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05.07 / 06:45
Citi
Fighting
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Posters outside Sharad Pawar's residence: 83-year-old warrior waging lone battle
NCP chief Sharad Pawar's supporters thronged his residence in south Mumbai on Wednesday, hours ahead of the show of strength meetings convened by him and his nephew Ajit Pawar who has parted ways to become Maharashtra deputy chief minister. The Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar factions of the Nationalist Congress Party are holding their meetings in Yashwantrao Chavan Centre in south Mumbai and in Bhujbal Knowledge City in suburban Bandra, respectively, on Wednesday.
04.07 / 20:17
COST
UPS
Waters
Simulation
volunteers
mars
NASA seals volunteers into isolated Mars-like habitat for year-long experiment
NASA) last month sealed four volunteers into a simulated Martian habitat for a-year long analogue mission to simulate living on Mars. The objective of the mission is to learn more about the logistics – and the human psychology – of living long-term on another planet, without ever leaving the ground. CHAPEA or Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog, is the first of three planned simulation missions at Nasa’s Johnson Space Centre in Houston, Texas which will teach scientists more about what it takes for long-duration human spaceflight to succeed.
03.07 / 17:43
UPS
FIVE
Digital
Progressive
Manufacturing
Micron
‘Micron’s India plant to start construction in 4-6 weeks’
NEW DELHI : Micron Technology, Inc.’s India plant is set to begin construction within four to six weeks, as the Gujarat government has allocated land for the semiconductor factory, said communications and IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday. The facility in Sanand, Gujarat, will be producing the first ‘Make in India’ chip, and production is expected to start by December 2024, he added. Micron, the American semiconductor packaging firm, will invest $825 million in India to set up the assembly and testing facility, it’s first factory here.
03.07 / 16:51
Citi
Metro
Yellow
Time
Centre
Third time in a day! Huda City Centre renamed as Millennium City Centre Gurugram by DMRC
Delhi Metro's Yellow Line record third time in twenty-four hours DMRC, in a third amendment notice within a day, renamed HUDA City Centre Metro Station. The metro station on Delhi Metro's Yellow Line will now be known as Millennium City Centre Gurugram. The DMRC in a tweet said that ,"In reference to our earlier tweet regarding the renaming of the HUDA City Centre Metro station, this is to inform that the full name of the station will read as Millennium City Centre Gurugram." The station falls in Haryana's Gurugram, a bustling IT and commercial hub in the National Capital Region (NCR) that is known as Millenium City.
03.07 / 16:01
Provident
BABA
Centre
PM to inaugurate Sai Hira Global Convention Centre in Puttaparthi on 4 July
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Sai Hira Global Convention Centre in Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh on 4 July at 10:30 AM via video conferencing, the prime minister’s office said in a statement. The inauguration ceremony will witness the presence of prominent dignitaries and devotees from around the world.
03.07 / 13:31
Twitter
Remark
RPG
Mantra
Guru Purnima 2023: Anand Mahindra bids final farewell to Aunt Sudha on auspicious day, Nita Ambani chants special mantra at NMACC event
Guru Purnima is a religious festival dedicated to teachers. This year, the India Inc bosses found a special way to celebrate Guru Purnima.Nita Ambani, founder and Chairperson of Reliance Foundation (the philanthropic arm of Reliance Industries Limited), hosted a special show 'Parampara — A Guru Purnima Special' at The Grand Theatre at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre in Mumbai's Bandra Kurla Complex in Jio World Convention Centre. To mark the second day of 'Parampara', the businesswoman recited the guru mantra on stage for the audience.
29.06 / 00:51
Boeing
BIS and Bank of England complete CBDC project
Project Rosalind was designed to explore how a "universal and extensible API layer" could connect central bank and private sector infrastructures and enable retail CBDC payments.
24.06 / 01:16
Lowe's
CEO
Platform
crypto mining
Bitcoin
Experts: This Is Why Russia Is Becoming a ‘Crypto Mining Hotspot’
Experts have explained why Russia is reportedly becoming a crypto mining hotspot, as the nation claims its crypto mining hashrate is second only to that of the USA.
20.06 / 18:11
CBDC
Bank of England
BIS
Bank of England Project Finds CBDCs Could Introduce 'Programmability' to Money
A trial conducted by the Bank of England (BoE) and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Innovation Hub has highlighted the potential central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) have for introducing “programmability” to money.
19.06 / 06:05
Blockchain
CBDC
Adoption
Bank of England
UK government
‘Britcoin’ launch inches closer after Project Rosalind CBDC tests
The Bank of England (BoE) is a step closer to launching its central bank digital currency (CBDC) dubbed “Britcoin” following the conclusion of a trial study called Project Rosalind.
16.06 / 10:27
Boeing
BIS and Bank of England complete CBDC project
Project Rosalind was designed to explore how a "universal and extensible API layer" could connect central bank and private sector infrastructures and enable retail CBDC payments.
07.06 / 13:13
UPS
Provident
Digital
Simulation
NY Fed and MAS find promise in CBDC for cross border payments
Last year, MAS and the Fed’s New York Innovation Centre teamed up to explore the use of wholesale CBDCs for cross-border payments. The experiment was conducted in a test environment and the hypothetical payments were settled using simulated wholesale central bank digital currencies.
02.06 / 07:41
CBDC
regulation
Central Bank
Terrorism
Counter Terrorism Financing
Crypto Companies
NOT
Qatar gets slammed for not taking enough action against crypto companies
The global watchdog fighting money laundering and terrorist financing has slammed Qatar Central Bank (QCB) for making little effort to enforce its own regulations prohibiting virtual asset service providers.
22.05 / 10:03
UPS
Provident
Digital
Simulation
NY Fed and MAS find promise in CBDC for cross border payments
Last year, MAS and the Fed’s New York Innovation Centre teamed up to explore the use of wholesale CBDCs for cross-border payments. The experiment was conducted in a test environment and the hypothetical payments were settled using simulated wholesale central bank digital currencies.
08.05 / 16:11
crypto mining
Crypto Mining Entities in Kazakhstan Paid $7 Million in Taxes in 2022 – Next Crypto Hub?
The government of Kazakhstan collected around $7 million in taxes from cryptocurrency mining entities last year.
06.05 / 21:03
business
Mining
regulation
Bitcoin
Kazakhstan collected $7M in crypto mining taxes in 2022
The government of Kazakhstan has received 3.07 billion tenge (approximately $7 million) in tax payments from crypto mining entities in 2022, following the implementation of an amended law regulating the fiscal burden of mining cryptocurrencies, according to the local media reports.
29.03 / 10:47
Ethereum
regulation
cryptocurrency investment
Bitcoin Regulation
Bitcoin
Australian
Australian senator introduces private bill to expedite crypto regulation
A new bill has been introduced to the Australian Parliament proposing regulations for providing cryptocurrency services in the country.
28.02 / 19:37
Blockchain
Technology
Ethereum
Adoption
defi
Bitcoin
Top 5 universities to study blockchain in the UK
Universities in the United Kingdom have started offering cutting-edge research programs, courses and practical experience in various aspects of blockchain technology, including cryptocurrencies, smart contracts, privacy, security and scalability. Students who graduate from these programs will be well-equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary to become leaders in the field of blockchain technology and drive innovation and adoption in various industries.
06.11 / 19:05
Payments
Energy
Energy Consumption
Bitcoin
Why banking uses at least 56 times more energy than Bitcoin
The next time Bitcoin (BTC) comes under fire for energy consumption, remember this statistic. The banking industry uses at least 56 times more energy. That's according to cryptographer and founder of Valuechain, Michel Khazzaka:
31.10 / 05:25
Technology
Adoption
5,000 miles apart: Thailand and Hungary to jointly explore blockchain tech
The financial technology associations for Thailand and Hungary have signed a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to support the introduction of blockchain technology to their respective financial sectors.
27.10 / 13:07
NFT
NFT vending machine to make digital art more accessible at London event
Multichain nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace myNFT has announced it will showcase its first-ever physical NFT vending machine at this year’s NFT.London event scheduled for Nov. 2–4.
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