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DAYS AND EVENTS - October 2019

Oct 2019

Oct 05, 2019

World Teachers' Day

World Teachers' Day, also known as International Teachers Day, is an international day held annually on October 5. Established in 1994, it commemorates the signing of the 1966 UNESCO/ILO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers, which is a standard-setting instrument that addresses the status and situations of teachers around the world.
This recommendation outlines standards relating to education personnel policy, recruitment, and initial training as well as the continuing education of teachers, their employment, and working conditions.
World Teachers' Day aims to focus on "appreciating, assessing and improving the educators of the world" and to provide an opportunity to consider issues related to teachers and teaching.
The theme for the 2019 edition of World Teachers' Day is 'Young Teachers: The Future of the Profession'.

Oct 04, 2019

World Animal Day

World Animal Day is an international day of action for animal rights and welfare celebrated annually on October 4, the feast day of Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals.
The mission of World Animal Day, is to raise the status of animals in order to improve welfare standards around the globe.
Building the celebration of World Animal Day unites the animal welfare movement, mobilising it into a global force to make the world a better place for all animals.
It's celebrated in different ways in every country, irrespective of nationality, religion, faith or political ideology.
Through increased awareness and education we can create a world where animals are always recognised as sentient beings and full regard is always paid to their welfare.

World Space Week

World Space Week, October 4-10 annually, is the largest space event on Earth. More than 5,000 events in over 80 countries celebrated the theme "Space Unites the World" in 2018.
The 2019 theme is "The Moon: Gateway to the Stars."
The General Assembly declares 4 to 10 October World Space Week to celebrate each year at the international level the contributions of space science and technology to the betterment of the human condition.

Oct 03, 2019

German Unity Day

The German Unity Day is the National Day of Germany, celebrated on 3 October as a public holiday.
It commemorates the anniversary of German reunification in 1990 when the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) were unified, so that for the first time since 1945 there existed a single German state.
Therefore, the name addresses neither the re-union nor the union, but the unity of Germany. The German Unity Day on 3 October has been the German National Holiday since 1990, when the reunification was formally completed.

Lal Bahadur Shastri Jayanti 2019

India celebrated a day that holds immense historical significance for the entire country as it marks the birth anniversaries of Mahatama Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri.
Born on 2 October, 1904, as Munshi Lal Bahadur Shastri, he was the second Prime Minister of India.
President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with Congress President Sonia Gandhi and other top political leaders across the spectrum paid their tributes to the former Prime Minister at Vijay Ghat.

Oct 02, 2019

Gandhi Jayanti

Gandhi Jayanti is an event celebrated in India to mark the birth anniversary of Mohandas Gandhi, born 2 October 1869.
It is celebrated annually on 2 October, and it is one of the three national holidays of India.
The UN General Assembly announced on 15 June 2007 that it adopted a resolution which declared that 2 October will be celebrated as the International Day of Non-Violence.
Gandhi Jayanti is marked by prayer services and tributes all over India, including at Gandhi's memorial Raj Ghat in New Delhi where he was cremated.

International Day of Non-Violence

The International Day of Non-Violence is observed on 2 October, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi.
In January 2004, Iranian Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi had taken a proposal for an International Day of Non-Violence from a Hindi teacher in Paris teaching international students to the World Social Forum in Mumbai.
The idea gradually attracted the interest of some leaders of India's Congress Party ("Ahimsa Finds Teen Voice", The Telegraph, Calcutta) until a Satyagraha Conference resolution in New Delhi in January 2007, initiated by Indian National Congress President and Chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance Sonia Gandhi and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, called upon the United Nations to adopt the idea.

Oct 01, 2019

First October - World Vegetarian Day

World Vegetarian Day is observed annually around the planet on October 1. It is a day of celebration established by the North American Vegetarian Society in 1977 and endorsed by the International Vegetarian Union in 1978, "To promote the joy, compassion and life-enhancing possibilities of vegetarianism." It brings awareness to the ethical, environmental, health, and humanitarian benefits of a vegetarian lifestyle.
World Vegetarian Day initiates the month of October as Vegetarian Awareness Month, which ends with November 1, World Vegan Day, as the end of that month of celebration. Vegetarian Awareness Month has been known variously as "Reverence for Life" month, "Month of Vegetarian Food", and more.

First October - International Coffee Day

International Coffee Day is celebrated on 1st October every year to recognise millions of people across the world from farmers, roasters, baristas, and coffee shop owners etc. who do hard work to create and serve the beverage in the consumable form.

International Day of Older Persons 2019

Resolution 45/106, passed by the United Nations General Assembly on December 14, 1990, declared October 1st to be the International Day of Older Persons.The history of International Senior Citizens Day comes from the period of 1988. It was officially established by the former president of United States of America i.e. Ronald Reagan. He had signed the 5847 promulgation on August 19, 1988, which manifested August 21 as the National Senior Citizens Day. Ronald Reagan was the first to promulgate the first National Senior Citizens Day.
Theme of World Senior Citizens Day 2019 is "The Journey to Age Equality".

The 94th Raising Day of MNS Celebrated

The 94th Raising Day of the Military Nursing Service (MNS) is celebrated on 01st October 2019.
On the occasion, nursing officers will re-dedicate themselves to render high quality, selfless nursing care to their patients by reading the Florence Nightingale Pledge.
Additional Director General, MNS, Major General Joyce Gladys Roach, Principal Matron, Army Hospital Referral and Research, Major General Sonali Ghoshal will pay homage to martyrs at National War Memorial to commemorate their supreme sacrifice for the land.
The Chief of the Army Staff would be the chief guest at a function organised at Army Hospital (Referral and Research) to mark the occasion.

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