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Jul 21, 2020

Indian Performing Rights Society Signs Music Licensing Deal with Facebook

The Indian Performing Rights Society Ltd (IPRS) has reached an agreement with social media giant Facebook to license its music repertoire for video and other social experiences across Facebook and Instagram. People will now be able to choose music from the IPRS repertoire of several songs, to add to their own videos that they share on Facebook and Instagram, as well as other social features like music stickers on stories.
The IPRS is a representative body of authors and owners, which include composers, lyricists, and owner publishers of music. It is authorized under the Copyright Act, 1957 to carry on the business and granting of licenses in respect of literary works and musical works assigned to it by its members as well as collect and distribute authors' statutory royalties, for the exploitation of these works either by way of live performances and/or sound recordings through any medium except when exhibited as a part of a cinematograph film shown in a cinema hall.
The deal with Facebook will cover licensing and royalties whenever music represented by the IPRS is used on Facebook and Instagram. The association will help artistes and members of IPRS get their music compositions out to people across the country, given the large and thriving communities on Facebook and Instagram in India.

Jul 18, 2020

Mystery behind Cleopatra's Tomb

The mystery behind Egyptian queen Cleopatra's tomb is immense because nobody appears to know where she was buried. However, archeologists in Egypt are in all probability, close to cracking the code with respect to Cleopatra's burial after two mummies of high-status individuals, who lived in her era, have been discovered at Taposiris Magna - a temple on the Nile delta.
This finding is nothing short of sensational as it could lead archeologists to solve the mystery behind Cleopatra's tomb.

Jul 11, 2020

Flipkart Signs MoU with Karnataka Govt. to Promote Local Art, Craft and Handlooms

Homegrown e-commerce marketplace Flipkart signed a MoU with Karnataka MSME and Mines department to promote the states arts, crafts and handloom sectors by bringing them on to e-commerce and providing market access.
The partnership under the Flipkart Samarth programme will enable local artisans, weavers and craftsmen of Karnataka to showcase their hallmark products to a pan-India customer base.
The partnership will see renowned Karnataka based brands- Cauvery - Karnataka Handicrafts Development Corporation and Priyadarshini Handlooms, part of Karnataka Handlooms Development Corporation joining the Flipkart Samarth programme.

Jul 10, 2020

Ministry of Culture to Reprint 108 Volumes of Mongolian Kanjur

The Ministry of Culture has taken up the project of reprinting of 108 volumes of Mongolian Kanjur under the National Mission for Manus, NMM.
The first set of five volumes of Mongolian Kanjur published under the NMM was presented to President Ram Nath Kovind on the occasion of Guru Purnima, also known as Dharma Chakra Day.
A set was then handed over to Mr. Gonching Ganbold, Ambassador of Mongolia to India by Culture Minister Prahlad Singh Patel.
The National Mission for Manus was launched in February 2003 by the Government of India with the mandate of documenting, conserving and disseminating the knowledge preserved in the manus.
One of the objectives of the mission is to publish rare and unpublished manus so that the knowledge enshrined in them is spread to researchers, scholars and general public at large.
It is expected that all the 108 volumes of the Mongolian Kanjur will be published by March, 2022.

Jun 20, 2020

The $0-budget Movie that Topped the US Box Office

In normal times, blockbuster movies usually dominate the box office charts.
The big-budget productions, directed by the likes of James Cameron, Steven Spielberg and Ridley Scott, regularly draw the biggest crowds at cinemas across the US and beyond.
But earlier this month (June 2020), one box office-topping movie was watched by just two people, in one cinema.
Unsubscribe, a 29-minute horror movie shot entirely on video-conferencing app Zoom, generated $25,488 (£20,510) in ticket sales on that day.

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