30th JULY - INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP DAY

International Day of Friendship is observed on 30 July to advocate the role that friendship plays in promoting peace in various cultures.
International Day of Friendship promotes the role of friends in life.

A friend is a person that you can always rely on and is considered as closest to you. Someone trustworthy, genuine and accepts you for who you are.
International Friendship Day is an initiative of the proposal made by UNESCO. It defines the Culture of Peace as a group of values, attitudes, and behaviours that reject violence and make efforts to prevent conflicts by finding their root causes to solve several problems.
The United Nations General Assembly adopted it in 1997.
The International Day of Friendship was proclaimed in 2011 by the UN General Assembly with the idea that friendship between peoples, countries, cultures and individuals can inspire peace efforts and build bridges between communities.

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16th JULY- WORLD SNAKE DAY

World Snake Day on July 16th urges increased awareness of the wide variety of 3,500 species around the world. Among the 3,500 species, only about 600 are venomous. According to the World Health Organization, only about 200 of those pose a significant risk to human life. The world’s smallest snake is the Barbados thread snake. This serpent is smaller than a nightcrawler at about 4 inches. The longest snake is the reticulated python, and the heaviest is the green anaconda. Reticulated python Green Anaconda

9th AUGUST- NAGASAKI DAY

Nagasaki Day is observed on 9 August. On this day US dropped an atomic bomb on the Nagasaki city of Japan in 1945 during World War II. The first bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima and the second was dropped on Nagasaki on 9 August which killed around 74,000 people or more. Bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki was known as “Fat Man” . Plutonium bomb exploded over Nagasaki just two days later on 9 August levelled 6.7 km square of the city and killed around 74,000 people by the end of 1945. The temperature of the ground reached 4,000 degrees Celsius and radioactive rain poured down. On 15 August 1945, the Japanese Emperor announced the surrender and ‘Victory in Japan’ or ‘V-J Day’ celebrations broke out across the United States and other Allied nations.

12th JULY - MALALA DAY

12 July- Malala Day is celebrated every year to celebrate the birthday of activist Malala Yousafzai. Malala Day was designated by the United Nations to honor the young woman who has been advocating for women's education for years. Malala Yousafzai, often referred to mononymously as Malala, is a Pakistani activist for female education and the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Born : 12 July 1997 She was 17, when she was awarded the Nobel Prize . She is the world's youngest Nobel Prize laureate, and the second Pakistani and the first Pashtun to ever receive a Nobel Prize.

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