DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS AND THEIR THEME OF AUGUST MONTH

1st - 7th August: World Breastfeeding Week.

Theme : Steps Up for Breastfeeding : Educate & Support.

Started : 1991.

1st August: World Lung Cancer Day.

1st August: Muslim Women’s Right Day.

2nd August: 146th Birth Anniversary of Pingali Venkayya.

5th August: International Traffic Light Day.

6th August: Hiroshima Day. [77th Anniversary]

6th August: 35th Tribal Co-operative Marketing Development Federation of India Ltd [TRIFED].

7th August: National Handloom Day.[8th]
2015

7th August: Javelin Throw Day [2nd].

8th August: Quit India Day. [80thAnniversary].

Slogan : Do or Die.

9th August: Nagasaki Day

9th August: International Day Of World’s Indigenous People.

Theme : The Role Of Indigenous Women In the Prevention & Transmission of Traditional Knowledge.

10th August: World BioFuel Day.

Theme : BioFuels Towards a Carbon Neutral World.

10th August: World Lion Day.

12th August: International Youth Day.

Theme : Intergenerational Solidarity : Creating A World For All Ages.

12th August: World Elephant Day.

12th August: World Sanskrit Day.

13th August: World Organ Donation Day.

13th August: International Lefthanders Day-
31st Anniversary.

14th Day: Partition Horrors Remembrance Day.

15th August: Independence Day [75th].

19th August: World Humanitarian Day.

Theme : It takes a Village.

19th August: World Photography Day

Theme: Pandemic Lockdown Through The Lens.

19th August: Birth Anniversary of Dr Shanker Dayal Sharma [104th].

20th August: World Mosquito Day.

Theme : Harness Innovation to reduce the Malaria disease burden & save Lives.

20th August: Indian Akshay Urja Day [Renewable Energy Day].

20 August: Birth Anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi [78th].

21st August: International Day of Remembrance & Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism.

21st August: The World Senior Citizens Day.

23rd August: International Day for the Remembrance of the slave Trade & Its Abolition.

Theme : Decolonisation.

23rd August: Internaut Day.

23rd August - 1st September.                World Water Week

Theme : Seeing the Unseen: The Value of Water.

24th August: World Gujarati Language Day.

24th August: Independence Day Of Ukraine.

26th August: International Dog Day.

26th August: Women’s Equality Day.

29th August: National Sports Day.[Birth Anniversary of Major Dhyaan Chandra].

29th August: International Day Against Nuclear Test.

30th August: International Day of The Disappeared.

30th August: National Small Industry Day.

30th August: International Whale Shark Day.