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WORLD BICYCLE DAY

In April 2018, the United Nations General Assembly declared June 3 as International World Bicycle Day. The resolution for World Bicycle Day recognizes “the uniqueness, longevity and versatility of the bicycle, which has been in use for two centuries, and that it is a simple, affordable, reliable, clean and environmentally fit sustainable means of transport.”Continue reading “WORLD BICYCLE DAY”

WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY

World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) is observed around the world every year on 31 May. This yearly celebration informs the public on the dangers of using tobacco, the business practices of tobacco companies, what the World Health Organization (WHO) is doing to fight against the use of tobacco, and what people around the world canContinue reading “WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY”

REMEMBERING SUNDERLAL BAHUGUNA

Sunderlal Bahuguna (9 January 1927 – 21 May 2021) was an Indian environmentalist and Chipko movement leader. The idea of the Chipko movement was his wife’s. He fought for the preservation of forests in the Himalayas, first as a member of the Chipko movement in the 1970s, and later spearheaded the anti-Tehri Dam movement fromContinue reading “REMEMBERING SUNDERLAL BAHUGUNA”

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF UN PEACEKEEPERS

https://www.un.org/en/observances/peacekeepers-day The “International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers”, May 29, is “an international day to pay tribute to all the men and women who have served and continue to serve in United Nations peacekeeping operations for their high level of professionalism, dedication, and courage and to honour the memory of those who have lost theirContinue reading “INTERNATIONAL DAY OF UN PEACEKEEPERS”

HOW TO ATTAIN PEACE

GITA WISDOM # 65Chapter 14 verse 20 गुणानेतानतीत्य त्रीन्देही देहसमुद्भवान्‌।जन्ममृत्युजरादुःखैर्विमुक्तोऽमृतमश्नुते॥ यह पुरुष शरीर की (बुद्धि, अहंकार और मन तथा पाँच ज्ञानेन्द्रियाँ, पाँच कर्मेन्द्रियाँ, पाँच भूत, पाँच इन्द्रियों के विषय- इस प्रकार इन तेईस तत्त्वों का पिण्ड रूप यह स्थूल शरीर प्रकृति से उत्पन्न होने वाले गुणों का ही कार्य है, इसलिए इन तीनों गुणों कोContinue reading “HOW TO ATTAIN PEACE”