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DAYS AND EVENTS - December 2018

Dec 2018

Feb 20, 2019

World Day of Social Justice

Social Equality Justice day is a day recognizing the need to promote efforts to tackle issues such as poverty, exclusion and unemployment.
Many organizations, including the UN, American Library Association (ALA), and the International Labour Office, make statements on the importance of social justice for people.
Many organizations also present plans for greater social justice by tackling poverty, social and economic exclusion and unemployment.
The United Nations General Assembly has decided to observe 20 February annually, approved on 26 November 2007 and starting in 2009, as the World Day of Social Justice.
The Declaration focuses on guaranteeing fair outcomes for all through employment, social protection, social dialogue, and fundamental principles and rights.
2019 theme: If You Want Peace & Development, Work for Social Justice

Feb 10, 2019

World Hindi Day

World Hindi Day is celebrated on January 10 every year, marking the anniversary of first World Hindi Conference which was held in 1975.
The first World Hindi Conference was inaugurated by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
World Hindi Day was first observed on January 10, 2006. Since then, it is celebrated on January 10 every year.

Feb 06, 2019

Safer Internet Day

February 5, 2019, was Safer Internet Day and Google reminded users of the need to secure their online account and stay safe while surfing the web.
The search engine giant recommended several steps to stay safe online as part of its #SecurityCheckKiya campaign.
Safer Internet Day came to exist officially in 2012, when the US Department of Homeland Security and the European Commission decided it was time to help shepherd the growing beast that was the Internet into a playground that was safer for our youth.
The theme for 2019 Safer Internet Day is "Together for a better internet".

Feb 05, 2019

World Cancer Day

World Cancer Day is an international day marked on February 4 to raise awareness of cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment.
World Cancer Day was founded by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) to support the goals of the World Cancer Declaration, written in 2008.
The primary goal of World Cancer Day is to significantly reduce illness and death caused by cancer and is an opportunity to rally the international community to end the injustice of preventable suffering from cancer.
In 2016, World Cancer Day started a three-year campaign under the tagline of 'We can. I can.', which explored the power of collective and individual actions to reduce the impact of cancer. Prior to 2016, the campaign themes included "Not Beyond Us" (2015) and "Debunk the Myths" (2014).
2019 - 2021 will be the start of a new campaign theme 'I Am and I Will'.

Feb 03, 2019

World Wetland Day

The national capital celebrated World Wetland Day on Saturday at the Yamuna Biodiversity Park (YBP) in north Delhi. The event saw hundreds of participants, including over 300 students from various colleges of Delhi University and other educational institutions, besides researchers, academicians and nature enthusiasts.
This year's theme was "Wetlands and Climate Change". Participants shared their experiences of change in environmental quality and increase in groundwater level after the creation of Yamuna Biodiversity Park.

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