INS Shakti reached Sri Lanka with 100 tonnes of Liquid Medical Oxygen

Indian naval ship (INS) Shakti reached Sri Lanka on August 22, 2021 carrying 100 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) in a bid to help the island nation in combating the Covid-19 pandemic. Highlights INS Shakti was deployed for the ..

Tags: COVID-19 • India-Sri Lanka • INS Shakti • Liquid medical oxygen (LMO) • medical oxygen

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2021

Delhi approves Medical Oxygen Production Promotion Policy

Delhi Cabinet has approved its policy to promote medical oxygen production and provide incentives to private sector to invest in production plants, tankers and storage facilities for medical oxygen. Highlights Medical Oxygen Production Policy provides several incentives to private sector ..

Tags: COVID-19 • Delhi Government • medical oxygen • Medical Oxygen Production Promotion Policy • pressure swing adsorption plants

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2021

PROJECT O2 for INDIA

Office of Principal Scientific Adviser to Government has initiated ”Project O2 for India” with the aim of ensuring supply of critical raw materials like zeolites, Manufacturing of compressors and setting up of small oxygen plants. Background This project was initiated ..

Tags: Liquid Oxygen • medical oxygen • office of Principal Scientific Adviser • oxygen plants

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2021

US Global Task Force on COVID-19

The External Affairs Minister of India recently held a discussion with the US Global Task Force on Pandemic Response. He discussed about the priorities of India in vaccines, pharmaceuticals and oxygen. The Global Task Force on Pandemic earlier announced that ..

Tags: Adobe • AstraZeneca • Google • medical oxygen • Remdesivir

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021

Maharashtra Mission Oxygen

The State Government of Maharashtra has recently launched the “Maharashtra Mission Oxygen”. Under the mission, the daily production of the state is to be increased to 3,000 tonnes. The State Government has allocated Rs 200 crores to the mission. It ..

Tags: Maharashtra State Government • medical oxygen • Oxygen • pressure swing adsorption plants

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021

INS Kolkata reaches Kuwait to bring liquid medical oxygen (LMO)

As a part of Operation Samudra Setu II, INS Kolkata has reached Kuwait to collect Liquid Medical Oxygen from the country. Earlier it embarked 43 oxygen concentrators and two hundred bottles of oxygen from Qatar. INS Kolkata It is a ..

Tags: Brahmose • INS Kolkata • Kolkata • Liquid Oxygen • medical oxygen

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021