TODAY’S TOP NEWS: 08 OCTOBER, 2020 (GPN)

NATIONAL NEWS:

1. *The Indian Air Force will celebrates its 88th anniversary Today on October 8.* ️✈️This year, the newly-inducted Rafale fighter aircraft will feature in the Indian Air Force Day parade. Indian Air Force’s CH 47 Chinook helicopters display their load carrying skills during a full dress rehearsal for the 88th Indian Air Force Day celebrations at Hindon Airbase in Ghaziabad.

2. *Unlock 5 guidelines* : All weekly markets in Delhi to open now; cinema halls from October 15.

3. *Former CBI chief and ex-governor of Nagaland Ashwani Kumar dies by suicide:* A former Director-General of Police (DGP) of Himachal Pradesh Kumar on Wednesday allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at his residence in Brockhorst in Shimla.

4. *The Government of Punjab has issued fresh guidelines for the opening of schools from October 15 onwards.* According to the fresh notification issued by the Punjab government, only classes 9 to 12 will be allowed initially and not more than 20 students per section will be allowed.

5 . *The Union Territory of Ladakh and National Dairy Development Board signed a Memorandum of Understanding to conduct survey in the rural livelihood of Ladakh.* The National Dairy and Development Board will provide training to nominated coordinators from the districts of Kargil and Leh. The coordinators in turn will identify investigators from the villages. These investigators will be involved in the survey to monitor and supervise the field work.

6. *Government of India launched the API (Application Programming Integration) between State Bank of India portal and PM SVANidhi Portal.* The scheme was launched in 2020 under Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan to provide capital loan of Rs 10000 to the street vendors. The capital amount is to be extended to Rs 20000 for the vendors who repay the installment on time. The scheme is to be operated till March 2022.

7. The central government on Wednesday has appointed *M Rajeshwar Rao as deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India.*

8. *Union Cabinet chaired by PM Modi approved the natural gas marketing reforms.* The reforms aim to fix the gas prices in the market through transparent and competitive processes.

9. *PM Modi to launch ‘Jan Andolan for COVID-19 Appropriate Behaviour’ campaign tomorrow on 8th October* .The campaign will be launched in view of the upcoming festivals and winter season as well as the opening up of the economy.

10. Rashtriya Janata Dal president Lalu Prasad’s ‘samdhi’ Chandrika Roy has been nominated by *the Janata Dal-United* from his traditional *Parsa assembly seat* , but *name of the former Director General of Police Gupteshwar Pandey is missing from the list of 115 candidates released by the party on Wednesday.*

11. Devastating blast rips through petrol pump in Bhubaneshwar, nine critically injured. The CP said the Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL) officials visited the place and were making efforts to draw the petrol and diesel reserves stored in the underground tanks.

12. *Himachal Pradesh may start interstate buses within a fortnight, Transport Minister Bikram Singh said on Wednesday* . The inter and intrastate bus service was suspended in HP in March to check the spread of novel coronavirus.

13. *The Uttar Pradesh police on Wednesday booked four persons including Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan on sedition and other charges at Maant police station in Mathura,* two days after they were held while on their way to Hathras.The FIR claimed that police recovered pamphlets “Justice for Hathras victim”, six mobiles and a laptop from them, and during the initial probe it was found that they were going to Hathras with an intention “to breach the peace” as part of a “conspiracy”.

14. *University Grants Commission announced a list of 24 unrecognised universities. These Universities have been termed as fake.* This has been done by UGC to maintain the standards of higher education in the country. eight of these universities were from UP, two from West Bengal, two from Odisha and seven from Delhi. The states such as Karnataka, Maharashtra, Puducherry have one fake university each.

15. *Shaheen Bagh protest: Occupation of public ways not acceptable, says Supreme Court.* Public spaces cannot be occupied indefinitely and demonstrations expressing dissent have to be in designated places alone, the Supreme Court said while concluding that occupation of public
ways in the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests at Shaheen Bagh in Delhi was “not acceptable”.

16. *Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty walked out of the Byculla Jail* on Wednesday evening, having spent 28 days in custody since her arrest on September 8.

17. The first convoy of the Indian Army passed through the newly-inaugurated Atal Tunnel near Manali in Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday. The tunnel helps in saving four to five hours of travel time and 46 kilometres distance Manali and Leh in Union Territory of Ladakh.

18. *Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines Pralhad Joshi on Wednesday has tested positive for COVID-19* and was under home quarantine.

20. *Coronavirus Cases:*
6,764,710
Deaths:. 104,651
Recovered:. 5,750,403

*✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS*

1. *India and Japan signed agreements of cooperation in Artificial Intelligence, 5G technology.* The countries also agreed to give momentum to the supply chain initiative in the Indo-Pacific region. The agreement was signed by the ministers during the 13th India-Japan Foreign Ministers Strategic Dialogue.

2. The external affairs minister Shri S Jaishankar is on his two day visit to Japan to attend the Quadrilateral Foreign Ministers meet. Japan also agreed to provide 50 billion yen of emergency assistance loan to India. Also, it agreed to provide 1 billion yen grant aid for provisions of medical equipment.

3. *Air India will operate its next Vande Bharat Mission flights to China* on Guangzhou to Delhi sector on 23 and 30 October, 2020.

4. This is the 7th phase of Vande Bharat Mission which started on 1st October 2020. The Ministry of External Affairs in a statement said, as on 30 September, 16.45 lakh Indians have been repatriated through different modes of the Vande Bharat Mission. As of now, India has a bilateral ‘air bubble’ arrangement in place with 14 countries.

5. *The annual India-Russia summit that was expected to be hosted by India this year is unlikely to happen given the covid-19 pandemic situation in the country.*: In 2000, India and Russia had agreed to hold annual bilateral summits alternatively in the two countries. It was expected that Putin will travel to India this year for the summit but the surge in the number of covid-19 cases in India seems to have postponed the visit for now.

*WORLD NEWS*

1. *The Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2020* was jointly awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A Doudna “for the development of a method for genome editing.”

2. *United States Vice President Mike Pence and his Democratic challenger Senator Kamala Harris are all set for a crucial debate,* which comes as Donald Trump is ill with coronavirus that has claimed over 200,000 American lives and battered the country’s economy.

3. *Russia test-fired TSIRKON (Zircon) Hypersonic Cruise missile successfully in the Barents Sea* . The Missile hit the destined the target located at a distance of 450 km in less than 4 and half minutes.This is the second time Russia is conducting a test fire of the Missile full stop earlier it was done in January 2020 for the first time.

4. *World Bank President David Malpass has called wealthy nations, including China, to cancel debts to poor countries* to help them withstand the impact of coronavirus, saying efforts so far were important but inadequate.

5. US to open Foreign Commercial Service Office in Bangladesh

6. *Coronavirus Cases* :
36,182,231
Deaths: 1,056,788
Recovered: 27,224,404

* SPORTS:*

1. IPL 7th October 2020
*KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS VS CHENNAI SUPER KINGS*

KOL 167
CHE 157/5
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 10 runs

2. *Thursday, 8th October 2020*
SUNRISERS HYDERABAD
Vs
KINGS XI PUNJAB

19:30 IST (14:00 GMT), 18:00 LOCAL
Match 22 Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai.

3. The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports on Tuesday (October 6, 2020) announced to extend financial support to Uttar Pradesh boxer Sunil Chauhan and his brother archer Neeraj Chauhan who were facing financial crunch after their father lost his job due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

4. *Indian boxers to travel to Italy and France for training and competition* : India’s elite women and men boxers will travel to Italy and France for a period of 52 days from October to December for their overseas training and participation in international competition.

*USD 73.35 GBP 94.77*
_In Bhopal_(MP)
*Gold ₹52,010@10 gm 24 (Krt)*
*Silver ₹64,400@ Kg*
⛽ *Petrol ₹ 88.70*
⛽ *Diesel ₹ 77.95*

* FACTS ABOUT INDIA*

The Indian Air Force (IAF: Bhāratīya Vāyu Senā) is the air arm of the Indian armed forces. It was officially established on 8 October 1932 as an auxiliary air force of the British Empire which honored India’s aviation service during World War II with the prefix Royal.
After India gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1947, the name Royal Indian Air Force was kept and served in the name of Dominion of India. With the government’s transition to a Republic in 1950, the prefix Royal was removed after only three years.

* THOUGHT OF THE DAY

“Everything is easy if you are crazy.
Nothing will be easy if you are lazy.”

JOKES OF THE DAY *

1) *story* : once a boy was smoking at airport.

*Girl asked* :1 din me kitne Cigarette peete ho.?
*Boy* :why.?
*Girl* : Agar ab tak zindagi mein Cigarette pe kharch kiye huye paise bachate to samne khari hui car tumhari hoti…
*Boy* : Aap cigrate peeti hai..?
*Girl* : No.
*Boy* : To kya wo car apki hai..?
*Girl* : No.
*Boy* : Thanks for advice,
Wo car meri he hai…

*MORAL* : zyada lecture dene se bezti bhi ho jati hai ..

2) Santa: Oye Jeeto! Bada Kharcha Ho Gaya Is Mahine… Saari Salary Khatam Ho Gayi. Kahan Lag Gaye Itne Paise.. Kahan Kharch Kar Diye???

Jeeto: Maine Apne Liye Nahin Use Kiye… Ghar Kharch Mein Hi Lag Gaye Saare Paise.

Santa: Kamaal Hai… Kuch Ni Bacha… Koi Hisaab-Kitaab Hai?

Jeeto: Maine Sab Likh Ke Rakha Hai Diary Mein. Tum chahe Toh Chack Kar Lo.

Santa: Ok, show me.

Wife:
1500 – Milk
900 – PNKG
4000 – Vegetables
1100 – PNKG
1800 – Dhobi
500 – PNKG
3500 – Maid
800 – PNKG
6000 – Grocery
1500 – PNKG
1800 – Electric & Water Bills
1000 – PNKG
1200 –
600 –
900 –
…
…
Santa: Ek Minute… Ek Minute… Ye PNKG Kya Cheez Hai???

Jeeto: Pata Nahi Kitthe Gaye!

3) Teacher: Pappu, please tell me, what is India Gate?

Pappu: Sir, India Gate is fine quality basmati rice…..

Teacher: What is Charminar?

Pappu: Charminar is a very popular cigarette in India and due to its low cost, it is easily affordable…….

Teacher: What is Taj Mahal?

Pappu: Taj Mahal is packet of tea leaves….

Teacher: Rascal, how dare you give such bullshit answers… You are spoiling the name of national treasures……. If you want me to allow you in the classroom tomorrow, don’t forget to come with your father’s signature!!!!!

Pappu: OK sir.

Next day…..
Teacher (looking at the table): Pappu…!!!!! You idiot!!!! How dare you bring whisky bottle inside the classroom?????

Pappu: Sorry Sir, But you only told me to bring my father’s signature today…. I simply obeyed your order…… Now again you are shouting….. this is not fair, Sir!!!!

4) 50 year old lady, who suddenly started learning how to swim instead of her usual routine work of going to a temple !!!!

Everyone was curious and asked her, “Why the change in your interest to swimming now a days?”

The lady, with a look of helplessness replied, “Whenever my son and daughter-in-law quarrel each other she (Daughter-in-law) always asks my son, ‘If your mom and I fall in water, whom will you save first?’.

“And because I do not want to put my son in a difficult position, so I am learning how to swim!”

A few days later husband and wife were quarrelling again, and the daughter-in-law unreasonably asked, “Now tell me! If your mom and I fall in water, whom will you save first?”

Husband replied, “I don’t have to get down in the water, my mom knows how to swim, she will save you.”

Wife refused to relent, “No, you have to jump in the water, and have to save one of us.”

Husband replied, “Then you will surely die…. because I don’t know how to swim…. and my mom will definitely save me first.”

5) The pastor stood before his congregation on Sunday.

With his arms outreached he announced, “Friends, I have good news and bad news regarding the money we need to fix the roof of our church.”

There was a slight murmur in the crowd as everyone was well aware of the pitiful condition of the roof.

“The good news is,” the pastor continued, “that after a careful review, I’ve been able to determine that we have enough money to properly repair the roof.”

As a jubilant titter filled the pews, the pastor raised his hands and motioned the group to settle down.

“Of course there is a bit of bad news to go with it,” he said as everyone hushed. “The money to fix the roof is still in your pockets!”

6) Pappu goes to MF Hussain’s first show at an art gallery and is looking at the paintings.

One is a huge canvas that has black with yellow blobs of paint splattered all over it.

The next painting is a murky grey color that has drips of brown paint streaked across it.All the art he sees is painted in yellow, brown, black and grey.

Pappu walks over to the artist and says, “I don’t understand your paintings.”
“I paint what I feel inside me,” explains the artist.

Pappu thinks for a while and said, “Have you ever tried ENO?”

Artist confused at this Bull-‘Shit’

Pappu: I will buy all and put it outside our Loo and some inside too..That is indeed a good inspiration to have bowels cleaned.

*TELL ME Why❓❓❓*

*why egg floats in salt water*

Saltwater is denser than fresh water because of its salt content. The egg will sink in the fresh water because it has greater density than the water. The egg will float in the salt water because when salt is added to water its density becomes greater than that of the egg. That makes the egg float

*LEARN SANSKRIT*

*श्मश्रु:* mustache

*HOW IT WORKS* ⁉

*How paragliding works* ?

In *paragliding launching* and the landing is done with the wind. The wind is used as an airstream by running, being pulled or with the help of existing wind. The pilots are moved in a place from where they can be lifted. There are three different launching techniques: Forward Launch, Reverse Launch, and Towed Launch.

A paraglider works with airflow to create lift. Air flows over both the top and the bottom of the glider and meets at the edge. Aerodynamics predict that the pressure on the bottom of the glider is higher than on the top of the glider. This creates lift upwards.

‍♂️ *GK TODAY*

The aerodrome opened in 1928 as the Vile Parle Flying Club. *JRD Tata, father of civil aviation in India,* made India’s maiden voyage from Juhu airport to Drigh Road airstrip, Karachi, via Ahmedabad on October 15, 1932

*VEDIK GYAN*

*There are 18 Puranas* (Vishnu Purana, Matsya Purana, Bhavishya Purana, Kurma Purana, Garuda Purana, Varaha Purana, Agni Purana, Vamana Purana, Mahabhagavat Purana, Skanda Purana, Siva Purana, Brahmanda Purana, Markendya Purana, Linga Purana, Vayu Purana, Nareedya Purana, Brahmavavarta Purana, Padma Purana).

*The Matsya Purana is one of the eighteen major Puranas*

Vyasa, the narrator of the Mahabharata, is hagiographically credited as the compiler of the Puranas. The ancient tradition suggests that originally there was but one Purana.

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

*Coriander Seeds Benefits* :coriander seeds are quite effective in curing different skin ailments like eczema, itchy skin, rashes and inflammation as they have antiseptic properties. They are known to cure mouth ulcers and sores as well. The seeds contain linoleic acid that also has pain relieving properties to diminish irritation.

Women who suffer from heavy menstrual flow should include coriander seeds in their regular diet. Coriander seeds contain natural stimulants that stimulate your endocrine glands to secrete and maintain proper hormonal balance, which ensures that the associated pain with the cycle is reduced, and excess flow is alleviated

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