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DAYS AND EVENTS - April 2020

Apr 2020

Dec 18, 2020

Minorities Rights Day (India)

Minorities Rights Day is observed on December 18 in India. This day also focuses on bringing a better understanding and educating people about the issues related to minorities and their safety.
The aim of the day is to advance and protect the privileges of the individuals to have a place with linguistic, religion, castes and color minority.
The Ministry was established on 29th January 2006. It was carved out of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. The Minister responsible is Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi at present.
The Union Government established the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) under the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992. Five religious communities have been notified as minority community namely Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Zoroastrians (Parsis). Further, according to the notification detail of 27th January 2014, Jains have also been notified as a minority community.

International Migrants Day

On 4th December 2000, the General Assembly, taking into account the large and increasing number of migrants in the world, proclaimed 18th December as International Migrants Day. On that day, in 1990, the Assembly adopted the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.
Each year on December 18, the United Nations, through the UN-related agency International Organisation for Migration (UN Migration), uses International Migrants Day to highlight the contributions made by the roughly 272 million migrants, including more than 41 million internally displaced persons, (IDPs) and the challenges they face.
This global event, supported by events organised by IOM's nearly 500 country offices and sub-offices as well as governmental, international and domestic civil society partners examines a wide range of migration themes, Social Cohesion, Dignity, Exploitation, Solidarity to advocate for migration guided by the principle that humane and orderly migration benefits migrants and society.

Dec 16, 2020

M. Venkaiah Naidu Virtually Inaugurates 'Yours Truly Margazhi' Festival

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu appealed to the artists' community to utilize the potential of India's soft power to expand its global outreach by suggesting them to fully explore and exploit the opportunities in the virtual medium to reach out to their audiences.
Inaugurating `Yours Truly Margazhi` festival virtually, the Vice President said that Indian classical music and dance epitomize the balance of life.
The festival is an initiative to keep alive Chennai's famed tradition of December music and dance festival through the online medium.

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.

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