TODAY’S TOP NEWS, 25 NOVEMBER, 2020 (GPN):

NATIONAL NEWS:

1. Martyrdom Day of Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Guru of Sikhs, is being observed on Tuesday across the country.
2. Union Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar approved food processing projects of Rs 234.68 crores. Around seven proposals received under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana were approved. The proposals were sent under the Scheme for Creation of Infrastructure for Agro Processing Cluster of PMKSY.
3. Union Education Minister, Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ inaugurated 46 online AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy Faculty Development Programmes (FDP). It was launched to train the teachers in higher education institutions association with AICTE (All India Council of Technical Education).
4. The cyclone Nivar is to make landfall between Mamallapuram and Karaikal of Tamil Nadu . It is to hit the coastal areas of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Puducherry.
5. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami declared a statewide public holiday on Wednesday as Cyclone Nivar is expected to cross Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coasts between Karaikal and Mamallapuram on Wednesday evening.
6. Karnataka Schools would remain closed till December 31, 2020. Deciding against reopening the schools in December.
7. The Communist Party of India-Marxist-led Left Democratic Front government in Kerala on Tuesday decided to bring out an ordinance to withdraw the controversial amendment to the Kerala Police Act.
8. The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday approved a draft ordinance to deal with religious conversion for the sake of marriage , which could land violators in jail for up to 10 years.
9. President Ram Nath Kovind boarded the Air India One-B777 aircraft on Tuesday for its inaugural flight to Chennai, according to a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement. Kovind is visiting Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh to offer prayers at the Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple
10. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that the momentum of economic reforms will continue to make India a hotspot of global investment
11. UP’s Pilibhit Tiger Reserve bags 1st-ever international award, TX2, for doubling number of tigers in four years against a target of 10 years. Doubling the tiger population from 25 in 2014 to 65 in 2018.
12. A team of the Enfo werdrcement Directorate (ED) has reached the home of Shiv Sena MLA Pratap Sarnaik in Thane on Tuesday in connection with a money laundering probe.

14 Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad lambasted NC president Farooq Abdullah for allegedly being a beneficiary of land illegally acquired under the Roshni Act$ Reportedly, hundreds of acres of forest and state land in J&K has been illegally transferred to influential persons under this law.

15. Fake Mi India products worth Rs 33.3 lakh found in Bangalore and Chennai, Xiaomi issues warning for consumers. As per the information shared by the company, the local police conducted raids in the two cities after a complaint was filed by the company as part of its “comprehensive proactive anti-counterfeit program”
16. Bollywood actors Shekhar Suman and veteran comedian Johnny Lever reacted to developments in the Bharti Singh drugs case. The latter said how this trend could adversely affect the film industry. Bail was granted to comedian Bharti Singh and her husband Harsh Limbachiyaa on Monday afternoon. The couple was booked by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) for possession of marijuana.
17. On Tuesday, The Bombay High Court directed Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut and her sister Rangoli Chandel to appear before the Mumbai Police on 8 January after a first information report (FIR) has been lodged against them for allegedly instigating communal tension through their social media posts.
18. Bollywood actor Sonu Sood with his tireless work and noble gestures towards migrant workers, students, frontline workers, a circus troupe and patients during the on-going Covid-19 pandemic, Sonu Sood has emerged as an inspiration for millions across the country . The actor, who has been appointed as the State Icon of Punjab by the Election Commission of India recently, has now achieved a new feat. Sonu has left behind superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Akshay Kumar as far as engagement on Twitter is concerned.
19. Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy launches Abhayam app for safety of women passengers Abhayam device would be fitted in autorickshaws and cabs & will provide emergency help to those in distress. This is the first Internet of Things (IoT) based women safety project.
20. Owners of cinema theatres in Hyderabad and across Telangana are expected to decide on Wednesday the date from which they will throw open the cinemas for public after an eight-month long lockdown, which saw the cinema exhibition industry go into a tailspin.
21. BJP Telangana state president and MP Bandi Sanjay announced on Tuesday the moment a BJP candidate takes over as the mayor of greater Hyderabad, the party would conduct a surgical strike in the Old City and remove more than 40,000 Rohingyas and Pakistanis from the country
22. All passengers flying to Mumbai from Delhi, Rajasthan, Goa and Gujarat, will now have to compulsorily undergo RT PCR test before boarding flights. People travelling by trains will also have to produce these certificates before boarding or will have to undergo tests at the boarding airports/stations at their own cost.
23. Union home minister Amit Shah launched the first of a series of mobile labs at the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) headquarters in New Delhi that will conduct cheapest real time Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test in the country, to detect coronavirus disease (Covid-19).
24. The RT-PCR test, which in some states costs as high as Rs 2,400, will be done for Rs 499, making this confirmatory Covid-19 test affordable for people at large. And the test report will also be generated in a record time of 6 hours after sample collection as compared to 24-48 hours that it takes at most places currently.
25. Coronavirus Cases:
    9,179,425
    Deaths: 134,273
    Recovered: 8,604,955

✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS:

1. Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla will pay an official visit to Nepal on 26 and 27 November 2020
2. This will be the first visit of the Foreign Secretary to Nepal since he assumed charge. The visit is in keeping with the tradition of regular high-level exchanges between the two countries and the priority India attaches to its relations with Nepal.
3. Union Information Technology Minister Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad launched the International version of the UMANG application. UMANG is Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance. It was launched in UK, US, Australia, Canada, Netherlands, UAE, Australia, Singapore and New Zealand. The International version was launched on the completion of three years of UMANG. It was launched in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs.
4. The Indian-American physician Ajay Lodha passed away recently because of COVID-19 . He was the former president of American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI).
5. India blocks 43 mobile apps under Sec 69A of Information Technology Act, In a significant development in tightening the noose against China, the Central government on Tuesday announced a ban.
6. Earlier on June 29, 2020, the Centre had blocked access to 59 Chinese apps including much-used apps — Tik-Tok, Shareit, UC Browser among others which was termed as the first digital strike followed by banning 47 more Chinese apps which were said to be the light versions of the previously banned apps.
7. Russia aims at $20-dollar vaccine in India by January : The cost of one dose of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine for international markets will be less than $10 (less than Rs 700), announced Krill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, at a webinar on Tuesday

🌎WORLD NEWS🌍

1. U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on Monday was formally given the go-ahead by a federal agency to begin his transition to the presidency, shortly after the battleground state of Michigan certified him as the winner there.
2. In order to increase awareness against terrorism and militancy, government of Bangladesh has asked the mosque officials like the Imams and Muftis and other religious leaders to propagate ideas against these activities.
3. In view of a steady increase in the COVID 19 cases reported from the country over the last week, the government of Bangladesh has decided to take stricter measures to ensure that people wear mask in public places. the Cabinet Secretary said that the fines may be increased from the current level of Taka 500/1000 to Taka 5000 against the violators.
4. Pat Quinn died on November 23, 2020 . He was the co-founder of the social media ALS ice bucket challenge. The challenge raised more than $200 million worldwide for Lou Gehrig’s disease research
5. Coronavirus Cases:
   59,690,139
   Deaths: 1,405,250
   Recovered: 41,292,110
   ACTIVE CASES 16,992,779

🚣🚴🏇🏁🏊Sports:

1. Ishant Sharma and Rohit Sharma have been ruled out of the first two matches of the upcoming four-Test series in Australia and their hopes of taking part in the last two Tests hinges on swift and decisive action from the BCCI, The 14-day hard quarantine rule in Australia means he can start training only after two weeks; add another four weeks of preparatory training, and he can only be match-ready for the third Test, starting on January 7 in Sydney.
2. Rohit, who suffered a hamstring tear during the IPL, is understood to be a while away from full fitness. He can be cleared to travel only in the second week of December and will need two weeks of further rehabilitation after which a final assessment can be made.

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🇮🇳Facts about India🇮🇳

Guru Tegh Bahadur (1 April 1621 – 24 November 1675) was the ninth of ten Gurus of the Sikh religion. He was born at Amritsar in 1621 and was the youngest son of Guru Hargobind. His term as Guru ran from 1665 to 1675. One hundred and fifteen of his hymns are in Guru Granth Sahib. There are several accounts explaining the motive behind the assassination of Guru Tegh Bahadur on Aurangzeb’s orders. Sikh tradition states that the guru stood up for the rights of Kashmiri Pandits who approached him (see image above) to intercede on their behalf with the emperor and ask him to revoke a imposed jizya (tax). He was publicly killed in 1675 on the orders of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in Delhi for himself refusing Mughal rulers and defying them.

His martyrdom is remembered as the Shaheedi Divas of Guru Tegh Bahadur every year on 24 November, according to the Nanakshahi calendar released by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee

😀Thought of the day

If An Egg Breaks Due 2 OUTSIDE Force!
“Inside Life ENDs!”
But…If it Breaks from inside! “Life Begins!”
“GREAT Things Always Begin from Inside!
So try to make your inside GOOD!

Joke of the day

A cute xcuse:
Teacher-Y r u late?
Student-Mom & dad were fighting.
Teacher-so wht mks U late if dey wr fightng?
Student-1shoe was in mom’s hand and one in dad’s

😇GK Today💤

1576 AD : Battle of Haldighat (Between Raja Mansingh of Akbar kingdom & Rana Prathap Singh)

😳 Tell Me Why❓❓❓

Why fish do not close their eyes? 🐟

Actually, they can’t close their eyes because they lack eyelids. Some types of species do not need to get any rest. These include blind, cave-dwelling fish and deep-water varieties who swim continuously. The theory is that sleep is a way to process information and visual stimuli from the day. Both cave-dwellers, who have no sight, and deep swimmers have little to no information to process, which could negate the need for them to rest.

LEARN Sanskrit🙏🏻

Kupamanduka-nyaya (कूपमण्डूक) Literally it means; ” frog in a well “.

🤔 How It Works ⁉

How a camel can live without water for many days… 🐪

Camels can go up to seven months in the desert without drinking water. During such a time, they may lose nearly half of their body weight. This is partly due to the unique shape of their blood cells, which are oval.

A camel’s hump does not hold water at all – it actually stores fat. … The hump is not used for water storage, but camels can go for long periods of time without water. They drink large amounts of water – up to 20 gallons at a time. This water is stored in the animal’s bloodstream. They also conserve water by not sweating as much as humans. A camel’s metabolism lowers at night, making its body temperature much lower than a person’s.

🛕 VEDIK GYAN

The son of Kesari and Anjana, Hanuman was born on the full moon day during the Hindu month of Chaitra on a Tuesday. Hence, devotees worship Sri Hanuman on Tuesdays. … He is also known as Pavan Putra because the God of the winds carried the blessings of Lord Shiva and conveyed the message about his birth to Mata Anjana

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

Cardamom (Elaichi) may help lower blood pressure, most likely due to its antioxidant and diuretic properties.

Cardamom is often used to treat bad breath and is a component of some chewing gums. This is because cardamom might be able to kill common mouth bacteria and prevent cavities.

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