Category: Important Days

9th September International Day to Protect Education from Attack

September 9, 2020

• International Day to Protect Education from Attack is observed on 9 September to raise awareness regarding the importance of safeguarding schools as places of protection and safety for students and educators and the need to keep education at the top of the public agenda.
• The Day is being celebrated for the first time in 2020.

8th Sept celebrated as International Literacy Day

September 8, 2020

• 8^th Sept is celebrated as International Literacy Day all over the world every year.
• The theme for this year is ‘Literacy teaching and learning in the COVID-19 crisis and beyond’ which specifically focuses on the role of educators and changing pedagogies.

7th September is observed as the International Day of Clean Air for blue skies

September 7, 2020

• 7^th September is observed globally as the International Day of Clean Air for blue skies with an aim to make everyone understand that clean air is important for health, productivity, the economy and the environment.

5th September celebrated as Teacher day

September 5, 2020

• Teacher’s Day is being celebrated across India today to honour Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan on his 132nd birth anniversary. Teacher’s Day is observed annually on September 5, as Dr. Radhakrishnan was born on September 5, 1888.

2nd September is observed as World Coconut Day

September 2, 2020

• 2^nd September is observed as World Coconut Day with the theme ‘Invest in coconut to save the world’.

1st September to 7th September observed as National Nutrition Week

September 2, 2020

• Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD), Government of India organised National Nutrition Week from 1st September to 7th September with an aim to educate the importance and role of nutrition in the human body.

‘Seva Saptah’ from Sep 14-20

August 31, 2020

• On the occasion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday on September 17, The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to celebrate by observing Seva Saptah from 14th to 20th September.

30th August is observed as The International Day of the Disappeared

August 30, 2020

• To draw attention towards the increase in enforced or involuntary disappearances of individuals in various regions of the world, The International Day of the Disappeared observed on 30^th August every year.

29th August observed as National Sports Day

August 29, 2020

• To mark the birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand, every year 29^th August is observed as National Sports Day. Major Dhyan Chand Singh won Olympics gold medals for India in the years 1928, 1932 and 1936.

World Water Week 2020

August 27, 2020

• World Water Week 2020 is observed from 23-28 August, 2020. The World Water Week organized by Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) in Stockholm. World Water Week 2020 theme is ‘Water and Climate change: Accelerating Action’.