Sulabh International Current Affairs, GK & News
Swachhagraha Event
On 5th March 2022, the Swachhagraha event was organized with the aim of increasing awareness about the significance of Swadhinta and Swacchta among the citizens of the nation. Overview: An event on Swachhgraha was organized by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Ministry of Culture, and Ministry of Jal Shakti in collaboration with Sulabh ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2022
Category: Events Current Affairs • Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav • Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs • Sulabh • Sulabh International • Swacch Bharat Abhiyaan • Swachhagraha event • Swachhta • Swadhinta
Yohei Sasakawa conferred with International Gandhi Peace Prize for 2018
On 26th Feb 2019, President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the International Gandhi Peace Prize for 2015, 16, 17 and 18 at a function in Rashtrapati Bhavan. For 2018, Japan’s Yohei Sasakawa was given the prize for his contribution in Leprosy Eradication in India and across the world. Ekal Abhiyan Trust was conferred the award for ..
Topics: Akshaya Patra Foundation • Awards • Gandhi Peace Prize • Gandhism • India • Organizations • Rashtrapati • Sangh Parivar • Sulabh International • Swami Vivekananda • Vivekananda Kendra
Yohei Sasakawa chosen for Gandhi Peace Prize 2018
Yohei Sasakawa, who is Goodwill Ambassador of the WHO for Leprosy Eradication, has been conferred the Gandhi Peace Prize for 2018. The award will be given to Sasakawa in recognition of his work towards eradication of the disease in India and across the world. The Ministry of Culture has also announced the Gandhi Peace Prize ..
Topics: Activism • Activists • Gandhi Peace Prize • Gandhism • Indian people • Mahatma Gandhi • Sulabh International • Vivekananda Kendra
Sulabh International launchs India’s first sewer cleaning machine to put an end to unsafe manual scavenging
The Sulabh International has launched India’s first sewer cleaning machine to put an end to the unsafe manual scavenging and to reduce sewer deaths. The machine will do away with 99% of manual scavenging in the country. With the help of sewer cleaning machine, a safai karamchari” (manual cleaner) won’t have to enter the sewers. ..
Topics: Bindeshwar Pathak • Dalit • Indian caste system • Manhole • Manual scavenging • sanitation • Sewerage • Sulabh International • Toilets • Waste management • Water supply and sanitation in India
Sulabh International introduces India’s first sewer cleaning machine to end unsafe manual scavenging
Sulabh International has introduced India’s first sewer cleaning machine to reduce sewer deaths and put end to unsafe practice of manual scavenging. The machine was unveiled on occasion of World Toilet Day 2018 (observed on 19 November) by mayors of all three Municipal Corporations of Delhi (MCD) in the presence founder of Sulabh International Bindeshwar ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2018
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Bindeshwar Pathak • Drainage Infrastructure • Manual scavenging • Sulabh International • Sulabh sewer cleaning machine • World Toilet Day
Current Affairs: November 20, 2018
Main current events of November 20, 2018 are as follows: National Current Events Center for Science and Environment (CSE) awarded Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) was awarded with Indira Gandhi Prize for combating environmental deterioration and in influencing public policies and programmes that have benefitted social ..
Topics: All India Trinamool Congress • BeiDou • Didi • India • Itanagar • Manual scavenging • Sanitation • Sulabh International • Toilets • Tourism in North East India • United States Trade and Development Agency • Water supply and sanitation in India