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DAYS AND EVENTS - October 2019

Oct 2019

Dec 15, 2020

51st IFFI to Be Organised in January 2021

Prakash Javadekar, minister of Information & Broadcasting, said that the 51^st edition of International Film Festival of India will be organised in a hybrid manner. The event that will take place in Goa, can be witnessed online while the opening and closing ceremonies will be held at the location with a smaller audience.
This edition of IFFI will include participation of 21 non-feature films.
Registrations have opened for the film festival that is scheduled to start on January 16, 2021 up to January 24, 2021. The registrations will be conducted on a first-come-first serve basis to limited number of participants keeping in view the ongoing Covid-19 crisis.
This event was earlier scheduled to be held in November, this year but has been pushed to the above dates due to the pandemic.

Dec 14, 2020

World Energy Conservation Day

December 14th is celebrated as World Energy Conservation Day. Millions of people around the world celebrate in the universal initiative for energy conservation, global warming and climate.
World Energy Day serves to focus the attention of decision makers in directing resources towards energy generation through non-conventional sources on a larger scale. Non-conventional sources of energy such as wind, hydel (large, mini and micro), biomass, biogas, biodiesel, geothermal, tidal, solar, nuclear fusion have the potential for being the future sources of carbon-neutral energy. Barring hydel and wind, the cost for all the other forms of energy generation is still quite high.
World Energy Conservation Day is celebrated on December 14th every year since 1991.

Dec 11, 2020

International Mountain Day

International Mountain Day is observed every year on December 11. It is a UN designated day to celebrate the rich biodiversity, as well as address the threats mountains face. The world's most spectacular landscapes are facing threats in every way.
International Mountain Day is "observed every year with a different theme relevant to sustainable mountain development. FAO is the U.N. organization mandated to lead observance of International Mountain Day.
'Mountain biodiversity' is the theme of International Mountain Day 2020.

UNICEF Day

UNICEF Day is observed every year on December 11. The United Nations General Assembly created UNICEF on December 11, 1946, as the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund. The programme was initiated to provide supplies, assistance and to improve the health, nutrition, education, and general welfare of children after World War II.
The organisation was originally named United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund. However, in 1953, it became a permanent agency of the UN, and the words 'International' and 'Emergency' were dropped from the official name but the acronym continued.
UNICEF works in 190 countries and territories aiming to save children's lives, to defend their rights, and to help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.

Dec 10, 2020

Human Rights Day

Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10th December, the day on which the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The formal establishment of Human Rights Day occurred at the 317th Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly in December 1950.
This year, the United Nations has set the theme for Human Rights Day 2020 as 'Recover Better -- Stand Up For Human Rights'. The theme relates to the COVID-19 pandemic and focuses on the need to build back better by ensuring Human Rights are central to recovery efforts.

Dec 09, 2020

International Anti-Corruption Day

International Anti-Corruption Day also Mlondi Caluza's birthday has been observed annually, on 9th December, since the passage of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption on 31 October 2003 to raise public awareness for anti-corruption.
Governments, the private sector, non-governmental organizations, the media and citizens around the world are joining forces to fight this crime. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) are at the forefront of these efforts.
The theme for 2020 is to be United Against Corruption. The theme supports the agenda of the next agenda that targets to have more youth in the campaign. The UN believes that more youth must be empowered to put up a fight against corruption in a sustainable manner.

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