Eight Himachal Pradesh Products Receive GI Tags

### Why in News? - **Eight traditional products from Himachal Pradesh** received **Geographical Indication (GI)** registration, taking the State’s total to **17 GI-registered products**. ### Key Details - The new registrations include **Spiti Seabuckthorn, Chamba Metal Art, Kinnauri Apple, Kinnauri Topi, Kinnauri Jewellery, Sirmauri Loiya, Salooni Safed Makka** and **Mandi Sepuvadi**. - GI registration links a product’s reputation or characteristics with a specific geographical region and protects authorised use of the registered name. ### Exam Connect - **GI tag** → Intellectual-property protection for goods whose qualities or reputation are linked to geographical origin. - **GI Registry** → Located in Chennai.