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International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples World Elephant Day Governor's discretion on State Legislature The United States Senate passed a bill to officially recognize the bald eagle as America's national bird India's largest floating solar park commissioned

The  International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples  is  observed  on 9 August each year to  raise awareness  and protect the  rights of the world's indigenous population . This event also recognizes the achievements and contributions that  indigenous people  make to improve world issues such as  environmental protection . It was first pronounced by the  United Nations General Assembly  in December 1994, marking the day of the first meeting of the UN  Working Group on Indigenous Populations  of the  Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights  in 1982. Wikipedia UNESCO United Nations Previous Articles: <<<  Empowerment of Denotified/Nomadic Tribes <<<  Supreme Court held that state or central government have no power to change the lists of Scheduled Castes <<<  Land Rights of Scheduled Tribes <<<  The criteria and procedure follo...

World Elephant Day is an international annual event on August 12, dedicated to the preservation and protection of the world's elephants. Conceived in 2011 by Canadian filmmakers Patricia Sims and Michael Clark of Canazwest Pictures, and Sivaporn Dardarananda, Secretary-General of the Elephant Reintroduction Foundation in Thailand, it was officially founded, supported and launched by Patricia Sims and the Elephant Reintroduction Foundation on August 12, 2012. Since that time, Patricia Sims continues to lead, support and direct World Elephant Day, which is now recognized and celebrated by over 100 wildlife organizations and many individuals in countries across the globe. Wiipedia ,  <<<  Elephants, Project Elephant and Elephant Corridors in India

Constitutional Provisions: Articles 200 and 201: The power to grant assent or to withhold assent or to reserve a Bill for the consideration of the President is not dealt with under the heading “The Governor” in Chapter II of Part VI (i.e. as a power or as a function of the Governor) but in Chapter III dealing with State Legislature and under the sub-heading “Legislative Procedure”.  Article 200:  According to Article 200, when a Bill passed by the Legislature of a State is presented to the Governor, he has four options, namely, (a) he assents to the Bill; (b) he withholds assent; (c) he reserves the Bill for the consideration of the President; or (d) he returns the Bill to the Legislature for reconsideration. The first proviso says that as soon as the Bill is presented to him, he may return the Bill to the Legislature (if it is not a Money Bill) together with a message requesting the Legislature to reconsider the Bill. He can also suggest the desirability of introducing such a...

The United States Senate passed a bill that officially recognizes bald eagle as America's national bird. It was recognized after 200 years since it became the symbol of the country. The American Bald Eagle: The bald eagle has been the national bird of the United States since 1782, when it was placed with outspread wings on the Great Seal of our country. It appears in many government institutions and on official documents, making it the most pictured bird in all of America. The eagle appears on the president’s flag, the mace of the House of Representatives, military insignia, and billions of one-dollar bills.  The bald eagle first appeared as an American symbol on a Massachusetts copper cent coined in 1776. Since then it has appeared on the reverse side of many U.S. coins, notably the silver dollar, halfdollar and quarter, as well as the gold coins which were christened the eagle, half eagle, quarter eagle, and double eagle.  For six years, the members of Congress held a bitter...