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Upcoming Indian Government Targets

• To Achieve Zero Diesel use in Agriculture and Renewable Energy By 2024.

• 100% Railways Electrification By 2024.

• Har Ghar Jal By 2024.

• PM vision of $5 Trillion Economy By 2025.

• Blending 20% Ethanol in Petrol By 2025.

• To Eliminate TB By 2025.

• Fiber Optic connectivity in all Villages By 2025.

• India to be covered by Doppler Weather Radar Network By 2025.

• To make the country Malaria Free By 2027 and Eradicate it By 2030.

• Indian Railways to become Net Zero Carbon Emitter By 2030.

• Green Railway By 2030.

• Zero Road Accident fatalities By 2030.

• Energy Independent By 2047.

✨Today's Vocab Word✨

VIE v.
📖 to take part in a contest or competition

- The three boys vied for the prize in the chemistry contest.🏆
-Several companies are vying for the contract to build the new hospital.
- In the garden flowers vie with each other in beauty.

🌸20 June 2024 Current Affairs🌸

➼ 'Adani Group' to set up 570 MW green hydropower plant in Bhutan. 
‘अडाणी सूमह’ भूटान में 570 मेगावाट का हरित जलविद्युत संयंत्र लगाएगा।

➼ 'India' has refused to sign the joint statement and related documents issued at the Ukraine Peace Conference. 
‘भारत’ ने यूक्रेन शांति सम्मेलन में जारी संयुक्त वक्तव्य और संबंधित दस्तावेजों पर हस्ताक्षकर करने से इनकार कर दिया है।

➼ India's ' Diksha Dagar' has finished sixth in the Italian Open Women's Golf Tournament. 
भारत की ‘दीक्षा डागर’ इटालियन ओपन महिला गोल्फ टूर्नामेंट में छठे स्थान पर रहीं है।

➼ ' Mission Nishchay' has been started by the Punjab State Police .
पंजाब राज्य की पुलिस द्वारा ‘मिशन निश्चय’ शुरू किया गया है।

➼ Renowned artist 'Deepak Gore' has announced to donate a collection of 115 oil paintings depicting the life of Chhatrapati Shivaji to IGNCA.
प्रसिद्ध कलाकार ‘दीपक गोरे’ ने छत्रपति शिवाजी के जीवन को दर्शाने वाले 115 तेल चित्रों के संग्रह को IGNCA  को दान करने की घोषणा की है।

➼ The second annual meeting of the US-India Initiative on Emerging Technologies was held in  New Delhi .
‘नई दिल्ली’ में उभरती प्रौद्योगिकी पर अमरीका-भारत पहल की दूसरी वार्षिक बैठक सम्पन्न हुई है।

➼ The 53rd meeting of the GST Council will be held in New Delhi on 22 June 2024 under the leadership of Union Finance Minister 'Nirmala Sitharaman'
केंद्रीय वित्त मंत्री ‘निर्मला सीतारमण’ की अगुवाई में 22 जून 2024 को जीएसटी परिषद की 53वीं बैठक नई दिल्ली में होगी।

➼  India's rank in the recently released Environment Performance Index 2024 is 176.
हाल ही में जारी पर्यावरण प्रदर्शन सूचकांक 2024 में भारत की रैंक 176 है।

➼  India to host first multinational air exercise 'Tarang Shakti'.
पहले बहुराष्ट्रीय हवाई अभ्यास 'तरंग शक्ति' की मेजबानी भारत करेगा l

✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 20.06.2024

1. RESILIENT (ADJECTIVE): (प्रबल): strong
Synonyms: tough, hardy
Antonyms: vulnerable
Example Sentence:Babies are generally far more resilient than new parents realize.


2. MODERATION (NOUN): (आत्मसंयम): self-restraint
Synonyms: restraint, self-control
Antonyms: extremism
Example Sentence:He urged them to show moderation.


3. PREFATORY (ADJECTIVE): (प्रारंभिक): introductory
Synonyms: preliminary, opening
Antonyms: final
Example Sentence:His prefatory remarks the author claims that


4. AFFRONT (VERB): (अपमान करना): insult
Synonyms: offend, outrage
Antonyms: compliment
Example Sentence:She was affronted by his familiarity.


5. AGITATE (VERB): (उत्तेजित करना): upset
Synonyms: perturb, fluster
Antonyms: calm
Example Sentence:The thought of questioning Tony agitated him extremely.


6. CAPRICIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (मनमौजी): fickle
Synonyms: inconstant, changeable
Antonyms: stable
Example Sentence:It's terrible to feel our livelihood hinges on a capricious boss.


7. IMPART (VERB): (प्रदान करना): communicate
Synonyms: pass on, convey
Antonyms: keep to oneself
Example Sentence:The teachers imparted a great deal of knowledge to their pupils.


8. ABSURDITY (NOUN): (अर्थहीनता): idiocy
Synonyms: ridiculousness, stupidity
Antonyms: reasonableness
Example Sentence:I laughed at the absurdity of the situation.


9. IMPERIL (VERB): (संकट में डालना): endanger
Synonyms: jeopardize, risk
Antonyms: safeguard
Example Sentence:They advised against tax increases for fear of imperiling the recovery.


10. PERTURB (VERB): (घबड़ा देना): worry
Synonyms: upset, unsettle
Antonyms: reassure
Example Sentence:They were perturbed by her rude behavior.

Murlikant Petkar

• India's First Paralympic Gold Medalist.

• He won an Individual Gold medal in the 1972 Summer Paralympics, in Heidelberg, Germany.

• In 2018, he was awarded with the Padma Shri.