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Dry ice’s use, devised in India, pioneered culinary advancementsGases are vital for modern life. From cooling vaccines to preserving food, their impact is immense. An Indian doctor's early innovation wit...
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma says no shortage of domestic LPG in stateIn a recent announcement, Assam's Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma reassured residents that there is no shortage of domestic LPG in the s...
No state, UT reported death due to oxygen shortage, govt tells Rajya SabhaThe reply was similar to the one given on July 20. It had triggered a political storm as the Opposition alleged the Centre was trying to hi...
No state, UT reported death due to oxygen shortage during lockdown in last one year, Rajya Sabha toldPawar informed the House that health is a state subject but the Government of India has maintained data of total cases and deaths reported ...
Indian Railways to deliver 200 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen to Bangladesh on SundayThe train with 10 containers departed from Tatanagar in Jharkhand on Saturday and is expected to reach Benapol in Bangladesh tomorrow. "Fir...
Opposition terms government stand inhumane; BJP says ‘not a single state sent such data’Rejecting as “false” the Centre’s claim, the health minister in the Delhi government, Satyendar Jain, on Wednesday said the Centre did not ...
Priyanka alleges govt increased export of oxygen by 700% in 2020Gandhi said, "The (Narendra) Modi government increased its oxygen exports by over 700 per cent in the year 2020, a pandemic year. Most of t...
Maruti Suzuki India making efforts to enhance production of oxygen generatorsThe company has also pitched medium- and big-sized hospitals to install oxygen PSA (pressure swing adsorption) generators to avoid oxygen s...
India’s COVID crisis pushes up the cost of living – and dyingThe only available hearse driver charged 5,000 Indian rupees ($68) for a 6-km (four-mile) journey to the nearest crematorium – five times t...
Oxygen shortage in India sparks hunt for $1,000 machinesWhen healthcare facilities are running short of oxygen tanks and beds, the portable machine is increasingly becoming a line of defense for ...
Blanket ban on oxygen supply to industries stops production of much-required oxygen cylindersTwo of the largest manufacturers of oxygen cylinders, Everest Kanto Cylinder and Rama Cylinders have stopped production for the past two da...
Kinks in oxygen supply chain irk courts, impede manufacturersWith demand skyrocketing, oxygen producers as well as steelmakers and oil refiners have ramped up capacity. The country is producing suffic...
Covid-19 patients with hypoxaemia & rising cases: Why is India facing a deadly oxygen crunch?The country is hit despite producing oxygen over 7,000 tonnes a day.
View: In India's capital, whether you and your loved ones live or die depends on who’s in your phone bookDenialism about the scale of the problem is official policy. Ministers, bureaucrats and even government lawyers insist that there is no sho...
Oxygen supplies can be augmentedVarious companies are chipping in with oxygen and containers. Onsite MO plants at large hospitals can reportedly be built at relatively mod...
History of medical oxygen: How the key to Covid fight once used to be a feared thingOxygen’s history in medicine begins in the 1770s, when the Swedish pharmacist Karl Scheele and the British scientist Joseph Priestly indepe...
COVID-19: What is oxygen saturation and when does one need oxygen supportDoctors have taken to social media to highlight oxygen shortage, as state governments knock high courts to streamline equitable oxygen dist...
ITC to airlift cryogenic containers, oxygen concentrators, generators to augment oxygen suppliesThe latest initiatives from ITC is to support the oxygen crisis which has emerged due to the ruthless Covid-19 second wave lashing India at...
Secondary steel players gasp for oxygen as supply is restricted“We are facing a shortage of oxygen supply. There is no doubt that the oxygen requirements for medical use should be met. The logistics of ...
No shortage of oxygen for medical use; states asked to improve inventory managementThere is no shortage of oxygen for medical use but the states have to improve inventory management, the health ministry said on Tuesday as ...