10 Best Hair Colouring Tools to Help You Dye Your Hair Conveniently at HomeIt's time to get yourself a set of hair colouring tools that will not only save you from the cost of professional hair colouring at the sal...
23 May, 2024, 11.57 PM IST
Local glove makers call for stricter rules to check dumpingThe makers of nitrile gloves are meeting the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) on Wednesday urging them to intervene as the market is being ...
31 Jan, 2024, 12.55 AM 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
India eases policy to export Nitrile/NBR glovesThe country had in February banned exports of many medical textiles including clothing and masks used in healthcare activities where there ...
22 Oct, 2020, 06.17 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
India may allow export of N-95 masksExports were banned in February amid the Covid-19 pandemic even as the government gradually removed restrictions on most personal protectiv...
15 Aug, 2020, 06.52 AM 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
Households to cut and store waste masks, gloves for 72 hours before disposing: CPCB"Waste masks and gloves in general households should be kept in paper bag for a minimum of 72 hours prior to disposal of the same as dry ge...
23 Jul, 2020, 05.05 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
Covid-19: New sample testing rule may delay local PPE productionThe four laboratories that test the kits already have a large backlog of samples to be tested, and getting the affidavit physically from so...
30 Apr, 2020, 08.47 AM IST
Bringing a positive change: Vidya Balan pledges to donate 1000 PPE kits to healthcare staff in IndiaVidya will be recognising the support of every donor by sending a personal thank you video message.
27 Apr, 2020, 01.11 PM IST
Reduced occupancy, thermal screening, no linen: International Union of Railways' guidelines to manage coronavirusInternational Union of Railways has suggested railways adopt policies to reduce the likelihood of transmission, for example: removing magaz...
10 Apr, 2020, 04.11 PM IST
SC directs Centre to ensure doctors, medical staff attending to Coronavirus patients get appropriate PPE, securityThe court passed the order on three petitions seeking protective kits, other requisite equipment and safety measure for doctors and healthc...
08 Apr, 2020, 08.46 PM IST
Bio protective wear specifications in the works stillThe Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) held an “urgent meeting” on April 3 to address the issue, according to a document. “Presently, only on...
07 Apr, 2020, 07.22 AM IST
COVID-19: India looks at importing PPEs to meet demandEarlier last week, state-owned HLL Lifecare Ltd had floated a global tender seeking PPE for healthcare personnel at the frontline of the ba...
01 Apr, 2020, 01.45 PM IST
COVID-19 battle: Global tender floated to buy protective gearHLL Lifecare is the nodal agency for acquiring PPE for those tackling the coronavirus outbreak. Healthcare workers weren’t too impressed at...
30 Mar, 2020, 09.11 AM IST
Coronavirus: Government meets medical device manufacturers to check the availability of personal protective equipmentsAnticipating spike in demand of gloves and masks, the Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) along with officials of the health ministry, Indi...
01 Feb, 2020, 08.03 PM IST