IAF's dark night airlift, superior coordination with Army rescues jawan injured in forward areaThe incident took place on April 9 and the jawan underwent a "highly complex nine-hour surgery" for the reimplantation of his hand, includi...
12 Apr, 2024, 10.59 PM IST
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06 Apr, 2024, 12.05 AM IST
FedEx Express operated third charter flight carrying COVID-19 suppliesThe third FedEx Boeing 777 Freighter charter flight carrying over 2,50,000 face shields, 1,00,000 goggles, more than 80,000 coveralls and g...
14 Jun, 2021, 02.06 PM IST
India frees up export of medical goggles, nitrile glovesIn October, the government eased the exports policy for Nitrile/NBR gloves from ‘prohibited’ to ‘restricted’. India had banned their export...
22 Dec, 2020, 10.18 PM IST
Coronavirus pandemic: India frees up N-95 mask exports“The export policy of N-95/FFP-2 masks or its equivalent is amended from restricted to free category, making all types of masks freely expo...
06 Oct, 2020, 06.38 PM IST
Govt removes restrictions on export of PPE, allows export of N95 masks with restrictionsThe export of 5 million N95 masks and 2 million medical goggles a month has also been allowed, according to a notification from the Directo...
25 Aug, 2020, 07.14 PM IST
DGFT lays out procedure for exports of surgical masks, medical goggles, diagnostic kitsOnline applications filed by exporters only from August 5 to 8 will be considered for getting licences or permission by the Directorate Gen...
31 Jul, 2020, 05.33 PM IST
Government relaxes export policy for surgical masks and medical gogglesThe government has revised the export policy for these two products from ‘prohibited’ to ‘restricted’ and freed up the exports of face shie...
28 Jul, 2020, 09.00 PM IST
Delhi airport handled more than 20 mn pieces of medical supplies in Q1 of 2020-21"The medical kits contained: face masks - 10.3 million, gloves - 6.2 million, goggles - 4.9 million, bodysuits - 1.9 million, shoe covers -...
15 Jul, 2020, 01.17 PM IST
China controls medical supplies, in this outbreak and the nextBefore the pandemic, China already exported more respirators, surgical masks, medical goggles and protective garments than the rest of the ...
06 Jul, 2020, 11.30 PM IST
Face-shields, all PPE coveralls export banned; nylon, viscose mask export allowedAs per a Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) notification, now PPEs- either as part of kits or individual items as medical coverall...
22 Jun, 2020, 05.29 PM IST
Task force debates sterilisation, reuse of PPEs used by health prosIs it all right to sterilise and reuse personal protective equipment (PPE) used by doctors and health workers handling Covid-19 patients? T...
06 Jun, 2020, 08.36 AM IST
AIIMS issues guidelines on reuse of PPE, citing depletion of stocksThe AIIMS has released guidelines for the reuse of PPE, citing their fast depletion of stocks in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, whil...
08 Apr, 2020, 03.12 PM IST
Chinese biz major Fosun donates masks to India to fight Covid-19The first batch of medical protective supplies to India, 5,000 pieces of surgical masks that were cleared for use in the “red zone” of hosp...
18 Mar, 2020, 08.53 AM IST
Export ban lifted on gas masks, surgical bladesLast month, the government had banned exports of all kinds of personal protection equipment including N-95 masks and masks used to protect ...
27 Feb, 2020, 07.54 AM IST
Forget visibility, air pollution is taking a toll on your visionIt's not just the heart and lungs that air pollution knocks out of shape. Doctors in the city are reporting an increase in eye-related comp...
10 Dec, 2015, 06.26 PM IST
Forget visibility, air pollution is taking a toll on your vision, says AIIMS surveyDr J S Titiyal said the incidence of these problems and their related complications will increase if urgent action is not taken to improve ...
09 Dec, 2015, 12.07 PM IST