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World Basketball Day 2025 Celebrates Basketball’s Journey to Global Fame

World Basketball Day 2025 Celebrates Basketball’s Journey to Global Fame

World Basketball Day 2025 highlights the remarkable journey of basketball from a simple indoor game to one of the most popular sports on the planet. Celebrated every year on December 21, the day commemorates the first-ever basketball game played in 1891. Today basketball is followed or played by nearly 3.3 billion people worldwide, making it …

UN Celebrates Second World Meditation Day to Promote Inner Peace Worldwide

UN Celebrates Second World Meditation Day to Promote Inner Peace Worldwide

The United Nations marked the second World Meditation Day on the 21st December with a high level event at its headquarters in New York. Reaffirming the growing global recognition of meditation as a pathway to inner peace and global harmony. The observance brought together diplomats, spiritual leaders, scientists, and civil society members, reflecting the universal …

Winter Solstice 2025 Observed on Sunday, Bringing the Year’s Shortest Day

Winter Solstice 2025 Observed on Sunday, Bringing the Year’s Shortest Day

The Winter Solstice 2025 occurs on Sunday, December 21 marking the shortest day and longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. On this day many regions experience only eight to nine hours of daylight. While it often goes unnoticed amid holiday celebrations, the winter solstice is a key astronomical event that explains why …