TODAY’S TOP NEWS: 17 AUGUST, 2020 (GPN)

TODAY IS INDONESIA INDEPENDENCE DAY-

NATIONAL NEWS:

1. In a small relief to *Jammu-Kashmir* citizens, the Supreme Court- appointed special committee on Sunday, allowed the resumption of *high-speed mobile internet services on a trial basis in Ganderbal (Kashmir) and Udhampur (Jammu)* . The order issued by the J&K Home department states that the rest of the union territory will continue to have 2G internet. The trial will be effective from 16 August to 8 September.

2. Congress appoints 3-member committee to probe Sachin Pilot’s issues in Rajasthan.

3. Former Union Minister *Ajay Maken named new Rajasthan Congress chief* The Congress high command removed Avinash Pande apparently on Sachin Pilot’s demand.

4. There is *no significant change in flood situation in Bihar,* though the water level of most of the rivers flowing in the state is either receding or is stable.

5. *Bangalore Riots* : *Section 144, which restricts the gathering of four or more people at a place, has been extended* in the violence-hit areas of DJ Halli and KG Halli in Bengaluru till 6 AM on August 18.

6. Several areas in Hyderabad and rural areas have been flooded with *non-stop rains* over the last three days. The weather office has predicted more rains in the next three days and a high alert has been sounded *in many areas of Telangana*

7. *No idol immersion, community celebrations this Ganesh Chaturthi:* Delhi pollution body said. A fine of Rs 50,000 will be imposed on violators, it said. This year, the festival will be celebrated on August 22. Idol immersion in the Yamuna river was banned following an order by the National Green Tribunal in 2015.

8. *The Indian Railways will run additional Ganpati Special trains in co-ordination with Western Railway and Central Railway* between Ahmedabad/Vadodara and Ratnagiri/Kudal/Sawantwadi Road stations to clear extra rush of passengers.

9. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and his Punjab counterpart Amarinder Singh paid tribute to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his second death anniversary on Sunday.

10. *The Uttar Pradesh government has extended the detention of Kafeel Khan* under the National Security Act by a period of three months. Khan has been in jail since January 29 for allegedly delivering a provocative speech at the Aligarh Muslim University on December 10, 2019 during the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protests.

11. *Rave party busted in Goa,* 23 including three foreigners held
were arrested after the crime branch raided a rave party where drugs were allegedly being used in North Goa district. Narcotics worth over Rs 9 lakh were seized from the party which was going on amid the COVID-19 pandemic at a villa in Vagator village.

12. *Two people have been arrested in connection with the death of a 20-year-old student Sudiksha Bhati,* who hailed from Deri Scanar village in Gautam Buddh Nagar’s Dadri, she was died on August 10 in a road crash in Bulandshahr district while she was pillion riding a motorcycle with her younger cousin, a minor when two unidentified motorcycle-borne men were ‘following’ her two-wheeler and harassing her,

13. *Private operators who will be handed over 150 trains to ply on 109 routes by the Railways will have the freedom to choose halt stations* of the trains they operate, documents released by the national transporter have shown.

14. *Shaheen Bagh social activist Shahzad Ali on Sunday joined the BJP* in the presence of Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta and leader Shyam Jaju.Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta said that the party wants to bring all the Muslim brothers in the mainstream of development. The Citizenship Amendment Act grants citizenship to Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Parsi, Buddhist and Christian refugees who came to India from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh on or before December 31, 2014.

15. *Defence Minister* Rajnath Singh has approved the proposal to *expand* the National Cadet Corps ( *NCC) in 173 border and coastal districts* from where one lakh new cadets will be inducted.

16. *Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire along the Line of Control* in Kamalkote Sector in Uri area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Sunday.

17. Centre to assist Jammu and Kashmir to establish Grievances Portal in every district for providing services seamlessly at their doorstep.

18. *Ahead of the upcoming Bihar Assembly poll, cabinet minister Shyam Rajak has been expelled from JDU.* Confirming the news, JDU President Vasistha Narayan Singh said the decision was taken by the party due to Rajak’s anti-party activity. He was likely to join RJD.

19. The medical condition of *former President Pranab Mukherjee is much better and stable* , his son Abhijit Mukherjee said on Sunday.

20. Veteran playback *singer S P Balasubrahmanyam being treated for COVID-19 is able to recognise people around him* and is breathing a little more comfortably than before, *his son and filmmaker S P Charan said*

21. *COVID-19 IN INDIA*
TOTAL CASES 2589682
TOTAL ACTIVE 677444
RECOVERED 1862258
TOTAL DEATHS 49980

*✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS*

1. Democratic Vice-Presidential nominee Senator *Kamala Harris, greets on India’s 74th Independence Day* in her maiden address to Indian-American community.

2. *Mauritius oil spill: Indian Coast Guard deputes 10-member specialist pollution response team* : Consequent to high level decision by Ministry of External Affairs and Ministry of Defence, Indian Coast Guard has deputed a 10-member specialist pollution response team along with Pollution Response equipment to Mauritius for supplementing ongoing efforts to contain an oil spill from bulk carrier MV Wakashio on its South-Eastern coastline.

3. *Gaganyaan’s unmanned space mission likely to be delayed* : Hit by disruptions due to the coronavirus pandemic, the launch of India’s unmanned space mission under the first leg of Gaganyaan, planned for December 2020, is likely to be delayed. It was part of the two unmanned missions to be undertaken by the Indian Space Research Organisation ahead of the planned launch of India’s maiden human spaceflight under ‘Gaganyaan’ in December 2021.

4. *Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden asserted that if elected, his administration will stand with India* in confronting the threats it faces and called for strengthening the “bond” between India and the US.

5. *India and Nepal will sit on Monday (August 17, 2020) to talk on New Delhi’s development projects in the country.*
Talks will start at 10 AM local time in Kathmandu and will reportedly conclude by 12 noon. This will be the first formal talks between the two sides amidst strained ties.

*WORLD NEWS*

1. *Russia on Saturday said it has produced the first batch of its coronavirus vaccine,* justo days after President Vladimir Putin announced it had been first in the world to approve a vaccine. “The first batch of the novel coronavirus vaccine developed by the Gamaleya research institute has been produced,”

2. Robert Trump, 71, the *younger brother of US Prez. Donald Trump, has died,* the president said that he had been in poor health since last month.

3. Continuing with the gradual resumption of economic activities in the country, the government of *Bangladesh has decided to open the popular tourist spot and sea beach* at Cox’s Bazar from Monday.

4. *Iran threatened to launch an attack against the United Arab Emirates* over its agreement to normalise relations with Israel. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani condemned the deal, saying the agreement between the two countries is a “betrayal of the Palestinian cause” and the UAE had made a “huge mistake”.

5. *The United States health watchdog has authorised* the emergency use of a new and expensive *saliva based laboratory diagnostic test for COVID-19* that could be a game changer in the diagnosis of the infection as it will enable rapid testing amongst more people easily.

6. *WORLD COVID CASES*

CORONAVIRUS CASES: 21,826,769
CONFIRMED 2,06,92,320

RECOVERED:14,564,445

DEATHS 7,73,075

* SPORTS:*

1. *Men’s and Women’s national wrestling camp* to commence in Sonepat and Lucknow respectively from *September 1 to 30*

2. With an eye on the Tokyo Olympics scheduled in 2021, the Sports Authority of India has sanctioned the national wrestling camp for Men at SAI Sonepat and for Women at SAI Lucknow from September 1 to September 30.

3. *Cricket legend Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be spending a lot more time with the Territorial Army now* . Dhoni holds the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army. Following the 2019 World Cup semifinal loss, he trained with the Parachute Regiment for more than a month.

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* FACTS ABOUT INDIA*

*Jalandhar* is named after Jalandhara, a demon king who lived in water as his name suggests Jal (water) and Andhar (in). … During British occupation it was called Jullundur.

The district is named after Jalandhar, a demon king, who finds a mention in the Puranas and Mahabharta. According to another legend, Jalandhar was the capital of the kingdom of lav, son of Rama. According to yet another version Jalandhar is said to have derived its name from the vernacular term Jalandhar means area inside the water, i.e. tract laying between the two rivers Satluj and Beas, still another name of Jalandhar had been Trigartta, as it was waters by three rivers, Satluj, Beas and Ravi.

* THOUGHT OF THE DAY

Unexpected results & problems are part of life. Never loose hope in any codition, becoz darkness of night always ends with light of the day.

JOKES OF THE DAY*

1)*Interviewer* : What is skeleton?
*Pappu* : Skeleton is a person who started dieting but forgot to stop it..!!!

2)SANTA TO HIS WIFE JEETO

Santa: JEETO tusi suit bada sohna paya hai.
jeeto: thank u g

santa: lipstick badi sohni laayi aa.
jeeto: thank u g.

santa: shingaar v sohna kitaa aa.
jeeto: thank u g

Santa: Ballo di Gajara vich v sona lagda

jeeto: thank u g

santa: par tu sohni pher v nahi lagdi…Asi Kyu?

JEETO: Galliya barsate Get Lost g.

3) Madam- copy chupa lo piche se koi dekh lega
Rahul- madam, me akela fail nhi hona chahta….

4)teacher: if i gave you 2 rabbits, and another 2 rabbits and another 2, how many will you have?

pappu: seven sir.

teacher: no, listen carefully. if i gave you 2 rabbits, and another 2rabbits and another 2, how many will you have?

pappu: seven.

teacher: let me put it to you differently. if i gave you 2 apples, and another apples and another 2, how many will you have?

pappu: six. teacher: good. now if i gave you 2 rabbits, and another 2 rabbits and another 2, how many will you have?

pappu: seven!

teacher: where do you get seven from?

pappu: because i have already got one at home.

5)Ek bar teacher ne Rahul se puchha ki kisi ek scientist ka naam batao.
Rahul Confidently-mam aaliya bhatt
Teacher-battmiz class se bahar jaao.
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tabhi pichhe se ek bacha bola mam pappu (Rahul) to ttutlata hai

Bechara AryaBhatt khena Chahta tha.

6) Santa asked to his girlfriend
Santa:Meri hinglis badi kamjor assi Tusi Bata anu matalab ki  –  i’m going?
Girlfriend answerd- mai ja rahi hun.
pappu told- salee sare mera jwab diye bina he ja rahi hai.

7) Ek Shaitani Chudeil ne Buzurg pati Patni ko
Pakad liya..
Chudeil:” Mai Tum Dono ki Ek-Ek khwaish Poori
kar sakti hu
Patni:” Mujhe apne Pati k Saath Duniya
Ghumni hai
Chudeil ne chaddi Ghumayi aur Wolrd Tour ki Do
Ticket aa gayi
Chudeil ne Pati se poocha:” tumhe kya chahiye ??
Pati:” Mujhe apne se 30 saal choti patni chahiye
Chudeil ne Chaddi Ghumayi aur Pati ko 90 Saal
ka kar Diya..
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To Kya seekha sabne is Kahani se..???
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“Aadmi ko Yaad Rakhna chahiye ke Aakhir
Chudiel bhito Ek Aurat hi hai…

8)english teacher: pappu, chalo batao ki goggle aur google mein kya fark hai?
pappu: fark to mein nahin jaanta lekin ek baat jaroor bata sakta hoon.
english teacher: woh kya?
pappu: dono mein se ek spelling mistake hai…:::)

*TELL ME WHY:❓❓❓*

*Why we get dreams in deep sleep…?*

After deep sleep, your brain starts to perk up, and its electrical activity starts to resemble the brain when it is awake. This is the period of the night when most dreams happen. Your muscles are temporarily paralysed, and your eyes dart back and forth, giving this stage its name, rapid eye movement (REM) sleep.

Sleep can be divided into two broad stages, non-rapid eye movement (NREM), and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. The vast majority of our sleep (around 75 to 80 per cent) is NREM, characterised by electrical patterns in the brain known as ‘sleep spindles’ and high, slow delta waves. This is the time we sleep the deepest.

REM sleep is the period during the night when we have our most vivid dreams, but people dream during both NREM and REM sleep. During NREM sleep, dreams tend to be more concept-based, whereas during REM sleep dreams are more vivid and emotional.

*LEARN SANSKRIT*

क्षुद्रता : *Inferiority*

*HOW IT WORKS:* ⁉

*How Spring water comes*

The water for springs comes from underground sources called *aquifers* . Aquifers are most commonly inside permeable rock, or underground layers of materials like sand, clay, and gravel. These substances function as a sponge, soaking up water that seeps down into them. Less common are aquifers made of free bodies of water, but these do happen in areas where eroded limestone forms karsts.

A spring is simply a place where the water from an aquifer flows out of the ground naturally. In this respect, it is useful to think of a spring as a naturally occurring well. In a well, one must dig into the ground to reach the aquifer and tap the water supply. In springs, those conditions are already present and on the surface.

Some springs only flow during particular times of year. For example, an aquifer that is highly reliant on seasonal rainfall or snow-melt to feed it may not be able to sustain a spring all year around. There would still be water in the aquifer, but not enough to sustain the outflow of the spring.

Because aquifers are often made of stone, water passing through them will pick up minerals from local deposits. That is how mineral water is created. Because not all aquifers and mineral deposits are the same, the water from a particular mineral spring may have its own unique taste. Some aquifers are located near sources of geothermal activity, which heats the water. If that hot water feeds a spring, the result is a hot spring.

‍♂️ *GK TODAY*:

The color of a star indicates its *Distance*

VEDIK GYAN:

*Ganesha’s Mushika Vahana*

Hindu deities are seldom depicted without their particular ‘vahana’
(vehicles) on which they travel. These vahanas are either animals or birds and symbolises the various forced they ride. Lord Shiva’s vahana ‘Nandi’ represents strength and virility, Goddess Saraswati’s vahana ‘Hamsa’ represents wisdom, grace, and beauty. Shani’s vahana are vulture, raven or crow that represses thieving tendencies. While Lord Ganesha’s vahana is a mouse which symbolises crushing useless thoughts. Have you ever wondered why the elephant god rides on a tiny mouse? Well, there’s a story behind it

According to Ganesha Purana Krauncha, the musician-God, once accidentally stepped on the foot of Vamadeva muni. It happened in the court of Lord Indra and the angry sage cursed Krauncha to transform into a mouse. Krauncha became a very big mouse and it damaged everything on its way. The mouse reached Maharishi Parashar’s ashram and started destructive activities. Lord Ganesha was there at that time and wanted to teach Krauncha a lesson. He trapped the mouse using a rope and brought him to his feet. Thus, as a punishment, Krauncha, in the form of a mouse became Lord Ganesha’s vehicle.

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

*Benefits of eating soaked kala chana in morning*

Daily consumption of around 3/4 cup of chickpeas helps to decrease LDL cholesterol and total cholesterol triglycerides. 2 The carbohydrates in kala chana are digested slowly, which reduces the blood sugar levels. This contributes to insulin resistance, thereby reducing the risk of getting type-2 diabetes.

Soaked black chana is rich in fibre which helps in improving the digestive system. It flushes out all the harmful toxins from your body and keeps your digestive tract healthy.

As a rich source of iron, kala chana can prevent anaemia and boost your energy levels. This is particularly beneficial for pregnant and lactating women as well as growing children. Iron plays an important role in the formation of haemoglobin which helps transport oxygen from the lungs to all body cells.

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