Sunday, April 23, 2023

WORLD BOOK AND COPYRIGHT DAY & ENGLISH LANGUAGE DAY

 

 


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World Book and Copyright Day(23rd April)

World Book and Copyright Day is an annual event that goes by name like World Book Day or International Day of the Book.

The Day is marked every year to celebrate and promote the enjoyment of Reading Books.

Today on 23rd April celebrated as World Book and Copyright Day  across the world by UNESCO

Ø To honour authors and Books.

Ø To Promote art of reading ,writing, translating, publishing and copyright.

 The prime idea behind the day to celebrate is to spread the JOY  and PLEASURE of  reading.

 The Theme of  year 2023 is  “Indigenous languages"

 World Book Day is organised every year by UNESCO.

It was first celebrated on 23rd April 1995.

UNESCO has selected the 23rd April as World Book Day and Copyright Day to pay respect to renowned literary personalities including

William Shakespeare

Miguel Cervantes  and

Inca Garcilaso  de la Vega   

All died on this date.

 This Date was natural choice for UNESCO’s General Conference held in Paris in 1995, to pay a world wide tribute to books and authors on this date, encouraging everyone to access book.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE DAY



English Language day is observed annually on April 23. It marks the birthday and date of death of famed writer William Shakespeare. English Language Day is observed annually on April 23. The aim is to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity by exploring the language.

WORLD EARTH DAY 2023(22 APRIL) CELEBRATION

 




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World Earth Day Celebration 2023
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WORLD EARTH DAY

The World Earth Day, also known as the International Mother Earth Day, is celebrated every year on April 22. Countries across the globe come together to create more awareness about the dire need to protect our environment. The day focuses on global climate crisis that is worsening with each passing day.

On this special day, we emphasise on the increasing environmental problems, including overpopulation, loss of biodiversity, depleting ozone layer and rising pollution.

Why it is celebrated on 22 April” ?

The World Earth Day’s celebration on April 22 is important because it is spring in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere around this time. As the weather is also bearable at this time, it is more pleasurable to continue the celebrations of Earth Day.

The theme of Earth Day 2023 is to ‘Invest in our planet’. In 2021, the theme was to ‘Restore our Earth’ and in 2020, the theme was ‘Climate action’.This year's theme "Invest in Our Planet" is focused on changing the business climate,the political climate,and how we take action on climate ,to preserve and protect our health,families and livelihood.


History of Earth Day

The Earth Day was first celebrated on April 22, 1970. This was when the peace activist John Mc Connell proposed to honour Mother Earth and the concept of peace during a UNESCO conference in San Francisco.

The World Earth Day was earlier decided to be celebrated on March 21, 1970 as the day one of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. Thereafter, the US Senator Gaylord Nelson proposed to hold nationwide environmental enlightenment on April 22, 1970, which was later renamed as the 'Earth Day'

 

Why is Earth Day celebrated?

On Earth Day, millions of people connect to discuss environmental issues like pollution and deforestation. Many people participate and organise events to hold discussions around topics of environmental literacy to educate young minds about various climate issues. 

The day inspires us to act the protection of the environment and focus on the need 

for conservation. 

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