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Days and Themes 2025
June 2025
| Date | Days (Observances) | Theme |
|---|---|---|
| June 1 | World Milk Day 2025 | “Let’s Celebrate the Power of Dairy” |
| June 1 | National Doctors’ Day 2025 | “Behind the Mask: Who Heals the Healers?” |
| June 3 | World Bicycle Day 20025 | — |
| June 4 | International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression 2025 | — |
| June 5 | World Environment Day 2025 | Beat Plastic Pollution |
| June 7 | World Food Safety Day 2025 | Food Safety: Science in Action |
| June 8 | World Brain Tumour Day 2025 | — |
| June 8 | World Oceans Day 2025 | “Wonder: Sustaining What Sustains Us” |
| June 9 | World Accreditation Day 2025 | “Accreditation: Empowering Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)” |
| June 11 | International Day of Play 2025 | “Choose Play – Every Day” |
| June 12 | World Day Against Child Labour 2025 | “Progress is clear, but there’s more to do: let’s speed up our efforts!” |
| June 13 | International Albinism Awareness Day 2025 | “Demanding Our Rights: Protect Our Skin, Preserve Our Lives” |
| June 14 | World Blood Donor Day 2025 | “Give Blood, Give Hope” |
| June 15 | World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2025 | — |
| June 16 | International Day of Family Remittances 2025 | Remittances financing development |
| June 16 | International Domestic Workers’ Day 2025 | — |
| June 17 | World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought 2025 | “Restore the Land. Unlock the Opportunities.” |
| June 18 | International Day for Countering Hate Speech | — |
| June 18 | Sustainable gastronomy Day 2025 | — |
| June 19 | World Kidney Cancer Day 2025 | “Show your kidneys some love!” |
| June 19 | International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict 2025 | “Breaking the Cycle, Healing the Scars: Addressing the Intergenerational Effects of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence.” |
| June 20 | World Refugee Day 2025 | “Solidarity with Refugees” |
| June 21 | International Day of Yoga (IDY) 2025 | Yoga for One Earth, One Health |
| June 23 | International Olympic Day 2025 | “Let’s Move?” |
| June 23 | United Nations Public Service Day 2025 | “Five Years to 2030: Accelerating Public Service Delivery for a Sustainable Future” |
| June 23 | International Widows Day 2025 | “Invisible Women, Invisible Problem” |
| June 24 | International Day of Women in Diplomacy 2025 | “Eliminating Structural Barriers to Women’s Leadership in Diplomacy” |
| June 25 | Day of the Seafarer 2025 | — |
| June 27 | The International Day of Deafblindness 2025 | — |
| June 29 | International Day of the Tropics 2025 | — |
May 2025
| Date | Days (Observances) | Theme |
|---|---|---|
| May 1 | International Labour Day 2025 | — |
| May 3 | World Tuna Day 2025 | — |
| May 3 | World Press Freedom Day 2025 | Reporting in the Brave New World – The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Press Freedom and the Media |
| May 6 | World Asthma Day 2025 | “Make Inhaled Treatments Accessible for ALL” |
| May 6 | International No Diet Day 2025 | — |
| May 7 | World Athletics Day 2025 | — |
| May 7 | Border Roads Organisation (BRO) Day 2025 | — |
| May 8 | World Red Cross Day 2025 | “Keeping Humanity Alive” |
| May 8 | World Thalassaemia Day 2025 | “Together for Thalassaemia: Uniting Communities, Prioritizing Patients” |
| May 11 | Mother’s Day 2025 | — |
| May 11 | National Technology Day | “Empowering a Sustainable Tomorrow Through Innovation” |
| May 12 | International Nurses Day | “Our Nurses. Our Future. Caring for nurses strengthens economies” |
| May 12 | International Day of Plant Health to Safeguard Global Food Security 2025 | “Protecting Plants, Protecting Life” |
| May 15 | International Day of Families 2025 | — |
| May 16 | National Dengue Day 2025 | “Act Early, Prevent Dengue: Clean Surroundings, Healthy Living” |
| May 16 | International Day of Light 2025 | “Light, Innovation, Society.” |
| May 17 | World Telecommunication and Information Society Day 2025 | “Digital Innovation for Sustainable Development” |
| May 18 | International Museum Day 2025 | “The Future of Museums in Rapidly Changing Communities” |
| May 19 | World Fair Play Day 2025 | |
| May 20 | World Bee Day 2025 | “Bee inspired by nature to nourish us all” |
| May 21 | National Anti-Terrorism Day | — |
| May 21 | International Tea Day 2025 | “Tea for Better Lives” |
| May 21 | National Anti-Terrorism Day 2025 | — |
| May 22 | International Day for Biological Diversity | “Harmony with Nature and Sustainable Development” |
| May 23 | World Turtle Day 2025 | — |
| May 23 | International Day to End Obstetric Fistula 2025 | “Her Health, Her Right,” |
| May 24 | Commonwealth Day (India) | |
| May 25 | World Football Day 2025 | — |
| May 25 | World Thyroid Day 2025 | “Thyroid Disease and Artificial Intelligence” |
| May 28 | World Hunger Day 2025 | “Sowing Resilience” |
| May 28 | Menstrual Hygiene Day 2025 | “Together for a #PeriodFriendlyWorld” |
| May 29 | International Everest Day 2025 | — |
| 30 May | International Day of Potato 2025 | “Shaping history, feeding the future” |
| May 30 | Hindi Journalism Day 2025 | — |
| May 31 | World No Tobacco Day 2025 | “Bright products. Dark intentions. Unmasking the Appeal.” |
April 2025
| Date | Days | Themes 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| April 1 | Utkal Divas, or Odisha Day | — |
| April 1 | World Autism Awareness Day 2025 | “Advancing Neurodiversity and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)” |
| April 4 | International Mine Awareness Day 2025 | “Safe Futures Start Here.” |
| April 5 | National Maritime Day 2025 | — |
| April 5 | Samata Diwas 2025 (Birth Anniversary Of Babu Jagjivan Ram) | — |
| April 6 | International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP) 2025 | “Leveling the Playing Field: Sport for Social Inclusion,” |
| April 7 | World Health Day 2025 | “Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures” |
| April 10 | World Homeopathy Day 2025 | “Homeopathy for All: Integrative, Inclusive, Informed.” |
| April 10 | World Parkinson’s Day 2025 | — |
| April 11 | National Safe Motherhood Day 2025 | “Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures” |
| April 12 | Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Day 2025 | — |
| April 13 | Siachen Day 2025 | — |
| April 14 | BR Ambedkar Remembrance Day 2025, Ambedkar Jayanti | — |
| April 14 | World Chagas Disease Day 2025 | “Prevent, Control, Care: Everyone’s role in Chagas disease,”. |
| April 15 | Himachal Day 2025 | — |
| April 15 | World Art Day 2025 | “Art for Unity and Healing.” |
| April 18 | World Heritage Day 2025 | “Heritage under Threat from Disasters and Conflicts: Preparedness and Learning from 60 Years of ICOMOS Actions” |
| April 19 | World Liver Day 2025 | “Food is Medicine,” |
| April 21 | National Civil Service Day 2025 | — |
| April 21 | World Creativity and Innovation Day 2025 | — |
| April 22 | World Earth Day 2025 | “Our Power, Our Planet” |
| April 24 | National Panchayati Raj Day 2025 | — |
| April 23 | World Book and Copyright Day 2025 | “The Role of Literature in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)” |
| April 25 | World Malaria Day 2025 | “Malaria Ends With Us: Reinvest, Reimagine, Reignite” |
| April 25 | International Delegate’s Day 2025 | — |
| April 26 | World Intellectual Property Day 2025 | “IP and Music: Feel the Beat of IP,” |
| April 26 | International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day 2025 | — |
| April 28 | World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2025 | “Revolutionising Health and Safety: The Role of AI and Digitalisation at Work.” |
| April 26 [last Saturday of April] | World Veterinary Day 2025 | “Animal Health Takes a Team”. |
| April 30 | International Jazz Day 2025 | — |
March 2025
| Date | Days | Themes 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| March 1 | World Seagrass Day 2025 | — |
| March 3 | World Wildlife Day 2025 | Wildlife Conservation Finance: Investing in People and Planet |
| March 3 | National Defense Day 2025 | — |
| March 3 | World Hearing Day 2025 | Changing mindsets: Empower yourself to make ear and hearing care a reality for all! |
| March 5 | International Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness Day 2025 | — |
| March 6 | National Dentist’s Day 2025 | |
| March 7 | Jan Aushadhi Diwas 2025 | — |
| March 8 | International Women’s Day 2025 | Accelerate Action |
| March 10 | International Day of Women Judges 2025 | — |
| March 10 | Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Raising Day 2025 | — |
| March 12 | No Smoking Day 2025 | — |
| March 14 | Pi Day 2025 | |
| March 14 | International Day of Action for Rivers 2025 | |
| March 15 | World Consumer Rights Day 2025 | A Just Transition to Sustainable Lifestyles |
| March 16 | National Vaccination Day 2025 | — |
| February 12 | ||
| March 18 | Ordinance Factory Day 2025 | — |
| March 20 | World Sparrow Day 2025 | — |
| March 20 | International Day of Happiness 2025 | — |
| March 20 | UN French Language Day 2025 | — |
| March 21 | International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 2025 | People of African Descent: Recognition, Justice, and Development. |
| March 21 | World Poetry Day 2025 | Poetry as a Bridge for Peace and Inclusion |
| March 21 | Down Syndrome and World Down Syndrome Day 2025 | — |
| March 21 | World Day For Glaciers 2025 | — |
| March 21 | International Day of Forests 2025 | — |
| March 23 | World Meteorological Day 2025 | Closing the Early Warning Gap Together |
| March 23 | Shaheed Diwas / Martyrs’ Day 2025 | — |
| March 25 | The International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade 2025 | — |
| March 25 | International Unborn Child Day 2025 | — |
| March 27 | World Theatre Day 2025 | Theatre and a Culture of Peace |
| March 30 | International Day of Zero Waste 2025 | Towards Zero Waste in Fashion and Textiles. |
February 2025
| Date | Events | Themes |
|---|---|---|
| 1st February | Indian Coast Guard Day 2025 | — |
| February 2 | World Wetlands Day 2025 | Theme: ‘Protecting Wetlands for Our Common Future’ |
| February 4 | World Cancer Day 2025 | Theme: United by Unique |
| February 6 | International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation 2025 | Theme: Step Up the Pace: Strengthening Alliances and Building Movements to End FGM |
| February 10 | World Pulses Day 2025 | Theme: Pulses: Bringing Diversity to Agrifood Systems |
| February 10 | International Day of the Arabian Leopard 2025 | — |
| February 10 | International Epilepsy Day 2025 | MyEpilepsyJourney |
| February 11 | International Day of Women and Girls in Science (IDWGIS) 2025 | Unpacking STEM Careers: Her Voice in Science |
| February 12 | International Darwin Day 2025 | — |
| February 13 | World Radio Day 2025 | Radio and Climate Change |
| February 13 | National Productivity Day 2025 | From Ideas to Impact: Protecting Intellectual Property for Competitive Startups |
| February 15 | World Pangolin Day 2025 | — |
| February 15 | International Childhood Cancer Day 2025 | — |
| February 15 | World Hippo Day 2025 | — |
| February 17 | Global Tourism Resilience Day 2025 | — |
| February 20 | World Day of Social Justice 2025 | Strengthening a Just Transition for a Sustainable Future |
| February 21 | International Mother Language Day 2025 | Silver Jubilee Celebration of International Mother Language Day |
| February 24 | Central Excise Day 2025 | — |
| February 27 | World Protein Day 2025 | #TheRightWayToProtein |
| February 27 | Zero Discrimination Day 2025 | We Stand Together |
| February 27 | World NGO Day 2025 | Empowering Grassroots Movements for a Sustainable Future, |
| February 28 | National Science Day 2025 | Empowering Indian Youth for Global Leadership in Science and Innovation for Viksit Bharat. |
January 2025
| Date | Day | Theme |
|---|---|---|
| January 1 | 67th Foundation Day or 67th Raising Day of the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) | The DRDO was formed in 1958. |
| January 1 | Global Family Day | Proposed in November 1997 and inspired by the book One Day In Peace. |
| January 4 | United Nations(UN)’s World Braille Day | Key Point: It marks the birth anniversary of Braille’s inventor, Louis Braille. |
| January 5 | National Bird Day | First established in 2002 by the Avian Welfare Coalition. |
| January 6 | World Day of War Orphans | Theme 2025: “Orphan Lives Matter,” The World Day of War Orphans was founded by the French organization SOS Enfants en Detresses. |
| January 6 | 78th Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Foundation Day | The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) came into existence through an act of Parliament dated 26 November 1986. |
| January 8 | Earth’s Rotation Day 2025 | To commemorate French physicist Léon Foucault’s 1851 groundbreaking experiment that proved the Earth’s rotation. |
| January 9 | Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD)or Non-Resident Indian (NRI) Day | Theme 2025: “Diaspora’s Contribution to a Viksit Bharat” |
| January 10 | World Hindi Day, also known as Vishwa Hindi Diwas | Theme 2025: “A Global Voice of Unity and Cultural Pride,” |
| January 11 | National Human Trafficking Awareness Day | Theme 2025: Connecting the Dots. Strengthening Communities, Preventing Trafficking |
| January 12 | National Youth Day or Rashtriya Yuva Diwas 2025 | The day marked the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. |
| January 14 | 9th Armed Forces Veterans Day 2025 | On 14 January 1953, the First Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army, Field Marshal KM Cariappa, who led the Indian forces to victory in the 1947 war, formally retired from the Service. |
| January 15 | 77th Indian Army Day 2025 | The motto of the Indian Army is ‘service before self’ |
| January 15 | 148th Foundation Day of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) 2025 | The IMD was established on 15 January 1875. (Headquarters – New Delhi) |
| January 16 | National Startup Day 2025 | India Ranks 3rd Globally In Startup Ecosystem |
| January 19 | 20th National Disaster Response Force(NDRF) Raising Day 2025 | It was formed in 2006 under the Disaster Management Act of 2005. |
| January 19 | Kokborok Day or Tripuri Language Day 2025 | Kokborok is derived from ‘Kok’ means “verbal”, and ‘borok’ means “people” or “human” |
| January 24 | United Nations (UN)’s International Day of Education 2025 | Theme 2025: “AI and Education: Preserving Human Agency in a World of Automation. |
| January 24 | National Girl Child Day (NGCD) 2025 | It was initiated in 2008 by the Ministry of Women and Child Development and the government of India. |
| January 23 | Parakram Diwas or Courage Day 2025 | 128th Birth Anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose |
| January 24 | Foundation Day of Uttar Pradesh 2025 | Theme: ‘Investment and Employment’ |
| January 25 | National Tourism Day 2025 | Theme 2025: Tourism for Inclusive Growth |
| January 25 | National Voters’ Day (NVD) 2025 | Theme 2025: ‘Nothing Like Voting, I Vote for Sure |
| January 25 | Himachal Pradesh Statehood Day 2025 | On 25th January 1971, Himachal Pradesh became the 18th state of India. It was granted the status of a Union Territory on November 1, 1956. |
| January 26 | 76th Republic Day 2025 | Theme 2025: Swarnim Bharat: Virasat aur Vikas” (Golden India: Heritage and Development). It marks the anniversary of the adoption of the Indian Constitution, which came into effect on January 26th, 1950 |
| January 26 | International Day of Clean Energy 2025 | 26 January is also the founding date of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) |
| January 26 | International Customs Day (ICD) 2025 | Theme 2025: Customs Delivering on Its Commitment to Efficiency, Security, and Prosperity. |
| January 26 | World Leprosy Day 2025 | Theme 2025: Unite. Act. Eliminate. |
| January 27 | International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2025 | Theme 2025: Holocaust remembrance and education for dignity and human rights. |
| January 27 | National Geographic Day 2025 | To honor the foundation of the National Geographic Society |
| January 28 | Data Privacy Day | Theme 2025: “Take control of your data” |
| January 30 | Martyrs’ Day, also called Shaheed Diwas, 2025 | The day is marked as the death anniversary of the nation’s ‘Bapu’, Mahatma Gandhi. |
| January 30 | World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day 2025 | Theme 2025: Unite, Act, and Eliminate NTDs |
| January 29 | Indian Newspaper Day 2025 | To commemorate the introduction of the first newspaper in the pre-Independence era, when James Augustus Hicky introduced Hicky’s Bengal Gazette, also known as the Calcutta General Advertiser, the first printed newspaper in India. |
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