Medical oxygen production being ramped up: Officials inform PM

The production of liquid medical oxygen has risen to 8,922 MT per day and is expected to cross 9,250 MT by the end of the month, the government said on Tuesday, noting that it was only 5,700 MT in......

Over 9 lakh given oxygen support in India, 1.7 lakh ventilator: Vardhan

While 1,70,841 COVID patients across the country have required ventilators so far, as many as 9,02,291 patients have needed oxygen support, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Saturday.......

'We put pressure on Biden admn over vaccines'

'Supplies should start moving to the Serum Institute without any impediments.' IMAGE: Oxygen concentrators sent by the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum arrive in New Delhi. Photograph: Mukesh......

The challenge before Yogi's population control policy

On the ground, rural medical infrastructure and more crucially, women's access to reproductive health services is practically non-existent in Uttar Pradesh, reports Geetanjali Krishna. ......

'Amazon has an outsize impact on India'

'We are having an outsize impact not only on the lives of the customers and livelihood, but also the economy of India.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Amit Agarwal, senior vice president......

Unique ID will help remove loopholes: Pilot

The Unique Identification number will help in addressing the loopholes in the system, including the mobile health segment, besides adding value to the existing mechanism, Minister of State for......

Budget unveils initiatives to boost growth, empower India

Image: Budget for growth and development. Photograph: Reuters     Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday announced a 5 per cent reduction in corporate tax over next four years,......

Entire text of finance minister's Budget Speech

Budget 2010-11 provided considerable relief to income tax payers by raising the slabs at two levels but hiked the central excise duty on non-petroleum products across the board from 8 to 10 per......

V V S Laxman on the Magic of Cricket

'If fame, money and comfort are the only factors that drive us, then we are playing cricket for entirely the wrong reasons.' IMAGE: V V S Laxman celebrates his double century in the memorable Eden......