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TODAY’S TOP NEWS: 6 SEPTEMBER, 2020 (GPN):

NATIONAL NEWS:

1. Ahead of the *Bihar polls* , BJP on Saturday, released its list of *election campaign committee* – headed by Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad along with Rajiv Rudy.

2. *Railways announce 80 new special trains from Sep 12* : reservations for which will begin from next Thursday,

3. *Assam government re-launches SVAYEM scheme to boost self-employment*,
Swami Vivekananda Assam Youth Empowerment (SVAYEM). Under the scheme, select youths are to be provided with Rs.50,000 as seed money to enable them to start business ventures.

4. Nearly three weeks after the *Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district was reopened for pilgrimage,* the shrine board has increased the quota for pilgrims from outside the Union Territory to 500 daily. A cap of 2,000 pilgrims daily, including 100 from outside Jammu and Kashmir, was imposed initially.

5. *Tribal Affairs Ministry and the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA) inked deal to establish the National Institute of Tribal Research* at the IIPA campus in the national capital.

6. *Kashmiri, Dogri, Hindi added to J&K’s official languages list* ; now five official languages including Urdu and English
ECONOMY & CORPORATE.

7. *Finance Minister asks banks to roll out loan restructuring scheme by Sep 15;* 6-month moratorium on payment of EMIs ended on August 31.

8. *The Railways has decided to conduct the exams for over 1,40,640 job vacancies from December 15, 2020.* *The Railways has reportedly received around 2.42 crore applications* against the 1,40,640 vacancies.

9. *Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police SS Deswal has decorated 291 jawans for their gallantry during the June standoff* with the Chinese PLA in eastern Ladakh.

10. *Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir’s* Nowgam sector in Kupwara on Saturday

11. Amid ongoing tensions at the India-China border, *The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has almost finished work on the third road, also known as the Nimmu-Padam-Darcha road* which will reportedly give strategic connectivity to security forces as it will be untraceable for the neighbouring countries. This road will also save a lot of time as the older ones took almost 12-14 hours to reach Leh from Manali, but on the new road, it will take only 6 to 7 hours.

12. *The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Saturday (September 5, 2020) arrested Sushant Singh Rajput’s personal staff Dipesh Sawant* in connection with the drug probe related to late Bollywood actor’s death.

13. *COVID-19 IN INDIA*
TOTAL CASES 4023179
TOTAL ACTIVE 846395
RECOVERED 3107223
TOTAL DEATHS

✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS*

1. *The Union Minister of State for Culture and Tourism Shri Prahlad Singh Patel attended the 5th BRICS Culture Ministers Meet.* It was held under the chairmanship of the Russian Federation

3. *Foreign ministers of BRICS countries* , Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, *expressed concern at violence and conflict in different parts of the world* and said that such situations should be resolved peacefully through political dialogue. This does not refer to the border tensions at the LAC.

4. *12th MGC Senior Officials’ Meeting held* :
The 12th Mekong Ganga Cooperation Senior Officials’ Meeting has reviewed the progress made in the areas of cooperation. *The MGC is an initiative for cooperation in the areas of tourism, culture, education, transport and communication among the 6 member countries,* which include 5 ASEAN members and India.

5. *11th edition of INDRA NAVY begind on 5th September* : INDRA NAVY is a biennial bilateral maritime exercise between Indian and Russian Navy that is to be held in the Bay of Bengal. It was initiated in 2003 to ensure long-time strategic relationship between the two countries. The last edition of this exercise was conducted off Visakhapatnam in December 2018.

6. *Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met his Chinese counter part in Moscow.* The Defence Minister is on a three day visit to Russia to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. *He had earlier met the Russian Defence Minster and signed a deal to acquire AK-203 rifles.*

7. Trial run on Gumti river route connecting Bangladesh (Daudkandi) with Tripura (Sonamura) starts.

8. *India to send additional medical teams in DR Congo and South Sudan in response to UN call* : Two teams of medical specialists to be deployed in the Hospitals at the UN Missions in DRCongo and South Sudan to mitigate and contain the COVID-19 outbreak.

9. *India* is not just *assisting its Southern neighbour Maldives with development projects* but also providing support for its security related infrastructure. A ceremony to mark completion of Police Training Center in Dh. Vaanee was held on last week at Iskandar Koshi, Male’.

10. *Indian Army rescued Chinese citizens which included two men and one woman in sub zero temperatures* , who lost their way in Plateau area of North Sikkim at an altitude of 17,500 feet.
The soldiers of Indian Army immediately reached out and provided medical assistance including oxygen, food and warm clothes to protect them from the vagaries of extreme altitude and harsh climatic conditions,”

11. *Indian Oil chartered tanker ‘New Diamond’ catches fire off the coast of Sri Lanka;* was going from Kuwait to Paradip, Odisha.

*WORLD NEWS*

1. *China successfully launches reusable experimental spacecraft* : The spacecraft was launched on a Long March 2F carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China.

2. *US President Donald Trump announced that former foes Kosovo and Serbia have agreed on a historic pact to normalise economic relations.* Serbia and its former territory, which declared independence in 2008, has had tense relations over a bloody war fought 2 decades ago.

3. *SpaceX launches 60 Starlink internet satellites* , The satellites are meant to provide ‘cheaper and faster’ internet in inaccessible areas. SpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink-11 (12th mission) SpaceX plans to launch another batch of Starlink satellites from Kennedy Space Center in the 12th Starlink mission.

4. *A gas pipeline explosion near a mosque in Bangladesh killed 13* people and injured 30 as worshippers were about to end their prayers

5. *Amid China’s growing influence in the region, the tiny Pacific nation of Palau called on the US to build military bases in its territory.* The archipelago of about 1,500 km is located at the east of the Philippines.

6. Donald Trump announces Wilmington in North Carolina state as first World War II Heritage City of US.

7. *Typhoon Maysak hits South Korea’s southern and eastern coasts* and Hurricane Nana hits Honduras, moves towards Belize.

*Sports:*

1. *Indian Premier League 2020:* Bangladesh Cricket Board denies No Objection Certificate to Mustafizur Rahman
to take part in the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

2. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) were interested in naming Mustafizur as a replacement for injured Harry Gurney. Rahman had earlier represented SunRisers Hyderabad in 2016 and 2017. He played a total of 17 matches for the franchise, managing to take 17 wickets at an average of 26.16 and economy rate of 7.14.

3. *Former international footballer V Veeru Babu died* at a hospital in Visakhapatnam, where he was undergoing treatment, on Saturday. Babu played for Railways for several years. He was 63 and is survived by his wife and three sons.

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_In Vadodara_(Guj)
*Gold ₹55,250@10 gm 24 (Krt)*
*Silver ₹66,050@ Kg*
⛽ *Petrol ₹ 84.75*
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* FACTS ABOUT INDIA*

The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 was a culmination of skirmishes that took place between April 1965 and September 1965 between Pakistan and India. The conflict began following Pakistan’s Operation Gibraltar, which was designed to infiltrate forces into Jammu and Kashmir to precipitate an insurgency against Indian rule.

* THOUGHT OF THE DAY *

You have the right to work, but never to the fruit of work.

JOKES OF THE DAY:*

1) Teacher- main jo savaal karoon usaka uttar *phataaphat* dena. Teacher- bhaarat ki raajadhaani ka kya naam hai?
Pappu- ” *phataaphat*

2) A packed plane was flying over the Atlantic at night. Suddenly, the pilot says, “Ladies & Gentlemen, the plane is losing altitude & we must throw out all the baggage.”

A little later, the pilot says, “We’re still losing altitude, we must throw out any hand baggage that is in the cabin. Despite more things being thrown out the plane continues its descent.

Pilot, “Still going down, we must throw out some people.”

There’s a big gasp from the passengers!

The Pilot says, “But to make this fair, passengers will be thrown out in alphabetical order… So… A… any Africans on board?”

No one moves.

“B… any Blacks on board?”

No one moves.

“C… any Caribbeans/Chinese on board?”

Still no one moves. A little Parsi boy asks his dad, “Dad, I’m scared; P is coming closer and we are Parsis.”

Dad: “Tonight son, remember we are Zoroastrians.”

3) Pankaj Udhas dips his french fries in uff-‘sauce’ ( अफसोस ) B’coz he will always remain Udhas

My internet connection just betrayed me. Isse kehte hain be-wifi-ee (बेवफाई)

People who don’t like Agarbattis are really ‘incense’itive (सुन्न)

What’s the need to arrest Vijay Mallya? He has anyway spent most of his life behind bars ( मयखाना ).

Jackie Shroff’s dog is Scoo’bhidu’.

What do you call people who don’t believe in going to the gym?
Gym’nastiks’.

Main ‘Roti’ rehti hoon, wo ‘Atta’ hi nahi.

How do you pronounce repertoire?”
“You know the word ‘report’ right?”
“Yeah”
“Now say it like a Bihari”
“ripatwa… ohhhh”

If you pay for a Patanjali anti hair-fall product with PayTM and apply a valid coupon code, you get keshback! Never say “give me five” to a snake. Woh tumhe dus dega.

5) In Midnight there was clashing sound so George walked out of his house near the Shed from where the sound came and was shocked to see some burglar’s stealing things.

He phoned the police, who asked, does someone live in your shed? and he said no. Then they said that all patrols were busy, and that he should simply lock his door and an officer would be along when available.

George said, “Okay,” hung up, counted to 30, and phoned the police again. “Hello I just called you a few seconds ago because there were people in my shed. Well, you don’t have to worry about them now, cause I’ve just shot them all.” Then he hung up.

Within five minutes three police cars, an Armed Response unit, and an ambulance showed up at the Phillips residence. Of course, the police caught the burglars red-handed.

One of the Policemen said to George, “I thought you said that you’d shot them?”

George said, “I thought you said there was nobody available?”

6) RAHUL CAN’T SPEAK STRAIGHT:

Rahul goes to the deli for some soup. After he’s seated and about to eat he calls the waiter over.

When the waiter comes he says, “Taste this soup.”

The waiter says, “Why what’s wrong with the soup?”

Rahul says, “Taste this soup.”

The waiter says, “John, you’ve come in here for thirty years and you always get the soup, you’ve never complained before.”

Rahul says, “Taste this soup.”

The waiter says, “What? What is it? If you don’t want the chicken soup we have other kinds – vegetable, Italian Ministrone?”

Rahul says, “Taste this soup!”

The waiter finally agrees, “Fine John, fine! I’ll taste the soup”.

He leans over the table prepared to taste the soup, he hesitates and says, “Where’s your spoon?”

“Exactly,” says Rahul, “Where’s my bloody spoon?”

7)Sonia and Rahul go on a fishing trip. They rent all the equipment – the reels, the rods, the wading suits, the rowboat, the car, and even a cabin in the woods. I mean they spend a fortune approx 1500 Dollar’s!

The first day they go fishing, but they don’t catch anything. The same thing happens on the second day, and on the third day. It goes on like this until finally, on the last day of their vacation, Sonia catches a fish.

As they’re driving home Sonia is really depressed. Sonia turns to Rahul and says, “Do you realize that this one lousy fish we caught cost us fifteen hundred bucks?”

Rahul says in Enjoyment, “Wow! Then it’s a good thing we Got this Prized Fish and we didn’t catch any more crap Fish!” We are Lucky.

SONIA IN MORE DEPRESSION WITH RAHUL’S INSANITY.

8) A Sardar Truck Driver came into a truck stop Cafe and placed his order. He said, “I want three flat tires, a pair of headlights and a pair of running boards.”
The brand new blonde waitress, not wanting to appear stupid, went to the kitchen and said to the cook, “This guy out there just ordered three flat tires, a pair of headlights and a pair of running Boards. What does he think this place is, an auto parts store?”

“No,” the cook said, “Three flat tires mean three pancakes, a pair of headlights is two eggs sunny side up, and running boards are 2 slices of crisp bacon.”

“Oh, OK!” said the blonde. She thought about it for a moment to teach the Sardar a lesson and then spooned up a bowl of beans and gave it to the Sardar.

The trucker Sardar asked, “What are the beans for, Blondie?”

She replied, “It is complimentary ,I thought while you were waiting for the flat tires, headlights and running boards, you might as well gas up!”

9) Once a Speaker asked Namo, Kejri, Amit and Rahul a Question –  “What is the fastest thing you can think of and why?”

Namo answered, “A thought, because it just pops into your head without warning.”

“Good,” replied the Speaker and turned to the second man, “And you?”

KEJRI said, “A blink, because it comes and goes and you don’t know it happened.”

“Good,” said the Speaker and looked at Amit. “Light, because when you flip a switch, the light comes on instantaneously.”

You are right Amit, “Science says nothing is faster than light,” said the Speaker.

Then it was Rahul’s turn. Rahul proclaimed the Speaker was wrong, “The fastest thing is diarrhea.” he Said

“What?!” spurted the stunned speaker.

“Why? How?” all asked

Rahul finished, “Well, just  yesterday, when I weren’t feeling so good, I ran for the bathroom but before I could think, blink, or turn on the light, I shit my pants!” Meri toh Peeli ho gayee ekdam jhaat se (My Pants became yellow very fast)

All fell down.

10) Lockdown is God’s blessings :

God is happy! He has cleared all the backlog of prayers of his devotee’s.

1. Kids: I wish we had no school and play all day.
Done

2. Women: I want the undivided attention of my husband.
Done

3. Husbands: I’m sick of this traffic, I wish I could work from home.
Done!

4. Working Moms: I wish I could spend some quality time with my kids and read.
Done!!

5. Students: I wish I had no exams?
Done!

6. Old Parents: I wish our kids could spend more time with us rather than being busy everyday.
Done!

7. Employee: I’m slogging too much, need a break.
Done!

8. Employers: I have no life of my own, I wish could relax.
Done!

9. Earth: I cant breathe, I wish I could get a break from all this pollution and chaos… Done!

Beware of what you wish – You might just get it…. Without Warning!

*TELL ME WHY❓❓*

*Why do North direction is so important for construction?*

SCIENTIFIC IMPORTANCE OF NORTH & EAST-FACING : We will get more sun light from windows , doors & ventilators in north side . East side and west side is also have this speciality . More Sun-Light in house will eliminate -harmful bacteria . North-Light provision will be given in North-Side of Roof for Industrial Buildings .

In olden times we use to locate direction according to pole star which is in north direction. North direction on Plan drawing is useful to the construction engineer to understand the orientation of what is shown on the drawing. North arrow on plan points to the North Direction of what is shown on the plan. Knowing north direction room planning becomes easier for architects.

North is most important cardinal direction in Vastu Shastra because the Owner of north direction is lord kubera- god of wealth and success.

*LEARN SANSKRIT*

*अभिलाषा* : wish or affection

*HOW IT WORKS* ⁉

How *China clay (or kaolin)* is made

It is a product of altered granite, which has been affected by an interaction of the groundwater with the feldspar minerals within the granite to form kaolinite.

It is a clay that comes from chemical weathering of rocks in hot and moist climates. The main mineral in it is kaolinite. It is a light, fine and fluffy clay that makes it the perfect addition to our blended foot powder and foot soaks. It is typically the main ingredient you will find in commercial clay facial masks.

‍♂️ *GK TODAY*

*Tungsten* metals is mostly used for filaments of electric bulbs.

*VEDIK GYAN*

*पंचांग* :
In Vedic astrology, this Sanskrit word means ‘five limbs’ or ‘five attributes’ of the day:Thithi,Nakshatra,Yoga,Karana,and Vara(weekday). A panchānga is a Hindu calendar and almanac, which follows traditional units of Hindu timekeeping, and presents important dates and their calculations in a tabulated form.

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

*Drink Water First Thing in the Morning!*: Drinking two or three glasses of water right when you wake up, however, is a good way to way to rehydrate your body quickly.

According to studies, drinking water on an empty stomach can increase your metabolic rate. This is very important, especially for those people who are on a strict diet. Dehydration is one of the primary causes for the development of wrinkles in your skin, dark patches, and deep pores in the skin. Keeping your body hydrated as the day starts, helps promote a sustained flow of blood to your skin and releases toxins from your system.

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