Electronic City Schools
April 2021 Press News on Electronic City
30 April 2021  
Some industries declare holiday to break chain of infection
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/covid-19-surge-some-industries-declare-holiday-to-break-chain-of-infection/article34444579.ece
industrial areas in Jigani–Anekal–Bommasandra

30 April 2021 TOI 
Amid bed crisis, apartments set up facilities
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/amid-bed-crisis-apartments-set-up-facilities-in-bengaluru/articleshow/82322315.cms
Covid care centres for residents

30 April 2021 TOI 
Bengaluru: Acute lack of oxygen beds
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/bengaluru-acute-lack-of-oxygen-beds-leaves-even-vvips-ministers-gasping/articleshow/82320042.cms
even VVIPs, ministers gasping

30 April 2021 Analytics India 
How Tech companies are helping India
https://analyticsindiamag.com/how-tech-companies-are-helping-india-battle-covid-crisis/
to battle Covid crisis

29 April 2021  
After 6-hour wait, driver, 27, dies outside hospital
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/after-6-hr-wait-driver-27-dies-outside-hospital/articleshow/82301355.cms
Anekal Government Hospital insisted on BU

29 April 2021 NDTV 
Covaxin prices reduced for States day after Covishield prices cut
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/covaxin-prices-reduced-to-rs-400-from-rs-600-per-dose-for-states-2424629
Covaxin: Rs.600 to Rs.400; Covishield : Rs.400 to 300

28 April 2021  
Karnataka lockdown: List of trains cancelled
https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/karnataka-lockdown-list-trains-cancelled-due-covid-19-restrictions-147939
until 12 May, 6 am

28 April 2021 News Minute 
Vaccine shortage ahead of May 1 roll out for 18+
https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/bengaluru-faces-covid-19-vaccine-shortage-ahead-may-1-roll-out-18-147975
those due for 2nd dose, forced to wait

27 April 2021  
Govt. approves Rs.25 Cr to buy Remdesivir injection
https://starofmysore.com/govt-approves-rs-25-crore-to-buy-remdesivir-injection/
and Rs.400 Cr to buy COVID vaccines

27 April 2021  
Blood banks across Bengaluru struggle to find donors for plasma
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/bengaluru-news/blood-banks-across-bengaluru-struggle-to-find-donors-for-plasma-101619474712250.html
convalescent plasma therapy

27 April 2021 TimesNow 
Bengaluru lockdown: All you need to know
https://www.timesnownews.com/bengaluru/article/bengaluru-lockdown-all-you-need-to-know-check-full-list-of-what-s-open-and-what-s-not/749803
14 days from 27 April

27 April 2021 TOI 
Thousands leave city hours before lockdown
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/bengaluru-thousands-leave-city-hours-before-lockdown/articleshow/82279029.cms
trucks with household goods, seen on Hosur Road

27 April 2021 TOI 
IT companies expand Covid care facilities
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/it-cos-expand-covid-care-facilities-for-employees/articleshow/82267132.cms
for employees

27 April 2021  
Police complaints against 2 top hospitals
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/two-private-labs-sealed-show-cause-notice-issued-to-four/article34418265.ece
Apollo Hospital & Fortis on Bannrghatta Road

27 April 2021  
Apollo Hospital booked for illegally blocking beds
https://www.deccanherald.com/city/top-bengaluru-stories/bengalurus-apollo-hospital-booked-for-illegally-blocking-beds-979328.html
at Bannerghatta Road

26 April 2021  
Police nab 2 teen-agers for stealing mobiles
http://www.uniindia.com/police-nab-two-teen-aged-boys-on-charges-of-stealing-26-mobile-phones-worth-rs-2-60-lakh-recovered/south/news/2379978.html
from IT companies in Electronic City

22 April 2021  
Curfew leads to confusion among industries
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/curfew-leads-to-confusion-among-industries/article34387606.ece
Jigani-Anekal and Bommasandra industrial areas

26 April Trak.In2021  
Free Covid Care Center
https://trak.in/tags/business/2021/04/26/infosys-rolls-out-free-covid-care-center-for-2-4-lakh-employees-families-reliance-vaccine-program-starts/
for employees & families

25 April One India2021  
Where and how to find Covid-19 bed, oxygen cylinders, Remdesivir injections?
https://www.oneindia.com/india/where-and-how-to-find-covid-19-bed-medical-oxygen-cylinders-remdesivir-injections-in-bengaluru-3246494.html?story=1
BBMP helpline - 1912

25 April 2021  
Police on lookout for cab driver
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/police-on-lookout-for-cab-driver-who-sexually-harassed-woman/article34404788.ece
who assaulted woman passenger at Singasandra

22 April 2021 Bangalore Mirror 
'Grant us O2 to save lives'
https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/grant-us-o2-to-save-lives/articleshow/82185592.cms
say Private hospitals at Anekal

22 April 2021 Business Standard  
Wipro to organise Covid-19 vaccination camp
https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/wipro-to-organise-covid-19-vaccination-camp-for-workers-on-bengauru-campus-121042200427_1.html
in its Electronic City campus

22 April 2021 TOI 
As deaths mount, wait to perform rites lengthens
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/bengaluru-as-deaths-mount-wait-to-perform-rites-lengthens/articleshow/82192241.cms
more than 10 hours outside crematorium

21 April 2021 TOI 
Woman funeral staffer handles Covid bodies
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/bengaluru-woman-funeral-curator-handles-covid-bodies-consoles-families/articleshow/82180083.cms
Indian Christian Cemetery on Hosur Road, Shantinagar

21 April 2021  
Covid-positive techie dies for want of oxygen bed
https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2021/apr/21/covid-positive-techie-dies-for-want-of-oxygen-bed-2292734.html
on his way to pvt hospital in Bommanahalli

20 April 2021 ET 
Silk Board-Airport metro line approved
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/infrastructure/union-cabinet-clears-silk-board-airport-metro-line-to-complete-in-54-months/articleshow/82163021.cms
to complete in 54 months

18 April 2021 Deccan Herald 
Villages that are sought to be added to BBMP
https://www.deccanherald.com/city/top-bengaluru-stories/dilemma-over-bbmp-delimitation-add-villages-or-redraw-existing-wards-975652.html
Doddathoguru, Shikaripalya, Konappana Agrahara, Govindashettypalya, Dodda Nagamangala, Bettadasanapura, Mylasandra, Vittasandra etc.

16 April 2021  
BBMP launches COVID-19 helpline for citizens
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/bbmp-launches-covid-19-helpline-for-citizens/article34330111.ece
1912 COVID-19 helpline

14 April 2021  
How Bengaluru hospitals are battling Remdesivir crunch
https://www.indiatoday.in/cities/bengaluru/story/bengaluru-hospitals-remdesivir-crunch-covid-cases-spike-1790987-2021-04-14
Health Minister says no shortage

13 April 2021  
Remdesivir and Remdeceivers
https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/cover-story/the-remdeceivers/articleshow/82038513.cms
agents selling for higher price

13 April 2021 Hans India 
Authorities wake up to rejuvenate Shikaripalya lake
https://www.thehansindia.com/news/cities/bengaluru/after-public-outcry-authorities-wake-up-to-rejuvenate-shikaripalya-lake-681515
Shikaripalya Lake Conservation Committee (SLCC) formed

12 April 2021 Hindu Businessline 
Biocon opens vaccination centre at Syngene
https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/biocon-opens-vaccination-centre-at-syngene-for-people-in-electronic-city/article34304824.ece
for employees families

08 April 2021 India TV 
4 labourers electrocuted at construction site
https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/four-labourers-electrocuted-construction-site-bengaluru-probe-underway-696303
at Indlabele in Anekal Taluk

06 April 2021 FnB News 
Rs 40 crore invested to set up the largest idly dosa batter factory
http://www.fnbnews.com/Top-News/id-fresh-food-invests-rs-40-crore-to-set-up-largest-idly-dosa-batter-factory-at-anekal-62702
iD Fresh Food at Anekal

04 April 2021 the Logical Indian 
KSPCB Launches App to track industrial waste
https://thelogicalindian.com/good-governance/kerala-pollution-board-waste-collection-27755
Jigani critically polluted