they read at all, they read trash.

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🟢 Ambassador

- 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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