SEPTEMBER

Theme: First Aid and Road Safety

Introduced by The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world’s largest humanitarian network.

Aim:

Raise awareness of how first aid can prevent injuries and save lives in everyday and crisis situations.

World First Aid Day is an annual campaign aimed at promoting the importance of first aid training and increasing its accessibility to save more lives in a crisis.

Activities:

• Organize events and campaigns to promote the significance of first aid.

• Training session and workshops about the basics of First aid.

Celebrated on the fourth Sunday of September in India

why is it Celebrated?

In India, Daughters' day is celebrated to erase the stigma attached with having a girl & to create awareness and empower the girl child.

THE PROBLEM IN INDIA

Unlike other countries in the world, there has always been a certain stigma attached to being a girl child in India which is quite widespread.

Ancient cultural practices like dowry and other social evils such as female infanticide & female foeticide are still prevalent in many parts of India. Daughter's Day is observed to spread awareness about these problems.

National Nutrition Week

1st September - 7th September

CREATE AWARNESS ABOUT IMPORTANT TIPS FOR PEOPLE'S HEALTH AND WELL-BEING.

1982 Started by the Central Government to encourage good health and healthy living through the nutrition education

Objectives

1. Review - Frequency of problems in diet & nutrition.

2. Perform - Research to plan and implement the National Nutrition Programs.

3. Monitor - Condition of citizens' diet and nutrition.

4. Evaluate - Techniques to prevent & control nutritional problems.

5. Create - Awareness by providing training about health & nutrition.

ACTVITIES TRAINING PROGRAMS

• Promoting nutritional education.

• Preserving nutritious foods at home.

• Food analysis and standardization

AWARNESS PROGRAMS

• Run by Govt. & Non-Govt. Health Organizations.

• Distributing nutrition related educational and training materials

1. World Coconut Day is observed by increasing public awareness about the health and Commercial benefits of coconut.

2. Coconut is being planted in tropical places for millions of years and has benefited humanity in a variety of ways.

Health Advantages of Coconut

• Help lose Weight and Reduce Heart-Risk

• Helps control Blood Sugar level

• Improves Endurance

• Keeps you Hydrated

September 5 was chosen as the International Day of Charity to observe the death anniversary of Mother Teresa.

The International Day of Charity was officially declared by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012. This day also got the support of the Hungarian Civil society with the support of the Hungarian parliament and government.

One can serve society by teaching it.

Happy Teachers' Day

Every 5th September is celebrated as Teachers' Day to honor the birth anniversary of Dr. Savepalli Radhakrishnan, our first Vice President (1952–1962). & Second President of India (1962 to 1967) .

Nurture the nation with the help of teachers!

Happy Teachers' Day to all who believes in learning as a lifelong process and one learn more by teaching others.

• 5th September is celebrated as Teachers' Day to pay tribute to our second President Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and his teachings.

• He was famous for his work on comparative religion, comparative Eastern and Western philosophy, and was also a teacher in India and at Oxford University in the United Kingdom.

• He was also a statesman and served as the President of India. He was a great teacher and in his own words, “Teachers should be the best minds in the country.”

THE TRUE TEACHERS ARE THOSE WHO HELP US THINK FOR OURSELVES.

In 1962, Dr. Radhakrishan became the second President of Independent India. The main significance to celebrate this day is that Dr Radhakrishan’s students approached him to allow them to celebrate his birthday as a special day. He was surprised and happy by the respect which is given to him by the students even after he was not their teacher.

To commemorate 75 years of India’s independence, the Government of India is celebrating the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.’ As a part of the celebration, the Ministry of Food Processing Industries is observing ‘Food Processing Week’ from 6th to 12th September 2021

The 8th of September was proclaimed International Literacy Day by UNESCO in 1966 to remind the international community of the importance of literacy for individuals, communities and societies, and the need for intensified efforts towards more literate societies. It was celebrated for the first time in 1967.

International Literacy Day is observed to spread awareness about literacy & promote quality education to make people self-reliant and skillful.

ILD will be celebrated under the theme “Literacy for a human-centered recovery: Narrowing the digital divide”.

let's inculcate the spirit of 'Knowledge is Power' in our lives and work towards achieving 100% Literacy for a better future.

International Literacy Day is celebrated to highlight the importance of literacy to individuals, communities and societies

World Suicide Prevention Day watch survivors of suicidal thoughts open up about navigating loss, isolation, trauma in the pandemic. 'Please reach out, it's not the end,'

Hindi Diwas holds special significance as it marks the adaptation of Hindi as an official language by the Constituent Assembly in the year 1949. The date was chosen by Jawahar Lal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India.

Arguments in favor of One Nation, One Language:

✓ Removing Barriers in the Development

✓ For the creation of knowledge and thus creating a Public Sphere

✓ For effective administration

✓ For Leveraging technology

✓ To give India a global Identity

✓ False sense of glory attached with Multi Lingual Image of India

Arguments against One Nation One Language:

✓ Idea of one country, one language: A colonial Construct

✓ Delinking language from cultural Identity

✓ Issue of consensus

✓ Diverse structure of the Country

✓ Against the spirit of three-language formula

✓ Inevitability of English

✓ Significance of Language Diversity

Way Forward:

• Strengthen our local languages simultaneously

• Respect, protect and nurture diversity of our nation

• Should not give the impression to the States that there is creeping imposition of Hindi.

Engineer’s Day is celebrated on September 15 every year. The day is celebrated to recognize the contribution of engineers in the development of the nation. The day marks the birth anniversary of the engineering pioneer of India, Sir Mokshagundam Vishweshvaraya, (popularly known as Sir MV). He was awarded ‘Bharat Ratna’ for his exceptional contribution to the building of India in 1955. He has also conferred the British knighthood and served as Diwan of Mysore from 1912 to 1918.

In 1968, the Indian government declared Sir M Visvesvaraya’s birth anniversary as Engineers’ Day. Sir MV was regarded as the “Father of Modern Mysore”. Since then, this day is celebrated to honor and acknowledge all engineers who have contributed and still do so to build a modern and developed India.

15th September every year. It was established through a resolution passed by the UN General Assembly in 2007, for promoting and upholding the principles of democracy and provide an opportunity to review the state of democracy in the world

The day was observed for the first time in 2008. Democracy is as much a process as a goal, and only with the full participation of and support by the international community, national governing bodies, civil society and individuals, can the ideal of democracy be made into a reality to be enjoyed by everyone, everywhere.

Indumati Patankar

(15 September 1925 - 14 July 2017)

She was a freedom fighter and long-time veteran activist living in rural India

Remembering Indumati Patankar, a freedom fighter and long-time veteran activist, on her birth anniversary.

• In 1942, she joined the 1942 Independence movement against the British rule, organizing women and spreading the Rashtra Seva Dal.

• She gradually started taking part in the underground movements of carrying arms (pistols and revolvers) to the fighters.

• She was the core leader of Stree Mukti Sangharsh Chalwal with several other rural women fighting against violence and for survival and livelihoods.

• Through this work she led the struggle of parityakta (abandoned/deserted) women.

WORLD BAMBOO DAY

World Bamboo Day, with an aim to promote the cultivation of Bamboo globally and promote environment friendly Bamboo products.

HISTORY

1. This day was officially established by the World Bamboo organization at the 8th World Bamboo Congress held in Bangkok in 2009.

2. World Bamboo Organization was set up at the 1992 International Bamboo Congress in Japan.

About Bamboo

• Bamboos are a diverse group of evergreen perennial flowering plants in the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae.

• It can grow in dryland areas, but it yields best when well-irrigated. It requires the same amount of water as sugarcane, about 10-20 litres per day per plant.

• It can tolerate both heavy and low rainfall, every year it gives out 8-10 shoots.

• Every bamboo plant has a capacity to absorb about 400 kg of CO2 a year.

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT BAMBOO

• India has the highest area (13.96 million hectares) under bamboo.

• India is the second richest country after China in terms of bamboo diversity.

• The Annual Production of bamboo in India is 14.6 million tones.

SUNITA WILLIAMS

Born 19 Sept. 1965

She is the second Indian American Astronaut to go into space.

DID YOU KNOW?

1. In 1988, selected as an astronaut by NASA, Veteran of two expeditions 14/15 and 32/33 space missions.

2. 3000 flight hours in more than 30 different aircraft are logged by her.

3. Spent a total of 322 days in space on two missions.

4. Hold the record for the maximum number of spacewalks(seven) and the longest amount of spacewalk time (50 hours & 40 minutes) by women.

AWARDS

• 2008 PADMA BHUSHAN

• 2011 FOR MERIT IN SPCE EXPLORATION

The United Nations describes 21st September to strengthening the ideals of peace, through observing 24 hours of non-violence and cease-fire.

Maha Kavi Gurajada Venkata Apparao

(21 September 1862 – 30 November 1915)

Gurajada, who was born in Visakhapatnam, Authored the play "Kanyasulkam" in 1892 which dealt with social issues.

Gurajada died in Vizianagaram

The day marks hope for cancer patients that cancer is curable.

AIMS:

• The day aims to spread a message to all cancer patients that they can fight the disease with strong willpower and spirit.

• It also serves as a reminder to patients that many individuals and services provide them with medical, financial & emotional support.

This day is celebrated annually across the world on 23 September every year along with International Week of the Deaf. The United Nations adopted in 2017.

Highlighting how each of us – deaf and hearing people around the world – can work together hand in hand to promote the recognition of our right to use sign languages in all areas of life.

History of International Day of Sign Languages:

The proposal for the Day came from the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD), a federation of 135 national associations of deaf people, representing approximately 70 million deaf people’s human rights worldwide. The choice of 23 September commemorates the date that the WFD was established in 1951. The International Day of Sign Languages was first celebrated in 2018 as part of the International Week of the Deaf.

SIGNIFCANCE

The international Day of Sign Languages is an unique opportunity to support and protect the linguistic identity and cultural diversity of all deaf people and other sign language users.

24 September 1969, the then Union Education Minister V.K.R.V. Rao launched the NSS at 37 universities all states. The scheme has been extended to all states and universities in the country, and also +2 level institutes in many states.

Motto:

Not me but you

Symbol of N.S.S (National Service Scheme)

The symbol for the NSS has been based on the giant Rath Wheel of the world-famous Konark Sun Temple (The Black Pagoda) situated in Odisha, India. The wheel portrays the cycle of creation, preservation and release. It signifies the movement in life across time and space, the symbol thus stands for continuity as well as change and implies the continuous striving of NSS for social change.

The eight bars in the wheel represents 24 hours of a day. The red color indicates that the volunteer is full of young blood that is lively, active, energetic and full of high spirit. The navy blue color indicates the cosmos of which the NSS is tiny part, ready to contribute its share for the welfare of the mankind. It stands for continuity as well as change and implies the continuous striving of NSS.

Antyodaya Divas

In India, the Antyodaya Diwas is observed every year on September 25, to mark the birth anniversary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya. Antyodaya means “uplifting the poorest of the poor” or “rise of the last person”.

The day was declared by the Modi Government on September 25, 2014, and officially celebrated since 2015.

About Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya:

1. Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya, born in Mathura in 1916 was one of the key leaders of Bharatiya Jana Sangh from which the BJP later emerged. He was the leader of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh from 1953 to 1968.

2. Deendayal Upadhyaya was a humanist, economist, journalist, philosopher and abled statesman.

3. Deendayal Upadhyaya was introduced to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) by his classmate named Baluji Mahashabde

4. Deendayal Upadhyaya cleared the civil services examination. He, however, didn’t join the service and became a volunteer of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

5. In the 1940s, Deendayal Upadhyaya launched ‘Rashtra Dharma’, a monthly journal, from Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow for spreading the ideology of Hindutva nationalism. Later, he started ‘Panchjanya’, a weekly magazine, and a daily, ‘Swadesh’.

6. Deendayal Upadhyaya’s philosophical idea of ‘Integral Humanism’ was adopted in 1965 as the official doctrine of the Jan Sangh and later the Bharatiya Janata Party.

7. Deendayal Upadhyaya advocated ‘Samyanit Upabhog’ (sustainable consumption). He did not favour the exploitation of Mother Nature practised by the capitalist societies of the West.

8. Deendayal Upadhyaya was found dead under mysterious circumstances near the Mughalsarai railway station in Uttar Pradesh in the wee hours of February 11, 1968. Later, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) found that he was killed by robbers.

World Pharmacist Day is observed globally on 25th September every year. This day is celebrated to create awareness about the role of a pharmacist in improving health. The day was an initiative of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) along with the council of this organization. This year’s theme is “Pharmacy: Always trusted for your health“.

History of World Pharmacist Day:

The day was designated in 2009 by the FIP Council (International Pharmaceutical Federation or Federation International Pharmaceutical) at the World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Istanbul, Turkey. The purpose of the day is to draw attention to pharmacies and the positive benefits they offer when it comes to health and FIP encourages all its members to participate to make the event a success.

The United Nations observes 26 September every year as the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.

The General Assembly declared the International Day in December 2013, The day provides an occasion for the world community to reaffirm its commitment to global nuclear disarmament as a priority. It provides an opportunity to educate the public - and their leaders - about the real benefits of eliminating such weapons, and the social and economic costs of perpetuating them.

Headquarters of United Nations: New York, USA; Founded: 24 October 1945.

Secretary General of the United Nations: Antonio Guterres.

World Environmental Health Day is a day dedicated to raising awareness about the health of our environment.

It is observed on September 26, annually. The day was marked by the International Federation of Environmental Health in 2011.

The IFEH was founded in 1986 with its headquarters in London. The organization is a body of 44 member-nations. India is not a member of the IFEH.

Theme: “Prioritizing Environmental Health for healthier communities in global recovery.”

About Environment Health

Environmental Health is a body of science that focuses on how environmental factors directly or indirectly affect human health.

This branch studies the various physical, chemical, biological, social and psychosocial factors of the environment and how they impact human health, both positively and negatively.

Government Schemes in India for Environmental Health:

Several schemes and programs have been introduced by the Government of India for adoption and advancement of sustainable development practices. Some of these have been listed below.

1. Namami Gange Programme

2. Green Skill Development Programme (GSDP)

3. Nagar Van Scheme

4. Van Dhan Yojana

5. Jal Jeevan Mission

6. National Clean Air Programme

World Tourism Day is observed globally on 27th September every year. The purpose of this day is to raise awareness on the role of tourism with in the international community and to demonstrate how it affects social, cultural, political and economic values worldwide.

UNWTO has designated it as an opportunity to look beyond tourism statistics and acknowledge that, behind every number, there is a person.

History of the day:

Ever since 1980, World Tourism Day is celebrated annually across the world on September 27. It was on this day in 1970 when the Statutes of the United Nations World Tourism Organization were adopted which are considered a milestone in global tourism.

World Rabies Day is observed globally on 28th September every year. The purpose of this day is to raise awareness about rabies prevention & to highlight.

This day also marks the anniversary of death of French chemist and microbiologist LOUIS PASTEUR, who developed the first rabies vaccine.

WHAT IS RABIES?

Rabies is viral disease affecting humans that is transmitted through an animal bite.

SOME FACT ABOUT RABIES

1. 99% Human cases are caused by dog bites

2. 40% Victims are children under age 15

3. Rabies is caused by a number of lyssaviruses including the rabies virus & Australian bat lyssavirus.

4. The virus attacks the brain and once symptoms appear, rabies can be fatal

ONE OF THE INDIA'S MOST INFLUENTIAL REVOLUTIONARIES

28 Sep 1907 - 23 March 1931

1907 Born in Banga, Punjab. (Now in Pakistan)

1919 Visted Jallianwala Bagh for the first time; motivated

1923 Jioned National College, Lahore

1924 Inducted into the Hindustan Republican Association

1926 Founded Naujawan Bharat Sabha

1927 Arrested for the time in false bomb explosion case

1928 Killed J.P. Saunders to avenge death of Lalaji

1929 Exploded two non lethal bombs in the assembly

1930 Sentenced to death on 7th Oct. with Rajguru & Sukhdev

1931 Hanged in Lahore with his fellow comrades Rajguru & Sukhdev

Did you know - Bhagat Singh had fasted for 116 days in jail. It is surprising that during this time he used to do all his work regularly, such as singing, reading writing books, visiting court every day, etc.

International Day for Universal Access to Information

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) observes International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) on 28 September every year. The IDUAI has particular relevance with Agenda 2030 with specific reference to:

SDG 2 on investment in rural infrastructure and technology development

SDG 11 on positive economic, social and environmental links between urban, peri-urban and rural areas

SDG 16 on initiatives to adopt and implement constitutional, statutory and/or policy guarantees for public access to information

The theme of this year’s celebration: Leaving No One Behind!

UNESCO is commemorating the International Day for Universal Access to Information.

History of International Day for the Universal Access to Information:

Initially, the day was designated by the UNESCO in November 2015 and was first held on 28 September 2016. It was later proclaimed on 15 October 2019 at the 74th UN General Assembly.

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the world’s number one killer, resulting in 18.6 million deaths a year. It has many causes: from smoking, diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity, to air pollution, and less common conditions such as Chagas disease and cardiac amyloidosis.

This Day is celebrated every year on 30th Sep. on the feast of St. Jerome, the Bible translator who is considered the patron saint of translator