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Do's and Don'ts of Lockdown 3.0 - from Monday, 4 May 2020 No passes required to move within Bengaluru - between 7 am and 7 pm IT/ITES, call centres, offices in Red Zones to re-open with 33% staff - adherence to COVID-19 SOPs mandatory BBMP Covid advisory for apartments, resident groups - domestic workers can resume Lockdown to continue in red zones, including Bengaluru urban - relaxations for green zones IT companies are likely to suspend fresh hiring this year - says Mohandas Pai IISc, Biocon labs get nod to conduct COVID tests - 2 New Govt. & 2 new private labs Youngsters 'rice' to the occasion - in Siddanapalya and Chinnaiahnapalya, Anekal Taluk Fire brigade rescues woman trying to jump off 17th floor - @ Prestige Sunrise Park in Electronic City Senior cop accused by ACP - ACP, E-City and a senior cop fingerpoint each other Pay cuts, layoffs: Startup morale under lockdown - 2 dozen top companies have fired employees & contractors Bengaluru Metro resumes civil work - health check in place for 4800 workers, says BMRCL Mixed reaction in IT industry - govt order to resume work with minimum staff Hongasandra area sealed, declared containment zone - after 10 COVID positive cases 9 people contract Covid-19 from one person - he was cooking for 100 people Lockdown puts Hosur floriculturists in a fix - they let in cattle to graze Doctor locks himself and staff in clinic fearing quarantine - Venu Health Care, Hongasandra 10 migrant workers test positive - residing in Vidyajyothi Layout, a slum in Bommanahalli 20 containment zones in Bengaluru - Ward 191–Singasandra one of them Work from home has brought down pollution level - vehicular pollution was 45% of the total air pollution Cybercrook dupes pharma employee of 89K - victim, a resident of Vasundhara Layout in Ananthnagar BBMP allocates Rs 49 cr to fight Covid-19 - BBMP budget 2020-21 Fruit merchant attacked, robbed - in the APMC Market at Singena Agrahara near Huskur Gate Karnataka Govt warns pvt schools against collecting fee - in the name of online classes Thieves steal liquor from bars - at Chikka Begur, Hosur Road Karnataka govt defines containment zones, procedures to be followed - to be sealed until no positive case for 28 days Cyclists organise relay to deliver cancer medicine - from Dairy Circle to Electronic City NGO to the aid of 2K labourers - at Hebbagodi near Electronics City Wholesale vegetable rates crash - in Singena Agrahara market A day in the life of a migrant worker in Bengaluru - 200 migrants in a 3 storey building near Kudlu Gate Limited workforce in some sectors may not have impact - techies prefer to work from home 38 Bengaluru localities declared Covid hotspots - wards near E-City: Begur, Singasandra, Madivala US allows H1-B visa extension - those who lost jobs will not be deported Passes, prohibitory orders extended till April 20 - these passes were valid till April 14 For techies, it's Panchayat Raj in Bengaluru - Panchayat allows 4 hours in the morning for shopping Namma metro migrant workers prone to coronavirus - labour colonies in Singasandra, Kudlu Gate, Electronics City and Bommanhalli TN cops stray into Karnataka, quiz Bommai - for flouting lockdown Recharge shops shuttered, migrants cannot call home - offline charging not an essential service ?! Bengaluru South got highest COVID-19 cases - as on 08 April Cop helps starving cattle near Electronics-City - inspector attached to Hebbagodi police station Disguised as veggie trucker, SP nabs bribe-seeking RTO officials - at the Attibele checkpoint 4 water bottles, 5 mobiles and a migrant family on the move - from Attibele to Gangavathi, 373 km BBMP identifies 17 Hotels as COVID-19 quarantine centres - Keys Select, Hosur Road (120) BBMP moves vegetable market to Singena Agrahara - from Kalasipalya Infosys Employee Arrested; company sacks him - for irresponsible FB post on coronavirus
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