{"id":107841,"date":"2021-02-02T06:51:51","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T06:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=107841"},"modified":"2021-02-02T06:51:52","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T06:51:52","slug":"world-leprosy-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/world-leprosy-day-2\/","title":{"rendered":"World Leprosy Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: When was the World Leprosy Day 2021 observed?<\/strong><br>(a) 30 January<br>(b) 28 January<br>(c) 10 January<br>(d) 24 January<br><strong>Answer: (a)<br>Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Leprosy Day is observed every year on January 30 in India.<\/li><li>Across the world, the day is celebrated on the last Sunday of the first month of the year.<\/li><li>In India, the day is observed as a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi and to raise awareness about leprosy.<\/li><li>Leprosy is an infectious disease that is characterized by skin lesions, muscle weakness, numbness in your arms, feet, and legs. This chronic condition is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium leprae.<\/li><li>Also known as Hansen\u2019s disease, leprosy leads to nerve damage, severe disfigurement, and skin ulcers.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By-Amar Mani Upadhyay<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/information\/story\/world-leprosy-day-2021-quotes-theme-and-all-you-need-to-know-about-disease-1764216-2021-01-30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/information\/story\/world-leprosy-day-2021-quotes-theme-and-all-you-need-to-know-about-disease-1764216-2021-01-30<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: When was the World Leprosy Day 2021 observed?(a) 30 January(b) 28 January(c) 10 January(d) 24 JanuaryAnswer: (a)Related facts: Leprosy Day is observed every year on January 30 in India. Across the world, the day is celebrated on the last Sunday of the first month of the year. In India, the day is observed as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":107842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1141],"tags":[6870],"class_list":["post-107841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-ydw-snews","tag-year-day-week-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107841"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107843,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107841\/revisions\/107843"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}