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World Deaf Day
- World Deaf Day is celebrated every year on the last Sunday of September with the aim to draw attention of general public, politician and development authorities towards the achievements of the deaf people as well as deaf people community. This Year it falls on September 27th .
- International Week of the Deaf during the last week of September draws attention to the accomplishments of people who are deaf and also promotes their rights. (It is also known as the Deaf Awareness Week or International Week of Deaf People.)
- Thetheme of the 2020 International Week of the Deaf will be “Reaffirming Deaf People’s Human Rights”
World Rabies Day
- World Rabies Day is an annual observance that occurs on September 28 worldwide. It aims at raising awareness about the viral disease, rabies, and how to prevent it.
- World Rabies Day marks the death anniversary of Louis Pasteur, the man who developed the first rabies vaccine. He was a French chemist and microbiologist.
- The theme for World Rabies Day 2020 is “End Rabies: Collaborate, Vaccinate”
International Day for Universal Access to Information
- The 74th UN General Assembly proclaimed 28 September as the International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI).
- It also highlights the advantages of having constitutional, statutory and/or policy guarantees for public access to information to save lives, build trust and help the formulation of sustainable policies through and beyond the COVID-19 crisis.
- The theme for IDUAI 2020: Access to Information – Saving lives, Building Trust, Bringing Hope
International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste
- This year Sep 29th we celebrate the first ever observance of the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste. It also comes during the global COVID-19 pandemic, that has brought about a global wake-up on the need to transform and rebalance the way our food is produced and consumed.
- First theme for the new Observance will be “Stop food loss and waste. For the people. For the planet.”
World Rivers Day 2020
- World Rivers Day is observed every year on the fourth Sunday of September. It is celebrated to raise public awareness about the rivers and the importance of all of the waterways around the globe. It highlights the many values of rivers and strives to increase public awareness and encourages the improved stewardship of rivers around the world. The current year’s theme for World Rivers Day will be “Day of Action for Rivers” that praises the function of ladies in ensuring and overseeing waterways
- In 2005, the United Nations launched the Water for Life Decade to help create a greater awareness of the need to better care for our water resources.
- Mark Angelo is an internationally-celebrated river conservationist. He is the founder and Chair of both BC and World Rivers Day and is Chair Emeritus of the Rivers Institute at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT).
September 27, 2020 – International Daughters Day
- International Daughters Day on the fourth Sunday in September celebrates the girl child.
- The observance originated in India where, even today, some cultures see girl children as burdens. Families with daughters carry a stigma. The celebration helps eliminate traditions which help to maintain the view of a girl child as a burden. Some underdeveloped countries still practice these traditions.
World Contraception Day- 26 September
- World Contraception Day takes place on September 26th every year. The day’s mission is to improve awareness of all contraceptive methods available and enable young people to make informed choices on their sexual and reproductive health.
- Access to family planning is a human right protected by international law, and States must continue to ensure it even during the COVID-19 pandemic, say UN human rights experts.
World Heart Day
- World Heart Day, aimed at drawing people’s attention to heart ailments and the whole range of associated health issues.
- This initiative was launched in 2000 by the World Heart Federation as an annual event and gets celebrated on 29th day of September ever since.
- World Heart Day is commemorated to promote different preventive steps and changes in lifestyle to avoid any cardiovascular diseases, like heart attack, stroke, heart failure and any other condition related to the same.
- On an average, more than 17 million people die from heart-related illnesses every year.
- There are several ways one can be more attentive to their heart health, like partaking in physical exercises, stopping smoking, quitting alcohol and starting eating a healthy diet.
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ICAR Announces KRITAGYA Hackathon Under National Agricultural Higher Education Project
- The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has announced KRITAGYA (Krishi-Taknik-Gyan) hackathon under the National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP).
