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

NATIONAL NEWS:

1. *PM Modi will share his thoughts with the people in the country and abroad in the ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme on All India Radio* on September 27, 2020 @ 11.00 AM. It will be the 69th episode of the monthly radio programme.

2. *Voting for Bihar assembly elections* on Oct 28, Nov 3, Nov 7; counting on Nov 10: Election Commission report.

3. In Telangana: *426 m ‘Cable Stayed Bridge’ constructed across Durgam Cheruvu Lake inaugurated in Hyderabad*

4. J&K: Foundation stone of Post-Harvest Management Centre for Medicinal Plants laid at Bhaderwah.

5. *The chief of Delhi AIIMS’ ENT head-neck surgery department, Professor Suresh Chandra Sharma, was appointed the chairman of National Medical Commission,* the new medical education regulator to replace scam-tainted Medical Council of India.

6. National Medical Commission began its operation. The Commission has replaced Medical Council of India. It is now the apex regulator of medical education and profession.

7. *Centre unveils design of Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) for Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut corridor;* top speed: 180 km/hr.

8. *Shiromani Akali Dal breaks ties with BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA)* after sharp difference over three newly-passed farm bills.

9. *The Reserve Bank of India is to introduce “Positive Pay System” from January 2021.* The system makes it mandatory to re-confirm key details of cheques that need payments beyond Rs 50,000.

10. *The West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday (September 26, 2020) announced that the cinema halls and open-air theatres can reopen from October 1* with a maximum crowd of 50 people.

11. *The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached assets worth ₹225.17 crore in a case of cheating against the Sree Kanva Souharda Co-Operative Credit Limited (SKSCCL),* Bengaluru City, its founder N. Nanjundaiah and others. The accused had collected ₹650 crore from about 13,000 depositors on the promise of a high interest rate.

12. *CSIR-CMERI celebrated the 79th CSIR Foundation Day on Saturday, with a lot of fervour.* Prof. (Dr.) Harish Hirani, Director, CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur, addressed the employees of the Institute through a live webcast on the occasion.

13. *DRDO kick starts key process for production of Pinaka missiles* , launchers with the handing over of details to DGQA (Directorate General of Quality Assurance). The Indian government is currently in the mode of of increasing the capacity of Defence forces. This is being done to counter bod irritant created by Pakistan and China along line of control and line of actual control.

14. The Pinaka rocket system has a range of 37.5 kilometres. These rockets are launched from multi barrel rocket launcher that is capable of launching 12 Rockets in 44 seconds. The Pinaka weapon system was designed and developed by Armament Research and Development Establishment which is a Pune based DRDO lab. As of 2014 India has been producing 5000 missiles every year.

15. Eminent economist Isher Judge Ahluwalia, a recipient of India’s third-highest civilian award Padma Bhushan, passed away on Saturday. She was 74.

16. *Playback singer and actor Sripathi Panditaradhyula (S P) Balasubrahmanyam cremated yesterday (September 26) with state honours at 11 am at his farmhouse in Tamaraipakkam in the outskirts of Chennai* .
He dies due illness after recovered from COVID, He was 74; awarded Padma Shri in 2001, Padma Bhushan in 2011, Gaana Gandharva’, and Doctorate. He sung in 17 languages from 1966 to 2020 (40,000 songs). His Children are *Pallavi* and *Charan* .

17. Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone, Sara Ali Khan, Shraddha Kapoor’s phones seized by The Narcotics Control Bureau for forensic analysis in Bollywood drug case probe.

18. *COVID CASES*
CONFIRMED 59,03,932
DEATHS 93,379

*✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS*

1. *India-Japan maritime exercise (JIMEX)* being held in the Arabian Sea on September 26-28.

2. *Global telecom giant Vodafone has won a long-pending arbitration against India* with the Permanent Court of Arbitration in Hague ruling that income tax authorities had violated provisions of the Bilateral Investment Treaty with the Netherlands by amending the law retrospectively to demand over Rs 20,000 crore in tax and penalties.

3. *India-Denmark sign Memorandum of Understanding on Intellectual Property Cooperation.* The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) and Ministry of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs signed Memorandum

4. *Asian Development Bank approves 2 loans totalling USD 570 million for urban sector projects* in Rajasthan and MP.

5. *India-Israel to develop hi-tech weapon systems:* India and Israel now plan to further crank up their already expansive defence partnership by going in more co-development and co-production projects of high-tech weapon systems and exporting them to other friendly countries.

6. *Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has extended support to India over its proposal for a common definition of terrorism — CCIT or Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism* — during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

7. *A prominent spiritual guru at a US-based ashram, Vice president of the Arsha Vidya Gurukulam in Pennsylvania Swami Pratyagbodhananda died* on September 20 following a massive heart attack. He was 69. He was providing Vedic education for decades, has died with his body flown back to India for the final rites.

8. *Royal Australian Navy and Indian Navy warships completed two-day (23 and 24 September 2020) Passage Exercise (PASSEX) in the east Indian Ocean region.* The exercise aimed at enhancing interoperability, improving understanding and imbibing best practices from each other.

*WORLD NEWS*

1. *Antonov An-26 military plane carrying air force cadets crashes in Ukraine, killing 22.* AN-26 military plane bursts into flames after it crashed in the town of Chuguyiv close to Kharkiv, Ukraine, late Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. Among 28 people on board 22 people were killed.

2. Every year International Day of Total *Elimination of Nuclear Weapons is celebrated on September 26.* The day is important as it is based on the very basic reason the United Nations was established. In 1963, the Partial Test Ban Treaty was signed. It banned testing of nuclear weapons in outer space and under water. In 2020, the 50th anniversary of Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons was celebrated.

3. An Argentinian politician Juan Emilio Ameri, a representative from the northern province of Salta has resigned after he was caught on camera kissing his girlfriend’s bare breasts during an online session of the country’s lower house of Congress. The incident was live streamed on the government’s YouTube channel as well as on a giant screen set up in congress for virtual debates during the pandemic.

4. The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) of Bangladesh has started the process of terminating the services of 26 police personnel who failed the dope test and invoked in drug use.

5. *The World Bank (WB) has approved a dollar 200 million loan for Bangladesh to improve access to safe water and sanitation services in the rural areas of the country.* The Bangladesh Rural Water, Sanitation and Hygiene project will help 6 lakh people to have access to clean water through piped water schemes in rural areas.

6. The landmine detection rat Magawa received the PDSA Gold Medal for his life-saving work in Cambodia and became the first rat to receive the Gold Medal, which has been presented to 30 recipients to date. the rat who has so far discovered 39 landmines and 28 items of unexploded ordnance,.

7. *World Coronavirus Cases:*
Total 33,040,524
Deaths: 998,164
Recovered: 24,389,643
ACTIVE CASES 7,652,711

* SPORTS:*

1. *IPL 2020 Match 8:*

SHR 142/4 (20 Ovrs)
KKR 145/3 (18 ovrs)

KKR Won by 7 wkts

2. Shubman Gill and Eoin Morgan stitched a crucial partnership of 92 runs to help Kolkata Knight Riders seal a comfortable seven-wicket win over SunRisers Hyderabad in their second clash of the 2020 Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Saturday as KKR beat SRH by 7 wickets

3. *The foundation stone of ‘Centre for Disability Sports at Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh’ was laid at a function organized by DEPwD, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment through video conferencing yesterday* . Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Food Processing Industries, presented on the occasion.

4. *IPL 9 in the Dream11 Indian Premier League (IPL)* 2020 as *Rajasthan Royals* (RR) square off against *Kings XI Punjab* (KXIP) at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Sunday.

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* FACTS ABOUT INDIA*

*Haryana* is one of the 28 states in India, located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 November 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 22nd in terms of area. Haryana has 6 administrative divisions, 22 districts.

The name *Haryana* has been derived from the Sanskrit words Hari (the Hindu god Vishnu) and ayana (home), meaning “the Abode of God”. Haryana got its name from Lord Krishna as he gave the holy sermon of Bhagwat-Geeta at the famous battleground of Kurukshetra in the ancient times.

* THOUGHT OF THE DAY*

It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: The music is nothing if the audience is deaf

JOKES OF THE DAY*

1)Examiner* :Tell me the name of this bird by seeing its legs only

*Pappu* : I dont know.

*Examiner:* You failed, whats your name

*Pappu* : See my legs & tell my name…

2) There was a student who wanted to be admitted to the University.

He was smart enough to get through the written test, a GED, and was to appear for the personal interview. Later, as the interview progressed, the interviewer found this boy to be bright since he could answer all the questions correctly. The interviewer got impatient and decided to corner the boy.

“Tell me your choice,” said he to the boy, “What’s your choice? I shall either ask you ten easy questions or one real difficult. Think well before you make up your mind.”

The boy thought for a while and said, “My choice is one real difficult question.”

“Well, good luck to you, you have made your own choice!” said the man on the opposite side. Tell me: What comes first, Day or Night?”

The boy was jolted first but he waited for a while and said, “It’s the Day, sir.”

Thinking to himself (“At last, I got you!”), the interviewer smiled and said, “How???”

“Sorry sir, you promised me that you would ask me ONLY ONE difficult question!”

The student was admitted to the University.

3) Morris went to his lawyer and told him, “My neighbor owes me $500 and he doesn’t want to pay up. What should I do?”

“Do you have any proof?” asked the lawyer.

“Nope,” Morris replied.

“Okay, then write him a nasty letter asking him for the $1000 he owes you,” said the lawyer.

“But it’s only $500,” Morris insisted.

“Precisely. That’s what he will reply and we will then have the proof we need to nail him.”

4) Morris went to his lawyer and told him, “My neighbor owes me $500 and he doesn’t want to pay up. What should I do?”

“Do you have any proof?” asked the lawyer.

“Nope,” Morris replied.

“Okay, then write him a nasty letter asking him for the $1000 he owes you,” said the lawyer.

“But it’s only $500,” Morris insisted.

“Precisely. That’s what he will reply and we will then have the proof we need to nail him.”

5) There were these two elderly people living in a Florida mobile home park. He was a widower and she a widow. They had known one another for a number of years.

Now one evening there was a community supper in the big activity center. These two were at the same table, across from one another. As the meal went on, he made a few admiring glances at her and finally gathered up his courage to ask her, “Will you marry me ?”

After a dramatic pause and precisely six seconds of ‘careful consideration’ she answered, “Yes. Yes, I will.”

The meal ended and with a few more pleasant exchanges and they went to their respective places.

Next morning, he was troubled, “Did she say ‘yes’ or did she say ‘no’ ?”

He couldn’t’ t remember. Try as he would, he just could not recall. Not even a faint memory.

With trepidation, he went to the telephone and called her. First, he explained to her that he didn’t remember as well as he used to. Then he reviewed the lovely evening past. As he gained a little more courage, he then inquired of her, “When I asked if you would marry me, did you say ‘Yes’ or did you say ‘No’ ?”

He was delighted to hear her say, “Why, I said, ‘Yes, yes I will’ and I meant it with all my heart.” Then she continued, “And I am so glad that you called, because I couldn’t remember who had asked me.”

6) Tired from waiting for their overdue baby, a woman and her husband broke the monotony one night with a trip to the movies. She went inside to get seats while he bought popcorn and drinks in the lobby.
Paying for the refreshments, the father-to-be knocked over his soda. The clerk mopped up the mess and refilled his cup. Rattled, he then joined his wife.

Talking over the background music, he dramatically described his embarrassing episode. One of his expressive gestures upset the bucket of popcorn. He sheepishly headed back to the lobby.

When he was out of earshot, the woman sitting next to the mother-to-be turned and said, “You’re not going to let him hold the baby, are you?”

7) A judge was instructing the jury that a witness was not necessarily to be regarded as untruthful because he changed his statement from one which he had previously made to the police.

For example, he said, when I entered my chambers today, I was sure I had my expensive gold watch in my pocket. But then I remembered that I left in on my nightstand in my bedroom.

When the judge returned home, his wife asked him, Why so much urgency for your watch? Isnt sending three men to get it a bit extreme?

What? said the judge, I didn’t send anyone for my watch, let alone three people; what did you do?

I gave it to the first one, said the wife. He knew exactly where it was.

8) Son: Daddy, I’ve a small doubt!

Dad: Bolo Na Beta.

Son: Daddy, I learned that Shri Ram became GOD by listening to his Dad in SATYA YUGA. Prahlad became great by Not listening to his Dad in TRETA YUG. Please clarify Should I listen to you or not?

Dad: My dear Son… In Kali Yuga, It is Good for both of us to listen to your Mother to have a Normal life.

*TELL ME WHY❓❓❓*

*Why Do Indian Women Wear Bangles*

The word bangle has been derived from the HINDI word Bangri or Bangali, Which in sanskrit gives the meaning “The ornament which adorns the arm”.

Being made from various materials including glass, conch, different metals, gold and ivory.
sound of the glass bangles protect the motor organs of the ladies.

Scientific Reason For Wearing Bangles:
In Ancient days men used to go and work in farms and forests which involves lot of muscle work , while women used to do all the household work. Though house hold involves lot of work but when compared to men’s work it’s kind of small. By sitting at home and not doing much physcial work, there is a chance of blood pressure getting increased, which results in developing impatience.

Normally the wrist portion is in constant activation on any human. Also the pulse beat in this portion is mostly checked for all sorts of ailments. The Bangles used by women are normally in the wrist part of ones hand and its constant friction increases the blood circulation level.

*LEARN SANSKRIT*

*गर्दभः* : Donkey

*HOW IT WORKS* ⁉

*How a Medicine works in the human body?*

Medicines Can Replace What’s Missing.
If our body makes too much of a certain chemical, that can make us sick too. Luckily, medicines can replace what’s missing (like insulin) or they can block production of a chemical when the body is making too much of it.

Many Ways to Take Medicine : A lot of medicines are swallowed, either as a pill or a liquid. Once the medicine is swallowed, the digestive juices in the stomach break it down, and the medicine can pass into the bloodstream. Your blood then carries it to other parts of your body where the medicine works best.

But some medicines wouldn’t work if the stomach’s digestive juices broke them down. For example, insulin is given as a shot under the skin and then it can be absorbed into the bloodstream. Other medicines need to be breathed into the lungs where they work best for lung problems, like some of the medicines used to treat asthma.

‍♂️ *GK TODAY*

*FAME* is Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles

*VEDIK GYAN*

*Southern Indians wear Tilak* (Vibhuti- Horizontal) or Naama (Vertical) based on whether they are Shaivites or Vaishnavites respectively.

Saivites wear vibhooti or sacred ash horizontally (also tilak). They follow Lord Shiva. *Iyers* in Tamil Nadu follow the tradition

The three lines of Vibhuti Tikak signify three barriers to truth – *anava* [ego], *karma* [deeds] and *maya* [illusion].

Vaishnavites wear it vertically. They follow Shri Vishnu. *Iyengars* in Tamil Nadu follow the tradition

The two outer lines are the Lord’s feet [imagine someone standing with their feet in V-shape position] and the inner line is that of Mahalakshmi who is keeping her feet closed due to modesty.

*Health Care: Home Remedies*
( *Note* : These are tips followed in villages/ancient people, it’s your will to use it or not)

*Home Remedies to Stop a Dry Cough*

1. Have a table spoon Honey mixed with ginger.

2. Gargle with normal warmed saltwater twice a day.

3. Drink Kashayam made with black pepper, Ginger, Ajwain, warm water, Pudhina leaves

4. Honey, Ginger, black pepper and turmeric are some natural remedies for cough

5. Chewing अजवाइन & लोंग
also gives relief.

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