TODAY’S TOP NEWS: 24th AUGUST, 2022 (GPN):

NATIONAL NEWS:

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1. The government of India has launched Rashtriya Puruskar Portal to bring all Awards together on one platform. Rashtriya Puruskar Portal allows citizens to nominate individuals for various awards.

2. PM Modi will address the grand finale of Smart India Hackathon 2022 on 25th of this month at 8 PM through video conferencing.

3. The central govt on notified changes to the Supreme Court Judges Rules, 1959. Chief Justices of India will now get rent-free Type-VIl accommodation in Delhi for six months after demitting office.

4. *ASSAM* CM, Himanta Biswa Sarma has launched the ‘Vidya Rath -School on Wheels’ project. This project aims at providing economically challenged underprivileged children to access elementary education for a period of 10 months

5. *CHANDIGARH*: PM Modi’s visit to New Chandigarh Mullanpur Garibdas), pro-Khalistan slogans were spotted on the wall of Air Force station but the police acted swiftly and erased them.

6. *GOA* joins ‘Save Soil’ campaign, signs MoU with Isha Outreach.

7. Former Jharkhand Governor, Syed Sibtey Razi has passed away. He served as the Governor of Jharkhand from the year 2004- 2009.

8. *MAHARASHTRA* : The Supreme Court has referred the conflict between the Shiv Sena factions of Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde to a five-judge constitution bench for resolution.

9. *MADHYA PRADESH* : Heavy rain affects normal life in several districts of MP.

10. Punjab and Haryana governments have agreed to name the Chandigarh International Airport in Mohali after Shaheed Bhagat Singh.

11. *RAJASTHAN*: Incessant rainfall caused flood-like situation in Kota and adjourning areas in Rajasthan.

12. *TELANGANA* : BJP’s Telangana chief Bandi Sanjay was arrested on Tuesday as he called for state-wide protests against the arrest of his party workers a day earlier outside ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi lawmaker Kalvakuntla Kavitha’s residence in Hyderabad.

13. *UTTARAKHAND* : Work of rail tunnel between Narkota and Khankra completed.

14. *UP* CM Yogi Adityanath has ordered officials to confiscate properties and put up posters in public places of individuals involved in illicit liquor and drug trade.

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⚖️*CRIME REPORT*⚖️
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*TELANGANA*: BJP on August 23 suspended its Telangana Goshamahal MLA T. Raja Singh from the party for allegedly making controversial statements and outraging religious feelings. had posted a video on Youtube allegedly referring to a particular community and to the recently concluded stand-up comedy show by Munawar Faruqui in Hyderabad.

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💰*FINANCE*💰
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*USD ₹79.85*
💷 *GBP ₹94.49*

*BSE Sensex* *59,031.30 +257.43 (0.44%)* 🔼

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1. Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman directed the banking sector in Nagaland to conduct outreach programmes in all districts starting from the 1st of September and enrol as many eligible farmers for Kisan Credit Card (KCC) scheme by November 30.

2. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) to join the account aggregator framework put forward by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Additionally, the market regulator, Sebi established regulations that will only apply to participants in the stock market ecosystem who join the aggregator framework.

Account aggregator framework makes it easier to obtain or gather financial data about a customer from financial information suppliers (FIP)

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1. BJP leader and actress, the Bigg Boss 14 contestant Sonali Phogat passes away due to heart attack in Goa
on August 23.

In December 2016, she lost her husband Sanjay Phogat. Her husband died at the age of 42 under mysterious circumstances in his farmhouse. She has a daughter named Yashodhara Phogat.

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🛰️⚓⚔️*DEFENCE*
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1. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has reached Tashkent in Uzbekistan to attend the SCO Defence Ministers’ meeting

2. The indigenously-developed ship-borne weapon system, Vertical Launch Short Range Surface to Air Missile (VL-SRSAM), was successfully flight tested by the Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Navy off the tu Chandipur coast in Odisha on 23 Aug.

3. The defence ministry on Tuesday terminated the services of three Indian Air Force (IAF) officers for the accidental firing of a BrahMos missile which landed in Pakistan on March 9 this year.

Just 7 minutes after launch, the unarmed BrahMos missile had landed 124km inside Pakistan. Though the missile crashed harmlessly near Mian Chunnu town in Pakistan, the incident reinforced the urgent need for the two countries to put in place robust nuclear confidence-building and risk-reduction measures given that the flight-times of missiles are so short.

4. Government grants permission to defence forces to buy emergency weapons through Make in India route.

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*TAMIL NADU*
Capital : *CHENNAI*
*Districts* : 38
*Formed* : 26 Jan 1950
*Governor*: R. N. Ravi
*CM* : M. K. Stalin (DMK)
*🥇Gold ₹52,400 @10gm 24 (Krt)*
🥈 *Silver ₹60,700@ Kg*
⛽ *Petrol ₹102.75/Ltr*
⛽ *Diesel ₹ 94.34/Ltr*

*LPG : ₹ 1,069.00 /14.2 Kg*
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*24 Aug (Wednesday)*
*Vedic Ritu*: Varsha
*Drik Ritu:* Varsha
*पक्ष* :: Krishnapaksh
*Month*: Bhadrapada 12 (Purnimata)/ Sravana 27(Amanta)
*Vikram Samvat* – 2079
*Shaka Samvat* – 1944
*Nakshatra*: Punarvasu (up to 1:38 pm)
Pushya
*Tithi* : Dwadashi (up to 8:31 am) Trayodashi
*RahuKaal:* 12:29 PM – 02:03 PM

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✈️ *INTERNATIONAL NEWS* ××××××××××××××××××××××××
1. External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar inaugurated the newly opened Indian Embassy in Asuncion on 23 Aug Tuesday during his official visit to Paraguay.

2. China announced that it will issue visas to Indian students who have been waiting for over two years to return to their Chinese universities due to Beijing’s strict COVID.

3. The Indian Coast Guard rescued 32 Bangladeshi fishermen and handed over to its Bangladeshi counterparts on Tuesday. The operation is in line with the Memorandum of Understanding between the two Coast Guards

4. Egypt released a postage stamp to commemorate the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations with India. Diplomatic relations between India and Egypt begin when Egypt recognized India’s independence on 18 August 1947, three days after India’s independence.

4. After Durga Puja was included in UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage last year, India has now named Garba for the year 2022. If approved, it will become the first intangible cultural heritage of Gujarat to be listed by UNESCO.

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🌎 *WORLD NEWS* 🌍
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1. United Kingdom has recorded its biggest fall in output in more than 300 years in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic, according to Office for National Statistics

2. Early-stage investment firm Unicorn India Ventures has decided to sell its stakes in six startups in its portfolio to US-based Continuum Fund for ₹50 crore, doubling returns for Limited Partners (LPs). The startups include Genrobotics, Sequretek,

3. The US government has donated another 10 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine to Bangladesh.

5. A Pakistani court on Tuesday summoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan to appear before it next week in connection with contempt charges against him. Khan is alleged to have verbally threatened a judge during a rally over the weekend. If convicted, Khan will be barred from running for public office for life, as per Pakistani law.

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🚣🚴🏇🏊 *SPORTS*
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1. 17-year-old Indian Grandmaster Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu defeated world champion Magnus Carlsen, with the latest victory coming on Monday at the FTX Crypto Cup, the American finale of Championsd Chess Tour, in Miami

2 Shuttler Saina Nehwal produced a fine performance to kick-off her BWF World Championships campaign with a straight game win over Hong Kong’s Cheung Ngan Yi.

3. PM congratulates Indian wrestling team on winning 16 medals at U-20 World Championships

17-year-old wrestler, Antim Panghal became the first ever Indian woman to earn a gold medal finish in the U-20 world wrestling championships. India finished 2nd in the overall women’s team ranking while finishing 3rd in the Men’s Freestyle Team event.

4. Indian men’s volleyball team won bronze medal by defeating Korea 3-2 in the 14th Asian U-18 Championship in Tehran

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*TAMIL NADU*
Capital : *CHENNAI*
*Districts* : 38
*Formed* : 26 Jan 1950
*Governor*: R. N. Ravi
*CM* : M. K. Stalin (DMK)
*🥇Gold ₹52,400 @10gm 24 (Krt)*
🥈 *Silver ₹60,700@ Kg*
⛽ *Petrol ₹102.75/Ltr*
⛽ *Diesel ₹ 94.34/Ltr*

*LPG : ₹ 1,069.00 /14.2 Kg*
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🇮🇳 *FACTS ABOUT INDIA* 🇮🇳
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*Ladakh* is a region of India in the state of Jammu and Kashmir that lies between the Kunlun mountain range in the north and the main Great Himalayas to the south, inhabited by people of Indo-Aryan and Tibetan descent. The Tibetan and Ladakhi name La-dwags ལ་དྭགས (historically transliterated as La-dvags) means ” *land of high passes”.* Ladak is its pronunciation in several Tibetan districts, and Ladakh is a transliteration of the Hindi and Urdu spelling.
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*😀Thought of the day*
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Punctuality is not about being in time. It’s basically about respecting your comments. =======================
* *JOKE OF THE DAY* 
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*Teacher** : Pappu, Iski English MEin Translate Karo: Larkiyan Yahan Se Guzar Chuki Hain.

*Pappu* : Oh Shit! I Am Late…🤣=======================
*😳WHY❓❓❓*
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*WHY HAIR COLOUR IS BLACK.**
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Hair color is the pigmentation of hair follicles due to two types of melanin: eumelanin and pheomelanin. Generally, if more eumelanin is present, the color of the hair is darker; if less eumelanin is present, the hair is lighter.
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*LEARN Sanskrit*🙏🏻
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गतदिने सः बहु उग्र: जातः* ।= कल वह बहुत उग्र हो गया था ।Yesterday he was very angry
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🤔 *HOW IT WORKS* ⁉ =======================
*HOW THERMAL ENERGY IS PRODUCED**

Thermal energy (also called heat energy) is produced when a rise in temperature causes atoms and molecules to move faster and collide with each other. The energy that comes from the temperature of the heated substance is called thermal energy.

Fuels such as heavy oil, LNG (liquefied natural gas) and coal are burned inside a boiler to generate steam at high temperature and high pressure. This steam is used to rotate the impeller of the steam turbine. This drives the power generators connected to the turbine that generate electricity.
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💁🏻‍♂‍ *GK TODAY*
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Hussain Sagar Thermal Power Station is the historic thermal power plant that was located in Hyderabad, Telangana on the banks of Hussain Sagar. It was India’s first thermal power station, opened in 1920 by the erstwhile seventh Nizam of Hyderabad.
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*BORN TODAY* 🐣💐
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Shivaram Hari Rajguru* (24 August 1908 – 23 March 1931) was an Indian revolutionary hero, freedom fighter. He belonged to a Marathi Brahmin Family from Pune. Maharashtra,

He is mainly known for his involvement in the assassination of a British Raj police Officer Saunders. It was an act of revenge.

On 23 March 1931 he was hanged by the British government along with Bhagat Singh.
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🙏🏻 *IDIOMS & PHRASES*
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Bite off more than you can chew – To take on a task that is way too big to handle
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*ANTONYMS*
*Contrary* × Similar

*SYNONYMS*

*Contrary* : dissimilar
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🛕 *VEDIK GYAN*
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Significance Of The Red Thread Tied Around The Wrist*

You must have spotted quite a lot of Hindu followers wearing a variety of threads. Various colors like red, orange, white, black and yellow exist in the section of sacred threads. Not all threads can be worn by anyone nor for any purpose. They have their own specific reasons and persons.

*White Thread (Janeu)*
This particular thread is worn only by the male members of the upper caste families. This depicts the transition of a young boy to a man (Upanayanam). Brahmins make the male member wear it by conducting a ceremony known as the sacred ‘Thread Ceremony’. Some Kshatriyas and by Vaishyas also wear it. This sacred thread of the Brahmins is made of cotton, that of a Kshatriya of hempen threads and that of a Vaisya of woolen threads.

*Red Thread (Kalava)*
Red threads are very common among the Hindus. Men as well as, women can wear it by doing a very small puja ritual. The red thread is usually tied on the right hand of men and unmarried women, while it is tied on the left hand for married women. You can find this thread in any temple. It is a cotton thread and was at first offered as a cloth to the deity.

On the day of Bhadrapad Shukl Chaturdashi or Anant Chaturdashi wearing a red thread known as ‘Anant Chaudas Thread’ is considered to be very auspicious. This is either worn as armlet or around the neck by both male and female. Wearing this will bring in happiness, health, and prospe

*Black Thread* : This is yet another powerful thread worn by the Hindus. In the case of small children, it is usually tied around their waist and adults tie it in their left wrists or armlet. Some also tie a special root along with it and wear it as a necklace. People who practice black magic/Tantric vidhya may wear in their right foot as well.

Significance: It is said to keep children away from evil eye (buri nazar). It also keeps away people from evil spirit or unwanted tantra mantra done.

*Orange Or Saffron Thread :* Orange threads are quite prevalent in south and east India. People wear it for different reasons. This is a long thread which is wrapped around the wrist several times to form a bundle.

Significance: This is said to bring fame, power and guard the person against all evil.

*Yellow Thread*
Yellow is colour of purity and good health. People consider this color to be very important in good tasks like marriages or house inauguration ceremony. Hindus put haldi in fat cotton threads and use it as a symbol of good luck during marriages. The bride is made to wear it with three knots tied either in her neck or armlet.
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🧬 *HEALTH CARE: HOME REMEDIES*🩺
( *Note* : These home tips followed in villages/ancient traditions, it is up to you to use it or not🙏🏻) =======================
Each *banana* has only about 105 calories and consists almost exclusively of water and carbs. Bananas hold very little protein and almost no fat.

Bananas Contain Nutrients That Moderate Blood Sugar Levels

Bananas are a great dietary source of potassium. One medium-sized banana (118 grams) contains 9% of the RDI.

It contain several types of potent antioxidants, including dopamine and catechins

Unripe Bananas May Improve Insulin Sensitivity.
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*Regards*
SACHIN MURDESHWAR..✒️

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