Meghalaya culls 5,000 birds
January 18th, 2012 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 18 (IANS) Authorities in Meghalaya Wednesday culled nearly 5,000 domesticated fowls in a bird flu-hit area of East Garo Hills district, an official said.The birds were culled and ... Read more...
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Fresh death of fowls, culling continues in Meghalaya
January 15th, 2012 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 15 (IANS) Fresh deaths of domesticated fowls have been reported in Meghalaya, even as the culling of birds in a three-kilometre radius of the bird-flu epicentre of Williamnagar ... Read more...
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Floods trigger epidemic fears in Meghalaya
August 22nd, 2011 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
Tura (Meghalaya), Aug 22 (IANS) Health authorities in flood-ravaged Garo Hills region of Meghalaya Monday said they feared an epidemic once the floodwaters recede if precautions are not taken."We are ... Read more...
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Agra battles water crisis as Yamuna is highly polluted
January 17th, 2011 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Jan 17 (IANS) Agra has been battling a water crisis for over a month now as the sewer and industrial effluents have polluted the Yamuna river, causing an inadequate water supply ... Read more...
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UNICEF rushes relief to flood-hit Indian states
September 25th, 2010 - 11:05 am ICT by IANS
United Nations, Sep 25 (IANS) The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is helping India in rushing relief supplies to millions of people uprooted from their homes in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Uttarakhand ... Read more...
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Waterborne diseases rise in West Bengal
July 18th, 2009 - 3:32 pm ICT by ANI
Kolkata, July 18 (ANI): Residents of several districts in West Bengal, after having endured the aftermath of cyclone Aila in May, now grapple with an outbreak of diarrhoeaWaterborne diseases are spreading amongst ... Read more...
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Water-borne disease caused by Cyclone Aila, a major threat for West Bengal: UNICEF
July 1st, 2009 - 12:34 pm ICT by ANI
Kolkata, July 1 (ANI): UNICEF has warned that water-borne diseases continue to be a major threat to the people affected by "Cyclone Aila" that hit West Bengal last month.It said "Cyclone Aila" ... Read more...
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Enteric diseases kill eight in Bengal’s Aila-hit areas (Lead)
June 9th, 2009 - 12:30 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 8 (IANS) Eight people had died and over 5,000 were afflicted with enteric diseases in two cyclone Aila-hit districts of West Bengal, a senior minister said Monday.
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Enteric diseases kill five in Sundarbans’ Aila-hit areas
June 8th, 2009 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 8 (IANS) Five people died and more than a thousand were afflicted with enteric diseases in the cyclone Aila-hit areas of the Sundarbans in West Bengal, an official said Monday.
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Cyclone Aila - a grim reminder of climate change
May 26th, 2009 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 26 (IANS) Cyclone Aila, that hit the east coast of India Monday devastating
over 100,000 people in the Sundarbans delta region of crops and lifestock, was a grim consequence of ... Read more...
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33 die of mosquito-borne diseases, fever in West Bengal
November 14th, 2008 - 1:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 14 (IANS) Mosquito-borne diseases and a type of fever whose cause has not been identified have claimed at least 33 lives in West Bengal since September, officials said Friday."At least ... Read more...
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After the floods, Uttar Pradesh grappling infectious diseases
September 2nd, 2008 - 7:31 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 2 (IANS) With the floods receding in many affected districts of Uttar Pradesh, the state health department is now grappling with infectious diseases. According to a government report, over 800 ... Read more...
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Nitish orders draining of waterlogged Patna on war-footing
July 18th, 2008 - 8:58 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 18 (IANS) Considering the seriousness of the water-logging that has hit the city life the past few days, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has ordered efforts on a war-footing to drain ... Read more...
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Kerala elephant camp under Herpes virus threat
January 5th, 2008 - 10:40 pm ICT by admin
By Juhan Samuel
Kodanad (Kerala), Jan 5 (ANI): An elephant camp located here in the Malayatoor Forest Division is under Herpes virus threat, which has already taken lives of two young baby calves.
The ... Read more...
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