Important Days World Animal Welfare Day – October 4 Every year World Animal Day is observed globally on October 4 with an aim to celebrate animal rights and welfare around the world. Theme 2023 - "Great or Small, Love Them All". World Animal Day has been marked since 1925. According to World Animal Protection, it was started by Heinrich Zimmermann, a cynologist, who organised the first celebration at the Sports Palace in Berlin, which was reportedly attended by over 5,000 people. World Space Week – October 04 to 10 By the resolution of General Assembly on 6 December 1999, proclaimed World Space Week, to celebrate the contributions of space science and technology to the betterment of the human condition. Theme 2023 - “Space and Entrepreneurship” Background On 4 October 1957, the launch into outer space of the first human-made Earth satellite, Sputnik 1, opened the way for space exploration. A decade later, on 10 October 1967, the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies entered into force. Awards & Honours Nobel Prize for Physics 2023 Award winning Scientists - Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L'Huillier Contribution - "experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter" Prize Amount - The prize was raised this year to 11 million Swedish crowns (about $1 million) Awarded by - The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. About Nobel Prize Created in the will of dynamite inventor and businessman Alfred Nobel, the prizes for achievements in science, literature and peace have been awarded since 1901, becoming the arguably highest honour for scientists everywhere. Note Physics is the second Nobel to be awarded this week after Hungarian scientist Katalin Kariko and U.S. colleague Drew Weissman won the medicine…
