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Pakistan ranks third in the global cryptocurrency adoption index, derived from ordinary people’s volume of transactions and individual saving, calculated by Chain analysis. Pakistan’s index score was 0.36 ranks out of 1. India was a close second with an index score of 0.37. One of the leading cryptocurrency payment companies, Triple-A, predicted by the end of 2021, global crypto ownership would be over 3.9% which is around 300 million users globally.

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Kiribati, a pacific island nation, that has one of the largest marine protected areas in the world, defended a plan of opening to commercial fishing. It would threaten the World Heritage listing of the Phoenix Islands Protected Area, a marine park covering more than 158,000 square miles which is almost the size of Greenland and located approximately halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii. In 2015, it was declared a no-fishing zone but the government now wants to lift the ban for “sustainably use [of] marine resources.”

Read the original article here: https://phys.org/news/2021-11-pacific-kiribati-fishing-vast-marine.html

Uganda prepares to introduce nuclear energy to meet growing electricity demand with a growing economy. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) concluded a review of the country’s infrastructure development for a nuclear power programme. The review was carried out at the request of the Government of Uganda to identify areas where further work is required in relation to energy policies.

Read the original article here: https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/technology/1840165-terralogic-announces-strategic-partnership-with-us-based-stellar-cyber-innovator-of-open-xdr