1. National Nutrition Week observed throughout country from ___________, 2017 with theme Optimal Infant & Young Child Feeding Practices: Better Child Health ?
2. __________- World Coconut Day ?
3. _________ - World Suicide Prevention Day ?
4. ____________ - UN International Day for South-South Cooperation ?
5. ________ - Hindi Day. On this day in 1949, Hindi written in Devanagari script was accepted as official language of India ?
6. ________ - Engineer’s Day in India. It marks birth anniversary of Noted Indian Engineer Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya ?
7. ______________ - Engineer’s Day in India. It marks birth anniversary of Noted Indian Engineer Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya ?
8. _________ - International Day of Democracy. 2017 theme is democracy and conflict prevention ?
9. __________ - International Day for Preservation of Ozone Layer (World Ozone Day). 2017 theme is Caring for all life under the sun. The day is also known as International Coastal Cleanup day ?
10. ___________ - International Day of Peace. 2017 theme is Together for Peace: Respect, Safety and Dignity for All ?
11. ____________ - International Day for Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. So far, 50 Nations have signed a recent UN Treaty putting complete ban on nuclear weapons ?
12. __________ , 2017 - 76th Foundation Day of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)?
13. __________ - World Tourism Day with 2017 Theme is sustainable tourism – a tool for development.
- Cab aggregator Ola started a tourism promotion campaign in Karnataka State. with theme GhoomoResponsibly.
- Madhya Pradesh won Best Tourism State national award for 3rd consecutive year at National Tourism Awards.The state bagged total 10 awards, including national award as Best Film Promotion Friendly State/Union Territory.
- Event also saw launch of ‘Incredible India 2.0 campaign’ and ‘Adopt a Heritage’ project and new Incredible India website.
14. ____________ - International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI). UNESCO hosted Conference under theme Overcoming Divides and Achieving the SDGs in Africa in Balaclava (Mauritius) ?
15. _______ - World Maritime Day. 2017 theme is Connecting Ships, Ports and People ?
16. ___________ - World Rabies Day. 2017 theme is Rabies: Zero by 30 ?
17. ____________ - International Translation Day. 2017 theme is Translation and Diversity ?
18. _________ - International Charity Day?
19. ____________ - National Teachers Day in India. It marks Birth Anniversary of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, first Vice President of India (1952 - 1962) and 2nd President of India (1962 - 1967).
- Vice President Venkaiah Naidu gave away National awards for teachers on Teachers day Function, horing total 219 teachers.
- He also launched DIKSHA, a national digital infrastructure for teachers. Web - diksha.gov.in.
- Environment Ministry launched environment awareness initiative, under which an online environmental quiz competition named Prakriti Khoj will be conducted at national level. It aims to generate interest among school children about the science related to environment.
20.________ - International Literacy Day. 2017 theme announced by UNESCO is Literacy in a digital world.
- On this occasion,Government announced that School Chalo Abhiyan will be implemented in 2018, aimed at enrolling 80 lakh students.
21. __________ - Himalaya Day ?
