SATINDER LAMBAH PASSES AWAY AT 81

• Satinder k. Lambha who passed away in New Delhi at the age of 81 was a great Indian diplomat.
• He carried a legacy of special relationships with each country he served in but the most important was his engagement with Pakistan which lasted the longest and saw the biggest breakthrough when he was Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's special envoy (2005-2014).
• Mr.Lambha was born in Peshawar in 1941and he served in the Indian Foreign Service as India Deputy High Commissioner and Commissioner to Pakistan as well as the Joint Secretary in (Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran).
• His main work was the trans -Kashmir LOC bus, trade, liberalization of visas, and holding of cricket matches marked the successful period in ties between the two countries.

RAMPA REBELLION

Prime Minister left for Andhra Pradesh's Bhimavaram to attend the 125th birth anniversary celebrations of freedom fighter Alluri Sitarama Raju.

About Alluri Sitarama Raju

• Born on July 4 in the year 1897, Alluri Sitarama Raju is remembered for his fight against the British administration to safeguard the interests of the tribal communities in the Eastern Ghats region.
• In the year 1922, Indian revolutionary Alluri Sitaram Raju with more than 500 tribal people led the Rampa Rebellion against the British raj for their imposition of the 1882 Madras Forest Act, which restricted the free movement of the tribal community within their own forests.
• Forced labour, embargoes on collecting minor protest produce, and ban on tribal agriculture practices led to severe distress among the Koyas of the Godavari agency area led to a rebellion known as the “rampa rebellion” or “manyam rebellion”
• Rampa's rebellion serves as a proxy for the many struggles of the tribal and non-tribal communities against British rule.
• Though Alluri Sitaram was not tribal but he understood the restriction that the British administration placed on the tribal way of life.
• He was finally captured, tied to a tree, and shot dead by the British administration.

FINANCIAL SERVICES INSTITUTION BUREAU

• The Central government has transformed the Banks Board Bureau (BBB) into the Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB) by making a few amendments.
• The new framework was proposed by the Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance.
• In 2016, the Prime Minister has approved the constitution of the Banks Board Bureau (BBB) as a recruiter for whole-time directors and non-executive chairpersons of state-owned banks and financial institutions.
• It was also entrusted with the work of engaging with the Board of Directors of all PSBs to formulate appropriate strategies for their growth and development.
• Guidelines for the selection of General Managers and Directors of Public Sector General Insurance companies have been made part of the Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB).

The amendments were made as the Delhi High Court in its 2021 order said the BBB is not a competent body to choose the General Managers and Directors of State-owned General Insurers.

• These amendments were made to the Nationalized Banks (Management and Miscellaneous Provisions) Scheme of 1970/1980.
• Now, the FSIB has been established as a single entity for making recommendations for the recruitment of whole-time Directors and Non-Executive Chairperson of:

1. Public sector banks (PSBs),
2. Public sector insurers (PSIs) and
3. Financial institutions (FIs).

• This new entity will also make recommendations for the selection of General Managers and Directors in non-life Public Sectors Insurers.
• The Cabinet appointment committee has approved the appointment of Bhanu Pratap Sharma as the Chairperson of FSIB for the two-year term. He was also the former chairman of BBB.

VK Paul Taskforce on MonkeyPox

The Union government has formed a task force headed by Dr. VK Paul, a member of NITI Aayog in the wake of rising Monkeypox cases in India.

About Monkeypox:

Monkeypox is a zoonotic disease caused by the monkeypox virus, which belongs to the same family of viruses that causes smallpox.

Occurrence of Disease:

• The infection was first discovered in the year 1958
• The first human case was recorded in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Symptoms:

• Monkeypox begins with a fever, headache, muscle aches, backache, and exhaustion.
• It also causes the lymph nodes to swell (lymphadenopathy), which smallpox does not.
• The incubation period is usually between 7-14 days but can range from 5-21 days.

Transmission:

• Zoonotic disease: It is a disease that is transmitted from infected animals to humans.
• Human-to-human transmission is limited and the overall risk to the general public is very low.
• Transmission can be through contact with bodily fluids, lesions on the skin or on internal mucosal surfaces, such as in the mouth or throat, respiratory droplets, and contaminated objects.

Prevention:

• There is no safe, proven treatment for monkeypox yet.
• The WHO recommends supportive treatment depending on the symptoms.
• Awareness is important for the prevention and control of the infection.

Monkeypox has been reported as endemic in several other central and western African countries such as Cameroon, Central African Republic, Cote d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Liberia, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, and Sierra Leone.

However, cases have been also reported in certain non-endemic countries e.g. USA, United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Australia, Canada, Austria, Israel, Switzerland, etc.

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