Tag: Important days

Important Days  Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare The day is commemorated on November 30 every year.  The day aims to encourage efforts for eliminating the use of chemical weapons and remember those who have suffered because of such warfare. The Chemical Weapons Convention was adopted in 1993 to remember the victims of chemical warfare. It came into force on April 29, 1997. About OPCW Formation - 29 April 1997. Headquarters - The Hague, Netherlands. Director General - Fernando Arias. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is an intergovernmental organisation and the implementing body for the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). National Organ Donation Day 2022 National Organ Donation Day is being celebrated every year on November 27 to commemorate the contributions made to society by deceased donors and their families. India ranks third in the world only behind the USA and China as per the data available on the Global Observatory on Donation and Transplantation (GODT) website. Note World Organ Donation Day is annually observed across the globe on August 13. Defence, National Security and Terrorism Yudh Abhyas 2022 The 18th edition of Indo - US joint training exercise “Yudh Abhyas 22” was conducted in Auli, Uttarakhand. Exercise Yudh Abhyas is conducted annually between India and USA with the aim of exchanging best practices, Tactics, Techniques and Procedures between the Armies of the two nations.  The joint exercise will also focus on Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) operations. Troops from both nations will practice launching of swift & coordinated relief efforts in the wake of any natural calamity. ICG commissions Advanced Light Helicopter Mk-III squadron  The Coast Guard Region East, 840 Sqn (CG), an Indian  Coast Guard Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Mk-III squadron, was commissioned by the Director General of Coast Guard VS…

Important Days  Constitution Day  Constitution Day, also known as 'Samvidhan Divas', is celebrated in our country on 26th November every year since 2015 to commemorate the adoption of the Constitution of India.  On 26th November 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India adopted the Constitution of India, which came into effect from 26th January 1950. About the Constitution of India The framing of the Constitution took over 2 years, 11 months and 17 days. There were 299 members in the Constituent Assembly and 15 were women and when the constitution was adopted in 1949, 284 members finally signed it. During this period, it held 11 sessions covering 165 days, and its members submitted around 7,600 amendments to the draft Constitution. Dr. Rajendra Prasad was the chairman of the Constituent Assembly. Dr BR Ambedkar was the chairman of the Drafting Committee of India's Constitution. He is known as the "Father of the constitution". Originally, the Indian Constitution had a total of 395 articles (divided into 22 parts) and 8 schedules. Women in drafting of Constitution  15 women were the members of the Constituent Assembly that contributed in the making of the constitution.  One of them is Dakshayini Velayudhan, who belonged to a marginalised community and made important interventions to protect the rights of the oppressed classes. Durgabai Deshmukh, Hansa Mehta, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, Sarojini Naidu, Vijay Lakshmi Pandit and the other women members had contributed significantly on topics related to women. International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women is observed on November 25, every year to pay tribute to the Mirabal sisters, the Dominican Republic activists who were murdered at the order of Rafael Trujilllo in 1960. In 1993, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution for the Elimination of…

Important Days  World Diabetes Day 2022 World Diabetes Day is observed on November 14 which provides an opportunity to raise awareness of diabetes as a global public health issue and what needs to be done, collectively and individually, for better prevention, diagnosis and management of the condition. Theme for 2022 : ‘Access to diabetes education’ which underpins the larger multi-year theme of 'access to care'. Note  India has an estimated 77 million people (1 in 11 Indians) clinically diagnosed with diabetes, which makes it the second most affected in the world, after China. World Organisations – Pacts and Summits G 20 Summit at Bali  PM Narendra Modi left for Bali to attend the G­20 summit on November 15 and 16.  Food and energy security and post­ COVID health issues are at the top of the agenda in sessions at the summit in the Indonesian city. About G20  The G20 or Group of Twenty is an intergovernmental forum of major developed and developing economies comprising 19 countries and the European Union (EU). Formation - 26 September 1999. Chairman - Joko Widodo, President of Indonesia First Meeting in in Cologne, Germany  G20 Countries - Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Japan, India, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union. Note  India will assume the Presidency of the G20 for one year from December 1, 2022 to November 30, 2023 and the G20 Leaders’ Summit will take place in New Delhi in 2023. Sports and Games England become the first team to hold both World Cups in white-ball cricket England defeated Pakistan by 5 wickets to lift the trophy of the ICC T20 World Cup. The match was played on Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia. England become the…

Theme of the year 2020:‘Play Safe on Play True Day 2020’. About WADA: Headquarters– Montreal, Canada. WADA- World AntiDoping Agency.

The theme of the year 2020: “Better Sleep, Better Life, Better Planet”.

Theme: An Equal World is an Enabled World.

World Defence Day is celebrated on 1 March Zero Discrimination Day is observed on 1 March

Theme: Languages without Borders

The World Social Justice Day is celebrated on February 20 every year. It aims to face the problem of poverty, unemployment, and abandonment. This year’s theme is - Closing the Inequalities Gap to Achieve Social Justice.