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Mehak Luthra

💸 Digital banking provider raises ₹210 crores

Bengaluru September 27, 2022

Bengaluru-based digital banking infrastructure provider Signzy said it had raised ₹210 crores from Gaja Capital and its existing investors, Vertex Ventures and Arkam Ventures.

🛕 11th Century temple discovered by digitised inscriptions

Bengaluru September 27, 2022

A conservation project that digitally maps stone inscriptions in the city has led to the discovery of the 11th-century Siddeshwara temple.

🛫 Bengaluru-San Francisco direct flights soon

Bengaluru September 27, 2022

Air India, the biggest operator of non-stop flights from India to the US, has announced a new direct flight from Bengaluru to San Francisco starting in October-end.

Cycle lane under threat

Newsletters September 26, 2022

Also in this edition: Water projects and wildlife habitat; Project tracking at BMRCL; Transgender activist's play at Karnataka HC

🚰 Drinking water projects threaten wildlife habitat

Bengaluru September 26, 2022

The two drinking water projects, Ettinahole and Mekedatu projects, will be a death knell for the last remaining wildlife habitats in the Western Ghats and the Cauvery Sanctuary in Karnataka.