Every year the United Nations marks October 24 as World Development Information Day. This day is observed to create awareness towards the problems surrounding development in different nations and how to overcome them. The United Nations (UN) believes that such information and communications technologies also have the potential to provide solutions to various development challenges and can also foster various crucial goals, especially in developing countries.
Bank Maha Pack includes Live Batches, Test Series, Video Lectures & eBooks
With many countries being burdened with insufficient resources, infrastructure, education, capacity, investment, and connectivity, World Development Information Day aims to address these issues. Spreading awareness and mobilizing public opinion to draw people’s support is one to start addressing and resolving these global problems.
However, as the world moves into an era with the heightened importance of technology, the divide between developed and developing countries continues to increase in terms of key developmental milestones.
It was in 1972 when the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) established the World Development Information Day in order to draw the attention of the world toward development problems and also to strengthen international cooperation. Notably, the date also coincides with United Nations Day which also falls on 24 October.
The Assembly, while establishing the date, also observed that World Development Information Day aims to improve the “dissemination of information and the mobilisation of public opinion, particularly among young people”. This would eventually lead to greater awareness about development and promotional efforts in the sphere of international cooperation for development.
Birsa Munda Punyatithi is observed every year on June 9 to remember and honour Birsa…
Renowned scholar, author, and literary commentator Daji Panshikar, also known as Narahari Vishnu Shastri, passed…
The Chenab Rail Bridge is a world-famous railway bridge built in Jammu and Kashmir, India.…
The Chenab Rail Bridge in Jammu and Kashmir is the world's highest railway arch bridge.…
In a momentous achievement for rural digital transformation, Rohini Gram Panchayat in Shirpur taluka, Dhule…
In a landmark move for the Union Territory of Ladakh, President Droupadi Murmu has promulgated…
![](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,<svg height="170px" width="300px" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1"/>)
![](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,<svg height="226px" width="252px" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1"/>)
