WORLD CHOCOLATE DAY July 7, 2016 World Chocolate Day or International Chocolate Day is celebrated every year on July 7 with joy all over the world. The word “chocolate” comes from the Classical Nahuatl word chocolatl, and entered the English language from Spanish. The […]
So, it is always best to give filtered and boiled and cooled water to children. This will protect them from having diarrhoea. Instead of giving proper treatment for diarrhoea, tying holy thread, applying holy ash, giving the ‘Zera of Zilebi’ should all be forbidden or avoided. Why diarrhoea is considered as a dangerous disease is, […]
ALICE IN WONDERLAND DAY July 4, 2016 Alice in Wonderland the most popular and most widely translated children’s book was written by Reverend Charles Dodgson, a mathematics tutor at Christ Church, Oxford. On 4 July 1862, Charles Dodgson took Alice Liddell and her sisters, Lorina and Edith, children of the Dean of the college for […]
At the time of convulsions the parents should not be tensed up, but immediate medical attention should be sought. Giving Iron piece or key bunch to the convulsing child is absurd and it is one of the superstition in child rearing. When the child is having fits medicines should be given through vein or through […]
NATIONAL DOCTORS’ DAY July 1, 201 National Doctors’ Day is celebrated on various dates around the world. In India it is celebrated on July 1st every year. In India National Doctors’ Day is celebrated to honour the legendary physician and the second Chief Minister of West Bengal, Dr.Bidhan Chandra Roy or Dr.B.C.Roy who was born […]
Children should be made to wear their cotton clothes at the time of fever. Too much of clothes on them should be removed. Paracetamol or Ibuprofen are the medicines should used to control the temperature. Children should not be given Aspirin for fever. If started, one medicine has to be continued. No need to change […]
GARFIELD THE CAT DAY! JUNE 19, 2016 Garfield is a fictional character created by cartoonist Jim Davis for comic strips. It illustrates Garfield as a lazy, fat and pessimistic huge sized orange cat. His love for eating and sleeping are his special characters. Lasagna, pizza, ice cream and coffee are his favorite food. He hates […]
FATHER’S DAY June 19, 2016 Father’s day is celebrated in most parts of the world on June 19 or on the third Sunday of June. It is a celebration honoring fathers and fatherhood. Not only the fathers, also grandfathers and great-grandfathers. It was first celebrated on June 19, 1910 in Spokane, Washington at the YMCA […]
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE AFRICAN CHILD June 16, 2016 The Day of the African Child is celebrated globally every year on June 16. It was initiated by the African Union in the year 1991. The day is observed to remember and honor the African children who participated and lost their lives in the Soweto uprising […]
WORLD ELDER ABUSE AWARENESS DAY (WEAAD) June 15, 2016 The United Nations General Assembly, in its resolution 66/127, designated June 15 as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. It is the important day in the year when the whole world voices its opposition to the abuse and suffering inflicted on our old aged people. The global […]