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NPPA caps prices of oxygen cylinders
On September 26, 2020, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority capped the prices of oxygen cylinders and medical oxygen cylinders. Background The demand of medical oxygen in India has increased by four times due to COVID-19 pandemic. Currently, demand for medical oxygen in the country has increased from 750 metric tonnes per day to 2,800 metric ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2020
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs
Topics: Liquid Oxygen • national list of essential medicines • NPPA • Oxygen • Oxygen therapy
Life on Mars
NASA s Curiosity rover has discovered startlingly high amounts of methane in the Martian air. This is significant for the fact that methane gas is usually produced by living things on the Earth. Now the NASA sent new instructions to the rover to follow up on the readings. Methane and Presence of Life The discovery ..
Topics: Curiosity • Life on Mars • Mars • Methane • methanogens • NASA • Oxygen
Scientists at University of Edinburgh discovers chain-melted state of matter
The scientists at University of Edinburgh have discovered a new state of physical matter – which allows atoms to exist as both solid and liquid at the same time. Until now, atoms in physical matter were understood to exist typically in one of three states — solid, liquid or gas. An international team of physicists ..
Topics: Absolute zero • Atom • Bismuth • Chemical elements • Chemistry • Liquid • Matter • Natural sciences • Nitrogen • Oxygen • Physical sciences • Potassium
US researchers identifies cost-effective method for hydrogen fuel production
Researchers from the University of Arkansas and Argonne National Lab in the US have identified more cost-effective and efficient ways of producing hydrogen fuel by splitting water. They showed that nano-particles composed of nickel and iron are better alternatives than more costly materials when used as catalysts in the production of hydrogen fuel through water ..
Topics: Catalysis • Chemistry • Electrolysis • Electrolysis of water • Hydrogen • Hydrogen production • Hydrogen technologies • Industrial gases • Nanomaterial-based catalyst • Natural sciences • Oxygen • Physical sciences
2018 International Day for Preservation of Ozone Layer
The International Day for the preservation of the Ozone Layer is observed every year on September 16 to commemorate the date of signing of the Montreal Protocol in 1987 on substances that deplete the Ozone layer. It is mainly intended to spread awareness of the depletion of the Ozone Layer and search for solutions to ..
Topics: Chlorofluorocarbon • Environmental treaties • Greenhouse gases • International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer • Law by country • Montreal Protocol • Oxygen • Ozone • Ozone depletion • Ozone layer • Politics by country • Stephen O. Andersen