Lewis Hamilton wins at Turkish Grand Prix which raises to the record of Michael Schumacher.
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton’s astonishing performance in the Turkish Grand Prix gave him his tenth triumph of the season – and, all the more urgently, saw him guarantee the seventh drivers’ title of his profession, to rise to the record of Michael Schumacher.
The Racing Point’s Sergio Perez and Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel finished the podium after an exciting race in Istanbul. Hamilton had begun the race in 6th, ascended to third halfway through the first lap and afterward dropped back to 6th before the finish of Lap 1 after a blunder at Turn 9.
In any case, a choice to replace tyres just once made Hamilton drive an amazing competition to guarantee triumph by more than 25 seconds from Perez.
Behind Hamilton, a dramatic last lap saw Sergio Perez overtaken by Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc for P2, only for Leclerc to overcook it at Turn 12, with Perez retaking second as Vettel made it through on his teammate to claim a first podium of the season. After the victory, Hamilton said he is ‘definitely a bit lost for words’.
“Lewis: I am definitely a bit lost for words. A huge thanks to the team. To Team LH for sticking with me for all these years. And to my family. This is way, way beyond our dreams’,” Formula 1 tweeted.
Next Formula 1 race is scheduled in Bahrain on November 29th
Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted the nation on the occasion of Bhai Dooj.
In a tweet, Prime Minister Modi said: “Best wishes to all of you on the holy occasion of Bhai Dooj.” Bhai Dooj, the festival of a symbol of brother-sister love is being celebrated all over the country today.
भाई दूज के पावन अवसर पर आप सभी को बहुत-बहुत शुभकामनाएं।
On this day, sisters pray for their brothers to have long and better life by performing Tika function and brothers offer gifts to their sisters.
The festival is known as:
Bhai Dooj is also known as Bhau Beej and Bhathru Dwithiya. According to Hindu traditions, it is believed that Goddess Yamuna took care of her sibling Yamraj on Kartik Dwitiya at her own home. From that point forward this day is known as Yama Dwitiya.
Bhai Dooj (Hindi: भाई दूज) in entire Northern part of India, observed during the Diwali festival. This is also the second day of the Vikrami Samvat New Year, the calendar followed in Northern India (including Kashmir), which starts from the lunar month of Kārtika. It is widely celebrated by Awadhis in Uttar Pradesh, Maithils in Bihar as Bhardutiya and people from various other ethnic groups. The first day of this New Year is observed as Govardhan Pūja.
Bhai Tika (Nepali: भाई टीका) in Nepal, where it is the most important festival after Dashain (Vijaya Dashmi / Dussehra). Observed on the fifth day of Tihar festival, it is widely celebrated by the Khas people.
Bhai Phonta (Bengali: ভাই ফোঁটা) in Bengal and it takes place every year on the second day after Kali Puja.
Bhau Beej, or Bhav Bij (Marathi: भाऊबीज) or Bhai Beej amongst the Marathi, Gujarati and Konkani-speaking communities in the states of Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat and Karnataka.
Another name for the day is Yamadwitheya or Yamadvitiya, after a legendary meeting between Yama the god of Death and his sister Yamuna (the famous river) on Dwitheya (the second day after new moon). Other names include Bhatru Dviteeya, or Bhatri Ditya or Bhaghini Hastha Bhojanamu in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
According to a popular legend in Hindu mythology, after slaying the evil demon Narakasura, Lord Krishna visited his sister Subhadra who gave him a warm welcome with sweets and flowers. She also affectionately applied tilaka on Krishna’s forehead. Some believe this to be the origin of the festival.
Zoom intends to lift the default 40-minute meeting limit on Thanksgiving day so that family’s stay connected without interruption.
Zoom, the communications tech company has said that it would lift its default forty-minute limit on free video calls for ‘Thanksgiving Day’ to make it easier and simpler for families to spend time virtually on the US holiday.
As a thank you to our customers, we will be lifting the 40-minute limit for all meetings globally from midnight ET on Nov. 26 through 6 a.m. ET on Nov. 27 so your family gatherings don’t get cut short. ❤️🏡 #ZoomTogetherpic.twitter.com/aubsH0tfxG
The forty-minute time limit has been a major restriction throughout Covid pandemic, which forces groups to restart the calls after the specified time. Zoom’s competitors have imposed comparable limitations, including Google Meet (hour long cutoff) and all similar service providers charge extra for enterprise-grade plans that eliminate the restrict and grow the quantity of members permitted.
Zoom’s expulsion of the forty-minute cutoff will be from 12 PM on Thanksgiving Day (November 26th) to 6 am ET on November 27.
Recently Zoom announced a feature update where they tend to see spoken words into caption.
Sachin Tendulkar made his debut in international cricket on November 15, 1989.
He made his debut in a Test match between India and Pakistan that was played in Karachi in 1989. In the same match, Pakistan’s pacer Waqar Younis had also made his debut. The match had finished in a draw.
Since then, Tendulkar has forged his name in history as the ‘bgreatest batsman of all time’ and he additionally got nicknamed as the ‘Expert Blaster’.
Tendulkar, bid adieu to international cricket in 2013 and to date, he remains the most run-scorer in both, Tests as well as ODIs. He additionally has the record for enlisting most international centuries.
Last year, Tendulkar became the sixth Indian to get to get into the ICC Hall of Fame. The 46-year-old made his introduction for India at 16 years old and quickly turned into nation’s number one cricketer.
He made 34,357 runs across formats, which is more than 6,000 runs ahead of the second-placed former Sri Lanka cricketer Kumar Sangakkara.
The Master Blaster has likewise filled in as a coach to the Mumbai Indians that contends in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
The online Preliminary Examination begins on the 25th of November and the exam will also take place on 27th, 28th, 29th of November while the last exam day is 1st of December, 2020.
Srinagar, J&K —
Jammu & Kashmir Bank has announced that the Probationary Officer (PO) aspirants can download their Call Letters from the official website of the Bank.
The aspirants were open to download their Call Letters from November 12, 2020. However, the last date for downloading the Call Letters is December 1, 2020.
It is pertinent to mention here that Jammu and Kashmir Bank had earlier notified that the J&K Bank Preliminary examinations for the posts of Probationary Officers will be held in the last week of November.
The online Preliminary Examination begins on the 25th of November and the exam will also take place on 27th, 28th, 29th of November while the last exam day is 1st of December, 2020.
How To Download J&K Bank PO Admit Cards/Call Letters?
Follow the link from J&K Bank’s official website to download the Call Letter. At login page, enter your Registration No./Roll No. and Password/DOB (dd-mm-yy) at the required places to download the Call Letter.
Applicants need to feed in the “Registration No.” & “Password” that was generated at the time of registration and displayed on the screen. These were also sent to the candidate immediately upon successful registration, by way of auto-generated email acknowledgement, at the email address registered by him/her.
Internet-based Call Letter download depends on various factors like Internet speed, a large number of applicants trying to download the Call Letter at the same time etc. Therefore, if you are not able to download the Call Letter immediately, please retry after a gap of five minutes or during off-peak hours during the night.
This Children’s Day, actor Vidya Balan collaborated with Anshula Kapoor’s fundraising platform, Fankind to help and light up the day for few child sex abuse survivors.
Vidya Balan to play virtual antakshari with five lucky winners to help NGO Arpan, which pursues the prosperity of such survivors. The mission with Vidya Balan will start today, on the event of the birth anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru, which is celebrated as Children’s Day.
As the whole nation celebrates Diwali, the actor has decided to start a conversation on this very sensitive but integral topic of how to keep children safe from abuse.
“Its heart wrenching to know that 1 of 2 children experience some sort of Sexual Abuse,” the ‘Kahaani’ actor said in an Instagram video, which she posted from her handle.
“On this Children’s Day lets all of us take a pledge to keep the children in our homes, society safe from abuse and let them flourish with love hope, and joy. Fankind has joined Arpan and me in this journey to keep a World free of Child sexual abuse, have you?” she added.
1 out of 2 children encounters some type of Child Sexual Abuse (both boys and girls), while 1 out of 5 face extreme sexual abuse, as per a 2007 based investigation of the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
Arpan is one of the not many associations dealing with this issue in India for a very long time. Until this point, Arpan has empowered more than 130,000 children and 100,000 adults, guided 8000 kids who disclosed abuse and stopped all ongoing abuse.
This Diwali when people visit friends and exchange gifts, it is important to avoid potential risk to remain safe from COVID-19 and appreciate one’s wellbeing.
Doctors and other health experts have shared certain rules about guidelines on the precautions that ought to be taken.
“During the pandemic, there are a few precautions that should be taken while celebrating Diwali. Since Diwali is a social festival, people tend to visit friends and relatives and exchange gifts. Families come together to celebrate it, and the problem in this situation of COVID-19 where the cases are rising day by day, it is inadvisable that people should get together like this,” said Dr. P Venkata Krishnan, internal medicine, Paras Hospital. He said, “Too many people coming together breaks the social distances and the protocols for security. They don’t ensure sanitisation and a significant population of COVID-19 patients are asymptomatic, meaning you cannot recognise them by the symptoms of fever, cough and cold, so it is better to stay indoors.”
“But still they may be positive and they can transmit their infection to others. This year, at least, people should try not to go out as much as they usually do,” advised Dr Krishnan, as he talked about the precautionary measures to be taken amid the festival.
Opt for Online Gifts
“Instead of exchanging gifts, one can exchange online payments so that one gets to buy what he/she wants to, rather than a fixed gift being given. So this way, the mobility is reduced. Online greeting cards can also be given,” Dr Krishnan suggested this way of preventing COVID-19 infection.
“When one goes to the market, it is important to maintain a safe distance, and if the marketplace is extremely crowded, better not go to such an area, because the virus concentration is expected to be high in such closed spaces. You are likely to contract the infection whether you like it or not. And one should also wear masks and gloves, as one does not know how many people have checked the object.”
Greet Traditionally
“Traditional way of namaste should be preferred rather than shaking hands when you meet someone. Free mixing of people should be discouraged and one can catch up with the family online through a video call or Zoom meetings. We have to protect ourselves until the vaccine comes and there is no other way to be safe from the virus,” recommended Dr Krishnan, adding that social distancing, keep up close to home cleanliness, wearing veils, sanitisation, utilizing gloves and following the rules gave by the public authority and the preventive measures are the approaches to forestall spreading of the illness.
Another expert, Dr Piyush Goel, Pulmonology and Critical Care, Columbia Asia Hospital, suggested that one should avoid any gathering either at home or outside due to the COVID-19 pandemic, especially if one has a child or an elderly person at home. As gatherings are common on festivals, one should always wear a mask covering nose and mouth up to the chin, and even if one removes the mask while eating at a gathering, one should ensure a distance of 6 feet from the next person. We should not share food with unknown people at the gathering. He also advised people to ensure the washing or sanitisation of hands frequently.”
“As people burst crackers on Diwali, they contribute to pollutants. This worsens the problems for people already suffering from cough, colds and respiratory allergies. Other problems may include acute exacerbation of bronchial asthma, eye infections, allergic bronchitis, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases), allergic rhinitis, laryngitis, sinusitis, and pneumonia. Those who are asthmatic should use a mask or wrap a wet towel around nose and mouth to filter toxic air and avoid being outdoors during and a few days after Diwali,” said Dr Goel. Suggesting sustainable approach for the environment, Dr Sheetal Nair said, “Post Covid19 and the economic slowdown we are reeling as a race.
Festivals usually tend to be the best way one can revive the spirits of society as a whole. But this Diwali we should try celebrating the festival of lights by focussing on the 5 elements of nature and ensuring that the earth remains sustainable for the coming generations. So, one should celebrate the festival of lights by illuminating the light within yourself, spreading the joy of life to the people around.”
Grand Master Akshar, an internationally acclaimed Yoga master, philanthropist, spiritual guru, lifestyle coach, asserted that “Deepavali is a festival for invoking auspicious energies. During this Covid-9 pandemic, it is even more important to uphold these traditions and celebrate with greater consciousnesses and care.”
Suggested the ways to keep the festivities going in a manner that is appropriate to the current times. Akshar said one should always keep masks on. Wash hands often and ensure that you wash your hands with soap instead of applying sanitiser when you are going to light lamps or set off fireworks, he said.
Consume Homemade Sweets
He said, “Try to consume homemade sweets and treats. Ensure that any sweets you purchase are packed safely and come from hygienic stores that are following Covid-19 guidelines. Use technology to the fullest. Meet and greet your friends and family online to share in the joys of this wonderful festival.”
A health care mentor, “Deepavali is the celebration of tidiness, positivity and the triumph of good over evil. The celebration dissipates murkiness, acquiring light to each corner. Let us, at this propitious opportunity arrive together to petition God for our reality to recuperate.”
Fire tenders arrived in the village and tried to put out the fire with the help of the local population.
Srinagar, J&K —
Four residential houses were gutted in a fire incident at Trenz village in south Kashmir’s Shopian district.
Eyewitnesses said that smoke started emanating from the house of one Showkat Ahmad Dar alias Bitu that spread quickly and engulfed three other houses, a local news agency reported.
Four houses were completely damaged in the incident, which belongs to Showkat Ahmad Dar, Muhammad Ismail Dar, Wali Muhammad Dar and Ghulam Ahmad Dar.
Fire tenders arrived in the village and tried to put out the fire with the help of the local population, however, till the fire was doused, it had burnt down four houses.
As per locals, short-circuit was probably the cause of the fire. Watch the video to know more.
Many stories prevail as to why Dhanteras is celebrated, understand the reason for celebration & it’s significance by reading below.
One of the biggest Hindu festivals – Diwali – is kick started with the celebration of Dhanteras. This day falls on trayodashi, i.e. the thirteenth day of Karthika Masa. In Sanskrit, Dhan means wealth and teras means thirteenth. This day is also known as the festival of wealth. On this auspicious day, Lord Kubera (Wealth), Lord Yamraj (Death), Goddess Lakshmi and Lord Dhanvantari are worshiped.
Many stories prevail as to why Dhanteras is celebrated. A story in the Hindu mythology says that Lord Dhanvantari, the god of Ayurveda, was born on this day due to Samudra Manthan. Lord Dhanvantari is also the incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Some legends say that Goddess Lakshmi was born this day from Samudra Manthan.
Another legendary concept that is followed this day is Yamadeepdan. On this day, a ‘deep dan’ is given to Lord Yamraj. This is done to keep death away from the house. A diya is lit at the entrance of the house facing south. This keeps any death and evil away from the family.
People buy gold and silver ornaments or jewellery on this day. It is known to be auspicious to by gold and light oil lamps on Dhanteras. Some people also buy utensils and perform puja, which is said to bring good luck and prosperity in the upcoming year. Some Hindus also start new businesses on this day as it marks to be very auspicious. To seek blessings from Lord Dhanvantari for good health, a Kalash is worshipped.
Diwali comes with many options to celebrate and gifting our beloved ones, check these gifting options which could make your efforts easy.
As the Diwali festivities began with Dhanteras on Thursday, most of us are exploring gifting options for their family members, partners, and companions.
Over the years, Diwali gifts have gotten inseparable from desserts. While many couldn’t imagine anything better than to adhere to the basics, there are some who attempt to discover interesting gifting choices for Diwali.
To make this process easy, check 5 gifting options for this festive season:
1. Coupon for a digital workshop/class
Amid the coronavirus crisis, a digital gift is not only unique but safe as well. The pandemic has made it difficult for most people to step out for learning new skills or to continue with their ongoing learning.
This is why a coupon for a digital workshop or a class like yoga, painting, dancing, etc. is a gift that will bring an instant smile to every person’s face this Diwali.
2. A plant for green Diwali
Plants, especially bonsai, have long been known to bring fortune and prosperity to the house and the life of the person who receives it as a gift. An indoor bonsai in addition to bringing positivity to the home environment also works as a natural air purifier.
When arranged in a decorative manner, such plants can add to the aesthetics of a particular household bringing a more lively vibe, which is exactly what every person needs in the year 2020.
3. Spa vouchers
As the country is slowly adapting to the new normal, almost all salons and spa services of the country have now restarted with plenty of precautionary measures.
With the uncertainty, stress, and anxiety that the pandemic has brought, a relaxing spa session is the need of the hour.
4. Customised wall art
Diwali is all about festivities, decorations, and beautification of houses. A decorative item like wall art is, therefore, a good gifting option for the near and dear ones.
Several online websites take orders and create customised wall arts in accordance with the preferences and likings of their customers. They can be delivered straight to the residence of your relatives saving you a trip to their house during the pandemic.
5. Basket full of fresh fruits
As COVID fear is still lingering in the lives of every individual, there is no greater gift than a promise of good health and immunity. Several fruit stores and even local vendors prepare traditional baskets of fresh fruits for gifting purposes.
Besides that, you can prepare a gift basket by buying fruits in bulk and arranging them using your creativity.