TODAY’S TOP NEWS: 26 OCTOBER, 2020 (GPN):

NATIONAL NEWS:

1. After observing rituals for nine days in Navratri, people celebrated Dussehra with great enthusiasm across the country . Dussehra is the festival that marks the end of both Durga Puja and the Navratri festival. This auspicious day is associated with Lord Rama and how he slayed Ravana to establish the day as one where good triumphed versus evil
2. Campaigning for first phase of Bihar assembly elections set to end today : The first phase of polling in Bihar’s 3-phased assembly elections is just 3 days away.Top leaders of coalition contenders crisscrossed the state on Dussehra day to get their message across to voters.
3. PM Modi on Sunday addressed the nation via the monthly ‘Mann ki Baat’ programme and asserted on the importance of using local products, such as Khadi. He also praised the restrain shown by people while celebrating festivals keeping in mind the guidelines prescribed for protection against coronavirus.
4. Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray slams BJP on GST, free vaccine promise in Bihar
5. The Prime Minister talked about the lessons one should learn from the life of India’s first Home Minister Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel . “We will find very few people with all these traits together like- ideological depth, moral courage, political acumen, deep knowledge of the agricultural sector and devotion to national unity.
6. Asserting that India stands firmly with its brave soldiers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged people to light a diya at their homes to honour security forces guarding the country’s borders while they celebrate festivals
7. Jammu and Kashmir along with Ladakh and adjoining areas witnessed season’s first snowfall following which the mercury reportedly dropped by over two to three degrees below the normal . The Drass area of the Ladakh remained the coldest place with 8 degrees in the day, whereas, the temperature dropped down to minus 3 during the night hours.
8. Asserting that in sharp contrast to the UP government’s response to the Hathras horror, Punjab government had taken swift action in the Hoshiarpur rape-murder incident, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday said the challan in the case will be presented in court this week.
9. India’s first seaplane service is likely to take off from Sabarmati riverfront to the Statue of Unity on 31 October
10. Central government employees can submit multiple bills of goods and services purchased in their own name to avail the benefit of the LTC (Leave Travel Concession) cash voucher scheme , according to the Finance Ministry.
11. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said India needs to be more powerful than China in terms of military preparedness , adding the world is aware of that country’s expansionist designs.
12. Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA Rahul Lodhi resigned from the party and his assembly membership and joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday, ahead of the November 3 state bypolls.
13. IndiGo bans 9 journalists from flying for alleged unruly behaviour : On September 9, IndiGo’s Chandigarh-Mumbai flight, with actor Kangana Ranaut as a passenger, witnessed violation of social distancing and safety protocols by television journalists, according to a report filed by the airline with aviation safety regulator DGCA.
    IndiGo has banned nine journalists from flying between October 15-October 30 following recommendations by an internal committee .
14. THE NARCOTICS Control Bureau (NCB) on Sunday registered two cases in which six people were placed under arrest under sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. Those arrested include a TV actress Preetika Chauhan, (30), and a Tanzanian national.
15. Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh on Sunday celebrated Dussehra with soldiers in a high-altitude border area in Sikkim. He also performed ‘Shastra Puja’ at Sukna War Memorial in Darjeeling. Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane was also present.
16. Top commanders of the Army will carry out a comprehensive assessment of India’s combat readiness in eastern Ladakh as well as other sensitive areas along the Line of Actual Control with China at a four-day conference beginning Monday,
17. Reserve Bank of India governor Shakti Kanta Das tests positive for novel coronavirus on Sunday
18. Coronavirus Cases:
    7,907,545
    Deaths: 119,004
    Recovered:
    7,132,390

✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS:

1. India-US 2+2 dialogue: The United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the US Secretary of Defense Mark T Esper will arrive in New Delhi on Monday (October 26, 2020) with the aim to expand cooperation to promote stability and prosperity in the India-Pacific and the world.
2. Secretary Pompeo is scheduled to meet External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh for the US-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue. He will also meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and hold discussions with other government and business leaders on ways to advance the US-India Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership.
3. India’s Army Chief Gen MM Naravane is set to visit Nepal on Nov 4, in an effort to reset relations after ties between the two nations came under severe strain following a bitter border row. The three-day crucial visit to Nepal commences on November 4 till November 6.
4. Top diplomats from India, Bangladesh, Nepal join Durga Pooja celebrations by Indian Community in Beijing. Ambassadors of Bangladesh and Nepal in China also shared their festivalgreetings through a recorded message.
5. India Exports 3M Tonnes of Fly Ash To Bangladesh via Sundarbans Waterway a Year Fly ash is a byproduct of pulverised coal or coal dust in power generating plants and is being increasingly used as a substitute for cement in making bricks. But there are limits to fly ash usage because, in concrete structures, not more than 30 percent of cement can be substituted by fly ash.
6. ICICI Bank on Saturday (October 25) said it has shut down operations in Sri Lanka after getting approval from the Sri Lankan monetary authority.

🌎WORLD NEWS🌍

1 The Bangladesh government has decided that no service will be provided to people who don’t wear mask .

2. Bangladesh has sought dollar 500 million support from the World Bank for COVID 19 vaccine in the country. It will use this money for procurement, preservation, transportation and distribution of the vaccine. The amount is in addition to the funds allocated by the World Bank under IDA 19 for Bangladesh in the current financial year.
3. Israel and Sudan reach U.S.-brokered deal to normalize ties . Sudan is the third Arab government after UAE and Bahrain to announce normalisation of ties with Israel in 2020.
4. Naming Pakistan’s top military Generals – Qamar Javed Bajwa and Faiz Hamid, former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Sunday, blamed them of crimes :
   Naming Pakistan’s top military Generals – Qamar Javed Bajwa and Faiz Hamid, former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Sunday, blamed Bajwa of stealing the 2018 elections, installing Imran Khan as PM, and horse-trading, while addressing the third Opposition rally in Balochistan’s Quetta. Lashing out at Faiz, he alleged that he was charged with the Faizabad riots and yet promoted in the Army. Maintaining that the Pakistan Army was not bad, he lashed out at these Generals for defaming it.
5. Addressing the third Opposition rally in Pakistan’s Quetta in Balochistan district on Sunday, former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif lashed out at his successor General Pervez Musharraf for his decisions which led to Pakistan’s defeat in the Kargil war in 1999 . Sharif, who addressed the rally via video link from London, claimed that some in the Pakistan Army had picked a fight in the snow-capped mountains in Kargil, where there was no chance of victory, leaving jawans unarmed.
6. Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on October 25 declared a second nationwide state of emergency as COVID-19 cases surge in the country.
7. Asteroid Bennu samples spill back into space from jammed Nasa spacecraft OSIRIS-REx : Nasa spacecraft OSIRIS-REx, that collected sample from a diamond-shaped asteroid Bennu earlier this week, is now stuffed with so much rubble from this week’s grab that it’s jammed open and precious particles are spilling back out into space.
8. Coronavirus Cases:
   43,178,547
   Deaths:1,157,350
   Recovered: 31,810,104
   ACTIVE CASES
   10,211,093

🚣🚴🏇🏁🏊 SPORTS:

1. IPL 2020 25 Oct
   RCB 145/6 (20.0 OV)
   Chennai Super Kings beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 8 wickets
   CSK 150/2 (18.4 OV)
2. Monday, 26th October 2020
   KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS

KINGS XI PUNJAB

19:30 IST (14:00 GMT), 18:00 LOCAL
Match 46 Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah

3. India’s first World Cup winning-captain Kapil Dev was on Sunday discharged from a city hospital , two days after undergoing angioplasty following a heart attack. The 61-year-old complained of chest pain on Thursday following which he was taken to Fortis Escorts Heart Institute’s emergency department.

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🇮🇳 FACTS ABOUT INDIA🇮🇳

Jabalpur is a city in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is known for the Dhuandhar Falls and the white Marble Rocks at Bhedaghat. It is generally accepted that the game of Snooker originated here. On a rocky hilltop on the western outskirts of the city is the Madan Mahal Fort, built in 1116.

Jabalpur was named after a sage named Jabali, who meditated on the banks of the Narmada river.

😀 THOUGHT OF THE DAY 

If I could not do great things, I can do small things in great way.

 JOKES OF THE DAY 

1)Pappu was getting bitten by mosquitoes the whole night.
He got irritated… Drank poison said, “ab kato salo, sub maroge!”😡👻

2) A young lady was sitting in a fine restaurant one night.

Waiting for her date as she was, she wanted to make sure everything was perfect.

So, as she bends down in her chair to get the mirror from her purse, she accidentally farts quite loudly just as the waiter walks up.

Sitting up straight now, embarrassed and red faced, knowing everyone in the place heard her, turns to the waiter and demands, “Stop That!”

The waiter looks at her dryly and says “Sure lady, which way was it headed, I can stop it using an airfreshner?”

3)Beat this one..!! Notice on entry gate of a Apple Store in NY:
“Don’t ever fart here;
the smell will stay for ages.
We don’t have Windows!”

And Tit for Tat from Microsoft in their premises…
“Anyone visiting us here can be free to use Windows in case you need to release stale gas from yesterday’s half eaten apple. We have been providing open window systems to the world since ages.”

4) Contractor Se Setting Ho Jaane Ke Baad Clerk Ne Sahab Ko Bata Kar File Rakhi.

Sahab Ne Likha “Approved”

Do Din Baad Contractor Apne Vaade Se Mukar Gaya.
Clerk Ne Sahab Ko Bataya.
Sahab Bole Ab Kya Karein?
Clerk Ke Dimaag Ka Kamaal Dekhiye…
Clerk Ne Kaha – Sir “Approved” Ke Pehle “Not” Likh Deejiye.

Ab Contractor Pareshan. Phir Se Setting Huyi aur vaade ke hisaab se zyada paise mile . Clerk Phir Se Sahab Ke Saamne File Lekar Pahuncha.

Sahab chillaye Aur Clerk Se Pucha: Ab Kya Karein?
Phir Clerk Ke Dimaag Ka Kamaal Dekhiye…
Clerk Ne Kaha Sir: “Not” Mein Kewal “E” Laga Dein Means “Note: Approved”

Ab Aap Hi Bataiye Ki Desh Kaun Chala Raha Hai.

5) A young Naval Officer was in a terrible car accident, but due to the heroics of the hospital staff the only permanent injury was the loss of one ear. Since he wasn’t physically impaired he remained in the Navy and eventually became an Admiral. During his career he was always sensitive about his appearance.

One day the Admiral was interviewing two Navy Master Chiefs and a Marine Sergeant Major for his personal staff. The first Master Chief was a Surface Navy type and it was a great interview.

At the end of the interview the Admiral asked him, “Do you notice anything different about me?”

The Master Chief answered, “I couldn’t help but notice you are missing your starboard ear, so I don’t know whether this impacts your hearing on that side.”

The Admiral got very angry at this lack of tact and threw him out of his office.

The next candidate, an Aviation Master Chief, when asked this same question, answered, “Well yes, you seem to be short one ear.”

The Admiral threw him out also.

The third interview was with the Marine Sergeant Major. He was articulate, extremely sharp, and seemed to know more than the two Master Chiefs put together. The Admiral went ahead with the same question.

“Do you notice anything different about me?”

To his surprise the Sergeant Major said, “Yes sir you wear contact lenses.”

The Admiral, impressed thought to himself, what an incredibly tactful Marine. “And how do you know that?” the Admiral asked.

The Sergeant Major replied, “Well sir, it’s pretty hard to wear glasses with only one fuckin ear.”

😳 TELL ME WHY❓❓❓

Why do dogs run behind vehicles? 🚗 🦮

Dogs get super active post 10 or 11 PM. They rest the whole day and wander in the night. Anything flashy, too loud or too fast, before they could smell they will prepare for a attack thinking the approaching thing some intruders and the dog needs to save itself and others.

Actual dogs are territorial animals and they have their own इलाका ( territories) like we humans have. That’s why they keep urinating on trees, vehicles to expand their area.

When any vehicle which has urine of any other dog comes in their territory they think that some dog from outside is coming in their territory, so they run after the car to keep, other so called Dogs, out of the area.

LEARN SANSKRIT🙏🏻

निर्विघ्न Nirvighnam : Uninterrupted

🤔 HOW IT WORKS ⁉

What adaptations allow the frog to live on land and in water? 🐸

Frogs start their lives as aquatic tadpoles with gills to breathe. As tadpoles grow into frogs, lungs replace the gills and allow frogs to breathe on land. Frogs’ skin is covered by a layer of slime that dissolves oxygen from air and water. Numerous blood vessels present in frogs’ thin skin absorb the oxygen🐸

💁🏻‍♂️ GK TODAY

A frog emerges from one of up to 4,000 eggs laid by his mother in a jelly like substance where it develops into a tadpole. Most tadpoles get gobbled up by predators before they’ve fully metamorphosed into frogs at 12 to 14 weeks of age. The most common indoor pet, the red-eyed tree frog (Agalychnis callidryas), averages only 5 years in the wild like other frog species. It starts producing it’s offspring 2-3 years old.

🛕 VEDIK GYAN

Names of the 12 months of the Indian Civil Calendar and their correlation with the Gregorian calendar:

1. Chaitra (30/ 31* Days) Begins March 22/ 21*
2. Vaisakha (31 Days) Begins April 21
3. Jyaistha (31 Days) Begins May 22
4. Asadha (31 Days) Begins June 22
5. Shravana (31 Days) Begins July 23
6. Bhadra (31 Days) Begins August 23
7. Asvina (30 Days) Begins September 23
8. Kartika (30 Days) Begins October 23
9. Agrahayana (30 Days) Begins November 22
10. Pausa (30 Days) Begins December 22
11. Magha (30 Days) Begins January 21
12. Phalguna (30 Days) Begins February 20

• Leap years

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

Consuming jaggery helps in improving digestion, it activates the digestive enzymes and stimulates bowel movement, which further helps in improving digestion and relieves constipation. Apart from that, consuming jaggery helps in increasing the metabolic rate.

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