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💥 The city of noise

While the Bengaluru police have been directed to get busy silencing places of worship around town, the real hazardous decibels come from daily traffic.

🏥 Bengaluru to get its own AIIMS

The Centre has finally given Karnataka the green signal to set up an All India Institute Of Medical Science (AIIMS) in the state.

🦟 Dengue’s back on the prowl

Dengue jumped the clock! Even though Bengaluru’s rains have always been associated with a rise in active dengue cases, the surge usually happens after the monsoons.

😷 Fourth wave soon?

Two cases of Omicron sublineage BA.2 have been detected in Bengaluru over the weekend. Overall, the number of Covid-19 cases has crossed 100 in a span of 24 hours, after a gap of 38 days.

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