NATIONAL NEWS:

1. President and Vice President have greeted people of Haryana, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Anadman and Nicobar, Lakshadweep and Puducherry on their formation day (01 Nov).
2. Customers in some banks will now have to start paying fees for deposit and withdrawal of money. As per reports, Bank of Baroda will start charging its customers for transactions beyond the prescribed limits from November 1. Names of other banks like Bank of India, PNB, Axis Bank and Central Bank are also emerging in reports, but they are yet to take a final call on the matter.
3. PM Modi addressed a rally in in Chapra on Sunday . He will address rallies at Motihari, Bagaha and Samastipur — for the second phase of Bihar assembly polls. The elections for the second phase of polls for 94 assembly constituencies will be held on November 3 and the results will be announced on November 10.
4. The Supreme Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking withdrawal of Z+ security cover given to Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani and his family while observing that it is for the State to assess and review the threat perception of individual and take a call on such issues.
5. Airports Authority of India Hands Over Mangaluru Airport To Adani Group On Lease For 50 Years : The central government in February 2019 had privatised six major airports of the country — Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Mangaluru, Thiruvananthapuram, and Guwahati. After a competitive bidding process, the Adani group won the rights to run all of them.
6. Rajasthan bans sale of fireworks this Diwali to tackle spread of coronavirus in state CM Ashok Gehlot has also directed officials to take strict action on vehicles that do not have fitness certificates in a crackdown to tackle the menace of COVID-19 epidemic.
7. The Rajasthan Police Constable Recruitment 2020 exams are scheduled to be held on November 6, 7, and 8 and the Director-General of Police Rajasthan has already activated the link to check the exam centres. Visit the official website — police.rajasthan.gov.in
8. SpiceJet receives as much as 3000 bookings for the route between Sabarmati riverfront and Statue of Unity shortly after the launch of operations in Gujarat. PM Modi had inaugurated the country’s first seaplane route on Saturday.
9. Twenty-seven Naxals, five of them carrying cash rewards on their heads, surrendered in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh on Sunday (November 1, 2020). An official said they were impressed by the police’s rehabilitation drive and disappointed with the Maoist ideology.
10. The district police’s campaign named ‘Lon Varratu’ (return to your home/village), launched in June this year for the rehabilitation of Naxals, is yielding positive results as 177 ultras have so far surrendered under it,
11. Gross GST revenue collected in October 2020 is Rs. 1,05,155crore of which CGST is Rs. 19,193 crore, SGST is Rs. 25,411 crore, IGST is Rs. 52,540 crore (including Rs. 23, 375 crore collected on import of goods) and Cess is Rs. 8,011crore (including Rs. 932 crore collected on import of goods).
12. Gurjar community blocks railway track in Rajasthan to demand reservation : Members of Gurjar community on Sunday blocked railway track in Bharatpur as part of their agitation demanding reservation in jobs and education as a ‘most backward class’ community.
13. The Tripura Board of Secondary Education (TBSE) has revised the results of Madhyamik and Higher Secondary examination results for 2020 . The results were announced three months ago and seven more toppers are added in the revised results.
14. SSC Selection Post Phase VIII exam 2020: The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has released the SSC Selection Post Phase 8 exam 2020 admit card on its regional websites on Friday (October 31,2020). The exams for SSC Selection Post Phase VIII will begin on November 6 and will end on November 8. The examination for Bihar region are scheduled to begin from December 14
15. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for the “misleading” claim that China had intruded “1200 kilometres” into India’s territory and lavished praise on armed forces for the valour displayed by them in defending the country’s honour.
16. An Indian Army officer and his fellow have made their way into the Guinness World Records by covering the arduous 427-km long rugged and inhospitable terrains of Himalayas from Leh to Manali by paddling on their cycles by braving harsh climatic conditions with snowfall, extremely low oxygen and temperature.
17. Col Vishal Ahlawat and Sepoy Ravi Kumar of the Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers (EME Corps) made a world record by covering this stretch in record 31 hours and 45 minutes on one of the toughest mountain bike expeditions in the world.
18. IAF test-fires air launched version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from Sukhoi aircraft
19. The security forces in Jammu and Kashmir killed Hizb-ul-Mujahideen’s Kashmir chief, Saifullah Mir aka Ghazi Haider in an encounter in Rangreth area of Srinagar district on Sunday (November 1, 2020).
20. Tamil Nadu Agriculture Minister R Doraikkannu died at a private hospital in Chennai on Saturday (October 31). The minister, who had tested positive for coronavirus, was 72. He was a three-time MLA from Papanasam in Thanjavur district.
21. COVID-19 recovery rate reaches 91.54 per cent :
    India continues to report a trend of steadily declining active cases. For the third day after the active cases dropped below the 6 lakh mark after nearly three months, the progressive decline has been maintained.
22. Coronavirus Cases :
    8,208,774
    Deaths: 122,424
    Recovered: 7,511,472

✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS

1. Ahead of the Gilgit-Baltistan polls on November 15, India rejected the newly granted ‘provisional provincial status’ to Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) i.e Gilgit Baltistan by the Imran Khan government on Sunday . Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava affirmed that PoK was part of India as per the legal, complete and irrevocable accession of Jammu and Kashmir to the Union of India in 1947.
2. PM Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to meet thrice at three different virtual summits in the month of November .
3. They will take part in; the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Heads of State summit on November 10, the BRICS summit on November 17 and the G20 summit on November 21-22.
4. More than 100 prominent Indian citizens — including actor Naseeruddin shah, poet Javed Akhtar, lawyer-activist Prashant Bhushan, dancer-choreographer Mallika Sarabhai and distinguished former police officer Julio Ribeiro — have issued a joint statement condemning the recent terror attacks in France and “outrageous” statements by Muslim religious and political leaders.

🌎WORLD NEWS🌍

1. In Hong Kong, seven pro-democracy opposition politicians, including four sitting lawmakers, were arrested over charges related to a scuffle that broke out in its legislative council between pro-democracy and pro-Beijing legislatures in May this year.
2. PM of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina has asked the authorities to ensure that all inbound passengers are tested for COVID-19 and put under compulsory quarantine in the wake of the second wave of coronavirus outbreak in Europe and other countries of the world.
3. Portugal’s government on Saturday announced new lockdown restrictions from Nov. 4 for most of the country, telling people to stay at home except for outings for work, school or shopping, and ordering companies to switch to remote working.
4. Philippines evacuates a million people ahead of super typhoon Goni
5. Hollywood legend Sean Connery’s predecessors in the James Bond franchise, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig, along with several others from the industry have paid tribute to the original 007, who passed away at 90 on October 31.
6. Two more men were arrested in connection with a knife attack that left three dead at a church in Nice , bringing the number of people in custody to six as investigators look at the suspected assailant`s last known contacts.
7. US President Donald Trump on Sunday launches his final, two-day sprint of campaigning across the battleground states of the 2020 election in a dramatic bid to defy the polls and win a come-from-behind victory over Democrat Joe Biden.
8. China on high alert as US polls draw near : Beijing is currently on high alert as the US presidential election enters its final stages, with several Chinese Communist Party insiders and observers warning that the turbulent relations between America and China have entered one of the most uncertain and dangerous times in decades.
9. Israel began human trials on Sunday for its COVID-19 vaccine candidate which, if successful, could be ready for the general public by the end of next summer.
10. Coronavirus Cases :
    46,618,155
    Deaths : 1,203,067
    Recovered: 33,603,547
    ACTIVE CASES 11,788,449

🚣🚴🏇🏁🏊Sports:

1. IPL 2020: Sunday, 1st November 2020

KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS 191/7
Vs
RAJASTHAN ROYALS
131/9
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 60 runs

(b) CHENNAI SUPER KINGS
154/1

KINGS XI PUNJAB
153/6
Chennai Super Kings won by 9 wickets

2. Monday, 2nd November 2020

DELHI CAPITALS
Vs
ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE

19:30 IST (14:00 GMT), 18:00 LOCAL
Match 55 Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi

3. BCCI on Sunday announced Jio as the title sponsor for the upcoming 2020 edition of the Women’s T20 Challenge.

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🇮🇳Facts about India🇮🇳
The major rivers of India are:

Flowing into the Bay of Bengal: Brahmaputra, Yamuna, Ganga (with its main tributaries Ramganga, [Gangan], Kali or Sharda, Gomti, Yamuna, Chambal, Betwa, Ken, Tons, Ghaghara, Gandaki, Burhi Gandak, Koshi, Mahananda, Tamsa, Son, Bagmati), Meghna, Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna (and their main tributaries), Kaveri

Flowing into the Arabian Sea: Narmada, Tapi, Sindhu, Sabarmati, Purna

😀Thought of the day

A snake knows more about what is happening around than any other creature, because it has no ears to listen to gossip, only direct perception

Joke of the day

Bill gates – I am not a university topper, but today all university toppers are my employees.

Pappu : Bus yehi baat teri mujhe top Karen se rokta hai

😳Tell MeWhy❓❓❓

Why can’t we hear ultrasound?

The human ear has a perceived frequency range of 20 Hertz to 20 kHz. Any frequency below 20 Hz is classified as infrasound and any frequency above 20 kHz is classified as ultrasound.

Human middle ear apparatus makes it impossible to hear frequencies classified as ultrasound or infrasound.

Animals such as bats on the other hand use echolocation for hunting and can detect frequencies beyond 100 kHz.

LEARN Sanskrit🙏🏻

Nidra (निद्रा) literally means sleep

🤔 How it works ⁉

Biogas is produced through the processing of various types of organic waste. … Digestion carried out by these microorganisms creates methane, which can be used as it is locally or upgraded to biogas equivalent to natural gas quality, enabling the transport of the biogas over longer distances.

💁🏻‍♂️ GK TODAY

ODISHA AND BIHAR were the first states of India formed in 1st April 1936..

🛕 VEDIK GYAN

Silpi Vishwakarma is the designer of all the flying chariots of the gods, and all their weapons and divine attributes. Vishwakarma/Tvostar is also credited with creating the missiles used in the mythological era, including the Vajra, the sacred weapon of Lord Indra, from the bones of sage Dadhichi

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

When applied to the skin, honey can be part of an effective treatment plan for burns, wounds and many other skin conditions. It is particularly effective for diabetic foot ulcers.

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