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

HAPPY TEACHERS DAY

NATIONAL NEWS:

1. *Teachers Day is celebrated across the country on September 5 with great fervour in schools and educational institutions* to commemorate the birth anniversary of philosopher and academician Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. All the schools are closed since March due to the lockdown to contain the spread of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Teachers and students moved online since then.

2. *Government decides to skip Question Hour amid lack of efficient use* According to the analysis of Parliamentary data since 2009, Question Hour is often faced with many opposition- sponsored disruptions. It revealed that Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha could not utilise 90% of the allotted time for oral questions and answers in any sessions except one each in 2016 and 2019.

3. *3,000 more hectares added to Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve* : The Assam government approved additional areas that are expected to ensure better wildlife conservation and reduce human-wildlife negative interactions in the future. With the new additions, the total areas of the park will increase to 914 sq km.

4. *Andhra Pradesh government approves revised policy for free agriculture power supply.* The policy would enable farmers to continue to get power supply to their crops at free of cost. The government is to directly transfer cash into farmers’ accounts to the extent of power they consumed to pay the power bills.

5. *Over 83 lakh new households have been issued job cards under MGNREGA* during the first five months of the current fiscal year. Between April 1 and September 3,.

6. *CRPF bans smartphones in high-sensitive areas*
New guidelines were issued by the Central Reserve Police Force

7. PM Modi interacted, with IPS Probationers during the Dikshant Parade Event at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVP NPA) on Friday, through video-conference.

8. *Five people were killed and four critically injured during a fire mishap at a cracker factory* in Kurangudi village near Kattumannarkovil in Cuddalore district in Tamil Nadu.

9. Rajya Sabha Recruitment 2020 For Personal Assistant Posts, Apply Offline Before October 16
Total vacancies 14.

10. *Army chief Naravane, concluded a two-day visit to Leh on Friday* and urged all ranks to remain vigilant and maintain a high order of operational readiness.

11. After 4 months, *J&K Police arrests five ISJK terrorists for martyring BSF jawans in Srinagar,* seizes four vehicles

12. *The Central Crime Branch of Bengaluru, which is probing the drug menace in the Kannada film industry,* on Friday arrested film actress Ragini Dwivedi along with two more persons,.

13. The Narcotics Control Bureau ( *NCB) on Friday evening arrested Rhea Chakraborty’s brother Showik* along with Samuel Miranda, a close aide and the former manager of Sushant Singh Rajput for their alleged involvement in the drug supply racket.

14. *National Commission For Women Chairperson Rekha Sharma tweeted:* Shiv Sena MLA Pratap Sarnaik should be immediately arrested for threatening actor Kangana Ranaut, who has triggered a controversy with her remark that Mumbai “felt like Pakistan-occupied Kashmir”,

15. *Indian firm, Bollywood actor going to launch mob game FAU: G* (Fearless and United: Guards). nCore Games of Benguluru will launch it. This game is based on India-China clashes at Galwan valley in Himalayas.

16. *COVID-19 IN INDIA*

TOTAL CASES 3936747
TOTAL ACTIVE 831124
RECOVERED 3037151
TOTAL DEATHS 68472

*✈️INTERNATIONAL NEWS*

1. *Germany launches Indo-Pacific Strategy* : The strategy has several indirect references to Chinese behaviour in the Indo-Pacific region. Germany has also suggested to play a key role in the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation and Indian Ocean Rim Association. It will work on maritime safety and disaster risk management.

2. *BJP Union minister R P Singh, claimed that the saffron party is capable of forming the next Bihar government alone,* without ally JD(U) ahead of Bihar polls

3. *Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will likely meet his Chinese counterpart* on the sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting in Moscow after Beijing requested for the meet

*WORLD NEWS*

1. *Russia is to host a multilateral tri-services military exercise named ‘Kavkaz 2020’* from September 15 to September 27.
Recently, Ministry of Defence of India announced that India is not sending its contingent to the exercise due to the Covid-19 Pandemic and its resultant difficulties. China, Members of SCO, Turkey and Iran will be participating in the exercise.

2. *Bangladesh govt extends suspension of jail term of former PM Khaleda Zia for 6 months* : Former Prime Minister and leader of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Khaleda Zia was released on March 25 for six months after suspending her sentence for six months on health grounds.

3. Khaleda Zia was serving jail sentence since February 2018 after the court sentenced her to five years imprisonment in 2017 in connection with the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. The High Court enhanced her imprisonment to 10 years in 2018

4. *The World Health Organization recently recommended the use of steroid drugs to treat COVID-19* . The WHO trials say that the Corticosteroid drugs reduce the risk of death in critical COVID-19 patients by 20%.

5. *WORLD COVID. CASES*

CONFIRMED 26,483,374
ACTIVE 7,149,684
RECOVERED. 18,461,168
DEATHS 872,520

* SPORTS:

1. *Chennai Super Kings’ Harbhajan Singh pulls out of (IPL)* Indian Premier League 2020 due to ‘personal reasons.

2. US Serena Williams battled her way through to a 6-2 6-4 victory over Russia’s Margarita Gasparyan in the second round of the U.S. Open.

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*Silver ₹67,050@ Kg*
⛽ *Petrol ₹ 79.46*
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* FACTS ABOUT INDIA*
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (5 September 1888 – 17 April 1975) was an Indian philosopher and statesman who served as the first Vice President of India (1952–1962) and the second President of India (1962–1967)

One of India’s most distinguished twentieth-century scholars of comparative religion and philosophy, after completing his education at Madras Christian College in 1911, he became Assistant Professor and later Professor of Philosophy at Madras Presidency College then subsequently Professor of Philosophy at the University of Mysore (1918-1921).

His philosophy was grounded in Advaita Vedanta, reinterpreting this tradition for a contemporary understanding. He defended Hinduism against “uninformed Western criticism

* THOUGHT OF THE DAY

The true teachers are those who help us realize ourselves

Experience is the “Best Teacher” & #Pain is the “Grand Teacher”

JOKES OF THE DAY

1) A guy had told all of his friends about the great steak he’d eaten downtown the day before. A group of them decided to head down and see if was really as large and delicious as he was making it out to be.

The group was seated in the back of the restaurant. After looking over the menu, they ordered and waited, hungrily, for their large, delicious pieces of gigantic steaks.

To their collective disappointment, the waiter brought out some of the smallest steaks they’d ever seen.

“Now see here,” the very embarrassed guy said to the waiter. “Yesterday when I came down here you served me a BIG, juicy, steak. Today, though, when I have my friends invited, you serve small miniature steaks! What is the meaning of this?”

“Yes, sir,” replied the waiter, “yesterday you were sitting by the window.”

2) I’m sick and tired of getting the same old menu everyday!” Lalu shouted one day in his Akhada. “Tonight I’ll set my wife straight.”

The next day the men could hardly wait until lunch time to see what happens.

“You bet I told her (Rabdi devi) off,” lalu boasted  “I said, ‘No more of the same old stuff. Be creative!’ We had one heck of a fight, but I got my point across straight.”

He had indeed. In front of an admiring audience, he opened his lunch box to find that his wife had packed a coconut- and a hammer and a chit “Itnee akhaad hai toh khud pakana yaa kacha hi khaana.”

3) Charley, an army retiree and greeter at Wal-Mart, just couldn’t seem to get to work on time. Every day he was 5, 10. sometimes 15 minutes late. But he was a good worker, really tidy, clean shaven, sharp minded and a real credit to the company and obviously demonstrating their “Older person friendly” policies.

One day the boss was in a real quandary about how to deal with it. Finally, he called him in the office for a talk.

“Charley, I have to tell you, I like your work ethic, you do a bang-on job, but your being late so often which is quite bothersome.”
“Yes. I know boss, and I am working on it.”

“Well good, you are a team player. That’s what I like to hear. It’s odd though, your coming in late. I know you’re retired from the Arm Forces. What did they say if you came in late there?”

They said, “Good morning, General. Tea or coffee this morning, Sir?”

4) A prestigious law firm interviewing prospective attorneys had narrowed the field down to Bob and Paul. Both had graduated at the top of their respective law school classes. Both were from good families. Both were equally handsome. Both were well-spoken.

But the senior law partner only asked each man one question, “Why did you become a lawyer?” and then chose Bob.

Later, Paul said to Bob, “I can’t understand why he didn’t want me. When he asked me why I became a lawyer, I told him that I had the greatest respect for the law, that I’d lay down my life for the Constitution and that all I wanted was to do the right thing for my clients. What did you say?”

Bob replied, “I just told him, ‘I became a lawyer because of my hands.'”

“Your hands?” asked Paul incredulously. “Yeah,” said Bob.

“One day I looked at my hands and there wasn’t any money in either of them!”

5) It was very crowded and noise in this Restaurant and alia asks the waiter where the restroom was.

He says, “I can’t hear you!”

So she gets close to his ear and asks again, “Can you please tell me where the ladies room is?”

And he replies, “On the other side!”

So she turns around and gets close to his other ear, and asks, “Can you please tell me where the ladies room is, please!”

6)A blonde was walking her dogs when a man walking in the opposite direction says, “Oh my, you have such beautiful dogs. What are their names?”

The blonde replies, “Well, the taller one is Timex and the shorter one is Rolex.”

The man responds, “Huh, that’s interesting. Why did you name them such names?”

The blonde sighs and shakes her head, “Every Goorkha (Watch-Men) keeps asking me the same thing… duhh, what else would you name your watch dogs?”

7) Rahul and Sonia moved into a new neighborhood.

The next morning while they are eating breakfast, Rahul saw their neighbor hanging the wash outside.

“That laundry is not very clean,” he said. “She doesn’t know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs better laundry soap.”

His mother looked on, but remained silent.

Every time their neighbor would hang her wash to dry, Rahul would make the same comments.

About one month later,Rahul was surprised to see a nice clean wash on the line and said to his mom Sonia “Look, she has learned how to wash correctly. I wonder who taught her this?”

Sonia said, “I got up early this morning and cleaned our windows.” Oh God,please help my son to get his head on straight and clean his senses.

8) Alia walks into a pharmacy and asks the assistant for some rectum deodorant. The pharmacist, a little bemused, explains to the woman that they don’t sell rectum deodorant and never have. Unfazed, Alia assures the pharmacist that she has been buying the stuff from this store on a regular basis and would like some more.

“I’m sorry,” says the pharmacist, “We don’t have any.”

“But, I always buy it here,” says Alia.

“Do you have the container that it came in?” asks the pharmacist.

“Yes,” says Alia, “I’ll go home and get it.”

She returns with the container and hands it to the pharmacist who looks at it and says to her, “This is just a normal stick of underarm deodorant.”

Annoyed, Alia snatches the container back and reads out loud from the container… “TO APPLY, PUSH UP BOTTOM.”

*TELL ME WHY❓❓*

*Why teachers day is celebrated?*

Because September 5 is also the birth anniversary of Bharat Ratna recipient Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. He was the first Vice President and second President of India post Independence. He was born on September 5, 1888.
One of India’s most distinguished twentieth-century scholars of comparative religion and philosophy, Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan also worked as Professor at various Indian and international colleges and varsities like Madras Presidency College, University of Mysore, University of Calcutta, University of Oxford and University of Chicago. Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was a friendly teacher and he was popular among his students

*LEARN SANSKRIT*

*जिह्वा* : Tongue

*HOW IT WORKS* ⁉

*Life Cycle of Mosquitoes*

The female mosquito lays her eggs either individually or in attached groups called rafts. Once the egg hatches, the larval stage begins. larvae can dive deeper into the water by swimming in a characteristic “S” motion, which has earned them the nickname “wigglers” or “wrigglers”. Next In the pupal stage, no feeding occurs, however the pupa must still breathe air at the water’s surface and is sensitive to light, shadows, and other disturbances. The pupal stage lasts from 1 1/2 to 4 days, after which the pupa’s skin splits along the back allowing the newly formed adult to slowly emerge and rest on the surface of the water.

Male mosquitoes will live only 6 or 7 days on average, feeding primarily on plant nectar, and do not take blood meals. Females with an adequate food supply can live up to 5 months or longer, with the average female life span being about 6 weeks.

‍♂️ *GK TODAY*

*Telugu Language Day* also called as Telugu bhasha dinotsavam is observed on August 29 every year across the country. The state of Andhra Pradesh commemorates the birthday of the Telugu poet Gidugu Venkata Ramamurthy.

*VEDIK GYAN*

गुरुर्ब्रह्मा ग्रुरुर्विष्णुः गुरुर्देवो महेश्वरः । गुरुः साक्षात् परं ब्रह्म तस्मै श्री गुरवे नमः ॥

*भावार्थ :*
गुरु ब्रह्मा है, गुरु विष्णु है, गुरु हि शंकर है; गुरु हि साक्षात् परब्रह्म है; उन सद्गुरु को प्रणाम ।

*This famous sanskrit shloka is by Adi Shankaracharya* . It is part of Guru strotam (a sacred prayer) dedicated to Adi Shankar’s spiritual guide Govinda Bhagwadpada .

The full verse from ‘ *Guru Gita’* as given in Uttarakhand section of ‘ *Skanda Purana* ’ in the form of a dialogue between Shiva and Uma (Shakti).

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

*Aloe vera* is rich in vitamin C and E, keeping your skin young and happy. Various studies prove that aloe vera is quite effective for weight loss, Aloe vera keeps your hair hydrated and moisturised

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