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mathematics today magazine Published this article page no  52 LOST AT HOME REPORT PUBLISHED BY UN CHILDRENS FUND (UNICEF)  Report looks at the risks and challenges internally displaced children face and the urgent actions needed to protect them. Key Highlights  Drivers of displacement Conflict and violence are key causes of internal displacement for children and their families. Discrimination denial of rights to specific groups statelessness and Climate changeinduced disasters are some other factors.  In India total number of new internal displacements in 2019 stood at around 5 million – with majority due to disasters.  Impact on children o It often breaks families apart and forces children to move on their own. o Internally displaced children are particularly vulnerable to abuse violence and exploitation. o It often disrupts education by interrupting childrens learning depriving them of opportunity. o It poses challenges to accessing essential services such as safe housing water and sanitation etc.  It calls for strategic investments and a united effort by governments civil society companies humanitarian actors and children themselves to address the childspecific drivers of displacement mathematics today magazine buy.

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knowledge questions magazine Published this article page no  102 Challenges to internal security through communication networks role of media and social networking sites in internal security challenges basics of cyber security moneylaundering and its prevention 1. National Register of Citizens (NRC) Context The Assam Government has formed a cabinet subcommittee to look into the problem of 19 lakh people whose names were not included in the supplementary list National Register of Citizens (NRC) published in August 2019. Whats the issue?  The biometric details of these people are locked and could not get Aadhaar cards thereby they are not able to get welfare scheme benefits. Therefore theres a need to resolve the issue at the earliest. Background More than 19 lakh of the 3.29 crore applicants in Assam were excluded from the final draft register published on August 31 2019 which cost 1220 crore.  The government had rejected the NRC in its current form and demanded reverification of at least 30% names in areas bordering Bangladesh and 10% in the rest of the State. Background The Supreme Court had monitored the exercise of updating the NRC of 1951 in Assam. About 19.06 lakh out of 3.3 crore applicants were excluded from the updated draft. About NRC  At its core the NRC is an official record of those who are legal Indian citizens. It includes demographic information about all those individuals who qualify as citizens of India as per the Citizenship Act 1955.  The register was first prepared after the 1951 Census of India and since then it has not been updated until recently. NRC in Assam So far such a database has only been maintained for the state of Assam.  The exercise was a culmination of Assam Accord of 1985 signed between the Centre and the All Assam Students Union (AASU) and All Assam Gana Sangram Parishad (AAGSP) for detection disenfranchisement and deportation of foreigners. Why was NRC updated for Assam? In 2013 the SC ordered the updation of the NRC in accordance with Citizenship Act 1955 and Citizenship Rules 2003 in all parts of Assam. The process officially started in 2015. Issues present  Lakhs of people were left out of the complete draft of Assams National Register of Citizens (NRC) published in 2018 knowledge questions magazine buy. 

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competition wizard Published this article page no 58 The government has unveiled Indias Arctic Policy with an aim to combat climate change and protect the environment.  India holds one of the 13 positions as the Observer in the Arctic Council. Policy The Indian Arctic policy is built on six central pillars 1. Science and research. 2. Environmental protection. 3. Economic and human development. 4. Transportation and connectivity. 5. Governance and international cooperation. 6. National capacity building. Highlights of the Policy 1. The policy commits to expanding scientific research sustainable tourism and mineral oil and gas exploration in the Arctic region. 2. It spells out goals in Indias Arctic Mission such as to better understand the scientific and climaterelated linkages between the Arctic and the Indian monsoons. 3. It also seeks to harmonise polar research with the third pole (the Himalayas) and to advance the study and understanding of the Arctic within India. 4. The policy calls for exploration opportunities for responsible exploration of natural resources and minerals from the Arctic and identifying opportunities for investment in Arctic infrastructure in areas such as offshore explorationmining ports railways and airports. Arctic region  139  The Arctic region comprises the Arctic Ocean and parts of countries such as Canada Denmark (Greenland) Norway Russia USA (Alaska) Finland Sweden and Iceland.  These countries together form the core of the Arctic Council an intergovernmental forum. The region is home to almost four million inhabitants of which about onetenth are indigenous people. Indias engagement in the Arctic  Indias engagement with the Arctic began when it signed the Svalbard Treaty in February 1920 in Paris between Norway the US Denmark France Italy Japan the Netherlands Great Britain and Ireland and the British overseas Dominions and Sweden concerning Spitsbergen. Ever since then India has been closely monitoring all the developments in the Arctic region competition wizard buy. 

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competition wizard Published this article page no  57 2021 marks 134th birth anniversary of Dr Ramanujan. Highlights of Srinivasa Ramanujans life  In 1911 Ramanujan published the first of his papers in the Journal of the Indian Mathematical Society.  Ramanujan traveled to England in 1914 where Hardy tutored him and collaborated with him in some research.  138  He worked out the Riemann series the elliptic integrals hypergeometric series the functional equations of the zeta function and his own theory of divergent series.  The number 1729 is known as the HardyRamanujan number after a famous visit by Hardy to see Ramanujan at a hospital. It is the smallest number which can be expressed as the sum of two different cubes in two different ways.  Hardy observed Ramanujans work primarily involved fields less known even amongst other pure mathematicians.  Ramanujans home state of Tamil Nadu celebrates 22 December as State IT Day memorialising both the man and his achievements as a native of Tamil Nadu.  Ramanujan compiled around 3900 results consisting of equations and identities. One of his most treasured findings was his infinite series for Pi. The Dev Patelstarrer The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015) was a biopic on the mathematician. On March 14 1879 Albert Einstein was born. He is considered the most influential physicist of the 20th century.  He developed special and general theories of relativity and also won the Nobel Prize in 1921 for Physics for the explanation of the photoelectric effect.  He is best known for developing the theory of relativity.  He is also known for his contributions to the development of quantum mechanics competition wizard buy.

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competition wizard Published this article page no  56 Launched the PLI and other schemes to boost semiconductors.  137  Released a vision document for the electronics sector which envisages that the domestic electronic production has potential to reach around Rs 22 lakh crore by 2026.  Launched the Scheme for Promotion of Manufacturing of Electronic Components and Semiconductors (SPECS) under which a budget outlay of Rs 3285 crore is spread over a period of eight years for manufacturing of electronics components and semiconductors. Challenges ahead 1. High Investments Required. 2. Minimal Fiscal Support from Government. 3. Lack of Fab Capacities. 4. Insufficient Grants under PLI Scheme. 5. Resource Inefficient Sector. Insta Curious Did you know that electronics is recognised as a metaresource across the world? What is a metaresource? Reference read this. Russia is the worlds largest producer of palladium the secondlargest producer of platinum and produces nearly 80 percent of all European gold.  3. International Maths Day 2022 Context 14th March every year is observed as the International Day of Mathematics.  The International Day of Mathematics is a project led by the International Mathematical Union with the support of numerous international and regional organizations.  The first International Day of Mathematics was marked in March 2020.  March 14 is already celebrated in many countries as Pi Day because that date is written as 314 in some countries and the mathematical constant Pi is approximately 3.14. The theme for the 2022 International Day of Mathematics is Mathematics Unites competition wizard buy.

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junior science refresher  Published this article page no  44 Launched in 2016.  Coverage All food & oilseed crops and annual commercialhorticultural crops for which past yield data is available.  Premium The prescribed premium is 2% to be paid by farmers for all Kharif crops and 1.5% for all rabi crops. In the case of annual commercial and horticultural crops the premium is 5%. Objectives 1. To provide insurance coverage and financial support to the farmers in the event of failure of any of the notified crops as a result of natural calamities pests & diseases.  128 2. To stabilise the income of farmers to ensure their continuance in farming. 3. To encourage farmers to adopt innovative and modern agricultural practices. 4. To ensure flow of credit to the agriculture sector. Coverage The Scheme covers all Food & Oilseeds crops and Annual CommercialHorticultural Crops for which past yield data is available and for which requisite number of Crop Cutting Experiments (CCEs) are being conducted under General Crop Estimation Survey (GCES). PMFBY to PMFBY 2.0 (overhauled PMFBY) Completely Voluntary It has been decided to make enrolment 100% voluntary for all farmers from 2020 Kharif. Limit to Central Subsidy The Cabinet has decided to cap the Centres premium subsidy under these schemes for premium rates up to 30% for unirrigated areascrops and 25% for irrigated areascrops. More Flexibility to States The government has given the flexibility to statesUTs to implement PMFBY and given them the option to select any number of additional risk coversfeatures like prevented sowing localised calamity midseason adversity and postharvest losses. Penalising the Pendency In the revamped PMFBY a provision has been incorporated wherein if states dont release their share before March 31 for the Kharif season and September 30 for rabi they would not be allowed to participate in the scheme in subsequent seasons. Investing in ICE Activities Insurance companies have to now spend 0.5% of the total premium collected on information education and communication (IEC) activities. Why is PMFBY criticised? Since the beginning farmers especially from Maharashtra have criticised the scheme for various reasons.  One of the main arguments against it is that it helps insurance companies more than the farmers.  Farm leaders claim insurance companies have made windfall gains at the behest of the public exchequer and farmers.  Delayed payouts and denial of claims are other common complaints against insurance companies.  The insurance companies were also blamed for not conducting enough crop cutting experiments (CCE) which measure the total loss experienced by the farmers. Which states have withdrawn from the scheme? Gujarat Bihar West Bengal Andhra Pradesh Telangana and Jharkhand have opted out of the scheme. Insta Curious Several states have their own insurance schemes junior science refresher buy.

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junior science refresher  Published this article page no  43 Meri Policy Mere Haath campaign was launched recently in Hassan Karnataka. About the Campaign  The campaign is part of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana.  It is aimed at motivating all farmers in the country to insure their crops.  Under this program every farmer who has taken insurance under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) will get the policy documents at their doorstep. Significance  The campaign empowers the farmers through crop insurance awareness and by bringing the insurance policy to their doorsteps.  The campaign will also help in increasing the direct communication between the farmers and insurance companies. About PMFBY The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) has successfully entered its seventh year of implementation with the upcoming Kharif 2022 season completing six years of its implementation since its announcement on 18 February 2016. Performance of PMFBY 1. Till date the scheme has insured over 30 crore farmer applications (5.5 crore farmer applications on yearonyear basis). 2. Over the period of 5 years more than 8.3 crore farmer applications have benefited from the scheme. 3. Moreover Rs.95000 crores claims have been paid as against Rs. 20000 crore farmers share. About Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana  It is in line with the One Nation – One Scheme theme It replaced National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS) and Modified National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (MNAIS) junior science refresher buy.  

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