Though its COVID case count is rising steadily, Bengaluru is gearing up for reopening of colleges and resumption of Metro services. Read more in our weekly news roundup.
Bengaluru’s COVID recovery rate increases sharply, blanket testing scaled up, portal launched to collect citizens’ health data – catch up on news from the past week, in our roundup.
Earlier this month, a government-appointed committee submitted guidelines on school education during COVID. In this interview, Dr Niranjanaradhya, a committee member, explains how they tried to tackle the issue.
Many believe that online classes are not feasible given the digital divide. In this interview, Shukla Bose, founder of Parikma schools that cater to children from slums, discusses why learning is in fact critical for marginalised children now and how Parikrma has dealt with the situation.
As nearly 1000 COVID cases are being reported from Bengaluru everyday now, the state government has promised more ambulances, the Sunday curfew is back, and volunteers are being inducted for contact tracing. Read more in our weekly news roundup.
With increasing COVID cases, the protcols for hospitalisation are being changed and private hospitals are being involved. Catch up on news over the past week, in our roundup.
COVID deaths increase since June, confusion about online classes continue, NLSIU alumni arrange flight for 26 migrant workers – read more on news from the city this week, in our roundup.
