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 …
Researchers in Saudi Arabia said Tuesday they have found genetic traces of the dangerous Middle East respiratory virus, MERS-CoV, in the air of a barn that housed a sick camel. The study in mBio, the journal of the American Society for Microbiology, calls for further research to determine if the …
Bovine tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most complex, persistent and controversial problems facing the British cattle industry, costing the country an estimated £100 million per year. The low sensitivity of the standard diagnostic test leads to considerable ambiguity in determining the main transmission routes of infection, which exacerbates the …
New research suggests that the spread of TB in cattle can only be controlled if more radical measures are adopted. Culling of entire herds, more testing and cattle vaccination are needed to reverse the spread of the disease. The lead researcher has told BBC News that the study also confirms …
A U.S.-based Japanese scientist said Wednesday he has succeeded in engineering a version of the so-called swine flu virus that would be able to evade the human immune system. The research on the 2009 H1N1 virus at a high-security lab at the University of Wisconsin, Madison has not yet been …
We describe the isolation and sequencing of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) obtained from a dromedary camel and from a patient who died of laboratory-confirmed MERS-CoV infection after close contact with camels that had rhinorrhea. Nasal swabs collected from the patient and from one of his nine camels were …
The epidemic spread of the disease of foot and mouth rusting on animals or livestock known as ‘Khoret’ has hit nine eastern districts. After several vaccination campaigns in four districts as a preventive measure, the disease has once again resurfaced in 12 VDCs in Siraha after 10 months. Khoret is …
The elimination of vultures is posing serious threats to human health in the country, as other birds and animals like dogs, rats, crows are consuming the carcasses of infected animals and spreading diseases like anthrax, rabies, said experts at a roundtable yesterday. Only vultures can digest meat at any stage …
The foot and mouth disease is spreading among hoofed animals in 18 Divisional Secretariat divisions in the Kurunegala district. Nearly 1,000 animals are suffering from the disease, said North Western Provincial Animal Production and Health Director N. Thilakarathne at the monthly meeting of the Kurunegala District Development Committee at the …
The "danger zones" in Asia which are vulnerable to deadly bird flu have been mapped by scientists. The virus, called H7N9, has infected 433 people mostly in China and has killed 62. The study, published in Nature Communications, showed parts of Bangladesh, India and Vietnam could easily sustain the virus. …
The H7N9 bird flu virus, which has caused severe illness and deaths in China, may inhabit only a fraction of its potential range and could possibly spread to India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines, according to a study published in the latest issue of the journal Nature Communications. The …
The "danger zones" in Asia which are vulnerable to a deadly bird flu have been mapped by scientists. The virus, called H7N9, has infected 433 people mostly in China and has killed 62. The study, published in Nature Communications, showed parts of Bangladesh, India and Vietnam could easily sustain the …
The Animal Healt Directorate (AHD) has declared that Nepal is free of H5N1 avian influenza, also known as bird flu. Bijay Kanta Jha, programme director at AHD, said the declaration was made on May 22 after the samples taken from the influenza affected districts returned negative. Jha added the World …
Deaths of peafowl in Thar because of frequent outbreaks of Newcastle disease and other factors, among them loss of habitat and prolonged droughts, have prompted a foreign NGO to launch a project for the bird’s protection. The District Development Association-Tharparkar (DDAT) in collaboration with the USAID-Small Grants Ambassador Fund Program …
Health authorities in east China's Anhui Province on Thursday reported three more human cases of H7N9 bird flu. A 40-year-old man surnamed Yang, a native of Taihu County, was confirmed to have been infected with the H7N9 virus on Monday and is in a critical condition, the provincial health and …
The seven cows that died last week within an hour at Laylong Pam in Narang gewog, Mongar was because of an outbreak of anthrax, livestock officials confirmed on May 15. Veterinary officials had sent samples, like blood smear, from the dead animals to the regional livestock development centre (RLDC), Kanglung …
A new human H7N9 infection case, who used to buy pigeons, has been reported in East China's Jiangsu Province, provincial health authorities said Friday. The new case is a 66-year-old man in Wuxi City, in a critical condition, said the provincial health department. The patient used to buy pigeon for …
Understanding the effects of biodiversity loss on zoonotic disease is of pressing importance to both conservation science and public health. This paper provides experimental evidence of increased landscape-level disease risk following declines in large wildlife, using the case study of the rodent-borne zoonosis, bartonellosis, in East Africa. This pattern is …
A mysterious disease has killed over 200 camels in Baracha area here, owner of the camels said on Sunday. Haji Bilal Muhammad Hasni, owner of the camels, had to suffer the losses of millions of rupees as his 200 camels have been killed by a mysterious disease. He said the …
Says animals have right to life with dignity. Banning the use of bulls in south India’s Jallikattu festival and in Maharashtra’s bullock-cart racing or elsewhere in the country, the Supreme Court Wednesday said like human beings, animals’ “right to life” also signifies life with honour, dignity and fair treatment. Taking …
'Use of Diclofenac for cattle had been banned by the Drug Controller of India in 2006, but the use of drug still continues' The disappearance of vultures, which feed on carcass and act as a natural scavenger, has made Arulagam, a research organisation working in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, raise …
