India inaugurates world’s only 2nd such lab for testing & calibration of air pollution equipment, will curb dependence on imported machines | India News

NEW DELHI: Taking, in what it called, an important step towards environmental governance and reducing dependence on foreign certification systems, India has set up the world’s second National Environmental Standard Laboratory here at the CSIR–National Physical Laboratory (NPL) that will develop requisite testing and calibration facilities for air pollution monitoring equipment in the country.Currently, most…

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Bitcoin’s latest advance comes with warning signs as spot volumes dry up

Bitcoin and the wider crypto market has started to wake up recently, but underlying liquidity conditions appear strikingly weak, according to onchain analytics firm Glassnode — a dynamic that echoes concerns raised in a CoinDesk analysis in November on hollow crypto market liquidity following the October crash. Glassnode’s latest data shows that both bitcoin spot…

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More FAR in Bengaluru will worsen civic woes: Supreme Court | India News

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday questioned the Karnataka govt’s decision to allow for construction purposes Premium Floor Area Ratio (PFAR) — which is FAR over and above the mandated FAR — saying it could lead to construction of multistoried buildings on many narrow 9-metre-wide roads in Bengaluru, worsening the already strained civic amenities in…

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Robinhood (HOOD) leaning into advanced traders as crypto volatility reshapes user behavior

Robinhood (HOOD) is sharpening its focus on advanced crypto traders, a pivot that reflects evolving customer behavior during a volatile year for digital assets. “What we’ve seen really depends on the customer segment,” Johann Kerbrat, head of crypto at Robinhood, said in an interview. “We have a lot of customers that are a bit younger….

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Goldman Sachs (GS) sees regulation driving next wave of institutional crypto adoption

Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs (GS) said improving regulation and the emergence of crypto use cases beyond trading are underpinning a constructive outlook for the industry, particularly for infrastructure companies that support the ecosystem without being as exposed to market cycles. Regulatory uncertainty remains the main barrier for institutions, and that backdrop is shifting rapidly,…

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