TODAY’S TOP NEWS, INDIA, 5 DECEMBER, 2020 (GPN):

NATIONAL NEWS:

1. The cyclone has weakened into a deep depression and is to cross Tamil Nadu coast on December 4 2020.
2. The meeting of farmer leaders with the central government concluded. The next meeting is slated to take place on Saturday, 5 December at 2 pm. Thousands of farmers have been camping at the Singhu and Tikri borders of the national capital.
3. Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Food Minister Piyush Goyal and Minister of State of Commerce and Industry Som Parkash, who will be present in the meeting, will deliberate on the points that farmer leaders had raised and offer possible solutions.
4. Farmers up the ante, call for ‘Bharat bandh’ on Dec 8: Farmers protesting against the Centre’s new farm laws on Friday announced a Bharat bandh on December 8 and threatened to intensify their agitation and block more roads leading to the national capital if the government does not accept their demands.
5. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday spoke to various groups of agitating farmers at Delhi’s Singhu border and announced a series of street protests from next week in Bengal in solidarity with their demand for repeal of the new farm laws.
6. Over 50 % polling was recorded in the third phase of the District Development Council (DDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday , with Kulgam district in militancy-infested south Kashmir recording the highest voting percentage of 64.45 in the Valley,
7. Suspected militants shot at and injured a District Development Council election candidate from a party widely called the “BJP’s B team” in the first election-related militancy violence in Kashmir. The suspected militants shot at Anees ul Islam, who is contesting the polls as Apni Party candidate in Sagam village of South Kashmir’s Kokernag
8. GHMC Election Results 2020: Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) polls. Telangana’s ruling TRS party emerged as the largest party as votes were counted yesterday in the high-stakes Hyderabad municipal election, but its victory was dimmed by the BJP’s massive surge after an exceptionally high-voltage and divisive campaign. The BJP, which mounted a campaign that was unusually aggressive for any local election, is set to take second place in a close fight with the AIMIM of Asaduddin
   Owaisi.
   In the 150-wards
   TRS- 55 .
   BJP-48
   All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen of Asaduddin Owaisi secured 44.
9. Sindhu Adarsh Reddy, a second-time TRS corporator from Bharathinagar division, is expected to be the next Mayor, replacing Bonthu Rammohan.
10. N Uttam Kumar Reddy resigns as chief of Telangana Congress . The development came in the wake of the GHMC poll debacle.
11. Several pro-Kannada outfits have called for a bandh in the state on Saturday against the formation of Maratha Development Authority (MDA) . Last month, the Chief Minister had announced the formation of the MDA and earmarked Rs 50 crore for the ”overall development of Maratha people”, a move seen as an attempt to woo Marathas who are dominant in Bidar district’s Basava Kalyan, where Assembly bye-election is due.
12. PM Modi on Friday (December 4, 2020) assured that Indians will soon get a safe, cheap and effective vaccine against the deadly coronavirus.
13. Supreme Court on Friday questioned the Centre over delay in sending proposal to the President for commuting Beant Singh murder case convict Balwant Singh Rajoana’s death penalty: Convicted of assassinating ex-Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh in 1995, Rajoana has been in jail for 25 years awaiting his execution. His mercy petition under Article 72 of the Constitution is hanging fire for eight years.
14. The Ministry of Home Affairs has released the National Police Station ranking. Nongpok Sekmai police station of Manipur ranked number 1. While ranking the police stations the parameters such as crime against women, addressing property offence, missing persons, crime against weaker section, on identified dead bodies an unidentified found persons were considered
15. The police on Friday filed a charge sheet against Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami and two others in a 2018 abetment of suicide case : The charge sheet was filed before a court in Alibaug in neighbouring Raigad district, where the case for alleged abetment of suicide of interior designer Anvay Naik and his mother Kumud has been registered. Anvay Naik and his mother Kumud committed suicide in 2018, allegedly because of non-payment of dues by firms of Goswami and other two accused.
16. Nagrota terror attack case handed over to NIA
    The Centre has handed over investigations into the November 19 Nagrota attack case to National Investigation Agency (NIA). The premier counter terror agency has registered an FIR in the case after taking case papers from Jammu and Kashmir Police which was probing the case until now.
17. The last solar eclipse of 2020 will occur on December 14. In India solar eclipse 2020 will last for around five hours. The solar eclipse 2020 in India will start at 07:03 in the evening and it will end at 12:23 pm. The first solar eclipse of 2020 occurred on June 21.
18. ISRO Recruitment 2020: Online Applications Invited for 2 Research Scientist Vacancies, Salary up to Rs 1,77,500 AISSEE 2021: Sainik School application deadline extended : According to the notice, candidates who wants to take admission in class 6th to 9th in any of the 33 Sainik Schools across the country for the academic session 2021-22 can apply online at aissee.nta.nic.in till December 18, 2020. Earlier, the last date to apply for AISSEE 2021 was December 3, 2020.
19. Administrator of Lakshadweep Dineshwar Sharma passed away at a Chennai hospital on Friday at the age of 66 due to lung-related complications. Sharma, a former director of the Intelligence Bureau, was an interlocutor for the Centre to Jammu and Kashmir prior to his appointment as the administrator of Lakshadweep in October 2019.
20. Coronavirus Cases:
    9,606,810
    Deaths: 139,700
    Recovered:9,056,668

✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS

1. Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday indirectly slammed Pakistan for its dependence on China over roads and trade.
2. Canadian prime minister Trudeau, backing the agitating farmers in India, : India on Friday summoned Canadian High Commissioner Nadir Patel, and told him that the comments made by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and others in his cabinet on the farmers’ protest constituted an ‘unacceptable interference’ in the country’s internal affairs and these actions, if continued, will have a ‘seriously damaging’ impact on the bilateral ties.
3. The noose around fugitive Businessman Vijay Mallya is tightening as his property worth Rs 14 crore (1.6 million Euro) located in France has been seized under the anti-money laundering law.
4. Indian Army Chief General MM Naravane is expected to visit Saudi Arabia and the UAE next week To enhance defence and security cooperation between both countries.
5. Australia, India joint defence activities increased four-fold in 6 years, says envoy O’Farrell
   Australian High Commissioner to India.
   which includes joint exercises such as AUSINDEX and Exercise Pitch Black, as well as the Malabar naval exercise, for which they came together with the US and Japan.
6. China is increasing its presence in the Indian Ocean . It isn’t just the warships on anti-piracy missions, but a large number of ships, ostensibly ‘research vessels’ to find out more about the Indian Ocean. Knowledge of depths, salinity and temperatures among other things may have defence applications in the future.
7. Bokaro airport will be connected with Patna and Kolkata through Udan flights: Airports Authority of India said.
8. India and the United States recently signed the Memorandum of Understanding on Intellectual Property Cooperation. The agreement was signed between the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) and United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The agreement will increase the Intellectual Property Cooperation between the countries.

🌎WORLD NEWS🌍

1. NASA astronaut Kate Rubins harvested the first ever radish crop grown on the International Space Station on November 30. The radish harvest, which the space agency described as a “historic harvest” was part of NASA’s plant experiment, Plant Habitat-02 (PH-02) that seeks to understand how plants grow in microgravity conditions.
2. The U.S. Air Force wants to speed up its transition to using its F-35 stealth fighter jets as part of a large information network during wartime.
   The service hopes to have each jet act as both an attack platform and a data-transmission and intelligence hub.
3. China poses the greatest threat to America and the rest of the free world since World War II, outgoing National Intelligence Director John Ratcliffe said.
4. A Pakistani anti-terrorism court has sentenced three more leaders of Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed’s Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD) to 15 years imprisonment each in two more terror financing cases. Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Lahore Judge Ijaz Ahmad Buttar handed down the sentence to Abdul Salam bin Muhammad, Zafar Iqbal and Muhammad Ashraf on Thursday.
5. Denmark has decided to end to all oil and gas offshore activities in the North Sea by 2050 and has cancelled its latest licensing round, saying the country is “now putting an end to the fossil era.”
6. U.S. registers record-breaking over 210,000 new daily COVID-19 cases
7. World Soil Day is observed on 5 December to raise awareness about the importance of soil, healthy ecosystems and human well-being.
8. Coronavirus Cases:
   65,807,097
   Deaths: 1,516,681
   Recovered: 45,605,184

🚣🚴🏇🏁🏊Sports:

1. Ind vs Aus 1st IPL
   India in Australia
   Venue: Manuka Oval, Canberra, Australia Australia : 150/7 (20)
   India: 161/7 (20)
   India win by 11 runs
2. Australia head coach Justin Langer was visibly unhappy after India brought in Yuzvendra Chahal as ‘concussion substitute’ for Ravindra Jadeja in 1st T20I in Canberra on Friday . Jadeja, who had picked a hamstring injury during his knock of 44 from 23 balls, was limping in the last over and was also hit flush on the helmet when he missed a bouncer from Mitchell Starc in the final over of India’s innings.
3. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is all set to approve the addition of two new teams in the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) season. The approval will reportedly be given in the Annual General Meeting of the board scheduled to take place on December 24. This isn’t the first time that the IPL will have 10 teams fighting for the glory.

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🇮🇳Facts about India🇮🇳

Lok Sabha : Total 54 5seats, 530 are of states & 15 are allotted to union territories.

Member of Lok sabha are elected directly as MP`s by the people, Holds seat for the period of 5 years.

He should have completed 25 yrs age, no criminal procedures & citizen of India

😀 Thought of the day 

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!

 Joke of the day 

एक लड़के की नई-नई शादी हुई, पहली बार ससुराल गया…
साली से बोला : आपके गांव में सबसे मशहूर चीज़ क्या है?
साली : एक ही चीज मशहूर थी… वो भी आप ले गए!! 😄

😇 GK Today

On 5-December-1950 Sikkim becomes a protectorate of India.

😳 Why ..❓❓

simple explanation of Sunni/Shia tension and the Middle East crisis

The split between Sunni and Shia goes back to the death of the Prophet Muhammed in 632 CE. It was about the succession. Some Muslims were democratic in their approach and thought the leader of Islam should be elected from among the learned and devout. They chose Abu Bakr, a close friend and companion of the Prophet, who became first Caliph, secular leader of the Islamic nation. His followers claimed the title of “Sunni,” or followers of the tradition of the Prophet. Other Muslims believed in a hereditary solution and chose to follow Ali, the Prophet’s cousin and son-in-law. They became known as Shia, or party of Ali, or people of the Prophet’s household. Their leaders were known as Imams and they followed a line of succession appointed by Muhammed. This dynastic approach has some similarities with the Christian ideas of the divine right of kings and the apostolic succession in the Catholic and Anglican churches, and it continues to characterise Shia practice today. It is no longer dynastic but it does confer a sort-of infallibility on its leaders

LEARN Sanskrit🙏🏻

Bull : वृषभः

🤔 How it works ⁉

How Match stick is made

Wood is cut, into small matches, soaked in fire retardant ammonium phosphate and left to dry. Striking end of the stick is then soaked in hot paraffin wax, which will provide small amount of fuel to the wood, enabling it to burn more easily. … One to serve as a base, and one as a finalized layer of match head.

🛕 VEDIC GYAN

गङ्गे च यमुने चैव गोदावरि सरस्वति ।
नर्मदे सिन्धु कावेरि जलेऽस्मिन् संनिधिं कुरु ॥
Gangge Ca Yamune Cai[a-E]va Godaavari Sarasvati |
Narmade Sindhu Kaaveri Jale-[A]smin Sannidhim Kuru ||

Meaning:

1: O Holy Rivers Ganga and Yamuna, and also Godavari and Saraswati,
2: O Holy Rivers Narmada, Sindhu and Kaveri; Please be Present in this Water (and make it Holy).

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

Many people around the world don’t get enough iron . Cumin is very dense in iron, providing almost 20% of your daily iron in one teaspoon.

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