Today’s top news (GPN): 29 Nov

NATIONAL NEWS:

1. PM Modi on Saturday undertook a three city tour to conduct extensive review of the vaccine development and manufacturing process. PM visited the Zydus Biotech Park in Ahmedabad, Bharat Biotech in Hyderabad and Serum Institute of India in Pune.
2. The scientists expressed joy that the Prime Minister met them face to face in order to boost their morale and help accelerate their efforts at this critical juncture in the vaccine development journey. Prime Minister expressed pride in the fact that India’s indigenous vaccine development has progressed at such a rapid pace so far. PM spoke on how India is following sound principles of science in the entire journey of vaccine development,
3. Traffic movement was affected on key roads in Delhi on Saturday Farmers, representing over 30 farm bodies, have called a ”Delhi Chalo” march through several routes, police kept the Singhu and the Tikri borders closed for vehicles.
4. Shouting slogans, singing songs and carrying flags in reds, greens and blues, about 400 farmers from various groups and states on Satuuday gathered at north Delhi’s Burari ground where the government had allowed them to hold a peaceful protest against the new farm laws.
5. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday said that farmers from his state did not participate in the ‘Dilli Chalo’ protest march against the Centre’s farm laws, adding the ongoing demonstrations is being driven by certain political parties and unions.
6. LPG cylinder prices will change across the country from December 1. Almost all the household in India has an LPG connection and it is mainly used for cooking purpose. Domestic LPG prices have been kept constant to provide relief to the people during the Corona crisis. In December 2020, it is expected that there will be further relief. Oil marketing companies revise the prices of LPG on the first day of every month depending on the crude rates in the international markets.
7. India’s second quarter GDP contracted by 7.5% as compared to a massive 23.9% in the first quarter of the current fiscal. The GVA contracted by 7%. The GDP had expanded by 4.4%.
8. The Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar recently inaugurated a cooperative programme for the beekeepers and honey collectors . The programme was launched in 5 states. Under the programme, five farmer producer organisations are to be set up in five states. They are to be established in East Champaran, Bihar; Bharatpur, Rajasthan; Morena Madhya Pradesh; Mathura, Uttar Pradesh; and Sundarbans, West Bengal. The organisations are to be set up by NAFED, National agricultural Cooperative marketing federation of India.
9. The Nagaland government had decided to ban commercial import, trading and sale of dog meat : The Kohima bench of the Gauhati High Court has put on hold the carpet ban on the sale of dog meat in Nagaland that was imposed on July 2. This would mean that the commercial import, trade and sale of dogs and dog meat can be done in Nagaland for the time being after a picture of incapacitated canines tied in gunny bags was widely circulated on social media.
10. Amit Shah to visit Hyderabad today in final push to BJP’s GHMC election campaign :
    Stepping up BJP’s campaign for the GHMC polls, former party president and Union Home Minister Amit Shah will land in Hyderabad at 10 am on Sunday, November 29. BJP’s election in-charge Bhupender Yadav and the party’s OBC Morcha president K Laxman will accompany Shah from the Begumpet Airport
11. The eleventh National Organ Donation Day was observed on November 27, 2020. The Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr. Harsh Vardhan requested citizens to visit the NOTTO (National Organ & Tissue Transplant Organisation) website to pledge to donate their organs online.
12. Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) gave in-principle approval for the merger of Bharti AXA General with ICICI Lombard.
13. AFCAT 2021 Notification: Indian Air Force (IAF), has published the recruitment notification for Air Force Common Admission Test (AFCAT) 01/2021/ NCC SPECIAL ENTRY in the employment newspaper dated 28 November to 04 December 2020.
14. Online applications are invited for the courses commencing in January 2022 for grant of Short Service Commission (SSC) in Flying Branch and Permanent Commission (PC) and Short Service Commission (SSC) in Ground Duty (Technical and Non-Technical) Branches from 01 December 2020. Eligible and interested can apply for IAF AFCAT 2021 on or before 30 December 2020 on AFCAT official website www.careerindianairforce.cdac.in OR www.afcat.cdac.in.
15. MiG-29K trainer aircraft operating at sea ditched at about 1700 hrs on 26 Nov 20 : Search operations continue even over 40 hours after Commander Nishant Singh went missing after a MiG-29K fighter trainer jet of the Indian Navy met with an accident over the Arabian sea on Thursday. Naval assets such as the P-8I surveillance aircraft and Indian Air Force C-130J Super Hercules special operations aircraft among others have been pressed into the search operation. Another pilot, who went missing after the incident has been found.
16. The Border Security Force (BSF), India’s first line of defence, completes 56 years of dedicated , distinguished and glorious service to the nation on December 1.
17. President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday witnessed the ceremonial change-over of the Army Guard Battalion stationed at the Rashtrapati Bhavan : The 5th Battalion of the 1st Gorkha Rifles, on completion of its three-and-a-half years tenure as ceremonial Army Guard Battalion, handed over the charge to the 6th Battalion of the Sikh Regiment,
18. Television actor Divya Bhatnagar, who played the role of Gulabo – the maid on TV show Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai is currently critical . She had tested positive for Covid-19 and is on ventilator.
19. Writer-director Keith Gomesshort filmShamelesshas been selected as Indias official entry at the 93rd Oscars in the Live Action Short Film category. As the film gets a nod for the Oscar race, Gomes thanked the cast and crew of the film. The short film that had released in April in 2019 was picked from a list of five films that included Shaan VyasNatkhat, Aditya Kelgaonkars Sound proof, and other short films Safar and, `Trapped.
20. Coronavirus Cases: 9,390,791
    Deaths:136,705
    Recovered: 8,799,249

✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS

1. PM Modi had a telephonic talk with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson . During the conversation, the two leaders reviewed the cooperation between the countries in the area of coronavirus vaccine development and manufacturing.
2. The FDI of India grew by 15% to USD 30 billion during the first half of the current fiscal. Inflow of FDI 2019-20 stood at USD 26 billion during April-September. Singapore was the largest source of FDI in India during the period with USD 8.3 billion investments. This is based on the data of the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT).
3. The Defence Ministers of India and Vietnam recently discussed the collaboration in the defence industry. The discussions include training, capacity building and cooperation in United Nations Peace keeping operations. The countries reaffirmed the strong India-Vietnam Defence cooperation during the discussion.
4. The Defence Minister Rajnath Singh discussed collaboration in defence industry with his Vietnamese counterpart General Ngo Xuan Lich. The leaders discussed on capability building, training and cooperation in United Nations peacekeeping operations.
5. Environment Minister launches India Climate Change Knowledge Portal : Minister of EFoCC, Prakash Javadekar launched the India Climate Change Knowledge Portal. The portal will include all the steps of GoI at both national and international levels addressing climate change.
6. National Security Advisor Ajit Doval spoke to the Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in Colombo. Sri Lanka hosted the fourth national security advisor trilateral meeting on maritime security cooperation with India and Maldives on November 27-28.
7. Secretary General of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Vladimir Norov has praised the “Self-Reliant India” initiative by Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that it deserves high attention.
8. India and the United States have extended the Indo-US Civil Nuclear Energy agreement for another ten years . The agreement is also called the 123 agreement. India buys the nuclear material from United States based on this agreement. The extension of the agreement was signed at the Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership (GCNEP).

🌎WORLD NEWS🌍

1. The Russian Navy has once again test-fired its latest hypersonic anti-ship missile Zircon, also spelled as Tsirkon which is reported to be the advanced version of BrahMos, from the Northern Fleet’s Admiral Gorshkov frigate in the White Sea, the Russian defense ministry announced.
2. Vladimir Putin Finally Opens His Card On Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict : As the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan rages on, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Moscow will fulfil all its obligations within the framework of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).
3. James Wolfensohn, World Bank President in 1995-2005, dies at 86. Born in Australia, he became a U.S. citizen in 1980.
4. Sadiq al-Mahdi, Sudan’s prime minister and leader of National Ummah Party, the country’s largest political party, died of COVID-19 on November 26, 2020 in United Arab Emirates at the age of 84. He was the last democratically elected PM of the country.
5. Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport & Bridges Minister of Bangladesh Obaidul Quader has warned the fundamentalist forces against misrepresenting the issue of the sculpture of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He said that a communal force is creating unwanted debate on this issue to spread hatred among the religious people.
6. The statement comes in the backdrop of the threat issued by the new chief of the hardline Islamist group of Bangladesh Hefazat-e-Islam Junaid Babunagari on Friday that it will pull down all the statues in the country, no matter whose statue is this. Hefazat-e-Islam has been opposing the installation of the statue of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of his birth centenary ‘Mujib Borsho’.
7. The International Air Transport Association recently announced that Shanghai is the world’s most connected city in the world. Along with Shanghai, three other cities such as Beijing, Chengdu and Guangzhou have emerged as the most connected cities in the world.
8. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an immediate, unconditional ceasefire in Afghanistan to create a conducive environment for Doha peace talks with the Taliban. The Taliban and Afghan government have been engaged in peace talks in Qatar since September 12 but no progress has been announced so far.
9. Coronavirus Cases:
   62,546,355
   Deaths: 1,457,384
   Recovered: 43,171,117
   ACTIVE CASES 17,917,854

🚣🚴🏇🏁🏊Sports:

1. Australia vs India:
   2nd ODI at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
   09:10 IST / 03:40 GMT
   Nov 29, Sunday
2. In the first match of the ODI series, Australia defeated India by 66 runs. In response to Australia’s total of 374 for six wickets in 50 overs, India finished at 308 for eight wickets in 50 overs.

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🇮🇳Facts about India🇮🇳

Bhaskaracharya rightly calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the Sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart. According to his calculation, the time taken by the Earth to orbit the Sun was 365.258756484 days.

😀Thought of the day

LIFE IS LIKE A BALL

D DEEPER WE FALL, D HIGHER WE BOUNCE

SO WEN WE FEEL WERE AT LOWEST, REMBR WE R

ABOUT 2 BOUNCE HIGHER THAN B4.

Joke of the day

टीचर -बिजली कहाँ से आती है ?

मोनू -नानी के घर से ।

टीचर – किसने कहा ?

मोनू – पापा कहते है सालों ने फिर बिजली काट दी ।

😇GK Today💤

Biggest flower……….Rafflesia.

😳Tell Me Why..❓❓

Why do dogs hang their tongues out? 🐶

Dogs have a high body temperature. Generally, mammals regulate their body temperature by sweating. Dogs have fewer sweat glands on their body so it is difficult to cool their body by sweating. Instead of sweating like humans, dogs stick the tongue out. The tongue releases saliva along with heat. Evaporation removes heat from the liquid substance or saliva.

On the other hand, their skin isn’t exposed directly to the air and thus they cannot sweat like we do. They do sweat through their paw pads.

Their usual body temperature is higher than human beings, average 102 degrees Fahrenheit. Our body temperature goes that up when we have fever. Thus the regular outside temperature which seems normal to us, i.e. which matches with our body temperature often seems quite hot for the Dogs.

The only way they can cool off is by evaporating saliva from the tongue. That takes the latent heat away from their body. That’s why you would see them panting in the sun more, than while they stay indoors, or when it is winter.

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lifestyle जीवनचर्या

🤔 How it works ⁉

How a toothpaste is made

Toothpastes generally contain the following components: Water (20–40%) Abrasives (50%) including aluminum hydroxide, calcium hydrogen phosphates, calcium carbonate, silica and hydroxyapatite. Fluoride (usually 1450 ppm) mainly in the form of sodium fluoride.

All toothpastes have at least two key components: abrasives and surfactants. … Abrasives are rough materials that aid the toothbrush in scrubbing debris such as plaque, tartar and food particles from teeth. Perhaps the most well-known toothpaste abrasive is sodium bicarbonate, or baking soda.

💁🏻‍♂️ GK TODAY

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is an autonomous body established under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India.

🛕 VEDIK GYAN

Shri Durga(दुर्गा) sholka

या देवी सर्वभूतेषु शक्ति रूपेण संस्थिता। नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नम:।।

जो देवी सब प्राणियों में श्रद्धा रूप से स्थित हैं, उनको नमस्कार, उनको नमस्कार, उनको बारंबार नमस्कार है ।

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

Dry Ginger powder is also known as (Sonth/Soonth/Saunth) in Hindi,

This comes from fresh ginger that is dried before being used. It is a fine off-white powder that has a strong aroma and pungent flavour

One of the best benefits of ginger powder is relieving headache. The most common problem of headaches can be cured by applying the powder paste on the forehead. This therapy is used to cure headaches. You can also apply the paste on your throat to relieve throat pain. ENDS

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