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3 Aug : International friendship day
6 Aug : Hiroshima day
8 Aug : World senior citizen's day
9 Aug : Quit India day, Nagasaki day
15 Aug : Indian Independence day
18 Aug : International day of the world's Indigenous people
19 Aug : Photography day
29 Aug : National sports day
2 Sep : Coconut day
5 Sep : Teacher's day, Sanskrit day
8 Sep : World literacy day
15 Sep : Engineer's day
16 Sep : World Ozone day
21 Sep : Alzheimer's day
22 Sept : Ross's day (National Cancer day of India, Sir . Ronald Ross, Indian army surgeon posted at Secundrabad (A.P.), Nobel prize in medicine in 1902 for his discovery about Malaria. Malaria is spread by the female Anopheles mosquito
26 Sep : Day of the deaf
27 Sep : World tourism day
29 Sept World Heart day
1 Oct : Internationa; day of the elderly
3 Oct : World habitat day
4 Oct : World animal welfare day
8 Oct : Indian Airforce day
9 Oct : World post office day
Oct second Thursday : World sight day
13 Oct : UN International day for Natural disaster reduction
14 Oct : World standards day
15 Oct : World white cane day
16 Oct : World food day
24 Oct : UN day, World development information day
30 Oct : World thrift day
9 Nov : Legal services day
14 Nov : Diabetis day
Nov 19 : National day of Monaco (near the France - Italy border). Capital : Monaco city. The city of Monte Carlo is famous for gambling and is a main tourist centre. The head of the country is king, a population of 14 000 lives in 1.4 sq km.
1 Dec : World AIDS day
3 Dec : World day for the handicapped
7 Dec : Armed forces flag day (India).
10 Dec : Human rights day, International children's day of broadcasting
25 Dec : Christmas
India celebrates National Science Day on 28 Feb to commemorate the discovery of Raman effect. Sir CV Raman got Nobel prize for Physics for his discovery - Raman effect - in 1930.
Acupuncture : A Chinese system of needle cure developed around 2700 BC. It specifies 365 spots in the humman body and treatment is done by inserting needles in these spots.
Bahai : Religion founded in Iran in the mid 19 th century by Baha Ullah.
Bench marking : It is a management methodology based on the principle that an efficient practice in one industry should be applicable to other industries.
Brain washing : A techinique of changing a person's ideas beliefs and attitudes by force, ranging from physical torture to psychological pressure.
Concorde : First supersonic passenger carrying commercial areoplane. Built jointly by British and French manufacturers, it entered regular service in 1976.
Confucianism : Ethical system based on the teachings of Confucius (Kobng fu zi) emphasising personal virtue, devotion of family and justice.
Down's Syndrome : A congenital condition that causes mental deficiency and physical malformations.
Ergonomics : The study of the application of biology and engineering to the relationship between workers and their environment.
Eugenics : The science of improving hereditary qualities through controlled reproduction.
Habeas Corpus : A legal writ issued by a court directing the production before it of the body of a detained person, usually to inquire into the legality of the detention.
Intrauterine device : A piece of metal or plastic, often in the shape of a loop, ring or spiral, inserted into the uterus as a contraceptive.
I.Q. (Intelligence Quotient) : A method to measure a person's intelligence. This is done by calculating the person's mental age through a series of question based tests and then relating it to his physical age with 100 as the mean.