Indian Express

• newDon’t visit distributors for Ujwala booking: IOC
  In case of need to visit distributors under exceptional circumstances, customers should strictly follow social distancing norms, a press release from the public sector oil retailer said on Wednesday.
  - 4 hours ago 9 Apr 20, 4:32pm -
• newLifting lockdown: Is it time?
  As April 15 inches closer, Bengalureans are left wondering what the best way to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic is.
  - 4 hours ago 9 Apr 20, 4:30pm -
• newLatest data out. Bengaluru South got highest COVID-19 cases, most patients in Victoria Hospital
  Most of the city #39;s cases -- 20 patients -- are admitted in Victoria Hospital, followed by 10 in Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases and 6 in KC General Hospital among other institutions.
  - 9 hours ago 9 Apr 20, 11:40am -
• newCampaign against hate speech launched
  Muslim volunteers supplying food at government hospitals have been prevented from doing so by the police, depriving patients and health workers, they said.
  - 14 hours ago 9 Apr 20, 6:39am -
• newBootleggers make hay, toddy a hit with tipplers
  He said that as the police are busy enforcing the lockdown, it is difficult to keep a check on bootleggers.
  - 14 hours ago 9 Apr 20, 6:38am -
• newRERA relief: Builders get 3 more months to complete projects
  The Real Estate Regulatory Authority-Karnataka (Rera-K), has given a three-month extension for projects that were to be completed by March 15 but have been held up due to the lockdown.
  - 14 hours ago 9 Apr 20, 6:38am -
• newFlavour of dining out, at home
  Covid-19 has changed the way we eat out.
  - 14 hours ago 9 Apr 20, 6:37am -
• newShielding force
  rontline healthcare workers and doctors have emerged as the new-age superheroes as efforts to flatten the curve of COVID-19 spread proceed with full gusto.
  - 14 hours ago 9 Apr 20, 6:35am -
• newTracking it down
  He goes on to add that in the past, lsquo;contact tracing rsquo; relied only on the memory of interviewees.
  - 14 hours ago 9 Apr 20, 6:35am -
• newTheatre reaches community stage
  During the past few days, I rsquo;ve sampled more theatre snapshots from our city than I have in a long time, and also discovered how vibrant it is.
  - 14 hours ago 9 Apr 20, 6:35am -
• newBrushing up a viral trend
  Artists are a busy lot these days, using coronavirus as inspiration to express their feelings and create awareness about the pandemic
  - 14 hours ago 9 Apr 20, 6:33am -
• newStay Safe
  The COVID-19 infection that has engulfed the globe and our nation is having profound consequences on the health and economy of nations.
  - 14 hours ago 9 Apr 20, 6:26am -
• Ready to serve
  At a time when the city is grappling with COVID-19 outbreak, star hotels are doing their bit to help ease the situation.
  - 1 day ago 8 Apr 20, 1:03pm -
• Food soldiers
  City organisations are playing the good Samaritan, providing food to hundreds of citizens every day, including the under-privileged, residents of old-age homes, and hospital staffers
  - 1 day ago 8 Apr 20, 12:03pm -
• ‘Need to rethink public health policy’
  Minister Sudhakar says ventilators, PPEs, ICU beds have been procured to fight COVID-19
  - 2 days ago 8 Apr 20, 6:46am -

• Cabs for non-COVID emergencies 
  Minister of Health B Sriramulu flagged off 100 Ola and Uber cabs on Tuesday to be used for non-COVID medical emergencies.
  - 2 days ago 8 Apr 20, 6:46am -
• Gokula Education Foundation donates Rs 3 crore to fight COVID
  Help from the government in ensuring supply of PPE sets and other safety equipment would be much appreciated, he added.
  - 2 days ago 8 Apr 20, 6:46am -
• Sorry state: Rain comes, power goes
  Work from home, chores go for a toss as city experiences unscheduled load shedding
  - 2 days ago 8 Apr 20, 6:46am -
• Congress to start helpline
  The Congress Doctors Cell is starting a medical helpline (080-47188000) with 20-IVRS-lines, Congress state president D K Shivakumar said here on Tuesday.
  - 2 days ago 8 Apr 20, 6:45am -
• Workers to get Rs 275 per day
  At present, MGNREGA workers are paid Rs 249 per day.
  - 2 days ago 8 Apr 20, 6:40am -
• Psychiatrist files PIL to open liquor shops, HC fines him
  A psychiatrist had to pay the price for filing a PIL in the Karnataka High Court, seeking directions to the state to open wine shops during the lockdown period.
  - 2 days ago 8 Apr 20, 6:40am -
• No exercise, diabetics risk high sugar levels
  The lockdown enforced to stall the spread of COVID-19 has impacted the health of diabetic patients in the state.
  - 2 days ago 8 Apr 20, 6:38am -
• Strains of thought 
  While The Earth Below is no longer a bedroom project, Raghu states that a slight shift in sound can be noticed in the upcoming album.
  - 2 days ago 8 Apr 20, 6:37am -
• Extending ‘shelf’ help 
  Moidu VA has spent close to a decade managing Magic Supermarket in CV Raman Nagar along with his cousins, but for the very first time, his daily routine has witnessed a change.
  - 2 days ago 8 Apr 20, 6:37am -
• Young, restless and stuck abroad
  Closed borders, uncertainty about job prospects, being away from family... Bengaluru students studying abroad are a worried lot.
  - 2 days ago 8 Apr 20, 6:37am -
• Crushing Candies through the silence
  The last week was a great one for gaming, personally.
  - 2 days ago 8 Apr 20, 6:35am -
• Fashioning ideas 
  Fashion and beauty entrepreneurs are using various means such as online sales, design contests and DIY kits to attract customers and keep their business afloat during this lockdown
  - 2 days ago 8 Apr 20, 6:35am -
• Foe frugal feast 
  Where resources are limited but intent aplenty, this Bengaluru-based blogger and home baker steps in withher recipe wand
  - 2 days ago 8 Apr 20, 6:35am -
• My experiments with cooking
  As a child, the only time my family got together as one unit was during lunch. It was more a matter of convenience than a family ritual.
  - 2 days ago 8 Apr 20, 6:33am -
• ‘HC says no gathering to be allowed’
  
  - 2 days ago 8 Apr 20, 5:57am -
• Drug in short supply, arthritis patients suffer
  People suffering from arthritis are running from one pharmacy to another trying to find stocks of hydroxychloroquine that treats malaria, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus.
  - 2 days ago 8 Apr 20, 5:54am -
• Karnataka villages keep eye on coronavirus with 6,021 teams
  The role of ASHA workers has been immense in keeping rural Karnataka informed of COVID-19.
  - 2 days ago 7 Apr 20, 3:56pm -
• Bakeries to be reopened for takeaways
  The agriculture department issued on order on Monday exempting units that manufacture, supply, or retail bakery items from remaining closed.
  - 3 days ago 7 Apr 20, 6:53am -
• Forging a connection
  As a septuagenarian, Uma Bharadwaj was worried about what the implications of COVID-19 could mean for her.
  - 3 days ago 7 Apr 20, 6:50am -
• Stay safe
  This lockdown is in many ways an eye opener for a lot of us. It gives us a real glimpse of how we take nature for granted in so many ways.
  - 3 days ago 7 Apr 20, 6:50am -
• Patience calling
  On Sunday, Santosh Unni heaved a sigh of relief when 47 travellers under quarantine for COVID-19 were discharged.
  - 3 days ago 7 Apr 20, 6:50am -
• New tune: Stringing together a virtual choir
  In these times of lockdown, Bengalureans are re-inventing themselves
  - 3 days ago 7 Apr 20, 6:50am -
• In spotlight: Fight against coronavirus
  During the lockdown, people are getting creatively inclined not just to make use of their time at home but also to spread awareness about the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
  - 3 days ago 7 Apr 20, 6:49am -
• Fighting spirit: Are we there yet?
  This period of lockdown and social isolation would be something else altogether if it had happened even 10 years ago, when internet and smart phones were still items of luxury.
  - 3 days ago 7 Apr 20, 6:47am -
• Life on ‘paw’se
  Lack of exercise, difficulty in reachng vets, unsaid fear among neighbours... pet parents are grappling with myriad issues due to lockdown
  - 3 days ago 7 Apr 20, 6:46am -
• Activists to sit on 12-hour fast for hungry, poor
  Prasanna stated that during the fast, they will take decisions on how to undertake the difficult task of strengthening the rural economy and society in the coming days.
  - 3 days ago 7 Apr 20, 6:17am -
• UGC: Interact with students to reduce their stress
  Institutes are also expected to interact with their students regularly through email, letters, social media platforms and telephone, and help them remain free from stress.
  - 3 days ago 7 Apr 20, 6:09am -
• Patients show signs of guilt, doctors to the rescue
  In telephonic counselling sessions, doctors realise that most of the anxiety is due to a lack of information.
  - 3 days ago 7 Apr 20, 6:07am -
• People with alcohol withdrawal symptoms seek medical help
  She added that there are alcohol users, who maybe witnessing some mild symptoms like reduced sleep and craving.
  - 3 days ago 7 Apr 20, 6:03am -
• 320 isolation beds ready in train coaches in Bengaluru
  The Railway Board had asked for such coaches to be created from spare ones which were 15 years old and above.
  - 3 days ago 7 Apr 20, 6:01am -
• Private bus fares from and to Bengaluru, scheduled post coronavirus lockdown, skyrocket
  On bus ticketing platform Redbus, the fare for Bengaluru-Hyderabad travel is between Rs 1,899 and Rs 3,948 for April 15 and a ticket for Mumbai is costing between Rs 2,381 and Rs 4,700.
  - 3 days ago 6 Apr 20, 7:13pm -
• Waiting for wedding bells
  For a country that hosts at least 2 crore weddings a year, the news of the lockdown is not one that can be taken lightly.
  - 3 days ago 6 Apr 20, 2:38pm -
• Our families worried, but fighting COVID is our duty: Doctor at frontline
  ldquo;We are one of the government empanelled first-responder hospitals. That fear is always there of something going wrong, and my family is worried too.
  - 3 days ago 6 Apr 20, 2:32pm -
• COVID-19: Online petition by a Bengaluru healthcare administrator demands protection for doctors and healthcare workers
  Speaking to TNIE, Subudhi said, ldquo;PPE is a national emergency and we are facing a shortage. Not just PPE, there is a shortage of sanitisers and masks.
  - 3 days ago 6 Apr 20, 12:35pm -
• Staffing protocols: Government braces for bigger outbreak
  Govt prepares for various scenarios, plans to enlist volunteers.
  - 4 days ago 6 Apr 20, 6:40am -
• Mindtree staffer discharged, to see family after weeks
  Venkat Raghava P, a 50-year-old employee of Mindtree, was the fourth patient who tested positive for coronavirus with a travel history to the US via London.
  - 4 days ago 6 Apr 20, 6:37am -
• Two realtors arrested for threatening on-duty cops
  Police have arrested two realtors for allegedly threatening on-duty police officials who had flagged down their SUV at a check-post near Rani Cross in Devanahalli town.
  - 4 days ago 6 Apr 20, 6:36am -
• Was on my way to hospital, Sharmila Mandre tells cops
  A day after actor Sharmila Mandre rsquo;s car met with an accident, she made a statement before the High Grounds traffic police and denied of attending any party.
  - 4 days ago 6 Apr 20, 6:36am -
• Company manager held for sexually harassing employee 
  A woman employee of a finance company filed a sexual harassment case against her manager for misbehaving with her in a lift recently.
  - 4 days ago 6 Apr 20, 6:36am -
• Top cop meets Muslim clerics, allays fears
  Centre has stated that the religious congregation at Delhi rsquo;s Nizamuddin area has significantly contributed to the increase of Covid 19 cases in India.
  - 4 days ago 6 Apr 20, 6:36am -
• Congress sets up war room to support government efforts
  The war room set up at the Congress headquarters in Bengaluru is helping Congress legislators address concerns of their constituencies in terms of ensuring supply of essential commodities.
  - 4 days ago 6 Apr 20, 6:30am -
• Animals, birds stranded in locked pet shops
  The lockdown is having a fatal effect on birds and animals which have been caged in pet stores across the city.
  - 4 days ago 6 Apr 20, 6:28am -
• NSS volunteers spread COVID awareness
  StudentS of the National Service Scheme have not been deterred by the lockdown, and are doing their bit by spreading awareness on COVID-19 via videos, quizzes, etc.
  - 4 days ago 6 Apr 20, 6:28am -
• Contract workers say they are sacked, Baldwin denies
  TNIE is in possession of two call recordings made from Baldwin Boys rsquo; High School to two drivers.
  - 4 days ago 6 Apr 20, 6:28am -
• State starving its people: NGO
  Dasoha Helpline not functional, Indira Canteens charge for food, PDS cardholders given less
  - 4 days ago 6 Apr 20, 6:26am -
• Right dose of dedication
  While most businesses have shut shop, Prasad BV continues to report to work every day. ldquo;What else can I do?, rdquo; asks the 55-year-old owner of Murthy Medicals.
  - 4 days ago 6 Apr 20, 5:42am -
• Around the world in virtual ways
  The COVID-19 outbreak has left many indoor-bound and boredom struck. But not Harsh Vardhan, who has been spending his time exploring the artwork at Uffizi Gallery in Italy.
  - 4 days ago 6 Apr 20, 5:42am -
• Big picture for little viewers
  This online film festival for children, which will conclude on April 20, has a bouquet of movies from across the world
  - 4 days ago 6 Apr 20, 5:42am -
• Playing it smart
  When COVID-19 hadn rsquo;t hit home, a ping on a family or friends rsquo; WhatApp group ndash; especially a forward ndash; was often left unseen for hours.
  - 4 days ago 6 Apr 20, 5:42am -
• Raging on
  But vocalist Anto Michael emphasises that the song focuses on an individual who is on substance use, and the hallucinations which follow.
  - 4 days ago 6 Apr 20, 5:42am -

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