TODAY’S TOP NEWS: 02 OCTOBER, 2020 (GPN)

1. *Six Years of Swachh Bharat Mission to be celebrated on Gandhi Jayanti:* The programme was launched on birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi (October 2). The mission was launched from Rajghat on October 2, 2014 to achieve the aim of “Clean India” by October 2, 2019 when the country celebrated 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Today October 2, 2020 is 151st Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi also known as Gandhi Jayanti

2. *Unlock 5: Educational institutions will open after October 15:* Flexibility has been given to the states and UT governments to open schools, colleges, educational institutions and coaching institutes in a phased manner. They will be able to take a decision to reopen it after October 15, given the existing conditions. However, for this, the governments will consult with the schools/institute management and follow the given conditions.

3. Online education preferred: Online education/distance learning will continue and will be encouraged. Schools that are running online classes and some of the students who want to study online instead of physically attending school will be allowed to do so. Attendance of students in schools will be applicable only with the written consent of the parents. For these, the State / UTs will prepare their respective SOPs keeping in mind the local requirements based on the SOP to be issued by the Ministry of Education, Government of India.

4. *The Uttar Pradesh Police FIR filed against Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi* and over 200 party leaders for violating prohibitory orders on way to Hathras.

5. Bharatiya Janata Party Rajya Sabha member and former chief minister of Maharashtra Narayan Rane on Thursday said he has tested positive for COVID-19.

6. *The Supreme Court Thursday directed refund of air tickets,* domestic and international, for travel during the Covid-19 lockdown period from March 25 to May 24 within three weeks from the date of the cancellation of flights

7. Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will lead tractor rallies across the state from October 3 to 5 in protest against the Centre’s newly enacted agriculture laws.

8. Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar on the Hathras case: “The FSL report has make it clear that the woman was not raped. Postmortem report says victim died due to her neck injury. FSL report hasn’t found sperm in samples, making it clear that some people twisted the matter to stir caste-based tension. Such people will be identified and legal action will be taken.”

9. *Hathras case: HC summons top UP govt officials* : Upset with the alleged gang-rape and murder of a 19-year-old Dalit woman in Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh and her forcible cremation subsequently, a Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Thursday summoned top government officials to the court.

10. *Activist Akhil Gogoi was granted bail on Thursday by a special court* in one of the two cases being probed by the National Investigation Agency in connection with his alleged role in the violent protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in Assam last year.

11. *A Mathura court dismissed the plea seeking the removal of a mosque near the birthplace of Lord Krishna* . Last week, a group of people moved the Mathura court over the 17th century Shahi Idgah mosque they claim was built at the birthplace of Lord Krishna, within the 13.37-acre premises of the Katra Keshav Dev temple.

12. The groundwork for the new Parliament building has begun and the agencies have started digging soil in a plot where the structure will come up. Tata Projects Limited won the bid to construct a new Parliament building near the existing one under the Central Vista redevelopment project. It is expected to be completed in around 22 months from the start of construction work.

13. Trinamool Congress MLA Gurupada Mete, who had tested positive for COVID-19 last month, died in a private hospital on Thursday,.

14. *Bigg Boss 13 fame Punjabi singer-actress Himanshi Khurana was diagnosed with the deadly novel coronavirus* a few days back. Now, it has been learnt that after her *health worsened* , the singer was rushed to a hospital.

15. *Film-maker Anurag Kashyap was on Thursday questioned by police in a rape case* filed against him by actor Payal Ghosh for more than eight hours

16. *Defence Ministry signs contract for supply of multi-mode hand grenades to Indian Army worth Rs 409 crore* with a Nagpur-based company for the supply of 10,00,000.

17. These grenades will replace the hand grenade design of World War-II vintage, in use with the Indian Army. The grenades have a distinctive design and can be used in both offensive and defensive modes.

18. *The Cabinet Committee in Security approved ASCON (Army Static Switched Communication Network) Phase IV.* ASCON is a high end communication system. It is to be implemented at an estimated cost of Rs 7,796 crores. The project is to be implemented within 36 months.

19. Indian Coast guard Vessel Karnaklata Barua was commissioned at Kolkata. The commissioning was done through video conferencing. The ICGS Kanaklata Barua is one of the five FPVs (Fast Patrol Vessels) built by GRSE (Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers)

20. *Two soldiers of the Indian Army have been martyred and four others injured in a ceasefire violation by Pakistan in north Kashmir’s Naugam sector*

21. *COVID 19 CASES*

CONFIRMED 63,12,584
DEATHS 98,678

*✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS*

1. *External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday extended greetings to his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi as well as the Chinese government and the people of China on the occasion of the 71st anniversary* of the founding of the country.

2. *The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday said it has filed a charge sheet against Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed,* one of his Pakistani associates, a Delhi-based hawala dealer and others in connection with a money laundering probe linked to an alleged terror financing case.

3. India on Thursday said it desires to have normal neighbourly relations with Pakistan in an atmosphere free of terror, hostility and violence and the onus is on Islamabad to create such an environment.

4. *War between Armenia and Azerbaijan* rages on for fifth day leading to several casualties, India on Thursday voiced its concern and called for restraint between the two nations.

5. *Abu Dhabi-based sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Co will invest Rs 6,247.5 crore to buy a 1.4 per cent stake in Reliance Industries Ltd’s* retail arm — the billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led firm’s third such deal in less than two days.

6. *Indian aerospace start-up AgniKul Cosmos has signed a memorandum of agreement with the Alaska Aerospace Corporation to test launch their Indian-made Agnibaan rocket from the Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska (PSCA) on Kodiak Island in the United States* . The company is targeting commercial rocket launches from 2022 onwards.

7. *French Space Agency CNES announced that it is to participate in ISRO’s Venus Mission, SHUKRAYAAN that is to be launched in 2025* . The ISRO chairman and his French Counter held talks to review the areas of cooperation between the countries.

*WORLD NEWS*

1. *The International Day of Non-Violence is observed on October 2 commemorating the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi* . The day was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2007. The day is marked to spread the message of non-violence through public awareness and education.

2. *War between Armenia and Azerbaijan Clashes have broken out between Christian-majority Armenia and Muslim-majority Azerbaijan* over Nagorno-Karabakh which is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan but has ethnic Armenians as a majority.

3. *WORLD COVID CASES*
CONFIRMED 3,34,17,386
DEATHS 10,02,864

* SPORTS:*

*IPL 2020*

Mumbai Indians 191/4 (20.0)
Mumbai Indians beat Kings XI Punjab by 48 runs
Kings XI Punjab 143/8 (20.0)

2. Friday, 2nd October 2020
CHENNAI SUPER KINGS
Vs
SUNRISERS HYDERABAD

19:30 IST (14:00 GMT), 18:00 LOCAL
Match 14 Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
MATCH CENTRE

3. Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma on Thursday became the third batsman to register 5,000 runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

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* FACTS ABOUT INDIA*

Gandhi Jayanti is a national festival celebrated in India to mark the birth anniversary of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi born on 2nd October 1869. It is celebrated anually on 2 October, and it is one of the three national holidays of India. The UN General Assembly announced on 15 June 2007 that it adopted a resolution which declared that 2 October will be celebrated as the International Day of Non-Violence

* THOUGHT OF THE DAY

People are not born great, their thoughts make them great. It is the purity and simplicity of thoughts and actions that separate these great men from the rest of the tribe.

JOKES OF THE DAY:

Chunav Lad Rahi Mahila Se Reporter Ne Pucha-
Apko Chunav Ladne Ka Khayal Kaise Aya

*Lady* – Jab B Me Apne Pati Se Ladti Hu To Jeet Meri Hi Hoti Hai…..

2) A Dentist was conducting a survey: “How long do you use your Toothbrush…?”

Chinese:
“3 months…!!!”

American:
“1 month…!!!”

Indian:
“There is no fixed time limit doctor, may be years…!!! Initially we use it for brushing our teeth; then we use it for dying our hair, cleaning comb, cleaning ornaments, cleaning machine parts of our vehicles, cleaning the dirt in between two tiles in bathroom etc… etc… Then when there are no bristles left on the brush, we do not throw it doctor. we start using it for pushing ‘Naada’ in our Chaddis, Pajamas & Petticoats…!!!”

Also we keep the empty toothpaste tubes for longer periods in hope that someone from family will squeeze it flat and empty it to infinity

3) wife sends her programmer husband for grocery shopping.

She tells him: I need butter, sugar and cooking oil. Also, get a loaf of bread and if they have eggs, get 6.

The husband returns with the butter, sugar and cooking oil, as well as 6 loaves of bread.

The wife asks: Why the hell did you get 6 loaves of bread?

To which the husband replies: They had eggs.

4) Kejri goes to consult a specialist about his medical problem. After the visit kejri asks, “How much do I owe you?”

“My fee is five hundred ,” replies the physician.

“Five hundred ? That’s impossible. No one charges that much!”
“In your case,” the doctor replies, “I suppose I could adjust my fee to three hundred.”

“Three hundred ? For one visit? Ridiculous.”

“Well, then, could you afford two hundred?”

“Who has that kind of money?”

“Look, replies the doctor,” growing irritated, `Just give me fifty bucks and get out.”

“I can give you twenty says the man. Take it or leave it.”

“I don’t understand you,” says the doctor. “Why did you come to the most expensive doctor in Delhi if you have no money?”

“Listen, Doctor,” says Kejri, “When it comes to my health, nothing is too expensive.”

5) rump is visiting a class in an elementary school where they are talking about words and meanings. The teacher asks Trump if he would like to lead the class in a discussion of the word “tragedy”.

So he asks the class for an example of a tragedy. One little boy stands up and offers, “If my best friend who lives on a farm is playing in a field and a runaway tractor comes along and knocks him dead, that’d be a tragedy.”

“Not quite,” says Mr. Trump, “that would be an accident.”

A little girl raises her hand, “If a school bus carrying 50 children drove over a cliff, killing everyone inside, that would be a tragedy.”

“I’m afraid not,” explained the president. “That’s what we would call a great loss.”

The room goes silent. Trump searches the room, “Isn’t there someone here who can give me an example of a tragedy?”

Finally at the back of the room, Little Johnny raises his hand and says, “If Air Force One, carrying you was struck by a missile and blown to smithereens; that would be a tragedy.”

“Fantastic!” exclaimed Mr. Trump. “That’s right. And can you tell me why that would be a tragedy?”

“Well’, said little Johnny, “because it sure that for America and any part of the world it wouldn’t be considered a great loss and probably wouldn’t be an accident either.”

Class Rocked Trump Mocked!

TELL ME WHY ….⁉️*

*Why Armenian- Azerbaijani are fighting now?*

Armenian-Azerbaijani border around the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Nagorno-Karabakh is recognised internationally as Azerbaijan’s territory but has a mostly Armenian population who have resisted Azerbaijani rule for more than a century. In 1991 the region declared independence and since then it has ruled itself – with Armenian support – as the unrecognised Republic of Artsakh.

Azerbaijan is majority Muslim and Armenia is majority Christian, and some elements on both sides seek to cast the conflict in religious terms, though analysts say this angle is exaggerated. Azerbaijan says it is responding to Armenian aggression in areas that are legally its territory and which have been occupied by enemy troops and separatists for decades.

Turkey has already declared its staunch support for Azerbaijan, while Russia is traditionally closer to Armenia. Armenia has claimed that Turkey is sending Syrian fighters into the area to fight on Azerbaijan’s side. The wider South Caucasus is a crucial artery for gas and oil from Azerbaijan into Turkey and on to Europe and other world markets.

*LEARN SANSKRIT*

*पत्रम्* : Leaves

*HOW IT WORKS* ⁉

*What is the working principle of loudspeaker?*

To make sound, a loudspeaker is driven by modulated electric current (produced by an amplifier) that passes through a “speaker coil” which then (through inductance) creates a magnetic field around the coil, creating a magnetic field.

A current in the coil creates a magnetic field. the magnetic field interacts with the permanent magnet generating a force, which pushes the cone outwards. the current is made to flow in the opposite direction.

‍♂️ *GK TODAY*

*The Group of Five (G5)* is a country grouping that includes Brazil, China, India, Mexico, and South Africa. These emerging market and BRIC economies are increasingly important on the world stage.

*VEDIK GYAN*

*Durvasa दुर्वासा* : He is known for his short temper. Hence, wherever he went, he was received with great reverence from humans and devas alike.

According to *Brahmanda Purana,* Brahma and Shiva once got into a heated quarrel. So violent was Shiva’s rage as a result of this quarrel, that the devas fled from his presence in fear. His consort, Parvati, complained that Shiva was now impossible to live with. Realizing the disharmony his anger had caused, he decided to deposit this anger into Anasuya, the wife of sage Atri. From this portion of Shiva deposited into Anasuya, a child was born, who was named ‘Durvasa’ (lit. one who is difficult to live with). Because he was born of Shiva’s anger, he had an irascible nature.

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

Neem leaf is used for leprosy, eye disorders, bloody nose, intestinal worms, stomach upset, loss of appetite, skin ulcers, diseases of the heart and blood vessels (cardiovascular disease), fever, diabetes, gum disease (gingivitis), and liver problems. The leaf is also used for birth control and to cause abortions.

Wound healer: Make a paste out of the neem leaves and dab it on your wounds or insect bites a few times a day till it heals

*Eye Trouble* : Boil some neem leaves, let the water cool completely and then use it to wash your eyes. This will help any kind of irritation, tiredness or redness.

*Other skin disorders* : Turmeric combined with a paste of neem leaves can also be used for itching, eczema, ring worms and some mild skin diseases.

*Boost immunity* : Crush some neem leaves and take them with a glass of water to increase your immunity.

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