CURRENT AFFAIRS: DAYS
National Sports Day
- Every year on August 29, India celebrates its National sports day. The day is celebrated to honour the legendary hockey player Major Dhyan Chand.
- The National Sports Day was celebrated for the first time in 2012.
- Major Dhyan Chand Singh won Olympics gold medals for India in the years 1928, 1932 and 1936. He has scored over 400 goals in his career, from 1926 to 1948.
- President Ram Nath Kovind will virtually confer the National Sports and Adventure Awards 2020 on this occasion.
- Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju, President of the Indian Olympic Association Narendra Dhruv Batra and several other dignitaries will attend the ceremony from Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi.
International Day against Nuclear Tests
- The International Day against Nuclear Tests is observed on August 29. It was established on December 2, 2009
- The international community commemorates the tenth International Day against Nuclear Tests.
- The day aims to increase awareness about the effects of nuclear weapon test explosions or any other nuclear explosions and the need for their cessation as one of the means of achieving the goal of a nuclear-weapon-free world.
CURRENT AFFAIRS: NATIONAL
