TODAY’S TOP NEWS MONDAY, 9th NOVEMBER, 2020: (NEWS, EDUCATION, JOKES, ENTERTAINMENT AND MORE)

TODAY’S TOP NEWS 9th NOVEMBER

NATIONAL NEWS:

1. Ministry of Shipping is being expanded and renamed as the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways. New Ro-Pax ferry service launched on Sunday will reduce the distance between Bhavnagar to Surat, which is around 375-km by road, to 90-km by sea route.
2. The recently constituted Peoples’ Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), an amalgam of seven regional parties, including CPM and CPI, on Saturday unanimously decided to contest the District Development Council (DDC) polls jointly in Jammu and Kashmir. The polls will be held from November 28.
3. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is gearing up for a series of missions , including launch of small satellite launch vehicles, Chairman K. Sivan said
4. The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials raided properties of a Karnataka Administrative (KAS) Officer B Sudha at six locations across the state and seized a huge cache of gold ornaments. Raids were simultaneously conducted at her two other houses and other places at Thindlu near Yelahanka in Bengaluru, Mysuru, and Udupi.
5. Arnab Goswami Arrested : Protest outside Taloja jail; memorandum for President. On Wednesday morning, Republic Media Network’s Editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami was arrested by Maharashtra Police, barging into his home. Bombay High Court will pronounce order on bail plea on Monday, 3 PM.
6. Union Minister Prakash Javadekar lauds Tripura Govt’s “eco-friendly” bamboo candles for being ‘vocal for local.
7. The book titled ‘Moustache’ written by the Malayalam writer, S. Hareesh won the JCB Prize for Literature. The winner was awarded cash prize of Rs 25 lakhs. The book was translated from the Malayalam by Jayasree Kalathil.
8. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has issued a notification on FASTAGs making them mandatory for four wheelers from from 1st of January 2021 . It applies to old vehicles belonging to M and N category as well. Also to vehicles that were sold before 1st December, 2017.
9. PM Modi on Sunday greeted veteran BJP leader L K Advani on his 93rd birthday and said he is a living inspiration to BJP workers and the countrymen.
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10. Bihar Assembly election result on November 10: With polling having been concluded for all 243 seats, the focus now shifts to the Bihar election result which will take place on on November 10, as votes will be taken up for counting.
11. The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has announced a new rule for booking tickets. According to this new rule, a second reservation chart will be prepared 30 minutes before the scheduled departure of trains.
12. Ahead of Diwali, the Delhi Police on Sunday (November 8, 2020) announced to suspend all licences issued for the sale of firecrackers in the national capital.
13. Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday hinted that temples and other religious places of worship will be reopened in the state after Diwali 2020.
14. Srinagar recorded the coldest night of the season so far on Sunday with the temperature at minus 1.4 degrees Celsius.
15. Two days after announcing a “complete ban” on the sale of firecrackers, the Haryana government on Sunday allowed bursting them for two hours on Diwali.
16. PM Modi congratulated ISRO and the country’s space industry for the successful launch of earth observation satellite EOS-01 and nine customer satellites on board its Polar rocket and said our scientists overcame many constraints to meet the deadline during this COVID-19 time.
17. Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria, while was addressing the cadets of the National Defence Academy (NDA) Khadakwasla Pune after reviewing the passing out parade of its 139th course said that today’s battle-space is “highly complex and multi-dimensional” with unpredictable security scenarios, and the armed forces have to be prepared for hybrid threats emanating from multiple fronts.
18. Three terrorists were also killed in the anti-terror operation. Security forces have seized huge amount of arms and ammunitions from the slained terrorists . Four soldiers of Army and BSF including an army officer martyred as the security fores foiled a major infiltration bid in Machil Sector along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir.
19. COVID-19 recovery rate in country improves further to 92.49%. According to the Indian Council of Medical research data, 11 crore 77 lakhs 36 Thousand 791 tests have been conducted so far.
20. Coronavirus Cases:
    Total 8,553,864
    Deaths: 126,653
    Recovered: 7,915,660

✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS

1. Chinese President Xi Jinping orders advancing construction of rail line in Tibet, close to Arunachal which is connecting the country’s southwest Sichuan province to Linzhi in Tibet close to the Indian border in Arunachal Pradesh.
2. The Sichuan-Tibet Railway will be the second railway line into Tibet after the Qinghai-Tibet Railway project. It will go through the southeast of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, one of the world’s most geologically active areas,
3. Delhi to London bus service receives interest from travelers in 195 countries .: Gurugram- based Adventures Overland informs that it is in touch with local authorities in all countries which its bus is scheduled to cross through. The company states that the priority remains on safety in Covid-19 times and is hoping for a vaccine for the pandemic. The first batch is scheduled to take place in May of 2021 if all safety precautions are put in place .
4. Indian Army Chief General MM Naravane handed over the remaining ₹ 5 lakh to 70-year-old Lance Havildar (Retd) Dil Bahadur Chhettri, who was decorated with India’s second highest gallantry award Maha Vir Chakra for his bravery during the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war . He had to quit the service over personal reasons even before reaching the requisite pensionable service. He was discharged from service on April 8, 1976.
5. India’s Vidisha Maitra was elected to the UN body – Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ) with strong support of the member states.
6. India, US, Japan and Australia concluded the first phase of the Malabar naval exercise in Bay of Bengal on November 7, 2020
7. Joe Biden for India Biden had played a key role in strengthening the relations between India and US as a Vice President and also as the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. In 2006 he had announced that it is his dream that in 2020 India and US will be the closes nations in the world. As a senator, when Obama hesitated to support the Indo-US nuclear deal, Biden openly declared his support.
8. Both India and China are likely to hold further military talks in the upcoming days to discuss specific disengagement proposals in eastern Ladakh. The eighth round of Corps Commander-level talks on Friday had broadly discussed disengagement of troops from specific friction points.

🌎WORLD NEWS🌍

1. Donald Trump who recently lost his US Presidential re-election campaign to Joe Biden, could be in more trouble. According to claims by former Trump administration aides, Melania Trump is ‘counting the minutes until he is out of office and she can divorce him’. These claims were published by The Daily Mail UK in a report on Sunday.
2. Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. ( born November 20, 1942) is an American politician and president-elect of the United States. Having defeated incumbent Donald Trump in the 2020 United States presidential election, he will be inaugurated as the 46th president in January 2021. Vice President
   Kamala Harris.
3. Azerbaijan says it seized Nagorno-Karabakh’s 2nd-largest city : Azeri President Ilham Aliyev said on Sunday his country’s forces had taken Shusha, the second-largest city in the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave but Armenian officials immediately denied the claim.
4. Australia’s decision to take part in Malabar Exercise has outraged China, who has warned Canberra of “economic pain” if it continues to be part of US administration “roughneck gang”.
5. World leaders have congratulated President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on their victory in the US presidential election.
6. United Arab Emirates announced major changes to its Islamic laws. It includes loosening of alcohol restrictions, allowing unmarried couples to cohabitate and loosening criminalization of honour killings.
7. Previously the users had to purchase license for liquor and to have alcohol at homes. The new rule now allows Muslims to drink alcoholic beverages freely. The Government also liberalized the laws protecting the honour crimes in the country. The law that supported a tribal custom under which a male may evade prosecution has now been relaxed.
8. Coronavirus Cases:
   50,701,621
   Deaths: 1,261,257
   Recovered: 35,764,804
   ACTIVE CASES
   13,676,433

🚣🚴🏇🏁🏊Sports:

1. The Sports Ministry has approved six centres as the Khelo India Centre of Excellence (KISCE) and they will now be upgraded at a consolidated budget estimate of Rs 67.32 crore for FY 2020-21 and subsequent four years in an effort to identify and groom Olympic level talent.
2. IPL 2020 Nov 8 2020, Indian Premier League

DC- 189/3

SRH- 172/8
(20 ov, target 190)

Capitals won by 17 runs

3. IPL 2020 Women’s team: Monday, 9th November 2020
   TRAILBLAZERS
   Vs
   SUPERNOVAS

19:30 IST (14:00 GMT), 18:00 LOCAL
Final Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah

4. Tuesday, 10th November 2020
   MUMBAI INDIANS
   Vs
   DELHI CAPITALS

19:30 IST (14:00 GMT), 18:00 LOCAL
Final Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai

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In Mumbai(MH)
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🇮🇳Facts about India🇮🇳

##The world’s first university was established in Takshila in 700 BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.

😀Thought of the day

Dream big and dare to fail.

Jokes of the day,

How a woman calls her husband in first 6 years:
Yr 1. Janu
Yr 2. O G.
Yr 3. Aji, sunte ho?
Yr 4. Arey, O Bunty k pappa
And then…..
Yr 5. Kahan mar gaye?
Yr 6. Tum aate ho k main aaon?😜🤪😝🤣😂

2)Points to Ponder: Number 9. Death is the number 1 killer in the world.

Number 8. Life is sexually transmitted.

Number 7. Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.

Number 6. Men have two emotions: hungry and horny, and they can’t tell them apart. If you see a gleam in his eyes make him a sandwich.

Number 5. Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day. Teach a person to use the internet and they won’t bother you for weeks, months, maybe years.

Number 4. Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in the hospital, dying of nothing.

Number 3. All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.

Number 2. In the 60’s, people took drugs to make the world weird. Now the world is weird, and people take antidepressants to make it normal.

Number 1. Life is like a jar of mirchi chutney. What you enjoy today might burn your ass tomorrow…

and as someone recently said to me: Don’t worry about old age; it doesn’t last that long…!!!

3) A friend asked a gentleman why he never married?

Replied the gentleman, “Well, I guess I just never met the right woman… I guess I’ve been looking for the perfect girl.”

“Oh, come on now,” said the friend, “Surely you have met at least one girl that you wanted to marry.”

“Yes, there was a girl… once. I guess she was the one perfect girl; the only perfect girl I really ever met. She was just the right everything… I really mean that she was the perfect girl for me.”

“Well, why didn’t you marry her,” asked the friend.

“Unfortunately, she was looking for the perfect man.”

4) In Jail…
Sanjay Dutt: Jailer Sahab, Mujhe Phir Se Baapu Dikh Rela Hai!
Jailer: Kidhar?
Sanjay Dutt: Wo Udhar, Dhoti Mein.
Jailer: Abe Asaram Baapu Hai Wo!!!

Akbar and one Gujju were best friends.
The Gujju went to a Masjid for the 1st time with Akbar.
Akbar enters the Masjid and says: Allah hu Akbar……
Gujjubhai Thodi Der Sochne Ke Baad: Allah, Hu Jignesss Patel…..

Biwi: Wo Saamne Sharabi Dekh Rahe Ho ?
Pati: Husband: Haan! Kyun, Tum Jaanti Ho Us Ko?
Biwi: Haan. 10 Saal Pehle Maine Use Shaadi ke Liye Inkaar Kiya Tha. Aur Woh Aaj Tak Pee Raha Hai.
PATI: Baap Re…… Itna Lamba celebration!!!

A couple went to an Art Gallery. Ther was a picture of a girl covered only by Leaves.
Husband was watching.
Wife: Ghar abhi chaloge, Ya Hawa Aane tak rukoge!!!

A man went to the marriage hall to reserve wedding date…
Office was closed and he read the following Notice outside the office:
“Office closed between 1 pm and 3 pm… you may use this time to think again.”

When a woman loves you, you are a husband……
When many women love you, you are an actor……
When hundreds of women love you, you are an idol……
When thousands of women love you, you are a leader……..
But When all the women in the city love you, then you are a Best Paanipuri wala.

5) Pappu Apni Gali Ke Ek Dukandar Se: Uncle Rang Gora Karne Waali Cream Hai???
Dukandar: Haan Hai.
Pappu: Toh Lagate Kyun Nahi, Main Roz Aapki Shakal Dekhkar Darr Jata Hun?

6) A

King of a Kingdom called his Prime Minister and asked, like there are Brilliant people in his State will there be Idiots available?

Minister said there will be.

King then ordered his Minister to go around the State search and bring 5 of such Idiots and present to him in the Council.

Minister was awestruck since you can identify brilliant people by conducting some form of competition, but how to identify Idiots. However he goes around the State and after a month comes back with 2 such people. There after following is the conversation between King and Minister.

King: Dear Minister I think you are poor in counting, I asked for 5 people and you have brought only 2.

Minister: Your Highness please let me explain and then you will know yourself.

King: OK. Go ahead.

Minister: When I was going around the State I found this guy carrying a huge Gunny Bag on his head and travelling in a Bullock Cart. When I asked he said that if he keeps the bag in the Cart it will be overloaded and hurt the Bulls. I realised he is the 5th Idiot and brought him to you.

King: Excellent. Next.

Minister: I saw the other guy was taking his Buffalo to the roof top of his house for grazing where grass was found grown. I realised he is the 4th Idiot and brought him to you.

King: Fine. Next.

Minister: When there are so many problems in the functioning of this kingdom, leaving those entire aside I have been going around the State for a month wasting my time in searching for Idiots, hence I am the 3rd Idiot.

King: Laughs out loud. Next.

Minister: Instead of solving all the problems that are there in the Kingdom, you have been looking for Idiots in your State, hence you are the 2nd Idiot.

Hearing this entire Council was scared and there was pin drop silence.

King: Fine there is truth in your statement. Who is the 1st Idiot?

Minister: Your Highness when there is so much of work in the Office and Home to attend to, leaving all this aside person who is engaged attentively in this idiotic Story from the beginning to the end is the 1st Idiot.

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😳Tell Me Why❓❓❓

Why Banyan tree is National tree??

The national tree of India, banyan is a very huge structure, long and deep roots and branches symbolize the country’s unity. One can find banyan trees in throughout the nation. The huge sized tree acts as a shield, protects from hot sun. This is the reason why the tree is planted near homes, temples, villages and roadsides. In the rural parts of the country, banyan tree is considered as the focal point of the Panchayats and the gathering place for village councils and meetings.

LEARN Sanskrit🙏🏻

Aja (अज) : Goat

🤔 How it works ⁉

How do rock crushers work?

A rock crusher is a device used to crush rocks into smaller pieces, usually for gravel or some other road or building application.

A jaw crusher consists essentially of two crushing plates, inclined to each other forming a horizontal opening by their lower borders. Material is crushed between a fixed and a movable plate by reciprocating pressure until the crushed product becomes small enough to pass through the gap between the crushing plates.

💁🏻‍♂️ GK TODAY

The first operational jet fighter was the Messerschmitt Me 262, manufactured by Germany during World War II, which entered service on 19 April 1944

🛕 VEDIK GYAN

Why is shankh blown before start of puja in Sangatana Dharma?

According to our ancient scriptures that is Puranas, the shankh was originated during the Churning of ocean (Samudramanthan) by the Deities and Shri Vishnu held it in the form of weapon. Moon, Sun and Varun are stationed at the base of the shankh, the deity Prajapati on its surface and all the places of pilgrimage like Ganga and Saraswati in its front portion.

Scientifically : The vibrations emanating on blowing it destroys the disease causing germs in the atmosphere and activates chaitanya chakra. That is the reason it has a important place in Ayurved and medicine.

The shankh are of two types, namely, left turned shankh and right turned shankh. When the shankh is held with its spout pointed up, its spirals coil towards your right then it is right turned shankh and if the spirals coil towards your left then it is a left turned shankh. Generally a left turned shankh is preferred for the puja ritual. The shankh which is used for blowing should not be kept for puja.

It has been mentioned in ‘ Varaha Puran ’ that one should not open the door of temple without first blowing the shankh. The left turned shankh is blown before the start of puja or performance of arti. There are three types of frequencies in the atmosphere namely sattva dominant, raja dominant and tama dominant

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

Hibiscus oil rejuvenates the scalp and promotes hair growth. … You can use it on your hair thrice a week to provide deep nourishment and improve blood circulation. Process – To prepare Hibiscus oil at home, take about 8 hibiscus flowers and 8 hibiscus leaves and grind them into a fine paste.

Heat about a cup of coconut oil and add the paste to it. Let the mixture heat together and then keep it aside to cool down. Your hibiscus oil is ready to use. Massage your scalp with it for about 10 minutes and leave it on for about 30 minutes for best results. After that, wash your hair and scalp with a mild cleanser.

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