October 24 is observed as the United Nations Day since 1948. Since it was established in 1945, 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of UN Day. The theme for 2020 is ‘The Future We Want; the UN We Need: Reaffirming our Collective Commitment to Multilateralism’.
UN Secretary-General - Antonio Guterres.
HQ: New York, USA.
World Polio Day is observed on 24 October to commemorate the birth of Jonas Salk, American virologist who helped create the world’s first safe and effective polio vaccine. Polio is a deadly infectious disease caused by poliovirus that causes paralysis.
Polio virus can spread from person to person.
The United Nations General Assembly in 1972 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.
The UN was founded after the Second World War.
Smart wearables and acoustic accessories brand, Play has announced the signing of popular Indian film actor, producer, and humanitarian Sonu Sood as its brand ambassador. Sood has also launched two new wireless neckband earphones, PLAYGO N82 & PLAYGO T20.
Sonu Sood launched Pravasi Rojgar app to find jobs.
Speaking at the 1st ever Ministerial Meeting of G-20 Anti-Corruption Working Group (launched on its 10th anniversary year), Minister Jitendra Singh reiterated that India is committed to the policy of zero tolerance against corruption and unaccounted money.
Presidency of G-20 for 2020: Saudi Arabia.
Government notified amendments to the motor vehicle rules for clearly incorporating ownership details in registration documents to help physically challenged persons. Under the amended forms, ownership details will be captured under different categories.
Minister of Road, Transport & Highways: Nitin Gadkari.
Culture Minister Prahlad Singh Patel launched Life in Miniature project, a collaboration between National Museum, New Delhi, Ministry of Culture, and Google Arts & Culture. It uses technologies like machine learning to showcase special arts in a news way.
Constituency of Prahlad Singh Patel: Damoh, MP.
The Indian Navy shared a video showing an anti-ship missile (AShM) launched by its Missile Corvette INS Prabal landing home on with deadly accuracy at maximum range and sinking the target ship. The targeted ship is a decommissioned Frigate.
Chief of the Naval Staff: Admiral Karambir Singh.
Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray announced Rs 10,000 crore financial assistance to the flood-hit people including farmers. The state is also yet to receive a total of around Rs 38,000 crore from the centre. Heavy rains lashed in Pune, Aurangabad recently.
Maharashtra Governor: Bhagat Singh Koshyari.
Capital: Mumbai.
Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRCL) signed an MoU with Bengaluru division of South Western Railway (SWR) to provide multi-transit integration facilities. Under this, steps will be taken to integrate Yashwantpur metro station with the railway station.
Karnataka capital: Bengaluru
CM: B S Yediyurappa
Celebration of International Day of Diplomats started in Brasilia by Indian poet-diplomat Abhay K. and since then diplomats of several countries celebrate it annually. It aims to bridge the gap in perception and reality of diplomat's life among the public.
The first edition of the day was celebrated on October 24, 2017