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Comms @UniofOxford | Journalism aficionado | Ex @IndianExpress @DeccanChronicle @TheAsianAgeNews | Views expressed=personal. Meaningful conversations.
Jan 29, 2022 5 tweets 2 min read
#Karnataka govt decides to withdraw #NightCurfew with effect from Jan 31 (Monday), Revenue Minister R Ashoka announces. Beginning Monday (Jan 31, 2022):

*Schools in #Bengaluru to reopen

*Pubs, restaurants to function at full capacity

*Cinema halls, public transport to operate at 50% capacity
Apr 20, 2021 5 tweets 4 min read
#Karnataka issues fresh guidelines to contain #CovidSecondWave from Apr 21 to May 4:

-Night curfews from 9 pm to 6 am
-Weekend curfew from Fridays 9 pm to Monday 6 am
-Cinema halls, gyms, theatres, bars, pubs, assembly halls to remain shut

@IndianExpress (1/n) -Schools, colleges, educational/coaching institutions shut (online classes permitted)
-All religious places closed for public
-Restaurants, eateries to provide only parcel/takeaways

@IndianExpress (2/n)
Jun 23, 2020 6 tweets 9 min read
#COVID19: #Bengaluru now has 458 active #ContainmentZones as notified by BBMP.

Sharing details of such zones (ward-specific) in this thread:

@IndianExpress @WeAreBangalore #Bengaluru #ContainmentZones (June 23)

BBMP Ward No. 1 (Kempegowda) to Ward 61 (SK Garden)

Includes Chowdeshwari, Yelahanka Satellite Town, Thanisandra, Byatarayanapura, Vidyaranyapura, Dodda Bommasandra, Horamavu, Malleshwaram, Hoodi among others.
Mar 9, 2020 14 tweets 15 min read
#Karnataka confirms first positive case of #COVID19. "The patient, around 40 years old, is a techie who arrived back to #Bengaluru from the US on March 1," Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar confirms. @IndianExpress The infected person's wife and child is also admitted in the isolation ward in RGICD, Bengaluru. A colleague, who travelled with the techie to the US is also admitted and is symptomatic. @IndianExpress