- National Mathematics Day 2021: India celebrates National Mathematics Day

on December 22 every year. The day marks the birth anniversary of famous
mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan

- Pi day – 14 march (3.14)

- Ramanujan’s no – 1729 : 13 + 123 = 93 + 103
- pi approximation day – 22 july (22/7)

- father of economics – adam smith

- father of modern economics - Called the father of modern economics,
Samuelson became the first American to win the Nobel Prize in
Economics (1970) for his work to transform the fundamental
nature of the discipline. He insisted that mathematics was
essential, and his numerous and groundbreaking contributions
provided the foundation on which modern economics is built.
Samuelson’s textbook, Economics: An Introductory Analysis, is
one of the most widely used in the history of American
education.

- India jumps 2 spots to 46th rank in Global Innovation Index 2021

- Kerela tops NITI health index 2019-20

- India poverty reduction – 47.6 % in 1990s to 22.5% in 2011 ( 1.9 usd per day )
- Unicorn Boom : 2019-9, 2020-12, 2021-44
- India has 3rd highest no of unicorns after US and china

- India’s power plant consumes around 700 millions tonnes of coal every year.
India has the world’s 4th largest coal reserves and is 2nd largest coal producer.

- PM-KISAN scheme: Modi releases Rs 20,900 crores to farmers.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi released over Rs.20,900 crores to more than 10.09
crores farmers across India as 10th installment of financial aid under PM- KISAN
scheme.
 Under the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sammaan Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme, a financial
benefit of Rs. 6000 per year is provided to the eligible farmer families, payable in
three equal installments.
With the released latest tranche, the total amount provided under the scheme has
touched about Rs. 1.8 lakhs crores. PM-KISAN scheme was announced in February
2019 Budget. The first installment was for the Period December 2018 to March 2019.

- 2021 : Recession and slow economic growth, Inflation, Unemployment, Increase in

inequalities, Covid, Poverty increase, Creation of bad banks to tackle bad loans, Air
India privatization, Farm laws.
- Work life balance as a concept has had its origins in the women's liberation
movement due to the expectations and society's need to see household work as
primarily a women's job and women required some time for the same managing
their working hours also
Why the topic has been in news lately- Due to working from home in past year or so,
there has been an overlapping between work time and personal time, several
discussions have been going on to address this.
Given the COVID scenario, people are forced to work from home and some
companies have been exploiting that time of employees in turn affecting productivity
and health and hence it becomes a relevant topic owing to multiple mental health
issues these days.
The spill over or leaks of personal space over professional or vice versa has been
more while working from home as the physical space helped us define boundaries
which are not present now
2016 saw People Management publish the results of one of the largest global
workplace surveys of its kind, in which 83% stated that adopting flexible working had
resulted in improved productivity. Results also showed that 61% said it helped to
increase company profits and 58% agreed that flexible working policies had a
positive impact on reputation.
Yes even with the report on great resignation the major mover of this trend was work
life balance accounting for almost 25% of the resignation happened.
the hussle culture today in corporate world is the one of the main cause of work life
imbalance. Commoner are made to believe that success is achievable only if they
keep working harder and harder rather than working smart.

- SWAYATT is an initiative to promote Start-ups, Women and Youth Advantage

Through eTransactions on Government e Marketplace (GeM). This will bring together the
key stakeholders within the Indian entrepreneurial ecosystem to Government e-Marketplace
the national procurement portal
- Joseph Asscher & Co. The Cullinan Diamond is the largest gem-quality rough diamond
ever found, weighing 3,106.75 carats (621.35 g) (21.9 ounces), discovered at the Premier
No. 2 mine in Cullinan, South Africa, on 26 January 1905. It was named after Thomas
Cullinan, the mine's chairman.
- OECD Inflaion: 25 yr high- 5.8% yoy
- Web 1.0: Read only- Web 1.0 was the first generation of the world wide web, also referred
to as the read-only web. Web 1.0 began as an information place for businesses to
broadcast their information and only allowed users to search for information and read it.
Web 2.0: social web(Read and write)-Web 2.0 refers to worldwide websites which highlight
user-generated content, usability, and interoperability for end users. Web 2.0 is also called
the participative social web
Web 3.0: the Decentralized Web

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policies to encourage green energy production?

1. In July 2021, to encourage rooftop solar (RTS) throughout the country,

notably in rural regions, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy plans to
undertake Rooftop Solar Programme Phase II, which aims to install an RTS
capacity of 4,000 MW in the residential sector by 2022 with a provision of
subsidy.
2. SATAT:‘SATAT’ scheme on Compressed Bio Gas (CBG) encourages
entrepreneurs to set up CBG plants, produce & supply CBG to Oil Marketing
Companies (OMCs) for sale as automotive & industrial fuels.
3. Interstate transmission of renewable power will be free for 15 years
4. In addition to the steps already taken and schemes launched such as
1. National Solar Mission (NSM) 
2. National Biofuels Policy
3. SATAT Small Hydro Power (SHP) 
4. National Hydrogen Energy Mission (NHEM) 
5. Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme 
6. National Biofuels Policy and SAYAY

5. development of 'Green cities' in every state powered by a renewable source

of energy through solar rooftops, solar parks, etc. To encourage domestic
production, customs duty on solar inverters has been increased from 5% to
20%, and on solar lanterns from 5% to 15%.

Previously government was already providing subsidies to the houses using solar
panels instead of conventional electricity, Companies are already shifting to EVs, this
GDAP will "further strengthen" these kinds of measures.
- In a major boost to India's defence export plans, the Philippines has accepted Indian
BrahMos Aerospace Pvt Ltd's proposal worth $374.9 million to supply a Shore-based Anti-
Ship Missile System Acquisition Project for its navy.
Other countries in Southeast Asia, including Vietnam and Indonesia, have also expressed
their interest in buying BrahMos from India to secure their defence architecture.
BrahMos is a joint collaboration between India and Russia and is capable of being
launched from land, sea, sub-sea and air against surface and sea-based targets and has
been long inducted by the Indian armed forces
The BrahMos is a medium-range ramjet supersonic cruise missile that can be launched from
submarine, ships, aircraft or land. It is notably one of the fastest supersonic cruise missiles in
the world