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1. Dr. Radha Binod Barman, an eminent statistician, took over as the part-time Chairperson in the National Statistical Commission.
प्रख्यात सांख्यिकीविद् डॉ.राधा बिनोद बर्मन ने राष्ट्रीय सांख्यिकी आयोग के अंशकालिक अध्यक्ष का पदभार संभाला।
2. Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy launched ‘Contract Labour Payment Management System’- a portal of Coal India Limited (CIL).
केंद्रीय विद्युत, कोयला और नवीन एवं नवीकरणीय ऊर्जा राज्य मंत्री (स्वतंत्र प्रभार) श्री पीयूष गोयल ने कोल इंडिया लिमिटेड (सीआईएल) के पोर्टल- 'अनुबंधित श्रमिक भुगतान प्रबंधन प्रणाली' (कांट्रैक्ट लेबर पेमेंट मैनेजमेंट सिस्टम) का शुभारंभ किया।
3. According to the global financial services company HSBC, India's GDP growth in the current fiscal 2016-17 will be 7.4 per cent.
वैश्विक वित्तीय सेवा कंपनी एचएसबीसी के अनुसार भारत की वाषिर्क जीडीपी वृद्धि दर चालू वित्त वर्ष 2016-17 में 7.4 प्रतिशत रहेगी।
4. Pranav Pandya, head of the All World Gayatri Pariwar and editor of Akhand Jyoti magazine has been nominated to the Rajya Sabha by President Pranab Mukherjee.
राष्ट्रपति प्रणब मुखर्जी ने ऑल वर्ल्ड गायत्री परिवार के मुखिया और पत्रिका अखंड ज्योति के संपादक डॉ.प्रणव पंड्या को राज्यसभा के लिए नामित किया।
5. Forbes Middle east released the list of Top ten richest Indians living in Arab region. The list includes top 10 businessmen above 50 years of age. The list is topped by Sunil Vaswani of Stallion Group.
फोर्ब्स मिडल ईस्ट ने अरब देशों में रह रहे टॉप-10 अमीर भारतीयों की लिस्ट जारी की है। लिस्ट में 50 साल की उम्र से अधिक के 10 बड़े बिजनेसमैन शामिल किए गए है। इसमें टॉप पर स्टैलियन ग्रुप के सुनील वासवानी है।
6. Future Retail appointed independent director V K Chopra as the chairman and non-executive director Kishore Biyani as the vice-chairman of the company.
फ्यूचर रिटेल ने स्वतंत्र निदेशक वी के चोपड़ा को चेयरमैन और गैर कार्यकारी निदेशक किशोर बियानी को कंपनी का वाइस चेयरमैन नियुक्त किया।
7. Renowned scholar and critic Professor Asloob Ahmad Ansari died. He was 91.
प्रख्यात विद्वान तथा आलोचक प्रोफेसर असलूब अहमद अंसारी का निधन हो गया। वह 91 वर्ष के थे।
8. The trade body of Indian IT firms NASSCOM has signed a MoU with Facebook to build a product design initiative to engage the country's young entrepreneurs into becoming problem solvers and solution builders.
भारतीय सूचना प्रौद्योगिकी कंपनियों के संगठन नासकॉम ने फेसबुक के साथ एक समझौते पर हस्ताक्षर किया है ताकि देश के युवा उद्यमियों को समस्या समाधान करने वाला बनाने के लिए एक उत्पाद डिजाइन की दिशा में पहल की जा सके।
9. The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its ex-post facto approval for the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Central Bank of United Arab Emirates (UAE) on co-operation concerning currency swap agreement.
प्रधानमंत्री श्री नरेन्द्र मोदी की अध्यक्षता में केंद्रीय मंत्रिमंडल की बैठक में भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक और सेंट्रल बैंक ऑफ युनाइटेड अरब अमीरात के बीच मुद्रा विनिमय समझौते के बारे में सहयोग से संबंधित सहमति पत्र को पूर्वव्यापी स्वीकृति प्रदान की गई।
10. In order to encourage the exporters, President Pranab Mukherjee awarded 43 companies with Niryat Shree awards and three banks with the Niryat Bandhu Awards.
राष्ट्रपति प्रणव मुखर्जी ने निर्यातकों को प्रोत्साहित करने के लिए 43 कंपनियों को निर्यात श्री और तीन बैंकों को निर्यात बंधु पुरस्कार प्रदान किए।
��Vocabulary Words - 06.05.2016��
1. ALACRITY (NOUN): liveliness
Synonyms: promptness, swiftness
Antonyms: indolence, lethargy
Example Sentence:
Her alacrity to learn more about history grew as she diligently studied the architecture of the monument.
2. INFRINGE (VERB): violate
Synonyms: trespass, encroach
Antonyms: comply, conform
Example Sentence:
I realized that my competitor has chosen to infringe upon my idea with an almost identical one to my own.
3. ONEROUS (ADJECTIVE): troublesome
Synonyms: arduous, burdensome
Antonyms: facile, flexible
Example Sentence:
Even though the computer will speed up our efforts, the project will still be onerous.
4. ROUT (NOUN): overwhelming defeat
Synonyms: vanquish, subjugate
Antonyms: win, triumph
Example Sentence:
The rout of last year’s champions shocked us as we expected them to repeat it.
5. RANCOR (NOUN): hatred
Synonyms: bitterness, malice
Antonyms: love, friendliness
Example Sentence:
The fiery debate created rancor among the participants.
6. VALOR (NOUN): heroism
Synonyms: bravery, chivalry
Antonyms: cowardice, unmanliness
Example Sentence:
The soldier was killed in his line of duty, so, he received an award of valor which was accepted by his better half.
7. SYCOPHANT (NOUN): A person who caters to another\
Synonyms: servile, flatterer
Antonyms: loyal, devoted
Example Sentence:
He felt the only way he could get a hike at work was to act like a sycophant.
8. YOKE (VERB): connect
Synonyms: shackle, harness
Antonyms: release, liberate
Example Sentence:
John and Maddy were the partners in crime who were yoked together for life.
9. LUNACY (NOUN): madness
Synonyms: insanity, delusion.
Antonyms: sanity, shrewdness
Example Sentence:
The lunacy of his father and the depravity of his mother were serious drawbacks to his education.
10. AFFRONT(NOUN): insult
Synonyms: abuse, provocation
Antonyms: respect, praise
Example Sentence:
The whole team took it as a personal affront when their rebellious mate threw a piece of trash at the school flag.
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