🔶National technology day 2020, May 11
🔶India launched Mission Sagar to assist 5 island nations Indian Oceanamid COVID-19
🔶6 member panel to set up to review production sharing contracts: Centre
🔶National Gallery of Modern Art launches a virtual program ‘NGMA Ke Sangrah Se’ to showcase artworks
🔶ICMR ties-up with India Post for lab delivery of Covid-19 testing kits
🔶TRIFED under AOL signed a MoU to promote the tribal enterprises
🔶 17 laureates conferred with DW Freedom of Speech Award 2020; Journalist Siddharth Varadarajan from India among them
🔶Narinder Batra to remain as FIH President until May 2021
🔶ICMR-NIV develops 1st indigenous antibody detection kit “COVID KAVACH ELISA” for COVID-19
🔶Parakh: DRDO- DFRL’s mobile microbial containment lab handed over to MMCRI
🔶DRDO lab develops DRUVS, an automated UV systems to sanitise electronic gadgets, papers & currency notes
🔶ICMR ties up with BBIL to develop the 1st fully indigenous COVID-19 vaccine
🔶CSIR approves project to develop ‘hmAbs’ that can neutralize SARS-CoV-2 in patients; BBIL to lead
🔶Indian Scientists discover 3 new species of fishes under genus ‘Dawkinsia’ in western ghats
🔶COVID-19: SAI forms 6-member panel to prepare SOP for phased resumption of training after lockdown
🔶Famous historian Hari Shankar Vasudevan passed away at 68
🔶Vadhan authors a new book titled “Fear of God” deals with corruption, vigilantism & law
🔶Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio presented Rs. 21049.87 crore state budget for FY 20-21
🔰 Tuesday, 12 May 2020 🔰
●The Hindu Vocabulary For All Competitive Exams.
1. TRITE (ADJECTIVE): (घिसे-पिटे):
hackneyed
Synonyms: banal, clichéd
Antonyms: original
Example Sentence:
This point may now seem obvious and trite.
2. EXPLOIT (VERB): (अनुचित लाठउठाना):
take advantage of
Synonyms: make use of, abuse
Antonyms: treat fairly
Example Sentence:
These workers are at particular risk of being exploited in the workplace.
3. OUTBREAK (NOUN): (प्रकोप):
eruption
Synonyms: flare-up, upsurge
Antonyms: pacification
Example Sentence:
The outbreak of World War II proved to be massive.
4. APPEASE (VERB): (शांत करना):
conciliate
Synonyms: placate, pacify
Antonyms: provoke
Example Sentence:
Amendments have been added to appease local pressure groups.
5. DISSIPATE (VERB): (ग़ायब हो जाना):
disappear
Synonyms: vanish evaporate
Antonyms: grow
Example Sentence:
The concern she'd felt for him had wholly dissipated.
6. EXTRADITE (VERB): (प्रत्यर्पित करना):
deport
Synonyms: hand over, repatriate
Antonyms: hold
Example Sentence:
He will be extradited from the U.S. to Canada to face criminal charges there.
7. BIZARRE (ADJECTIVE): (विचित्र):
strange
Synonyms: peculiar, odd
Antonyms: ordinary
Example Sentence:
We had to face a bizarre situation.
8. CAMARADERIE (NOUN): (सौहार्द):
friendship
Synonyms: comradeship fellowship,
Antonyms: solitude
Example Sentence:
Our camaraderie is evident to everyone.
9. CERTAINTY (NOUN): (निश्चय):
confidence
Synonyms: conviction, certitude
Antonyms: uncertainty
Example Sentence:
She knew with certainty that he is dead.
10. MAR (VERB): (बिगाड़ना): spoil
Synonyms: ruin, impair
Antonyms: improve
Example Sentence:
Violence marred all the New Year celebrations
💫🌞💫 International Nurse Day : May 12th 💫🌞💫
🦚 Every year, May 12 is commemorated as International Nurse Day. The birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale is celebrated as the International Nurse Day.
🌼 Theme – Nurses: A Voice to lead-Nursing the World to Health. 🌼
🦚 The International Council of Nurses lead the celebration of the International Nurse Day.
🦚 International Council of Nurses - The Council is a federation with more than 130 nurse associations that
represents more than 20 million nurses all over the world. It was founded in 1899 and is the widest reaching organization. Also, it is associated with the World Bank, International Labour Organization and World Health Organization.
🦚 This year 2020 is celebrated as the Year of Nurse and Midwife as it is the 200th birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale. This is being organized by the World Health Organization in order to achieve Universal Health Coverage.
🦚 Florence Nightingale – Nightingale was called the “Lady with the Lamp”.This was because she used to make rounds through the camps with a lamp. She was born to a wealthy English family in Italy.
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