The Railways’ Oxygen Express trains have delivered around 2,067 tonnes of medical oxygen across the country over the last 16 days with Delhi getting the highest 707 tonnes, followed by Uttar Pradesh with 641 tonnes.
Category: Business & Economy
** UoH start-up introduces Covid treatment through stem cells
Transcell Oncologics, a biotech startup company incubated at ASPIRE-Technology Business Incubator (ASPIRE-TBI), University of Hyderabad (UoH), on Monday announced a breakthrough human umbilical cord tissue harvested and clinically processed adult Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs) based therapy to Covid patients, a press release from UoH said.
Dr Subadra Dravida, Founder CEO, Transcell
** COVID-19: Walmart to donate 20 oxygen-generating plants, cryogenic containers to India
Walmart will donate up to 20 oxygen-generating plants and 20 cryogenic containers to India for the storage and transportation of the life-saving gas, and also provide USD 2 million to non-governmental organisations to help them fight the devastating surge in coronavirus cases, the American retail giant has announced.
** Medical runner ‘Sevabot’ to reduce human interference in surgical wards
The product is an advanced version of Karmibot, the humanoid developed by Asimov to reduce human role in Covid wards.
** Mango museum to come up in Lucknow
The Mango Museum is coming up at the Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture (CISH) office at the Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture (CISH) office at Rehmankhera in the Kakori block of Lucknow.
** IIT-Bombay finds innovative way to generate oxygen
An official statement claimed that initial tests conducted at the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay have shown “promising results”.
Amid the shortage of medical oxygen for treating COVID-19 patients, the IIT-Bombay has come up with an ingenious solution to help address the issue by converting a nitrogen unit into an oxygen generating unit, the institute said on Thursday.
The pilot project, which has been tested successfully, relies on a simple technological intervention of converting a Pressure Swing Adsorption nitrogen unit into a PSA oxygen unit, according to an official statement.
** Coronavirus | Duty exemption for diagnostic kits imports
Aim to boost the testing apparatus for COVID-19 across the country
To boost the testing apparatus for COVID-19 across the country and ease the availability of oxygen concentrators, the government on Friday notified a customs duty exemption for diagnostic kits imports and altered the foreign trade policy.
The Department of Revenue exempted imports of inflammatory diagnostic (marker) kits, namely IL6, D-Dimer, CRP, LDH, Ferritin, Pro Calcitonin (PCT) and blood gas reagents, from customs duty till October 31, 2021 to supplement testing efforts, the Finance Ministry said in a statement.
** RIL emerges as the largest producer and supplier of medical grade oxygen
“I am proud of our engineers at Jamnagar who have worked tirelessly.”
The country’s largest refiner and petrochemical giant Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has ramped up its production of medical grade oxygen from ZERO to 1000 MT per day, constituting more than 11% of the country’s total medical grade liquid oxygen production.
This oxygen is being provided free-of-cost to several State Governments across the country to bring immediate relief to over 1 lakh patients on a daily basis, the company said in a statement.
“Our plants at our Jamnagar refinery have been repurposed overnight to produce medical grade liquid oxygen that is being distributed across India. Our thoughts and prayers are with our fellow countrymen and women. Together, we will overcome these difficult times,” said Nita Ambani, chief of Reliance Foundation, philanthropic arm of the RIL.
** India gets first consignment of Sputnik V vaccine from Russia
Hyderabad customs expedited the clearance of the COVID-19 vaccine
India on Saturday received the first consignment of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, according to the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC).
The CBIC in a tweet said that Hyderabad customs expedited the clearance of the COVID-19 vaccine imported from Russia.
“Hyderabad Customs, @cgstcushyd facilitated expeditious clearance of #SputnikV Vaccine imported from Russia,” the CBIC tweeted
** IGCAR scientists develop ‘breakthrough’ technology for paint, water and other industries
Scientists at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) in Kalpakkam have come out with a ‘breakthrough’ technology which could help the water-based solutions industry in the country to cut down on costs and enhance quality by real time monitoring of electrical conductivity of aqueous solutions in industrial plants and field applications, said Prabhakar Rao, head of the Security, Innovation and Sensor division in IGCAR.