826 things moved India forward since we started watching.
117 developments
CPP Investments acquired a 27% stake in Prestige Hospitality Ventures for ₹3,000 crore
Ola Electric board approved up to ₹1,000 crore fundraise via rights issue
Balwaan Krishi closed ₹100 crore Series B funding round
Unicorn India Ventures announced ₹450 crore first close for a ₹1,000 crore deep-tech fund
GalaxEye approved for ₹63.84 Cr RDI Fund support for multisensor satellite project
Aequs board approved ₹650 crore preferential warrant issue to promoter trust
Sarvam AI released Saaras V4 speech recognition model supporting 22 Indian languages
CapitaLand and STT GDC signal further data centre expansion in Karnataka
BWSSB jurisdiction expanded to cover all of Bengaluru Urban district
Aequs board approved raising up to ₹650 Cr via preferential issue of warrants
Aiven launched India operations and plans to expand its Bengaluru team
NIMHANS and partners to launch HEADS project on AI-assisted depression screening
Railway Board sanctions new BEML trainsets for Bengaluru Metro Pink Line elevated section
Ultraviolette raised $85M in a Series E round led by Yali Capital
Karnataka launched a state action plan to reduce population salt intake by 30% by 2030
Railways to bring entire Mangaluru railway area under South Western Railway
Google agreed to report child sexual abuse material directly to Indian authorities
Karnataka cabinet approved PPP port-cum-shipyard at Manki and shipyard at Kundapura
Greater Bengaluru Authority launched Nambike Nakshe 2.0 for automated building plan approvals
Karnataka Cabinet approved Sustainable Data Centre Policy 2026–31 targeting 1 GW by 2031
ARISTION and Israel’s P-Cure sign deal to build compact proton therapy centres in India
Samsung launched Innovation Campus 2026 in Karnataka to train 2,000 youth in AI
PhonePe launched UPI 123Pay to enable UPI payments on feature phones without internet
BEML wins ₹5,400 crore NHSRCL contract for 16 MAHSR high-speed trainsets
Bengaluru Cantonment–Whitefield fourth rail line reaches 84% physical progress
Karnataka approved Marine Biotechnology Policy 2026–2031
Infineon increased its India workforce 28% to over 2,800 employees
DheyaTech raised ₹43 Cr to scale micro gas turbine engine production and testing
Nava Sankalpa Bakery and mobile bakery units launched at Bengaluru Central Prison
Yaanendriya raised ₹15 crore in seed funding for inertial sensors and navigation systems
Teradyne opened its first India office in Bengaluru
Applied Materials signed MoU to invest ₹3,600 crore in Bengaluru Signature Business Park
KSRTC started a multi-axle bus service on the Bengaluru–Ballari route
BMRCL inducts first Titagarh-CRRC six-coach train (TS16) into Green Line service
Flipkart begins pilot of ‘Eat-In’ food delivery service among employees in Bengaluru
Namma Yatri launched Namma Santhe retail platform for its drivers in Bengaluru
Popo Global raised ₹532 crore minority investment from Artal Asia
Can Fin Homes announced ₹296.95 crore digital transformation programme 'Project TEJAS'
Karnataka launched One Karnataka Mobility App and WhatsApp bus ticketing
Swish raised $24 Mn to expand its quick food delivery kitchen network
Bengaluru gaming startup ARC raised ₹10.5 crore in a pre-seed funding round
HCLTech launched a ₹185-crore Advanced Semiconductor Lab in Bengaluru
Bengaluru City Police launched Project Khushi health and wellness programme
Bengaluru Traffic Police put two-wheeler ban on Airport Road and Electronics City flyovers on hold
Pixxel closes $100 million Series C funding round
HerSpace Manufacturing received a $50m capital commitment from Gray Matters Capital
NMC permits Bagalkot Medical College and Research Institute to admit 100 MBBS students
Assured transit-time domestic container train service started between Bengaluru and Delhi
Ola Electric board approved plan to raise up to ₹1,500 Cr via equity/convertible securities
Work started on ₹56.5 crore road project to Sidilu Mallikarjuna Swamy Hill in Mysuru
Wipro Kawasaki Precision Machinery announced ₹1,000 crore hydraulic pump plant at Harohalli
BDA completed 1,441 rainwater-harvesting percolation wells across 77 sites in Bengaluru
PM-KUSUM C solar projects in Chickballapur and Bengaluru Rural power farm pumpsets
Ultrahuman raised $70 Mn in a fresh funding round
KMWA Vidyanikethan inaugurated new computer lab, science lab and library in Bengaluru
Simple Energy launched the Simple Wave family electric scooter starting at ₹1.10 lakh
Alteon raised $2.5M pre-seed to develop long-endurance autonomous aircraft
Kepler Aerospace raises $8M seed funding for swarming ISR satellites
Niyo signed agreement to acquire Capital India Finance’s RemitX forex business for ₹11.4 Cr
Yuma Energy raised $35 Mn Series A to expand its battery swapping network
Oppex AI raised ₹4.2 crore in a pre-seed round led by Info Edge Ventures
State Street completed ₹580 Cr investment in Groww AMC after regulatory approvals
Airbus contracts Mahindra Aerostructures to supply A320neo/A321XLR fuselage skins from Bengaluru
ITC Infotech agreed to acquire 22.1% stake in Happiest Minds; merger proposed
Mahindra Aerostructures won Airbus contract to supply A320-family fuselage skins from Bengaluru
Study using Aditya-L1 data reports pre-flare UV brightenings as potential warning signs
Karnataka inaugurated Sri Siddeshwara Swami Arboretum in Savalsang village, Vijayapura
AXISCADES board approved majority-stake acquisition of Bengaluru’s Cloud Wave
SMSIMSR receives ₹5.5 crore ICMR grant for epidermolysis bullosa research project
Ola Electric received ₹95.81 crore incentive under the PLI-Auto scheme for FY27
Study finds Western Ghats stream frogs co-occur by differing in body size
Ola Electric launched the S1Z e-scooter range with its 46-series LFP Bharat Cell battery
Infosys Innovation Fund invested an undisclosed amount in AI procurement startup Aerchain
Hindalco commissioned a 30,000 tpa superfine PPT ATH plant in Belagavi, Karnataka
Tejas Networks received ₹1,537 crore LoI from TCS to supply BSNL 4G RAN for 18,685 sites
TILT launched a ₹250 crore venture fund for seed-to-Series A impact startups
DN Solutions inaugurated its first India manufacturing plant in Bengaluru
Bharat Electronics said it secured fresh defence orders worth ₹730 crore
RLDA completed a 25-storey, 132-unit Indian Railways staff quarters tower in Bengaluru
HAL and Safran’s JV SAFHAL signed a final contract to develop Aravalli turboshaft engine
Ringg AI raised $10 million in fresh funding led by Peak XV Partners
Study links predictable food from garbage and feeding to India’s street-dog populations
iPC proposed a three-phase green hydrogen and hyperscale data-centre project in Karnataka
Airbound raises $37M Series A to expand autonomous drone delivery operations
Karnataka clears ₹27-crore cloud-seeding programme; flights to begin in three days
Third Wave Coffee raised ₹408 crore in a funding round led by WestBridge Capital
LightFury Games said Rohit Sharma has joined as an investor ahead of eCricket beta
Eight lift irrigation projects reported under way in Kalyana Karnataka to fill 88 tanks
Civil Aviation Ministry announced ₹28,840 crore investment plan for UDAN over 10 years
Barracuda Networks opened five Cybersecurity Centres of Excellence at Karnataka colleges
Karnataka signs ₹1,750 crore ADB agreement to develop 500 public schools as KPS
K-Ride reports 89% physical completion on Byappanahalli–Hosur track doubling
Railway Board redraws boundary; Mysuru division to take over New Mangalore Port rail operations
Murf AI launched Falcon 2 text-to-speech model for enterprise voice agents
USFDA issues EIR closing inspection of Strides Pharma manufacturing facility in Bengaluru
Peeko raised $7 Mn (₹67.4 Cr) Series A funding to expand its Bengaluru operations
Navi to receive $100 Mn investment from Prosus, subject to regulatory approvals
Digantara unveiled MOSAIC optical sensor network for tracking objects in Low Earth Orbit
Manipal Hospitals signed BTA to acquire Kinder Women’s Hospital in Bengaluru for ₹130 crore
Dharwad Big Mishra Pedha raises ₹300 crore from Bharat Value Fund
Bengaluru–Ernakulam Vande Bharat to run with 16 coaches from Aug 17
Karnataka launches QR-based system for public complaints on food and drug safety
Kotekal PKPS opened a handloom sales centre and cooperative society building in Guledagudda
Ola Electric unveiled Shakti Gen2, Shakti Rack and Mahashakti energy storage products
Digantara introduced MOSAIC wide-area sensing architecture for orbital tracking
Bengaluru Yellow Line inducts 15th trainset; peak-hour frequency reduced to 6 minutes
Karnataka initiated procurement process for about 15,000 new state transport buses
Pranos Fusion says its tokamak PRAGYA is operational (“alive”)
Sarvam AI made its Voice Agents platform generally available
Bengaluru Suburban Transport Project confirms ETCS Level-2 signalling for all corridors
South Western Railway began Vande Bharat field safety trials on Sakleshpur–Subrahmanya Road ghat
Yulu raised $93 Mn in a Series C funding round
Cosmos Diamonds’ lab-grown diamond jewel launched to orbit on Skyroot’s Vikram-1
Sarvam AI launched the Epoch Builder Edition platform for India-focused LLMs
Groundwork began for Hebbal tunnel project at KVAFSU campus in Bengaluru
Ultrahuman raised about $60 million in a funding round led by Qualcomm Ventures
Apollo Hospitals commissioned Sarjapur hospital in Bengaluru in Q1 FY27