TODAY’S TOP NEWS, 16 NOVEMBER, 2020 (GPN):

NATIONAL NEWS:

1. The Sai Baba Temple in Shirdi is set to reopen from Monday (November 16, 2020) after the Uddhav Thackeray-led government announced that temples and other places of religious worship across the state can reopen that were shut down in Maharashtra since the COVID-19 lockdown in March.
2. Bihar election : Tarkishore Prasad, Renu Devi could likely be made deputy CMs. A day before Nitish Kumar is to be swon in as the Chief Minister, four-term Katihar MLA Tarkishore Prasad was on Sunday (November 15, 2020) named the BJP legislature party leader. It is also reported that Prasad could be the new deputy chief minister of the new NDA government headed by Nitish Kumar. Further, Bettiah MLA Renu Devi was made the BJP’s deputy leader and she could be made the other deputy CM in the NDA ministry.
3. Nitish to be Bihar CM for 4th term, will take oath on Monday: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday met Governor Phagu Chauhan, after being unanimously elected as the leader of the National Democratic Allaince, and staked claim for the formation of the new government in the state
4. Iconic Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee died in Kolkata on Sunday. He breathed his last at 12:15 pm at Belle Vue Clinic. He was 85.
   Bengal bade a tearful adieu to iconic actor Soumitra Chatterjee as thousands of people walked following a flower-bedecked hearse which carried his body to a crematorium where his mortal remains were consigned to flames with full state honours in Kolkata on Sunday evening. The actor tested positive for the virus in October, but gradually recovered. However, till then, COVID encephalopathy had set in and various other complications surfaced.
5. Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel has been admitted to the ICU of Medanta Hospital in Gurugram’s Haryana, his family informed on Sunday (November 15). It is to be noted that Ahmed Patel had tested positive for coronavirus on October 1.
6. Heavy rain hits parts of Delhi, likely to bring some relief from air pollution . The Indian Metereological Department (IMD) had said earlier that light rain is expected across the national capital region.
7. Assam Baghjan blaze successfully doused after 172 days of blowout, says Oil India Ltd. There is no pressure in the well now and it will be under observation over the next 24 hours to check if there is any amount of gas migration and pressure build-up.
8. Amid boycott of Chinese products, traders did record 72000 cr business on Diwali;
9. Manipur CM N Biren Singh tests positive for COVID-19, undergoes home isolation
10. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said that the culprits involved in the murder of a minor girl in Kanpur will not be spared and announced financial assistance of Rs 5 lakhs to the family of the deceased. Internal body parts of the minor were missing after the body was recovered by the police on Sunday. A complaint was registered by the family members of the six-year-old girl after her sudden disappearance on Diwali night.
11. India to carry out multiple launches of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles by November-end
12. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UADAI) has launched a new “Order Aadhaar Card” service which facilitates the Aadhaar holder to get their Aadhaar details printed on a PVC card by paying nominal charges. It can be ordered online through uidai.gov.in or resident.uidai.gov.in using Aadhaar number, Virtual ID or Enrolment ID and paying a nominal charge of Rs 50. Aadhaar PVC Card is delivered to the resident’s address by speed post.
13. Enforcement Directorate chief Sanjay Kumar Mishra has got one-year extension. He completed two years of his tenure.
14. Army today paid tribute to Havildar Hardhan Chandra Roy, Naik Satai Bhushan Rameshrao, Gunner Subodh Ghosh and Sepoy Jondhale Rushikesh Ramchandra, who made the supreme sacrifice on Friday (13 November 2020) in North Kashmir after Pakistani Army resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violation.
15. Coronavirus Cases:
    8,843,937
    Deaths: 130,082
    Recovered: 8,245,352

✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS

1. The Ministry of External Affairs on Sunday (November 15, 2020) dismissed Pakistan’s charge accusing India and Afghanistan of being involved in many incidents against the country.
2. External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar represented India at the 15th East Asia Summit (EAS). The summit discussed ways to strengthen the platform. The EAS is a group of 10 ASEAN countries that includes Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam), and also Australia, China, India, Japan, Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Russia and the US.
3. Jaishankar warns ASEAN of security perils as it signs FTA with China India stays out from pact with 5 nations, but can join later : External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar sounded the alarm about Chinese expansionism a day before the 10-nation ASEAN signed a free trade pact with China and four other countries while India stayed away.
4. China clarified its position on the stuck Indian shipping vessel Jag Anand saying that it has never restricted it from leaving its port.

🌎WORLD NEWS🌍

1. The death toll from Typhoon Vamco that ransacked the Philippines this week has climbed to 67,
2. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin told his Azeri counterpart Ilham Aliyev on Saturday to take care of Christian shrines in parts of Nagorno-Karabakh that Azerbaijan gets under this week`s ceasefire agreement.
3. A 5.2 magnitude earthquake hit Pakistan’s southwestern city of Quetta and surrounding districts early Saturday but no damage was immediately reported
4. US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Saturday (November 14) issued a joint statement to extend wishes on the occasion of Diwali, the Festival of Lights.
5. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Prince Charles wished people of the occassion of Diwali on Saturday with a message of victory of light over darkness and of overcoming the coronavirus pandemic crisis

6 . Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz Sharif said Prime Minister Imran Khan was “useless” person who was unaware of what is going on in Pakistan and that he was “just trying to get attention needlessly “. Speaking on the Karachi incident, she said that her door was broken down, her husband Safdar was arrested and inspector-general of police (IGP) for Sindh got kidnapped and yet the Prime Minister did not know what is happening in his country.

7. French ground forces and military helicopters killed a jihadist commander linked with al Qaeda in Mali along with four others, Surveillance drones helped French forces in Mali identify Moussa’s truck in the Menaka region of eastern Mali.
8. Thousands of President Donald Trumps supporters marched in Washington on Saturday to back his unsubstantiated claims of election fraud as he pushes ahead with a flurry of longshot legal challenges to overturn President-elect Joe Bidens victory.
9. The ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) has won a majority in the general elections of Myanmar which took place on November 8. The Union Election Commission (UEC) of Myanmar made the formal announcement through its official list of winning candidates on Sunday.
10. Coronavirus Cases:
    54,790,354
    Deaths: 1,323,898
    Recovered: 38,117,023

🚣🚴🏇🏁🏊Sports:

1. Himachal Pradesh Governor Bandaru Dattatreya on Sunday said that shuttler Saina Nehwal and her husband Parupalli Kashyap, who is also a badminton player, have expressed desire to open a badminton academy in Himachal.
2. The Sports Ministry has introduced a incentivisation structure to extend monetary support to 500 private academies, through the Khelo India Scheme over the next four years starting FY 2020-21.

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🇮🇳Facts about India🇮🇳

Jhansi Laxmi Bhai (16 Nov 1828-18 Jun 1858 ) first name was Manikarnika, married to Gangadhar Rao,
the prince of Jhansi, fought against British after her husband death. Along with Tatya Tape joined took help of Maharaja Gwalior to overpower the British rule, died in second day of fight at Gwalior.

😀 Thought of the day 

The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all

 JOKES OF THE DAY 
INDIAN’S VISION OF TOURISM

Pappu: Have you visited Kashmir, kulu Manali, Himachal, Leh Ladhak and Shimla

Friend: No, I have not.

Pappu: Oye, you should see it to believe, You will not feel like you are in India You will feel you are in foreign land like Switzerland and Europe

This is how pappus of India degrade our own motherland.

😇 GK Today

Largest river in South India – Godavari

😳TELL ME WHY❓❓❓

Why does your skin go wrinkly in water?

When a person stays in a water bath for a prolonged time, osmosis occurs and the water flows into the upper skin cells, which then take up the water. Shrinking and expanding effects take place simultaneously in these skin cells, causing wrinkles. The wrinkling effect mostly pops up on the thickest layer of the skin.

LEARN Sanskrit🙏🏻

वलिन : Wrinkled

🤔 How it works ⁉

How OASIS formed in the desert

An Oasis is a fertile tract in a desert where the water table approaches the surface. It is found every part on the globe but more relevant in the arid land with little or no vegetation. Its unique geographical formation gives showers of relief to the deserts and arid regions. Dates, cotton, olives, figs, citrus fruits, wheat and corn (maize) are common oasis crops.

🛕 VEDIK GYAN 🙏🏻

THE DIWALI WITH SHRI KRISHNA CONNECTION

Legend relates the festival to Lord Krishna,

Hiranyaksha, an asura, stollen the Earth and dived into the ocean. To rescue earth, Lord Vishnu assumed the form of a wild boar, Varaaha, and went after the asura. Varaaha overpowered Hiranyaksha in the duel that he fought under the water, and restored earth to its original position in the universe. Due to a drop of sweat, which fell on the ground. A fully grown young warrior arose from this drop of Lord Varaaha’s sweat. His name was Naraka.

Bhoodevi or Mother Earth took a liking to this son of hers and asked Lord Varaaha that her son should become invincible. Varaaha pulled out one of his tusks and gave it to Naraka saying he could use it as a weapon whenever he was in great danger.

Centuries rolled by. Krita Yuga was followed by Treta Yuga and then came Dwapara Yuga (we are in the Kali Yuga that followed the Dwapara Yuga). In the Dwapara Yuga, Lord Vishnu had come down to Earth as Krishna.

Meanwhile, Naraka had grown very powerful. Ruling from his impregnable fortress of Prag-jyotisha-pura or the land of the rising sun, he had conquered earth and heaven. Drunk with power, he snatched away the celestial ear rings of Aditi, the mother of the devas. Indra, the Lord of the devas, sought Krishna’s help to vanquish the invincible Naraka. Sathyabhama, one of Krishna’s wives, was upset when she heard about the misdeeds of Naraka. She urged her husband to act. Armed with his Sudarshana chakra and other weapons, Krishna left for Prag-joyitisha-pura. Sathyabhama went with him. Both of them rode on Garuda, Naraka was saving the weapon given to him by his father, Lord Varaaha, precisely for such an occasion. On the dark night of Chaturdashi, the fourteenth day of the fortnight of new moon, Naraka took out the deadly tusk of Lord Varaaha and threw it at Krishna. Struck in the chest Krishna fell unconscious. Even as Naraka raised a cry of victory, Sathyabhama picked up the bow and continued the fight. In Satyabhama, Naraka found a worthy foe. He had no clue as to how to stop her onslaught.

As the duel between the two raged on, Krishna opened his eyes. Naraka was startled to see Krishna stand up. If the dreaded weapon of Lord Varaaha had failed, it meant only one thing — his opponent was none other than Lord Varaaha himself, his father. Naraka was dazed. Lord Varaaha’s warning words now rang in his ears: “Use your powers to do only good, son. Uphold dharma.”

whose consort, Satyabhama killed Narakasura on Naraka Chaturdasi, which falls a day before Diwali. In western party of the country, this legend is credited for the origin of Diwali. In some other versions of the legend, Krishna is credited with slaying demon Narakasura.

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

Ginger 🥐
Ginger is a common natural remedy for an upset stomach and indigestion.

Ginger contains chemicals called gingerols and shogaols that can help speed up stomach contractions. This may move foods that are causing indigestion through the stomach more quickly.

The chemicals in ginger may also help to reduce nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.

People with an upset stomach could try adding ginger to their food or drinking it as a tea. Some all-natural ginger ales may also contain enough ginger to settle an upset stomach.

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