Important Days and Dates GK Questions

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30 September is celebrated as the International Translation Day as a tribute to the role played by translation professional in bringing the world together and helping in understading each other.

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The United Nations designated the first Monday of October of every year as World Habitat Day, to sensitise on the basic right to adequate shelter.
This year, the theme of the World Habitat Day 2020 is ‘Housing For All — A Better Urban Future’. World Habitat Day was first celebrated in 1986 with the theme ‘Shelter is My Right’ and was hosted by Nairobi.

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October 24 is observed as World Polio Day every year, to commemorate the birth anniversary of the American virologist Jonas Salk.
He led the first team to develop the vaccine against Polio. World Polio Day was established by Rotary International, to caution the countries in their fights against Polio. Recently, the African region was certified as wild poliovirus free.

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World Red Cross Day, also known as Red Crescent Day is celebrated on May 8 every year. This date marks the birth anniversary of Henry Dunant, the founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
The day is celebrated by the Red Cross society across all the countries. The theme of World Red Cross Day 2021 is ‘Together we are unstoppable’!.

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Every year, 31st May is observed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as the “World No Tobacco Day”. The theme for this year is “Commit to quit”.
This day was created by the WHO members in the year 1987 to draw global attention to the tobacco epidemic and the deaths associated with using tobacco. A resolution was passed in 1988 to observe 31st May as the No Tobacco Day.

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In 2018, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed that every year June 7 would be observed as World Food Safety Day.
According to the UN, unsafe food causes an estimated 420,000 deaths every year. The theme of World Food Safety Day this year is: Safe food today for a healthy tomorrow.

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The curtain raiser event for the 7th International Day of Yoga was organised recently. A mobile application, “Namaste Yoga” was also launched during the event.
The event also marked the beginning of a series on Common Yoga Protocol to be telecast on DD India channel. The series is produced by produced Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga (MDNIY). International Day of Yoga is celebrated on June 21.

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Every year on 13 August, World Organ Donation Day is observed across the world. The day is marked to spread awareness about organ donation and to clear misconceptions related to donating organs. The day is recognised to encourage people to take a pledge of donating healthy organs after their death to those who are in need. The worlds first-ever organ transplant was carried out successfully in the year 1954 in the United States of America.

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The International Day of clean Air For Blue Skies was celebrated on September 7, 2021. The theme is “Healthy Air, Healthy Planet” which emphasizes the health aspects of air pollution, especially considering the COVID-19 pandemic. The day serves as a rallying call to action to align our efforts and claim our right to clean air. #HealthyAirHealthyPlanet. The day is facilitated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

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The birth anniversary of India’s ‘Father of Nation’ Mahatma Gandhi is observed as the ‘International Day of Non-Violence’ every year, on October 2.
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), in a resolution adopted in 2007, established the day as an occasion to spread the message of non-violence through education and public awareness. In 2004, Iranian Noble Laureate Shirin Ebadi proposed the idea of the commemoration.