Amid prevalent chaos and uncertainty over access to the essential services and commodities during the lockdown, we bring you the latest updates from Bengaluru.
*A Bengaluru doctor has built a robot that uses UV light to disable the virus causing Covid-19. UV light in specific doses is capable of inactivating microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses, thus disinfecting both air and solid surfaces.
*Owners of social clubs in Karnataka want the government to allow them to clear the liquor stock, at least two hours every day or two days in a week.
*The pending exams of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences will be held in the last week of July or first week of August depending on the Covid-19 situation.
*The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), which recently received the approval to conduct clinical trials for plasma therapy, will recruit 452 people for the trials in 25 centres around India.
* Cab drivers have launched a massive protest on social media against what they call “indifference” of central and state governments to the hardships they are facing due to the lengthy lockdown.
*A team of researchers based in various universities and conservation organisations in nine countries including India, Germany, UK, Australia and US, have urged people not to villainise bats which have been widely blamed – wrongly as the researchers point out – for the genesis of the current pandemic.
*Bengaluru has emerged as the hub for coverall (PPE, or personal protection equipment) manufacturing in the country, accounting for nearly 50% of the 1 lakh PPEs produced daily, said Centre on Sunday.
*A Bengaluru doctor has built a robot that uses UV light to disable the virus causing Covid-19. UV light in specific doses is capable of inactivating microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses, thus disinfecting both air and solid surfaces.
*Owners of social clubs in Karnataka want the government to allow them to clear the liquor stock, at least two hours every day or two days in a week.
*The pending exams of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences will be held in the last week of July or first week of August depending on the Covid-19 situation.
*The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), which recently received the approval to conduct clinical trials for plasma therapy, will recruit 452 people for the trials in 25 centres around India.
* Cab drivers have launched a massive protest on social media against what they call “indifference” of central and state governments to the hardships they are facing due to the lengthy lockdown.
*A team of researchers based in various universities and conservation organisations in nine countries including India, Germany, UK, Australia and US, have urged people not to villainise bats which have been widely blamed – wrongly as the researchers point out – for the genesis of the current pandemic.
*Bengaluru has emerged as the hub for coverall (PPE, or personal protection equipment) manufacturing in the country, accounting for nearly 50% of the 1 lakh PPEs produced daily, said Centre on Sunday.
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