DAILY GK 31 JULY
1.
IAF
to Phase Out Remaining 4 MiG-21 Squadrons by 2025
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The Indian Air Force (IAF) has
planned to phase out four MiG-21 fighter squadrons by 2025.
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At present, the IAF has around
70 – MiG-21 aircraft and 50 MiG-29 variants.
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The IAF has also planned to
phase out the 3 squadrons of MiG-29 fighter jets in the next 5 years.
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One of the MiG-21 fighter
squadrons, Sri Nagar-based No 51 Squadron(also known as “Sword Arms,”), is set to retire from service in September 2022.
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The other 3 squadrons at
Uttarlai, Suratgarh and Nal in Rajasthan will subsequently retire by 2025.
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TheMiG variants were first
launched in 1963. The MiG-21 is India’s longest-serving fighter plane.
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The aircraft was designed by
the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau (OKB) of the erstwhile Soviet Union, and it
made its maiden flight on 16 June, 1955.
2. WHO declares Monkeypox as a Public Health Emergency
of International Concern
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The World Health Organisation
(WHO) declared the global monkeypox outbreak a ‘Public Health Emergency of
International Concern’ (PHEIC), one step below that of a ‘pandemic.’
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Public Health Emergency of
International Concern’ (PHEIC)-According to the WHO, a
PHEIC is an extraordinary event, which constitutes a public health risk to
other States through the international spread, and which potentially requires a
coordinated international response.
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Earlier in 2020, the WHO also
categorised COVID-19 as a PHEIC
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WHO previously declared
emergencies for public health crises such as the Ebola outbreak in 2014 and
Zika virus in Latin America in 2016.
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WHO Director General- Dr.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,Headquarters- Geneva, Switzerland
3. RBI Imposes Restrictions on Three Urban Cooperative
Banks
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The Reserve Bank of
India (RBI) has
imposed restrictions on three urban co-operative banks (UCBs) including
Durga Co-operative Urban Bank,
Jaiprakash Narayan Nagari Sahakari Bank and Karmala Urban
Co-operative Bank.
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Durga Co-operative Urban
Bank, Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) – Depositors
withdrawal limit must not
exceed Rs. 1.50 lakh of the total balance across all
savings bank or current accounts or any other account, subject to RBIs
direction.
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Jaiprakash Narayan Nagari Sahakari Bank, Basmatnagar (Maharashtra)
– The customers cannot withdraw amounts due
to the bank’s liquidity position but are allowed to set off loans against
deposits subject to RBIs direction.
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The Karmala Urban
Co-operative Bank, Solapur (Maharashtra) – Depositors
will be allowed to withdraw not more than Rs.
10,000 of the total balance across all savings bank or
current accounts or any other account, subject to RBIs direction.
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UCBs-
The term Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs) are
not formally defined but it refers to primary cooperative banks located in
urban and semi-urban areas.
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Until 1996, these banks were
allowed to lend money only for non-agricultural purposes and now they
essentially lend to small borrowers and businesses.UCBs are supervised under
the Registrar of Cooperative Societies.
4.
WORLD DAY AGAINST
TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS 2022 – 30 JULY
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The United Nations(UN)’s World
Day Against Trafficking in Persons is annually observed across the globe on
30th July to create awareness about the state of victims of human trafficking
and for the promotion and protection of their rights.
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United Nations Office on Drugs
and Crime (UNODC) Headquarters–
Vienna, Austria
