Important Days in November 2018

In the year 2015, the General Assembly of the United Nations nominated 5th November as the World Tsunami Awareness Day.

It is celebrated to commemorate the occasion by organizing events with Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) at AMCDRR (Asian Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction).

November 10th is International Accounting Day. It is in honour of Italian mathematician Luca Pacioli, who published the first book about double-entry book keeping on November 10th 1494, that International Accounting Day started.

World Science Day for Peace and Development is celebrated on 10 November. It highlights the important role of science in society and the need to engage the wider public in debates on emerging scientific issues. It also underlines the importance and relevance of science in our daily lives.2018 Theme: “Science, a Human Right”

World Kindness Day is celebrated annually on 13th November. World Kindness Day was first launched in 1998 by The World Kindness Movement, an organisation formed at a 1997 Tokyo conference of like-minded kindness organisations from around the world.

‘Vigilance Awareness Week’ was observed by Indian Army from 29th October to 3rd November 2018 regarding maintaining core values of honesty and integrity in the organization.

World Diabetes Day (WDD) was created in 1991 by IDF and the World Health Organization in response to growing concerns about the escalating health threat posed by diabetes. It is marked every year on 14 November, the birthday of Sir Frederick Banting, who co-discovered insulin along with Charles Best in 1922.

The Theme for World Diabetes Day 2018-19 is Family and Diabetes.

In India, Children’s Day is celebrated on 14 November, on the birthday of the first Prime Minister of independent India, who was fondly called Chacha Nehru (Uncle Nehru) or Chachaji (Uncle), and who emphasized the importance of giving love and affection to children, to give him tribute. This Year India celebrates his 129th birth anniversary

World Philosophy Day was proclaimed by UNESCO to be celebrated every 3rd Thursday of November. It was first celebrated on 21 November 2002. UNESCO underlines the enduring value of philosophy for the development of human thought, for each culture and for each individual.

The International Day for Tolerance is an annual observance day declared by UNESCO in 1995 to generate public awareness of the dangers of intolerance. It is observed on 16 November.

TOGETHER is a global campaign that aims to reduce negative perceptions and attitudes towards refugees and migrants, and to strengthen the social contract between host countries and communities, and refugees and migrants.

National Press Day is celebrated on November 16 to commemorate the establishment of the Press Council of India. Formed in 1966, the Press Council keeps a check on the quality of reportage provided by the Indian press.

The AYUSH Ministry is celebrating its first Naturopathy Day across the country.The Central Council for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy is organising health camps, workshops and exhibitions in association with local naturopathy centres and hospitals

The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims takes place on the third Sunday in November every year as the appropriate acknowledgment of victims of road traffic crashes and their families. It was started by the British road crash victim charity, RoadPeace, in 1993 and was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2005.2018 Theme: “Roads have Stories”

World Toilet Day (WTD) on 19 November was established by the World Toilet Organization in 2001 to inspire action to tackle the global sanitation crisis. Twelve years later, the UN General Assembly declared World Toilet Day an official UN day in 2013. 2018 Theme: When Nature Calls

United Nations Universal Children’s Day was established in 1954 and is celebrated on November 20th each year to promote international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and improving children’s welfare.

2018 Theme: Children are taking over and turning the world blue

In December 1996 the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 21 November as World Television Day commemorating the date on which the first World Television Forum was held in 1996.

World Fisheries day is celebrated every year on November 21 throughout the world by the fisher folk communities to ensure sustainable stocks of fisheries and healthy oceans ecosystems.

Guru Nanak Jayanti or Gurpurab is being celebrated with religious fervour in the country and across the world. The day marks the birth of the first Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak Dev, who laid the foundation of Sikhism. This year marks the 549th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev.

The United Nations General Assembly has designated November 25 as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The premise of the day is to raise awareness of the fact that women around the world are subject to rape, domestic violence and other forms of violence. 2018 Theme – “Orange the World: #HearMeToo”

The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, inaugurated the Constitution Day celebrations, organised by the Supreme Court, to mark the anniversary of the adoption of our Constitution on November 26, 1949, (November 26, 2018) in New Delhi.

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Kiren Rijiju, will inaugurate the 14th Formation Day of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). 2018 Theme – “Early Warning for Disasters”.

Qaumi Ekta Week will be observed across the country from today to foster and reinforce the spirit of communal harmony and national integration.

29th November is being observed as Commemoration Day across UAE in recognition of the sacrifice and dedication of Emirati martyrs who have given their lives in the field of civil, military and humanitarian service.