Thirty Indian companies have answered the space regulator's call to build and operate constellations of Earth observation (EO) satellites in a groundbreaking private-public partnership to reduce the country's reliance on foreign data for defense, infrastructure management and other critical mapping needs.

Bitcoin's value surged from $69,374 on Election Day to more than $100,000, driven by President-elect Donald Trump's win and his pledge to make the U.S. the "crypto capital." Trump’s nomination of crypto advocate Paul Atkins for SEC chair and his plan to include Bitcoin in the U.