TODAY’S TOP NEWS, 14 NOVEMBER, 2020 (GPN):

HAPPY DIWALI
🎉🌟🎊💥🔥✨

May the divine light of Diwali spread into your life and bring peace, prosperity, happiness, good health and grand success.

NATIONAL NEWS:

1. Ayodhya witnesses Deepotsav grandeur as over 5 lakh diyas light up Saryu banks on Diwali eve.
2. President Ram Nath Kovind has extended his greetings to his fellow citizens on the eve of Diwali. In a message, the President has said the festival, celebrated by people of various religions and sects strengthens the sense of unity, goodwill and fraternity among the people of our country.
3. Incumbent Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar yesterday resigned from his post paving the way for the formation of the new government in the state. Mr Kumar tendered his resignation to Governor Phagu Chauhan.
4. Amid Pakistan’s unprovoked ceasefire violation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged people to light a lamp on the occasion of Diwali for India’s brave soldiers.
5. WB Board Exam 2021 – Class 10, class 12 in West Bengal: It has been announced by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee that Class 10, class 12 students will be passed out without having to take any examinations. There will be no selection test. This is due to the covid pandemic and the authorities are being super-careful to ensure things do not get worse
6. The Indian Army family in the National Capital is celebrating a green diwali this year by staying away from bursting of crackers. “This Diwali Lets Go Green” campaign has been initiated by the HQ Delhi Area in the Army cantonment.
7. The Telangana High Court has ordered the state government to ban the sale and bursting of firecrackers in the state. In a hearing on the issue on Thursday, the court directed the Telangana state government to give widespread publicity to the ban. While the government informed the court that it was following NGT guidelines on bursting of firecrackers, the court said that the bursting of firecrackers and setting off of fireworks, might contribute to the further spread of Covid-19.
8. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has made amendments in the implementation guidelines of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyaan (PM-KUSUM) Scheme on November 13, 2020. Solar plants can now also be installed on Pasturelands and marshy lands owned by farmers. Size of solar plant has been reduced for increasing participation of small farmers. Now, solar power projects smaller than 500 kW will be allowed.Completion period have been increased from 9 to 12 months. There will be no penalty for shortfall in generation.
9. The Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TSCHE) will conduct a meeting with the Chief Secretary for Higher Education Chitra Ramachandran and Commissioner of Collegiate Education and Technical Education, Naveen Mittal, to discuss the prospect of reopening higher educational institutions after Diwali.
10. The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday announced its new team of state in-charges, with party vice-president Radha Mohan Singh appointed in-charge of politically crucial Uttar Pradesh. Kailash Vijayvargiya will continue to be the in-charge of West Bengal and he will be assisted by BJP national secretary Arvind Menon and party national IT cell head Amit Malviya.
11. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday said the Centre will hold another round of discussion with Punjab farmers protesting against new farm laws amid differences on certain issues.
12. In a major political development in the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist in Kerala ahead of the local body polls, Kodiyeri Balakrishnan on Friday stepped aside as secretary, the highest office within the party at the state level, days after his son was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case linked to a drugs case in Bengaluru
13. Bollywood actor Arjun Rampal was questioned by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in a drug-related probe for around seven hours on Friday. The NCB, which questioned Rampal’s partner Gabriella Demetriades on Wednesday and Thursday, has also arrested his friend Paul Bartel.
14. Coronavirus Cases:
    8,761,499
    Deaths: 129,100
    Recovered: 8,151,655

✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS

1. Retaliating effectively to Pakistan’s unprovoked violation of the ceasefire, the Indian Army rattled several bunkers and posts across the Line of Control (LoC). Pakistan had opened up unprovoked fire at four different places across the LoC on Friday attacking civilian establishments. In response, the Indian Army destroyed large number of Pakistan Army bunkers, fuel dumps and launchpads during which 10-12 Pakistani Army soldiers were killed,
2. Pakistan on Friday indulged in heavy cross-border shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) in which five security forces personnel and six civilians lost their lives but Indian troops retaliated strongly, killing 11 Pakistani soldiers and injuring 16 others besides causing extensive damage to its infrastructure,

3 The INTERPOL and the World Customs Organization conducted Operation Thunder, 2020 in 103 countries . The operation was conducted against environmental crimes.The Operation Thunder was held between September 14, 2020 and October 11, 2020. It resulted in large seizures of protected forestry and wildlife specimen. This triggered arrests and investigations world-wide including India.

4. India has provided 50 Metric Tons of food aid to the people of Djibouti as part of its assistance to friendly countries to overcome natural calamities and the COVID-19 pandemic.

🌎WORLD NEWS🌍

1. Melania Trump breaks social distancing, walks arm-in-arm with soldier amid divorce rumours : Internet has erupted over a new photo of United States First Lady Melania Trump ignoring social distancing as she walked arm-in-arm with a serviceman and stood away from the President during November 11’s Veterans Day wreath-laying ceremony,
2. European Union has urged China to immediately reverse the decision to disqualify elected legislators, calling it a severe blow to Hong Kong’s autonomy.
3. In a statement, European Union said that latest arbitrary decision from Beijing further significantly undermines Hong Kong’s autonomy under the ‘One Country, Two Systems’ principle. It added that the latest steps constitute a further severe blow to political pluralism and freedom of opinion in Hong Kong.
4. President Donald Trump has won North Carolina and its 15 electoral votes, staving off a hard-fought challenge by Democratic nominee Joe Biden and holding the battleground state for Republicans. Trump’s victory in North Carolina brings him to 232 electoral votes. Biden, who was declared the winner of the election on Nov. 7, has 290 electoral votes and defeated Trump by flipping Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Arizona.
5. Pope Francis spoke with Joe Biden by telephone Thursday to offer “blessings and congratulations” to the US president-elect on his victory
6. US President Donald Trump on Friday said he expects a vaccine for the novel coronavirus will be available for the entire American population by as soon as April next year,
7. Coronavirus Cases:
   53,430,713
   Deaths: 1,304,480
   Recovered: 37,383,870
   ACTIVE CASES 14,742,363

🚣🚴🏇🏁🏊Sports:

1. Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar has donated medical equipments to a charitable hospital in Assam, a move will benefit over 2,000 children coming from underprivileged families.
2. Former India cricketer Rahul Dravid has backed T20 cricket to become an Olympic sport saying that he is all for the expansion of the game.
3. Healthy’ Kapil Dev extends Diwali greetings : The cricket legend was admitted to hospital on October 23 after he complained of chest pain. He then underwent an angioplasty

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🇮🇳Facts about India🇮🇳

14-November-1889 Jawaharlal Nehru, first PM of India, was born. To commemorate his birthday, this day is observed as ‘Children’s Day’ from 1957.

😀 Thought of the day 

The children of today will make the India of tomorrow. The way we bring them up will determine the future of the country….. Nehru

Tell Me Why❓🤔 CHILDREN’S DAY : *why india celebrates bal diwas on november 14?

Children’s Day, or Bal Diwas, is celebrated in the country on the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru. Fondly addressed as ‘Chacha Nehru’ by kids, he was known for his love towards children. However, after Nehru’s death, a resolution was passed in the parliament to give him an appropriate farewell and it was unanimously decided to celebrate his birthday as Bal Diwas in the nation.

Before his death in 1964, Children’s day was celebrated on November 20 in India, which coincided with Universal Children’s Day by the United Nations

Joke of the day

Amitabh –
mere paas rocket hai,
shurli hai,
chakri hai,
murga bumb hai,
anaar hai,
tumhare paas kya hai?
Shashi kapoor –
mere paas
maachis hai!

😇GK Today💤
Largest country (in area) ……… Russia

LEARN Sanskrit🙏🏻

चिह्नम्: Depression

🤔 How it works ⁉

How does a Fire cracker Rocket works

Each rocket is made up of the following parts: a mortar, fuses, propellant powder, a shell, a bursting charge, and a collection of “stars.” The mortar is the outer container, and the fuse is, of course, the piece that you light. When the fuse burns down, the propellant ignites and shoots the firework into the air.

When the fuse, called a fast-acting fuse, is ignited with a flame or a spark, the gunpowder explodes, creating lots of heat and gas that cause a buildup of pressure beneath the shell. Then, when the pressure is great enough, the shell shoots up into the sky. Fireworks!

🛕 VEDIK GNAN

Diwali is the five-day festival of lights, celebrated by millions of Hindus, Sikhs and Jains across the world. The festival, which coincides with the Hindu New Year, celebrates new beginnings and the triumph of good over evil and light over darkness.

Danteras usually falls eighteen days after Dussehra. On the same night that Hindus celebrate Diwali, Jains celebrate a festival of lights to mark the attainment of moksha by Mahavira, Sikhs celebrate Bandi Chhor Divas and some Buddhists also celebrate Diwali remembering Ashoka’s conversion to Buddhism.

Goddess Lakshmi’s Birthday: On this very Diwali day, Lakshmi is said to have been incarnated from the depth of the bottomless ocean at the time of Sagarmadhan to extract Amrit.

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

Putting cucumbers over your eyes to treat dark circles and puffy skin is probably one of the best-known beauty remedies.

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