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Welcome to South Asia Biz Blog. Not too many people are interested in starting a new blog in 2026. However, if you go back 20 years to 2006, blogging — or professional blogging — was the buzz topic around the world. Thousands of people were eager to start a blog; it was like a gold rush. I used to be a blogger back then, and I had a blog with the same name, under the "Know More Media" network. I've opened this blog because I want to start writing again. Twenty years ago, as a professional blogger, my main target was to reach the first page of Google and use social networking sites like Digg, Reddit, and StumbleUpon to draw thousands of visitors every week. At that time, Google PageRank was a very important factor for search engine optimization. But things have changed now — Google now favors established websites and news media over small blogs like this one. Still, I've started this blog not to win any favor from Google like I did 20 years ago, but simply to write abo...

  Geographical Indication (GI) is mainly a kind of Intellectual Property (IP) right. It helps identify special products from a geographical region with certain unique features. When a particular product of a country is significantly related to the soil, water, climate, and local culture of a specific geographical region, it is considered a Geographical Indication (GI) product of that country.   The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), under the United Nations, plays a key role in the spread of GI products worldwide. WIPO works with the governments of all countries by providing a framework for the development of GI, as well as rules and regulations.   For a product to be recognized as a GI (Geographical Indication) product, certain conditions must be met. The conditions are as follows: •         The product should have a rich history of at least 50 years. •         The product sho...