Tag Archives: Significance of United Nations Days

Mothers Day became a legal public holiday in USA in 1914, largely as the result of the efforts of Miss Anna Jarvis, of Philadelphia, USA. On May 8 of that year President Wilson approved a joint resolution of Congress providing that “the second Sunday in May shall hereafter be designated and known as Mothers Day”. Mothers Day in India 2023: May …

International Nurses Day is observed world wide in order to commemorate the valuable contribution of nurses in the form of their selfless services to the society. May 12 also marks the birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing. International Nurses Day: 12 May International Council of Nurses (ICN) conducts special celebration for the day in the unique …

रेडक्रॉस एक अंतर्राष्ट्रीय संस्था है जिसका प्रमुख उद्देश्य रोगियों, घायलों तथा युद्धकालीन बंदियों की देख-रेख करना है। रेडक्रॉस अभियान को जन्म देने वाले महान मानवता प्रेमी जीन हैनरी डयूनेन्ट (Jean Henri Dunant) का जन्म 08 मई, 1828 को हुआ था। उनके जन्म दिवस को विश्व रेडक्रॉस दिवस के रूप में पूरे विश्व में मनाया जाता है। विश्व रेडक्रॉस दिवस को …

World Thalassemia Day is celebrated every year on 8th of May to increase the awareness about this disease among common public all through the world. Celebrating World Thalassemia Day on 8th of May was established by the World Health Organization in order to raise the public awareness about this disease, prevention measures and measures to avoid its transmission. World Thalassemia …

World Red Cross day means 8th of May is celebrated every year as the birthday anniversary of founder of the Red Cross. Henry Dunant was the founder of the Red Cross as well as the founder of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), born in the Geneva in the year 1828. He was the most famous person and became …

World Laughter Day (WLD) is observed on the first Sunday of May. The World Laughter Day came into existence in 1998; the day was introduced by Dr. Madan Kataria, the founder of the worldwide Laughter Yoga Movement. WLD was first celebrated on 11 January, 1998 in Mumbai, India. It is well said that the strongest and most powerful emotion of …

Labour Day Information: Labour Day / May Day, the first day of the month of May is celebrated all over India as a spring fertility festival to honour goddess spring. The day also commemorates the “International Workers’ Day” which has a historic significance. It is also a day of political protests. May Day is otherwise observed as a saint’s feast …

अंतरराष्ट्रीय मजदूर दिवस अर्थात् मई दिवस (May Day) 1886 में शिकागो में आरंभ हुआ। मजदूर मांग कर रहे थे कि काम की अवधि आठ घंटे हो और सप्ताह में एक दिन का अवकाश हो। इस दिन मज़दूर हड़ताल पर थे। इस हड़ताल के दौरान एक अज्ञात व्यक्ति ने बम फोड़ दिया तत्पश्चात् पुलिस गोलाबारी में कुछ मजदूर मारे गए, साथ …

World TB Day is celebrated every year by the people all across the world at international level on 24th March. It is celebrated to raise the common public awareness about the epidemic disease of tuberculosis as well as get their efforts in order to totally eradicate this disease. As around 1.7 million of the people are dying of this disease every …

World meteorological day is celebrated all across the world by the member states meteorological organizations every year on 23rd March. It is an annual event being commemorated yearly by the almost 191 meteorological organization members worldwide as well as the worldwide meteorological communities using a particular chosen theme of the year in order to commemorate the establishment of the World …