Daily Current Affairs / World Polio Day 2025
Category : Important Days Published on: October 27 2025
Observed on October 24, highlights the global effort to eradicate poliomyelitis—a deadly viral disease affecting children. Since the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (1988), cases have dropped by 99.9%, saving over 1.5 million lives. Though most regions, including India, are polio-free, the virus remains in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The 2025 theme, “End Polio: Every Child, Every Vaccine, Everywhere,” urges continued global vaccination and cooperation to make polio the second disease ever eradicated after smallpox.
Taiwan successfully conducted the first underwater sea trial of its indigenous submarine Narwhal to strengthen maritime deterrence.
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Read More....Rashtriya Ayurveda Vidyapeeth organised a three-day training on medicinal plant identification in Wayanad, Kerala.
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Read More....India has nominated Meghalaya’s living root bridges for UNESCO World Heritage evaluation 2026–27.
Read More....Assam launched the Mukhya Mantrir Eti Koli Duti Paat scheme providing ₹5,000 to over six lakh tea workers.
Read More....Microsoft unveiled its second-generation AI chip Maia 200 to reduce dependence on Nvidia.
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Read More....Google DeepMind launched AlphaGenome, an AI tool to analyse DNA mutations and gene regulation.
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