TODAY’S TOP NEWS: 05 AUGUST, 2020 (GPN):

NATIONAL NEWS:

1 *PM Modi to take part in Bhumi Poojan for construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya* today. The Bhumi Poojan ceremony will start at sharp 12.30 afternoon and culminate at 12.45 pm. 175 guests including 135 Saints belonging to 135 spiritual traditions have been invited for the ceremony.

2. *Indian Railways revises its Freight Policy* during Unlock 3.0. Railways Ministry said, more relaxations have been provided to the customers by slew of incentives. These incentives are expected to boost the economy.

3. *UPSC announces Civil Services Examination 2019 results* : A total of 829 candidates have been selected to various Civil Services through this examination. Pradeep Singh has topped the exam while Pratibha Verma is the topper among the women candidates. The final result is available on the official website of UPSC.

4. A total of 829 candidates have qualified for civil services, including IAS and IPS, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) announced on Tuesday (August 4). Candidates can download the UPSC provisional appointment list of candidates who have qualified the civil services 2019 exam by visiting the official website of the commission — upsc.gov.in.

5. The *Andhra Pradesh High Court* on Tuesday *ordered a status quo on* two new laws that enable the establishment of *three new capitals for the state.* The law gives shape to the YSR Congress government’s plan of having three capitals for the state — executive in *Visakhapatnam,* Legislative in *Amaravati* and judicial capital in *Kurnool.*

6. *Relief & rescue operation intensified in flood affected areas of Bihar* Over 64 lakh people of 14 districts spread over 1,152 Panchayats are reeling under the impact of flood.

7. Sashidhar Jagdishan is the *new CEO of HDFC Bank*

8. *Tamil Nadu* Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami is *not seen in agreement with* the recently launched centre’s *three-language policy proposed* by the Union government in the National Education Policy 2020

8. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) published a draft on ‘ *Defence Production & Export Promotion Policy (DPEPP) 2020’* for public feedback which the ministry awaits till 17th August 2020. the ministry aims at achieving a manufacturing turnover of $25 bn or ₹1,75,000 crore, which includes exports of $5 bn in aerospace and defence goods and services by the end of the year 2025.

9. *The Central Industrial Security Force has directed* its field commanders to spread *awareness about the “dangers” of irresponsible use of social media* and ensure that the new guidelines framed in this context are followed scrupulously.

10. *Soldiers’ ‘invalid pension’ clause forces Ministry of Defence to re-examine order* : The “mischievous and unauthorised” addition of a few words in an order issued on July 16, which could restrict the scope of ‘invalid pension’ to disabled soldiers, has caught the defence ministry (MoD) in an embarrassing bind. The MoD had announced that ‘invalid pension’ would now also be given to those military personnel boarded out before completing their 10 years of qualifying service due to disability that was “neither attributable to, nor aggravated by military service (NANA)”.

11. *Flying Officer Tejaswi Ranga Rao is the first woman weapons systems officer in the Sukhoi-30 fleet,* frontline air-dominance fighter aircraft, which is considered as the backbone of the Indian Air Force’s frontline fighter jets. A weapon systems officer, also referred as ‘wizzo’ in the Air Force, is a flight officer responsible for all air operations and weapon systems of a military aircraft. A wizzo maintains the aircraft’s system riding behind the pilot. With the appointment of Rao, India joins the list of other countries like the UK and the US, to have women wizzos in the Air Force.

12. *Heavy rainfall showers in Mumbai* and neighbouring areas brought life to a juddering halt and disrupted rail and road traffic in the city on Tuesday, with essential services workers like nurses and other medical staff treating Covid-19 patients also finding it difficult to reach hospitals. Received more than 200 mm rainfall since Monday night .

13. *Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly and former chief minister Siddaramaiah* Tuesday became the latest high-profile leader in the state to *test positive for the novel coronavirus.* The 71-year-old Congress leader was admitted to a hospital.

14. Under fire from the opposition over the *spurious liquor tragedy that has claimed over 110 lives, Punjab* chief minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said no one will be spared if found complicit in the hooch deaths.

15. *Tripura Chief Minister* Biplab Kumar Deb on Monday announced that he *underwent testing for COVID-19 test* , the result for which is awaited after two members of his family tested positive for the virus.

16. Bihar CM Nitish Kumar approves *CBI probe in Bollywood actor Sushant’s death case;* criticises Mumbai police.

17. *Father of Indian theatre’ Ebrahim Alkazi dies at 94* : Alkazi, who was the longest serving director of the National School of Drama and mentored generations of actors, produced plays such as Girish Karnad’s Tughlaq and Dharamvir Bharati’s Andha Yug. Alkazi, who tutored acting greats such as Naseeruddin Shah and Om Puri, had been unwell for a few days. Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed sadness at Alkazi’s demise and said he will be remembered for his efforts to make theatre more popular and accessible across India.

18. *Union Minister* for Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel *Dharmendra Pradhan tested positive for Coronavirus* and has been admitted to the Medanta Hospital.

19. *The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Tuesday (August 4) decided to open all religious places from August 16* , but religious processions and large religious gatherings would remain strictly prohibited amid COVID-19 pandemic situation.

20. Gujarat Congress leader Hardik Patel on Tuesday announced that he and his family will donate Rs 21,000 for the construction of Ram temple at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh.

21. *Padma Shri Mohammad Sharif, who is popularly known as Sharif Chacha received a formal invitation on Tuesday to attend the August 5 bhoomi pujan* ceremony for building a Ram temple in Ayodhya but he may not be able to participate in the event due to his ill health.Sharif, a cycle mechanic, was involved in the cremation of unclaimed dead bodies for the past 27 years and was given Padma Shri in January this year.

22. *No specific drug, vaccine for COVID-19 yet* : Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director General Dr. Balram Bhargava said at a press conference on Tuesday. He emphasised that social distancing and hygiene continue to be the best protection against the virus.

23. the Union Health Ministry said the country had now registered its lowest COVID-19 case fatality rate at 2.10 %, with 50% deaths registered in the age group of 60 or above and 37% in the 45-60 age group

24. *COVID-19 IN INDIA*
TOTAL CASES 1855745
ACTIVE 586298
RECOVERED 1230509
DEATHS 38938

✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS:

1. After five rounds of *LAC talks between India and China* , Chief of Army staff Gen. Bipin Rawat on Tuesday, held a review meeting in Delhi regarding the progress. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar are present at the meeting.

2.. *Pak appoints three senior lawyers in Kulbhushan Jadhav’s Case* ;: A two-member bench of Islamabad High Court comprising Chief Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb appointed the three senior lawyers in the case of 50-year-old retired Indian Navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav.

3. Kulbhushan Jadhav was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on the charges of spying and terrorism in April 2017. India approached the International Court of Justice in Hague against Pakistan for denial of consular access to Jadhav and also challenged the death sentence.Kulbhushan Yadav on 3 March 2016 was arrested in the Pakistani province of Balochistan on the ground of terrorism and espionage. However Indian foreign Ministry in a statement said that Mr Yadav took premature retirement and was abducted from Iran.

4. Amid growing interest in recognizing the contributions of people from the BAME community (Black, Asian and minority ethnic) *Britain is considering minting a coin to remember Mahatma Gandhi.* Rishi Sunak Britain’s current Finance Minister issued an order in a letter to the Royal Mint Advisory Committee (RMAC) to pursue recognition of individuals from the BAME community.

5. *Pakistan* Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday *unveiled a new “political map of Pakistan” that counts Jammu and Kashmir and Junagadh in Gujarat as its territories.* ahead of the first anniversary of India’s 5 August move last year to create two federally-administered territories, Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh after getting cabinet approval for the map.

6. *Nepal increases security along Indian border in Darchula amid map tension* : Nepal has stationed a battalion of Armed Police Force (APF) along the border with India in Darchula district, which lies near the Indian territories of Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura.

WORLD NEWS:

1. *Sri Lanka is prepared to hold the general elections today* (Wednesday) to elect a 225 member parliament with strict health guidelines amidst COVID situation.

2. The elections were postponed twice after the COVID outbreak as parliament was dissolved in early March. The ruling party under Prime minister Mahinda Rajpaksa is seeking two-thirds majority in parliament to implement policies of President Gotabaya Rajapksa and bring a new constitution.

3. *Bangladesh is making all efforts to get access to the COVID-19 vaccine* for its people at the earliest when it is available in the world. Bangladesh not to prioritise Chinese COVID 19 Vaccine trial.

4. A *massive blast took place in Lebanon’s capital Beirut* on Tuesday damaging several buildings.Though the cause of the blast is unknown.

5. *WORLD COVID CASES*
CONFIRMED 1,81,17,821
DEATHS 6,90,181

* SPORTS:

1. The All India Football Federation *(AIFF)* President Praful Patel *lauded the Odisha Government* for setting an example of how a state government can help *sports* thrive and *supporting* in a particular region.

2. *T20I series between Australia, West Indies postponed due to coronavirus* COVID-19 pandemic. Australia postponed a proposed two-test tour of Bangladesh in June which was part of the ICC`s World Test Championship and are working on rescheduling a delayed tour to England for limited overs matches in September.

3. *The Madrid Open that was scheduled to take place from September 12-20 has been cancelled* due to the rise of COVID-19 cases in the Spanish capital

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FACTS ABOUT INDIA

On this day (5 August 2019), the Home Minister Amit Shah introduced the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2019 in the Rajya Sabha to convert Jammu and Kashmir’s status of a state to two separate union territories, namely Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh. The union territory of Jammu and Kashmir was proposed to have a legislature under the bill whereas the union territory of Ladakh is proposed to not have one. By the end of the day, the bill was passed by Rajya Sabha with 125 votes in its favour and 61 against (67%).The next day, the bill was passed by the Lok Sabha with 370 votes in its favour and 70 against it (84%). The bill became an Act after it was signed by the president.

The two union territories came into existence on 31 October 2019, which was celebrated as National Unity Day.

* THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

Adjustment is not important in life, but understanding is more important.

JOKES OF THE DAY:*

पति सारी रात गायब रहने के बाद सुबह घर पहुंचा…

*पत्नी ने गुस्से में कहा* – अब सुबह के सात बजे किसलिए आए हो?

*पति* – पागल औरत सुबह को किसलिए आते हैं, नाश्ता करने के लिए ना…⁉️✊_____________________________

पंडितजी अस्पताल में भर्ती थे और सभी आसपड़ोस वाले उन्हें देखने आ रहे थे।

पाठकजी भी उन्हें देखने आए तो धीरे से पूछा आखिर इतनी चोट लगी कैसे पंडितजी?

पंडितजी ने बताया- मेरी पत्नी ने करवा चौथ का व्रत रखा था, रात में जब वह चांद देखकर मेरी भी आरती उतार रही थी ..

तो मैंने आदत के मुताबिक कह दिया कि थोड़ा जल्दी करो मुझे तीन चार जगह और जाना है पूजा के लिए …वे प्रतीक्षा कर रहे हैं.
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पत्नी ने व्रतपूजा समझ लिया
और मुझे छत से ही नीचे फेंक दिया।

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pappu- यार कल मैंने देखा था शाम को भाभी तुझे पीट रही थी, आखिर ऐसा क्या हो गया?

gappu -क्या बताऊँ यार सरकारी कार्यालय में काम करते-करते मेरा दिमाग खराब हो गया है।

pappu-लेकिन हुआ क्या?

gappu-क्या बताऊं यार कल गर्लफ्रैंड को मैंने लव-लेटर लिखा था लेकिन उसकी प्रतिलिपि सूचनार्थ एवं आवश्यक कार्यवाही हेतु पत्नी को भी भेज दी?

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पति : मुझे अलादीन का चिराग मिला |

पत्नी : वाह, क्या काम कहा आपने उसे, क्या मांगा ?

पति : मैंने कहा की वो तुम्हारी अक्ल को दस गुना कर दे !

पत्नी : अरे वाह कितने अच्छे हैं आप, उसने क्या जवाब दिया?

पति : उसका जवाब था कि साहब शून्य से किसी को गुणा नहीं किया जा सकता!

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English के अलावा हिन्दी में भी कुछ शब्द Silent होते हैं।

जैसे आपने अगर ध्यान दिया हो तो…

जब कोई दुकानदार भाव करते समय कहता है कि ‘आपको ज्यादा नहीं लगाएंगे’ तो इसमें..

.’चूना’ शब्द Silent होता है..

शादी के समय ये कहा जाता है कि हमारी लड़की तो “गाय है गाय”

उसमें ‘सींगवाली’ शब्द silent होता है

बिदाई के वक्त जब दूल्हे से कहा जाता है।
ख्याल रखना,

इसमें ‘अपना’ शब्द Silent रहता है।

जब कोई नेता कहता है – गरीबी हटाऊंगा तब ‘अपनी’ शब्द silent होता है….

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डॉक्टर – तबियत कैसी है?
मरीज- पहले से ज्यादा खराब है…

डॉक्टर- दवाई खा ली थी?

मरीज- खाली नहीं थी भरी हुई थी…

डॉक्टर – मेरा मतलब है दवाई ले ली थी?

मरीज- जी आप ही से तो ली थी…

डॉक्टर- अरे बेवकूफ, दवाई पी ली थी?

मरीज- नहीं जी, दवाई नीली थी…

डॉक्टर- अबे गधे, दवाई को पी लिया था?

मरीज- नहीं जी, पीलिया तो मुझे था…
डॉक्टर- उल्लू के पट्ठे, दवाई को खोल के मुंह में रख लिया था?

मरीज- नहीं, आप ही ने तो कहा था कि फ्रिज में रखना…
डॉक्टर- अबे क्या मार खाएगा?

मरीज- नहीं दवाई खाऊंगा…

डॉक्टर- निकल साले, तू पागल कर देगा…

मरीज – जा रहा हूं, फिर कब आऊं..?

डॉक्टर- मरने के बाद…

मरीज- मरने के कितने दिन बाद….?

डॉक्टर बेहोश।अब यह मत पूछो कि मरीज का नाम क्या है अन्यथा आप आरजी बन जाएंगे

*TELL ME WHY:❓❓❓*

*What is the dispute of Ayodhya*

The Ayodhya land dispute is a political, historical and socio-religious debate in India that has been on for decades. The dispute is focused on a plot of land in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, which is regarded among the Hindus to be the birthplace of the Hindu deity Ram.

According to historic proofs, the site of the now-demolished Babri Mosque in Ayodhya is the exact birthplace of Rama. The Babri mosque is believed to have been constructed during 1528-29 by a certain ‘Mir Baqi’ (possibly Baqi Tashqandi), who was a commander of the Mughal emperor Babur ( 1526–1530). On 6 December 1992 the VHP and the BJP organised a rally at the site involving 150,000 volunteers, known as kar sevaks.

The Ramayan states that the birthplace of Lord Ram was on the bank of River Saryu in Ayodhya. According to a group of Hindus claims that the exact site of ram birthplace where Babri majid once stood in present-day. Many historians believe that ram mandir was demolished by Mir Baqi a general of Babur ( Ist Mughal ruler) after that he constructed a Majid over that demolished Mandir. The land on which the Babri mosque was built in 1528 is the ‘RamJanmabhoomi’ (birthplace of the god-king Rama). But, Mir Baqi, one of Mughal king Babur’s generals, is said to have destroyed a pre-existing temple of Rama and built a mosque called Babri Masjid (Babur’s mosque) at the site. The Babri Mosque was destroyed during a political rally which turned into a riot on 6 December 1992.

The Supreme Court, on October 16, 2019, concluded hearings in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute in Ayodhya and reserved its judgment, which was passed on November 9. The apex court, in a unanimous verdict, gave the ownership of the disputed 2.77-acre land in Ayodhya to the Ram Janmabhoomi trust. It ordered that an alternative piece of land in a “suitable” and “prominent” place in Ayodhya should be given to the Muslims to build a mosque. The Court also asked the government to frame a plan within three months and set up a trust, which would construct a temple in Ayodhya.

*LEARN SANSKRIT:*

*अयोध्य* *Ayodhya* : In word “Ayodhya”; yudh, means “to fight, to wage war”. Yodhya is the future passive participle, meaning “to be fought”; the initial a is the negative prefix; the whole, therefore, means ” *not to be fought* “.

*HOW IT WORKS:* ⁉

*How does a simple microscope work?*
simple microscope works on the principle that when a tiny object is placed within its focus, a virtual, erect and magnified image of the object is formed at the least distance of distinct vision from the eye held close to the lens. The image of an object is magnified through at least one lens in the microscope. This lens bends light toward the eye and makes an object appear larger than it actually is.

‍♂️ GK TODAY:

The Eiffel Tower is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower. Constructed from 1887 to 1889.

VEDIK GYAN:

Acoording to Epics, Ayodhya was stated to be the capital of the ancient *Kosala kingdom in the Ramayana.* Hence it was also referred to as “Kosala”. According to the Ramayana, Ayodhya was founded by Manu, the progenitor of mankind, and measured 12×3 yojanas in area. Both Ramayana and Mahabharata describe Ayodhya as the capital of the Ikshvaku dynasty of Kosala, including Rama and Dasharatha. … Ayodhya was subsequently repopulated by king Rishabha.

HEALTH CARE: HOME REMEDIES:

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

*GARLIC*

People who ate raw garlic at least twice a week lower risk of developing lung cancer.

Brain cancer
Organo-sulfur compounds found in garlic have been identified as effective in destroying the cells in glioblastomas, a type of deadly brain tumor.

Garlic Improves Cholesterol Levels, Which May Lower the Risk of Heart Disease.

The Active Compounds in Garlic Can Reduce Blood Pressure

Garlic Can Combat Sickness, Including the Common Cold

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