Today’s top news: 08 December, 2020 (GPN):

NATIONAL NEWS:

1. In Assam, the first phase of elections to Bodoland Territorial Council passed off peacefully on Monday with more than 80% voter turn out in Udalguri and Baksa districts.
2. Bharat Bandh on Tuesday called by agitating farmer unions to press for repeal of the Centre’s agriculture laws is likely to have an impact in some northern states after several trade unions extended support to it even as the farmer leaders said that no one should be forced to join the shutdown.
3. Centre sends countrywide advisory for Bharat Bandh ; asks states to tighten security, ensure peace
   Union Home Ministry says state governments and UT administrations must ensure that Covid guidelines issued with regard to health and social distancing are strictly followed.
4. Punjabi poet Surjit Patar to return Padma Shri in solidarity with farmers. Earlier, Akali Dal stalwart and former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal had announced he would return his Padma Vibhushan award in protest against “the betrayal of the farmers by the Government of India.”
5. Transport services and supplies of essentials like vegetables and fruits are likely to be affected in the national capital during the ‘Bharat Bandh’ called by farmers on Tuesday, even as Delhi Police warned of strict action against those trying to disrupt movement of people or ‘forcefully’ shut shops in the city. Emergency services allowed during ‘Bharat bandh’.
6. Over 50% turnout was recorded in the fourth phase of the District Development Council (DDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir, which passed off peacefully on Monday.
7. Amid the row over laws meant to bring a major change in the agri-marketing sector, PM Modi on Monday said reforms are needed for development and some laws from the past century have become a burden now.
8. The Supreme Court on Monday expressed displeasure over the Centre going ahead with the Central Vista Redevelopment Project without waiting for its verdict, even as it allowed the December 10 scheduled foundation laying for the project by PM Modi.
9. The Karnataka government on Monday made it clear that the anti-cow slaughter bill will be introduced during the ongoing winter session of the Karnataka legislature, while a law against ‘love jihad’ will be taken up in the next session.
10. Kolkata Police all set to reimpose ‘No Helmet no petrol’ rule from December 8 for bike riders
11. The Delhi Police arrested a five-member group of terrorists following an exchange of fire in the Shakapur area of Delhi belong to Babbar Khalsa, were involved in killing of Shaurya Chakra awardee Comrade, Balwinder Singh Sadhu who had taken on terrorists in Punjab during the height of insurgency in the 1990s.
12. PM Modi will give the inaugural address at the virtual India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2020 today at 10:45 AM. IMC 2020 is being organised by the Department of Telecommunications, Government of India, and the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI). It will be held from 8th to 10th December 2020. The theme for IMC 2020 is “Inclusive Innovation – Smart, Secure, Sustainable”.
13. At the 37th General Body meeting of Central Zoo Authority chaired by Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar two new zoos the Rajgir Zoo Safari in Nalanda, Bihar and Shaheed Ashfaque Ullah Khan Prani Udyaan in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh were granted recognition.
14. The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released an official notice for the candidates who have applied for the recruitment test for Enforcement Officer/Accounts Officer in the Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) that will be held on May 9, 2021. Candidates will be given option to submit their revised choice of exam centre/city in order to make it convenient for them to appear in the exam.
15. India’s first human space flight mission, Gaganyaan, is likely to be delayed by a year owing to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic . “That (Ganganyaan mission) will be delayed because of Covid,” ISRO chairperson K Sivan told.
16. Gaganyaan is an Indian crewed orbital spacecraft that is intended to send 3 astronauts to space for a minimum of seven days by 2022, as part of the Indian Human Spaceflight Programme. The spacecraft, which is being developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), consists of a service module and a crew module, collectively known as the Orbital Module.
17. An Air India crew member and a catering staff were arrested by the customs officials for allegedly trying to smuggle into the country gold valuing about Rs 72.46 lakh at the Indira Gandhi International airport
18. Former Member of Parliament from Telangana and popular Telugu actress M Vijayashanti returned to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday after a formal induction ceremonyin Delhi
19. The Navy is looking to combine its multi-role carrier-based fighter jet procurement tender along with the IAF tender for 114 fighters that is under way . The development comes following a decision to cut down the numbers to be procured following the indigenous development proposal by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
20. Rescue teams of the Indian Navy have recovered a body, believed to be that of pilot Commander Nishant Singh who went missing after his MiG-29K aircraft crashed into the Arabian Sea 11 days back. However, it can be fully ascertained following the result of the DNA testing.
21. TV Actress Divya Bhatnagar known for her role in tv-series ‘Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai’, had tested positive for COVID-19 in the last week of November and passed away because of the virus. The sad news of her demise came from a post by Devoleena Bhattacharjee on Monday morning.
22. Coronavirus Cases:9,695,432
    Deaths: 140,874
    Recovered: 9,167,277

✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS

1. Gulf countries such as Qatar, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia are interested in purchasing the Indo-Russian Brahmos supersonic cruise missile .
2. The negotiations for this deal could possibly be done in the Indian Army Chief General MM Naravane’s four-day visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and UAE. General Naravane is slated to meet his counterparts and hold discussions with senior officials belonging to the two countries.
3. Indian officials say China is assisting rebel groups that have stepped up attacks on its border with Myanmar in recent months, opening another front in the conflict between two nations already engaged in a deadly standoff in the Himalayas . Armed groups in Myanmar — including the United Wa State Army and the Arakan Army, which was designated a terrorist organization this year — are acting as Beijing’s proxies by supplying weapons and providing hideouts to insurgent groups in India’s northeastern states,
4. Britain to send largest warship, carrier strike group to Indian Ocean next year : The UK is sending its largest warship, aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, and its strike task group to the Indian Ocean early next year for its maiden voyage, with London describing the move as the country’s “most ambitious deployment for two decades”.

5.’ Save Viraat Or Let Us Tow It Back To UK’: Trust To PM, Boris Johnson . Ahead of he likely visit of the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to India as Chief Guest at the Republic Day next month, a British trust has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mr Johnson for help in saving Viraat, the decommissioned Indian Navy aircraft carrier which had also served with distinction

🌎WORLD NEWS🌍

1. A Dhaka court on Monday ordered the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to probe the sedition cases filed against the hardline Chief of the Islamist organisation Hefazat-e-Islam Junaid Babunagari and others who had allegedly threatened to pull down all the sculptures including that of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The court ordered the PBI to submit the report by January 7.
2. The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, which comes under the UN Economic and Social Council, is the apex drug policy-making body within the UN. It has vital functions in the international drug control conventions. This commission’s 53 member states have recently voted to remove cannabis from the Schedule IV and move it to Schedule I. Cannabis had been in Schedule IV since 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs alongside highly addictive and dangerous drugs like heroin, 3-methylfentanyl and desomorphone etc. This was done to recognise the medicinal value of the Cannabis plant.
3. Argentina parliament has imposed ‘millionaire tax’ on about 12,000 of the country’s richest people to fund coronavirus countermeasures . Under this scheme, people with declared assets worth more than 200 million pesos will pay a progressive rate of up to 3.5% on wealth in Argentina and up to 5.25% on wealth outside the country. The revenue arising from this tax will be used to finance health, social development, student scholarships and natural gas ventures. This is being done to bring relief to the poor and the small businesses in the country.
4. The HL-2M Tokamak reactor is China’s largest and most advanced nuclear fusion experimental device. Located in southwestern Sichuan province, the reactor is often called an “artificial sun” because of the enormous heat and power it produces. It was completed last year and it has the potential to unlock a powerful clean energy source. China has successfully powered up this reactor for the first time, marking the advances made in the nuclear power research capability.
5. Chinese Navy now readying for aggressive postures; aircraft carrier Liaoning finishes advanced training
   The Chinese Navy, once unfamiliar with aircraft carriers, is now readying for increasingly aggressive postures. The Liaoning, the Chinese Navy’s first aircraft carrier, bought from the Russians and completely refitted, has just finished advanced training for its pilots in the Bohai Sea
6. The U.S. Navy Just Sent Another Warning Message to Russia Submarine-hunting planes, surveillance assets and a heavily armed U.S. destroyer all recently conducted combat exercises and air-defense missions with allies in the Black Sea. This exercise demonstrated once again that despite all of the attention now being paid to a possible Chinese threat in the Pacific ocean.
7. Coronavirus Cases:
   67,684,686
   Deaths: 1,546,195
   Recovered: 46,794,821

🚣🚴🏇🏁🏊Sports:

1. AUSTRALIA VS INDIA
   ,3rd T20, India in Australia,
   December 8, 2020
   The match will start from 1.40 PM IST.
2. Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju recently launched the second edition of Fit India Cyclothon via social media. The mega cycling event which starts on 7th December 2020 will run for 25 days till 31st December 2020.
3. On this day 8-December-1996 Sachin Tendulkar became the youngest cricketer to make 3000 runs in test cricket (at the age of 23 yrs and 228 days.)

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🇮🇳Facts about India🇮🇳

On this day in 1971
Operation Python, a follow-up to Operation Trident, was a naval attack launched by India on West Pakistan’s port city of Karachi during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. The first attack during Operation Trident when two Indian warships set Karachi Ablaze is celebrated as a Navy Day across India.

😀 Thought of the day 

Fall seven times and stand up eight.

 Joke of the day 
Pappu proposed a Girl……
Girl said “Im 1 year elder to you………..
Pappu said Oye No Problem yaar,
Ill marry you NEXT YEAR..:

😇 GK Today

ICICI – Industrial Credit Investment Corporation of India

😳Why❓❓❓

Why Do People Sweat When Nervous or scared

Sweat is to cool the body
That salty fluid called sweat is your body’s response to rising temperatures. You can get hot when the temperature rises or from burning calories during exercise.

When the “thermostat” in your brain thinks your body’s getting too hot, it sends a message to one set of sweat glands called the eccrine glands. These glands are spread all over your body and release sweat that is about 90% water. Sweating usually starts slowly and builds.

Sweat connected to emotions
Stress sweat comes from nervous excitement. It usually hits you all at once. When something excites or scares you, your body releases stress hormones (adrenaline and cortisol). They set your heart to pounding.

LEARN Sanskrit🙏🏻

चक्षुः — आंखें

🤔 How it works ⁉

How a man gets heart attack

A heart attack occurs when the flow of blood to the heart is blocked. The blockage is most often a buildup of fat, cholesterol and other substances, which form a plaque in the arteries that feed the heart (coronary arteries). Sometimes, a plaque can rupture and form a clot that blocks blood flow.

Begin CPR if the person is unconscious. If you’re with a person who is unconscious, tell the 911 dispatcher or another emergency medical specialist. You may be advised to begin cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

If you haven’t received CPR training, doctors recommend performing only chest compressions (about 100 to 120 compressions a minute). The dispatcher can instruct you in the proper procedures until help arrives.

🛕 VEDIC GYAN

What is Bhagavad Gita (भगवद् गीता।)?
Bhagavad Gita was told by Lord Krishna to Arjuna as an advise of what’s right and wrong when Arjuna was hesitant to go to war against his own cousins, the Kauravas. The events that led to this war are described in the Mahabharata, a 200 thousand verses long epic by sage Vyasa. Bhagavad Gita is a 700 verse epic divided into 18 chapters.

Bhagavad Gita talks about various paths to spirituality such as the right action (Karma Yoga), devotion (Bhakti Yoga), and knowledge (Jnana Yoga).

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

Everyone gets bad breath sometimes. Many things, from the foods you eat to underlying health conditions, can cause bad breath (halitosis). Two of the worst culinary offenders are garlic and onions, especially when eaten raw.

Bacteria also thrive and multiply on the back of the tongue where your toothbrush can’t reach. A white tongue can indicate dead cells, microscopic food particles, and bacteria. Tongue cleaners, such as tongue brushes and scrapers, can help you reach the very back of your tongue. They’re also effective for removing odor-causing residue.

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