TODAY’S TOP NEWS: 16 JULY, 2020 (GPN):

NATIONAL NEWS:

1. CBSE Class 10 result 2020 out: HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal congratulates students. Students can check their results at cbse.nic.in or cbseresults.nic.in. The results are also available at Digi locker and Umang app

2. Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, or KVS, has released revised guidelines for KV admission 2020 on the official website, kvsangathan.nic.in. The KVS have reserved 27% seats for OBCs.

3. PM Modi addressed the Digital Skills Conclave on Wednesday and exhorted the youth to skill, reskill and upskill in order to remain relevant in the rapidly changing business environment and market conditions. Congratulating the youth on World Youth Skills Day and fifth anniversary of ‘Skill India’ mission, he stated that the world belongs to them due to their ability to acquire new skills all the time.

4. *Kerala Opposition Leader Demands CBI Inquiry In Gold Smuggling Case* :
Congress is holding protest across the state over gold smuggling scam and demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. As the entire Thiruvananthapuram city is under lockdown, Congress conducted the protest outside the city limits.

5. *Politicising Leader’s Death:* WB CM Mamata Banerjee In Letter To President said that, a BJP leader Debendra Nath Ray was found hanging outside a shop on Monday in North Dinajpur district, 454 km from Kolkata, triggering allegations from the BJP that he was killed.

6. The Congress has decided to dissolve the party’s district and block committees in Rajasthan with immediate effect and aim restart fresh, Avinash Pande, the party’s in-charge in Rajasthan said.

7. Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday accused rebel Congress leader Sachin Pilot of involvement in horse trading with the Bharatiya Janata Party.

8. Sachin Pilot appears to be tilting towards forming his own party
The Congress rebel says won’t join BJP.

9. Heavy rains lashed city and adjoining areas on Wednesday, leading to water-logging at several places. The rains are likely to continue for the next two days. The orange alert by the IMD ‘s Mumbai centre has also been issued for coastal districts.

10. The Supreme Court said on Wednesday that from July 27 it would commence day to day hearing through video conferencing on a batch of pleas challenging Maharashtra law granting reservation to Marathas in education and jobs.

11. West Bengal BJP MLA’s death:West Bengal’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) team on Wednesday arrested a person named Niloy Singh in connection with the death case of BJP MLA Debendra Nath Roy. His name was mentioned in ‘suicide note’

12. Special Operations Group of Kanpur Police on Tuesday seized two weapons — an AK-47 and an INSAS rifle — that were allegedly snatched from a police team in Bikru village of Kanpur during the midnight ambush that left eight policemen dead.

13. All Indian Army personnel have been ordered to delete their accounts from Facebook and Instagram and 87 other applications. This step was taken keeping in view the security of the nation.

14. The Delhi High Court on Tuesday declined to grant any interim relief to a senior army officer, who has challenged the Indian Army’s recent policy banning armed forces personnel from using social networking platforms like Facebook and Instagram.

15. BJP leader and Vice-President of Watergam Municipal Committee in Sopore district, Mehrajudin Malla was abducted by unknown people on Wednesday morning, police has launched massive search operation for the missing person. Later J&K police rescue BJP leader Mehraj-U-Din Malla within 12 hrs of abduction in Sopore.

16. *Andhra deputy CM, wife and daughter are Covid-19 +ve* : State deputy chief minister Amzath Basha Sheik from Kadapa, his wife and daughter have tested positive for Covid-19. After initial treatment at Sri Venkateshwara Institute of Medical Sciences at Tirupati, he and his family members were shifted to Hyderabad on Sunday for better treatment.

17. The Andhra Pradesh cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy took pkace at Velagapudi. In the meeting it was discussed plans to hold various development programs, corona control measures and formation of new districts.

18. Hyderabad Police has claimed to have busted an interstate black marketing gang for allegedly selling emergency drugs for COVID-19, and seized Rs 55,000 cash along with drugs worth over Rs 35 lakh.

19. Himachal Govt goes strict over arrival of outsiders. After relaxation in the inter-state movement, almost 1.10 lakh persons have entered the state since July 3. Students, appearing in competitive exams and accompanying parents, have been exempted from quarantine if they exit or re-enter within 72 hours. Similarly, taxi drivers too stand exempted if they return within 24 hours.

20. On July 15, 2020, the Union Minister of Human Resource and Development Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishnak launched world’s most affordable COVID-19 kit. The kit was developed by IIT Delhi.The test called “COROSURE” has been billed as the world’s most affordable RT-PCR based COVID-19 diagnostic kit. The base price of the kit is Rs 399.

21. Karnataka strict lockdown guidelines being implemented in Bengaluru urban, rural districts till July 22

22. COVID CASES IN INDIA
CONFIRMED 9,36,181
DEATHS 24,309

*✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS*

1. The Indian military conveyed a “very clear” message to the Chinese army during a nearly 15-hour-long talks that status quo ante must be restored in eastern Ladakh and it will have to follow all mutually agreed protocols for border management to bring back peace and tranquillity along the Line of Actual Control

2. The two sides agreed on certain modalities for rolling out the next phase of disengagement and are expected to get in touch with each other after discussing agreed points with the higher authorities of both sides.

3. *Ashok Lavasa to quit Election Commission, appointed ADB vice president:* Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa, who was next in the line to head the poll panel, has been appointed as vice president for Private Sector Operations and Public-Private Partnerships at the Asian Development Bank. The surprise announcement was made by the regional development bank on Wednesday.

4. PM Modi took part in the India-European Union Summit at 4:30 pm yesterday via video conferencing.The Summit is aimed at further broad basing ties on a range of areas including trade, investment and defence, officials of the 27-nation participate.

5. The Indian delegation at the summit will be led by PM Modi while the European side will be headed by President of the European Council Charles Michel and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen

6. On July 17, 2020, PM Modi will deliver an address on the eve of 75th anniversary of the UN. The Prime Minister is to speak at the Valedictory of High-Level Segment of UN ECOSOC.

7. The PM is addressing at the UN for the first time after India won its membership in United Nations Security Council. UNSC consists of 15 members. Out of this, 10 are non-permanent members and 5 are permanent members. India won its membership as non-permanent member. The permanent members are US, UK, Russia, China and France.

WORLD NEWS:

1. *Trump Admin Withdraws F-1 Visa Restrictions on Foreign Students*: The United States government has withdrawn its controversial order that asked foreign students to leave the US if their courses had moved completely online due to COVID-19

2. Before sunrise on July 19, five planets–Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn–and the crescent moon will all be visible in the sky at the same time. And better yet, you won’t even need a telescope to see them! The five planets and crescent moon will simultaneously be visible to the naked eye 45 minutes before sunrise on Sunday, July 19.

3. Every year, World Youth Skills Day is celebrated on July 15. The day is celebrated to recognize the importance of equipping young people with skills of employment, entrepreneurship and decent work.

4. In order to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the country during the period of Eid-Ul-Azha, the government of Bangladesh has decided to suspend movement of cargo transport through road and waterways for 9 days during the festival.

5. WORLD COVID CASES CONFIRMED 1,29,34,317
DEATHS 5,69,697

SPORTS:

Team India’s cricket home series in a six-match limited-overs against England in September set to be postponed due to Covid-19

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FACTS ABOUT INDIA:

Shimla Agreement, was signed between India and Pakistan on 2 July 1972 in Shimla, the capital city of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.

It followed from the Bangladesh Liberation war in 1971 that led to the independence of Bangladesh, which was earlier known as East Pakistan and was part of the territory of Pakistan. India entered the war as an ally of Bangladesh which transformed the war into an Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. The agreement was ratified by the Parliaments of both the nations in the same year.

The treaty was signed in Simla (also spelt “Shimla”) in India by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, the President of Pakistan, and Indira Gandhi, the Prime Minister of India. The agreement also paved the way for diplomatic recognition of Bangladesh by Pakistan.
The agreement converted the cease-fire line of 17 December 1971 into the Line of Control (LOC) between India and Pakistan and it was agreed that “neither side shall seek to alter it unilaterally, irrespective of mutual differences and legal interpretations”

THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.

JOKE OF THE DAY:

Wife asked her husband to give the newspaper.

*Husband* : How backward you are? Technology has developed so much and you are still asking for the newspaper️..??? Take my iPad……
Wife took the iPad and killed the cockroach . Husband faints.

*_Moral_* : *Whatever the wife asks, give her without argument. Show your smartness in office, not@ home*

TELL ME WHY❓❓❓:

*why can’t we see stars during daytime*✨

Stars aren’t visible during the sunlit hours of daytime because the light-scattering properties of our atmosphere spread sunlight across the sky. Seeing the dim light of a distant star in the blanket of photons from our Sun becomes as difficult as spotting a single snowflake in a blizzard.

LEARN SANSKRIT:

*बाहुः* (Bahu) : Arm

HOW IT WORKS ⁉:

*How does a memory card/SD card work?*

An SD (Secure Digital) card is a solid-state device. This means it has no moving parts in order to function. Inside the SD card is circuitry that includes flash memory.

Data in an SD card is stored on a series of electronic components called NAND chips. These chips allow data to be written and stored on the SD card. As the chips have no moving parts, data can be transferred from the cards quickly, far exceeding the speeds available to CD or hard-drive media.

Each SD card comes formatted with a File Allocation Table (FAT) file system. When a card is placed in an activated device, such as a camera or a cellphone, a small electrical current from the device moves electrons in the flash memory chip. The digital patterns stored on the chip correlate to the data stored there. Data is erased when a slightly higher voltage is applied to the circuit.

‍♂️ GK TODAY:

The Union Public Service Commission. commonly abbreviated as *UPSC* , is India’s premier central recruiting agency. It is responsible for appointments to and examinations for All India services and group A & group B of Central services. The agency’s charter is granted by Part XIV of the Constitution of India

Formed on 1 October 1926
*Headquarters* Dholpur House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi.

Arvind Saxena has been the Chairman of UPSC since June 2018.

VEDIK GYAN:

*In Santana Dharma the lotus consider as special?*

The lotus is the symbol of truth, auspiciousness and beauty (satyam, shivam, sundaram).
The Lord is also that nature and therefore, His various aspects are compared to a lotus (i.e. lotus-eyes, lotus feet, lotus hands, the lotus of the heart etc.).
The lotus blooms with the rising sun and close at night. Similarly, our minds open up and
expand with the light of knowledge. The lotus grows even in slushy areas. It remains
beautiful and untainted despite its surroundings, reminding us that we too can and should
strive to remain pure and beautiful within, under all circumstances. The lotus leaf never gets wet even though it is always in water. It symbolizes the man of wisdom (gyaani) who remains ever joyous, unaffected by the world of sorrow and change. This is revealed in a shloka from the Bhagwad-Geeta

Brahmanyaadhaaya karmaani
Sangam tyaktvaa karoti yaha
Lipyate na sa paapena
Padma patram ivaambhasaa!

Meaning of this slokha : The person who does actions, offering them to Brahman(the Supreme), abandoning attachment is not tainted by sin, just as a lotus leaf which remains unaffected by the water on it.

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

*Natural remedies for hair growth*

*Aloe vera* has long been used for treatingTrusted Source hair loss. It also soothes the scalp and conditions hair. It can reduce dandruff and unblock hair follicles that may be blocked by excess oil.

Coconut oilTrusted Source contains fatty acids that penetrate inside the hair shaft and reduce protein loss from hair. Coconut oil can be used either before or after you wash your hair depending on your hair type.

*Fish oil* : Consuming omega fatty acids can help to improve your hair from the inside, since they are filled with nutrients and proteins.

*Onion juice* You can blend a few onions and squeeze out the juice. Apply the juice to your scalp and hair and leave in for at least 15 minutes. Then shampoo normally.

You can use fresh *lemon juice* or lemon oil since they are said to enhance hair quality and growth. Lemon Oil Trusted Source can help you to maintain a healthy scalp and encourage hair growth.

Talk to your doctor about medications or procedures if these natural methods don’t work for you.

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