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Tuesday, July 29, 2025
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Topic: blockchain

What is e-RUPI & how it could be the first step towards launching digital currency in India

These vouchers are person- and purpose-specific, meaning if they are released by the government for the purpose of vaccination, then they can be redeemed only for that. 

Dogecoin started as a joke & is now the world’s 4th-largest cryptocurrency. Thank Elon Musk

Dogecoin, greatly supported by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, now has a market value of more than $85 billion, after hitting an all-time high price of $0.69 (69 cents) a coin Wednesday.

Why India shouldn’t use blockchain for GST. It will make planet hotter, for one

India’s GST system will not work better if carried out through blockchains — they can be as easy to manipulate.

India’s answer to tax-evasion lies in blockchain

Modi govt must consider putting GST collection on blockchain, which is a technocratic solution and need not be managed by the State.

Everything will soon be on the blockchain, whatever that means

If and when radical decentralisation does come about, the concept most in need of radical revision may be adjudication.

How blockchain can bring unicorns to millennials

Until its recent initial public offering, the moneyed folk who would never deign to set foot in an Airbnb Inc. property could buy in, whereas a younger, regular user could not.

India can be the laboratory that leads the world into the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Be it AI or Blockchain, what works in India — with its inherent diversity, complexity and scale — will work in the world.

Blockchain startups tap economics Nobel winners as cryptocurrency fanfare wanes

Funding has fallen, and blockchain startups hope partnerships with Nobel laureates will change that.

Blockchain coming to India’s aid in war on fake drugs

The government plans to track and authenticate the drugs at each stage of their journey from pharmaceutical companies to the patient’s home.

Countries and financial institutions are getting cryptocurrencies and blockchain all wrong

Crypto currencies issued by countries would be more vulnerable to arbitrary interventions in supply and demand. 

On Camera

Dhankhar’s resignation: How Modi-Shah’s ‘capable’ BJP has served another strong message to RSS

One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.

Unclaimed deposits worth Rs 67,000 crore lying in banks, 87% in public sector banks alone, Parliament told

SBI holds Rs 19,239 crore in unclaimed deposits, or 26% of the abandoned money in public banking system. PNB, Canara Bank follow.

India wanted a stable, prosperous Pakistan but our peace efforts were mistaken for weakness: Rajnath

Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.