Magazine Sample Sample F o l l o w u s : YouTube, Website, Telegram, Instagram, Facebook. 1 | P a g e Magazine Sample National Safety Day is observed on March 4 IMPORTANT DAYS ➢ National Safety Week observed from March 4 to National Important Days 10 Janaushadhi Diwas 2021 week is observed on 1st ➢ Theme-‘Sadak Suraksha’ (road safety)-Creating week of March awareness to safety measures ➢ Last day of week (March 7) celebrated as ➢ Labour& Employment Ministry conference on ‘JanaushadhiDiwas’ Industrial safety from Dec 11 to 13, st ➢ 1 was observed on March 7 2019 1965 rd ➢ This year 3 edition under the theme-“Seve bhi- ➢ National Safety Day campaign on March 4,1972 Rozgar bhi” 52nd CISF Rising day is observed on March 10 Week long events: ➢ CISF-Central Industrial Security Force Act, 1968 st ✓ 1 day PM Bhartiya Jan AushadhiKendras – is setup under ministry of Home Affairs in 1969 organized more than 1000 health checkup ➢ In 1983 is was brought under the armed forces camps act rd ✓ 3 day Awarnessprogramme under theme ➢ CISF Hq- New Delhi, DG-Subodh Kumar Jawal ‘Teach Them Young’-Jan Aushadhi medicines National Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) cheaper by 50% to 90% average market prize Awareness Day is observed on March 10 th ✓ 4 day- under theme-“Suvidha Se Samman”- ➢ 1st observed in 2019 educate female students about usage of ➢ Dr Jitendra Singh released guidelines for sanitary pads management of diabetes in pregnancy th ✓ 5 Day -under theme-“Jan Aushadhi ka Sath”-To National Vaccination Day is observed on March 16 reach out senior citizens ➢ It was first celebrated at the time when the th ✓ 7 day-Modi addressed the nation. Dedicated National Pulse Polio vaccination drive was th 7500 Janaushadhi Kendra at Shillong launched, in 1995 Meghalaya ➢ The day also known as Natioal Immunization th 45 Civil Accounts Day is March 1 Day Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janushadhi Pariyojana: Poshan Pakhwada (Nutrition Fortnight) being ➢ Launched by government of India in 2008 celebrated from 16th-31st March ➢ Objective-availability of quality medicine at ➢ Celebrated by Ministry of Women and Child affordable price through PM Bhartiya Jan Development AushadhiKendras ➢ To address nutritional challenges, distribution of ➢ Nodal Agency-Bureau of Pharma PSUs of India 4 saplings of nutrition rich plants per (BPPI)- Dept. of Pharmaceuticals Ministry of Anganwadi Centre (AWC) in the Aspirational Chemicals & Fertilizers Districts Chabahar Day is observed on March 4 ➢ Poshan Abhiyan launched by Modi on 8th March ➢ Ministry of External affairs will commemorate 2018 this day on the slidelines of Maritime India ➢ POSHAN Abiyan-Prime Minister’s Overarching Summit 2021 Scheme for Holistic Nutrition ➢ Virtual participants-Afghanistan, Armenia, Iran, Ordnance Factory Day is observed on March 18 Kazakhstan, Russia and Uzbekistan ➢ First Ordnance Factory in colonial India at ➢ Two Webinar sessions- i) Boosting Business Cossipore near Kolkata in 1801 through Trade Promotion and Regional ➢ Ordnance Factory Board (OFB): Connectivity ii) Development of Port ✓ Chairman-C S Vishuwakarma Infrastructure: Unleashing Opportunities ✓ Hq-Kolkata, West Bengal ➢ Chabahar Port is located in Iran in the Gulf of ✓ OFB came into existence of 2nd April Oman 1979 F o l l o w u s : YouTube, Website, Telegram, Instagram, Facebook. 2 | P a g e Magazine Sample Chinar Corps or 15 crops celebrates 80th Raising World Wildlife Day is observed on March 3 Day is observed on March 20 ➢ Commemorating Convention on International ➢ Chinar Corps headquartered at Srinagar Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and ➢ General officer commading Lieutant General Flora (CITES) in 1973 Devendra Pratap Pandy ➢ Celebrated by UN General Assembly to raise Bihar Day is observed on March 22 awareness about global wildlife & plants ➢ To commemorated the formation of Bihar which ➢ The day was 1st observed in 2014 is carvedout from Bengal in 1912 ➢ Theme-Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining ➢ Theme- ‘Jal Jeevan Hariyali’to raise awareness People and Planet- is set in alignment with UN about declining annual rainfall threatening water Sustainable Development Goals 1, 12, 13, 15 security in the state World Hearing Day is observed on March 3 Shaheed Diwas or Martyrs’ day is observed on ➢ Day was started in 2007 by the Office of January 30 & March 23 Prevention of Blindness and Deafness of the ➢ Day is observed to honour the 3young freedom WHO fighters of our country-Bhagat ➢ It was called International Ear Care Day till 2016 Singh,SukhdevThapar,and Shivaram Rajguru ➢ Theme-“Hearing care for all! Screen, ➢ 30th January –Death anniversary of Mahatma Rehabilitate, Communicate” Gandhi, is also observed as Martyr’s day International Women’s Day (IWD) is observed on 186th Raising Day of Assam Rifles on 24th March March 8 ➢ The Assam Rifles is the oldest paramilitary ➢ Theme-Women in leadership: achieving an force of India, dating back to 1835 under the equal future in a covid-19 world British Raj, raised under the name Cachar Levy ➢ IWD, the Campaign theme is “choose to ➢ The name ‘Assam Rifles’ has been used since challenge” 1917 ➢ The 1st IWD was observed by the Russian Rajasthan Statehood day is observed on March 30 Women Clara Zetkin on the last day of February ➢ Day also known as Rajasthan Diwas this year 2023 declared as International Year of Millets – celebrated as 72nd foundation United Nations ➢ The state was formed on March 30, 1949 ➢ Resolution was initiated by India with International Important Days Bangladesh, Kenya, Nepal, Nigeria Russia & Zero discrimination Day 2021 observed on March 1 Senegal ➢ Zero Discrimination campaign was launched by ➢ Resolution implemented by FAO of United UNAIDS director Michel Sidibé on World Aids Nations Day in December 2013 ➢ In India National year of Millets celebrated in ➢ Day 1st observed on March 1, 2014. “A butterfly” 2018 is the symbol of Zero Discrimination World Kidney day is observed on 2nd Thursday of ➢ Objective-To eliminate mental boundaries March (11 march 2021) related to sex, age, health status, occupation, ➢ Theme: “Living Well with Kidney Disease” disability, sexual orientation, etc ➢ Day was launched on 9th March 2006 & World Civil Defence Day 2021 is observed on inaugurated on 8th March 2007 March 1 ➢ Campaign-#MyGr8Rule Challenge-involves 8 ➢ This day was integrated by the International golden rules of kidney care Civil DefenceOrganisation (ICDO) in 1990. World Pi day is observed on March 14 ➢ Theme-Civil Defence and the first aider in every ➢ Value for Pi is 3.14 diameter and its value is home 3.14 World Birth Defects Day is observed on March 3 ➢ The day was recognised in 1988 by physicist ➢ Started in 2015 by World Health Organization Larry Shaw (WHO) ➢ To raise awareness on congenital disorders F o l l o w u s : YouTube, Website, Telegram, Instagram, Facebook. 3 | P a g e Magazine Sample ➢ In 2019, UNESCO’s 40th General Conference ➢ 6 official language of UN- Arabic, Chinese, decided to observe Pi Day as the International English, French, Russian, Spanish Day of Mathematics ➢ Theme-Francophone Women Resilient Women 24th International Day of Action for Rivers is World Poetry Day is observed on March 21 observed on March 14 ➢ Announced by UNESCO, celebrated on March 21 ➢ The day is observed to sensitise people about during 30th General conference in Paris in 1999 the importance of rivers ➢ Day is celebrated to help linguistic diversity ➢ Theme-Rights of Rivers through poetic expression and to provide World Consumer Rights Day is observed on 15 recognition to endangered languages within March their communities ➢ Day was inspired by Former US president John F International Day for the Elimination of Racial Kennadywhie speaking at the US Congress on Discrimination is observed on March 21 15 March, 1962 ➢ Theme-‘Youth standing up against racism’ ➢ Theme-Tackle Plastic Pollution ➢ 1979, the General Assembly adopted a Global Recycling Day is observed on March 18 programme for Action to Combat Racism and ➢ The Global Recycling Foundation, in Racial Discrimination collaboration with the United Nations, work World Down Syndrome day is observed on March unitedly towards these awareness programmes 21 ➢ Theme-Recycling Heroes ➢ Day observed on March 21every year by UN World Sleep Day is observed on March 19 from 2012 ➢ In 2021 is being celebrated 14th edition ➢ Online campaign-#LotsofSocks (to wear ➢ The day is held the Friday before sprig vernal mismatched socks,was conducted to spread equinor of each year awareness) ➢ It was first observed in 2008 by healthcare ➢ Theme-“We CONNECT so that we can” professionals who worked in the field of sleep #CONNECT by the United Nations medicine and research International day of Forests is observed on ➢ Slogan-Regular Sleep, Healthy Future March 21 World Sparrow Day is observed on March 20 ➢ Observation on the United Nations from 2012 ➢ In March 20, 2010 1stSparrow day celebrated ➢ Organized by UN Forum on Forestsand FAO in ➢ Indian conversationalist Mohammed Dilawar- collaboration with governments and various efforts to raise awareness among people NGO ➢ Theme- I Love Sparrows ➢ Theme-“Forest restoration: a path to recovery International Day of Happiness is observed on and well-being” March 20 International Day of Nowruz is celebrated on ➢ Day is observed by United Nations from 2013 March 21 ➢ Initiative was first stressed upon by Bhutan who ➢ Declared by United Nations every year from believed in the importance of national 2010 happiness ➢ The word Nowruz means Newday and it marks ➢ Theme- “Happiness for all, forever”