 The birth anniversary of a great novelist and celebrated storyteller Munshi Premchandis celebrated on 31 July every year. He was born on 31st July 1880 in Lamhi Villagenear Varanasi. Premchand’s stories confront the truth of this society underlining the importance of truth, justice and loyalty. His renowned stories includes ‘Kafan’, ‘Namak Ka Daroga’, ‘Panch Parmeshwar’, ‘Poos Ki Raat’ are timeless and ever relevant. |
| Source: The DD News |
 Union Cabinet has approved the merger of National Institute of Miners’ Health with Indian Council of Medical Research and National Institute of Occupational Health. Union Information and Broadcasting Minister said that the decision will help the company in reducing bank borrowings and implementing projects for enhancing fertilizers production capacity and upgrading logistics and raw materials. |
| Source: The News on AIR |
 JATAN: Virtual Museum software has been developed by Human Centres Design and Computing Group, C-DAC, Pune, Maharashtra for the Digitization of Archaeological Museum. JATAN is used for creating digital collections in various museums and digital archival tools that are used in background for managing National Portal. |
| Source: The Press Information Bureau |
 Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting inaugurated the 10th Jagran Film Festival in an event held at Siri Fort Auditorium in New Delhi. He highlighted the importance and impact of cinema on life of people and termed that it is a medium which connects people. He recalled the historical development of cinema in India and the growing impact of Indian cinema as a transporter of India’s soft power. |
| Source: The Press Information Bureau |
 Pakistan Punjab’s chief minister laid the foundation stone of Baba Guru Nanak University at Nanakana Sahib. The University was dedicated to Guru Nanak Dev at his birth place. This university would be spread over 10 acres. |
| Source: The Times of India |
 The Golden Jubilee Edition of International Film Festival of India, will be held from20th Nov till 28th November 2019 in Panaji, Goa. President of Oscar Academy John Bailey and other eminent cinematographers and producers have been invited for the event. Russia will be IFFI partner in this edition. |
| Source: The News on AIR |
 YouTube is bringing a new education feature “Learning Playlists” with dedicated landing pages for educational videos on topics like math, science, music and language.YouTube was investing $20 million to fund resources for educational creators and organisations through a Learning Fund initiative. |
| Source: The HindustanTimes |
 The Independent Atlantic League became the first American professional baseball league to let a computer call balls and strikes. The umpires have the ability to override the computer, which considers a pitch a strike when the ball bounces and then crosses the zone. |
| Source: The Hindu |
 Film Divisions will launch documentary film club “KSHITIJ” in Mumbai. The club will be launched by Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India, in association with Indian Documentary Producer’s Association (IDPA). The acclaimed documentary film “Secret Life of Frogs” by Ajay & Vijay Bedi will bescreened as the inaugural film. With this, the film-lovers will now have an opportunity to watch acclaimed documentary films at public screenings, as well as interact with the director/curator of the films. |
| Source: The DD News |
 Indian girl, Isha Kanth is one of the two persons in the world to have bagged an internship programme at the International Court of Justice. She has earlier worked in rural Bihar spreading awareness on the right to education and women empowerment among children belonging to the marginalised sections. |
| Source: The Hindu |
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