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The New Year is starting sooner and we are on the edge of the last month of this year. This year, not just the year but the entire decade is also changing. Preparations are underway to welcome the New Year in many ways of the new year 2080 BS. One of the many ways to welcome the New Year is to eat nim leaves and apply oil to the body.
New Year is known by many names including Jutshital, Siruwa, Naya Barsa, Naya Sal. The era is stepping into the 2080th edition of Samvat run by King Vikramaditya. Years go by, centuries go by, and social dimensions change. Let's just don't let the relationship and affection between people decrease, this is our wish.
It is a traditional custom to start the festival by applying oil before any festival begins. In Holi, Tihar, and other festivals, the ritual is started by applying oil on the body and hair one day in advance.
Nim is known as bitter nectar. Before the start of the New Year, the bitterness of the past year is chewed and the wait for the sweetness of the next year is understood as the ritual of eating nim leaves. Nim tree, its benefits, and its various uses, and Ayurvedic illustrations have been found since ancient times.
It is believed that eating nim leaves will cure stomach ailments and applying oil will make the body stronger and softer. May the coming New Year provide a strong and healthy life to all. Happy New Year
World Water day
The world is moving towards modernization and tech innovation but even today there are many countries in the world, including Nepal, who are struggling with water scarcity. Due to the unavailability of clean water worldwide, waterborne diseases are taking the form of epidemics.
At the same time, it is also said that the Third World War can be sparked for water. However, the world does not have to face this situation, so the United Nations is trying to make the whole world aware through world water day on 22nd March.
When did World Water Day begin to be celebrated?
To make every citizen of the world aware of the importance of water, the United Nations started celebrating "World Water Day". World Water Day initiative was officially announced at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. In 1993, World Water Day was organized for the first time on 22 March.
Why Water Day is celebrated?
World Water Day is celebrated by the United Nations, including the member nations, to promote the real activities of global water conservation. This campaign is particularly promoted every year by a unit of the United Nations agency, in which people are encouraged to listen and explain issues related to water, as well as the adjustment of international activities for World Water Day.
The theme of world water day 2023 is "Accelerating the Change".
Right now, we are seriously off-track to meet Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6: water and sanitation for all by 2030. Billions of people and countless schools, businesses, healthcare centers, farms and factories don’t have the safe water and toilets they need. To accelerate change, we need more action. Learn about how in the UN World Water Development Report, the UN 2023 Water Conference and through stories from around the world.
The voices of water conservation should be heard in all aspects of the environment, agriculture, health, and education, to reduce natural calamities like floods, landslides, and other things. Water is our life and pure drinking water is both our right and duty.
Let us behave according to the essence of Water Day.
Suyog Dhakal
