By Qamar ZJ The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has launched eight night patrol vehicles, each equipped with five marshals to patrol the nights across Bengaluru. Their job is to impose spot fines on people found dumping garbage in public spaces, and storm water drains. Besides, they will also make sure people are wearing masks … Read more
By Zahid H Javali Prof. Sai Siva Gorthi, Dr Vikram S and Kumari Sonu have developed PPE masks coated with low-cost, biodegradable, nano compounds to repel microbes that can act as potential preventive material during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using the readily-available nano technology, the three-member team at the Indian Institute of Science has achieved a … Read more
By Zahid H Javali By 2023, Bangalore could well become a city of 1000 farms. The brainchild of Woolly Farms, a social enterprise incubated at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, it is headquartered in HSR Layout. The initiative that began as a Business to Business venture, moved to serving consumers from June 2020 due … Read more
By Qamar ZJ While a number of white collar jobs are working with skeletal staff due to COVID-19, the manufacturing sector is using fewer employees to drive its business. It is here that this sector needs the ‘workplace readiness tool’ developed by the Centre for Networked Intelligence, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the Karnataka … Read more
By Zahid H Javali While a three-van setup was given by IISc-incubated firm ShanMukha Innovations to the Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute (BMCRI) in August, there is no demand for more units. While various state governments are giving a letter of intent to take care of the operational costs that are about Rs 5 … Read more
By Qamar ZJ The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) made garbage segregation mandatory in 2017. However, visitors to the city are unaware of the rules, leading to largescale violations. This has prompted the BBMP garbage contractors to publicise the three types of waste segregation required by law. If you don’t follow the guidelines, you could … Read more
By Qamar ZJ When COVID-19 began, all the houses within 100 metres of the quarantined home were being disinfected. Besides, barricades were placed on both sides of the road to indicate the containment zone. However, 45 days ago, this procedure was modified. There are no more barricades. Only the house that is under home quarantine … Read more
By Zahid H Javali Dr Oliver E Rodrigues is a frontline warrior for the underprivileged in Bangalore. After graduating in medicine (MBBS) from St John’s Medical College, Bangalore, he completed his post graduation in family medicine from CMC, Vellore. He has been in rural private practice since 2006. Besides, he takes care of patients in … Read more
By Ritika Srivatsan Online classes are wreaking havoc on the lives of some students, impacting mental health, grades and future options. Many fear this year will significantly affect the rest of their lives and continue to haunt them long after the pandemic is over. The United States was one of the first countries to reopen … Read more
By Zahid H Javali MedPlus is at it again. After we broke the story about how fake N95 masks are being sold by the Hyderabad-based online pharmacy chain, there is some visible change. Now, instead of a non-branded packaging of masks in an open and transparent plastic cover, they are sending the masks in a … Read more
By Ritika Srivatsan Since there is no vaccine available yet to prevent COVID-19, experts have stressed on the importance of acquiring better immunity. Therefore, alternative and natural immunity-boosting therapies, such as Ayurveda, Homeopathy and Reiki, are becoming increasingly popular. Alternative practitioners advocate that drinking herbal concoctions elevate a person’s immunity. They add that fumigating homes … Read more
By Qamar ZJ The pollution loads, be it Particulate Matter 2.5 or PM 10, are steadily rising in August and September compared to the relatively healthier readings in April and May. This result is uniform across all the areas where the air pollution is being monitored in the city. While some areas suffer from PM10, … Read more