General Awareness

DAYS AND EVENTS - July 2023

Jul 2023

Oct 29, 2023

World Stroke Day

Every year, World Stroke Day is observed on October 29. The World Stroke Organisation celebrates this day. It arranges a lot of awareness programs and campaigns to make people aware of stroke's signs and symptoms.
The annual event was started in 2006 by the World Stroke Organization (WSO) and the WSO declared stroke a public health emergency in 2010. The WSO now has an ongoing campaign that serves as a year-round interface for advocacy, policy, and outreach to support strides and continue progress made on World Stroke Day.
The World Stroke Campaign's goodwill ambassadors include Indian Cricketer Sunil Gavaskar, former Miss Egypt Dalia El Behery and cyclist Alberto Contador.
The theme for World Stroke Day 2023 is 'Together We Are # Greater Than Stroke".

Oct 27, 2023

World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

World Day for Audiovisual Heritage (WDAH) is celebrated on October 27 every year to highlight and promote the importance of such preservation. Audiovisual heritage refers to documents like film, sounds, radio, television programmes and other audios and videos that are of socio-cultural importance and need preservation for posterity. Such documentations help us observe and understand the past, protects our memories and culture.
In 2005, the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) declared 27 October as the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage (WDAH) during the 33rd session of the UNESCO General Conference held in Paris, France.
The theme for the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2023 is 'Your Window to the World'.

Oct 24, 2023

ITBP Raising Day

Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) observes Raising Day on October 24.
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) is a border guarding force of India deployed along its borders with Tibet Autonomous Region. It was established in 1962 in the aftermath of the Sino-Indian War of 1962. It was raised under the CRPF Act.
It was raised with a strength of 4 battalions for collecting intelligence, fighting conventional and guerrilla warfare and improving Indian communication systems along the Chinese border.

World Development Information Day

Every year October 24 is celebrated as World Development Information Day (WDID). This day is observed to discuss development problems on a global scale and invite public opinion on the same.
In 1972, the General Assembly established World Development Information Day to draw the attention of the world to development problems and the need to strengthen international cooperation to solve them.

World Polio Day

World Polio Day is celebrated every year on October 24 to create awareness around the importance of polio vaccination to protect children.
In the year 1988, there were around 3.5 lakh polio cases worldwide and the World Health Assembly resolved to eradicate the poliovirus. In 2002, WHO European Region was declared polio-free and from that time on October 24 every year, the World Polio Day is celebrated annually.

United Nations Day

United Nations Day is celebrated on October 24 every year. It marks the official establishment of the United Nations in 1945. On this day, the UN Charter was ratified by the majority of signatories, including the five permanent members of the Security Council, and this led to the official establishment of UN. The Day was first celebrated in 1948. The UN, in 1971, also recommended the member states to observe it as a public holiday. The Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Tonga to the UN is funding this year's UN Day Concert, which has as its theme The Frontlines of Climate Action, with assistance from the PVBLIC Foundation's Family Offices for Sustainable Development (FOSD).

Oct 23, 2023

Mole Day

Mole Day is marked on October 23 annually and is celebrated by chemists, chemistry students and chemistry enthusiasts across the world.
The day is commemorated in honor of Avogadro's number (6.02 x 1023) and is marked from 6:02 a.m. to 6:02 p.m.
The aim is to make students interested in chemistry by directing various activities associated with moles and chemistry.
The day originated around the 1980s when an article appeared in The Science Teacher. Later, a retired high school chemistry teacher, Maurice Oehler from Wisconsin, USA, drew inspiration from the article and founded the National Mole Day Foundation.
When written in American format, the day resembles the Avogadro number, which signifies the number of molecules or atoms contained in a mole.

Oct 22, 2023

International Stuttering Awareness Day

International Stammering/Stuttering Awareness Day is observed annually on October 22.
It's a day to shed light on the challenges faced by people who stammer and to encourage a more inclusive and empathetic society. International Stammering/Stuttering Awareness Day aims to destigmatise stammering, provide resources for those affected, and promote speech therapy and communication skills development.
As crore people across the world are affected by stuttering, the International Stuttering Association (ISA) decided to highlight the issue through an International Stuttering Awareness Day. In 1995, during a conference held at Linköping, Sweden, the ISA formulated a wish list which advocated the need for an International Stuttering Awareness Day.
Then, in 1997, at the International Fluency Association (IFA) conference, Michael Sugarman, the co-founder of the National Stuttering project, raised the call for an international day for stuttering awareness. Sugarman's wish was granted in 1998 when the European League of Stuttering Associations, International Fluency Association and ISA declared October 22 as Stuttering Awareness Day.
The 2023 theme for International Stuttering Awareness Day 2023 is 'One Size Does NOT Fit All'.

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