TODAY’S TOP NEWS:15 OCTOBER, 2020 (GPN):

NATIONAL NEWS

1. World Students Day is celebrated on the birth anniversary of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam on October 15. The day was first celebrated in 2010 to honor the students for their hard work and determination
2. Cinema halls, theatres, multiplexes to reopen across country from today (Oct 15) with only 50 per cent seating capacity. However, exhibition of films will not be allowed in containment zones. As per the Standard Operating Procedures issued by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry, adequate physical distancing is to be maintained in the seating area inside the cinema halls, theatres and multiplexes.
3. Heavy rainfall wreak havoc in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana : In Telangana, army joined the state government in carrying out rescue operations and dozens of stranded people have been shifted to safe places in Bandlaguda area of Hyderabad.
4. Heavy rains in Telangana have killed at least fifteen people even as incessant rains are likely to continue across the state for the coming 48 hours. The Met department has issued a yellow alert for Hyderabad, while the state government has declared a holiday for Wednesday and Thursday for all private institutions, offices, non-essential services within Outer Ring Road here in view of rains. It has also advised people to stay indoor as far as possible.
5. Hyderabad The Osmania University on Wednesday announced that the BA and B.Sc (CBCS) 6th Semester Main Examinations scheduled for October 14 will now be held on October 18 (Sunday). Time and center for examinations will remain the same
6. Entire North Konkan has been updated to Red Alert including Mumbai, Thane, Raigad, which are likely to receive extremely heavy rains accompanied with lightning, thundering and gusty winds. The water from Ujani dam is being released at 1.80 lakh cusecs. In Pune city, several low-lying areas reported water logging and power outage was also reported in some parts of the city.
7. Aadhaar not mandatory for registration of births and deaths : Registrar General of India
8. Nagaland: Govt. minister C. M. Chang dies at 77 in Kohima of COVID-19
9. The Government of India has constituted a panel under the cabinet secretary Rajiv Gauba to streamline telecom spectrum allocation . The panel has been constituted with secretaries of railways, defence, home, telecom, department of space and Information and Broadcasting.
10. The Department of Space is not willing to free up 26 GHz of the band as it can cause interference between 5G networks and satellites. The bands 26 GHZ, 28 GHz and 40 GHz are the most likely candidates to enable ultra-high speed connectivity of 5G. Thus, the tussle has come up between the telecom and the space sector.
11. PM Modi will release a commemorative coin of Rs 75 denomination to mark the 75th anniversary of United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. The Prime Minister will also dedicate 17 bio-fortified varieties of eight crops.
12. The Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) buses would resume plying on interstate routes after around seven months from yesterday. To begin with, the buses would start plying to 25 destinations, including Chandigarh, Pathankot, Baddi, Hoshiarpur, Ludhiana, Ambala and Haridwar. Only non-AC buses would ply on interstate routes and the night service would also be available. The service would soon be extended to other destinations.
13. The BJP has initiated tough action against its rebel leaders for abandoning the party and joining hands with Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) ahead of Bihar Assembly elections . BJP insiders said that the party has expelled nine senior leaders for six years after they decided to contest polls on LJP ticket. The suspension letter was issued by BJP state president Sanjay Jaiswal
14. The Union cabinet has approved Rs 5,718 crores of aid from World Bank to implement project STARS. STARS is Strengthening Teaching Learning and Resources for States. The project is to be implemented by department of school education and literacy operating under Ministry of Education. The project will also setup and support the PRAKH, the national assessment centre.
15. Mumbai local train update: AC train services to start from tomorrow: Eight of the 10 AC local services will be operated between Churchgate -Virar on a fast corridor, one service each will run between Mahalaxmi- Borivali and Borivali-Churchgate stations. Services on Mumbai suburban network resumed partially on 15 June, authorities have been gradually increasing their frequency.
16. The estimated rise in the cost for relocating the metro car shed project from Aarey Colony to new site Kanjurmarg in Mumbai will be more than Rs 200 crore, the Maharashtra cabinet was told.
17. Rustom-2 completes 8 hours Endurance flight,Integrated With It’s EO System & SATCOM Link : Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) on Friday for the first time it flew with a Gimbal-mounted Electro-Optical [EO] Sensor Payload & was able to “talk” to it’s human operators via onboard Satellite Communication [SATCOM] system.
18. Indian Army foils suspected BAT action of Pakistan Army along LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara. The Chinar Corps of the Indian Army said that early in the morning suspicious activity was observed in Tangdhar village of Kupwara district.
19. Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane will visit the neighbouring country in November , the Nepal Army announced on Wednesday.
20. Renowned Kuchipudi exponent Sobha Naidu, a recipient of Padma Shri and numerous other awards, passed away in Hyderabad on Wednesday . Sobha Naidu’s major achievements include choreography.
21. Actress-turned- politician Khushbu Sundar joined the BJP at New Delhi
22. The Delhi government has urged the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to not conduct the board exams next year before May and further reduce syllabus as schools still continue to remain closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
23. Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav has tested positive for the novel coronavirus . The 80-year-old leader is admitted to the Medanta Hospital in Gurgaon.
24. Coronavirus Cases:
    7,244,024
    Deaths: 110,686
    Recovered: 6,304,748

✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS

1. India to host 7th Meeting of Ministers of Law & Justice of SCO virtually on Oct 16
2. The ministers during the meet will share the knowledge on creating conducive environment to promote dispute resolution mechanism, forensic activities and other legal services. Also, the ministers will discuss on the action plan of the working groups of experts on legal services and forensic activities. Justice ministers from the member countries of the organisation such as China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, Pakistan are to participate in the meet.
3. Eternal Affair Minister S. Jaishankar and his counterpart Ine Eriksen Sreide co-chair virtual meeting of India-Norway Joint Commission.
4. On October 14, 2020, the third International E-Waste Day was observed. The day is being observed by the Waste Electrical and Electronic Forum (WEEF) since 2018. This year, the day is observed on the theme Theme: Education
5. In a controversial move, Chinese President Xi Jinping has asked the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) troops to prepare for war amid border row with India, according to reports on Wednesday. Xi’s visit to Guangdong was to deliver a speech on Wednesday commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone.
6. Nearly three-quarters of Indian Americans plan to vote for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden in the U.S. election next month, believing the country is headed in the wrong direction under President Donald Trump, according to a survey on Wednesday.

🌎WORLD NEWS🌍

1. Bangladesh President signs ordinance on capital punishment in rape cases
2. Information Minister of Bangladesh Dr. Hasan Mahmud has said that the film based on the biography of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman directed by renowned filmmaker Shyam Benegal is planned to be completed within the Mujib centenary year.
3. Mexico plans to vaccinate more than 116 million people, or roughly 90% of its population, against the novel coronavirus by the end of 2021 after reaching accords with pharmaceutical companies and the World Health Organization-backed COVAX plan
4. 15 new members elected to the 47-member Geneva-based Human Rights Council; elected include China, Russia and Pakistan.
5. The Armenia–Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh is almost three decades old and one whose seeds were sown as early as July 1921 when a Christian Armenian majority autonomous enclave was created on the territory of a Muslim majority Azerbaijan during the incorporation of the South Caucasus region into then evolving USSR. It was a flawed decision as logically Nagorno-Karabakh should have been a part of the neighbouring Armenia with which it shares ethnic, religious and linguistic links. Several petitions from Nagorno-Karabakh to central authorities in Moscow during the next seventy years for its merger with Armenia were rejected
6. COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS
   38,457,575
   Deaths: 1,092,342
   Recovered: 28,899,507
   ACTIVE 8,465,726

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1. IPL 2020 30th Match (N), Dubai (DSC), Oct 14 2020, Indian Premier League

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2. 15-OCT-2020, 07:30 PM
   31st Match (N), Sharjah, Oct 15 2020, Indian Premier League

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🇮🇳Facts about India🇮🇳

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam was an Indian aerospace scientist and politician who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. He was born and raised in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu and studied physics and aerospace engineering.

Born: 15 October 1931, Rameswaram
Died: 27 July 2015, Shillong

He thus came to be known as the Missile Man of India for his work on the development of ballistic missile and launch vehicle technology. He also played a pivotal organisational, technical, and political role in India’s Pokhran-II nuclear tests in 1998, the first since the original nuclear test by India in 1974.

Widely referred to as the ” People’s President “, he returned to his civilian life of education, writing and public service after a single term. He was a recipient of several prestigious awards, including the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honour.

😀Thought of the day

Your best teacher is your last mistake- APJ Abdul Kalam

Jokes of the day

1. वो एक्सप्रेस ट्रेन करीब करीब खाली ही थी। वकील साहब जिस ऐसी 3 कोच में बैठे थे उसमें भी बहुत कम यात्री थे और उनके वाले पोर्शन में उनके अलावा दूसरा कोई पैसेंजर नहीं था।

तभी एक महिला कोच में उनके वाले पोर्शन में आई और वकील साहब से बोली, “मिस्टर, तुम्हारे पास जो भी मालपानी रुपया, पैसा, सोना, घड़ी, मोबाइल है सब मुझे सौंप दो नहीं तो मैं चिल्लाऊँगी कि, तुमने मेरे साथ छेड़ छाड़ की है।”

वकील साहब ने शांति से अपने ब्रीफकेस से एक कागज निकाला और उस पर लिखा, “मैं मूक बधिर हूँ, ना बोल सकता हूँ और ना ही सुन सकता हूँ। तुम्हें जो कुछ कहना है, इस कागज पर लिख दो।”

महिला ने जो भी कहा था वो उसी कागज पर लिख कर दे दिया।

वकील साहब ने उस कागज को मोड़कर हिफाजत से अपनी जेब में रखा और बोले, “हाँ, अब चिल्लाओ कि, मैंने तुम्हारे साथ छेड़ छाड़ की है। अब मेरे पास तुम्हारा लिखित बयान है।”

यह सुनते ही महिला वहाँ से यूँ भागी जैसे उसने भूत देख लिया हो

2.जाट को खेत में टयूबवेल लगवाना था। सोचा कि बाबा जी से पूछ लूँ कि पानी कहाँ होगा? बाबा जी ने सारे खेत में घूम कर एक कोने में हाथ रख दिया और बोला कि यहाँ टयूबवेल लगा ले और 1100/- रु. ले लिये।

जाट बेचारा भुरभुरे स्वभाव का था। बाबा जी से बोला, “मैं बहुत खुश हूँ… आप मेरे घर खाना खाने आओ।”

बाबा ने सोचा कि फंस गई मुर्गी आज तो और हाँ कर दी।

जाट घर जा कर अपनी पत्नि से बोला, “बाबा जी जिम्मण आवेंगे पकवान बना ले और एक कटोरी में नीचे देसी घी और उपर चावल डाल दिये।”

पत्नि बोली कि घी तो उपर होता है।

जाट बोला कि आज तू घी नीचे रखिये।

बाबा जी आ गये और चावल वाली कटोरी देख कर बोले, “बेटा इस में घी तो है ही नहीं।”

जाट ने चप्पल निकाल के एक धरी बाबा के कान के नीचे और बोला, “तन्नै खेत में 250 फुट नीचे का पानी देख लिया, कटोरी में 2 इंच नीचे घी नी दिक्खया?

3) A blonde was summoned to court to appear as a witness in a lawsuit. The prosecutor opened his questioning with, “Where were you the night of August 24th?”

“Objection!” said the defense attorney. “Irrelevant!”

“Oh, that’s okay,” said the blonde from the witness stand. “I don’t mind answering the question.”

“I object!” the defense said again.
“No, really,” said the blonde. “I’ll answer.”
The judge ruled, “If the witness insists on answering, there is no reason for the defense to object.”
So the prosecutor repeated the question: “Where were you the night of August 24th?”
The blonde replied brightly, “I don’t know!”

4) Donald Trump went to London and met with the Queen.

“Your Queenship,” he asked her. “I am finding things way more difficult than I could have imagined. May I ask you – how do you run such an efficient government? Are there any tips you can give me?`

“Well,” replied Her Majesty, “the most important thing is to surround yourself with intelligent people.”

Trump frowned.
“But how do you know the people around you are really intelligent?” he asked.

“Oh, that’s easy` the Queen replied. “You just ask them to answer an intelligent riddle`.

She pushed a button on her intercom. “Please send Theresa May in here.”

The Prime Minister walked into the room.

“You called for me, Your Majesty?”

“Answer me this, if you would, Theresa. ” the Queen said. “Your mother and father have a child. It is not your brother and it is not your sister. Who is it?`

Without pausing for even a second, Theresa May answered, “That would be me.”

“Yes! Very good,` said the Queen. Trump went back home, returned to the White House and the very next day called for Mike Pence to come and see him.

Pence duly trotted in to the Oval Office.

“Mike, answer this for me,” said the Don. “Your mother and your father have a child. It’s not your brother and it’s not your sister. Who is it?`

“I’m not sure,” said Pence. “Let me get back to you on that one.

Pence went panicking off to his advisers and asked everyone, but none of them could give him an answer.

The next night, as it happened, Pence ran in to Hillary Clinton in a restaurant. By now, desperate for an answer to give to his tyrannical boss, he approached her – much to her surprise.

“Hillary, I know we haven’t always seen eye to eye but I would really appreciate it if you could answer this riddle for me.

“Sure, Mike “Hillary said. “I’m not one to hold a grudge. What is it?`

“Thanks, said Pence,` It’s this. Your mother and father have a child and it’s not your brother or your sister. Who is it?`

Hillary answered right back, “That’s easy, it’s me!”

Pence smiled, “Thanks!”

Pence then went back to speak with Trump. “Say, boss, I did some research and I have the answer to that riddle. It’s Hillary Clinton.`

Trump got up, stomped over to Pence, and angrily yelled at him. “No, you idiot! It’s Theresa May!”

… AND THAT, MY FRIENDS, IS PRECISELY WHAT’S GOING ON AT THE WHITE HOUSE

😳Tell Me Why❓❓❓

Scientific reason behind fasting on “EKADASHI”

Fasting on Ekadashi is a very old and common tradition which is followed in mostly all Hindu families. We all have seen our Mother, Father, Dadima ,Dadaji , Nani and other elders observing Ekadashi fasts, and we usually think they are doing because they are just religious. In fact it is backed up by solid science.

Ekadasi is a Sanskrit word, which means ‘the eleventh’. It refers to the eleventh day of a fortnight belonging to a lunar month. There are two fortnights in a lunar month—the poornima and amavasya. So, Ekadasi occurs twice in a month. The special feature of Ekadasi, as most people know it, is a fast, abstinence from diet. According to scientific research, it is known that the air pressure on the earth varies to extreme limits on both the new moon (Amavasya) and the full moon (Purnima) day. This is because of the orbital path combination of the sun, moon and earth.

This can be observed by the change in the nature of the tidal waves on the new moon and full moon days. The waves are very high and rough, but from the next day onwards, the waves become calm, an indication that the pressure has also receded. Now, based on this fact, the significance of Ekadasi fasting can be explained in 2 ways:

1)It takes about 3-4 days for the food that we eat today to reach our brain (for the brain to understand the food intake). Now, if we eat light/fast on Ekadasi days, that intake will reach the brain correspondingly on the New moon/full moon day. On both of these days, the earth pressure is at its maximum, thus leading to imbalance in everything, including ones thought process. So, if the input to the brain is at a minimum, the chances of the brain indulging in any wayward activity due to the high pressure imbalance also becomes minimum. People in asylums behave weirdly during ekadashis due to this same lunar activity.

2) Another explanation for Ekadasi fasting is that compared to any other day of the moon cycle, atmospheric pressure is lowest on Ekadasi days. Thus, this is the best time to fast and cleanse the bowel system. If we fast on any other day, the high pressure/strain may damage our system. Thus, it is advisable that after fasting on Ekadasi, on the immediate next day (Dwadasi), we should get up early and eat as soon as possible.

🙏🏻 LEARN Sanskrit 🙏🏻

why does he go there? ‘ can be translated in Sanskrit in to saha kimartham tatra gachchati? (सः किमर्थं तत्र गच्छति)?

🤔 How it works ⁉

How Anchors in Ship Works.

When an anchor penetrates the surface of the seabed, suction generates resistance, created by the bottom material plus the weight of the material above the anchor. As the boat pulls on the anchor rode, the anchor digs in deeper, creating additional resistance.

As a general rule of thumb, your rode should be 7 to 10 times the depth of the water in which you will anchor.

💁🏻‍♂️ GK TODAY

The Kangchenjunga is the highest mountain peak in India and ranked 3rd highest summit in the world with an elevation of 8,586 m (28,169 ft). The highest mountain Kangchenjunga is located at the border of India and Nepal in the great Himalayas range,Sikkim

🛕 VEDIK GYAN

Pinaka : Pinaka is Sanskrit in origin and it’s meaning is bow or trident. Pinaka is the name of the bow of Shiva.

As per original Valmiki Ramayana, two bows were created by God Devendra of equal capacity which were given to Rudra and Vishnu and requested them to fight with each other to know who is the powerful one. However just before the start of the war an Aakashvani said that the war will lead to total destruction and hence the war was stopped. On hearing Aakashvani, Rudra threw his Dhanush which fell on earth to be later known as “Shiva dhanush”. It was later found by King Devaratha, the ancestor of King Janaka

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

Use of Garlic

It has been proven to lower cholesterol and thin the blood, which helps prevent stroke, high blood pressure and heart disease. It blocks the growth of cancer cells; therefore, people who eat garlic tend to develop less stomach and colon cancers. Garlic powder is also alleged to help regulate blood sugar levels.

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