Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
Rome: The United Nations warned Monday of a possible resurgence of the deadly bird flu virus, saying wild bird migrations had brought it back to previously virus-free countries and that a mutant strain was spreading in Asia. A mutant strain of H5N1, which can apparently sidestep defences of existing vaccines, …
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned that the deadly bird flu, which first appeared in 2003, is rearing its head again in Asia and other countries. The organisation has said that there are signs of a mutant strain of H5NI spreading and urged heightened readiness and surveillance against …
The United Nations warned of a possible major resurgence of bird flu and said a mutant strain of the H5N1 virus was spreading in Asia and elsewhere. The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Monday urged increased surveillance and preparation for a potential outbreak of the virus, which it …
The United Nations has warned of a possible major resurgence of bird flu and said a mutant strain of the H5N1 virus is spreading in Asia and elsewhere. The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation on Monday said countries that could face the biggest problems were Bangladesh, China, Egypt, Indonesia and …
At least 8 more persons have been infected with anthrax on Wednesday at village Khirsintikor of Paba upazila in Rajshahi, according to the health officials. With this, the number of anthrax infected people has risen to 24. Mahmudur Rahman, director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research, said …
The recent detection of cases of avian influenza in humansunderscores the ongoing risk of human infection with new strains of influenza,says a recent ICDDR,B study. It said two human cases of infection with avian influenza A(H5N1) and one human case of infection with avian influenza A (H9N2) viruseswere detected through …
Worm infestations, food parasites, Chagas disease, sand fly-transmitted infections and other neglected tropical diseases usually found in Africa and Asia are turning up more often in Europe, according to a new study. The study, a compendium of dozens of case reports from 1999 to 2010, was published last month in …
The incidents of rabies’ are increasing in Pakistan where 5,000 deaths are recorded annually while rabies cases reported from India are much higher and one person is becoming prey to the zoonotic viral disease after every 20 minutes. This was stated by speakers at a national seminar titled “The awareness …
Over 4,560 persons have contracted rat fever within the past seven months. The highest number of cases was reported from the Kurunegala District. Rat Fever or Leptospirosis has killed 56 persons this year, by July 25, the number of rat fever cases had arisen to 224. Eleven deaths were reported …
More than 1,000 field staff of the department of livestock services are now using cell phone and web-based SMS gateway to report Avian Infleunza outbreaks in the poultry farms of 306 upazilas. The DLS staff through SMS reported 144 out of the 161 outbreaks that have occurred during the last …
Peste des petits ruminants is an endemic disease of sheep and goats in Nigeria and vaccination has been the method of control but sporadic outbreaks have been reported. This study was carried out to characterize PPR viruses from outbreaks in 2007 and 2009 from Kaduna and Plateau States. Original Source
BAN ON the drug diclofenac, administered on domestic animals, has had a positive impact on the vulture population. It had not been quantified till recently. The rate of decline has slowed down—from 40 per cent to 18 per cent. The number of oriental white-backed vulture (Gyps bengalensis) had dropped drastically …
Jalpaiguri, June 28: The forest department is considering setting up a hospital for wild animals. The immediate trigger seems to be the two elephants injured by a speeding train on Saturday. Currently, veterinarians from the animal resources development department look after the injured animals in the Dooars forests. Sources in …
On Tuesday in a ceremony in Rome, the United Nations is officially declaring that for only the second time in history, a disease has been wiped off the face of the earth. Everyone has heard of smallpox. Very few have heard of the runner-up. That
Scientists are using high-tech gene sequencing machines in a desperate attempt to save the Tasmanian devil from an infectious cancer called devil facial tumor disease that is threatening to wipe out the species. "The disease is like nothing we know in humans or in virtually any other animal. It acts …
Malda, June 17: A bird flu scare in three villages in the Englishbazar area following the death of hundreds of chickens in the past few days was allayed today after veterinarians confirmed that the poultry was dying from Ranikhet disease that does not affect humans. All birds had been culled …
Swine flu has returned to Maharashtra with the disease claiming a life in Nashik even as four persons have been reported positive in the state last week. Shama Kushalkar (29) died due to swine flu at the Nashik Civil hospital on May 26, two days after she was admitted there. …
The emergence and rapid global spread of the swine-origin H1N1/09 pandemic influenza A virus in humans underscores the importance of swine populations as reservoirs for genetically diverse influenza viruses with the potential to infect humans. However, despite their significance for animal and human health, relatively little is known about the …
Veterinary authorities of Sri Lanka warn that the spreading deaths of birds in certain areas threaten the fauna life in bird sanctuaries of national wildlife parks. Veterinary scientists say that mass deaths of birds have been reported from Colombo and Kalutara districts. The bodies of 16 seagulls have been recovered …
