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**Perfection** · 01-29-2007, 12:34 PM

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

**Perfection** · 01-31-2007, 01:07 PM

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

**Perfection** · 02-01-2007, 10:27 AM

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

**Perfection** · 02-27-2007, 01:27 AM

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

**Perfection** · 02-27-2007, 01:31 AM

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.

**Perfection** · 03-01-2007, 12:42 AM

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.

**Perfection** · 03-02-2007, 12:51 AM

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.

**Perfection** · 03-03-2007, 12:42 AM

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.

**Perfection** · 03-04-2007, 01:07 AM

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.

**Perfection** · 03-06-2007, 04:44 PM

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.