Some rare and unseen photos of Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian-origin woman NASA astronaut to go into space, will be auctioned as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the occasion of International Women’s Day. The auction proceeds will be donated to an Indian child welfare organisation. Meanwhile, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the central bank of the Philippines, intends to move forward in its Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) research efforts, according to reports.