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News Date: December 22, 2022

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced the Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme 2022-23 - Series III, which will be open for subscription during December 19-23, 2022.
Sovereign Gold Bonds, or SGBs, are issued by the Reserve Bank of India on behalf of the Indian government as an alternative to physical gold.
These gold bonds can be sold only to resident individuals, Hindu Undivided Families (HUFs), trusts, universities, and charitable institutions.
These bonds offer a superior alternative to holding gold in physical form. The risks and costs of storage are eliminated.
Sources: indianexpress

US Patent for Quantum computing in business problems

Accenture Awarded US Patent for Combining Classical and Quantum Computing with Potential to Address Previously Unsolvable Business Problems.
Quantum computing has the potential to solve complex business problems millions of times faster than classical computing by leveraging the properties of quantum physics to process multiple computing tasks in parallel.
Accenture new patent - U.S. Patent No. 10,095,981 - reveals how businesses could take advantage of the best aspects of both classical and quantum computing techniques to enable breakthrough solutions to problems that could not be solved before.
Sources: www.businesswire.com

IMF, World Bank annual meetings on economic development

The International Monetary Fund and World Bank will hold their annual meetings, with both calling on the Group of 20 largest economies to extend a freeze in debt payments from the worlds poorest nations that is set to expire at year end.
The annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the Board of Governors of the World Bank Group (WBG) are going to kick off on Monday 12, and will remain in session till 18 October. The meetings come amid unprecedented conditions because of the COVID-19 outbreak and the severe impact it has had on the whole world.
The meetings are designed to bring together central bankers, ministers of finance and development, private sector executives, representatives from civil society organizations, and academics to discuss issues of global concern, including the world economic outlook, poverty eradication, economic development, and aid effectiveness.
IMF to revalue its Special Drawing Rights (SDR) - the world's reserve currency waiting in the wings.
Sources:www.bloomberg.com, ahram.org.eg, gesara.news

Principles of BRICS expansion

Russian Foreign Ministry: BRICS countries discuss principles of alliance expansion.
Ivan Nechayev, deputy director of the information and press department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said at a briefing on Thursday, August 11, that the establishment of criteria for the accession of new BRICS members is already underway.
Iran and Argentina applied to join the BRICS, and later it became known that Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, and Algeria would also like to become part of the alliance.
In addition, Cuba's ambassador expressed the need for economic cooperation with the BRICS.
Sources: tvbrics.com

HSBC Trials Quantum-Secure Tech for Tokenized Gold

HSBC has announced a successful trial of quantum-secure technology for buying and selling tokenized physical gold, a significant step in safeguarding financial applications from future quantum computing threats.
HSBC was the first global bank to offer tokenized gold to institutional investors using distributed ledger technology (DLT) and later expanded this offering to retail investors in Hong Kong through the HSBC Gold Token.
The trial also demonstrated interoperability between gold tokens using post-quantum cryptography (PQC), enabling safe movement of digital assets across ledgers and the conversion of HSBC's tokens into ERC-20 fungible tokens for enhanced distribution.

WH fires 9 Defense Business Board members, installs loyalists

Martial law incoming? The White House purge of Pentagon continues.
The White House removed nine members of the Pentagon Defense Business Board on Friday and installed people loyal to President Donald Trump in their place, including presidential allies Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie.
Sources: www.politico.com, www.resignation.info