╭────────────────╮ 🌄 🇮🇳𝐒𝐇𝐔𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐃𝐇A𝐘🙏 𝕴𝖓𝖉𝖎𝖆`𝖘 1𝖘𝖙 𝖂𝖍𝖆𝖙𝖘𝖆𝖕𝖕 𝕹𝖊𝖜𝖘, 𝓼𝓲𝓷𝓬𝓮 2013 ╰─────────── ────╯ *20 May (Tuesday)* *Vedic Ritu/* Vasanta *Drik Ritu* : Grishma (Summer) पक्ष :: *Krishnapaksh* (In Purnimanta calendar) *Vikram Samvat - 2082* *Month* : Jyeshta 08 (In Amanta calendar) *Shaka Samvat - 1947* *Month* :Vaishak 23 *Tithi :* Ashtami/ Navami *Nakshatra*: Dhanishta (up to 7:32 pm) Shatabhisha *Rahu* : 03:41 PM – 05:20 PM *Shloka Before Meals* https://youtu.be/7GK0YpMe128?si=bHHhFA5661pH0V1M ________________________ *TODAYS TOP NEWS* --------------------------------------- 1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will share his thoughts with the people of the country and abroad in the Mann Ki Baat programme on Akashvani on 25th May. It will be the 122nd episode of the monthly radio programme. People can submit their ideas and suggestions for the programme through the toll-free number 1800-11-7800. 2. Union Home Minister Amit Shah today launched the new Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) Portal in New Delhi. 3. Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar will be on a three-day visit to Goa. The Vice President will also interact with senior officers of the Indian Coast Guard on board a Coast Guard vessel at the Port. 4. Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurated the Annual Conference of Vice-Chancellors of Agricultural Universities and Directors of ICAR Institutes in New Delhi. 5. Union Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Dr. Jitendra Singh launched an e-book of the electronic Civil List, 2025- a digital compendium of serving Indian Administrative Service officers across the country. 6. President Smt Droupadi Murmu paid floral tributes to former President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy on his birth anniversary at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy served as the sixth President of India from 25th July 1977 to 25th July 1982. 7. Veteran NCP leader and Samata Parishad founder Chhagan Bhujbal will be inducted into the Maharashtra Cabinet. 8. In Jammu and Kashmir in a significant step towards enhancing wildlife conflict mitigation measures, Minister for Jal Shakti, Forest, Ecology & Environment and Tribal Affairs, Javed Ahmad Rana flagged off a fleet of 10 specialized Wildlife Rescue Vehicles. 9. Tamil Nadu, summer rains have been witnessed for the past couple of days in the Northern part of the State. Heavy rains and flash floods were witnessed in some places in the interior districts of the State. 10. Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee on Monday said India should send the kin of Pahalgam terror attack victims or armed forces officers who led Operation Sindoor abroad as ambassadors of the country's zero-tolerance stance against terrorism. 11. Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Monday promised to spend over Rs 12,600 crore in the next five years for the financial empowerment of tribals. The promise was part of the "Nallamala Declaration", which Revanth Reddy and his Cabinet colleagues released at Macharam village, Amrabad mandal in Nagarkurnool district. 12. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange warning for Karnataka and a red alert for multiple regions within the state, including North Interior, South Interior, and Coastal Karnataka, forecasting heavy to extremely heavy rainfall over the next two days. Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, and the Konkan region. --------------------------------------- *LEGAL REPORT* --------------------------------------- 1. The Supreme Court questioned the urgency of the Madras High Court in hearing Savukku Shankar's plea on Tamil Nadu's Sanipreneur scheme during vacation, and paused its order pending wider hearings. 2. The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea by Ashoka University Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad challenging his arrest by Haryana police for his alleged social media comment on 'Operation Sindoor. 3. Union Minister Pralhad Joshi today accused the Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi of disrespecting the Armed Forces through his comments on Operation Sindoor. 4. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has formed a committee to investigate the incident in which a PSLV rocket failed to place the Earth observation satellite, EOS-09, into its intended orbit. ISRO Chairman V Narayanan said that the committee held several rounds of discussions to identify the cause. 5. Alleged Pakistani spy Shahzad, arrested by the Uttar Pradesh ATS from Moradabad, was produced before a special court in Lucknow. The court has sent the accused to 14-day judicial custody. The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) had arrested Shahzad for allegedly passing on intelligence information during the cross-border smuggling. 6. The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to list for urgent hearing a plea seeking registration of an FIR against Allahabad High Court's Justice Yashwant Varma in connection with the cash discovery row. ------- *MISHAPS*------------ In Bengaluru, overnight rain has inundated several parts of the city causing one death. The 35 year old woman died due to a wall collapse over her in Whitefield. --------------------------------------- *FINANCE* --------------------------------------- *INDIAN RUPEE VALUE*  *USD* ₹ 85 (Approx) 💷 *GBP* ₹114(Approx) € *Euro* : ₹ 96 Approx) *🇨🇳 China Yuan ¥* : ₹ 12 🇦🇪 *UAE Dirham* : ₹ 23 🇵🇰 *Pak Rupee* : ₹ 0.30 🇧🇩 *B'desh Taka** : ₹ 0.70 🇱🇰 *Sri Lanka* : ₹ 0.28 🇳🇵 *Nepal* : ₹ 0.62 🇲🇻 *Maldives* : ₹ 5.52 --------------------------------------- *BSE SENSEX* 82,059.42 −271.17 (0.33%)🔻 *NIFTY* 24,945.45 −74.35 (0.30%)🔻 --------------------------------------- *Rates in Financial Capital Mumbai* *GOLD* : ₹ 95,000/ 10gm (24 krt) *SILVER* : ₹ 97,000/KG Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has said that the digital public procurement platform – Government e Marketplace (GeM)- has become a key engine of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of Viksit Bharat 2047. --------------------------------------- *ENTERTAINMENT NEWS* --------------------------------------- 1. Cinema theatres across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are facing the possibility of a shutdown starting June 1 if exhibitors and producers fail to reach a mutual agreement soon, as per recent reports, they expressed frustration at films that were released on over-the-top (OTT) platforms so soon after their theatrical debuts and urged producers to postpone digital releases in order to maintain viewers' attendance. 2. Kannada actor Disha Madan made her red carpet debut at The Cannes Film Festival’s 78th edition over the weekend. --------------------------------------- *DEFENCE News* --------------------------------------- 1. The National Cadet Corps-NCC mountaineering team has safely returned to the Everest Base Camp yesterday, after successfully scaling the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest. This monumental achievement marks the third successful summit of Mount Everest by the NCC expedition team, following the earlier triumphs in 2013 and 2016. 2. Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi visited Longewala in Rajasthan in the forward areas of the Konark Corps in the desert sector. 3. Punjab police apprehend two on charges of leaking military information. Sukhpreet Singh and Karanbir Singh from Gurdaspur were engaged in sharing classified details related to Operation Sindoor, including troop movements and key strategic locations in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, & Jammu-Kashmir with Pakistan’s intelligence agency, ISI. 4. Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), a leading Navratna Defence Public Sector Undertaking, has signed a significant contract with the Indian Army Air Defence for the supply of the Integrated Drone Detection and Interdiction System (IDDIS). --------------------------------------- ✈ *INTERNATIONAL NEWS* --------------------------------------- 1. China has accelerated work on Pakistan's Mohmand Dam project following India's suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty after the Pahalgam terror attack. The dam will aid power, irrigation, and water supply. Project started in 2019, aimed for 2025 completion. 2. Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri briefed the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Current Foreign Policy Developments regarding India and Pakistan. He briefed the Committee, headed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, regarding Operation Sindoor and subsequent ceasefire announcement with Pakistan. 3. The Bharatiya Janata Party's National General Secretary, Tarun Chugh has said the alleged air assault attempt by Pakistan on Sri Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) in Amritsar on 8th of this month, shows the mental bankruptcy of the Pakistani army and the government. 4. External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar held a meeting with strategic experts at the Hague in the Netherlands. The External Affairs Minister reached the Hague on the first leg of his three nation visit to the Netherlands, Denmark, and Germany. 5. Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched the new Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) Portal in New Delhi. The new portal will provide enhanced functionality, advanced security, and a user-friendly experience for the existing over 5 million OCI cardholders and new users. 6. India’s recent trade restrictions on imports from Bangladesh are expected to have significant long-term implications for Bangladesh’s employment landscape, particularly within the formal sector. 7. Ahmedabad-based National Institute of Design on Monday announced termination of its collaborative agreement with a media institute in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka in the "paramount interest of national priorities and sentiment". --------------------------------------- 🌎 *WORLD NEWS* 🌍 --------------------------------------- 1. A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted yesterday, emitting an ash cloud more than half a mile high. that Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, on the tourist island of Flores, erupted shortly after midnight, sending an ash cloud 0.7 miles above its peak. 2. Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has declared that the country remains incomplete in its freedom, despite the end of the civil war. Speaking at the National War Heroes’ Commemoration Ceremony in Colombo. 3. The United Kingdom and European Union have reached a deal on food, fishing access, defence, and UK travellers’ access to eGates. 4. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni held a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday, ahead of his call to Russian President Vladimir Putin. 5. Former US President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with a relatively aggressive form of prostate cancer. 6. The Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department has condemned the intensifying wave of forced disappearances in Balochistan by the Pakistan government, calling it a crime against humanity. 7. South Korea and the United States are scheduled to hold a second round of technical discussions in Washington this week on tariffs. 8. At least four people were killed and 20 others were injured in a car bomb explosion in Gulistan Area of Qila Abdullah, a border area of Pakistan’s Balochistan province. 9. Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Ishaq Dar, embarked on a three-day official visit to China from May 19 to 21, 2025, at the invitation of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. --------------------------------------- 🚣🚴🏇🏊 *SPORTS* --------------------------------------- *INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE 2025* 74 T20s Mar 22 - May 25 (a) Monday, 19 May 2025 61st Match • Lucknow, Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium Lucknow-super-giants LSG; 205-7 (20) Vs Sunrisers-HYDERABAD SRH: 206-4 (18.2) *Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 6 wkts* (b) Tuesday, 20 May 2025 62nd Match • Delhi, Arun Jaitley Stadium Chennai Super Kings Vs Rajasthan Royals Today @ 7:30 PM 2. Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated the first-ever Khelo India Beach Games at Ghoghla Beach in the Union territory of Diu. 3. Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Devajit Saikia said that any matter related to participation in events of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has not come up for discussion at any level. 3. India clinched the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Under-19 Championship 2025, beating Bangladesh 4-3 in a penalty shootout in the final at the Yupia Outdoor Stadium in Yupia, Arunachal Pradesh. -------------------------------------- Ⓝⓐⓥⓔⓔⓝ Ⓚⓤⓜⓐⓡ 🇮🇳 *FACTS ABOUT BHARAT* 🇮🇳 ======================= *The Vijayanagara Empire* : When Muhammad Tughlaq was losing his power in Deccan, the two Hindu princes, Harihar and Bukka founded an independent kingdom in the region between the river Krishna and Tungabhadra in 1336. The Vijayanagara Empire, also called Karnata Kingdom, was based in the Deccan Plateau region in South India. It was established in 1336 by the brothers Harihara I and Bukka Raya I of the Sangama dynasty, It lasted until 1646, although its power declined after a major military defeat in the Battle of Talikota in 1565 by the combined armies of the Deccan sultanates. The empire is named after its capital city of Vijayanagara, whose ruins surround present day Hampi, now a World Heritage Site in Karnataka. ======================= *😀Thought of the day*   Talk to yourself once in a day.. otherwise you may miss meeting an excellent person in this world. ======================= *JOKE OF THE DAY* =======================   *Chintu* had a dream in which someone murdered him. Next day he closed his bank account. Know why? Because the bank's slogan was: We make your dreams come true. ======================= *😳WHY❓❓❓* ======================= *Why is saliva or sweat used for cricket ball in matches?*  The swing of the cricket ball is mainly governed by three factors namely shiny side, climatic conditions and behaviour of the pitch. The cricket ball creates turbulence as it swings. The player uses sweat or saliva to make one side look shinier. This helps to create challenging conditions to the batsman. It is legal and allowed in all matches conducted by ICC. It is called ball tampering. Ball Tampering is usually done after the ball wears away in the second half of a match. There are two types of swinging namely conventional swinging and reverse swinging. During conventional swinging, the ball moves towards the side of greater turbulence. During reverse swinging, the ball swings the other side. *LEARN Sanskrit*🙏🏻 =======================   साध्वोः शीघ्रं मैत्री भवति। (Good people become friends quickly.) =======================  🤔 *HOW IT WORKS* ⁉ ======================= *How are clouds formed* ? Clouds are created when water vapour, an invisible gas, turns into liquid water droplets. These water droplets form on tiny particles, like dust, that are floating in the air. You hang up a wet towel and, when you come back, it's dry. In other words, we can say it is a process of evaporation followed by condensation causes the formation of clouds. Water present on the earth’s surface gets evaporated due to sunlight, and then rises up in the atmosphere. On reaching a certain height, water vapour present in air condenses to form tiny droplets of water. These water droplets collect to form clouds that float in air.   ======================= 💁🏻‍♂‍ *GK TODAY*  =======================  National Endangered Species Day (Third Friday in May) Every year on the third Friday in May National Endangered Species Day is celebrated annually to raise awareness about the importance of wildlife conservation and restoration efforts for all imperilled species. Endangered Species Act 1973, focuses on the protection of wildlife and threatened species ======================= *BORN TODAY* 🐣💐 =======================   Sumitranandan Pant (20 May 1900 – 28 December 1977) was an Indian poet. He was one of the most celebrated 20th century poets of the Hindi language and was known for romanticism in his poems which were inspired by nature, people and beauty within. =======================  🙏🏻 *IDIOMS & PHRASES*  ======================= Slow and steady wins the race Reliability is more important than speed ======================= *ANTONYMS*  Abundant x Scarce *SYNONYMS*     Hardworking - Diligent, Determined ========================= 🛕 *VEDIK GYAN*  (kindly inform, if given info is differ from actual facts🙏🏻) =======================  According to Vedas and Upanishads. Sanatana refers to the “eternal” . Here there is much difference between Dharma and Religion. Religion is made by human beings,  But Dharma is the concept that continues as universal principle of law, order, harmony, and truth. It acts as the regulatory moral principle of the Universe. Sanatana-dharma consists of duties which are spiritual in nature. Dharma is one of the four components of the Purusartha, the aims of life, the order that makes life and universe possible. It includes duties, rights, laws, conduct, virtues and "right way of living. ====================== 🧬 *HEALTH CARE: HOME REMEDIES*🩺 ( *Note* : These home tips followed in villages/ancient traditions, it is up to you to use it or not🙏🏻) ======================= *BENEFITS OF LAUGHING*  Dopamine is a type of neurotransmitter. Your body makes it, and your nervous system uses it to send messages between nerve cells. That's why it's sometimes called a chemical messenger. Dopamine plays a role in how we feel pleasure. Happiness reduces stress hormone levels It reduces cardiac strokes It also Triggers to release body endorphins which is a natural painkiller. ======================= *Regards* *CH Nαʋҽҽɳ Kυɱαɾ..*.✒️ ÷÷÷÷÷÷ *Samapth*÷÷÷÷÷÷÷ *🙏 *PLZ SHARE IT*