TODAY’S TOP NEWS: 01 JULY, 2020 (GPN):

NATIONAL NEWS:

1. PM Modi addressed the nation on Tuesday (June 30) in a 16-minute long speech. This was PM Modi’s 6th address to India since the coronavirus outbreak in the country.

2. PM Modi said, “I request you all to take care of yourselves. India is far better than the other countries if we look at the COVID-19 death rate”.

3. Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana extended till November 2020.
Farmers and honest taxpayers are behind this mega scheme to provide foodgrain free to every poor in the country.

4. Over 80 crore people will get 5 kg wheat or 5 kg rice per month. Every family will get 1 kg chana every month until November 2020. This will cost over Rs 90,000 crore. The total cost of providing free foodgrain to over 80 crore people will be almost Rs 1.50 lakh crore.

5. Punjab government issues Unlock 2 guidelines; schools, cinemas to remain closed until July 31. Following the central guidelines, the state government said night curfew will remain in force from 10 pm to 5 am.

6. The Narendra Modi government has decided to bring out a stamp on the to honour late former prime minister PV Narasimha Rao. Rao had been the PM from 1991 to 1996. The government’s decision comes a day after Rao’s 99th birth anniversary.

7. Two of three terrorists cornered by security forces at Anantnag in south Kashmir were killed yesterday. The third terrorist, believed to be Zahid Dass — the killer of a six-year-old boy in a terror attack last week — escaped.

8. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to tell the nation how he proposes to drive Chinese troops out of Ladakh.

9. PM Modi on Tuesday reviewed India’s preparations for vaccinating its vast population against COVID-19 once a vaccine is available and enunciated four guiding principles for it, including ensuring affordable and universal vaccination.

10. Mumbai hospitals are seeing Kawasaki-like symptoms among young Covid cases. The US, UK, Spain, Italy and China have been reporting cases of children with Covid-19 showing Kawasaki-like symptoms since April.

11. At least two people were killed and four injured due to gas leakage at Sainor Life Sciences in Andhra Pradesh`s Visakhapatnam in the wee hours Tuesday.

12. TS EAMCET and other Telangana entrance exams postponed: The Telangana government Tuesday informed the Telangana High Court about its decision to postpone all the Common Entrance Tests-2020 (CET) scheduled to be held from July 1.

13. Karnataka asks doctors to gear up for covid-19 duties for another six months. The state may take some more steps to restrict movement of people. It will implement strict lockdown Sunday onwards.

14. Govt launches world’s first online B.Sc degree in programming and data science. The programme has been prepared by Indian institute of Technology Madras and is available to any student from any discipline. The programme will be delivered through state of the art online portal

15. Minutes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised free ration to 80 crore people till Chhath puja on Tuesday, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee announced that free rations will be provided to the people of the state till June 2021.

16. The Bombay high court on Tuesday suspended two FIRs filed against Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami for allegedly making inflammatory comments, saying that on the face of it no offence was disclosed.

17. The FIRs pertain to Goswami’s comments about the Palghar lynching incident and migrants gathering in large numbers in Bandra area of Mumbai during lockdown. Goswami’s comments targeted the Congress and its president Sonia Gandhi, he did not make any statement that would cause public disharmony or incite violence between different religious groups.

18. A wedding ceremony in rural Patna a fortnight ago where the groom was running high fever, two days before he died and his body cremated without being tested for COVID 19, appears to have set off the biggest infection chain in Bihar so far,More than 100 people have tested positive in Paliganj sub-division of Patna district, health department officials said.

19. The Superintendent of Police of Tuticorin, where a father-son duo died after being allegedly thrashed by the police last week, was on Tuesday shunted out of the district and placed under “compulsory wait” by the Tamil Nadu government.

20. Covid-19 state tally: Tamil Nadu back in second position, Delhi crosses China’s count. Maharashtra is the table-topper and has added another 5,257 cases in its tally. The state’s recorded Covid-19 numbers are 1,69,883.

21. Another big single-day spike of 18,522 cases took India’s Covid-19 tally past 5.6 lakh on Tuesday. However, the recovery rate of the country has improved further to 58.67 per cent.

✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS:

1. India on Tuesday asked China to adhere to the broad de-escalation and disengagement plan of June 22, with gradual, verifiable and mutual troop pull-back from the confrontation sites in eastern Ladakh, followed by reduction in the continuing rival military build-ups along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

2. A day after the Union government banned 59 Chinese applications, including popular ones such as TikTok, Shareit, Mi Video Call, Club Factory and Cam Scanner, citing threat to national security and sovereignty, an Information Technology Ministry official said the banned platforms would be given a chance to submit their clarifications.

3. Following the ban, TikTok withdrew its app from Google Play Store and Apple App Store. In a statement on Tuesday, it said it had been invited to meet the authorities concerned and submit clarifications.

4. World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom said, “The worst in the novel coronavirus pandemic could be still to come”

5. Nepal’s Ruling Party Seeks PM KP Oli’s Resignation Over Remarks On India: His government redrew Nepal’s political map has backfired, with top leaders of the ruling Nepal Communist Party demanding his resignation on Tuesday.

6. A concession agreement for the 600 MW Kholongchhu Indo-Bhutan joint venture hydroelectric project was signed

7. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said that he has approached the UN over the issue of the grant of domicile certificates by India to the people not originally from Jammu and Kashmir.

8. As per the new domicile law, non-permanent residents who have residency proof of at least 15 years in Jammu and Kashmir are entitled to get domicile certificates.

9. Amid the ongoing border tension between China and India following the June 15 standoff, the Indian newspapers and websites are not accessible in China.

10. Chinese troops are reinforcing their posts in large numbers, increasing their patrolling, stepping up violations in the Tawang and Walong areas near Arunachal Pradesh.

WORLD NEWS:

1. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency Suspends Pakistan International Airlines Over Fake Pilot Licences

2. China must reconsider its sweeping national security law imposed on Hong Kong which “undermines” the city’s freedoms, 27 countries said in a joint statement UN.

3. The purpose of the attack on the Pakistan Stock Exchange was to simultaneously target the country’s economy and China because of its involvement in Balochistan, the banned separatist group Balochistan Liberation Army has said while claiming the responsibility for the terror strike. Four heavily armed militants on Monday made a brazen attempt to take over the Pakistan Stock Exchange building in Karachi, killing three security guards and a police officer before being shot dead by security forces.

SPORTS:

1. India’s top archers Deepika Kumari and Atanu Das tied the knot at Morabadi in Ranchi, on Tuesday, following all the social distancing norms strictly to avoid the COVID-19 threat during the low-key wedding ceremony.

2. The Sri Lankan police, on Tuesday, said it has questioned former national selection committee chairman Aravinda de Silva over ex-Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage’s allegation that the national cricket team’s loss to India in the 2011 World Cup final was fixed by “certain parties”.

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FACTS ABOUT INDIA:

Goods and Services Tax (GST) is an indirect tax (or consumption tax) used in India on the supply of goods and services. It is a comprehensive, multistage, destination-based tax: Goods and services are divided into five different tax slabs for collection of tax – 0%, 5%, 12%, 18% and 28%. However, petroleum products, alcoholic drinks, and electricity are not taxed under GST and instead are taxed separately by the individual state governments

The tax came into effect from 1 July 2017 through the implementation of the One Hundred and First Amendment of the Constitution of India by the Indian government. The GST replaced existing multiple taxes levied by the central and state governments.

THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

Patience with family is love, patience with others is respect, patience with self is confidence and patience with God is faith

JOKE OF THE DAY:

कुदरत का नियम है…
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जब आप सुधर जाते हो…
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तभी आपके पुराने कांड बाहर आते हैं…!!!

WHY❓❓❓:

*Why seventh month of the year named July ?*

July is the seventh month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of seven months with the length of 31 days. It was named by the Roman Senate in honor of the Roman general, Julius Caesar, it being the month of his birth. Prior to that, it was called Quintilis. Quintilis means “fifth month” in Latin, which represents where this month originally fell in the Roman calendar

He conquered Gaul (what is now part of Italy, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands), changed the structure of the Roman government into a dictatorship, was assassinated in legendary fashion. Caesar is responsible for the year as we know it having 365 days, and for the existence of a leap year every four years.

LEARN SANSKRIT:

*कर्म* Karma : Action

HOW IT WORKS!?:

*Rain* ⛈️️.

Rain is droplets of water that fall from clouds. Heat from the Sun turns moisture (water) from plants and leaves, as well as oceans, lakes, and rivers, into water vapour (gas), which disappears into the air. This vapour rises, cools, and changes into tiny water droplets, which form clouds. In this cycle, water changes from liquid,(water) gas,(Vapour) solid (ice crystals/droplets) we call it *condensation* . and again liquid.

Rain is actually part of a bigger part of the weather called *precipitation* , which means any form of water that falls to the earth like rain, snow, drizzle, hail and sleet.

On average a drop of water spends an average of 8 days in the atmosphere before falling back down to Earth. Raindrops fall at a speed of 1 to 18 mph. When there is wind, they could fall much faster.

The highest amount of rainfall ever recorded in one year was 1,000 inches in Cherrapunji, India.

Do you think rain is just water? Well it’s not. It can have all sorts of things in it like dirt, dust, insects, grass or even chemicals!
It is a mixed electrolyte that contains varying amounts of major and minor ions. Sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium, chloride.

It’s probably a good idea not to swallow rain!

‍♂️ GK TODAY:

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an international organization, it’s headquartered in Washington, D.C., consisting of 189 countries.

Formed 27 December 1945
*What is it’s role*
It work to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability,

Member Countries contribute funds to a pool through a quota system from which countries experiencing balance of payments problems can borrow money.

Managing Director
*Kristalina Georgieva*
Chief Economist
*Gita Gopinath*

VEDIK GYAN:

Vidura *विदुर*
He is described as the prime minister of the Kuru Kingdom and also the uncle of the Pandavas and Kauravas.

Vyasa (father)
Parishrami (mother)
Dhritarashtra (oldest half-brother),
Pandu (older half-brother)

Vidura was born from Niyoga- between sage Vyasa and Parishrami, a handmaiden to the queens- Ambika and Ambalika. Ambika and Ambalika were wives of king Vichitravirya – the grandfather to Kauravas and pandavas; and the father of Dhritarashtra and Pandu.

*Why should Lord Yama be born as Vidura?*
There is a story/reason behind whatever happens. So story goes thus:-

The was a sage named Mandavya. He lived in a hermitage in the forests on the outskirts of the city. One day while he was immersed in silent contemplation under the shade of a tree outside his hut of leaves, a band of robbers fled through the woods with officers of the king in hot pursuit. The fugitives entered the ashrama thinking that it would be a convenient place to hide themselves in. They placed their booty in a corner and hid themselves.

The soldiers of the king came to the ashrama tracking their footsteps. The commander of the soldiers asked Mandavya, who was rapt in deep meditation, the whereabouts of the robbers. The sage, who was absorbed in yoga, remained silent. The commander incessantly question insolently. But the sage did not hear anything. In the meantime some of the attendants entered the ashrama and discovered the stolen goods lying there. The commander thought that the reason why the brahmana pretended to be a silent is because he was the chief of these robbers and had also inspired the robbery.

The king was informed about this and without verifying the facts he ordered them to impale him. The commander returned to the hermitage, impaled Mandavya on a spear and handed over the stolen things to the king. The virtuous sage, though impaled on the spear, did not die since he was in yoga. Sages who lived in other parts of the forest came to his hermitage and asked Mandavya how he came to be in that terrible state. Mandavya humbly replied that the soldiers have inflicted the punishment. King was frightened to hear that the sage was still alive and asked him forgivingness for the unwittingly committed crime.

Mandavya was not angry with the king. He went straight to Dharma, the divine dispenser of justice, asked him what crime had he committed to deserve this torture. Yama replied that he had tortured birds and bees when he was a child. This was a result of that offence.

Mandavya then pronounced a curse to Yama because the decree of punishment was not comparable to the mistakes committed by a child in ignorance. Lord Dharma who was thus cursed by the sage Mandavya incarnated as Vidura and was born of the servant-maid of Ambalika, the wife of Vichitravirya.

HEALTH CARE: HOME REMEDIES:
( *Note* : These home tips followed in villages/ancient traditions, it is up to you to use it or not)

*Remedies to Get Rid of Headaches Naturally*
*_Reason_* : Inadequate hydration, stress, pressure on head muscle, tension and migraines may lead you to develop a headache

1. Resting in a darkened room may also help & get adequate Sleep.

2. Strong odors like those from perfumes and cleaning products can cause certain individuals to develop headaches

3. Sip Some Ginger Tea
Ginger root contains many beneficial compounds, including antioxidants and anti-inflammatory substances

4. Massaging certain pressure points may help relieve tension in the head and reduce a headache. Many people do this instinctively, such as rubbing the back of the neck or pinching the top of the nose when they feel stressed.

5. Cloves and Tulasi can be used to ease a throbbing headache due to its cooling and pain-relieving properties. Crush a few cloves and Tulasi gently and put them in a sachet or a clean handkerchief. Inhale the smell of the crushed cloves whenever you have a headache until you get some relief from the pain

Many people are negatively impacted by frequent headaches, making it important to find natural and effective treatment options.

effective ways to reduce headache symptoms.

Practicing yoga , controlling deit may even help reduce the intensity and frequency of your headaches.

*PLZ FOLLOW GOVT. NORMS, MAINT SOCIAL DISTANCE, KEEP YOURSELF & YOUR FAMILY SAFE*