14 June – World Blood Donor Day 2021
Chacko Anthony SJ World Blood Donor Day is celebrated each year on 14 June. The aim is to encourage voluntary blood donation to save lives. Theme for 2021 – Give…
12 June – World Day against Child Labour
Chacko Anthony SJ This day is meant to ask ourselves why we allow child labour. Do not children have their human rights? A happy future, a secure childhood, good education,…
12 June – World Day against Child Labour
Jacob Hembrom SJ Today we commemorate the international day against the child labour. I believe, to some extent each one of us has passed through a tender, playful and a…
9 June – Birsa Munda Martyrdom Day
Chacko Anthony SJ Birsa Munda is honoured as one of Jharkhand’s (India) greatest freedom fighters. For a man who died for the cause of his tribal brethren, his death at…
8 June World Ocean Day
Chacko Anthony SJ Ocean is our life line. It’s having 97 percent of the world’s water impacts our life in terms of weather, temperature, food supply, transportation, entertainment, etc. Oceans…
8 JUNE THE WORLD OCEANS DAY
Jacob Hembrom SJ Today is World Oceans Day. Those of us, who have been brought up in northern part of India, especially dwelling in the midst of hills, valleys and…
5 June – WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
Jacob Hembrom SJ Today 5 June is commemorated as the World Environment Day. On uttering the word ‘environment’ the picture that comes to our mind is about nature that is…
5 June World Environment Day
Chacko Anthony SJ Our environment is our life line. Respect it, love it, and care for it. Environment is the natural world around us. In it humans, plants, animals and…
4 June. International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression.
Chacko Anthony SJ Today we remember child victims of aggression. Aggression comes in many forms. War, poverty, child labour, denial of child rights, torture in families, child abuse, using children…
3 June World Bicycle Day
Chacko Anthony Ride, Relax, Reduce pollution! This is the message we need to adopt in today’s world of stress and pollution. Cycling relaxes not just one’s muscles, but relaxes the…