TODAY’S TOP NEWS: 06 OCTOBER, 2020 (GPN):

NATIONAL NEWS:

1. *Unlock 5: Education Ministry issues guidelines for states, UTs on reopening of schools from October 15* ; Plan for academic calendar changes for all classes, particularly in relation to breaks and exams. Ensure all students have access to prescribed textbooks before school reopens.

2. Schools may be encouraged to make their own SOPs based on the guidelines issued by states and UTs, keeping in view the safety and physical or social-distancing norms, and ensuring that the notices, posters, messages, communication to parents in this regard are prominently displayed and disseminated.

3. *PM Modi inaugurated the RAISE 2020- ‘Responsible AI for Social Empowerment 2020,’ a mega virtual summit on Artificial Intelligence (AI) on October 5 at 7 PM.* RAISE 2020 will be a global meeting of minds to exchange ideas and chart a course for using AI for social transformation, inclusion and empowerment in areas like Healthcare, Agriculture, Education and Smart Mobility, among other sectors.

4. *Bihar assembly election 2020: BJP-JD(U) reach seat-sharing deal, major announcement on Tuesday* : The JD(U) will contest on 122 seats while the BJP will fight the election on the remaining 121 seats. The JD(U) with its give five of its seats to Jitan Ram Majhi’s Hindustan Awam Morcha (HAM) and BJP with share and give seats to the Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) of Mukesh Nishad.

5. *The three phase Bihar Assembly Election 2020 would begin on October 8.* In the first phase, elections would be held in 71 assembly constituencies. In the second phase polling will be held in 94 assembly seats while in the third and final one it would on 78 seats. *Counting date: Nov 10*

6. *Goa will file an application in the Supreme Court against Karnataka* for “diverting” Mahadayi river water, said Chief Minister Pramod Sawant

7. *The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case against Karnataka Congress chief D K Shivakumar for allegedly amassing disproportionate assets worth Rs 74.93 crore* and carried out searches at 14 locations on Monday during which the agency claimed to have recovered Rs 57 lakh cash,.

8. *Uttar Pradesh government on Monday accepted the demand for providing security to family members of the Hathras incident victim.*

9. Amid outrage over the alleged gang-rape and the death of a Dalit woman, Uttar Pradesh police have lodged at least 19 first information reports across the state on charges ranging from attempt to trigger caste conflict to sedition.

10. Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday said his government would pass either a resolution or a Bill in the state assembly to counter the ‘dangerous impact’ of the three farm laws of the Centre. The CM also lashed out at the Union government, accusing it of ‘destroying’ the time-tested farmer-arthiya (commission agent) relationship and handing over the agriculture to big corporates like Adanis and Ambanis.

11. *Union Finance Ministry has granted additional borrowing permission to Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh* for successfully undertaking reforms in the Public Distribution System (PDS)

12. The Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched a *Mega Anti-Pollution Campaign, called “Yudh Prasudushan ke Virudh”. The campaign was launched to reduce pollution levels in Delhi* . During the campaign, the Delhi Government will focus on technology developed by Pusa Agriculture Institute to control stubble burning.

13. *Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that Compensation cess collected this year, amounting to Rs 20,000 crore, will get disbursed to all states*. The main point of contention- decision on pending GST compensation to states has been deferred. The council will meet again on October 12 to iron out the differences.

14. *JEE 2020 advanced topper Chirag Falor to skip IIT to study in United States’ MIT* : Pune boy Chirag Falor, who has topped JEE Advanced 2020, will skip studying at any IITs in the country as he has already secured admission in the United States’ Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

15. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has issued a fresh statement with regards to its ongoing probe into Sushant Singh Rajput’s death. The central agency has stated that the investigating is still ongoing. This happens to come in the wake of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Forensic Medical Board ruling out a murder angle in the actor’s death case.

16. *The Defence Ministry has scrapped the requirement of minimum continuous service of seven years for grant of enhanced ordinary family pension (EOFP)* to the next of kin of deceased defence personnel. An EOFP is 50 per cent of personnel”s last emoluments and is payable for 10 years from the date of the death of the personnel in service.

17. *India successfully flight-tested its indigenously developed Supersonic Missile* Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART) system from Odisha’s Balasore coast on Monday.

18. India is militarily very well-positioned, strongly deployed and ready to take on any threat from China in eastern Ladakh and elsewhere along the frontier, said Air Chief Marshal R K S Bhadauria

19. Coronavirus Cases:
6,682,073
Deaths: 103,600
Recovered: 5,659,110

*✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS*

1. *The foreign ministers of the Quad–India, Japan, US and Australia will meet on Tuesday in Japan’s capital Tokyo* to “collectively affirm the importance of maintaining a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific”. The meeting is scheduled to take place at 5 pm (local time) or 1.30 pm (IST) to discuss regional issues.

2. *Heavy shelling by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control in Rajouri district* of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, Pakistan initiated the unprovoked ceasefire violation in Nowshera sector of Rajouri around 6.30 pm.

3. For the first time since the standoff between Indian and Chinese troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, *PM Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to come face-to-face virtually at the BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) annual summit to be held on November 17.*

4. The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that “secret” extradition process was going on to bring fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya to the country but it was not aware about its status. The Centre also told the top court that it was not a party to the proceedings.

5. India gears up to sign the pending third foundational military pact – Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA) – with the United States, a former Indian Army official and author of several books on modern warfare, Pravin Sawhney, claims that the Americans will be able to control India’s strategic assets including cruise and ballistic missile once these agreements cumulatively come into force.

*WORLD NEWS*

1. *2020 Nobel Prize: Three scientists win award in Physiology or Medicine for Hepatitis C virus discovery* American scientists Harvey J Alter and Charles M Rice, and British scientist Michael Houghton were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology on Monday for the discovery of the Hepatitis C virus. The head of the Nobel Committee, Thomas Perlmann, announced the winners in Stockholm.

2. During the week, the winners of the leading world prize in physics, chemistry, and literature will also be named, the peace prize will be awarded on Friday, and on October 12, the winners of the Alfred Nobel memorial prize in economics will be announced.

3. New York governor Andrew Cuomo closes schools in coronavirus hot spots.

4. *Azerbaijan and Armenia accused each other on Monday of attacking civilian areas* and said the death toll was rising from the deadliest fighting in the South Caucasus region for more than 25 years. Azerbaijan said Azeri cities outside Nagorno-Karabakh had been struck, taking the fighting closer to territory from which pipelines carry Azeri gas and oil to Europe.

5. *US President Donald Trump on Monday said that he would be leaving the military hospital, tweets ‘feeling really good* later in the day after undergoing treatment at the health centre for coronavirus for three days. Trump and the First Lady Melania Trump tested positive for COVID-19 on October 1.

6. *Researchers at the Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) have developed a saliva-based testing kit to detect COVID-19* which can display results within an hour.

7. *Coronavirus Cases:*
35,692,634
Deaths: 1,045,825
Recovered: 26,858,365
ACTIVE CASES 7,788,444

* SPORTS:*

*INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE, 2020, MATCH 19*
Delhi Capitals 196/4 (20.0)

Royal Challengers Bangalore 137/9 (20.0)

*Delhi Capitals beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 59 runs*

2. Indian Premier League 2020: *Virat Kohli creates history, becomes 1st Indian to reach 9,000 T20 runs.*

3. *The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports on Monday (October 5, 2020) announced that the Sports Authority of India (SAI) has asked all coaches of the organisation to take fitness tests twice a year,*

*USD 73.29 GBP 94.i6*
_In Belgaum_(Krntk)
*Gold ₹50,140@10 gm 24 (Krt)*
*Silver ₹64,400@ Kg*
⛽ *Petrol ₹ 83.93*
⛽ *Diesel ₹ 74.89*

* FACTS ABOUT INDIA*

*Belgaum* is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka located in its northern part along the Western Ghats
The city original name was Venugrama, a Sanskrit word which means “village of bamboo”. Alternatively, it is referred to as Venupura in early Indian texts, which means “city of bamboo”. … In 1474, the Bahmani Sultanate conquered Belgaum with an army led by Mahamood Gawan. They use to pronounce Venugram as Belgaum.

* THOUGHT OF THE DAY*

Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more

JOKES OF THE DAY*

1)*Teacher* : Agar apna character sudharna hai to sab aurato ko MAA kaha karo.
*Student* : Madam is se mera character to theek rahega, par mere baap ka bigad jayega…

2) The local bar was so sure that its owner was the strongest man around that it offered a standing $1,000 bet that no could beat him.

The challenge was that the owner would squeeze a lemon until all the juice ran out into a beer glass, then hand the lemon to the customer. Anyone who could squeeze even one more drop out of the lemon would win the money.

Over the years many people had tried this, truck drivers, weightlifters and all had failed. Then one day this frail little fella with heavy rimmed spectacles came into the bar and asked if he could try the challenge.

After the laughter had subsided the owner said that it was only fair that the man be given a chance at the bet, so he picked up a lemon and started squeezing. Once he was done he handed the remains to the little man who promptly squeezed out 4 more drops of juice onto the bar.

Everyone looked on in amazement as the owner handed over the prize and asked, “What do you do for a living that has given you such strength? Are you a lumberjack, weightlifter, what?”

“No” the man replied, “I work for the Income Tax Department.”

3) Ek Aadmi Ne Ek Bujurg Se Pucha Ki Aapne Jeevan Bhar Shadi Kyun Nahin Ki?

Wo Bujurg Bola: Mein Tumko Ek Chota Sa Kissa Sunata Hun. Ye Baat Meri Jawani Ke Time Ki Hai. Mein Ek Party Mein Gaya Tha. Wahan Anjaane Mein Mera Pair Aagey Khadi Ek Aurat Ki Saree Ke Latakte Hue Pallu Pe Pad Gaya.

Vo Naagin Ki Tarah Funkaar Maarkar Ekdum Se Palti Aur Sherni Ki Tarah Dahar Ke Boli: Dhyaan Kahan Hai Tumhara… Dekh Ke Nahin Chal Sakte…. Andhey Ho Gaye Ho Kya… ?!?

Main Haklakar Maafi Mangne Laga… Galti Se Ho Gaya Madam… Vio Mein….

Tabhi Uski Nazar Mere Chehre Pe Padi, Aur Vo Thoda Shaant Ho Gayi Aur Boli: Oh! Maafe Kijiye, Mujhe Laga Ki Mere Pati Hain, Isliye Mein Itna Kuch Bol Gayi.

Bas Beta… Phir Kuch Himmat Si Nahin Hui Sahadi Karne Ki.

4) Eric is sitting at the bar staring morosely into his beer. Tom walks in and sits down. After trying to start a conversation several times and getting only distracted grunts he asks Eric what the problem is.
“Well,” said Eric, “I ran afoul of one of those women’s questions women ask. Now Im in deep shit at home.”

“What kind of question?, asked Tom.

“My wife asked me if I would still love her when she was old, fat and ugly.”

“That’s easy,” said Tom. “You just say ‘Of course I will’.”

“Yeah”, said Eric, “That’s what I did, except I said ‘Of course I DO.”

5) My friend, a recent widower, thought it might be a good idea to get himself a dog for a bit of companionship.

Checking out the pet ads in the local newspaper he came across one that read: “Purebred Police Dog $25”.

Thinking that sounded like a pretty fair bargain, he called and ordered the dog to be delivered and paid up-front by credit card.

The very next day a van pulled up and left on his doorstep, in a cardboard kennel, the mangiest looking mongrel he had ever seen.

In a bit of a rage, he telephoned the man who had placed the ad and shouted over the phone.

“What the hell do you mean by calling that mangy mutt a Purebred Police Dog?”

“Hey calm down,” the man responded, “Don’t be deceived by his looks, mister, that dog’s under cover and in the Secret Service.”

6) A journalist, who was fed up with the state of the Indian Economy, decided to ask the views of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on sports instead of Indian economy.

He asked, “Dear FM, which game do you like?”

FM replied, “Cricket when played in India.”

Journalist further asked, “which part of Cricket do you like, I mean batting or bowling?”

Our great economist replied, “No, No, I LIKE THE TOSS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MATCH IN INDIA.”

Journalist was amused and asked, “Why, only toss Sir?”

Jaitley smiled for the first time and told, “BECAUSE IT IS THE ONLY TIME WHEN I SEE OUR RUPEE GOING UP.”

*TELL ME WHY❓❓*

*Why Norway is known as the land of the midnight sun.*

The Norwegians living in the northern parts of Norway experience the midnight sun during summer for almost two months annually. The northern parts of Norway lie at latitude over 66° north of the Arctic Circle.

During the summer months on the southern parts of the Antarctic Circle or all the regions on the northern side of the Arctic Circle. Typically, the sun reaches its peak in the summer months every year. During these specific months all the regions around the Northern side of the Arctic Circle including Norway experience 24hour of sunlight.

*LEARN SANSKRIT*

Tongue – *जिह्वा* Jihvā

*HOW IT WORKS* ⁉

*How Do Infrared Thermometers Work?*

Infrared thermometers measure temperature from a distance. Infrared thermometers work based on a phenomenon called black body radiation. Anything at a temperature above absolute zero has molecules inside of it moving around. The higher the temperature, the faster the molecules move. As they move, the molecules emit infrared radiation–a type of electromagnetic radiation below the visible spectrum of light. As they get hotter, they emit more infrared, and even start to emit visible light. That is why heated metal can glow red or even white. Infrared thermometers detect and measure this radiation. This heat is turned into electricity. The electricity is sent to a detector, which uses it to determine the temperature of whatever the thermometer is pointed at. The more electricity, the hotter the object is.

‍♂️ *GK TODAY*

Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state ( *199,812,341*) and Sikkim is the least populous state in India.

*VEDIK GYAN*

*Tukaram was a Marathi Bhakti poet and a devotee of Lord Krishna born in 1608* . His complete name was Tukaram Bolhoba Ambiye. His parents were devotees of Vithoba, an avatar of Hindu deity Vishnu (Vaishnavas). Both his parents died when Tukaram was a teenager. Sant Tukaram’s first wife was Rakhama Bai, and they had a son named Santu. However, both his son and wife starved to death in the famine of 1630–1632.

Tukaram married again, and his second wife was Avalai Jija Bai.[3][9] He spent most of his later years in devotional worship, community kirtans (group prayers with singing) and composing Abhanga poetry.

Sant Tukaram composed Abhanga poetry, a Marathi genre of literature which is metrical (traditionally the ovi meter), Tukaram disappeared (not died) in 1649 or 1650.

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

*5 Reasons Water Should Be Your Go-To Morning Drink*

Increase our Energy Levels.

Water increases our red blood cell counts, and also increases the oxygen we receive to the brain.

Boost Your Metabolism.

Help Ease Aches & Pains.

Clearer Complexion & Radiant skin.

Fight Toxins

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