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Passengers arriving at Guwahati railway station being tested for Covid-19

Amid the spike in Covid-19 cases in the country, Guwahati's State Health Department is conducting coronavirus tests of passengers arriving at the railway station

Telangana to vaccinate for free all citizens aged above 18 for Covid-19: CM

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Saturday announced free Covid-19 vaccination for all the eligible beneficiaries in the state

Punjab shuts iron and steel industries to divert oxygen for medical use

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday ordered the shutdown of operations in the state's iron and steel industries to divert oxygen for medical use

Delhi traders to observe voluntary lockdown for one more week: CAIT

Traders in Delhi will observe voluntary lockdown for one more week to assist the government in bringing down the Covid numbers, the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) said on Saturday

Limited industrial oxygen supplies to temporarily impact 5 sectors: Crisil

Metal fabrication, automotive components, ship-breaking, paper and engineering sectors are likely to suffer, according to global analytics firm Crisil

Covid-19: ITC helps in easing oxygen crisis, ties up with Linde India

In addition, ITC is airlifting a large number of oxygen concentrators for distribution, its paperboards unit in Bhadrachalam has commenced supply of oxygen to neighbouring areas

DRDO to assist Madhya Pradesh in construction of 1000-bed Covid-19 hospital

DRDO will fully assist the Madhya Pradesh government in the construction of a 1,000-bed temporary hospital at Bina amid surging Covid-19 cases, said Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday

Admission in AIIMS emergency disrupted briefly amid O2 pipeline maintenance

Admissions to the emergency department of the AIIMS were restricted for around an hour as the oxygen pipelines were being reorganised due to an increased demand

Haryana to inoculate for free all above 18 years at govt hospitals: Khattar

Everyone above 18 years of age will be vaccinated free of cost at government hospitals in Haryana, said Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday

Long queues outside BHEL to get oxygen cylinders refilled in Madhya Pradesh

Amid acute shortage of medical oxygen due to a surge in coronavirus cases, vehicles and individuals are queuing up outside the BHEL's plant here to get the empty cylinders refilled

Covid: Centre exempts customs duty on vaccines, oxygen for 3 months

Centre also decided to waive health cess on the import of oxygen and connected equipment for a period of three months with immediate effect

Kejriwal spending crores on publicity, nothing to augment O2 supply: Maken

The Congress on Saturday accused the Arvind Kejriwal government of spending crores on publicity but doing nothing in the past one year to augment oxygen storage capacity in the national capital

TN govt sets up 24x7 call centre to resolve hospitals' oxygen supply issues

Call centre has been set up to resolve 'any issues' faced by hospitals related to supply of medical oxygen and health facilities, said the Tamil Nadu government on Saturday

Oxygen crisis: Hospitals in Delhi use back up stock as situation worsens

Amid deepening crisis over the scarcity of oxygen, several hospitals in the national capital have been left with no option but to use their back up stock

Amit Shah inaugurates PSA oxygen plant at Covid-19 hospital in Gujarat

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday inaugurated a 280-litre per minute capacity PSA oxygen plant at a Covid-19-designated hospital at Kolavada in Gujarat's Gandhinagar

Covid-19: Kerala increases oxygen production amid raging coronavirus crisis

Kerala has increased its production of oxygen from 99.39 metric tonnes in April last year to 219 metric tonnes in April this year

Manmohan Singh recuperating well from Covid-19 infection: Randeep Surjewala

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh is recuperating well from Covid-19 infection at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here, a Congress leader said on Saturday

India to import over 10,000 oxygen concentrators as Covid-19 crisis deepens

To fulfill oxygen demand in the country, the government has tied up with many private companies to import their oxygen concentrators to India to meet the increasing demand for oxygen

Kuwait suspends all commercial flights from India amid spike in Covid-19

Kuwait's directorate general of civil aviation on Saturday announced that it has suspended all direct commercial flights coming from India, effective April 24 and until further notice

IAF airlifts medical equipment to Ladakh to augment Covid testing capacity

The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Saturday airlifted to Ladakh medical equipment weighing 1,700 kg, including bio-safety cabinets and centrifuges, which will help augment Covid-19 testing facilities