Why in News? Recently, Three labourers in Mumbai, allegedly hired for manual scavenging, died after inhaling toxic fumes in a septic tank. Even though manual scavenging is banned in India, the practice is still prevalent in many parts of the …
Why in the news? In a landmark surgery in the United States , doctors replaced the heart of a 57-year-old patient with the heart of a genetically altered pig. Cross-species transplant(or)Xenotransplantation Xenotransplantation is “any procedure that involves the transplantation, implantation …
What’s in the news? The Ministry of Rural Development organized over 100 rallies under the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav Campaign to spread awareness about under-nutrition across the country. More than 5,000 trainees from Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana and …
About the scheme In 2017, the Ministry of Civil Aviation launched the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) “UDAN” (Ude Desh Ka Aam Naagrik) which aims at providing connectivity to un-served and under-served airports of the country through revival of existing air-strips …
Manual scavenging is the practice of removing human excreta by hand from sewers or septic tanks. India banned the practice under the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013 (PEMSR). The Act bans the use of …