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This newsletter brings you updates from the portal www.electronic-city.in. Our mission is to spread neighbourhood awareness to ECitizens and regional information to netizens. Stay safe - Think positive -Team ECity Bangalore
Few fact checks of recent viral posts on social media
Gigantic Moon in 'Arctic' is fake - Video shows digitally created Solar eclipse Can Oximeters show 'Oxygen level' of pens & biscuits? - False claim that device is fake Aspidosperma NOT an alternate to Oxygen - Temp relief for Asthma, not COVID-19 Toyota 80th Anniversary Celebration! Free Gifts for All! - Scam Alert: Toyota's 80th Anniversary was in 2017 Do 3 Ticks mean Govt read your message? - False: Old hoax goes viral again
Press news in reverse chronological order
Class 12 board exams cancelled - PM prioritizes on safety of students Karnataka extends lockdown till June 14 - because cases are spreading in villages Overseas bound students and professionals get vaccinated - Karnataka to provide WHO approved Covishield State may have to extend lockdown beyond June 7 - until cases drop, say experts State revises lockdown guidelines - allows all items via e-commerce 3 arrested for selling Remdesivir in black - all 3 are residents of Electronic City Tech companies step up staff inoculations - HCL, TCS, Wipro, Amazon, Zomato, Tech Mahindra etc. Remuneration of Infosys, TCS, Wipro bosses FY 2021 - Mr.Nilekani opted not to take remuneration 2020-21 Infosys CEO pay package rises to Rs 49.68 crore - from Rs.34.27 crore in 2019-20 Residents demand PHC, COVID care in Electronics City - Hulimangala RWA eligible to be within BBMP limits No RT-PCR, PHC facility for E-City residents - plight of the residential area bordering industrial estate Fortis rolls out vaccination camps in RWAs, companies - in 30 corporates and 31 RWAs. More in June. Infosys vaccinates 14,150 employees - plans to set up oxygen plants What’s new at E-City? Road block till 30 June - Road from E-City Phase 1 to elevated highway Men in khaki crack down on lockdown violators - 410 vehicles seized in Bengaluru South; 20 FIRs filed Negative RT-PCR must for inter-state travellers - to enter Karnataka Karnataka extends lockdown till June 7 - Lockdown guidelines Infosys, Wipro, Tech Mahindra start vaccination camps - to inoculate their employees Industries missed export deadlines owing to lockdown - in Bommasandra Wipro to get one lakh vaccine doses - for employees, families by June Oxygen on wheels BMTC oxygen bus - facility extended to Jigani Sewage, effluents flowing into lake caused fish deaths - Muthanalluru Lake at Bommasandra Check illegal sale of life-saving drug: Karnataka HC - pharmacist from Mangammanapalya arrested Karnataka to move Covid vax centres to schools - PHCs are not spaceous to maintain social distancing Doctor among 4 held for selling vials illegally - Dr Sagar CG, Mathru Hospital in Kudlu, Hosur Rd Shortage of medical supplies hits private hospitals - antibiotics, IV drip sets, cannulas and NBR masks Electronics City a tech hub only for name? - No PHCs even during pandemic Another site for cremations - in Bidaraguppe village, Anekal International schools announce fee hike - 6% to 15% hike despite pandemic War room staffer not involved in mismanagement - Sadiq targeted after 17 Muslim staff in BBMP South Families get wrong bodies, hold protest - in Anekal GH 17 accused by MP Tejasvi Surya resume work - employees of BBMP South 9 Bengaluru wards are battling high caseload - Tech corridors: Begur, HSR, Arakere, Bellandur etc. Karnataka lockdown rules: 10 - 24 May - What's allowed and what's not Free meals for quarantined residents and police - Ajmera Infinity RWA, Neeladri Road Free health kits for C+ workers - provided by Bommasandra Industries Association BMRCL sets up 100-bed Covid center for staff - at Kudlu Gate, Hosur Main Road Bed blocking scam: Social worker, nephew held - Nethravathy (40) and Rohith Kumar (22) of Begur Covid care centre with O2 facilities set up at Anekal - 20/50 are oxygen beds Woman ECitizen gets fake lottery letter, duped - miscreants siphoned Rs.5L as 'processing fee' Only 35 in 18+ group get Covid jabs on 1st May - reality - 18+ has to wait until June Industries declare holiday to break chain of infection - industrial areas in Jigani–Anekal–Bommasandra After 6-hour wait, driver, 27, dies outside hospital - Anekal Government Hospital insisted on BU
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