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𝕴𝖓𝖉𝖎𝖆`𝖘 1𝖘𝖙 𝖂𝖍𝖆𝖙𝖘𝖆𝖕𝖕 𝕹𝖊𝖜𝖘, 𝓼𝓲𝓷𝓬𝓮 2013
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*18 Aug (Sunday)*
*Vedic Ritu/* Varsha Ritu
*Drik Ritu* : Varsha Ritu
पक्ष :: *Shuklapaksh*
*Vikram Samvat - 2081*
*Shaka Samvat - 1946*
*Month* : Shravan 28, (Purnimanta)
Srawan 14 (Amanta)
*Nakshatra* : Uttara Ashadha (up to 10:14 am)Shravana
*Tithi :* Chaturdashi/
Purnima
*Rahu* : 05:17 PM – 06:53 PM
*Yamaganda*: 12:30 PM – 02:06 PM
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*TODAYS TOP NEWS*
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1. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast enhanced rainfall over Eastern and central parts of the country for the next 6 days. The Regional Meteorological Department has also predicted heavy rains for Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli, Tenkasi, Thoothukudi, and six other districts for another week.
2. The Lok Sabha speaker on August 17, named the constituents of the six new Parliamentary Committees including the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) which examines government expenditure:
3. *Six New Parliamentary Committees for 2024-25*
(a) Public Account committee
(b) Committee on Public Undertakings
(c) Committee on Estimates
(d) Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
(e) Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes
(f) Committee on Public Accounts
4. The Vice President of India, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar, is on a one day visit to Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore District in Andhra Pradesh.
5. The BJP's national office-bearers meeting was held in New Delhi to discuss the party's membership drive. The meeting was chaired by party President J.P. Nadda. Union Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah, along with other senior party leaders.
6. *Telangana govt to set up Young India Sports University in Hyderabad.* : Taking inspiration from Korean National Sports University in Seoul during recent international trip, Telangana Chief minister Revanth Reddy proposed to set up an integrated sports hub.
7. India's shipping ministry suggested constructing a seaport next to Bharat Petroleum Corp's planned refinery in Andhra Pradesh to cut costs. The refinery could act as a key customer for the port. Andhra Pradesh proposed offering land at Machilipatnam, Ramayapatnam, or Mulapeta for the complex.
8. In Punjab, Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann announced the creation of 3,000 new posts for Anganwadi workers and the opening of new recruitment opportunities for women. Addressing a gathering during a state-level function to mark the festival of Raksha Bandhan in Barnala.
9. The Union Cabinet has approved ₹2,962 crore in airport projects for West Bengal and Bihar. This includes a new airport in Bihta, Patna, costing ₹1,413 crore, to alleviate congestion at the existing Patna airport, and a ₹1,549 crore expansion of Bagdogra airport to address its near-full capacity.
10. In Haryana, four MLAs of the Jannayak Janta Party have resigned today from the party. The MLAs who resigned include Anoop Dhanak, Devendra Singh Babli, Ishwar Singh and Ramsharan.
11. In Uttarakhand, the trek route to Kedarnath, which suffered severe damage from landslides triggered by heavy rain, has been repaired and reopened to pilgrims after a 15-day closure. The 19-kilometer path, previously obstructed at 29 points by landslide debris, was cleared and reopened.
12. The Maharashtra Chief Minister will roll out the ‘Ladki Bahin‘ scheme modelled on the lines of Madhya Pradesh’s ‘Ladli Behna Yojana. The Chief Minister has guaranteed that their version of the scheme will not be temporary but will continue indefinitely.
This initiative aims to provide ₹1500 every month to more than one crore women across the state.
13. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved the appointment of Salee Sukumaran Nair as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Tamilnad Mercantile Bank (TMB) for a three-year term.
14. *Himachal shuts 99 govt schools with no students* : The Himachal Pradesh Government denotified 99 government primary and middle schools with zero enrolment. It also ordered merger of 419 schools, including 361 of the primary wing, with five or less students with the nearest schools.
15. The Odisha government on Friday appointed 1990 batch IPS officer Yogesh Bahadur Khurania as the new director general of police (DGP) of the state.
16. Raksha Bandhan, also referred to as Rakhi, will be celebrated across the country on Monday, August 19.
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*LEGAL REPORT*
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1. Medical services were affected througout the country as Doctors, medical professionals and students are staging 24 hour protest across the county on the call of the Indian Medical Association-IMA in protest of rape and murder of a doctor in Kolkata. Non-emergency and OPD services have been suspended.
2. In Maharashtra, doctors' associations throughout the state joined the strike, leading to the suspension of patient services in many general hospitals. The BMC MARD, representing resident doctors from Sion, Nair, Cooper, and KEM hospitals in Mumbai, staged a protest at Azad Maidan.
3. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will conduct a psychological assessment of Sanjay Roy, the accused in a rape-and-murder case of a doctor in Kolkata that has triggered nationwide protests.
4. Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot granted sanction for prosecution of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in connection with the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) site allotment 'scam’. The sanction is based on three petitions filed by T J Abraham, Pradeep and Snehamayi Krishna. Earlier, on 26 July.
5. Mobile internet was suspended for 24 hours in several areas of Rajasthan's Udaipur and all schools were ordered to remain shut after a Class-10 student allegedly stabbed another boy at a government school, triggering communal violence in the city.
6. *26/11 accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana can be extradited: A court said* . In a huge setback to Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a US court has ruled that the Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman could be extradited to India where he is wanted for his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack carried out by Pakistan-based Lashkar terrorists.
7. The Kerala High Court has refused to interfere with a lower court order and directed filmmaker Major Ravi to face trial in a sexual harassment case filed by a journalist in the state.
The matter pertains to a speech made by Ravi in 2016 in which he allegedly made derogatory comments against a senior journalist of a prominent Malayalam TV channel. The court noted that the petitioner (Ravi) was an army officer and is a celebrity and it was the duty of such people to be careful while making speeches and statements.
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1. Twenty coaches of the Ahmedabad-bound Sabarmati Express passenger train derailed near Govindpuri station in Kanpur early Saturday after the engine hit an 'object placed on the track'. There were no casualties in the derailment that occurred between Kanpur and Bhimsen railway stations at around 2.35 am.
2. A portion of an under-construction bridge in Bihar, which was being 'dismantled', crashed into the river Ganges river on Saturday, Video footage of a slab of the bridge, connecting Bhagalpur and Khagaria districts, has gone viral on social media.
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*FINANCE*
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*USD* ₹ 84 (Approx)
💷 *GBP* ₹109(Approx)
€ *Euro* : ₹ 93(Approx)
*🇨🇳 Yuan ¥* : ₹ 12
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*BSE SENSEX*
*80,436.84 +1,330.96 (1.68%)*🌲
*NIFTY*
*24,541.15 +397.40 (1.65%)*🌲
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*Rates in Financial Capital Mumbai*
*GOLD* : ₹ 71,630/10gm (24 krt)
*SILVER* : ₹ 83,600/KG
1. First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Dr Gita Gopinath has said that India’s growth did much better than expected during the last fiscal year 2023-24 and the country is expected to become the third-largest economy of the world by 2027.
2. India has reduced the windfall tax on crude oil to Rs 2,100 per tonne from Rs 4,600, effective August 17, and eliminated the tax on diesel and aviation turbine fuel exports. This adjustment, which follows a previous tax cut, aims to address the preference of private refiners for international sales.
3. Foreign direct investment (FDI) in India’s food processing sector experienced a significant decline of 30% in the fiscal year 2023-24, totaling Rs 5,037.06 crore, down from Rs 7,194.13 crore in 2022-23.
4. India has initiated an anti-dumping investigation into the import of hot rolled flat products from Vietnam following complaints that these products are being sold at significantly low prices, negatively impacting the domestic steel industry. The move, driven by requests from leading Indian steelmakers such as JSW Steel and ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India).
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*ENTERTAINMENT NEWS*
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Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2024 winners were announced on Friday :
(a) Vikrant Massey-starrer *12TH FAIL* won Best Film,
(b) Kartik Aaryan was announced as the winner of the *Best Actor award* at IFFM 2024 for his film *Chandu Champion* .
(c) Director Kiran Rao's *LAAPATAA LADIES* was honoured with the Best Film Critics' Choice Award.
(d) Shah Rukh Khan's *DUNKI* movie won the Equality in Cinema award.
(e) Telugu actor Ram Charan was named Ambassador for Indian Art and Culture,
(f) Music composer AR Rahman won an award for Excellence in Cinema.
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*DEFENCE News*
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1. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurate a new state-of-the-art Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre of the Indian Coast Guard during his visit to Chennai today. He will also inaugurate the Marine Pollution Response Centre in Chennai and the Coast Guard Air Enclave in Puducherry.
2. The Cabinet has approved the construction of a second airport at the Indian Air Force (IAF) base in Bihta, Patna, with an estimated cost of ₹1,413 crore. This new civil enclave will help alleviate capacity constraints at the existing Patna airport. The new terminal, covering 66,000 square meters, will have a peak capacity to handle 3,000 passengers per hour.
3. The Indian Air Force and the Indian Army successfully paradropped a homegrown portable hospital from 15,000 feet, Known as the Aarogya Maitri Health Cube, these homegrown trauma care "cubes" - "the world's first portable hospital" - are used to set up trauma care facilities on the field, thus saving lives in even the most remote areas.
The "cubes" were developed under Project BHISHM (Bharat Health Initiative for Sahyog Hita and Maitri).
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✈ *INTERNATIONAL NEWS*
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1. PM Modi proposes a comprehensive Global development compact to assist Global South partner countries in achieving balanced and inclusive growth. The Prime Minister said this in his closing remarks of the 3rd Voice of the Global South virtual Summit.
2. External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar has urged Global South countries to work together as a family to facilitate the flow of low-cost financing and critical technologies.
3. A team of Indian students has secured three gold, two silver and three bronze medals at the 17th International Earth Sciences Olympiad held in Beijing, China. The Olympiad was held from the 8th to the 16th of this month. The four-member Indian team comprising students from Gujarat, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, and Rajasthan won these medals in three different categories including Earth System Project, and International Team Filed Investigation.
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🌎 *WORLD NEWS* 🌍
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1. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed deep concern over the rapid spread of Monkeypox or Mpox in Africa, calling for international support for the continent in its response to the ongoing outbreak.
2. Sudan’s Health Minister Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim officially declared a cholera outbreak in the country. The announcement came shortly after the World Health Organization (WHO) said that about 316 people had died of cholera in Sudan.
3. Ten people were reportedly killed in an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in the Nabatieh district of southern Lebanon. Military sources in Lebanon said several teams from the Civil Defense and the Islamic Health Authority, equipped with bulldozers and cranes, are still working to remove the rubble of the house, which was destroyed in the strike.
4. A human rights team from the United Nations will visit Dhaka next week to discuss with the Bangladesh interim government, investigations into the human rights violations during the recent unrest in Bangladesh.
5. The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Sweden became the first country outside of Africa to report a case of the emerging clade I variant of mpox, on 15 August 2024.
6. A Landslide and flood disrupts Nepal’s Araniko Highway and Thame Village. The road was blocked due to a landslide at Panchkhaal in Kaverapalanchok district.
The flood swept away 20 houses and lodges, a health post, and a school in Khumbu Pasanglhamu rural municipality. The powerhouse of the local power project was completely damaged while 200 meters of trekking route from Phakding to Namche Jame area have been washed away.
So far, a joint force of the Nepali Army and Nepal Police has rescued 93 people from the flood-affected areas and provided shelter in an army camp.
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🚣🚴🏇🏊 *SPORTS*
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*PARIS PARALYMPICS* .
Tokyo Paralympics gold medalist Sumit Antil and shot-put star Bhagyashri Jadhav will be flagbearers of the Indian contingent at the opening ceremony of the Paris Paralympics.
The Paralympic Games will take place from 28th August to 8th September this year.
In Paris Paralympics, 84 athletes will represent India. This is the country's largest-ever contingent in a Paralympic games. A total of 54 athletes had represented country in Tokyo Paralympics.
2. Ace wrestler Vinesh Phogat arrived at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport yesterday. Vinesh received a grand welcome from the fans, who had gathered at the airport hours before her arrival.
In Paris Olympics she was disqualified for being 100 grams overweight before the Women’s 50kg final bout.
Vinesh had to stay back in Paris as she had appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport- CAS, for a joint silver medal. Her appeal was eventually dismissed.
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🇮🇳 *FACTS ABOUT INDIA* 🇮🇳
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Agartala is the capital city of the Indian state of Tripura, and is the second-largest city in northeast India after Guwahati.
Agartala is a derivative of two words, namely agar, a valuable perfume and incense tree of genus Aquilaria, and the suffix tala, meaning underneath, a reference to the density of agarwood trees in the region
It is located on the banks of the Haora River, near the Bangladesh border, about 90 kilometres (55 mi) east of Bangladesh's capital Dhaka. Agartala is being developed under the Smart Cities Mission, a flagship scheme of the Government of India.
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*😀Thought of the day*
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Life is like a novel and everyday is a page is sad the next will become happy. So don't worry turn the next page and enjoy your life.
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* JOKE OF THE DAY*
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Operation ke baad Chintu bola: Doctor sahab,
*kya ab main rog mukt hoon?*
saamane se javaab mila: beta, Doctor sahab
to dhartee par hee rah gae, main *to Chitra Gupt hoon.* =======================
*😳WHY❓❓❓*
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*Why do cars/ vehicles outside of India have the steering wheel on the left side?**
India, being a former British colony, inherited the left-hand side of the road and right-hand side of the car as the steering-wheel side. ... Hence, a driver sitting on left side in the car will have a better appreciation of the traffic coming from opposite.
Left-om Britain in 1835. Countries which were part of the British Empire followed suit. This is why to this very day, India, Australia and there former British colonies in Africa go left. ... It wasn't until Napoleon conquered the Netherlands that the Dutch started driving on the right.
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*LEARN Sanskrit*🙏🏻
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*Banana* कदलिका
तस्य दूरवाणी संख्या का ? = What is his phone number ?
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🤔 *HOW IT WORKS* ⁉ =======================
*HOW DO SNAILS REPRODUCE?* 🐌
Different snails reproduce differently, but most snails are "hermaphrodites." Being a hermaphrodite means that any given snail can be both male and female at the same time. This can make it a lot easier for snails to reproduce and quickly make a whole lot of snails! Some hermaphrodite snails do not need another snail to reproduce, but can make more snails all by themselves (this is called asexual reproduction). Other snails are hermaphrodites but still need another snail to reproduce (this is called sexual reproduction). There are also some snails that aren't hermaphrodites, but are either male or female, and must find a snail of the opposite sex to breed with.
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💁🏻♂ *GK TODAY*
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*BEGINING OF BOLLYWOOD**
Father of Indian Cinema, Dadasaheb Phalke released the first ever full-length feature film ‘Raja Harishchandra’ in 1913. The silent film was a commercial success. Dadasaheb was not only the producer but was also the director, writer, cameraman, editor, make-up artist and art director. Raja Harischandra was the first-ever Indian film which was screened in London in 1914
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*BORN TODAY* 🐣💐
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Nirmala Sitharaman (born 18 August 1959) is an Indian politician of the (BJP), who is currently serving as the Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate Affairs.
Sitharaman formerly served as the Defence Minister of India, thereby becoming India's second female defence minister and also the second female finance minister after Indira Gandhi and first full-time female Finance Minister.
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🙏🏻 *IDIOMS & PHRASES*
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*BITE YOUR TONGUE* – To avoid talking
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*ANTONYMS*
*Blunt* × Keen
*SYNONYMS*
*Blunt*: Dull
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🛕 *VEDIK GYAN*
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*SATYABHAMA* , also known as, Satrajiti, is the third consort of the Lord Shri Krishna. Satyabhama is believed to be an avatar of Bhumī Devī.
Satyabhama was the daughter of Yadava King Satrajit, the royal treasurer of Dwaraka, who was the owner of the Syamantaka jewel. Satrajit, who secured the jewel from the sun-god Surya and would not part with it even when Krishna, the king of Dwarka, asked for it saying it would be safe with him. Shortly thereafter, Prasena, the brother of Satrajit went out hunting wearing the jewel but was killed by a lion. Jambavan, known for his role in the Ramayana, killed the lion and gave the jewel to his daughter Jambavati. When Prasena did not return, Satrajit falsely accused Krishna of killing Prasena for the sake of the jewel.
Krishna, in order to remove the stain on his reputation, set out with his men in search of the jewel and found it in Jambavan's cave, with his daughter. Jambavan attacked Krishna thinking him to be an intruder who had come to take away the jewel. They fought each other for 28 days, when Jambavan, whose whole body was terribly weakened from the incisions of Krishna's sword, finally recognised him as Rama and surrendered to the lord.
As repentance for his having fought Krishna, Jambavan gave Krishna the jewel and also his daughter Jambavati in marriage. Krishna returned the jewel to Satrajit, who in turn apologized for his false accusation. He promptly offered to give Krishna the jewel and his daughter Satyabhama, in marriage. Krishna accepted them but refused the jewel.
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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🙏🏻) =======================
*GET RID OF A HEADACHE*
1. Drink Water. Inadequate hydration may lead you to develop a headache.
2. Get Adequate Sleep
3. Head Massage may be able to reduce chronic pain as well as ease muscle tension that causes headaches.
4. If ,you have a migraine, place a cold pack on your forehead. Ice cubes wrapped in a towel, a bag of frozen peas, or even a cold shower may lessen the pain.
5. Tension-related headaches can sometimes be relieved with regular breathing exercises that help focus your mind and ease your muscles.
6. The warmth and comfort of a steaming cup of herbal tea makes it an excellent way to wind down at night.
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