WORLD MARITIME DAY ~ 2022

Theme for 2022: “New technologies for greener shipping”.

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World Maritime Day ~ 30th September 2021

Theme for 2021: “Seafarers at the core of shipping’s future”.

https://www.un.org/en/observances/maritime-day

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REMEMBERING SHAHEED BHAGAT SINGH

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Bhagat Singh (28 September 1907 – 23 March 1931) was a charismatic Indian revolutionary who participated in the murder of a junior British police officer and an Indian head constable in mistaken retaliation for the death of an Indian nationalist. He also took part in a largely symbolic bombing of the Central Legislative Assembly in Delhi and a hunger strike in jail, which—on the back of sympathetic coverage in Indian-owned newspapers—turned him into a household name in Punjab region, and after his execution at age 23 into a martyr and folk hero in Northern India. Borrowing ideas from Bolshevism and anarchism, he electrified a growing militancy in India in the 1930s, and prompted urgent introspection within the Indian National Congress’s nonviolent but eventually successful campaign for India’s independence.

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🐶 WORLD RABIES DAY 🐶

Theme:
According to the World Health Organisation, the theme of World Rabies Day 2022 is ‘Rabies: One Health, Zero Deaths.’

It is celebrated annually to raise awareness about rabies prevention and to highlight progress in defeating this horrifying disease. September 28 also marks the anniversary of Louis Pasteur’s death, the French chemist and microbiologist, who developed the first rabies vaccine.

World Rabies Day is an international awareness campaign coordinated by the Global Alliance for Rabies Control, a non-profit organization with headquarters in the United States. It is a United Nations Observance and has been endorsed by international human and veterinary health organizations such as the World Health Organization, the Pan American Health Organization, the World Organisation for Animal Health and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

World Rabies Day takes place each year on September 28, the anniversary of the death of Louis Pasteur who, with the collaboration of his colleagues, developed the first efficacious rabies vaccine. World Rabies Day aims to raise awareness about the impact of rabies on humans and animals, provide information and advice on how to prevent the disease in at-risk communities, and support advocacy for increased efforts in rabies control.

Rabies remains a significant health problem in many countries of the world. Over 99% of all human deaths caused by rabid dog bites happen in the developing world, with 95% of deaths occurring in Africa and Asia. With the exception of Antarctica, people and animals on every continent are at risk of contracting rabies.

One major problem with rabies prevention is a lack of basic life-saving knowledge among people at risk. Organizations working on the issue can often feel isolated, and, as a neglected disease, rabies does not attract sufficient resources, even though the world has the tools and knowledge to prevent rabies and nobody needs to die from this disease.

Health awareness days can help to improve policy on diseases and increase resources to prevent and control them. This understanding led to the development of an awareness day against rabies.

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INTROSPECTION – IX

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🏖️🚀WORLD TOURISM DAY🚀🏖️

Tourism Day Theme:

The theme for 2022 is ‘Rethinking Tourism’ and it will be highlighting the tourism sector being recognized as an important pillar for development.

https://www.unwto.org/world-tourism-day-2022

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Theme for 2021: “Tourism for Inclusive Growth”.

Since 1980, the United Nations World Tourism Organization has celebrated World Tourism Day as international observances on September 27. This date was chosen as on that day in 1970, the Statutes of the UNWTO were adopted. The adoption of these Statutes is considered a milestone in global tourism. The purpose of this day is to raise awareness on the role of tourism within the international community and to demonstrate how it affects social, cultural, political and economic values worldwide.

At its Twelfth Session in Istanbul, Turkey, in October 1997, the UNWTO General Assembly decided to designate a host country each year to act as the Organization’s partner in the celebration of World Tourism Day. At its Fifteenth Session in Beijing, China, in October 2003, the Assembly decided the following geographic order to be followed for World Tourism Day…

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🕉️ NAVRATRI – 2022 🕉️

Festival Period:
26 Sep 2022 (Mon) – 5 Oct 2022 (Wed).

Navratri meaning nine nights is celebrated for ten days and nine nights with each night having an unique incarnation of the deity (maa Durga) as follows.

Day 1 – Shailaputri
Day 2 – Brahmacharini
Day 3 – Chandraghanta
Day 4 – Kushmanda
Day 5 – Skandamata
Day 6 – Katyayani
Day 7 – Kalaratri
Day 8 – Mahagauri
Day 9 – Siddhidatri

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MAY THIS NAVRATRI BESTOWS US ALL PEACE & PROSPERITY

MENTION OF MAA DURGA IN VEDIC TEXTS

JAI MAA DURGE JI

Maa Durga has been extensively mentioned in Vedic Texts (In Rigveda & Atharvaveda) Maa Durge too finds mention in TAITTIRIYA ARANYAKA. Whereas the name of Maa Kali finds place in Rig Veda. Her name too appears in Shiv Purana, Bhagavat Maha Purana, Vishnu Purana, Markandeya Puran etc.

t has been mentioned In Durga Purana that Goddess Durga as the Eternal Truth. An epitome of Feminine Power (Shakti), She is in fct an eternal source of universe. She is both compassionate and with huge reserve of power to bestow protection to the universe as a whole.

She is considered to be the Creator of the universe, she is the destroyer of  evil in the form of demons protects the humankinds, nurtures all living beings that is why she is also termed…

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DAUGHTER’S DAY

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International Daughters Day on the fourth Sunday in September celebrates the girl child. It is observed annually on fourth Sunday in September and falls on 26th in 2021.

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.

However, the rest of the world may view the day as a classic celebration. While families may approach the day as an opportunity to be thankful for the life of a girl child, daughters may approach the day differently.  They may take the time to celebrate being a daughter and the family she has. Many spend the day with family and look forward to making memories with loved ones.


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MAHALAYA

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Mahalaya Amavasya is also called Sarva Pitru Amavasya, Pitru Moksha Amavasya or Pitru Amavasya. This is the day when a Hindu tradition is the last day of Shradh. On this day, if a person does not know the day of death of his ancestors, then he can perform Shradh ceremony of his ancestors on the day of Mahalaya Amavasya.

The ceremony, the death rites performed on this day, is known as Shradh or Tarpan. In southern and western India, it falls in the second fortnight (fortnight) of the Hindu lunar month of Bhadrapada (September) and immediately follows the fortnight after the Ganesh festival.

Pitru departs on the day of Mahalaya Amavasya, hence this day is also called Pitru Visajini Amavasya. One must do Shradh rites and Pind Daan of our ancestors so that our ancestors remain satisfied and happy and give blessings, due to which happiness, opulence and peace remain in the family.

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⚕💊WORLD PHARMACISTS DAY💊⚕

Theme for 2022: “Pharmacy united in action for a healthier world”.

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https://www.fip.org/world-pharmacists-day

World Pharmacists Day is celebrated on 25 September every year to honour pharmacists all around the globe for their crucial role in improving everyone’s health.

World Pharmacist Day was introduced in 2009 at the World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Istanbul, Turkey, by the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) Council. FIP was founded on this date in 1912.

Pharmacists are responsible for
ensuring that the supply of medicines is within the law. They ensure that the medicines prescribed to patients are suitable advising patients about medicines including how to take them, what reactions may occur and answering patient’s questions.

Pharmacists are also responsible for checking and dispensing medication compounding pharmacy medicines if they are unavailable from other sources such as suppliers or manufacturers. They also provide health advice based on an analysis of symptoms reported by clients.

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HARVEST MOON 🌕

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This night’s full moon, the closest to the September equinox, is the Harvest Moon. Our friend Pat (e-Quips) published a lovely poem about it: you can read it here

In the Northern Hemisphere the Harvest Moon is astronomically significant because even though the time between one moonrise and the next becomes shorter (typically, the Moon rises on average 50 minutes later each day), the satellite tends to rise at about the same time for the few nights that proceed and follow the equinox.
In the past, the light of the full moon meant that farmers could work and harvest their crops until late at night.

Neil Young wrote the song the Harvest Moon, the title track from the album released in 1992.

Come a little bit closer
Hear what I have to say
Just like children sleepin’
We could dream this night away.

But there’s a full…

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DAY FOR THE RHINOS

Theme: This year the theme for Rhino day is “Five Rhino Species Forever“.

This theme highlights the importance of the five rhino species which are left in our world today. The theme was thoughtfully decided to draw attention to the protection of these five rhinos.

Every year World Rhino Day is observed on September 22, 2022. The day plays an important role in raising awareness to save the rhino species. The horns of rhinos are being hunted for various medicinal purposes. This is one of the reasons for the slow extinction of this species.

World Rhino Day was first observed in 2011, and every year since then, it has been observed worldwide. By 1970, rhino numbers dropped to 70,000 and today around 27,000 rhinos remain in the wild. Very few rhinos survive outside national parks and reserves due to persistent poaching and habitat loss over many decades.

Rhino poaching has risen to levels not seen in almost two decades. Although there is no scientific proof of its medical value, rhino horn remains highly prized in traditional Asian medicine, where it is ground into a fine powder as treatment for a variety of illnesses such as nosebleeds and fevers.

Rhino poaching is being driven by the demand for rhino horn in Asian countries, particularly China and Viet Nam. Rhino horn is used in Traditional Chinese Medicine, but increasingly common is its use as a status symbol to display success and wealth.

Over the centuries, rhino horns have been carved into ceremonial cups, as well as buttons, belt buckles, hair pins, and paperweights. Far more pervasive, however, is their use in the traditional medicine systems of many Asian countries, from Malaysia and South Korea to India and China, to cure a variety of ailments.

Rhino horn is made from keratin—a protein found in fingernails and hair. The product is falsely said to help treat everything from cancer to gout when consumed in its powder form. There are no proven medicinal benefits in humans from either product.

There are only two northern white rhinos left in the world today (2022) and they are both females. The last remaining male passed away in 2018 leaving the two females to be cared for at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya.

World Rhino Day on Wednesday, September 22, is being marked in Assam with a special ceremony by burning nearly 2,500 one-horned rhinoceros horns. The Assam Cabinet announced the decision last week after the forest department’s ‘rhino horn re-verification’ exercises lasting weeks.

The purpose of burning rhino horns is to give poachers a clear message and smugglers that these items had no value. It was  for their conservation and aimed at busting myths regarding their horns.

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PICTURE TALKS # 10

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🎗️WORLD ALZHEIMER’S DAY🎗️

Theme: The theme for World Alzheimer’s Month in September 2022 is “Know dementia, know Alzheimer’s”.

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Theme for 2021: “Know dementia, know Alzheimer’s”.

The day is commemorated annually on September 21 to spread awareness and educate people about Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. In some countries, it is observed the whole month. Alzheimer’s disease is named after Dr. Alois Alzheimer. He had noticed some changes in the brain tissue of a woman who had died of an unusual mental illness. It also occurs with other diseases.

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and progressively worsens. It is the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia.

The most common early symptom is difficulty in remembering recent events. As the disease advances, symptoms can include problems with language, disorientation (including easily getting lost), mood swings, loss of motivation, self-neglect, and behavioural issues.

As a person’s condition declines, they often withdraw from family and society. Gradually, bodily functions are lost, ultimately leading to death. Although…

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HOW TO PROVIDE SUPPORT ON DEPRESSION

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☮️✌INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE✌☮️

Theme of the day for 2022 is “End Racism. Build Peace“.

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Theme for 2021: “Recovering Better for an Equitable and Sustainable World.”

The International Day of Peace, sometimes officially known as World Peace Day, is a United Nations-sanctioned holiday observed annually on 21 September. It is dedicated to world peace, and specifically the absence of war and violence, such as might be occasioned by a temporary ceasefire in a combat zone for humanitarian aid access. The day was first celebrated in 1981 and is kept by many nations, political groups, military groups, and people.

https://www.un.org/en/observances/international-day-peace

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