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 …
The number of suspected anthrax cases at Suleipala village, about 60 km from here, rose to 25 on Wednesday. At least 16 people, including five women, affected by the disease have been admitted to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack. A medical team had also rushed to the village. …
Tharparkar peafowl are under threat as the Newcastle disease has returned to the district and killed 22 peafowl within two weeks while many others are inflicted with the disease, Dawn has learnt. However, the wildlife department has taken no action to save the birds considered sacred and the beauty of …
Anthrax scare has gripped Angul district in Odisha with more than 35 people falling ill with suspected symptoms of the disease at Suleipal village under Kaniha block. Fifteen persons have been rushed to the SCB Medical College Hospital while the rest are being treated at the local hospital at Kaniha. …
Over 600 pigs have died from swine fever and about 12,200 have been infected in the past two months in Mizoram, officials said here on Wednesday. “The endemic swine fever caused the death of as many as 470 pigs in Aizawl district alone while remaining 130 died in other districts. …
Chitwan livestock officials have confirmed that another poultry farm in Mangalpur area of the district has been affected by avian influenza, few weeks after bird flu cases were detected in Bharatpur-9 and Mangalpur VDC- 7. Local officials said that they have culled over a thousand chickens at the farm owned …
The total number of fatalities from H7N9 bird flu in Shanghai has risen to 13 after the death of an 89-year-old man on Monday morning, local health authorities said. The patient, surnamed Chen, died after 12 days of medical treatment failed, according to a statement from the Shanghai Municipal Health …
Asian countries on Thursday urged renewed vigilance against a spread of H7N9 bird flu after Taiwan reported a case of the deadly strain, the world's first outside mainland China. The self-governing island urged its residents to take "enhanced precautions" when visiting China -- placing Shanghai, Beijing and five Chinese provinces …
After Chitwan and Rupandehi, bird flu cases have been reported in Bhairahawa on Thursday. Laxman Dhakal, chief of the District Livestock Office, Rupendehi, said the virus has been confirmed at Sandip Poultry Farm, after samples collected from the farm tested positive. The farm belongs to Dirganarayan Yadav at Pokharvindi VDC. …
China's Ministry of Finance said Wednesday it has allocated 303 million yuan ($48.6 million) from the central coffers to better prevent human infections of the H7N9 avian flu. The money will be used to subsidize projects aimed at monitoring cases of H7N9 infection, influenza-like illnesses, severe acute respiratory infection and …
International experts probing China’s deadly H7N9 bird flu virus said on Wednesday it was “one of the most lethal influenza viruses” seen so far as Taiwan reported the first case outside China. China has confirmed 108 cases and 22 deaths since the first infections were announced on March 31 and …
The death toll in the deadly bird flu outbreak in China mounted to 13 with two more fatalities on Sunday, while the total number of H7N9 cases touched 60 with 11 more reported — the highest in a single day. Shanghai, China’s largest metropolis and financial hub, was the worst-hit …
At least two peacocks died in a remote village of Tharparkar district on Monday, sources told Dawn. The peacocks, they said, were found dead in Sangelo village in Diplo taluka. However, they could not confirm the exact cause of death. “Our team is there in the village and another one …
Jagadish Pandey, Chief of the District Livestock Office Jhapa, said bird flu was confirmed at Mechinagar, Chandragadhi and Kumarkhod in Jhapa. According to Pandey, bird flu was confirmed after the sample dead fowls owned by Kumari Gurung and Surendra Gadtaula at Mechinagar Municipality was sent to the Central Livestock Disease …
What are the different types of influenza viruses? There are three types of influenza viruses: A, B and C. Virus A and B cause seasonal flu while C is typically associated with mild illness in children and young adults. Influenza B and C virus have limited genetic diversity as both …
The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research on Sunday reported the first bird flu death in five years after the human infection of H5N1 virus had been detected in the country. The agency that received the test report from the Centre from Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, a …
A strain of bird flu that has been found in humans for the first time in eastern China is not a cause for panic, the World Health Organization said on Monday, as the number of people infected rose to 21, with six deaths. The WHO praised China for mobilising resources …
China reported three more H7N9 infections on Sunday, bringing total number of the confirmed cases to 21 as the country is gearing up to fight the disease that has left six dead. The latest confirmed H7N9 case was reported in east China's Anhui province, where a 55-year-old male working in …
Scientists taking a first look at the genetics of the bird flu strain that has struck China said on Wednesday the virus could be harder to track than its better-known cousin H5N1 because it might be able to spread silently among poultry without notice. The scientists, at several research institutes …
China has found two more cases of a new strain of bird flu and one of the victims has died, state media said on Wednesday, bringing to nine the number of cases. A 38-year old cook became ill early last month while working in the province of Jiangsu, where five …
Four people in East China's Jiangsu province have been confirmed as being infected with the lesser-known H7N9 bird flu, local authorities said Tuesday. Low risk for humans to contract H7N9 bird flu China's health authority said humans are at a very low risk for contracting the lesser-known H7N9 bird flu, …
