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Covid: PM Modi directly overseeing oxygen supply, Centre tells SC

The government said oxygen supplies available at any given time in the country are to be distributed to all the states

Coal India arms considering installing oxygen plants amid shortage crisis

State-owned CIL on Tuesday said that three of its subsidiaries are considering installing oxygen generation plants

'National need': SC allows Vedanta's oxygen plant at Tuticorin to operate

Vedanta shall not be allowed to enter, operate copper smelting plant under garb of this order, says SC

Oxygen tankers from Thailand arrive in India, more to come from Singapore

A consignment of containers for the transportation of medical oxygen has arrived in India from Thailand

Coronavirus: Oxygen containers, tankers from Thailand arrive in India

Another consignment of containers for the transportation of medical oxygen has arrived in India from Thailand, the Union Home Ministry said on Tuesday

Donatekart helps raise funds for oxygen supplies as India fights Covid-19

An online crowdfunding platform, Donatekart working closely with NGOs across the country, helps thousands of people get access to oxygen cylinders and other medical equipment

Oxygen crisis: Govt imports 20 cryogenic tankers, allocates them to states

The Centre has imported 20 cryogenic tankers of 10 MT and 20 MT capacity and allocated them to states to address the shortage of oxygen tankers in the country

Oxygen shortage: Delhi hospitals say situation better, reopen admissions

After days of scrambling for oxygen, hospitals in Delhi on Tuesday said they are in a comparatively better situation in terms of supply and have reopened admissions

Covid-19: Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital receives 2 tonnes of liquid oxygen

Sir Ganga Ram Hospital here received two tonnes of liquid medical oxygen on Tuesday morning, an official from the hospital said

Covid-19: Oxygen Express train carrying 70 tonnes of oxygen reaches Delhi

The first Oxygen Express train for Delhi carrying around 70 tonnes of the life-saving gas reached the national capital early Tuesday morning, officials said. This oxygen will now be disbursed by the Delhi government to various hospitals, they said. "#OxygenExpress has reached Delhi from Raigarh, Chhattisgarh with Oxygen for patients in the capital. Indian Railways is leaving no stone unturned in our collective fight against COVID-19, & ensuring sufficient availability of life-saving resources across the country," tweeted Railway Minister Piyush Goyal. Earlier, the railways had said that it has chalked out plans to transport medical oxygen from Angul, Kalingnagar, Rourkela and Raigarh to Delhi and NCR region, however, there is no information on the second train to the capital city. Officials said the Delhi government has to arrange road tankers to move the oxygen to hospitals. Delhi recorded the highest single-day rise in its COVID-19 death toll with 380 more people succumbing to .

Medical oxygen is key to Covid fight, but once it used to be quack remedy

Supplemental oxygen makes the difference between life and death for many Covid-19 patients.

Covid-19: Steel firms expect no production disruption amid oxygen diversion

Market cap of top four steelmakers up 29% in April so far; demand from China is a strong tailwind

China's airline suspends cargo flights bringing medical supplies to India

China's state-run Sichuan Airlines has suspended all its cargo flights to India for 15 days, causing major disruption to private traders' efforts to procure the much-needed oxygen concentrators

Covid-19: HC says not in agreement with Centre on availability of oxygen

The Delhi High Court said it was not in agreement with the Centre that there is enough oxygen available to treat seriously ill Covid-19 patients in the national capital

Group of lawyers write to CJI over black marketing of oxygen, key drugs

The group of lawyers includes the founder of Justice For Rights Foundation Satyam Singh Rajput

Oxygen Express with 3 loaded tankers arrives in Maharashtra from Gujarat

A train carrying three tankers loaded with liquid medical oxygen arrived at Kalamboli near Mumbai from Jamnagar in Gujarat on Monday, railway officials said

Over 100 oxygen cylinders not refilled in 3 days: Ganga Ram hospital

Raising alarm, the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) on Monday said that it failed to get over 100 oxygen cylinders refilled in three days

Covid-19: Delhi's Ganga Ram receives 4 tons of oxygen on Monday morning

Amid severe oxygen shortage due to a surge in Covid-19 cases, Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) received four tons of oxygen on Monday morning, hospital sources said

Covid-19: Oxygen Express train reaches UP's Lucknow from Jharkhand's Bokaro

In a big respite to cope up with the oxygen shortage in Uttar Pradesh, Indian Railway's 'Oxygen Express', carrying oxygen tankers, reached Lucknow from Jharkhand's Bokaro on Monday morning.Uttar Pradesh is currently witnessing a surge in cases. As per the union health ministry, currently, there are 2,97,616 active cases in the state.The Indian Railways is running 'Oxygen Express' trains and will continue to run them over the next few days to transport liquid medical oxygen and oxygen cylinders across the country. Roll-on-roll-off trucks are being transported on flat wagons by the trains for a quick supply of medical oxygen.The first Oxygen Express train, that left Visakhapatnam on Thursday, arrived in Maharashtra's Nagpur Friday evening with seven tankers carrying the life-saving medical gas.The central government has also restricted the use of liquid oxygen for non-medical purposes with immediate effect with the ministry of home affairs announcing that the use of liquid oxygen will ..

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