TODAY’S TOP NEWS: 27 AUGUST, 2020 (GPN):

NATIONAL NEWS:

1. *PM’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration to be conferred on 31st October* : PM Modi is expected to confer the awards on 31st October, during the occasion of the National Unity Day at the Statue of Unity in Gujarat. This year, the scheme of these awards is restructured to recognise civil servants’ efforts in strengthening service delivery and redressal of public grievances.

2. *NITI Aayog will virtually launch the India Component of the Nationally Determined Contributions -* NDC-Transport Initiative for Asia -TIA on Thursday

3. *The Kerala government issued guidelines for the celebrations of Onam festival till September 2* to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus. These guidelines shall be applicable to non-containment zones. Public Onam celebrations and crowding in the name of Onam Sandhya shall be prohibited. People have been advised to avoid non-essential travel.

4. *The GST Council meeting on Thursday* is likely to be a stormy affair as opposition-ruled states unite to pressure the Centre to give them the promised compensation for loss of revenue arising from the implementation of GST.

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council is set to meet on August 27 to discuss the single-point agenda of compensation to states. The meeting would try to reach a consensus on the issue of market borrowing to solve the compensation problem.

5. *RBI projects India’s growth rate at (-) 4.5 percent* for 2020-21 in its annual report.

6. *Tamil Nadu tops list of Mudra loan recipients*
Around 15 crore loans worth Rs.4.78 lakh crore has been disbursed to women borrowers since the launch of PMMY.

7. *The death toll in the building collapse incident in Maharashtra’s Raigad district mounted to 16.* Shiv Sena Legislative party chief Eknath Shinde, on Wednesday, said that Sena will adopt the two young children who were orphaned due to the Raigad building collapse. He said that the two children aged 4 and 5 respectively, will be adopted by the Dr. Shrikant Shinde foundation and will bear their financial expenses

8. *Left parties — Communist Party of India and Communist Party of India-Marxist — on Wednesday announced that they will forge an electoral alliance with the Grand Alliance in Bihar* to ensure defeat of ruling National Democratic Alliance in the assembly elections due in October-November.

9. *Congress constitutes 5-member body to decide party’s stance on Centre’s ordinances* : Gearing up for the parliament’s monsoon session, Congress on Wednesday, constituted a 5-member committee to discuss and formulate the Party’s stand on key ordinances promulgated by the Centre. The committee convened by Jairam Ramesh, includes P Chidambaram, Digvijaya Singh, Dr. Amar Singh and Gaurav Gogoi. The monsoon session of the Parliament will commence on September 14 and conclude on October 1.

10. 23 Punjab ministers, MLAs test COVID-19 positive 2 days ahead of Assembly session: CM Amarinder Singh.

11. *Delhi Riots case:* Post arrest, Sharjeel Imam remanded to cu four-days police custody. He was brought to Delhi from Assam on a production warrant. The charge sheet filed by Delhi Police in April charged Imam with sedition for allegedly inciting people to indulge in activities detrimental to the sovereignty and integrity of India. The police accused him of openly defying the Constitution.

12. Meteorological Department has forecast *very heavy rainfall over east, north and central India during the next five days.* IMD has also issued a red warning for Odisha for Wednesday and for Chhattisgarh for Thursday.

13. The Congress on Wednesday hit out at the Centre saying the government is putting the health and safety of nearly 25 lakh students in jeopardy by conducting Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) and National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) in September.

14. *Congress’s Pan-India Protest On Friday Over Holding NEET, JEE exams* at 11 am in front of central government offices at state and district headquarters.

15. *Karnataka is all set to open degree and professional colleges from October first week* , online classes to begin from September 1st week’ as the state government has decided that students need to start attending colleges for the 2020-21 academic year.

16. DRDO Chairman G. Satheesh Reddy given 2-year extension.

17. Defence Ministry suspends business dealings with Vectra company over Tatra case

18. Army Chief honours 51 Special Action Group of the National Security Guards (NSG) for counter-terrorism work.

19. *AFSPA extended for six months in Assam* due to “recent insurgent attacks, recovery of arms”

20. *The Indian Air Force launched ‘MY IAF’ mobile application to provide career-related information for those aspiring to join IAF* . The application was developed in association with Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC).

21. Narcotics Control Bureau registers a case against Rhea Chakraborty and others in Sushant Singh Rajput’s death.

22. *Former Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi* on Wednesday that he has been *diagnosed with COVID-19.*

23. *COVID-19 tests in Delhi will be doubled to 40,000 per day within a week* as there has been a marginal increase in the number of coronavirus cases in the city, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said.

24. *COVID CASES IN INDIA*
CONFIRMED 32,34,474
DEATHS 59,449

*✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS*

1. *Sri Lanka will adopt an “India first approach” as its new foreign policy plank and protect New Delhi’s strategic security interests,* the country’s Foreign Secretary Jayanath Colombage has said as he sought to allay concerns amid China’s growing presence in the island nation

2. *Mohammed Umar Farooq, the nephew of Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar, had received Rs 10 lakh in his bank accounts in Pakistan to execute the Pulwama terror attack in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed in February last year* , the NIA has said in its chargesheet.

3. *The National Investigation Agency probe has shown that Rs 10 lakh in Pakistani currency was redited into three accounts of Farooq,* the main accused in the suicide attack case who was later killed in an encounter with security forces, in Allied Bank and Mezaan Bank in that country days before the incident.

4. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Binh Minh co-chaired the 17th India-Vietnam Joint Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technological Cooperation.

5. India and Uzbekistan hold virtual meeting to monitor implementation of mutually agreed projects.

6. *Indian satellite detects extreme UV light from galaxy 9.3 billion light-years away*
India’s first multi-wavelength satellite, AstroSat, has detected extreme UV light from galaxy called AUDFs01 located 9.3 billion light-years away from the Earth. The discovery was made by a team of astronomers from Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA).

*WORLD NEWS*

1. According to the UN, *global tourism, the third-largest export sector of the global economy, has lost $320 billion in exports* in the first five months of 2020 because of the pandemic.

2. *EU ministers discuss tension between Greece and Turkey* : European Union foreign ministers tackle on Thursday one of the bloc’s most urgent and complex challenges as they try to persuade their partner Greece and its neighbour Turkey to pull back from the brink of conflict in the Mediterranean Sea.

3. *US Republican Party re-nominates Donald Trump* and Mike Pence as Presidential, Vice Presidential candidates.

4. *Women’s equality day 2020 celebrated in the United States on August 26, 2020.* The day is celebrated to mark the day when women in the US were given the right to vote.

5. *Flood situation improves in Bangladesh*: Most of the rivers in the Brahmaputra, Meghna and South Easter hill region basins showed a fall in the water level as on Wednesday.

6. *Tropical Storm Laura to become a hurricane* as it heads from the Caribbean toward U.S.

7. *Floods in northern Afghanistan leave at least 100 dead*
Annual heavy rains, compounded by mudslides, often threaten remote areas of Afghanistan, where infrastructure is poor. Summer often brings heavy rainfall in northern and eastern parts of the country, leading to floods that leave hundreds dead every year.

8. *Myanmar reported 70 new COVID 19 cases in the country on the morning of Wednesday after testing 825 samples.* This is the highest single day increase in COVID-19 cases in Myanmar. According to the Ministry of Health and Sports, the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country has gone upto 574 with 6 deaths.

9. *WORLD COVID CASES*
CONFIRMED 2,32,60,775
DEATHS 8,05,765

* SPORTS:*

1. Indian women cricket all-rounder team Deepti Sharma said that she has always dreamt of being conferred with the prestigious Arjuna Award. Deepti is one of the 27 athletes who will be getting the Arjuna Award on August 29 this year.

2. *The Indian Premier League (IPL 2020) is just 20 days away and the Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) in India has still not finalized the schedule for the IPL* that starts form September 19 in the United Arab Emirates.

3. Reason – Dubai & Abu Dhabi both have separate protocols related to Covid-19. There are travel restrictions as well between the two cities. While entering Abu Dhabi, one has to undergo mandatory rapid tests. Only after a negative test one can cross the border.

4. Sri Lankan player Dinesh Chandimal on Wednesday (August 26) scored unbeaten 354 for Sri Lankan Army in a Premier League Tier A match against Saracens SC at Katunayake. Chandimal’s innings included 9 sixes and 33 boundaries.

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* FACTS ABOUT INDIA*

*Bindusara* (r. c. 297 – c. 273 BCE) was the second Mauryan emperor of India. He was the son of the dynasty’s founder Chandragupta, and the father of its most famous ruler Ashoka.

* THOUGHT OF THE DAY

What is stress? It’s the gap between our expectations and reality. More the gap, more stress, so expect nothing and accept everything.

JOKES OF THE DAY

1)Why did Pappu keep the door open while bathing?

Because he was afraid that someone might watch him from the key hole…..

2) Teacher: Tum bade hokar kya karoge? Pappu: Shaadi Teacher: Nahi mera matlab hai kya banoge? Pappu: Dulha Banunga Teacher: Ohho I mean to say bade hoker kya haasil karoge? Pappu: Dulhan Teacher: Abbe Matlab bade ho kar mumy papa k liye kya karoge? Pappu: Bahu launga Teacher: Arey bewakoof Tumhare papa tumse kya chahte hain? Pappu: Pota Teacher: Hey bhagwan Abbe zindagi ka kya maksad hai? Pappu: Hum do hamare do.

3) Ladka Handsome hona chahiye Smart to Phone bhi hote hain Phone to iPhone hona chahiye S1 S2 S3 to Train ke Dibbe bhi hote hain Insaan ka dil Bada hona chahiye Chhota to Bheem bhi hai Aadmi ko Samjhdar hona chahiye Sensitive to Toothpaste bhi hota hai Teacher jyada Number dene wala hona chahiye Andaa to Murgi bhi deti hai Yuva Rashtrawadi Hone chahiye Cool to Navratna Oil bhi hai Rashtrapati Kalaam Hona Chahiye Mukherjee to Rani bhi hai v Bathroom mein Hair Dryer Hona chahiye Towel toh Sreesanth ke paas bhi hai Ladki mein Akal honi chahiye Surat to Gujrat mein bhi hai Mobile General mode par hona chahiye Silent to Manmohan Singh bhi hain Seb meetha hona chahiye Lal to Advani bhi hain Ladka Dravid jaisa hone chahiye Rahul to Gandhi bhi hai Ghumna to Hill Station par chahiye Goa to Pan masala bhi hai Reply dhang ka hona chahiye Hmmmmmmm to bhains bhi kar leti hai.

4) Lalu’s PA: Sir There is a new problem Lalu: Ka problem?

PA: Ebola

Lalu: Kon Bola?

PA: Koi bola nahin Sir Ebola

Lalu: Arrey Kaun bola bhai? Nitish bola? Modi bola? Kaun bola?

PA: Sir aap samajh hi Nahin rahey hain Ebola

Lalu: Abey ham samajh Nahin rahey hain Ki tum pagla Gaye ho ka? Bola kaun Manmohnwa Bol Diya ka re?

PA: Sir Africa Virus Ebola

Lalu: Abhi samjha…Africa Virus ‘E’ bola aur China Virus bolta nahi sirf korta hai Corona.

5) Ek khoobsurat rishte ka naam hai Maa Yeh Maa hi hai jo apne bachchon ko subah uthaati aur kehti hai Uth jao kanjron 10 baj rahe hain kutton ki tarah pade rahte ho tumahre baap ne naukar nahi rakkhe hain jo tumhein nashta bana kar denge Zindagi haraam kar rakhi hai kameeno ne Kaam ke na kaaj ke dushman anaaj ke Note: Har Maa wale msg emotional nahin hote Maa kabhi kabhi frustrated bhi toh ho sakti hai.

6) Ek husband market jaata hai aur kisi kaam se apni wife ko call karta hai Husband: Helloo call me Shonu Wife: Mera Shona Babu Husband: Arrrrre Call Me Sweetheart Wife: My sweetu Sweetheart Husband: Ufffff Call me Honey Wife: Mera hannu darling Husband: O pagal aurat call kar mujhe balance nahi hai aur mujhe bahut zaroori kuch puchna hai emergency hai Wife: Oho ok ok Sorry Sorry Abhi karti hu.

7) Once Rahul goes to a funeral …

Rahul: Ambulance se dead body ayee kya?… Coffin mein dalvani hogee na.?

Us waqt hi ambulance body lekar aagayi.

Rahul: Wah, kitni lambee Umar hai Iski naam liya aur hazeer, 100 saal jeeyega.

Saab Hairaan , Iss paagal ke aate hi rone wale bhi haans padhe.

8) Once during power failure in Sardar’s house.

Sardar: Agar light nahi chaal rahee toh Pankha hi laga de bahut garmee hai.

Sardarni: Tusii Bewakoof ho ji akhir Sardar jo ho… Akal namm ki cheez hi nahi tenu. Itna nahi samajthe Pankha Chalaugee toh Mom-Batti (Candle) bujh jayegee.
TELL ME WHY….*⁉️

*why we will not feel that we are rotating while earth rotates…?*

We can’t feel Earth rotating because we’re all moving with it, at the same constant speed.
Earth spins on its axis once in every 24-hour day. … It’s because you and everything else – including Earth’s oceans and atmosphere – are spinning along with the Earth at the same constant speed.

*If the Earth stopped spinning suddenly* , the atmosphere would still be in motion with the Earth’s original 1100 mile per hour rotation speed at the equator. … This means rocks, topsoil, trees, buildings and so on, would be swept away into the atmosphere.

*For simple understanding:* Think of being on an aeroplane when it’s smoothly travelling at a constant speed and constant altitude. You’ve unbuckled your seatbelt to go on a walk down the aisle, but you can’t feel the movement of the plane. The reason is simple: you, the plane, and everything else inside it is travelling at the same speed. In order to perceive the movement of the plane, you have to glance at the clouds outside.

It’s the same with Earth’s rotation – our planet completes a full turn around its axis every 23 hours and 56 minutes, spinning incessantly at an almost entirely constant rate.

*LEARN SANSKRIT*

*कोदण्ड* : Eye Brow or Bow shaped

*HOW IT WORKS* ⁉

*How do laminators work?*

A laminator machine typically uses a combination of heat, pressure and an internal roller mechanism to apply a thin plastic cover to paper documents or other items, In the most common scenario, the paperwork in question is fed into the laminating machine one page at a time, sandwiched in loose plastic sheets or lamination pouches.

In the case of most modern pouch laminators, the plastic cover placed around the document being fed into the machine is pre-coated with a special sort of extruded adhesive on all of its inside surfaces. As the pouch is heated under pressure from the machine’s rollers, it helps to bond the two sides of the pouch tightly together across the front and back surfaces, forming a protective cover and seal around all four sides.

Some higher-end laminating machines will allow the user to adjust settings for temperature and feed-through speeds, which can make the job more efficient and effective when dealing with heavier duty pouches or larger work pieces. In addition, some machines have the ability to reverse-feed documents that have become misaligned, often using special sensors that can detect misfeeds and perform this reversal function automatically.

‍♂️ *GK TODAY*

*Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose*
The inventor of wireless telecommunication, Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose was born on November 30, 1858 in British India’s Bengal Presidency.

Bose is known as the father of wireless telecommunication. He had invented the Mercury Coherer, a radio wave receiver that was used by Guglielmo Marconi to build an operational two-way radio. 3. The science behind capturing radio waves was first demonstrated by Bose.

VEDIK GYAN:

According to Santana Dharma *Chitragupta चित्रगुप्त,* is assigned with the task of keeping complete records of actions of human beings on the earth and punish or reward them according to their Karmas. … Chitragupta Maharaj is the seventeenth Manasputra of Lord Brahma.

All know about Yama(King of death) and chitragupta pair but you don’t know how Yama become lord of death. When bharmha create universe that time all animal and human is never die because and one who birth is always leave. when population is increase then lord Shiva and Vishnu is decide to make one god of death.

After that lord Shiva give that weapon name yamadanda and made Yama had God of death
and brahma create one other person Chitragupta and give him a book *Bhavishyavani* which said when yama take soul of body.

ChitraGupta is a Sanskrit word…Chitra means “artwork”, Gupta means “Secret” Ur body and creation r pulsating Chitra Gupta.., u have no clue, what create it..Our body (chitra) carries secret (Gupta) records of ur karmas and fructify it gradually..

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

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*Surya Namaskar,* also strengthens your back as well as your muscles and brings down blood sugar levels. It also improves metabolism and blood circulation (hence, a glowing skin) and ensures regular menstrual cycle for women.

Surya Namaskar gives your body a quick and nice workout. If done in a fast manner, it acts as a cardio workout for your abs, thighs, and butt. Improved blood circulation results in low cholesterol levels and improved heart health. Another benefit of proper blood circulation is a good hormonal balance

A nice-glowing skin is a result of good blood circulation, good digestion, relaxation and good sleep.

*There’s a total of 9 different asanas which together form 1 set of Surya Namaskar:*

Pranamasana (Prayer Pose)
Hasta Uttanasana (Raised Arms Pose)
Hasta Padasana (Hand to Foot Posture)
Ashwa Sanchalanasana (Equestrian Pose)
Chaturanga Dandasana (The Stick Pose)
Ashtanga Namaskara (Salute with eight parts or points)
Bhujangasana(Cobra Pose)
Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward-Facing Dog Pose)
Tadasana (Mountain Pose)

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