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DAYS AND EVENTS - June 2021

Jun 2021

Feb 01, 2022

Indian Coast Guard Day

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) celebrated its 46th Raising Day on February 1. From just seven surface platforms in 1978, the ICG has grown into a formidable force with 158 ships and 70 aircraft in its inventory and is likely to achieve targeted force levels of 200 surface platforms and 80 aircraft by 2025.
As the fourth largest Coast Guard in the world, it has played a significant role in securing the Indian coasts and enforcing regulations in the maritime zones of India.
One of the primary duties of the Indian Coast Guard is prevention of smuggling along maritime routes in its area of responsibility.
The Indian Coast Guard was created on February 1, 1977, as an interim body, to patrol the coastal areas and prevent smuggling activities. The maritime agency was then formally established the following year as per the Coast Guard Act. The Indian Navy was established on January 26, 1950, as a naval branch of the Indian Armed Forces.

NPCI Announces UPI Safety and Awareness Week

National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and the UPI ecosystem (comprising of leading banks and fintechs) have announced the UPI Safety and Awareness initiative, to create awareness amongst consumers. Under this initiative, NPCI and the UPI ecosystem is being observe from February 1-7 as 'UPI Safety and Awareness Week' and the whole of February as 'UPI Safety and Awareness Month'.
NPCI urged users to follow the concept of UPI Safety Shield which mentions 5 tips for safe UPI transactions. With an aim to create awareness amongst consumers, National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and the UPI ecosystem have announced the UPI Safety and Awareness initiative.
Under this programme, NPCI urges all the customers to follow the concept of UPI Safety Shield, which the company has derived to educate customers all about UPI payments. The UPI Safety and Awareness initiative will help vulnerable and first-time customers in overcoming their fears of adopting digital payments and guide them to pursue safe payments on the UPI platform.

Jan 30, 2022

CRPF Decides Date of Its Anniversary

The Central Reserve Police Force will henceforth celebrate its anniversary on March 19 every year instead of on different dates every year, rechristening the occasion as 'CRPF Day', News18.com has learnt. The parade held to mark the occasion will also be called 'CRPF Day Parade' instead of 'Anniversary Day Parade'.
The CRPF is the only paramilitary force in the country that deviates from its original date of creation, choosing to celebrate the occasion every year on one of the four symbolic dates associated with it:
March 19, when then Union home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel presented the President's Colours award to the force in 1950.
July 27, when the CRPF was originally raised as the Crown's Representative Police in Madhya Pradesh's Neemuch in 1939
October 31, the birth anniversary of India's first home minister Sardar Patel
December 28, when the Crown's Representative Police was redesignated as the Central Reserve Police Force through the CRPF Act in 1949
The choice of date from among these varied every year in the past depending on the weather conditions and availability of chief guests.
The force has now finalised March 19 to mark its anniversary every year. July 27 and December 28 were reportedly ruled out due to unpredictable weather in monsoon and winter months, while October 31 was avoided since the day also marks former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's birth anniversary.

World Leprosy Day

World Leprosy Day is celebrated in India on January 30 every year on Mahatma Gandhi's death anniversary while the day is observed annually on the last Sunday across the globe. The day is aimed at celebrating people who have experienced leprosy, raising awareness of the disease, and calling for an end to leprosy-related stigma and discrimination.
This date was chosen by French humanitarian Raoul Follereau as a tribute to the life of Mahatma Gandhi who had compassion for people afflicted with leprosy. The day began to be observed in 1954.
Leprosy is one of the oldest recorded diseases in the world.
The theme for World Leprosy Day 2022 was 'United for Dignity'.

Martyrs' Day 2022

Martyr's Day or Shaheed Diwas is observed every year on January 30 in the memory of Mahatma Gandhi, who was assassinated at Gandhi Smriti in the Birla House by Nathuram Godse in 1948. This year (2022) the nation observed 74th Martyrs' Day or Shaheed Diwas. The day is observed to remember the sacrifices made by freedom fighters in the struggle for India's independence and to pay our respects to them. Notably, Martyrs' Day is also observed in India on March 23 to pay respect to Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar, who was hanged death on this day in 1931.'

Jan 28, 2022

Data Privacy Day

Data Privacy Day (known in Europe as Data Protection Day) is an international event that occurs every year on 28 January. The purpose of Data Privacy Day is to raise awareness and promote privacy and data protection best practices. It is currently observed in the United States, Canada, Nigeria, Israel and 47 European countries.
The day was initiated by the Council of Europe to be first held in 2007 as the European Data Protection Day. Two years later, on 26 January 2009, the United States House of Representatives passed House Resolution HR 31 by a vote of 402–0, declaring 28 January National Data Privacy Day. On 28 January 2009, the Senate passed Senate Resolution 25 also recognizing 28 January 2009 as National Data Privacy Day. The United States Senate also recognized Data Privacy Day in 2010 and 2011.

Jan 27, 2022

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust (International Holocaust Remembrance Day) is observed on January 27. In 2022, the theme guiding the United Nations Holocaust remembrance and education is "Memory, Dignity and Justice". The objective of the day is to commemorate the anniversary of the tragedy of the Holocaust that occurred during the Second World War.
A genocide occurred during World War II in which Nazi Germany, aided by its collaborators, systematically murdered some six million European Jews, around two-thirds of the Jewish population of Europe, between 1941 and 1945. United Nations designated the day in 2005 to serve as a date for official commemoration of the victims of the Nazi regime and to promote Holocaust education throughout the world.

Jan 26, 2022

International Customs Day

January 26 marks the celebration of International Customs Day (ICD) all across the world with the United Nations as the host. It is an annual event that is meant to acknowledge and appreciate the role that customs officials and agencies play in ensuring the smooth flow of goods across the world borders. The endeavour is to emphasise the working conditions and challenges that customs officers face in their jobs.
The inception of the ICD dates back to 1953. The Customs Cooperation Council (CCC) formally announced the observance of ICD on January 26 that year in an inaugural session held in Brussels, Belgium. It was attended by representatives from 17 European countries. CCC was renamed World Customs Organization (WCO) in 1994. Now, WCO comprises 182 member states from all parts of the world.
This year, the theme chosen by WCO for ICD 2022 was 'Scaling up Customs Digital Transformation by Embracing a Data Culture and Building a Data Ecosystem'.

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