1. Over 89 crore COVID vaccine doses administered across country so far.
2. 69% of the country's adult population has received at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine and 25% has been administered both the doses- Health Ministry
3. Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu urged people to come forward and enroll themselves with Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission and get benefited from the historic reform.
4. Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Singh Thakur will launch a month-long Clean India Programme from Prayagraj today as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.
5. Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh will launch a special campaign today on disposal of pendency in government during 2nd October to 31st October. The campaign is aimed at ensuring timely and effective disposal of Public Grievances, References from Members of Parliament, State Governments, Inter-Ministerial Consultations and Parliamentary Assurances.
6. Amidst threat of a possible third wave of COVID-19, the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) has developed an immunity boosting 'Bal Raksha Kit' for children up to the age of 16.
7. Sahitya Akademi is going to organise an all-India poetry festival on 02 Oct at Jain College auditorium to mark Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav and Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti.
8. What is new scrap policy?
The government's new Vehicle Scrappage Policy has laid down comprehensive guidelines about how old vehicles in the country will be scrapped or discarded. Under this new policy, government and commercial vehicles older than 15 years and private vehicles older than 20 years will be scrapped or destroyed.
Ministry of road transport and highways announced the detailed procedure of setting “Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility (RVSF)” under the “vehicle scrapping policy”. Vehicle Scrapping Policy was launched in August 2021 by PM Modi. Registration of RVSF will be valid for 10 years and can be renewed for 10 more years, at a time.
9. Andhra Pradesh : The State Bank of India has rejected AP govt's Rs 6,500 crore 'overdraft' for implementing the Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) in the state.
10. Delhi:. High Court Takes Up Delhi Court Shootout, Issues Notices To Cops, State, Centre
A bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued notice to Delhi Police, Delhi government, and Centre as well as the Delhi High Court Bar Association and directed that suggestions in the form of an affidavit or a report be filed on the issue of maintaining security at courts.
11. Karnataka : BJP MLA M P Renukacharya and former legislator Jeevaraj Dwaramakki have been appointed as Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai's political secretaries.
12. Maharashtra : No Garba, Dandiya events as Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. issues new set of Navratri guidelines during Durga Puja Dusshera Festival.
13. Meghalay : The first-ever native female Chief Secretary was appointed by Meghalaya Government. Ms. Rebecca Vanessa Suchiang, a 1989 batch officer of Indian Administrative Service has taken over as the State Chief Secretary.
14. Punjab: Navjot Singh Sidhu will continue as the Punjab Congress chief and a coordination panel is likely to be set up, which is expected to be consulted before any major decisions by the Punjab govt in future.
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1. Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari took over as the Chief of Air Staff from Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria on 30 Sep.
2. RKS Bhadauria superannuated after 42 years of service and was architect of two mega fighter aircraft deals including 36 Rafales and 83 Mark1A indigenous Tejas jets.
The defence ministry on 29 Sep approved the procurement of military platforms and hardware worth Rs 13,165 crore that included 25 indigenously-developed ALH Mark-III helicopters for the Indian Army to boost its combat capabilities.
4. India’s BHEL to Supply Upgraded Main Guns For Indian Navy Frigates
under the ‘Make in India’ initiative.
5. The Defence Ministry has issued an order for the dissolution of the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) with effect from October 1 upon which its assets, employees and management would be transferred to seven newly constituted Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs). This would mean the end of the OFB, the establishment of which was accepted by the British in 1775.
6. India's Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat on 29 Sep met US Army Major General Xavier T Brunson, Commanding General, I Corps, and discussed issues of bilateral defence cooperation.
7. The Indian Air Force requested citizens of Delhi-NCR not to dump eatables or garbage in the open as it attracts birds, which might pose a serious threat to their rehearsals for Air Force Day (08 Oct).
8. Indian Army is inviting applications for SSC (Tech) – 58 Men and SSCW (Tech) – 29 Women Course 2021 (191 Vacancy) Course which will commence in April 2022 at Officers Training Academy (OTA), Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Interested candidates can apply through the official website of the Indian Army, joinindianarmy.nic.in. The last date to apply is October 27, 2021.
9. Indian Army has released the recruitment notification. Applications are invited from unmarried male and unmarried female LAW GRADUATES for grant of Short Service Commission in the Indian Army for Judge Advocate General Branch. ONLINE APPLICATION WILL OPEN ON 29 SEP 2021 AT 1500 HRS AND CLOSE ON 28 OCT 2021 AT 1500 HRS
10. National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination (II), 2021 has opened the online portal of application at https://upsconline. nic.in/ for this Examination to enable the unmarried women candidates only. The application link will remain open for women candidates till 6 pm on 8.10.2021.
The Examination is scheduled to be held on 14.11.2021. Women applicants are not required to pay fee for their application for this Examination.
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✈ INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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1. India is likely to send a 3-member team to participate in a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Pakistan next week, ToI has learnt. The Pabbi Anti-terror Exercise 2021 is being held at Pabbi in Pakistan’s Nowshera district from October 3 under the aegis of SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) which seeks to promote counter-terrorism cooperation between SCO member-states.
2. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said. Quad is not an alliance and it is a practical partnership of like-minded democracies and economies coming together to promote a free and open Indo-Pacific.
3. India hit out at China on 29 Sep for once again holding it responsible for the eastern Ladakh standoff, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said China continues to deploy a large number of troops and armaments in the border areas and it was in response to Chinese actions that the Indian armed forces had to make appropriate counter deployments.
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🌎 WORLD NEWS 🌍
1. Ex-French President Nicolas Sarkozy Found Guilty In Corruption Case
This was the second guilty verdict this year for Sarkozy, who led France from 2007 to 2012.
2. The Balochistan govt has ordered that heads of all govt departments and senior employees should set the ringback tones of their mobile phone numbers to ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ track. The ringback tone is the sound heard by the person who is calling someone.
3. Taliban shut escape routes as citizens desperately flee Afghanistan : Thousands of Afghans trying to escape the misery at home have flocked to their country's southern border with Pakistan, but their attempts to get across have been stopped by the Taliban.
4. American Space Agency, NASA, is set to send its first spacecraft to study Jupiter’s Trojan (small celestial body or asteroids) Spacecraft will be launched from “Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida” on October 16, 2021. The spacecraft has been named as Lucy. Mission Lucy will go for a 12-year journey after receiving boosts from Earth’s gravity. Mission Lucy will be launched with the objective of investigating the group of rocky bodies that are circling the Sun in two swarms- one preceding Jupiter.
5. World Maritime Day 2021 is being observed across the globe on September 30 in a tribute to the professionalism and sacrifice of the two million seafarers who served the world's merchant navy fleet even amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic situation. The 2021 theme for the ‘World Maritime Day’ respects the sacrifice made by the navy men: ‘Seafarers at the core of shipping's future.’
6. Japan’s former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida wins party vote, to become new Prime Minister. Mr. Kishida replaces outgoing party leader Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, who is stepping down after serving only one year since taking office last September.
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🚣🚴🏇🏊 SPORTS
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1. IPL Match Match 44
Chennai Super Kings beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 6 wickets.
SRH 134/7 (20)
CSK 139/4 (19.4)
2. Friday, 1st Oct 2021
IPL Match 45 International Stadium, Dubai
KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS
Vs
PUNJAB KINGS
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USD 74.22 💷GBP 99.98
Haryana : Chandigarh
CM : Manohar Lal Khattar
Gvnr : Bandaru Dattatreya
🥇Gold ₹46,870@10 gm 24 (Krt)
🥈 Silver ₹63,000@ Kg
⛽ Petrol ₹ 99.39
⛽ Diesel ₹ 91.45
*LPG : ₹ 893/14.2 Kg*
*BSE Sensex* 59,126.36
*NIFTY* : 17,618.15
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🇮🇳 FACTS ABOUT INDIA 🇮🇳
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V. Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy, better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, was an Indian actor and producer. (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001).
He was known for his versatility and the variety of roles he depicted on screen, which gave him also the Tamil nickname Nadigar Thilagam (The pride of actors). He had acted 288 films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi.
Ganesan was the first Indian film actor to win a "Best Actor" award in an International film festival, the Afro-Asian Film Festival held in Cairo, Egypt in 1960.
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😀Thought of the day
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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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JOKE OF THE DAY
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He tried 2 read
but he can’t read it.
So,he swim into d River &read
“CROCODILE🐊 INSIDE-DONT SWIM”🏊♂️
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😳WHY❓❓❓
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why high tension wires make noise
The audible noise emitted from high-voltage lines is caused by the discharge of energy that occurs when the electrical field strength on the conductor surface is greater than the 'breakdown strength' (the field intensity necessary to start a flow of electric current) of the air surrounding the conductor.
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LEARN Sanskrit🙏🏻
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सर्वं परवशं दुःखं सर्वमात्मवशं सुखम्।
एतद् विद्यात् समासेन लक्षणं सुखदुःखयोः॥
sarvaṃ paravaśaṃ duḥkhaṃ sarvamātmavaśaṃ sukham।
etad vidyāt samāsena lakṣaṇaṃ sukhaduḥkhayoḥ॥
Everything that is in other’s control is painful. All that is in self-control is happiness. This is the definition of happiness and pain in short
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🤔 HOW IT WORKS ⁉.
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How a serial ropeway works 🚡🚠🚟
An electric motor drives the haulage rope which provides propulsion. Aerial tramways are constructed as reversible systems; vehicles shuttling back and forth between two end terminals and propelled by a cable loop which stops and reverses direction when the cabins arrive at the end stations.
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💁🏻♂ GK TODAY
1 October - International Coffee Day
International Coffee Day is celebrated on 1 October every year to recognise millions of people across the world from farmers, roasters, baristas, and coffee shop owners, etc. who do hard work to create and serve the beverage in the consumable form.
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Uttar Pradesh is the highest sugarcane producing State in sub tropical zone having area about 22.77 Lakh ha. It produced 105.62 lakh tonne of sugar till April 2021.
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BORN TODAY 🐣💐
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Ram Nath Kovind (born 1 October 1945) is an Indian politician and the 14th President of India, in office since 25 July 2017. Previously he had served as the Governor of Bihar from 2015 to 2017 and was a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from 1994 to 2006.Before entering politics, he was a lawyer for 16 years and practised in the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court until 1993.
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🙏🏻 IDIOMS & PHRASES
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‘ No pain no gain ’ – You have to work hard for something you want
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🛕 VEDIK GYAN
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What is special about Mansarovar?
Lake Manasarovar: a Mystical Sacred Lake in Tibet. In remote western Tibet, Lake Manasarovar sits at the foot of Mount Kailash. Mount Kailash is regarded holy and therefore no one is allowed to touch it. All the trekking is done around it, and that's the beauty of it as the place is devoid of human existence.
Mansarovar, which lies at an altitude of 14, 950 ft, is considered the highest freshwater body in the world. According to Hinduism, the lake was first created in the mind of the Lord Brahma after which it manifested on Earth. In Hinduism, Lake Manasarovar is a personification of purity, and one who drinks water from the lake will go to the abode of Shiva after death.
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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🙏🏻)
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Kadha is a traditional Indian drink, often consumed as a chai or tea and is considered to be effective against cough and cold and seasonal flu. Made with Indian herbs and spices, Kadha is a natural immunity booster and is said to be the best remedy against fever and sore throat. It also cures cough and is loaded with antioxidants.
To make this effective home remedy, you need 2 cups of water, 1 inch of peeled ginger, 4-5 cloves, 5-6 black pepper, 5-6 fresh basil leaves, ½ tsp honey and 2 inch cinnamon stick. You can add mulethi (lecorice) if it is available.