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

NATIONAL NEWS:

*BAKHRI-ID MUBARAK* ☪️✨⭐

1. *The fifth phase of the Vande Bharat Mission begins from 1st August* to rescue Indians stranded abroad. This phase will continue till 31st August 2020.

2. Considering current global pandemic COVID-19 the government of India for the third time *extended* the deadline for filing *income tax returns* for *2018-19* financial year for two months *till September 30.*

3. *PM Modi to address Grand Finale of Smart India Hackathon 2020 today* : The Smart India Hackathon is a nationwide initiative to provide students with a platform to solve some of the pressing problems we face in our daily lives, and thus inculcate a culture of product innovation and a mindset of problem-solving. It has proved to be extremely successful in promoting out-of-the-box thinking in young minds. More than 10,000 students will be competing to solve 243 problem statements from 37 central government departments, 17 state governments and 20 industries.

4. *Union Housing Minister Hardeep Singh Puri released Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (* ARHC) Knowledge Pack on Friday. This includes MoUs to be signed with States and Union Territories to provide ease of living to urban migrants in the country.

5. A special CBI court in Mumbai *rejected the bail pleas of DHFL promoter Kapil Wadhawan and his brother Dheeraj,* accused in the Yes Bank scam. promoters of Dewan Housing Finance Ltd (DHFL) and RKW Developers respectively, were arrested in April by the CBI in connection with the scam. According to the CBI FIR, the scam started taking shape between April and June 2018, when Yes Bank invested Rs 3,700 crore in short-term debentures of the scam-hit DHFL.

6. MyGov is conducting ‘ *AatmaNirbhar Bharat Logo Design Contest* ‘ to encourage the spirit of innovation & self-reliance.Government is looking to have a distinct identity for ‘AatmaNirbhar Bharat Abhiyan’ by developing a logo based on creative and innovative inputs from the citizens of the country through the ‘AatmaNirbhar Bharat Logo Design Contest’. *The last date for submission of entries is 5th August 2020 till 11.45 PM.* The winning logo will be awarded a *cash prize of Rs. 25,000* . One can login on *www.mygov.in* and post your design of logo for AatmaNirbhar Bharat.

7. India achieves milestone of more than 10 lakh *COVID-19* recoveries; *Recovery rate improves to 64.54 %*

8. Hours after the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) registered the *Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) case in Sushant Singh Rajput’s death case, Rhea Chakraborty released a first response video statement.* Sushant Singh’s bank statement accessed, shows huge transactions for Rhea’s expenses.

9. *Rajasthan political crisis*: BJP chief Satish Poonia slammed the Congress party for shifting its MLAs from Fairmont Hotel in Jaipur to Jaisalmer. He contended that Congress MLAs were being held hostage despite Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot’s regular stress on democracy, ethics, and Constitution.

10. *Security tightened after intel reports of terror attack in Ayodhya, Delhi* : Intelligence agencies have warned of a possible terror attack at the ‘bhoomi pujan’ ceremony of Ram temple in Ayodhya on August 5. The agencies have also reported of an imminent threat on the Independence Day programme on August 15.

11. *Shiv Sena welcomes New Education Policy* : Shiv Sena in its editorial mouthpiece Saamna said, if a person is knowledgeable in the education sector then let him become Education Minister. Many people who do not have finance-related information or who do not have health-related information, often those ministries were given to those who did not do good work there.

12. *Two persons have died in a building collapse in Noida’s sector-11* on Friday evening and two others are injured. Rescue operations are underway and an NDRF (national disaster response force) team has been rushed to the building collapse site. the building housed a manufacturing unit for solar panels.

13. *The Defence Ministry had received some complaints raising strong objections about the portrayal of Indian Army personnel and the military uniform in an “insulting manner.*
Defence ministry writes to CBFC; says advise production houses to seek NOC on Army theme content
The Defence Ministry had received some complaints raising strong objections about the portrayal of Indian Army personnel and the military uniform in an “insulting manner”, The sources said that in some web series streamed recently, the scenes related to the Army are far from reality and present a distorted image of the armed forces. (Express photo: Praveen Khanna)
Taking strong objection to the depiction of armed forces personnel in some web series, the Defence Ministry has written to the Central Board of Film Certification, urging that production houses may be advised to obtain a no-objection certificate from the ministry before telecasting any film, documentary or web series on an Army theme.

14. *38 die after drinking spurious liquor in Punjab;* Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has ordered a magisterial inquiry by Divisional Commissioner Jalandhar into the suspicious deaths of 36 people allegedly due to consumption of spurious liquor in Amritsar, Batala and Tarn Taran.

15. *Priyanka Gandhi has written a letter to UP CM Yogi Adityanath, demanding the release of Dr. Kafeel Khan* , Dr. Khan was arrested by the UP police on the charges of making inflammatory speeches during an anti-CAA protest in Aligarh Muslim University. Priyanka has called for sensitivity from CM Yogi on the matter as Dr. Kafeel has served the society as a pediatrician.

16. Punjab Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla said that the state government has decided to allow provisional admission of 31,022 open category candidates in Class 11 in schools as regular students.

17. At least ten alcohol addicts, including three beggars, died after allegedly consuming sanitiser as an alternative to liquor in a village under COVID-19 lockdown in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh.

18. Jammu and Kashmir People’s Conference ( *JKPC) chairman Sajad Gani Lone* *was released* from nearly a year-long detention.

19. *At the celebration of 25 years of mobile telephony in India,* Mukesh Ambani, chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries, the holding company behind Reliance Jio, stressed on India’s need to upgrade any 2G network and users that have so far failed to make the most of India’s growing 4G internet ecosystem. Addressing Union Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad at the Desh ki Digital Udaan session

20. *Will you buy 1 lakh rakhis for India’s soldiers?* : in turn, help 1,000 Indian artisans earn Rs 5,000 at a time when they are struggling to cope with financial hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic.

21. Habba, a non-profit organisation, and a sister company of Rang De, which provides interest free loans to small and marginal farmers, is running a campaign to celebrate this Raksha Bandhan with ‘gratitude and empathy’ (external link to *habba.org*). Here’s your chance to express your unconditional gratitude towards India’s soldiers defending the nation and our borders by buying rakhis from Habba.org, which will ensure these rakhis reach Indian soldiers for Raksha Bandhan, and empathy for the artisans, who you can help, by buying their hand-made rakhis, earn Rs 5,000.

22. Maharashtra, malls and market complexes without theatres, food courts and restaurants will be operational between 9 am and 7 pm from August 5.

23. *COVID CASES INDIA*
Confirmed 1,638,870
Deaths 35,747
Recovered 1,057,805
Active Cases 545,318

✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS:

1. *PM Modi has extended* his *greetings* to Prime Minister of *Bangladesh* Sheikh Hasina on the *occasion of Eid-Ul-Azha.*

2. The Environment Ministers of 6th BRICS countries took part in the 6th BRICS Environment meeting. It was held online via video conferencing under the presidency of Russia. The meeting was preceded by the BRICS Working Group meeting. Representing India at the meeting Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar emphasized India’s concern towards attaining SDG (Sustainable Development Goal).

3. *PM Modi inaugurates Supreme Court building of Mauritius* : PM Modi and Mauritian Prime Minister Pravin Kumar Jugnauth virtually inaugurated the new Supreme Court building at Port Louis The building has has been constructed with Indian assistance as India’s sign of cooperation with countries in the Indian Ocean Region. The inauguration process was done online via video conferencing.

4. *International Friendship Day* is celebrated on 30th July every year in many parts of the world while in India it is celebrated on the *first Sunday* of August every year which is going to be *2nd August this year.* The reason behind this beautiful idea mandated by the UN was to inspire peace efforts and build bridges between communities.

5. The Central government on Friday extended the *suspension on* scheduled commercial *international flight operations to and from India till August 31.*

6. According to Intelligence sources reports, *Pakistan Training Jaish, Lashkar Terrorists* In Afghanistan to Attack India Ahead Of 5 August: on the anniversary of abrogation of Article 370 on August 5 and the occasion of commencement of the construction of the Ram Mandir at Ayodhya.

7. Security agencies in J&K believe that a huge number of terrorists are likely to make attempts to infiltrate from vulnerable points across the IB in Jammu region and adjoining border of Punjab.

8. *Army commanders to meet again over LINE OF ACTUAL CONTROL (LAC)* : Lt General-level commanders of India and China are slated to meet again.This, even as both sides are taking no chances to let down their guard militarily along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh

9. India has asked *Nepal* to prevent its citizens from “ *illegally* ” *visiting the Indian territories* of Kalapani, Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh and Gunji,

10. India, Israel Conducting Trials For Rapid Testing That Detects COVID In 30 Seconds

11. Ahead of the auspicious occasion of Raksha Bandhan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Pakistani sister Qamar Mohsin Sheikh sent a rakhi to him.

WORLD NEWS

1. *Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli’s ‘irritating’ remarks against India ‘undiplomatic’,* a senior leader of the ruling communist party of NEPAL has said, amidst mounting pressure on the embattled premier who is facing calls for resignation.

2. *Brazil’s first lady* and a fifth member of President Jair Bolsonaro’s Cabinet Minister Marcos Pontes have *tested positive for the novel coronavirus.*

3. *WORLD COVID CASES*
CONFIRMED 1,70,30,329
DEATHS 6,67,014

SPORTS:*

1. The Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports committee came up with a selection committee for selecting awardees for various *sports awards for the year 2020.*

2. *President* Ram Nath Kovind *gifted a sports cycle to budding cyclist Riyaz* A student of Class 9 at Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalaya of Anand Vihar in Delhi, Riyaz belongs to Madhubani district of Bihar. To support his father economically, the boy works in an eatery in Ghaziabad as a dishwasher in his free time. In 2017, he won a bronze medal in the Delhi State Cycling Championship.

3. Commonwealth Games gold medal winning wrestler-turned politician *Babita Phogat* and 2014 Asian Games gold medal winning Kabaddi player *Kavita Devi* have both been *made* *sports deputy directors by the Haryana government.*

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_In Amritsar_
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*Silver ₹71,100@ Kg*
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FACTS ABOUT INDIA:

*Ludhiana* is a district in the Indian state of Punjab. … The city stands on the Sutlej River’s old bank, 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) south of its present course. Ludhiana was founded in 1480 by members of the ruling Lodhi dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate. The ruling sultan, Sikandar Lodhi, dispatched two ruling chiefs of his dynasty, Yusaf Khan and Nihand Khan, to assert Lodhi control over the region. The two men camped at the site of present Ludhiana, which was then a village called Mir Hota. Yusaf Khan crossed the Sutlej and established Sultanpur, while Nihand Khan founded Ludhiana on the site of Mir Hota. The name was originally “Lodhi-ana”, meaning “Lodhi town”, which has since shifted to the present form of Ludhiana.

THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

A good leader inspires others with confidence in him; a great leader inspires them with confidence in themselves.’

JOKES OF THE DAY:

दीवार पर लिखा था
“ *यहां कुत्ते सुसु करते हैं!”*
पप्पू ने वहां सुसु किया और
फिर हंस कर बोला:
इसे कहते हैं दिमाग..
सुसु मैंने किया और नाम कुत्ते का आएगा!!

रामू: तुम कौन सा साबून इस्तेमाल
करते हो?
पप्पू: मैं मुन्ना साबून, मुन्ना पेस्ट,
मुन्ना शैम्पू इस्तेमाल करता हूं।
रामू: यह इंटरनेशनल ब्रांड है क्या।
पप्पू: नहीं मुन्ना मेरा रूम मेट है।

Agar Indian husband Apni Wife ke liye car ka darwaza khole,
To …Samajh jao ke..!!

Ya to Car nayi hai,
Ya Wife nayi hai,
Ya phir
Wife ‘nahi’ hai.

Ek Doctor Ne Naya Clinic Khola.

Thodi Der Bad Ek Aadmi Aaya.
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Doctor Ne Apne Aap Ko Busy
Show Karne K Liye,
Telephone Ka Receiver Uthaya
Aur Appointment Denay K Andaz Mai Bolne Laga.
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Fir Phone Rakne K Baad.
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Doctor Aadmi Se: Haan Bataiye Kya Hua?
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Aadmi: Bsnl Se Aaya Hun,
Baat Khatam Ho Gayi Ho Toh
Telephone Activate Kar Du?

 

Teacher: Give me more example like- Tom and Jerry..

Student:
1.Oppo and Vivo
2.Modi and kejri
3.Mummy and Daddy
4.UNI

Teacher in Comma!
एक punjabi कुवें में गिर गया।
हरियाणवी ने पूछा:कौण सै भाई
पंजाबी:- अस्सी हां।

हरियाणवी:भाई एक दो होता तो काड देते। अस्सियाँ नै कौण काडैगा।

Wife : Kaisi lag rahi hu ?

Husband : PRIYANKA CHOPRA lag rahi ho.
Wife : Sccchi? DON wali ya KRISHH wali?

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Husband : BARFI wali….

Fir kya biwi ne bhi peet diya MARY KOM wali banke…..

TELL ME WHY:❓❓❓*

*Eid al-Adha (Arabic: عيد الأضحى‎,* ) also called Eid Qurban (Persian: عيد قربان‎) or *Bakra-Eid* , is a Islamic festival celebrated worldwide each year.

It honors the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son Ismael as an act of obedience to God’s command. Abraham was willing to sacrifice what is dear to him, his son Ismael was very dear to him and decided to sacrifice him. Ismael also willing to his father idea. Angel Jibreel (Gabriel) called Abraham “O’ Abraham, you have fulfilled the revelations.” and a lamb from heaven was offered by Angel Gabriel to prophet Abraham to slaughter instead of Ishmael.

But, before Ibrahim could sacrifice his son, God provided a lamb to sacrifice instead. In commemoration of this intervention, an animal, usually a sheep, is sacrificed ritually and divided into three parts. One share is given to the poor and needy, another is kept for home, and the third is given to relatives.

Islam regards Abraham as a link in the chain of prophets that begins with Adam and culminates in Muhammad. Ibrāhīm is mentioned in 35 chapters of the Quran, more often than any other biblical personage apart from Moses. He is called both a hanif (monotheist) and muslim (one who submits), and Muslims regard him as a prophet and patriarch, the archetype of the perfect Muslim, and the revered reformer of the Kaaba in Mecca. Islamic traditions consider Ibrāhīm (Abraham) the first Pioneer of Islam (which is also called millat Ibrahim, the “religion of Abraham”), and that his purpose and mission throughout his life was to proclaim the Oneness of God. In Islam, Abraham holds an exalted position among the major prophets and he is referred to as “Ibrahim Khalilullah”, meaning “Abraham the Beloved of Allah”.

LEARN SANSKRIT:

*आलिङ्गन* : Hug

HOW IT WORKS: ⁉

*How Human Biological clock works* ⏰

It is an innate mechanism that controls the physiological activities of an organism which change on a daily, seasonal, yearly, or other regular cycle.

“ *biological clock* ” is located in two tiny structures called the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCNs), located in the left and the right hypothalamus and bordering on the third ventricle. The neurons of these two nuclei are among the smallest in the brain.

Sleep-wake and other daily patterns are part of our circadian rhythms, (circum means “around” and dies, “day”) which are governed by the body’s internal or biological clock. The body’s master clock, or SCN, controls the production of *melatonin, a hormone* that makes you sleepy.

*The pineal gland,* conarium, or epiphysis cerebri, is a small endocrine gland in the brain of most vertebrates. The pineal gland produces melatonin. From the optic nerve of the eye, light travels to the SCN, signaling the internal clock that it is time to be awake.

Menopause, or the cessation of menstrual periods, generally occurs in the 40s and 50s and marks the cessation of fertility, although age-related infertility can occur before then. The relationship between age and female fertility is sometimes referred to as a woman’s “biological clock.”

‍♂️ GK TODAY:

*CV Raman*

India received its first *Nobel Prize in physics* in *1930* , when scientist *Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman* was awarded “for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the effect named after him”. This phenomenon is now known as Raman Effect.

VEDIK GYAN:

*Amarnath Yatra*

One of the most sacred Hindu pilgrimages, Amarnath is worldwide famous for the natural formation of Shiva Linga from the snow. This divine Yatra to the holy cave is opened only in the months of Shravan i.e. July and August as these are the only months when it is quite easy to access the holy cave. The name of this divine cave is comprised of two segments i.e. *Amar which means immortal and Nath which means Lord.* The name only suggests that this is the immortal place where Lord Shiva revealed the secret of life and death to his wife Goddess Parvati

A very popular legend states that Goddess Parvati demanded from Lord Shiva to reveal the secrets of the precious life and death but he didn’t want anybody to hear this secret. So, they decided to hit for the cave in the mountains as it could be quite difficult to be accessed by any common person and even for the gods also. Lord Shiva wanted to keep the secret between them only so they left all his companions and belongings on the way itself. For example, *Nandi* which was his ride was *left behind at Pahalgam,* the *moon* which was adorned on the top of his head was left at *Chandanwadi* , the *snake* which he used to wrap around his neck was left at *Shesh Nag,* and at last the *five basic elements of life* which he had carried were left at *Panchtarni* . They even left his son Lord *Ganesha at Mahaguna* top and all these left belongings and companions are found by the devotees en route the mountainous trek.

The water freezes as it dripss slowly to form a tall, sharp, smooth conic ice shape— the lingam. It gets its full shape by May after which it begins melting gradually and by August it’s reduced to just a few feet in height

According to a Hindu belief, this divine cave was found by *Buta Malik* who was a *shepherd* . The story goes like this that the shepherd once met with a saint here and that saint sent him a bag full of coal. When he reached home and opened the bag he got surprised because the coal bag had been transformed into the bag filled with gold coins. He wanted to thank that saint and went to the same place where he had met with the shepherd but he couldn’t find him and there was a shrine established at that place. Since then the place has been named as Amarnath shrine.

The Shiva-lingam, which is the prime object of spiritual offerings at Amarnath is formed by trickling water falling from a narrow cleft on the cave’s roof.

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

*Coriander leaves* is an herb that’s commonly used in Indian food.

Coriander or cilantro is a wonderful source of dietary fiber, manganese, iron and magnesium as well.

Coriander has been used as a digestive aid. Drinking coriander water in the morning crd. Shivan help improve digestion throughout the day, and boost metabolism. Both these properties can help aid the weight loss process.

*Strengthens the hair* : Coriander is known to be rich in vitamins like Vitamin K, C, and A. All these are very vital for hair strength and growth.

Coriander contains essential oils that are antioxidant, anti-infectious and antimicrobial in nature. It also contains vitamin C and iron that helps strengthen the immune system.

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