India Edition
Shaheed Diwas leads today's complete edition for India.
Daily Edition
Official observances, world days, local context, and everyday celebrations for people who need something worth reading, sharing, or talking about today.
The anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's assassination in 1948. At 5:17 PM, the exact time of the shooting, a silence of two minutes is observed across the nation. The silence is more powerful than any speech. The man who taught nonviolence was killed by violence, and the nation remembers by being still.
You encounter Mediterranean monk seals, Cretan wild goats, and various hawk and eagle species across Greece's islands and mainland. You see that Greek households most commonly keep dogs and cats, with many families also keeping songbirds in cages. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.