TNPSC Current Affairs August 30, 2017

www.tnpsc.academy – TNPSC Current Affairs August 30, 2017 (30/08/2017)

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Topic : New inventions on Science and Technology

Implantable Pancreas

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati have successfully created an implantable Bio-artificial pancreas model grown within a 3D silk scaffold.

The pancreas encapsulates insulin-producing cells and is capable of naturally producing insulin in a sustained manner.

How was it created?

Scientists coated the scaffold containing beta cells with a semi-permeable membrane barrier.

The membrane allows insulin produced to be released into the blood stream but does not allow the immune cells to cross the membrane and kill the inlet cells.

To ensure that the implant is not rejected by the body’s immune system, drugs that suppress the immune system were embedded in the scaffold.

Key facts:

If successful in animal and human trials, it can be used for treating people with type 1 diabetes.

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Topic : Welfare Oriented Schemes and their Utilities

YUVA – a skill development programme

The YUVA – a skill development programme and an initiative by Delhi Police under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana was recently launched.

Key facts:

The ‘YUVA’ initiative by Delhi Police aims to connect with youth by upgrading their skill as per their competencies.

It will help them to get a gainful employment under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojna under the Ministry of Skill Development.

PMKVY:

Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) is the flagship outcome-based skill training scheme of the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE).

The objective of this skill certification and reward scheme is to enable and mobilize a large number of Indian youth to take up outcome based skill training and become employable and earn their livelihood.

Under the scheme, monetary reward would be provided to trainees who are successfully trained, assessed and certified in skill courses run by affiliated training providers.