TODAY’S TOP NEWS: 13 AUGUST, 2020 (GPN):

NATIONAL NEWS:

1. The massive crowds of devotees in temples, elaborately decorated tableaus and Dahi Handi revelry were all missing this year on *Janmashtami, the birthday of Lord Krishna, as celebrations were dampened by COVID-19 restrictions.* Tight security arrangements were made outside the main temples to ensure that people followed social distancing.

2. Govt. has received over five lakh applications under the *PM SVANidhi scheme* which aims to provide street vendors loans of up to Rs 10,000 to restart their business post the COVID-19 lockdown.

3. PM Modi will launch the platform for “ *Transparent Taxation: Honoring the Honest* ” via video conferencing on the today (13th August 2020). The focus of the tax reforms has been on reduction in tax rates and on simplification of direct tax laws.

4. There is *no improvement in flood situation in Bihar* as the flood water has entered in 11 more panchayats. In all, a population of 77 lakh spread over 1,271 panchayats in 16 districts are reeling under intense floods.

5. *Bengaluru violence: 3 killed after cops open fire to quell mob* :110 people have been arrested in connection with the incident at Pulakeshi Nagar. Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said the “attack on the residence of MLA Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy and the DJ Halli police station and riot are condemnable.”curfew has been imposed in the affected areas in and around DJ Halli and KG Halli.

6. The *Karnataka government also decided to recover the losses arising from damage to public property during the violence,* from the rioters, state Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai said. Actually people are irked over a social media post allegedly put out by a Congress legislators relative which was ‘communally sensitive’

7. *What are the Bengaluru riots?* : At around 8.30 pm on Tuesday, a riot-like situation was witnessed between the KJ Halli and DJ Halli police station limits in East Bengaluru. A huge mob gathered outside the residence of Congress MLA Akhanda Srinivasamurthy demanding immediate action against his relative Naveen who allegedly wrote a communal post on social media. Soon, the police resorted to the use of force to contain the violence. By the time the situation was brought under control at around 1 am on Wednesday, three people were killed, nearly 60 police personnel including DCP Bhimashankar Guled were injured and over 300 vehicles were burnt in the violence.

8. *The travel time from Katra to Delhi will now be reduced to around six and half hours and from Jammu to Delhi to just about six hours* , said Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh, disclosing that the work has started on the first of its kind *Katra (Jammu and Kashmir)- Delhi Express Road Corridor which will be ready by 2023.*

9. The *failure of “Operation Lotus” in Rajasthan was the defeat of “political perversity”, Shiv Sena said*. This comment came days after a meeting between Congress leaders Sachin Pilot and Rahul Gandhi signalled an amicable resolution of the Rajasthan political crisis.

10. *The Congress crisis in Rajasthan appears to have ended with the intervention of the top leadership of Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra who met rebel leader Sachin Pilot earlier this week* . Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said resentment among the Congress MLAs is natural after the return of dissident legislators to the party-fold but asked them to forgive, forget and move on.

11. Union Minister for AYUSH Shripad Naik on Wednesday tested positive for coronavirus COVID-19

12. The West Bengal government on Wednesday revised the lockdown dates yet again and withdrew the complete lockdown on *August 28 (Friday* ), amid the rapid spread of the coronavirus COVID-19. The Mamata Banerjee-led government made the revision in view of difficulties cited by businesses and banking operations.

13. An official statement read that two-days lockdown on August 27 (Thursday) and August 28 (Friday) in the last week of August followed by one-day lockdown on the following Monday resulted in difficulties. As per the new directive, *complete lockdown will be observed on August* *20-21, August 27 and August 31.*

14. *Kozhikode plane crash: 89 passengers injured in the Air India Express plane crash in Kozhikode have been discharged* from hospitals while 83 others were undergoing treatment at various hospitals in Kozhikode and Malappuram districts.

15. *Congress leader and spokesperson Rajiv Tyagi passed away* on Wednesday after a heart attack, the party said. He was 52.Tyagi suffered the attack soon after participating in a TV debate from his residence in Sector 16 of Vasundhara in Ghaziabad and fell unconscious.

16. *The Aerospace Start up Skyroot Aerospace has test fired an upper stage rocket engine* and has become the first Indian private company to demonstrate the capability of homegrown rocket engine.The rocket was developed by the Skyroot firm that is headquartered at Hyderabad.

17. *Maharashtra to pay Rs 10 lakh to kin of Maratha quota stir deceased* .The Shiv Sena-led Maharashtra government decided to implement the erstwhile BJP government’s decision to pay Rs 10 lakh cash compensation to kin of those who had died during protests for Maratha quota.

18. *BJP National President Jagat Prakash Nadda should conduct an enquiry against the Telangana’s government for their ‘poor management of COVID-19’* in the state *said the Congress leader Ponnam Prabhakar*. Congress leaders are of opinion that the number of coronavirus positive cases continue to surge in Telangana and the healthcare facilities for COVID infected people are not up to the mark.

19. *Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday registered record 139 new COVID-19 cases* within 24 hours, taking the state’s overall *tally to 3,637.*

20. *Former President Pranab Mukherjee is haemodynamically stable now confirmed his son* Abhijit Mukherjee on Wednesday evening. Mukherjee, 84, was admitted to Army’s Research and Referral Hospital on August 10 in a critical condition

21. The Indian Air Force (IAF) has written a letter to the Censor Board objecting to its “undue negative” portrayal in the movie ‘Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl’, The movie was released on streaming platform Netflix on Wednesday.The movie is based on the life of IAF officer Gunjan Saxena who became the first woman pilot to take part in the 1999 Kargil war.

22. *Punjab Health Minister* Balbir Singh Sidhu on Wednesday *put a complete ban with immediate effect on leave and transfers of Health Department employees in the state* till September 30.

23. *COVID-19 IN INDIA*
TOTAL CASES *2329638*
ACTIVE *643948*
RECOVERED *1639599*
TOTAL DEATHS *46091*

*✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS*

1. *Indo-China stand-off:* Two HAL light combat choppers deployed in Ladakh. The HAL is expecting an order of 15 LCHs by the end of this year. 10 would be for the IAF and five for the Army.

2. *The Defence ministry has approved the upgrade of Heron Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).* The decision comes amid the rising tension between India-China standoff, as the Indian military is preparing for enhancing its surveillance capabilities at the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

3. In the *United States, Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden has named* *Indian-origin senator Kamala Harris as his Vice-Presidential running mate.* Joe Biden made history by selecting the first black woman to compete on a major party’s presidential ticket.

4. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday said he will order any kind of inquiry into the death of *11 members of a family of Pakistani Hindu migrants at a village in Jodhpur.* CM Gehlot paid floral tributes to the deceased at Lodta village and offered his condolences.

5. The 11 Pak migrant family members, including five children, were found dead on Sunday morning inside the hut they lived in at Lodta village of Dechu area. The autopsies indicated the consumption of a poisonous substance

*WORLD NEWS*

1. *Japan has signed its largest ever loan package worth dollar 3.1 billion for Bangladesh* . Announcing this in Dhaka on Wednesday, the embassy of Japan said that the loan under its Official Development Assistance (ODA) will be given for seven projects of Bangladesh under concessional terms.

2. *Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine to reach general public by January 2021;*
Roman Kosarev, Correspondent with state-owned news channel Russia has informed.

3. *China, said that it opposes ties between US and Taiwan* under any pretext. Beijing warned that “those who play with fire will get burnt”. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian, slammed US health secretary Alex Azar and said that America had performed “worst in the world” in controlling the virus.

4. The Brazilian state of Parana on Wednesday reached a deal with Russia to produce a COVID-19 vaccine that Moscow has touted as the first to market.

5. *WORLD COVID CASES*
CONFIRMED 2,04,05,098
DEATHS 7,44,211

* SPORTS:*

1. *After Indian hockey player Mandeep Singh was hospitalised late on Monday night, owing to a dip in his oxygen level, the Sports Authority of India decided to shift the other five players* , team captain Manpreet Singh, Jaskaran Singh, Surender Kumar, Varun Kumar and Krishnan B Pathak to SS Sparsh Multi- speciality hospital in Bengaluru, as a precautionary measure.

2. *India’s hockey camp from Aug 19 despite six COVID-19 cases:* Skipper Manpreet Singh, striker Mandeep Singh, defenders Surender Kumar, Jaskaran Singh, drag-flicker Varun Kumar and goalkeeper Krishan Bahadur Pathak have been hospitalised in Bengaluru after testing positive for the virus.

3. *The training camps for India’s national hockey teams will go ahead as scheduled from August 19* in Bengaluru despite half a dozen men’s team players, including skipper Manpreet Singh, being hospitalised after testing positive for COVID-19.

4. *India’s first-ever Olympic gold medal win after independence completes 72 years:* On this day in 1948, India won their first-ever Olympic gold beating hosts Great Britain in the field hockey finals after Balbir Singh scored twice in London.

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* FACTS ABOUT INDIA:

An Indian who first flew a plane in 1895′ Move over Wright brothers — it was *Shivkar Bapuji Talpade* who first flew a flying machine over Chowpatty in 1895, eight years before the American siblings

* THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

Life is about making an impact, not making an income

JOKES OF THE DAY:

*Nurse* :- Apke Judwa Bachhe Hue Hai

*Pappu* :- Ye toh hona hi tha, program hi aise dekhti thi. INDIAN IDOL 2
NACH BALIYE 2
DHOOM 2
BAHUBALI 2
JUDWA 2

*Nurse* :- Aacha hua Delhi 6 Nahi Dekha

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who said english is easy

fill in the balnk with given words

yes (or) no

1.____ idont have brain.
2.____ i dont have sense.
3.____ i am stupid.

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Rahul during a Maths period sat on the floor opened his book and started scribbling

Teacher: Rahul why are you sitting on the floor to solve the maths problem I gave, while all your classmates are sitting on their benches.R U CRAZY

Rahul: No miss I am not CRAZY my classmates are LAZY. U said to do it without using tables, So I kept my Book on floor and doing it as you told.

Teacher in FRENZY

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Once Kejri, Rahul and Modi were travelling in a ship.

Suddenly a devil came and told them that they have to drop anything they have in the sea, If devil finds it all they will be killed.

Kejri drop his specs Devil finds it and takes him aside to kill. Rahul thinks fast bites at his nails and drop it in the sea, devil finds it and take him aside to kill.

Now both beg Modi to save them…

Finally Modi opens his mineral water bottle and pours water into sea and says go home u dirty fellow.
Devil shocks , Modi rocks.

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Rahul very energetically opens his speech in Parliament …

Rahul : Respected Speaker Mohoday I have  good news and bad news. which do you want to hear first?

Speaker: the good news.

Rahul: The good news is that i have no bad news.

Speaker (Numbly): Now what is the Bad News

Rahul (Chucklingly): the bad news is I don’t have any good news.

Speaker Cunningly: This is Parliament not Laughter Tournament.

Rahul Laughingly: Ok I keep quite now like Buddha.

Speaker: Now that’s right you look like Laughing Buddha! Our Showpiece of Parliament and Lucky Charm of Ruling Party.

SONIA SHOCKED RAHUL MOCKED

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Lallus father to neighbor: I have 4 sons
1st son –   Engineer
2nd son – MBA
3rd son –  PHD
4th son (Lallu)- Uneducated  THIEF
Neighbor: why don’t you throw your 4th son out of the house?
father: he is the only one earning in the house, rest are jobless!.
*TELL ME WHY❓❓❓*

*why volcanoes erupt*

*Volcanoes erupt when molten rock called magma rises to the surface.* When a part of the earth’s upper mantle or lower crust melts, *magma forms* . A volcano is essentially an opening or a vent through which this magma and the dissolved gases it contains are discharged.

*Main reasons for volcano Eruption* : The buoyancy of the magma, the pressure from the exsolved gases in the magma and the injection of a new batch of magma into an already filled magma chamber.

The Eruption temperature of lava is aprox about 1,170 degrees Celsius (2,140 degrees Fahrenheit). In general, temperatures range from about 4,400° Celsius (7,952° Fahrenheit) to about 6,000° Celsius (10,800° Fahrenheit). The core is made of two layers: the outer core, which borders the mantle, and the inner core. The boundary separating these regions is called the Bullen discontinuity.

In India Vaocanos are at:-

1. Barren Island: Andaman Islands
2. Narcondam Andaman Islands
3. Baratang: Andaman Islands
4. Deccan Traps: Maharashtra

*LEARN SANSKRIT*

*Gold* सुवर्णम्, कनकम्, हिरण्यम्, शातकुम्भम्, जाम्बवम् , कर्बुरम्

*HOW IT WORKS* ⁉

*Do a person’s hair and fingernails continue to grow after death?*

After death, dehydration causes the skin and other soft tissues to shrink. This occurs while the hair and nails remain the same length. This change in the body creates the optical illusion of growth which people observe.

‍♂️ GK TODAY:

*Tungsten metals is mostly used for filaments of electric bulbs?* Resistance to high temperatures. Of all metals in their purest form, tungsten has the highest melting point (3422°C).

VEDIK GYAN:

In her previous birth, Draupadi was a daughter of an ascetic. She was unhappy because she wasn’t getting married. Frustrated by this, she started a hard penance to please Lord Shiva. After many years of penance, Lord Shiva was pleased with her and appeared to grant a boon. She asked for a husband with five qualities. Draupadi asked for five qualities in her husband. The first that he should be a moral man. Second, he should be valiant. Third he should be good looking. Fourth, he should be knowledgebale and fifth that he should be kind and loving.

Lord Shiva thought for a while and then he said that all these five qualities could not exist in one person. Therefore he blessed Draupadi with the boon that in her next birth, she would have five husbands who would possess all the five qualities, individually. Hence, when she was born as Draupadi to king Drupad, she was pre-destined to get married to the five brothers.

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

*Lassi,* a popular traditional yogurt-based drink originated in the Indian subcontinent.

Aids Digestion. Since lassi is churned out of yogurt or dahi, it is said to be quite beneficial for our digestive system.

Prevents Stomach Problems Like Bloating.

Improves Bone health.

Lassi is a popular drink among the weight-conscious people. It is often included as a part of the weight loss diet because it contains all the nutrients and is low in calories. Lassi helps in burning belly fat, which usually covers the inside walls of the stomach.

*Note*: _Do not eat curd at night, especially if you are prone to cough and cold. Ayurveda explains that curd consumption at night is not good as it leads to mucus development. But if you can’t do without it, opt for buttermilk instead.

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