INDIA

CSIR-CMERI develops oxygen enrichment tech for treating Covid patients
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Harish Hirani, Director, CSIR-CMERI, said that the organisation developed an oxygen enrichment unit requiring easily available oil free reciprocating compressor, oxygen grade zeolite sieves and pneumatic components. This technology has tremendous potential. He urged all the participant industries/entrepreneurs to come forward at this crucial juncture and manufacture the device at the earliest.
'Should be charged with murder': Madras HC comes down heavily on EC
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A bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy, while hearing a plea moved by Tamil Nadu Transport Minister M.R. Vijayabhaskhar, said: "You (EC) are the only institution responsible for the situation of Covid and should probably be put on murder charges for not preventing political parties from misuse of Covid 19 protocol. You have been singularly lacking any kind of exercise of authority.":
Sardar Patel Covid Care Centre will have 5K beds soon: Kejriwal
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The Sardar Patel Covid Care Centre at Radha Soami Beas, Chhatarpur in the National Capital has been operational from Monday morning. Chief Minister Kejriwal made a visit to the facility in the morning.
Second Oxygen Express brings relief to UP
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Two of the four tankers to have arrived on the Indian Railways' second Roll-On-Roll-Off (RORO) service, immediately left for Jhansi and Bareilly (one tanker for each destination) while the remaining two were stationed in Lucknow to meet the increased oxygen demand in the state capital.
Modi reviews preps by Armed Forces to assist in Covid fight
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The Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat briefed Modi that all medical personnel from armed forces who have retired or taken pre-mature retirement in the last two years are being recalled to work in Covid facilities in the proximity of their present place of residence.
Bengal directs hospitals to develop oxygen plants
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The state health department issued a notification on Sunday asking all the government medical colleges, state general hospitals and super specialty hospitals to earmark 152 square metre of land for the purpose of developing an oxygen plant.
IACC urges US to provide raw material for vax to India
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IACC's national president Purnachandra Rao Surapaneni appealed to the US government to reciprocate India's goodwill towards the US by accelerating raw materials supply for manufacture of vaccines in India. "Also, both India and USA must go beyond protocol to meet this pandemic challenge to humanity by making available the vaccine doses to those needy in both countries", he said in a statement.
Karnataka announces lockdown for 2 weeks from Tuesday
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Announcing this after the cabinet meeting here, Karnataka chief minister, B.S. Yediyurappa said that Karnataka will enforce lockdown measures to contain Indian variants of the deadly virus spreading like wildfire.
500-bed Covid hospital at Radha Soami centre in Delhi
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal visited the temporary Covid hospital on Monday and inspected the medical facilities there. After inspecting the hospital, Kejriwal said, "Visited the Radha Swami Covid Facilitation Centre on Monday morning. Nearly 500 oxygen beds for Covid patients have been started from Monday."
Delhi to vaccinate all above 18 for free, says Kejriwal
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The Arvind Kejriwal government has demanded uniform pricing of the vaccine from the Centre for the whole country. It said the price at which the vaccine is being made available to the Centre, the same price should be fixed for all state governments.
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