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ADB authorizes $190 million loan to upgrade power distribution in Bengaluru

December 6, 2020
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
  • The Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) has sanctioned a loan of $190 million (approx Rs 1,400 crore) to modernize and upgrade the power distribution system in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
  • The financial-assistance by ADB will be used for the Bengaluru Smart Energy Efficient Power Distribution Project.

Bengaluru’s Bowring Medical College titled after Atal Bihari Vajpayee

November 28, 2020
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
  • The Bowring and Lady Curzon Medical College and Research Institute in Bengaluru have been identified after former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
  • The institute was established up in 2018-19 on the campus of Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital in Shivajinagar in the heart of Bengaluru.

Global Smart City Index 2020

September 18, 2020
Global Smart City Index 2020
  • The Institute for Management Development (IMD) and Singapore University for Technology and Design (SUTD) has jointly released the 2020 Smart City Index. 
  • Indian City, Hyderabad was placed at the 85th Position, New Delhi was placed at 86th Rank, Mumbai was ranked at 93rd Place and Bengaluru was at 95th Position.
  • The Index was topped by Singapore, followed by Helsinki and Zurich in the second and the third place respectively.

First RORO Train flagged off from Bengaluru to Solapur

September 1, 2020
First RORO Train
  • The first ever Roll-On/Roll-Off (RO-RO) train between Bengaluru (Nelamangala) to Solapur (Maharashtra) flagged off by the Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa. It will cover a distance of 682 km.

Amazon launched an online pharma delivery service in Bengaluru

August 17, 2020
Amazon
  • Amazon launched an online pharmacy delivery service in Bengaluru where customers can order prescription and over-the-counter medicines and basic health devices from the certified sellers.

Karnataka to set up integrated biotech and life sciences park in Bengaluru

July 29, 2020
Karnataka
  • Rs 5,000 crore worth life sciences park to be set up in Bengaluru with an aim to generate employment for 50,000 people.
  • The project is being set up under a public-private partnership with the government of Karnataka and private entity Labzone Corp.
  • The first phase of the project is expected to be completed by December 2022. It will be spread across 9 million square feet in Bengaluru electronic city. 52.27 acres has been allotted.

Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport to be the first in India with this new tech at both ends of runway

June 26, 2020
Kempegowda International Airport
  • Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport receives Aviation Weather Monitoring System. For the first time in India, an Aviation Weather Monitoring System has been established at the Bangalore airport at both edges of the runway.

Bengaluru Airport voted as the best regional airport in India & Central Asia

May 10, 2020
Bengaluru Airport voted as the best regional airport in India & Central Asia
  • The Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru has got this year’s SKYTRAX Award for Best Regional Airport in India and Central Asia.

Rajnath Singh launches new Helicopter Production Hangar at HAL

February 28, 2020
Rajnath Singh launches new Helicopter Production Hangar at HAL

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launched the new Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) Production Hangar at Helicopter Division in Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Complex at Bengaluru, Karnataka. LCH is a 5.5-tonne class combat helicopter designed and developed by HAL.

IIM-Bengaluru is on rank three in MOOC performance among B-Schools globally

February 7, 2020
IIM-Bengaluru

Indian Institute of Management Bengaluru (IIMB) ranked third rank in the global list of Top Business Schools after HEC Paris (France) and Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (USA) of 2020.