😳 *WHY?* ❓❓
*Why is United Nations Day observed on 24 October?*
The Charter of the United Nations was signed in San Francisco on 26 June 1945 and came into force on 24 October 1945, after it was ratified by China, France, the Soviet Union, the UK, the US and a majority of the other signatories — the day the UN officially came into being. In 1947 the UN General Assembly declared 24 October as United Nations Day to make the UN’s aims and achievements known around the world. India is one of the UN’s founding members.
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📚 *GK TODAY*
24 October — Important Day
World Development Information Day: Set up by the UN General Assembly in 1972 to draw attention to development problems and the need for international cooperation to solve them; it falls on United Nations Day.
* World Polio Day
World Polio Day was established by Rotary International to commemorate the birth of Jonas Salk, who led the team that developed the first polio vaccine. The Global Polio Eradication Initiative, launched in 1988, has cut polio cases worldwide by 99%. India reported its last wild polio case on 13 January 2011 in Howrah, West Bengal, and was certified polio-free by WHO, along with the South-East Asia Region, on 27 March 2014.
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🐣💐 *BORN TODAY*
*R.K. Laxman* (born 24 October 1921)
The cartoonist was born in Mysore (now Mysuru), Karnataka. His daily cartoon strip ‘You Said It’ in The Times of India, which began in 1951, made his silent ‘Common Man’ a household figure. The younger brother of novelist R.K. Narayan, he also created the Asian Paints mascot ‘Gattu’ in 1954, and received the Ramon Magsaysay Award (1984) and the Padma Vibhushan (2005). He died in Pune on 26 January 2015.
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*IDIOMS & PHRASES*
“Turn the tables”
Meaning: To reverse a situation and gain the upper hand over someone who had been winning.
Example: Zimbabwe made a steady start in the Vadodara ODI, but Shree Charani and Kranti Gaud turned the tables with seven wickets between them.
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📖 *SYNONYMS & ANTONYMS*
* Hazardous: Dangerous × Safe
* Indispensable: Essential × Dispensable
* Vigilant: Alert × Careless
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🧬 *HEALTH CARE: HEALTHY HABITS* 🩺
Keeping children safe from polio
💉 Give children every dose of polio vaccine due under the national immunisation schedule.
👶 Take children under five to the polio booth in every Pulse Polio round, even if they were vaccinated earlier.
🧼 Wash hands with soap before meals and after using the toilet.
💧 Drink safe, boiled or filtered water and use clean toilets.
🩺 See a doctor at once if a child suddenly develops weakness or floppiness in an arm or leg.
Note: These are general wellness suggestions and do not replace professional medical advice.
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