About ICAP The India Cooling Action Plan (ICAP) was launched in 2019 by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change. The ICAP provides a 20-year perspective and outlines actions needed to provide access to sustainable cooling. The plan describes …
About GIB Great Indian Bustard (GIB) is one of the heaviest flying birds endemic to the Indian subcontinent. Protection Status: IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered; CITES: Appendix I; Wildlife Protection Act (1972): Schedule I. Historically, the great Indian bustard was …
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 …
Why in News: The first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died, two months after the groundbreaking experiment. Prior attempts at such transplants — or xenotransplantation — have failed largely because patients’ bodies rapidly rejected the …
Why in News: Exercise Dharma Guardian, an annual exercise between Indian Army and Japanese Ground Self Defence Force, concluded at Belgaum with a focus on counter-terrorism operations and disruptive technologies between two key partners in the Indo-Pacific region. About the …
About Payments banks Payments banks are the new age banks with limited facilities. These banks mostly operate through the small vendors and shopkeepers. It exists in between the mobile wallet and regular banks. Payments banks are permitted to set up …