TODAY’S TOP NEWS: 10 AUGUST, 2020 (GPN):

NATIONAL NEWS:

1. The defence minister Rajnath Singh said various departments and ministries of the government are working seriously to *implement PM Modi’s initiative for a self-reliant India* and that it is an attempt to give a fresh dimension to Mahatma Gandhi’s push for ‘Swadeshi’.

2. PM Modi will present *a new outline for a self-reliant India* in his address to the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on August 15.

3 . *Centre to introduce new law to protect land rights of Jammu and Kashmir natives* , to table bill in Parliament. Under the new definition of domicile for Jammu and Kashmir, a person residing there for at least 15 years will be eligible to be a permanent resident of the union territory.

4. PM Modi to inaugurate submarine Optical Fibre Cable connecting Chennai and Port Blair on Monday through video conferencing.

5. Once inaugurated, the submarine OFC *link will deliver bandwidth of 2 x 200 Gigabits per second (Gbps) between Chennai and Port Blair, and 2 x 100 Gbps between Port Blair and the other islands.* Provision of reliable, robust, and high-speed telecom and Broadband facilities in these Islands will be a landmark achievement from the viewpoint of consumers, as well as for strategic and governance reasons. 4G mobile services, which were constrained due to limited backhaul bandwidth provided via satellite will also see a major improvement.

6. The project is funded by the Government of India through the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) under the Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) executed this project while Telecommunications Consultants India Limited (TCIL) are the Technical Consultants. About 2300 Kms of Submarine OFC cable has been laid at a cost of about Rs 1224 Crore.

7. *Vice Chief of Air Staff* Air Marshal Harjit Singh Arora *visited* a number of *airbases along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh* and took stock of the IAF’s operational preparedness to deal with any eventualities in the region

8. Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi revealed that *Sonia Gandhi shall continue to remain the interim president of the party.* She had taken over this responsibility on August 10, 2019, after her son Rahul Gandhi stepped down from the post following the Congress party’s debacle in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. At the same time, Singhvi stressed that this arrangement will continue only until a proper procedure for elections laid down in the party’s Constitution is followed.

9. Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry *Kiran Bedi said political leaders and people’s representatives should follow norms for safety from COVID-19* and set an example to the public

10. *Bihar flood situation remains grim* ; 74 lakh affected in 16 districts

11. Rescuers recover 15 more bodies from *Kerala landslide site, toll rises to 42*

12. *Karnataka health minister B Sriramulu tested positive for Covid-19* on Sunday, barely a week after chief minister BS Yediyurappa tested positive for the viral infection last Sunday.

13. Aviation body DGCA’s chief Anil Kumar on Sunday said that transcripts from the black boxes of crashed Kozhikode flight would be recovered soon.

14. Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board *(KSEEB)* *will announce the result of Karnataka Secondary School Level Certificate (SSLC) Exam 2020 on Monday (August 10)at 3 pm* . Once declared, the result will be displayed on the KSEEB official website karresults.nic.in.

15. *Tamil Nadu SSLC class 10th results* 2020 to be announced on August 10 at tnresults.nic.in

16. After yet another BJP leader was shot at, *BJP Bandipora district, J&K secretary Mohd Yaqoob Malla resigned from his post* and the primary membership from the saffron party on Sunday. Sources report that three other BJP leaders from Budgam resigned from the party, amid targetted attacks at BJP leaders. Earlier in the day, BJP worker Abdul Hamid Najar, a resident of Mohiendpora village, was shot at by unknown gunmen critically injuring him.

17. *CISF orders enquiry after officer questions DMK leader Kanimozhi’s nationality* : DMK MP Kanimozhi on Sunday said a Central Industrial Security Force officer asked her if she was an Indian, when she asked the woman official to speak in Tamil or English. The CISF is the national civil aviation security force and it provides counter-terrorist and anti-sabotage cover to 64 such facilities in the country at present. A number of social media users replied supporting her,with one of them saying, “I am an Indian and Hindi has nothing to do with it!

18. *PM Modi on Sunday (August 9) expressed anguish at the death of patients in a fire mishap* at a COVID-19 facility in *Andhra Pradesh’s Vijayawada* as the Prime Minister’s Office announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh each to the kin of those killed in the incident.

19. *MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan to donate plasma for treatment of COVID-19 patients* : Chouhan had tested positive for coronavirus on July 25, he was hospitalised and was discharged after 11 days on August 5.

20. *INDIA : COVID CASES*
CONFIRMED 21,53,010
DEATHS 43,379

*✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS*

1. Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has instructed to commence work on a certain “Ram Janmabhumi Ayodhya Dham” to further his claims that “real Ayodhya lies in Nepal, not in India”.

2. He has even laid out a comprehensive master plan to celebrate Ram Navami with grandeur at Ayodhyapuri, the so-called birthplace of Lord Ram, by placing idols of Ram, Laxman, Sita and Hanuman.

3. Under the aegis of Atmanirbhar Bharat, the Ministry of Defence has prepared a list of 101 items for which there would be an embargo on the import beyond the timeline indicated against them, The decision will offer an opportunity to the domestic defence industry to manufacture the items in the negative list by using their own design and development capabilities or adopting the technologies designed and developed by DRDO to meet the requirements of the Armed Forces.

4. *PM Modi spoke to* his Sri Lankan counterpart *Mahinda Rajapaksa and congratulated him* on the successful conduct of parliamentary elections.

5. Prime Minister informed Mahinda Rajapaksa about *the establishment of an international airport in the Buddhist pilgrimage city of Kushinagar in India,* and said that the city looked forward to welcoming visitors from Sri Lanka at an early date.

6. Amid border tensions with China, *Indian armed forces have reportedly decided to revive ‘Project Cheetah* ‘. The project has been pending for a long time and now the tri-services have decided to revive it, which is likely to cost the exchequer over Rs 3,500 crore.

*WORLD NEWS*

1. French President Emmanuel Macron will host US President Donald Trump and other political leaders for an UN-endorsed donors` conference by video to raise emergency relief for Lebanon following this week`s massive explosion in Beirut.

2. Pakistan, a country that is known for being the epicentre of international terrorism has now been involved in establishing diplomatic relations and setting up its diplomatic missions in the African countries amid the rising radical Islamic terrorism in Africa.

3. *5.1-magnitude quake jolts US North Carolina,* strongest in 100 years; no damage reported

4. The United States Secretary of State Michael R Pompeo targetted the Chinese Communist Party and said that China’s entry into Iran will destabilize the Middle East.

5. *Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday took oath as the Sri Lankan Prime Minister for the fourth time* at the sacred Rajamaha Viharaya, a Buddhist temple in Kelaniya, a suburb of national capital Colombo.

6. *WORLD COVID CASES*
CONFIRMED 1,96,70,853
DEATHS 7,27,759

* SPORTS:*

1. *England v Pakistan 1st Test:* Chris Woakes and Jos Buttler led England to an extraordinary three-wicket win over Pakistan in the first Test between the two sides at Old Trafford on Saturday. Finding themselves at 117/5 while chasing a target of 277, Woakes and Buttler’s ballistic 139-run stand for the seventh wicket brought England right back into the chase.

2. *Zimbabwe Cricket on Saturday officially called off their five-match T20I home series against Afghanistan* scheduled for August amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

3. The five hockey players housed in NCOE Bengaluru, who tested Covid positive on August 7, are doing well. They are being attended to by SAI’s in-house doctor as well as one doctor from the state government.

4. *The national camp for cycling will start from August 14 at the Indira Gandhi National Stadium* in the national capital, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) said on Saturday. This comes after announcements of resumption of national camps for hockey and badminton this month.

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* FACTS ABOUT INDIA*

Indulal Yagnik, who spearheaded the Mahagujarat movement in late 1950s demanding a separate Gujarat state, at Sabarmati in Ahmedabad. He was also famous as Indu Chacha.

THOUGHT OF THE DAY

To survive in peace and harmony, united and strong, we must have one people, one nation, one flag.

JOKES OF THE DAY:

Pappu ki ☂chatri me hole tha, kisine pucha, umbrella mein hole kyu?
Pappu: Oye barish ruk jayegi to pata kaise chalega.

विवाह सीज़न शुरू
दिलवाले सिर्फ दुल्हनिया ले जाएगे
दिमाग वाले उसकी सहेली का नंबर
और शादीशुदा
पत्नी के लिए काउंटर से तंदूरी रोटी लाएंगे.

इंदौर में मिठाई की दुकान के बाहर लिखी हुई कुछ मधुर प्यारी पंक्तियाँ..
 यहां आपकी पड़ोसन जैसी मिठी  “मिठॉइयॉं..
और
आपकी पत्नी से भी तीखा “नमकीन” मिलेगा..

भीगी सी लगती है सुबह मुझे,
भीगा लग रहा है सारा जहां मुझे!!
बंता :- उठ साले, बिस्तर पर सु-सु कर दिया है तूने।

प्रेमिका ने संता को फ़ोन किया:
आज मैं घर में अकेली हूं
आ जाओ…
संता – पगली, तू मेरे घर आ जा, यहां सब लोग हैं, तेरा मन लगा रहेगा.

टीचर :- क्या पढ़ाऊँ आज..???
स्टूडेंट :- जी आज मेरा निकाह पढ़ा दो रोल नम्बर 7 वाली के साथ!

टीचर : भारत से विदेश जाने वाली पहली महिला कौन थी?
चंटू : सीता, श्रीलंका गई थी.
टीचर अभी भी बेहोश है!

टीचर- 1 अक्टूबर, 2 अक्टूबर ओर 15 अक्टूबर को क्या हुआ था
जिसे हर साल याद करके उत्सव के रूप में मनाया जाता हे
विद्यार्थी- सर 1अक्टूबर को गांधी जी की माँ को भर्ती किया गया था..
2 अक्टूबर को गांधी जी का जन्म हुआ था जिससे हम 2 अक्टूबर को ग़ांधी जयंती मानते हे
टीचर: ओर 15 अक्टूबर क्या हुआ था ?? 
विद्यार्थी-15 अक्टूबर को गांधी जी की पंजीरी आई थी। 
टीचर आज तक कोमा में हे|

टीचर: पास्ट और फ्यूचर टेंस की कोई परिभाषा दे कर बताओ!
चिंटू: एक खूबसूरत लड़की को देख कर बूढ़े पास्ट टेंस मैं और लड़के फ्यूचर टेंस में चले जाते है !!!

अध्यापक: बच्चों को महाभारत पढाते हुए.. कंस ने सुना कि देवकी का..
आठवां पुत्र उसे मार देगा तो उसने देवकी और वसुदेव को जेल में डाल दिया!
पहला बच्चा हुआ, कंस ने मार दिया.
दूसरा…हुआ, कंस ने मार दिया,
तीसरा भी, चौथा भी.. आठवां
एक शिष्य: गुरु जी एक मिन्ट..
गुरु: क्या बात है?
शिष्य : अगर कंस को पता था कि देवकी और वसुदेव का आठवां बच्चा उसे मार देगा तो उसने दोनों को एक ही कोठरी में बंद क्यों किया?
अध्यापक  बेहोश!

SONIA : बताओ तुम इतिहास पुरूष में
सब से ज्यादा किससे नफरत करते हो?
RAHUL : राजा राम मोहन राय से
अध्यापक – क्यू ??

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RAHUL – उसी नें बाल विवाह बँद करवाया था
वरना आज हम भी बीवी बच्चे वाले होते ! और अब यह भी नहीं हो सकता क्योंकि हर कोई सोचता है कि मैं अभी भी एक बच्चा (Pappy) हूं,
*GK TODAY*

Longest river – Nile (Egypt)

Longest road – Pan American Highway

*TELL ME WHY:❓❓*

*Why sugar cane is sweet?*

It allows plants to absorb the sun’s energy more readily. In the same way that animals store fat, the sugarcane plant stores energy that is doesn’t need. This extra energy is sugar and it is stored as sweet juice in the plants’ stalks. When ripe, sugarcane stalks are harvested and converted into raw sugar.

Sugarcane is sweet due to presence of high amount of carbohydrates, which are sweet in nature, It contains carbohydrates namely, sucrose, glucose and fructose. … Thus, high amount of glucose and fructose is responsible for sweet flavour of sugarcane.

* TODAY SPECIAL:*

In 1942 India Rioting Follows Arrest Of Gandhi 10th Aug. 1942 : In India rioting and strikes occurred in Bombay and Delhi over the arrest of Mohandas K. Gandhi who advocated non-violent protests. Japan encouraged Indians to fight for their liberty from Britain and reported that they were standing on the India-Burma border ready to help liberate India

*LEARN SANSKRIT*
ओष्ठ : Lip

ओष्ठक : Lips

ओष्ठराग: Lipstick

HOW IT WORKS: ⁉

Recharging a battery involves the conversion of electrical energy to chemical energy. During recharging, there is movement of electrons from an external power source to the anode, and on the other side electrons are removed from the cathode.

A battery charger is basically a DC power supply source. Here a transformer is used to step down the AC mains input voltage to the required level as per the rating of the transformer.

*Working Principle of Lead Acid Battery*
When the sulfuric acid dissolves, its molecules break up into positive hydrogen ions (2H+) and sulphate negative ions (SO4—) and move freely. … Thus, during charging the lead cathode remain as lead, but lead anode gets converted into lead peroxide, chocolate in colour.

‍♂️ GK TODAY:

*Lead Acid Battery is a rechargeable battery developed in 1859 by Gaston Plante.* The main advantages of Lead battery is it will dissipate very little energy (if energy dissipation is less it can work for long time with high efficiency),

VEDIK GYAN:

Who is *Narada Muni*

Narada was invested by Brahma with the power of creation’. The religious texts adhere him as one of the ten *Manas- Putras* ; or the mind-sons or spirits (since he was born out of his mind rather than body) of Brahma. Also, he was an ardent devotee of Lord Vishnu.

He is famously known as the first ‘Journalist’ of the Earth and a divine messenger constantly wandering around in all three realms; heaven – Satya to Bhuvar loka, earth – Bhu loka, underworld – Atala to Patala loka, and he gives information to all, the Devas(Gods), the Rakshas(Demons) and the Men (Earthly beings).

His veena ( mahadi) was gifted to him by Lord Shiva.

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

*Use of Eucalyptus/Nilgiri(Safeda) Oil/leaves*

The oil that comes from the eucalyptus tree is used as an antiseptic, a perfume, as an ingredient in cosmetics, as a flavoring, in dental preparations, and in industrial solvents.

Leaves are steam distilled to extract the oil. It may act as an expectorant for loosening phlegm and easing congestion. A number of cough medications include eucalyptus oil, including Vicks VapoRub.

Eucalyptus may help : Potentially due to its anti-inflammatory properties. It clears
A blocked nose. Helps to recover from Wounds and burns.

If we bath with the hot water in which it’s leaves were got boiled. It overcomes ailments like, headache, stress, cold, body pains and other fungal diseases of skin and gives us a freshness.

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