In 1846, a chemist wiped up spilled acids with an apron and found a dangerous new cottonA German-Swiss scientist, Christian Friedrich Schönbein, stumbled upon a powerful new substance in 1846. An accidental spill of strong acid...
03 Jun, 2026, 05.08 PM IST
In 1970, Apollo 13 engineers built a life-saving air filter from cardboard, plastic bags, and duct tape while astronauts drifted through spaceApollo 13's Moon mission turned into a survival story after an oxygen tank explosion. Astronauts faced a deadly carbon dioxide buildup. The...
17 May, 2026, 04.29 PM IST
Before dinosaurs, earth had a giant millipede longer than a car: and it was the largest arthropod ever foundArthropleura, a colossal arthropod from the Carboniferous and early Permian periods, has been definitively linked to millipedes through new...
06 May, 2026, 06.57 PM IST
Japan to provide additional ventilators, oxygen concentrators to India through UN partnerships"Japan has decided to provide additional 1,000 ventilators and 2,000 oxygen concentrators to India through UNOPS. The number of cases are d...
28 May, 2021, 01.23 PM IST
Navneet Kalra's bail plea hearing adjourned to May 28 in oxygen concentrator caseDuring a recent raid, 524 oxygen concentrators were recovered from Khan Chacha, Town Hall, and Nege & Ju restaurants owned by Kalra. The re...
25 May, 2021, 01.06 PM IST
Northeast, hill states, tribal areas & rural hinterland set to get 1 lakh oxygen cylinders, over 1.2 lakh concentratorsTop officials told ET that remote locations spread throughout the northeastern states, tribal areas in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Telangana a...
21 May, 2021, 11.52 PM IST
O2 concentrators of less than 5 litres per minute capacity not suitable for COVID patients: AdvisoryThe advisory has been issued to inform people about minimum standards of oxygen concentrators for COVID-19 case management, especially for ...
17 May, 2021, 08.10 PM IST
Covid patients under home isolation can get oxygen concentrators for free in DelhiThose requiring oxygen concentrators can call on the helpline number -- 1031 -- and it will be provided free of cost after it is recommende...
15 May, 2021, 05.16 PM IST
Delhi's positivity rate dips to 11%; 6,500 new COVID-19 cases reportedThe number of cases has decreased to 8,500 and the positivity rate was 12 per cent on Friday, the chief minister said.
15 May, 2021, 02.54 PM IST
Delhi court denies bail to Navneet Kalra in oxygen concentrator black marketing caseA Delhi court on Thursday refused to grant anticipatory bail to businessman Navneet Kalra in connection with the seizure of oxygen concentr...
13 May, 2021, 11.00 AM IST
Importers drag Centre to court over oxygen concentrators tax, claim 'violation of rights’Only non-profit organisations registered under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) are exempt from the IGST when importing oxy...
11 May, 2021, 07.53 AM IST
Google to map oxygen, hospital beds amid surging Covid-19 cases in IndiaThe new feature, currently in pilot stage, uses the Q&A function in Google Maps to allow people to ask about and share local information on...
10 May, 2021, 05.29 PM IST
Rajasthan importing oxygen concentrators from Russia, China; examining proposals from other nationsThe health minister said the procurement committee is examining proposals from the UAE and other countries for another 15,000 oxygen concen...
08 May, 2021, 08.42 PM IST
Oxygen concentrators hoarding: Delhi Police transfers case to Crime BranchPolice on Thursday recovered 419 oxygen concentrators during raids at a restaurant and a farmhouse in south Delhi and arrested four men.
08 May, 2021, 12.16 PM IST
COVID-19: Govt permits oxygen concentrator imports via post, courier for personal use under gift categoryAn official press release from the ministry of commerce and industry stated that oxygen concentrators have been added to the list of exempt...
01 May, 2021, 07.39 PM IST
Govt to procure 1 lakh portable oxygen concentrators, 500 more PSA oxygen plants from PM Cares FundThe decision was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Modi to discuss the measures needed to improve the supply of Liquid Medical Oxyge...
28 Apr, 2021, 05.20 PM IST
Now, oxygen concentrators too in short supply amid o2 crunch“Industry was not prepared for the sudden demand for oxygen concentrators,” said BPL Medical Technologies CEO Sunil Khurana. “While we have...
23 Apr, 2021, 08.44 AM IST