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DAYS AND EVENTS - December 2018

Dec 2018

Sep 07, 2020

Brazilian Independence Day

The Independence Day of Brazil , commonly called Sete de Setembro (Seventh of September), is a national holiday observed in Brazil on 7 September of every year. The date celebrates Brazil's Declaration of Independence from the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves on 7 September 1822.
Brazil was a colony of Portugal for 285 years. However, when Napoleon invaded Portugal in 1815, the Portuguese court was forced to move to Rio de Janeiro, thus creating the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarve.
Independence Day is a national holiday marked by patriotic displays and military parades in most Brazilian cities.
In Brasília, the national celebration takes place at the Ministries Esplanade with a civil-military parade in the presence of the President of Brazil, who is Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces.

Sep 05, 2020

Teachers Day

Teachers Day in India is celebrated on 5th September each year.
The birth date of the second President of India, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, 5th September 1888, has been celebrated as Teacher's Day since 1962. National Teachers' Day is not a holiday, but it is celebrated by having a ceremonial activity in recognition of certain teachers, headmasters and other school staff.
Teachers' Day is a special day for the appreciation of teachers, and may include celebrations to honour them for their special contributions in a particular field area, or the community in general.
The idea of celebrating Teachers' Day took root in many countries during the 19th century; in most cases, they celebrate a local educator or an important milestone in education. This is the primary reason why countries celebrate this day on different dates, unlike many other International Days. For example, Argentina has commemorated Domingo Faustino Sarmiento's death on 11 September since 1915; while in India Guru Purnima is traditionally observed as a day to venerate teachers, the birthday of the second president Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (5 September) is also celebrated as Teacher's Day since 1962.
Many countries celebrate their Teachers' Day on 5 October in conjunction with World Teachers' Day, which was established by UNESCO in 1994.

International Day of Charity

The International Day of Charity was established with the objective of sensitising and mobilising people, NGOs, and stakeholders all around the world to to help others through volunteer and philanthropic activities.
The date of 5th September was chosen in order to commemorate the anniversary of the passing away of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for work undertaken in the struggle to overcome poverty and distress.
Mother Teresa, the renowned nun and missionary, was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in 1910. In 1928 she went to India, where she devoted herself to helping the destitute. In 1948 she became an Indian citizen and founded the order of Missionaries of Charity in Kolkota (Calcutta) in 1950, which became noted for its work among the poor and the dying in that city.
The International Day of Charity was conceived as a Hungarian civil society initiative supported by the Hungarian Parliament and Government in 2011, to enhance visibility, organize special events, and in this way to increase solidarity, social responsibility and public support for charity.
In recognition of the role of charity in alleviating humanitarian crises and human suffering within and among nations, as well as the efforts of charitable organisations and individuals, including the work of Mother Teresa, the General Assembly of the United Nations in its resolution A/RES/67/105 designated the 5th of September, the anniversary of the death of Mother Teresa, as the International Day of Charity.

Sep 01, 2020

National Nutrition Week 2020- 1st September to 7th September

National Nutrition Week (NNW) is an annual nutrition event observed in India during the first week of September from 1st September to 7th September. The events of NNW are organised by the Food and Nutrition Board of the Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD), Government of India to educate the importance and role of nutrition in the human body.
The Food and Nutrition board of the Ministry of WCD launched the National Nutrition Week in 1982.
The objective of the National Nutrition Week is to create awareness on the importance of nutrition which is the focal point of health and well-being which is directly linked to human resource development, productivity and national growth.

Aug 31, 2020

Malaysia's Independence Day (Hari Merdeka)

Independence Day (Hari Merdeka, also known as Hari Kebangsaan or "National Day"), is the official independence day of Federation of Malaya. It commemorates the Malayan Declaration of Independence of 31 August 1957, and is defined in Article 160 of the Constitution of Malaysia. The day is marked by official and unofficial ceremonies and observances.
The observation of 31 August as Malaysia's national day is the cause of some controversy, due to calls to prioritise the celebration of Hari Malaysia (Malaysia Day) on 16 September instead. Hari Malaysia commemorates the formation of Malaysia in 1963, when North Borneo, Sarawak, and Singapore federated with the existing states of Malaya to form Malaysia. Some, especially people from East Malaysia, argue that it is illogical to celebrate 31 August 1957 as Malaysia's national day when Malaysia was only created in 1963. Supporters of Hari Merdeka argue that "the Federation" as defined in Article 160 of the Constitution of Malaysia is the "Federation of Malaya" that was established in 1957.

Aug 29, 2020

International Day against Nuclear Tests

On 2nd December 2009, the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly declared 29th August the International Day against Nuclear Tests by unanimously adopting resolution 64/35. The resolution calls for increasing awareness and education "about the effects of nuclear weapon test explosions or any other nuclear explosions and the need for their cessation as one of the means of achieving the goal of a nuclear-weapon-free world." The resolution was initiated by the Republic of Kazakhstan, together with a large number of sponsors and cosponsors with a view to commemorating the closure of the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test site on 29th August 1991.
2010 marked the inaugural commemoration of the International Day against Nuclear Tests. In each subsequent year, the day has been observed by coordinating various activities throughout the world, such as symposia, conferences, exhibits, competitions, publications, lectures, media broadcasts and other initiatives.
Since its establishment, many bilateral and multilateral governmental level developments as well as broad movements in civil society have helped to advance the cause of banning nuclear tests.
The international instrument to put an end to all forms of nuclear testing is the 1996 Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). Unfortunately, this has yet to enter into force.

National Sports Day

National Sports Day is celebrated on August 29 every year to honour the hockey legend, Major Dhyan Chand. The Government of India decided to celebrate his birthday as the National Sports Day since 2012. Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju paid tribute to Major Dhyan Chand at Dhyan Chand Stadium in New Delhi on his birth anniversary.
Due to Covid-19 pandemic, this year President Ram Nath Kovind gaive National Sports and Adventure Awards virtually on National Sports Day. Kiren Rijiju, Narendra Dhruv Batra—President of the Indian Olympic Association and other dignitaries attend the ceremony from Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi.
Major Dhyan Chand, the greatest hockey player of India won three Olympic gold medals. At the Berlin Olympic Games in 1936, Dhyan Chand was appointed as the captain of the Indian Hockey team. Dhyan Chand had scored more than 400 international goals in his international career from 1926 to 1948. He was awarded Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian honour in the year 1956 by Government of India.
Major Dhyan Chand Singh came to be known as 'Wizard of Hockey', worldwide.

Telugu Language Day

The State government celebrated birth anniversary of Gidugu Venkata Ramamurthy, father of spokenTelugu language movement, as the Telugu Language Day.
The event was celebrated as the State festival at Thummalapalli Kalakshetra in Vijayawada on August 29 in line with the policy of the TDP government to celebrate the birth anniversaries of eminent people who spread the greatness of Telugu language, culture and art and traditions as State festivals.
The Department of Culture sanctioned Rs.10,000 to each district for celebrating the birth anniversary of Venkata Ramamurthy who was also a social reformer and rationalist.
Late Venkata Ramamurthy was the first person who strove for popularising Telugu prose in colloquial language as against the chaste and literary form of Telugu that was the norm in pre-independence era.
His objective was to promote the Telugu prose in a simple language so that even common people could understand it and brought out the beauty in the spoken language.

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