International Day of Happiness being marked today

Kathmandu, March 20: The International Day of Happiness is being marked today by organizing various programmes.    

The United Nations General Assembly had on July 12, 2012 declared to observe March 20 every year as the International Day of Happiness.  

  
It was declared to celebrate the Day making the people around the world realize the importance of happiness and well-being in their lives.   

 
The resolution to mark the Day was initiated by Bhutan, a country that recognized the value of gross national happiness over gross national income since early 1970s as well as adopted national happiness as the goal.   

 
French Language Day    
Similarly, the French Language Day is being observed across the world today. The United Nations has been celebrating six different languages as language day.

They are the French language day, Arabic language day, Chinese language day, English language day, Russian language day and Spanish language day.    

The UN started celebrating French Language Day on March 20, 1970 as the symbol of establishment of 'Agency for cultural and technical cooperation.'(RSS)