Animal Diseases

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of Godavari river, Telangana, 29/05/2025

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 …

No case of swine flu in India

Aarti Dhar Surveillance stepped up; States told to probe and contain suspected clusters of influenza-like illness GUARDING AGAINST the contagion: Passengers arriving from abroad giving details of their travel plans at special counters at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, in the wake of the swine flu incidence reported …

WHO warns of pandemic

N. Gopal Raj With the new swine flu showing robust human-to-human transmission, the risk of catching the disease does not come from pigs or pork consumption. Late on Wednesday night, the World Health Organisation raised its pandemic alert to Phase 5, a warning that the new swine flu virus was …

India fully geared, says WHO

NEW DELHI: The World Health Organisation on Thursday said India had a

WHO says swine flu pandemic imminent

Mexican president asks citizens to stay home from May 1-5, WHO raises alert level to 5 Mexican President Felipe Calderon told his people to stay home from Friday for a five-day partial shutdown of the economy, after the World Health Organization (WHO) said a swine flu pandemic was imminent. It …

Firm offers patented machine to kill flu virus

P B JAYAKUMAR / Mumbai May 1, 2009, 1:30 IST With the global swine flu virus spread seemingly not under control, the Indian distributor of a recently started unique air purification system has approached the government with an invention claimed to stop the infection

Tripura, Manipur sound swine flu alert

AGARTALA/IMPHAL April 30: Tripura Government has sounded an alert in the state to check an outbreak of the deadly swine flu, official sources said today. The decision to issue the alert was taken last night at a meeting chaired by principal secretary of the Health department Yash Pal Singh.Two health …

Doctors' screening passengers for Swine Flu at BIA

"Twenty four doctors are already on duty at BIA to screen international passengers", Regional Director Health & Family Welfare Services, Dr Anbazhagan said. In the wake of World Health Organisation warning that a global swine flu pandemic was imminent, Bengaluru International Airport has already put in place a team of …

Prevention is key

"Swine flu is spreading fast across continents." The rapid pace at which swine flu is spreading across the world has set alarm bells ringing. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised its pandemic alert level over the deadly virus to phase 4, indicating the infection could spread between humans to …

Breeders told to move out pigs

April 30: As swine flu panic gripped the city, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has served notice to pig breeders to take their animals away from human habitations. The city has over three dozen pig breeding centres and a swine population of 20,000. Pigs are reared mainly by the Erukala …

Dealing with swine flu

Diversification of livestock breeds in commercial animal farms and mass production of strain-specific vaccines can help fight diseases like swine flu Business Standard / New Delhi April 30, 2009, 0:37 IST After mad cow and avian influenza, it is now the swine flu that has caused worldwide panic about the …

Personal hygiene best defence against swine flu

Underscoring the significance of individual measures that served as the first line of defence against any influenza virus, speakers at a discussion on swine flu said that though the virus seemed to be getting less virulent with time, there was a dire need to create awareness about it and take …

Pakistan, US to develop agriculture in Afghanistan

Pakistan and the United States have decided to work for developing agriculture in Afghanistan. The decision was taken at a meeting held here on Wednesday between secretary of the federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture Ziaur Rehman and US Administrator of Foreign Agriculture Service Michael Michener. They discussed ways in …

Swine flu: GMOA calls for quick action

The Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) yesterday called on the government to take immediate steps to prevent the Swine flu from spreading in the country by implementing a process of screening foreigners at the Bandaranaike International Airport. GMOA Assistant Secretary and Spokesman Dr. Upul Gunasekara said that the disease spreads …

Flu cases on rise, WHO calls meet

Berlin/London ? U.S. REPORTS FIRST DEATH; U.K. HOMES TO GET LEAFLETS, 32M MASKS ORDERED US President Barack Obama said school authorities with confirmed cases of swine flu should consider closing Germany and Austria confirmed cases of swine flu on Wednesday, becoming the third and fourth European countries hit by the …

Meghalaya caution against outbreak of swine flu

Following outbreak of Swine flu in parts of the world, officials from the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary (AH&V;) department in Meghalaya have been directed to report about any cases of the disease to their respective Disease Investigaton Officers (DIOs). The AH&V; department had a meeting here this evening to chalk …

No immediate threat of 'swine flu': Dr Rasheed

There is no immediate threat of the outbreak of 'swine flu' in Pakistan. However, all precautionary measures have been taken, in case of an emergency. This was stated by Dr Rasheed Juma, Director-General, Health, while briefing media persons here on Wednesday. NIH Executive Director Dr Barjees Tahir, Avian Influenza expert …

Doctors call for stocking anti-flu medicines

NEW DELHI: Since the Capital witnesses a high influx of foreign tourists, doctors in the city have demanded a ready stock of anti-flu medicines in the wake of the swine influenza outbreak in many parts of the world.

CM reviews steps to combat swine flu

Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today reviewed State

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