TODAY’S TOP NEWS:11 JULY, 2020 (GPN):

NATIONAL NEWS:
1. The PM Modi dedicated to the Nation the Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Power project to the Nation via video conference on Friday. It is Asia’s largest power project.

2. He said very soon Madhya Pradesh would be the main centre of Solar Energy in India, as such major projects are in progress in Neemuch, Shajapur, Chattarpur and Omkareshwar.

3. Gangster Vikas Dubey was killed in an encounter on Friday after a police vehicle carrying him from Ujjain to Kanpur met with an accident and he tried to escape from the spot in Bhauti area.

4. According to report, Dubey tried to flee with the inspector’s pistol but was surrounded by the police team and he was injured in an exchange of fire. He was rushed to the hospital where he was declared dead.

5. Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad and 22 nearby villages of Maharashtra are under complete lockdown from July 13 to 23

6. Delhi High Court rejects Sharjeel Imam’s plea for default bail; police get 90 more days for probe.

7. Sharjeel Imam was a key organizer of the Shaheen Bagh protests. His controversial remarks came to light on January 25 when BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra shared a video that featured him. In the video purportedly from Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh, he is heard saying that 5 lakh people can come together and permanently cut the North-East from India. Moreover, he stressed that this was the only way in which the Indian government would pay heed to the concerns of the protesters.

8. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to meet CDS Bipin Rawat, three service chiefs on current situation on LAC in Eastern Ladakh

9. BJP Yuva Morcha & Youth Congress demanded resignation of CM Pinarayi Vijayan owing to the alleged involvement of top CMO officials in Kerala Gold Smuggling.

10. The case relates to the recent seizure of 30 kg gold, from a diplomatic cargo at the Thiruvanthapuram international airport, meant for Consulate General office of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Thiruvananthapuram. The former employee of the consulate Sarith Kumar is already under the custody of the investigating agency while another suspect Swapna Suresh is absconding

11. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday criticised the University Grants Commission for planning to conduct final term examinations in colleges and educational institutions in September calling it “unfair” amid the Coronavirus pandemic. Gandhi demanded the cancellation of exams and suggested that students should be promoted on the basis of past performance.

12. At least 8 people, including 8-month-old, killed in Arunachal Pradesh landslides. Meteorological Department’s (IMD) forecast for heavy rains in the coming days,

13. Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi K Palaniswami holds meeting with Central govt team led by Additional Secretary Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry Arti Ahuja to discuss COVID-19 situation

14. Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Friday advised the authorities of Delhi University to review the decision relating to quota for extra-curricular activities and continue the present quota procedure

15. The Board of School Education, Haryana (BSEH) or Haryana Board, Bhiwani declared the class 10 result. A total of 64.59 per cent students cleared the secondary exam successfully. The girls have outperformed boys with 69.86 pass per cent, while the pass percentage of boys touched at 60.27 per cent.The students can check results at bseh.org.in

16. The Resistance Front, a little known proxy of the Lashkar-e-Tayiba has claimed responsibility for the killing of BJP leader Sheikh Waseem Bari, his father and brother at Bandipore, Jammu and Kashmir. One of the terrorists is from Pakistan named Abir Hakani. A massive manhunt has been launched by JK police.

17. Hyderabad: Three days after the state government began demolishing secretariat buildings to construct a new one at the same site, the Telangana High Court on Friday issued an interim stay on knocking them down till Monday (13 Jul).

18. Tamil Nadu Government Will Not Consider Road Tax Relief During The Lockdown Period. Tamil Nadu Lorry Owners Federation made a plea seeking road tax exemptions for commercial vehicles for the lockdown period.

19. Army personnel asked to remove 89 apps, including Facebook and Instagram, from their mobile phones by July 15

20. COVID-19 Vaccine Update: Amid the hue and cry over ICMR setting up a near-impossible target of August 15 for a Coronavirus vaccine jointly developed by ICMR and Bharat Biotech, reports claimed that government officials told the parliamentary standing committee on science and technology on Friday that a vaccine is not possible till next year.

21. COVID-19 IN INDIA
TOTAL CASES 793802
ACTIVE 276682
RECOVERED 495516
TOTAL DEATHS 21604

✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS:

1. India & China Issue Statements of Progress In Disengagement: oiThe two countries held the 16th meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation & Coordination on India-China Border Affairs (WMCC) on Friday. Moreover, the progress of the ongoing disengagement process along the LAC in the Western Sector was reviewed.

2. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh spoke over telephone with Minister of National Defence of Republic of Korea Jeong Kyeong-Doo. The two Defence Ministers had discussions on issues pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic situation.

3. Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani has surpassed business tycoon Warren Buffet’s net wealth. He is the 8th richest person on the planet currently

4. A Delhi court Friday granted bail to 82 Bangladeshi nationals who were chargesheeted for attending Tablighi Jamaat congregation for allegedly violating visa conditions

5. Nepal based Multi-System Operators have issued a broadcasting ban on all other Indian News Channels in Nepal.

6. ISRO to launch Brazil’s Amazonia-1 Satellite in August 2020, exact date not yet confirmed.Amazonia-1 was originally scheduled to be launched by AEB’s main satellite launch vehicle VLS-1 in 2018. But the launch with VLS-1 was canceled due to technical reasons.

WORLD NEWS:

1. In Sri Lanka, another 196 people at a treatment & rehabilitation centre has been tested positive of COVID bringing the total infected to 252 at the centre.Around two thousand people from a total of 2100 infections had already recovered before the fresh cases surfaced from the center

2. US COVID-19 cases surpass 3.1 mln, rise by over 50,000 per day over past week

3. Bangladesh will not move the Rohingyas settled on the Bhashan char island amid Corona pandemic. Bhashan Char has better facilities than the overcrowded camps of Cox’s Bazar which house more than 7 lakh Rohingya refugees who fled Myanmar in 2017 after the military crackdown in the Rakhine province.

4. Amazon.com Inc <AMZN.O> has requested employees remove the TikTok video sharing app from their mobile devices by July 10 over “security risks,” according to a memo to employees seen by Reuters.

5. China has warned its citizens living in Kazakhstan of a local “unknown pneumonia” which, it said, has a “much higher” fatality rate than the COVID-19 disease. The “unknown pneumonia in Kazakhstan caused 1,772 deaths in the first six months of the year,

6. Every year *11 July* is observed as *World Population Day* in order to raise awareness about the growing global population and the issues associated with it. The issues include gender equality, lack of sex education, right to health, sex-determination of an unborn baby, proper use of contraceptives

7. China launched Commercial Communication Satellite ‘APSTAR-6D’, 18th Rocket Launched by China in 2020

8. World COVID cases

CONFIRMED 12,379,661
ACTIVE 4,845,948
RECOVERED 6,977,090
DEATHS 556,623

SPORTS:

1. BCCI chief executive officer Rahul Johri’s resignation accepted

2. American sprinter Noah Lyles was a world record holder for just a moment on Thursday when a lane mixup at the Inspiration Games had him beating Usain Bolt’s record in the men’s 200-meter by just 0.21 seconds.Lyles crossed the finish line at a track in Bradenton, Fla., in 18.90 seconds, beating Bolt’s 2009 world record of 19.19 seconds.

3. Three boxers, including Commonwealth and Asian Games gold-winner Vikas Krishan, are facing a Sports Authority of India (SAI) investigation for allegedly violating COVID-19 quarantine norms by mingling with fellow athletes at the National Institute of Sports (NIS) in Patiala during their isolation period.

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FACTS ABOUT INDIA:

The Gujarat was known as ‘Anarchant’ (Land in West) during Mahabharat period. Before 6th century this region was known as Surat, Saurashtra and Kathiawad,Later on it was known as ‘Gujjar Pradesh’ (Land of Gurjar). From the word ‘Gurjar Pradesh’GurjaratraThe name Gujarat has come from Gurjarata. The Gujjars’ empire was known from 6th to 12th centuries as Gurjarata or Gujjar-land. Gurjar is a community.

Later in the 18th century, Gujarat came under control of the Maratha Empire who dominated the politics of India. Gujarat was formed by splitting Bombay state in 1960 on linguistic lines

Gujarat is bordered by Rajasthan to the northeast, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu to the south, Maharashtra to the southeast, Madhya Pradesh to the east, and the Arabian Sea and the Pakistani province of Sindh to the west. Its capital city is Gandhinagar,

THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

Sometimes prayer does not change the situation. But it changes our attitude towards the situation & give us hope which changes our entire life

JOKE OF THE DAY:

*पति* – जब हमारी नई-नई शादी हुई थी, तब तुम
कितना तहजीब से बोलती थी… और अब?

*पत्नी* – पहले मैं रामायण देखती थी और अब
क्राइम पेट्रोल देखती हूं…!!!

TELL ME Why❓❓❓:

*Why we use abbreviations i.e., eg & Etc.*

*i.e* is the customary abbreviation for “that is.” It is derived from the Latin term ” *id est* .”
*e.g* . is the customary abbreviation for “for example.” It is derived from the Latin phrase ” *exempli gratia* .”

*etc* . is the abbreviation for et cetera, a latin expression which is “used at the end of a list to indicate that further, similar items are included”.

LEARN SANSKRIT:

*अंकुश* : *control*

*How it works* ⁉

*How are mountains created?* ⛰️

There are three main types of mountains:
Fold mountains, fault-block mountains, and volcanic mountains.

They get their names from how they were formed. *Fold mountains* – are formed when two plates run into each other or collide. Most mountains formed from Earth’s tectonic plates smashing together. Below the ground, Earth’s crust is made up of multiple tectonic plates. They’ve been moving around since the beginning of time. And they still move today as a result of geologic activity below the surface. Many of the world’s great mountain ranges are fold mountains including the Andes, Himalayas, and the Rockies.

*Fault-block mountains* – are formed along faults where some large blocks of rock are forced upwards while others are forced down. The higher area is sometimes called a “horst” and the lower a “graben”

*Volcanic mountains* are formed when magma erupts all the way to the surface of the Earth. The magma will harden on the Earth’s surface, forming a mountain.
Movements of tectonic plates create volcanoes along the plate boundaries, which erupt and form mountains. A volcanic arc system is a series of volcanoes that form near a subduction zone where the crust of a sinking oceanic plate melts and drags water down with the subducting crust.

‍♂️ GK TODAY:

The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation *(SAARC)*
Estb: 8 December 1985
HQ: Kathmandu, Nepal

Total 8 country are it’s members :-
1. Nepal 2. Bhutaan 3. Srilanka 4. Maldives 5. Pakistan 6. Bangladesh 7. India 8. Afghanistan

Sri Lanka’s diplomat *Esala Weerakoon* is the current Secretary-General

The main *objectives* of SAARC: (a) To promote welfare of people of South Asia.

(b) To accelerate economic growth

(c) To increase collaboration and mutual assistance in economic, social, culture, technology and scientific field.

*VEDIK GNAN*

*Have you observed Shri Ganesha have a snake around his stomach and a broken tusk?*

Shri Ganesha was returning rather late one night, after a mighty feast given by Kubera, the richest of all the gods. Ganesha had eaten one too many of his favourite modakas – dumplings filled with coconut and jaggery – and his mount, the mouse, was carrying his master aloft gamely. It was a full moon night and the moon was out in all his splendour Ganesha and his mouse were making their shaky way home when suddenly a snake crossed their path and frightened by it the mouse made a dash for safety, dislodging Ganesha in the process. Ganesha fell to the ground and his stomach broke open, and all the modakas he had eaten rolled on to the ground. There was nothing else to be done but to get on with it. So Ganesha hastily stuffed all the modakas back, grabbed the serpent and tied it round his stomach to keep the modakas in. He was looking around to see if he could spot his mouse when he heard a silvery laugh. The moon, having seen him fall, was laughing at him. Now, Ganesha being Ganesha lost his temper easily and was also fast on the draw. Quick as a flash, Ganesha broke off one of his tusks and flung it at the moon, making a direct hit, and shouted that the moon would never be whole again.

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

*Home remedies that can provide quick relief for indigestion/gastric*

1. Baking soda (sodium bicarbonate)
Baking soda can quickly neutralize stomach acid and relieve indigestion, bloating, and gas after eating. For this remedy, add 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda to 4 ounces of warm water and drink

2. The alkaline effect of lemon water also neutralizes stomach acid and improves digestion. Mix a tablespoon of lemon juice in hot or warm water and drink a few minutes before eating.

3. Drink one glass of water 30 minutes before a meal to help digestion. Remember not to drink too soon before or after a meal as the water will dilute the digestive juices. Drink water an hour after the meal to allow the body to absorb the nutrients.

Frequent indigestion is often a symptom of a chronic digestive problem like acid reflux, gastritis, and even stomach cancer. Therefore, see a doctor if indigestion continues for more than two weeks

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