Daily Current Affairs of 20th to 31st August 2018
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International Current Affairs
- 20th August was observed as World Mosquito Day
- This day is a commemoration of Indian doctor Sir Ronald Ross's discovery in 1897 that female mosquitoes transmit malaria between humans.
- 23rd August was observed as International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition.
- The day designated by UNESCO to memorialize the transatlantic slave trade.
- 26th August observed as the Women's Equality Day.
- This day commemorates the 1920 adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment (Amendment XIX) to the United States Constitution, which prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex.
- This day was first celebrated in 1973 and is proclaimed each year by the United States President.
- 29th August was observed as the International Day Against Nuclear Tests.
- Aim : To raise awareness about the effects of nuclear weapon test explosions or any other nuclear explosions.
