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Cryptocurrencies

Cryptocurrencies Rise of Cryptocurrencies: The pioneer cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, was traded at just $0.0008 in 2010 and commanded a market price of about $65,000 in April 2021. Many newer coins have also been introduced since Bitcoin’s launch and their cumulative market value touched $2.5 trillion by May 2021. Significance of Cryptocurrencies: Corruption Check: As blocks run […]

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World Meteorological Organization

World Meteorological Organization

World Meteorological Organization   About: It is an intergovernmental organization with a membership of 192 Member States and Territories. India is a member. It originated from the International Meteorological Organization (IMO), which was established after the 1873 Vienna International Meteorological Congress. Establishment: Established by the ratification of the WMO Convention on 23rd March 1950, WMO

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Tribal welfare GI tag can help ST entrepreneurs thrive

Tribal welfare: GI tag can help ST entrepreneurs thrive

Tribal welfare: GI tag can help ST entrepreneurs thrive     At this critical juncture of India’s development journey, where inclusive economic growth has emerged as a new exemplar of development, the empowerment of scheduled tribes (ST), which are largely economically and socially backward, has assumed special significance. And what better way than to help

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Ensure patta and effective implementation of Forest Rights Act for tribal people Study-anthropology-vishnu ias

Ensure patta and effective implementation of Forest Rights Act for tribal people: Study

Ensure patta and effective implementation of Forest Rights Act for tribal people: Study     A study in the hill areas of Kadambur and Bargur revealed that creation of jobs locally, distribution of patta for their holdings and effective implementation of the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006, will prevent migration of tribal people to other

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National Bio Entrepreneurship Competition -upsc-vishnuias

National Bio Entrepreneurship Competition 

National Bio Entrepreneurship Competition  Recently, the Department of Biotechnology has launched the fifth edition of the National Bio Entrepreneurship Competition (NBEC). NBEC is conducted as a part of the Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) Regional Entrepreneurship Centre, established at Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP) in partnership with BIRAC. BIRAC is a Public

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