Government of India exempt import duty in an attempts to curtail the gap between the availability of basic health facilities and rising covid19 patients across country.
PM in meeting
Virtual meeting chaired by PM Mr. Modi, attended by the Finance Minister Mrs. Nirmala Sitharman, Health Minister Dr. Harsha wardhan, Commerce and Industry Minister Mr. Pyush Goel and the AIIMS, Delhi Director Dr. Randeep Guleria, Member of NITI Ayog, Secretaries of the department of Revenue, Health and DPIIT and other officials. PM stated there has been an immediate need of providing the basic necessities to the patients like medical oxygen, equipments, life saving drugs like Remdesivir and other important apparatus to the hospitals and for care at home.
Decision to boost health infrastructure
Decision to grant full exemption from Basic Customs Duty and health cess on import of the following items related to Oxygen and Oxygen related equipment for a period of three months with immediate effect will boost the production and availability to meet the rising demand. All Ministries and various Department to work in tendom to ensure the oxygen and medical supplies at the earliest.
Oxygen concentrator along with flow meter, regulator, connectors and tubing
Vacuum Pressure Swing Absorption (VPSA) and Pressure Swing Absorption (PSA) oxygen plants, Cryogenic Oxyge1n Air Separation Units (ASUs) producing liquid/ gaseous oxygen
Oxygen Cannister
Oxygen Filling Systems
Oxygen Storage tanks, Oxygen cylinders including cryogenic cylinders and tanks
Oxygen Generators
ISO Containers for Shipping Oxygen
Cryogenic Road transport tanks for Oxygen
Parts of the above to be used for the manufacture of equipment for production, transportation, distribution or storage of Oxygen
Any other device from which Oxygen can be generated
Ventilators (capable of functioning as high-flow devices) with nasal canula; Compressors including all accessories and tubing; humidifiers and Viral filters
High flow nasal canula device with all attachments
Helmets for use with non-invasive ventilation
Non-invasive ventilation oronasal masks for ICU ventilators
Non-invasive ventilation nasal masks for ICU ventilators
A Delhi court has granted a plea from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for custody of 26/11 Mumbai attacks accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana for 12 more days. Rana was produced before special NIA judge Chander Jit Singh on the expiry of his 18-day NIA custody. Rana was produced amid tight security and with his face covered. The court also discussed Pahalgam.
Attack, which Pakistan violated ceasefire with, and the upcoming release of SS Rajamouli and Prabhas’ Baahubali in theatres. Rana was also discussed in relation to the upcoming IPL 2025, with live scorecards, player stats, and exclusive IPL 2025 news. The court also covered the every 24 hours and allow him to Pahalgam attack and the upcoming Canada Election 2025.
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has been remanded in custody of Pakistani national, Rana Shahid Khan, for 17 years. The court has remanded him for 18 days, with the judge directing the NIA to conduct a medical examination of him every 24 hours and allow him to meet his lawyer every alternate day. Rana is allowed to use only a “soft-tip pen” and meet his.
Lawyer in the presence of NIA officials, who will be out of audible distance The court has also ordered the NIA to conduct a medical examination of Rana every 24 hours and allow him to meet his lawyer every alternate day. The judge has allowed Rana to use only a “soft-tip pen” and meet his lawyer in the presence of NIA officials, who would be out of audible distance.
On April 28, 2025, a Delhi court extended the National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) custody of Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a key accused in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, by 12 days. This in the 26/11 attacks decision follows the conclusion of his initial 18-day remand, during which in the attacks and any related plots as soon as NIA conducted extensive interrogations.
Rana, a Pakistani-born Canadian citizen and former military doctor, was extradited from the United States to India on April 10, 2025. His extradition came after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his final appeal, and President Donald Trump approved the transfer. Upon arrival in New Delhi, Rana was taken into NIA custody to face charges related to alleged involvement.
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During the recent court proceedings, the NIA requested an extension of Rana’s custody to further investigate his alleged involvement in planning similar attacks in other Indian cities, including Delhi. The court granted this request, emphasizing the need for a thorough the guise of working for Rana’s immigration consultancy examination of the evidence childhood friend.
The NIA has accused Rana of facilitating the operations of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the Pakistan-based terrorist organization responsible for the 2008 Mumbai attacks that resulted in 166 deaths. Investigators allege that Rana provided support to his childhood friend, David Coleman Headley, enabling Headley to conduct reconnaissance missions in Mumbai under.
Rana’s lawyer, Piyush Sachdev, stated that the NIA sought additional time to confront Rana of his initial 18-day remand, during which the NIA conducted extensive interrogations with new evidence. He confirmed that Rana is cooperating with the investigation and that he has been in the attacks and any related plots in regular contact with his client.
The extradition and ongoing investigation of Tahawwur Rana represent significant steps in India’s efforts to bring all perpetrators of the 26/11 attacks to justice. The NIA continues to delve into Rana’s alleged connections with terrorist networks, aiming to uncover the full of his initial 18-day remand, during which the NIA conducted extensive interrogations involvement.
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