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Tejas aircraft tech comes in aid of oxygen-starved Indian cities. This is how it works

The tech is an offshoot of On-Board Oxygen Generation System project for medical grade oxygen generation on board Tejas. India is the 4th country to develop this.

PSA oxygen plants — the cleaner, cheaper tech that could help ease India’s current crisis

As India battles a dramatic rise in Covid cases & subsequent oxygen shortage that has handicapped its healthcare response, ThePrint explains what PSA plants are & why they matter.

No patent waiver, but here are the alternatives vaccine makers are offering for Covid shots

Proposal for intellectual property & and patent rights waiver was first introduced at WTO in 2020 by India and South Africa. It has been opposed by US and Europe.

How medical oxygen is supplied to hospitals, and why India is facing an acute shortage

In the past few weeks, several patients in Delhi, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh have died due to a critical shortage of oxygen supply in hospitals.

‘Double mutant, triple mutant, Bengal lineage’ — Covid variants driving India surge decoded

India has seen emergence of at least two unique mutations of SARS-CoV-2, but there are other infectious variants around the world that could be a factor too.

This is how Modi govt will decide Covid vaccine quota for states

The new phase of the Covid immunisation drive, starting 1 May, will see India open vaccination to all adults.

US embargo on exporting Covid vaccine raw materials and how it could impact India

US decision to prioritise domestic demand is why certain raw materials — which are manufactured in US or whose parent firms are based there — are not available for India.

All about Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan, extremist group now outlawed by Imran Khan regime

Last week, Pakistan banned the TLP under the Anti-Terrorism Act. The party has been seeking downgrade of Paris-Islamabad ties, among other demands.

Why European Super League has come to fruition and who stands to gain or lose out

Sunday’s announcement by top football clubs not the first time a breakaway European competition has been suggested but now they have big money backing.

Why DMK is angry with portrayal of 1995 Kodiyankulam violence in the Tamil movie Karnan

DMK and its supporters question the year mentioned in new Dhanush-starrer Karnan, which chronicles a Dalit community’s fight against caste oppression and state-sponsored violence. 

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India’s Russian oil imports are showing up in cryptic new places. The crude map stands redrawn

December oil imports from Russia may drop nearly 50%, but Indian buyers already shifting to non-designated Russian entities and opaque trading channels to keep Russian oil flowing.

From nuclear cooperation to defence, trade to oil, what is expected from Putin’s two-day India visit

New Delhi is interested in firming up bilateral agreements for increased trade, mobility, upgrade of Su-30 MKI fighters and the increased range of BrahMos supersonic missiles.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.