Baisakhi FestivalBy Dr Arvind KumarBaisakhi, also known as Vasakhi, is an ancient harvest festival in the Punjab region of North India. Baisakhi is also a Sikh religious festival. It usually ...

Jallianwala Bagh MassacreBy Dr Arvind Kumar13th April this year marks the 94th Anniversary of the 1919 Amritsar massacre, also known alternately as the Jallianwala Bagh massacre: for after the Jallian ...

Durga Navratri                                                    By D ...

Prevention of BlindnessBy Dr Arvind Kumar1st April inaugurates the commencement of the prevention of blindness week to be observed from 1 to 7 April by the National Society for the Prevention of Blind ...

Earth Hour Day 2013By Dr. Arvind KumarEarth Hour is a worldwide event that is organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and is held on the last Saturday of March annually, encouragin ...

World Water DayBy Dr. Arvind Kumar22nd March each year is observed as World Water Day by virtue of the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution of 22 December 1992 by which 22 March of each ...

Global Climate Change Global climate change has already had observable effects on the environment. Glaciers have shrunk, ice on rivers and lakes is breaking up earlier, plant and animal ranges have sh ...

World Cancer Day 2013By Dr Arvind KumarEach year 4th February is observed as World Cancer Day. World Cancer Day is part of the World Cancer Campaign, which responds to the Charter of Paris adopted at ...

World Wetlands Day (WWD)By Dr Arvind KumarSecond February each year is observed as World Wetlands Day (WWD). It marks the date of the signing of the Convention on Wetlands on 2 February 1971, in the I ...

64th Republic Day Celebrations 2013Republic Day represents the true spirit of the independent India. Military parades, displays of military equipment and the national flag are important symbols on thi ...