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Increased intake of multivitamins may raise risk of cancer Love to mindlessly pop multivitamin pills, without any proven deficiency? Beware, you may be at an increased risk of cancer, warns a study.   The study led by a team from the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden showed that Vitamin C and other antioxidants stimulate the formation of new blood vessels in lung cancer tumours.  The discovery, published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation, corroborates the idea that dietary supplements containing antioxidants can accelerate tumour...
Increased intake of multivitamins may raise risk of cancer
Increased intake of multivitamins may raise risk of cancer
Source: IANS
3/09/2023 9:26:01 AM
Rubies are a girls` best friend  Good things come in small packages, especially when it comes to gemstones. Rubies, commonly known as the Manik, is a naturally occurring gemstone that is a type of aluminium oxide. It is chemically composed of aluminium, iron, chromium, and oxygen. The value of this gemstone is determined first by its colour, then by its cut and carat. There are different reasons and benefits why people prefer to wear ruby gemstones according to Milind Mathur, Creative Director, and Partner of Kohino...
Rubies are a girls` best friend
Rubies are a girls` best friend
Source: IANS
22/09/2022 4:40:32 PM
GST Council slashes tax rate on COVID-19 drugs, retains 5% tax on vaccines The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, at its ‘single-agenda’ meeting, has slashed tax rate on COVID-19 drugs such as Remdesivir and Tocilizumab as well as on medical oxygen and oxygen concentrators but ignored demands for reduction in taxes on vaccines. A 5 per cent GST levy on vaccines will continue which will allow manufacturers to get benefit of settling taxes paid on inputs. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman explained that the 5 per cent levy will not put any additional ...
GST Council slashes tax rate on COVID-19 drugs, retains 5% tax on vaccines
GST Council slashes tax rate on COVID-19 drugs, retains 5% tax on vaccines
Source: Accord Fintech
14/06/2021 10:24:26 AM
INOX to benefit as TN extends incentive period for new O2 plant Tamil Nadu government has extended the period of investment in setting up liquid medical oxygen plants to be eligible for special incentives till 31.12.2022. Earlier, the state government had said companies that set up 10 ton per day liquid oxygen plants on or after 1.1.2021 and start production by 31.11.2021 would be eligible for the special incentives. The state government modified the incentive scheme on the request made by Inox Air Products and CVI Trade. As per the revised schem...
INOX to benefit as TN extends incentive period for new O2 plant
INOX to benefit as TN extends incentive period for new O2 plant
Source: IANS
12/06/2021 3:01:58 PM
PHDCCI, BSE join hands to help setup O2 plant PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) and BSE, along with other members in the financial fraternity have come forward to generate and amplify resources for setting up of an oxygen plant which will be placed at New Delhi-based Tirath Ram Shah Charitable Hospital (TRSCH). A joint statement said that the initiative has been titled, "Mission Oxygen -- TRSCH Achieves Freedom-74". The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the PHDCCI and the TRSCH hospital would provide f...
PHDCCI, BSE join hands to help setup O2 plant
PHDCCI, BSE join hands to help setup O2 plant
Source: IANS
1/06/2021 2:53:43 PM
Hospitals get 100% loan cover for on-site O2 generation As the country faced a severe shortage of medical oxygen amid the second wave of Covid-19, Centre has decided to offer 100 guarantee on loans up to Rs 2 crore to hospitals, nursing homes, clinics and medical colleges for setting up on-site oxygen generation plants. The interest rate for such loans has been capped at 7.5 per cent. A Finance Ministry statement further said that borrowers who are eligible for restructuring as per RBI guidelines of May 5, 2021 and had availed loans under EC...
Hospitals get 100% loan cover for on-site O2 generation
Hospitals get 100% loan cover for on-site O2 generation
Source: IANS
30/05/2021 1:34:38 PM
4 oxygen plants donated by Maruti Suzuki inaugurated in Haryana Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal on Friday virtually inaugurated four oxygen PSA generator plants donated and installed by automobile major Maruti Suzuki under its CSR initiative in three government hospitals in the state. "By end-April when the Covid second wave was shooting up, Maruti Suzuki started to look for purchasing oxygen generator plants to meet the crisis for its CSR programme. The company discovered that there are very few small scale manufacturers in the country making ...
4 oxygen plants donated by Maruti Suzuki inaugurated in Haryana
4 oxygen plants donated by Maruti Suzuki inaugurated in Haryana
Source: IANS
29/05/2021 9:29:04 AM
SJVN Ltd to install four oxygen plants in Himachal Pradesh Public sector hydropower major SJVN Ltd on Wednesday announced it would install four oxygen plants in Himachal Pradesh at an outlay of Rs 4.5 crore for the Covid-19 pateints. The plants will be set up in the districts of Shimla (Rampur), Kinnaur, Lahaul-Spiti and Hamirpur. At a meeting with Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur here, SJVNL Ltd Chairman and Managing Director Nand Lal Sharma said the company has provided cold chain equipment of Rs 1 crore to state in support of its efforts to vac...
SJVN Ltd to install four oxygen plants in Himachal Pradesh
SJVN Ltd to install four oxygen plants in Himachal Pradesh
Source: IANS
27/05/2021 9:33:17 AM
Hyderabad airport handles over 11K O2 concentrators GMR Hyderabad Air Cargo (GHAC) has handled more than 11,000 oxygen concentrators and over 100 tonnes of Covid vaccines so far. Starting from May 1, more than 11,500 units of oxygen concentrators have been brought into Hyderabad from across the globe and from other cities in India, GHAC said on Wednesday. The shipments have arrived on both scheduled flights as well as special charters as nations, governments, airlines, airports, customs, freight forwarders, ground handlers and all stakeh...
Hyderabad airport handles over 11K O2 concentrators
Hyderabad airport handles over 11K O2 concentrators
Source: IANS
26/05/2021 1:51:39 PM
Naval ship brings 319 tonnes of oxygen to Karnataka  Indian Navy ship INS Shardul on Tuesday sailed into Karnataka's Mangaluru port with over 300 tonnes od liquid medical oxygen from the Gulf region, an official said. The ship arrived at the new Mangaluru port with 319 tonnes of oxygen from Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a defence spokesman said. INS Shardul was deployed on May 3 to bring medical oxygen in eight containers, two semi-trailers and 1,200 cylinders from Kuwait and in three containers from Fujairah (the U...
Naval ship brings 319 tonnes of oxygen to Karnataka
Naval ship brings 319 tonnes of oxygen to Karnataka
Source: IANS
26/05/2021 9:11:31 AM
'ISRO set to transfer technology for oxygen concentrator soon' The Indian space agency will soon transfer the technology for making the 'Shwaas', the oxygen concentrator developed by it at a cost of about Rs 60,000 to industries, said a top official of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC). On Friday officials of VSSC had a video meeting of interested companies and explained about 'Shwaas' and its systems. "It was a first round meeting and about 50 industries participated. I had interacted with them. My team and I answered their ...
'ISRO set to transfer technology for oxygen concentrator soon'
'ISRO set to transfer technology for oxygen concentrator soon'
Source: IANS
22/05/2021 3:30:21 PM
Danfoss India to set up oxygen plant in Tamil Nadu hospital The Indian subsidiary of Danish company Danfoss is setting up an oxygen plant near here to support over 50 beds, the company said. According to Danfoss India, it is working with the Tamil Nadu government to set up a 250 litre per minute (LPM) oxygen plant that will support over 50 oxygen beds at a government district hospital near its campus near here. "The plant is expected to be delivered in six weeks and commissioned thereafter in two to three weeks," it said. The compan...
Danfoss India to set up oxygen plant in Tamil Nadu hospital
Danfoss India to set up oxygen plant in Tamil Nadu hospital
Source: IANS
21/05/2021 9:30:20 AM
Railways delivers another 120 MT oxygen to Karnataka Indian Railways has ferried another 120 MT of medical oxygen to Karnataka for treating Covid patients, an official said on Tuesday.   "The fourth Oxygen Express carried 120 tonne oxygen from Tatanagar (Jharkhand)," a South Western Railway statement said, adding a 'green corridor' enabled it to cover the 1,420 km in 30 hours, it said.   The Railways has so far transported 480 MT of LMO to the state.
Railways delivers another 120 MT oxygen to Karnataka
Railways delivers another 120 MT oxygen to Karnataka
Source: IANS
19/05/2021 11:19:14 AM
Government approves procurement of 1.5 lakh units of DRDO`s `Oxycare` system The government on Wednesday approved the procurement of 1,50,000 units of "Oxycare" system developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to help in the treatment of COVID-19 patients. Oxycare is an oxygen supply system based on SpO2 (oxygen saturation) level. The DRDO has already transferred the technology to multiple industries in India for large-scale production of the Oxycare system. The "Oxycare" systems will be procured for Rs 322.5 crore us...
Government approves procurement of 1.5 lakh units of DRDO`s `Oxycare` system
Government approves procurement of 1.5 lakh units of DRDO`s `Oxycare` system
Source: Dion Global Solutions Ltd
13/05/2021 12:27:25 PM
Torrent donates 50 medical oxygen plants The Torrent Group has donated 50 pressure swing adsorption (PSA) medical oxygen production plants to 50 different government hospitals across the states of Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana. These plants are under construction and will progressively start getting commissioned from the second half of May 2021. Samir Mehta, Chairman of the Torrent Group, said that "The 2nd wave of Covid-19 has posed great hardship on the citizens of Ind...
Torrent donates 50 medical oxygen plants
Torrent donates 50 medical oxygen plants
Source: IANS
13/05/2021 9:20:27 AM
Hyundai to provide 'Medicare Oxygen'`equipment to states most affected by Covid Automobile manufacturer Hyundai Motor India's philanthropic arm - Hyundai Motor India Foundation - on Tuesday announced its CSR project 'Back-to-life'. Accordingly, the project is aimed at ensuring the uninterrupted delivery of lifesaving 'Medicare Oxygen' equipment to most affected Covid -19 states : New Delhi, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Haryana and Telangana. "The entire project has been accelerated from procurement to delivery, thereby meeting the critical need...
Hyundai to provide 'Medicare Oxygen'`equipment to states most affected by Covid
Hyundai to provide 'Medicare Oxygen'`equipment to states most affected by Covid
Source: IANS
12/05/2021 9:22:12 AM
Ola Foundation, GiveIndia to provide free O2 concentrators Ola Foundation, the philanthropic arm of cab aggregator Ola, on Monday announced its partnership with GiveIndia to provide consumers with oxygen concentrators for free through the Ola app. The service, as part of Ola's O2ForIndia initiative, will start rolling out in Bangalore, starting this week. From an initial set of 500 oxygen concentrators, Ola and GiveIndia plan to scale it up across the country with upto 10,000 concentrators in the coming weeks, the company said. "We mus...
Ola Foundation, GiveIndia to provide free O2 concentrators
Ola Foundation, GiveIndia to provide free O2 concentrators
Source: IANS
10/05/2021 1:58:52 PM
Gases firm Linde boosted by healthcare, ramps up oxygen production Linde, the world's largest industrial gases company, hiked its 2021 earnings outlook on Thursday, as a strong performance in its healthcare business helped it beat first quarter forecasts. The U.S.-German company, which supplies gases such as oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen to factories and hospitals, now expects adjusted earnings per share to rise 17-19% year-on-year - compared with its previous forecast for 11-13% growth. Higher prices and growing demand in the healthcare sector - w...
Gases firm Linde boosted by healthcare, ramps up oxygen production
Gases firm Linde boosted by healthcare, ramps up oxygen production
Source: Reuters
7/05/2021 11:57:53 AM
SpiceXpress airlifs 1,100 oxygen concentrators from Nanjing to Delhi SpiceJet's air cargo arm SpiceXpress on Thursday airlifted 1,100 oxygen concentrators and other Covid-related medical equipment from Nanjing, China, to New Delhi. The airline used its A330 wide-body aircraft to airlift the concentrators from Nanjing. "The airline has airlifted more than 11,050 oxygen concentrators from the US, Hong Kong, Singapore and China so far," the airline said in a statement. "These oxygen concentrators have been ordered by SpiceHealth and ot...
SpiceXpress airlifs 1,100 oxygen concentrators from Nanjing to Delhi
SpiceXpress airlifs 1,100 oxygen concentrators from Nanjing to Delhi
Source: IANS
7/05/2021 9:39:35 AM
British Airways sends vital oxygen supplies to India British Airways on Thursday said it has flown a Boeing 777-200 aircraft loaded with emergency aid to Delhi to support India in its battle against the coronavirus. The airline commissioned a special project team to organise the flight (BA257F) that transported 27 tonnes of medical aid which landed in Delhi on Thursday morning. The 1,349 items of aid were carried on an aircraft specially chartered by British Airways and supported by volunteers from the airline to ensure life-saving suppli...
British Airways sends vital oxygen supplies to India
British Airways sends vital oxygen supplies to India
Source: IANS
7/05/2021 9:36:05 AM
IndiGo ferries over 4K oxygen concentrators Airline major IndiGo on Wednesday said it has transported a total of 4,142 oxygen concentrators to and across the country. A total of 2,717 oxygen concentrators have been airlifted from Thailand, China, Qatar, Hong Kong, and Singapore to India, while 1,425 units have been transported domestically between 36 airports. Besides, the airline has ferried a massive load of other medical supplies to support the country amidst the shortage of medical equipment in the wake of a severe second wav...
IndiGo ferries over 4K oxygen concentrators
IndiGo ferries over 4K oxygen concentrators
Source: IANS
5/05/2021 5:47:48 PM
SAIL ramps up oxygen supplies for Covid relief The Steel Authority of India, one of the largest domestic steel producers, has been enhancing its capabilities to supply Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) in the country. The daily delivery of LMO from SAIL's integrated steel plants situated at Bhilai (Chhattisgarh), Rourkela (Odisha), Bokaro (Jharkhand), and Durgapur and Burnpur (West Bengal) has been increased from a level of about 500 metric tonnes (MT) in the 2nd week of April to more than 1,100 MT per day currently. The company has s...
SAIL ramps up oxygen supplies for Covid relief
SAIL ramps up oxygen supplies for Covid relief
Source: IANS
5/05/2021 9:55:54 AM
Raytheon Technologies sending 1,000 oxygen concentrators to India Aerospace and defence major Raytheon Technologies Corp on Tuesday said it is sending 1,000 oxygen concentrators to India. The company employs nearly 5,000 people in India, primarily through Pratt & Whitney and Collins Aerospace. According to the aerospace and defence major, some of these oxygen concentrators have already started to arrive in India, through the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum and organisations actively working with the government across the country. "The...
Raytheon Technologies sending 1,000 oxygen concentrators to India
Raytheon Technologies sending 1,000 oxygen concentrators to India
Source: IANS
4/05/2021 4:12:05 PM
Steel, oil cos become lifeline with ramped up oxygen supplies for Covid relief Steel and oil companies have emerged as the oxygen lifeline for the country gasping for breath in the ongoing second wave of Covid-19. Companies such as IndianOil, BPCL, SAIL, Vedanta, JSPL, Tata Steel have all been diverting large portions of industrial oxygen they produce for manufacturing for Covid relief. In fact, a few companies have cut down their routine production to make available additional oxygen for medical use across the country. The support of these two sectors is crucial ...
Steel, oil cos become lifeline with ramped up oxygen supplies for Covid relief
Steel, oil cos become lifeline with ramped up oxygen supplies for Covid relief
Source: IANS
4/05/2021 2:21:41 PM
Capgemini donates Rs 50 cr to boost Indian medical infrastructure Capgemini on Monday committed Rs 50 crore to build Covid care ICU facilities, oxygen generation plants, other long-term medical infrastructure and provide relief operations. As part of this effort, Capgemini is in discussions with various state government authorities to set up healthcare facilities across those cities where Capgemini has its presence. This contribution will be in addition to the Capgemini CSR statutory fund in India. "This second wave of the Covid pandemic in India...
Capgemini donates Rs 50 cr to boost Indian medical infrastructure
Capgemini donates Rs 50 cr to boost Indian medical infrastructure
Source: IANS
3/05/2021 5:52:11 PM
SpiceJet airlifts 700 oxygen concentrators from Guangzhou SpiceJet's air cargo arm SpiceXpress on Monday airlifted 700 oxygen concentrators from Guangzhou to New Delhi. Accordingly, the airline has airlifted more than 4,400 oxygen concentrators from the USA, Hong Kong, Singapore and China in the last two weeks. SpiceXpress used its B737 freighter aircraft to airlift the concentrators from Guangzhou. SpiceXpress had on April 24 airlifted 800 oxygen concentrators followed by another consignment of 1000 oxygen concentrators on April 28 fro...
SpiceJet airlifts 700 oxygen concentrators from Guangzhou
SpiceJet airlifts 700 oxygen concentrators from Guangzhou
Source: IANS
3/05/2021 2:44:09 PM
SAIL to set up additional 2,500 beds with gaseous oxygen facilities Country's largest steel maker Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) is planning to set up jumbo medical facilities of about 2,500 beds with gaseous oxygen (GOX) for Covid treatment. This will be in addition to the facilities currently available at SAIL's five integrated steel plants at Bhilai (Chattisgarh), Bokaro (Jharkhand), Rourkela (Odisha), Durgapur and Burnpur (West Bengal). These jumbo facilities are being planned outside the existing hospital facilities and shall have ...
SAIL to set up additional 2,500 beds with gaseous oxygen facilities
SAIL to set up additional 2,500 beds with gaseous oxygen facilities
Source: IANS
1/05/2021 3:24:00 PM
RIL's swift steps make it largest producer of medical Oxygen As India grapples with an unprecedented new wave of the Covid Pandemic, Reliance Industries has scaled up production of medical grade liquid oxygen, becoming country's largest producer of this life-saving resource from a single location in just over a year's time. Traditionally, Reliance is not a manufacturer of medical grade liquid oxygen. Yet, starting from Nil before the pandemic, the company is its largest producer in the country from a single location. At its refinery-cum-petr...
RIL's swift steps make it largest producer of medical Oxygen
RIL's swift steps make it largest producer of medical Oxygen
Source: IANS
1/05/2021 3:02:16 PM
Exclusive: India`s oxygen crisis to ease by mid-May, output to jump 25% - Executive NEW DELHI  - India's severe medical oxygen supply crisis is expected to ease by mid-May, a top industry executive told Reuters, with output rising by 25% and transport infrastructure ready to cope with a surge in demand caused by a dramatic rise in coronavirus cases. Dozens of hospitals in cities such as New Delhi and Mumbai have run short of the gas this month, sending relatives of patients scrambling for oxygen cylinders, sometimes in vain. Medical oxygen consumption in India...
Exclusive: India`s oxygen crisis to ease by mid-May, output to jump 25% - Executive
Exclusive: India`s oxygen crisis to ease by mid-May, output to jump 25% - Executive
Source: Reuters
30/04/2021 10:32:48 AM
SpiceJet airlifts 1,000 oxygen concentrators from Hong Kong to Delhi SpiceXpress, the air cargo arm of SpiceJet, has airlifted 1,000 oxygen concentrators from Hong Kong to Delhi. According to the company, these oxygen concentrators, a medical device that concentrates oxygen from ambient air, have been ordered by SpiceHealth for emergency use and distribution across India. This is the second big consignment of oxygen concentrators ordered and delivered to SpiceHealth. In the last two weeks, more than 2,000 oxygen concentrators have been airlifted by Sp...
SpiceJet airlifts 1,000 oxygen concentrators from Hong Kong to Delhi
SpiceJet airlifts 1,000 oxygen concentrators from Hong Kong to Delhi
Source: IANS
29/04/2021 10:09:28 AM
Maruti Suzuki to shut Haryana factories to divert oxygen for medical use Maruti Suzuki India has announced the closure of its factories in Haryana to make oxygen available for medical requirements. In a statement, the company said that as part of the car manufacturing process, Maruti Suzuki uses a small amount of oxygen in its factories while relatively much larger quantities are used by the manufacturers of components. "In the current situation, we believe that all available oxygen should be used to save lives. Accordingly, Maruti Suzuki has decided to...
Maruti Suzuki to shut Haryana factories to divert oxygen for medical use
Maruti Suzuki to shut Haryana factories to divert oxygen for medical use
Source: IANS
29/04/2021 9:53:14 AM
India Inc Steps Forward To Augment The Availability Of Medical Oxygen In Different Parts Of The Country: CII The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has formed a Task Force on Oxygen Supply Chain to work with Central and State Governments to augment oxygen supply by working on domestic capacity enhancement and imports; logistical issues between States including issues of transportation, non-availability of cylinders; policy-level interventions, and so on. With unprecedented rise in Covid-19 cases and acute shortage of medical oxygen pushing the hospitals in the country to the edge, India Inc has ...
India Inc Steps Forward To Augment The Availability Of Medical Oxygen In Different Parts Of The Country: CII
India Inc Steps Forward To Augment The Availability Of Medical Oxygen In Different Parts Of The Country: CII
Source: Dion Global Solutions Ltd
28/04/2021 2:22:12 PM
Vedanta says committed to supply 1,000 T oxygen, silent on modalities With all major Tamil Nadu political parties agreeing on allowing Vedanta Ltd to operate its about 1,000 ton oxygen plant at its copper smelter plant in Tuticorin, the company said it is committed to make the entire capacity available for producing medical grade oxygen. The company, in a statement, said it is working with experts on how best to resolve the logistics of dispatching oxygen to critical areas in Tamil Nadu on priority and subsequently across the nation. However, the company ...
Vedanta says committed to supply 1,000 T oxygen, silent on modalities
Vedanta says committed to supply 1,000 T oxygen, silent on modalities
Source: IANS
27/04/2021 8:55:14 AM
Amazon donating 10,000 oxygen concentrators to India Amazon on Sunday announced to donate 10,000 oxygen concentrators and BiPAP machines to hospitals and public institutions to augment their capacity to help Covid-19 infected patients across multiple cities in India. The first of these consignments was set to land in Mumbai on Sunday and a majority of the shipping is expected to be completed by April 30. Amazon has joined hands with ACT Grants, Temasek Foundation, Pune Platform for COVID-19 Response (PPCR) and other partners to urgently a...
Amazon donating 10,000 oxygen concentrators to India
Amazon donating 10,000 oxygen concentrators to India
Source: IANS
26/04/2021 8:45:00 AM
Major ports to waive-off charges for ships carrying oxygen-related cargo The government has directed all major ports to waive off all charges levied by the port trusts and to give priority to oxygen and related consignments for berthing. The decision has been taken in view of the excessive requirement of oxygen and related equipment in the country. "The Government of India has directed all Major Ports, including the Kamarajar Port Limited, to waive-off all charges levied by Major Port Trusts (including vessel related charges, storage charges etc.),"...
Major ports to waive-off charges for ships carrying oxygen-related cargo
Major ports to waive-off charges for ships carrying oxygen-related cargo
Source: IANS
25/04/2021 5:00:23 PM
Inox meets India`s 60% oxygen need, reduces bottlenecks India's largest industrial and medical gases major Inox Air Products has reached the maximum production capacity of medical grade oxygen during these trying times for the country, a senior company official told IANS. Accordingly, the company is currently producing a total of 2,000 tonnes of medical oxygen per day. "We are producing a total of 2,000 tonnes per day of liquid medical oxygen, which is almost two-thirds of the country's total requirement," Siddharth Jain, D...
Inox meets India`s 60% oxygen need, reduces bottlenecks
Inox meets India`s 60% oxygen need, reduces bottlenecks
Source: IANS
22/04/2021 12:00:58 PM
Lower oxygen supplies to temporarily impact 5 sectors: Crisil With demand for medical oxygen soaring, the Centre has barred industrial use (except by nine sectors) from April 22. Demand for medical oxygen is estimated to have rocketed five-fold in the second week of April versus pre-pandemic levels as Covid-19 infections took off, Crisil said on Wednesday. The consequent higher supply of medical oxygen will save lives, but will have a bearing on some sectors, the rating agency said. Crisil Ratings Director Gautam Shahi said: "The disruption i...
Lower oxygen supplies to temporarily impact 5 sectors: Crisil
Lower oxygen supplies to temporarily impact 5 sectors: Crisil
Source: IANS
22/04/2021 9:29:23 AM
Finance Minister assures ramp up in supply of oxygen, Remdesivir to states Union Finance Mminister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday praised the Indian industry for its extreme forbearance, patience and perseverance, using Japanese word 'Gamanzuyoi'. Addressing more than 150 senior industry captains in a virtual interaction organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), she emphasised on the need for adopting micro-containment strategy in dealing with the second surge of the pandemic and acknowledged that the deliberations with CII had helped shap...
Finance Minister assures ramp up in supply of oxygen, Remdesivir to states
Finance Minister assures ramp up in supply of oxygen, Remdesivir to states
Source: IANS
22/04/2021 9:02:13 AM
MG Motor India, Devnandan Gases to increase medical oxygen production Automobile manufacturer MG Motor India has tied up with Devnandan Gases to increase the production of medical oxygen. MG Motor India will focus on assisting the overall oxygen gas production. In specific, the company will address specific areas of the manufacturing process such as infrastructure expansion and the elimination of major losses with lean principles. This will help in increasing the production capacity by 25 per cent in the next two weeks with the vision of increasing it ...
MG Motor India, Devnandan Gases to increase medical oxygen production
MG Motor India, Devnandan Gases to increase medical oxygen production
Source: IANS
22/04/2021 8:51:58 AM
Oxygen shares, real and imaginary, rally as India battles virus surge BENGALURU  - With Indian COVID-19 patients struggling to find medical oxygen in the middle of a second deadly wave of coronavirus infections, shares in companies that produce the gas — or simply have it in their names — are rallying. Bombay Oxygen, National Oxygen Ltd and Bhagawati Oxygen Ltd — all tiny firms not listed on any major stock index — have surged 47% or more in April, a period in which India's broader market has slumped 2%. Over the past few ...
Oxygen shares, real and imaginary, rally as India battles virus surge
Oxygen shares, real and imaginary, rally as India battles virus surge
Source: Reuters
20/04/2021 12:37:12 PM
BPCL starts supply 100 MT of medical grade oxygen to hospitals Oil marketing major BPCL has started the supply of medical grade oxygen to hospitals at 'no cost' in the view of shortage impacting critical patients of Covid-19. The company will be supplying around 100 metric tonnes per month. "With average daily cases of Covid-19 rising again since last one month, the demand for oxygen has significantly risen," the company said in a statement. "In fact, in most parts of the country, the cases are hitting new peak, thereby di...
BPCL starts supply 100 MT of medical grade oxygen to hospitals
BPCL starts supply 100 MT of medical grade oxygen to hospitals
Source: IANS
20/04/2021 9:35:05 AM