1. Silver Jubilee FoundationDay of Prasar Bharati
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Prasar Bharati celebrated the silver jubilee of its establishment on 23 November, 2022.
Important facts
It came into existence on this day in 1997 as a statutory autonomous body established by an Act of Parliament.
This includes Doordarshan and All India Radio.
Prasar Bharati CEO Gaurav Dwivedi said, Prasar Bharati has stood firmly with the people during the challenges faced by the country and the world.
About Prasar Bharati
It is the largest statutory autonomous public broadcasting agency in India which was established in 1997.
It was established under an Act of Parliament and consists of Doordarshan Television Network and All India Radio.
In September 1990, the Parliament passed the Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act.
This act made provision for the establishment of a Broadcasting Corporation of India named Prasar Bharati.
Head quarters - New Delhi
CEO - Gaurav Dwivedi
2. World Children Day
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Every year 20 November is observed as the world children day to promote international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and to improve children's welfare.
However in India National Children's Day is observed on 14 November to mark the birthday of the first Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
Background to the day
World Children’s Day was first observed in 1954 as Universal Children's Day. This day has a special significance as on 20th November 1959 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child.
Also on this day in 1989 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Theme
The theme of the World Children’s Day 2022: Inclusion, For Every Child
Child Rights Week
Child rights week is celebrated across India from November 14-20, starting from National Children’s Day to World Children’s Day.
To mark the occasion UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund) has started a campaign ‘goblue’.
Under this campaign many iconic buildings, including the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament building, State Legislative Assembly buildings and iconic historical monuments across India have been illuminated in blue light on 19 and 20 November for World Children’s Day to convey solidarity on the issue of child rights.
UNICEF said that Dhar village in Madhya Pradesh, and thousands of village streets in Sarguja, Bastar region and in the central region will go blue in solidarity with child rights.
Regional Ambassador for UNICEF South Asia Sachin Tendulkar, and UNICEF Celebrity Advocate Bollywood actor Ayushman Khurrana also participated at a symbolic futsal match with children.
UNICEF is a United Nations agency which was set up on 11 December 1946 as United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund. It was renamed as the United Nations Children's Fund in 1953.
It provides development and humanitarian assistance to children and mothers.
Headquarters: New York, United Sates of America.
3. National Integration Day
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National Integration Day is observed every year on 19 November to mark the birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi, the first woman Prime Minister of India.
Important facts
The purpose of celebrating this day is to inspire people to maintain unity, peace, love and brotherhood.
National Integration Day is also known as "Qaumi Ekta Diwas". This day is celebrated all over India to promote mutual harmony.
The day espouses the message of upholding unity and integrity among the citizens of India, regardless of caste, colour, language, religion and social status.
National Integration Day 2022 marks the 105th birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi.
National integration refers to a situation in which people bind themselves as a whole by discarding all distinctions.
About Indira Gandhi
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was born on 19 November 1917 in Allahabad to Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India.
In 1942, she married Feroze Gandhi, who was a freedom fighter, politician and journalist.
In 1955, she became a Congress Working Committee (CWC) member and was elected as the President of CWC in 1959.
As Information Minister, Indira Gandhi joined Lal Bahadur Shastri's cabinet.
In 1966, she became the first woman Prime Minister of India after the sudden death of Lal Bahadur Shastri in Tashkent, Russia.
She was a great politician and played an important role in strengthening the Indian democratic structure and tradition.
Indira Gandhi was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1971.
4. World Toilet Day
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Every year on 19 November 'World Toilet Day' is celebrated.
Important facts
According to the World Health Organization report, currently around 360 crore people around the world are deprived of toilets.
According to the 2011 census in India, 67 percent of households in villages and 13 percent of households in cities practise open defecation.
According to the Research Institute of Compassionate Economics, despite 40 percent of the country's households having toilets, one member from each household regularly goes to open defecation.
To change this thinking of the people and keep cleanliness in mind, 'World Toilet Day' is celebrated every year on 19th November.
The Government of India also celebrates this day as a part of its Swachh Bharat Mission with an aim to promote awareness about cleanliness.
The Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation (DDWS), Ministry of Jal Shakti, under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) is organising ‘Swachhta Run’ across rural India, to mark the World Toilet Day.
Theme of 2022
The 2022 theme is ‘Making the Invisible Visible’.
The theme explores how inadequate sanitation systems spread human waste into rivers, lakes and soil and polluting underground water resources.
The theme focuses on groundwater sanitation.
Background of the day
It was an initiative started by Singaporean Jack Sim, who founded an NGO called the World Toilet Organization in the year 2001.
The United Nations also recognized the right to water and sanitation as a fundamental human right in 2010.
On 24 July 2013, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in its 67th session passed a resolution designating 19 November as World Toilet Day.
The UNGA resolution titled 'Sanitation for All' encouraged increasing access to public health and sanitation, especially for people from the poorer sections of society.
5. International Men's Day
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International Men's Day is observed on 19 November to remember all the men in the society and their contribution in all aspects of life.
Important facts
The day aims to remember positive male role models and honour their contributions in all aspects of life.
This year's International Men's Day theme is "Helping Men and Boys."
The theme aims to work towards improving the health and well-being of men globally.
The day encourages men to teach boys the values, character and responsibilities of being a man in life.
On this day, express your heartfelt gratitude to the men in your life and wish them 'happiness, success and prosperity'.
Background of the day
International Men's Day was first celebrated in 1999 by Dr. Jerome Teelaksingh, Professor of History at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad and Tobago, to commemorate the birth anniversary of his father.
He encouraged everyone to use the day to raise issues related to men and boys.
However, International Men's Day was inaugurated in 1992 by Thomas Oster.
The day was revived in 1999 by Dr Jerome Teelaksingh, lecturer in history at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad and Tobago.
Dr. Tilak Singh proposed the observance of International Men's Day on 19 November to mark his father's birthday.
International Men's Day was formally celebrated for the first time on 19 November 2007.
6. 5th Naturopathy Day celebrated across the nation
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Every year Naturopathy Day is observed on 18th November to popularize and make people aware about the benefits of Naturopathy.
Naturopathic medicine is a system that uses natural remedies to help the body heal itself. It embraces many therapies, including herbs, massage, acupuncture, exercise, and nutritional counselling.
The term Naturopathy was used by John Scheel of Germany in 1895 but it was and was popularized by Benedict Lust. Benedict Lust is known as the father of modern-day Naturopathy.
Background to the Day
It was on this day that Mahatma Gandhi founded the All India Nature Cure Foundation trust on November 18, 1945. Gandhi ji is considered the founding figure of Naturopathy in India, as it was largely through his efforts that this practice became popular in India.
The first Naturopathy day was observed in India on 18 November 2018,
Naturopathy Day 2022
The main event was organized at the National Institute of Naturopathy, Pune. On the occasion a special cover envelope was released to commemorate the 5th Naturopathy Day.
Gandhi memento was given to the cycle rallies participants, which originated from New Delhi, Wardha and Hyderabad and converging at Pune. Certificates were given to the Startup Yoga Challenge winners. Students from more than 25 colleges participated in the event with faculties. The program concluded with Mallkhambh presentation.
Theme of the Naturopathy Day 2022
The theme of the Naturopathy day 2022 was: Naturopathy: An Integrative Medicine.
7. National Epilepsy Day
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Every year, November 17 is celebrated as National Epilepsy Day.
Important facts
Its purpose is to create awareness among the victims of epilepsy and their relatives.
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that there are 50 million people with epilepsy worldwide, of whom 80 percent live in developing countries.
Although epilepsy is treatable, three-quarters of those affected in underdeveloped countries do not receive the necessary care.
About 10 million people in India experience seizures associated with epilepsy.
Every year the second Monday of February is observed as International Epilepsy Day (IED).
In 2022, International Epilepsy Day was celebrated on 14th February.
Background of the day
Epilepsy Foundation of India established National Epilepsy Day as a national campaign to reduce epilepsy in India.
Dr Nirmal Surya established the Epilepsy Foundation of India in 2009 in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
This non-profit Epilepsy Foundation aims to improve the quality of life of people and change societal perceptions regarding epilepsy.
What is Epilepsy?
Epilepsy is the fourth most common neurological disorder in the world.
In this disorder, brain activity becomes abnormal, causing seizures or abnormal behaviour and loss of sensation.
Although anyone can develop epilepsy, it is more commonly seen in young children and adults, and in males than females.
Changes in taste, smell, vision, hearing or touch, dizziness, trembling in the limbs, staring, doing the same thing over and over again are its main symptoms.
8. National Press Day
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National Press Day is observed every year on 16 November to commemorate a free and responsible press.
Important facts
National Press Day draws our attention to the freedom and responsibilities of the press.
With the aim of establishing high ideals in journalism in India, the First Press Commission had envisioned a Press Council. Thereafter, on July 4, 1966, the Press Council was established.
This council started its formal work from 16 November 1966. Keeping this date in mind, National Press Day started.
In India, the press has been called 'watchdog' and the Press Council of India has been called 'moral watchdog'.
Since the year 1997, the Council has celebrated the day in a significant manner through seminars with relevant themes.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur presided over the National Press Day function in New Delhi.
Article 19 of the Constitution of India provides for the right to freedom of speech and expression.
India ranks 150th position among 180 countries in World Press Freedom Index 2022.
Press Council of India
It is a statutory body created by the Press Council Act, 1978.
The objective of the Press Council of India is to maintain and improve the freedom of the press and the standards of the press in India.
It has a Chairman and there will be 28 members.
Chairperson, Press Council of India - Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai
9. National Newborn Week
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In India, National Newborn Week is celebrated every year from 15 to 21 November.
Important facts
The theme of this week is 'Safety, Quality and Nurturing Care - Every Newborn's Birth Right'.
This week aims to reinforce the importance of neonatal health as a priority area of the health sector and reduce infant mortality by improving health care conditions for infants in the neonatal period.
The main purpose of celebrating this week is to raise awareness about the care of newborn babies.
The period of a child's neonatal period (the first twenty-eight days of life) is critical, as this period carries a higher risk of death than any other period during childhood.
According to government statistics, every year 2.6 million babies die in the first week and in addition 2.6 million babies are stillborn every year.
Prematurity, complications during birth and severe infections are the major causes of neonatal death.
10. Janjatiya Gaurav Divas
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In the year 2022, for the second time in the country, Janjatiya Gaurav Divas is being celebrated on 15 November. Jharkhand's foundation day is also celebrated on 15 November, the birthday of Birsa Munda, who is known as Dharti Aaba. Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar in the year 2000 as a new state.
Important facts
President Droupadi Murmu paid tributes to Bhagwan Birsa Munda at Ulihatu village in Khunti district of Jharkhand on this occasion.
The Central Government declared 15 November as Janjatiya Gaurav Divas in the year 2021 to remember the contribution of tribal communities in the history and culture of the country.
The date was chosen because it is the birth anniversary of Birsa Munda, who was an Indian freedom fighter, religious leader and folk hero of the Munda tribe of the Chota Nagpur plateau region.
Tribal communities such as the Santhals, Tamars, Kol, Bhil, Khasi and Mizos participated strongly in India's freedom struggle through several movements.
Santal rebellion, Khasi rebellion, Phukan and Barua rebellion, Naga struggle, Bhutia Lepcha rebellion, Palamu rebellion, Kharwar rebellion etc. are many such movements for independence, which shook the foundation of British rule.
About Birsa Munda
Birsa Munda was an Indian freedom fighter, religious leader and folk hero of the Munda tribe of the Chota Nagpur Plateau region.
He was born on 15 November 1875 at Ulihatu in the erstwhile Bengal Presidency which is now in Khunti district of Jharkhand.
He took Hindu religious lessons from a Vaishnava saint and studied ancient scriptures along with Ramayana and Mahabharata.
He led an Indian tribal movement in the tribal region of modern Jharkhand and Bihar during British rule in the late 19th century.
Munda Rebellion was one of the most important tribal movements, led by Birsa Munda in the south of Ranchi in 1899-1900.
In March 1900, while fighting the British with his guerrilla army, Munda was arrested in the Jamkopai forest of Chakradharpur. He died a few months later, on 9 June, while in custody.
