Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi inaugurated the 38th edition of the 2019 Sharjah International Book Fair.2019 theme is 'Open Books Open Minds'. It aims at promoting books & reading across age groups & communities & will be held for 11 days.
Republic of Mexico has been declared as the Guest of Honour.
Twitter will ban all political advertising worldwide from 22nd November. This is in response to growing criticism over misinformation from politicians on social media. Facebook recently ruled out a ban on political ads. Jack Dorsey is the CEO of Twitter.
They will ban ads on political issues & from the candidates.
Ministry of Railways and Indian School of Business signed a MoU for the strategic partnership. MoU covers several aspects including executive education programs, developing case studies & creating of a future-ready leadership pool for the Indian Railways.
Vinod Kumar Yadav is the Chairman of Railway Board.
Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan released the 14th National Health Profile (NHP), 2019 and its e-book in New Delhi. The NHP covers comprehensive health information. It is an important source of understanding the needs and issues of the population.
NHP is prepared by the Central Bureau of Health Intelligence.
28th Vyas Samman for the year 2018 was conferred on well-known Hindi writer Leeladhar Jagoori. He has been chosen for the prestigious award for his poetry collection- Jitne Log Utne Prem. Renowned Author & Scholar Govind Mishra gave away the award to him.
Vyas Samman-started in 1991-is given by K.K Birla Foundation.
In Assam, the third edition of the Guwahati International Film Festival will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on 31st October. 100 films from 65 countries will be screened during the Festival. Iran is the focus country in this edition.
Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Zanussi is the Chief Guest.
Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty grabbed 9th position in the latest BWF Badminton rankings. They became the first Indian pair to enter the finals of a BWF World Tour Super 750 event at the French Open last week.
Women's doubles pair, Ashwini Ponnappa & Sikki Reddy-26th rank.
At the Under-23 World Wrestling Championship in Budapest, Indian grappler Ravinder settled for a silver medal after going down to Kyrgyzstan's Ulukbek Zholdoshbekov for a a 3-5 loss in the final in 61-kg. Ulukbek is the current Asian U-23 champion.
This was India's first medal at the 2019 edition.
UN designated 31st October as the World Cities Day & UNESCO will host a conference on the day. The general theme of the Day is “Better City, Better Life”. “Changing the world: innovations and better life for future generations” is the 2019 sub-theme.
Day aims to promote the New Urban Agenda globally.
World Thrift Day is observed on 31st October worldwide & in India it is observed on 30th October since 1984 as 31st October being the date of assassination of former PM Indira Gandhi. This day is devoted to the promotion of savings all over the world.
First International Thrift Congress was held in Italy in 1924.
National Unity Day is observed on 31 October to commemorate the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhai Patel who played an important role in unifying the country. The theme of the day is to bring the nation together in times of strife & rising extremism.
Modi govt decided to celebrate the day since 2014.