General Knowledge
Kim Kumari of New Jersey has won the ‘Miss India USA 2019’ title.
Renowned Hindi author and critic Namwar Singh died. He was 92.
The Union Cabinet gave ex-post facto approval to the agreement between India and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) for participating in the Programme for International Students Assessment (PISA), which will be conducted by OECD in 2021.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has inaugurated a national cyber forensic lab and the Delhi Police’s cybercrime unit Cyber Protection Awareness and Detection Centre (CyPAD).
Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma has inaugurated India's first 'fulldome 3D Digital Theatre' at the Science City, Kolkata.
The government approved the launch of the Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (KUSUM) with a central aid of Rs 34,422 crore to provide financial and water security to farmers through harnessing solar energy capacities of 25.75 gigawatts (GW) by 2022.
India and Morocco signed four MoUs include setting up of Joint Working Group on Counter Terrorism, Cooperation in Housing and Human Settlement, Reciprocal facilitation of procedures for issue of Business Visa and Cooperation in Youth Matters.
Bengali singer Pratik Choudhury died. He was 55.
Gujarat Government has formed the "Transgender Welfare Board" to provide social security to Transgender community.
10.40th International Annual Desert Festival was organised in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.
11.A K Sharma has been reappointed as the Director (Finance) of Indian Oil Corp (IOC).
- Manoj Yadava has been appointed as Haryana's Director General of Police.