IMPORTANT DAYS

Question 1

United Nations(UN)’s World Breastfeeding Week 2021 – August 1 to 7

Answer 1

# organised by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action(WABA)
# Theme chosen by WABA is “Protect Breastfeeding: A Shared Responsibility”
# WBW has been aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) since 2016, which is known as the WBW-SDGs Campaign
# The WHO support the implementation of “Comprehensive implementation plan on maternal, infant and young child nutrition”, The plan includes 6 targets, one of which is to increase the rate of exclusive breastfeeding in the first 6 months up to at least 50% by 2025
# World Breastfeeding Week was first observed in 1992

Question 2

Ministry of Minority Affairs (MoMA) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi decided to observe Muslim Women’s Rights Day annually on August 1 to celebrate the enactment of the law against triple talaq

Answer 2

2nd anniversary of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019

Question 3

The United Nations(UN)’s International Day of Friendship is annually observed across the globe on 30th July, The day is also known as ‘Friendship day’

Answer 3

# India celebrated Friendship Day on the first Sunday of the month of August.
# On 5 August 1997, Nane Annan, wife of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, named ‘Winnie the Pooh’, a cartoon character, as the world’s ambassador of Friendship at the UN
# created the Youth Assembly in 2004, The next youth assembly will be organised in 2022

Question 4

World Lung Cancer Day 2021 – August 1

Answer 4

# Pearl or white is the colour of the Lung Cancer Awareness ribbon.
# The month of November is observed as Lung Cancer Awareness Month