Important Days in Current Affairs

Days

January

1 à Global Family Day

9 à NRI Day

12 à National youth day (of Swami Vivekanand)

15 à Army Day

25 à National Tourism Day, Voters day

26 à Indian Republic Day, International Customs Day

27 à January International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust [UN]

28 à  Data Protection Day

30 à Martyr’s Day (Mahatma Gandhi’s Martyrdom), World Leprosy Eradication

February

4 à World Cancer Day [UN]

6 à International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation [UN]

11 à International Day of Women and Girls in Science [UN]

13 à World Radio Day [UNESCO]

20 à World Day of Social Justice [UN]

21 à International Mother Language Day [UN]

24 àCentral Excise Day

28 à National Science Day

March

1 à Zero Discrimination Day [UNAIDS]

3 à World Wildlife Day [UN]

8 à International Women's Day [UN]

15 à World Consumer Right Day, World Disabled Day

20 à International Day of Happiness [UN]

21 à International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination [UN], World Poetry Day [UNESCO], World Forestry Day

21 à International Day of Nowruz [UN], World Down Syndrome Day [UN], International Day of Forests [UN]

22 à World Water Day [UN]

23 à World Meteorological Day [UN]

24 à World Tuberculosis Day [WHO], International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims [UN]

25 à International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade [UN], International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members [UN]

April

2 à World Autism Awareness Day [UN]

4 à  International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action [UN]

5 à  International Maritime Day, International Day for Mine Awareness

6 à International Day of Sport for Development and Peace [UN]

7 à International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda [UN], World Health Day [WHO]

12 à International Day of Human Space Flight

18 à World Heritage Day

21 à Civil Services Day

22 à International Mother Earth Day[UN], World Earth Day

23 àWorld Book and Copyright Day [UNESCO], English Language Day

24 à National Panchayati Raj Day

30 àWorld Immunization Week [WHO]

25 à World Malaria Day [WHO]

26 à World Intellectual Property Day [WIPO]

28 à World Day for Safety and Health at Work [UN]

29 à Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare [UN]

30 à International Jazz Day [UN]

May

1 à International Labour Day (May Day)

3 à World Press Freedom Day [UN], International Energy Day

8 à World Red Cross Day

8-9 May à Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War [UN]

9-10 May à World Migratory Bird Day [UNEP]

15 à International Day of Families [UN]

17 à World Telecommunication and Information Society Day [UN]

20 à "Vesak", the Day of the Full Moon [UN]

21 à World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development [UN], Anti-Terrorism Day

22 à International Day for Biological Diversity [UN]

23 à International Day to End Obstetric Fistula [UN]

29 à International Day of UN Peacekeepers [UN]

31 à World No-Tobacco Day [WHO]

June

1 à Global Day of Parents [UN]

4 à International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression

5 à World Environment Day [UNEP]

6 à Russian Language Day at the UN [UN]

8 à World Oceans Day [UN]

12 àWorld Day against Child Labour [UN]

13 à International Albinism Awareness Day [UN]

14 à World Blood Donor Day [WHO]

15 à World Elder Abuse Awareness Day [UN]

17 à World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought [UN]

19 à International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict [UN]

20 à World Refugee Day [UN]

21 à International Day of Yoga [UN]

23 à United Nations Public Service Day [UN]

23 à International Widows' Day [UN]

25 à Day of the Seafarer [IMO]

26 à International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking [UN]

26 à United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture [UN]

27 à International Diabetes Day 

July

2 à July (first Saturday in July) àInternational Day of Cooperatives [UN]

4 à American Independence Day

7 à  International day of Cooperatives

11 à World Population Day [UNDP]

15 à World Youth Skills Day [UN]

18 à Nelson Mandela International Day [UN]

28 à World Hepatitis Day [WHO]

30 à International Day of Friendship [UN], World Day against Trafficking in Persons [UN]

August

6 à Hiroshima Day

8 à World Senior Citizen Day

9 à  International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples [UN]

12 à  International Youth Day [UN]

18à  Day of the World’s Indigenous Persons

19 à World Humanitarian Day [UN]

23 à International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition [UNESCO]

29 à International Day against Nuclear Tests [UN], International Sports Day (Dhyanchand’s birthday)

30 à International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances [UN]

September

5 à International Day of Charity [UN], Teachers Day (Dr. Radhakrishnan’s Birthday)

8 à International Literacy Day [UNESCO]

12 à United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation [UN]

14 à Hindi Day, World First Aid Day

15 à International Day of Democracy [UN]

16 à International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer [UN]

18 à International day of piece

21 à International Day of Peace [UN], Biosphere Day

26 à International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons [UN]

27 à World Tourism Day [UN]

29 (last Thursday of September) à World Maritime Day [IMO]

October

1 à International Day of Older Persons [UN]

2 à International Day of Non-Violence [UN], Lal Bahadur Shastri and Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday

3 à October (first Monday in October) - World Habitat Day [UN]

5 à World Teachers’ Day [UNESCO], World Habitat Day

8 à Indian Air Force Day

9 à World Post Day [UPU]

10 àWorld Mental Health Day [WHO]

11 à International Day of the Girl Child

13 à International Day for Disaster Reduction [UN]

15 à International Day of Rural Women [UN]

16 à World Food Day [FAO]

17 à International Day for the Eradication of Poverty [UN]

20 à World Statistics Day [UN], Universal Childrens Day, National Child Rights Day

24 à United Nations Day [UN], World Polio Day, World Development Information Day [UN]

27 à World Day for Audiovisual Heritage [UNESCO]

31 à World Cities Day [UN], National Unity Day, Anti Terrorism day, Birth Annivarsary of Sardar Vallabhai Patel

November

2 à International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists [UN]

5 à World Tsunami Awareness Day [UN]

6 à International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict [UN]

9 à Legal Services Day

10 à World Science Day for Peace and Development [UN]

14 àWorld Diabetes Day [UN], Childrens day

16 à International Day for Tolerance [UN]

17 November (third Thursday in November) à World Philosophy Day [UN]

19 à World Toilet Day [UN], National Integration day, World Philosophy day

20 à Africa Industrialization Day [UN]

20 à Universal Children’s Day [UN], National Child Rights Day

20 à November (third Sunday in November) à World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims [UN]

21 à World Television Day [UN]

25 à International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women [UN]

26 à Constitution Day

29 à International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People [UN]

December

1 à World AIDS Day [UN]

2 à International Day for the Abolition of Slavery [UN], National Pollution Control Day, World Computer Literacy Day

3 àInternational Day of Persons with Disabilities [UN]

4 àNavy Day

5 à International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development [UN],

World Soil Day [UN]

7 à International Civil Aviation Day [ICAO], Armed Forces Flag Day

9 à International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime [UN], International Anti Corruption day, International Anti-Corruption Day [UN]

10 à Human Rights Day [UN]

11 à International Mountain Day [UN]

14 à National Energy Conservation Day

16 àVijay Diwas

18 à International Migrants Day [UN]

20 à International Human Solidarity Day [UN]

24 à National Consumer Rights Day

25 à National Good Governance Day