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World Elephant Day is celebrated on August 12 each year to spread awareness about the plight of elephants and recognize the importance of elephants in our ecosystem. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Over the years, the initiative gained extensive support from celebrities, politicians and others. In 2020, then Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar and Vice […]

International Youth Day is observed on August 12 each year to recognise and bring attention to the problems faced by the youth. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Each year, the United Nations decides a theme that is relevant to all global communities and citizens. This year’s theme is “Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human

Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi has greeted all those passionate about lion conservation on World Lion Day (August 10). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Lions, listed as “vulnerable” on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species, have lost a vast majority of their habitat — and resultantly their population

World Lion day is observed on August 10 each year to raise awareness about the conservation of lions. The lion is an endangered species on the IUCN Red List. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 In 2013, co-founders Dereck and Beverly Joubert the Big Cat Initiative, and National Geographic made a partnership to create World Lion

The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is observed on 9 August each year to raise awareness and protect the rights of the world’s indigenous population. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 It was first pronounced by the United Nations General Assembly in December 1994, marking the day of the first meeting of the UN

Muharram, also knows as the Hijri New Year considered the second holiest month after Ramadan, marks the beginning of the Islamic New Year. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Islamic calendar consists of 12 months and 354 or 355 days, it is approximately 11 days shorter than the Gregorian calendar. While the Muslim lunar calendar

World Biofuel Day is celebrated on 10 August each year to raise awareness regarding unconventional sources of fuels that could work as alternatives to fossil fuels. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Biofuels are renewable, biodegradable, sustainable sources of energy. With the help of biofuels, one can decrease the import dependency on crude oil, and welcome a

Balaram Jayanti is observed on Shravan Purnima in many parts of the country and on Akshaya Tritiya day in other regions of India. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The festival of Balaram Jayanti is also famous as Lalahi Chhath or Shashti in some of the Northern states of the nation. The day is also celebrated

Nagasaki day is observed on 9 August each year to promote peace politics and is a focus for anti-war and nuclear disarmament groups around the world. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The pictures of mushroom clouds after the nuclear bombs were detonated by the United States over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan have gone down