{"id":115235,"date":"2021-06-15T09:33:15","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T09:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=115235"},"modified":"2021-06-15T09:33:16","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T09:33:16","slug":"international-albinism-awareness-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/international-albinism-awareness-day-3\/","title":{"rendered":"International Albinism Awareness Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question \u2013 When is the \u2018International Albinism Awareness Day\u2019 observed ?<\/strong><br>(a) 10 June<br>(b) 9 June<br>(c) 13 June<br>(d) June 5<br><strong>Answer\u2014(c)<br>related facts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>International Albinism Awareness Day is observed by the United Nations on June 13 every year.<\/li><li>2021 Theme &#8211; Strength Beyond All Odds &#8212;<\/li><li>&#8220;Strength Beyond All Odds&#8221; is the theme for this year&#8217;s International Albinism Awareness Day.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The theme was chosen to:-<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Highlight the achievements of people with albinism around the world.<\/li><li>Show that people with albinism can defy all odds.<\/li><li>Celebrate how people with albinism worldwide meet and exceed expectations in all domains of life.<\/li><li>Encourage everyone during this time of a global pandemic to join the global effort to #BuildBackBetter<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About Albinism &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Albinism is a rare, non-contagious, genetically inherited difference present at birth.<\/li><li>In almost all types of albinism, both parents must carry the gene for it to be passed on, even if they do not have albinism themselves.<\/li><li>The condition is found in both sexes regardless of ethnicity and in all countries of the world.<\/li><li>Albinism results in a lack of pigmentation (melanin) in the hair, skin and eyes, causing vulnerability to the sun and bright light.<\/li><li>As a result, almost all people with albinism are visually impaired and are prone to developing skin cancer.<\/li><li>There is no cure for the absence of melanin that is central to albinism.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By &#8212; Pankaj Pandey.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Link:<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/observances\/albinism-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/observances\/albinism-day<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question \u2013 When is the \u2018International Albinism Awareness Day\u2019 observed ?(a) 10 June(b) 9 June(c) 13 June(d) June 5Answer\u2014(c)related facts International Albinism Awareness Day is observed by the United Nations on June 13 every year. 2021 Theme &#8211; Strength Beyond All Odds &#8212; &#8220;Strength Beyond All Odds&#8221; is the theme for this year&#8217;s International Albinism [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":115236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1087],"tags":[2529],"class_list":["post-115235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-intne","tag-international-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115235","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=115235"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115237,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115235\/revisions\/115237"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115235"}],"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=115235"},{"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=115235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}