Bhubaneswar: Odisha government on Saturday decided to go for culling of fowls in the state capital from Sunday in the wake of detection of avian influenza in a farm of the Central Poultry Development Organisation (CPDO) in Bhubaneswar. "We have received advisory from the Central government to start culling," Satyabrata Sahu, secretary, Fisheries and Animal Resources Development department, said. About 30,000 fowls at the CPDO farm were likely to be...
08:31 PM, Feb 04, 2012
Guwahati: An alert has been sounded across Assam following detection of bird flu virus in Dhubri district, a top police official said on Saturday. A Bhopal-based forensic laboratory confirmed that the samples sent to it for testing was positive and the district administration has taken steps for immediate culling of birds in 14 villages in Agomoni area of the district, Deputy Commissioner Sunil Dutta said. The target includes the culling...
12:43 PM, Sep 20, 2011
Agartala: Following an outbreak of the deadly avian influenza, Tripura on Saturday sounded a bird flu alert and intensified surveillance. Two central government teams comprising scientists and doctors arrived in Tripura on Saturday to assist the state authorities. They are closely monitoring the situation, an official said. "We have deployed 16 Rapid Response Teams (RRT) in the affected areas of west Tripura district and have asked officials to look for...
04:18 PM, Feb 19, 2011
London: British scientists have developed genetically modified (GM) chickens that cannot transmit bird flu infections -- a step that in future could reduce the risk of avian flu spreading and causing deadly epidemics in humans. Scientists from Cambridge and Edinburgh universities said that while the transgenic chickens still got sick and died when they were exposed to H5N1 bird flu, they didn't transmit the virus to other chickens they came...
04:05 PM, Jan 14, 2011
The drug has so far been tested successfully on mice and has shown promising results during trials. ...
12:09 PM, Jun 14, 2010
Officials said the avian influenza is spreading to new areas. ...
12:26 PM, Jan 29, 2010
Villagers whose birds are being culled are demanding higher compensation. ...
02:30 PM, Dec 18, 2008
This is the second time in a year that Malda has been hit by the avian flu. ...
02:09 PM, Dec 18, 2008
There have been no confirmed human cases of H5N1, a dreaded virus. ...
12:09 PM, Dec 16, 2008
Culling operations are underway and poultry sale has been banned in Assam. ...
03:28 PM, Dec 13, 2008
Health authorities scramble to confirm reports that 150 have caught the disease. ...
08:48 PM, Dec 12, 2008
According to some estimates, some 40,000 birds will be culled by Saturday. ...
12:46 PM, Dec 12, 2008
Dhaka: India have assured Bangladesh they will host a full tour for the first time this year, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) said in a statement on Monday. Bangladesh have played seven Tests at home against India, losing six and drawing a rain-affected match. India are the only country that have never invited Bangladesh for an international series since they gained Test status in 2000. Bangladesh's only visits to India...
04:24 PM, May 10, 2008
New Delhi: He knocked them over, one after the other, on Thursday. West Indies failed to withstand the storm Virender Sehwag's willow unleashed, sending records tumbling with a glut of runs that saw only the second double-hundred in ODI history being scored. Sehwag's 219 – which came in just 149 balls with a world record-equalling 25 fours and from seven towering sixes – crushed a number of records as the...
10:22 AM, Mar 28, 2008
Dhaka; Marlon Samuels and Lendl Simmons cracked half-centuries to help the West Indies clinch the one-day series with an easy eight-wicket win over Bangladesh in the second match on Saturday. Samuels scored a brisk 88 not out and opener Simmons an impressive 80 as the West Indies achieved a 221-run target with more than seven overs to spare in the day-night match for an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-game...
01:18 PM, Mar 10, 2008
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