The citizen activists of the city had a meeting on Sunday, whereby they started recording the experiences of families and individuals who witnessed their loved ones succumb to Covid-19. The campaign, termed as “Count every death” is an initiative to remember the people who lost their lives with Covid-19 and those people whose lives were…
Six construction workers at the Bengaluru airport have sustained severe burns as fire broke triggered from a container carrying thermoplastic road-marking paint and bituminous substance. Two gas cylinders utilized for heating the paint blasted during the incident and the fire spread out to the nearby underpass. The incident took place at a construction site within…
A total of 100 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds are being prepared in Bengaluru as an initiative of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Though, 77 beds are set up at CV Raman Hospital, and the remaining 24 ICU beds will be ready at the Epidemic Diseases Hospital, informed Karnataka Health and Medical Minister K Sudhakar…
The Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), managing the operations of Kempegowda International Airport revealed it has already accomplished the net energy neutral status from December 2020. In a statement, BIAL said, ““As part of its sustainability goals, BIAL has set the target to become Net Energy Neutral by 2020-21. As an outcome of energy conservation,…
Pourakarmikas in Bengaluru, the frontline workers who are working round the clock to keep the city and the hospitals clean and hygienic, had initiated the protest urging the Karnataka Government to provide allowance and vaccination for them. The pourakarmikas came together in several areas of the city demanding for free vaccines and a sum of…
To increase the testing for Covid-19 and seize the pace of the viral transmission, Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) will be launching a quicker option – mobile van testing. The vans will comprise mobile laboratories which can carry on 2,000 tests on a daily basis. The testing figures can be increased to as high as…
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagere Palike (BBMP) Commissioner N Manjunatha Prasad had issued instructions to the health officers to accelerate the Covid-19 vaccination drive along with increasing the testing for keeping up to check on the surge in the Covid-19 cases. While speaking at the virtual meetings to the health officers, Prasad revealed that the government had…
Raghav Saboo, a resident from Sharada Colony, located in Basaveshwara Nagar was given a vaccination slot at Chord Road Hospital on Friday for his grand parents post registration of their details on the Co-WIN portal. However, when they went to the hospital, the authorities revealed they had no vaccine supply. Along with Saboo, there were…
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed for assets estimated to be Rs 79.70 lakh worth for income tax official Abhishek Tripathi and his family over the charges of money laundering, an official revealed on Thursday. The official said in a statement, “Order has been issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to attach…
The rate of mutation of the Covid-19 virus has been surging in Bengaluru when compared with the national average, according to the observation reports from the researchers at Indian Institute of Science (IISc). Professor Utpal Tatu, Department of Biochemistry, IISc headed the research team, who discovered that isolates or viral samples collected from the nasal…