India, Bangladesh to set up more border markets
July 27th, 2012 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, July 27 (IANS) Dhaka and New Delhi are keen to set up eight more markets along the India-Bangladesh border in the northeastern states, Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Mohamed Mijarul Quayes ... Read more...
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Mexico declares bird flu emergency
July 3rd, 2012 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, July 3 (IANS) Mexico has activated a national emergency plan to contain a bird flu epidemic that has affected nearly 1.7 million poultry, the agriculture ministry said.The plan ... Read more...
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India, Bangladesh to improve trade facilities along border
May 7th, 2012 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, May 7 (IANS) Officials of India and Bangladesh will undertake a joint study next month to examine the infrastructure for trade and business along the border and also suggest ... Read more...
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Make poultry farming in northeast more scientific: Aviation flu experts
April 22nd, 2012 - 12:23 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, April 22 (IANS) Timely vaccination of birds and animals, access to standard laboratories and maintaining bio-security are among the measures required to curb the sporadic outbreak of bird flu ... Read more...
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Four more Border Haats to be set up along India-Bangladesh border
March 23rd, 2012 - 5:05 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, March 23 (IANS) Dhaka and New Delhi have agreed to set up four more 'Border Haats' (bazars) along the India-Bangladesh border in Tripura, a minister said here Friday.A ... Read more...
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Experts to study cause of bird flu outbreak
March 17th, 2012 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, March 17 (IANS) Worried at the frequent outbreak of bird flu and its effect on the poultry industry, the Tripura government has decided to urge the central government to ... Read more...
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India, Bangladesh to set up more ‘Border Haats’
February 23rd, 2012 - 4:32 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Feb 23 (IANS) India and Bangladesh have agreed to set up more 'Border Haats' (bazars) along their border in Tripura, Assam and Meghalaya to boost local trade and economy, ... Read more...
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Bird flu panic abates in Meghalaya
February 11th, 2012 - 4:16 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Feb 11 (IANS) Authorities Saturday gave the all-clear signal and calmed the panic in Meghalaya after clinical tests on dead pigeons proved negative for bird flu, a veterinary official ... Read more...
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Over 6,200 poultry culled after fresh flu in Tripura
February 2nd, 2012 - 2:37 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Feb 2 (IANS) Over 6,200 poultry birds and ducks were culled in Tripura after reports of a fresh outbreak of bird flu, officials said here Thursday.The culling was done ... Read more...
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Tripura begins culling to contain bird flu
January 27th, 2012 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 27 (IANS) With a fresh outbreak of bird flu at a government-run farm in western Tripura, authorities Friday started culling more than 1,600 poultry birds to contain spread ... Read more...
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Disinfection in Meghalaya bird flu-hit area completed
January 22nd, 2012 - 2:15 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 22 (IANS) Authorities in Meghalaya have completed disinfection operations in a bird flu-hit area of East Garo Hills district, an official said Sunday."We have completed the entire process ... Read more...
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Culling continues in avian flu-hit district of Meghalaya
January 13th, 2012 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 13 (IANS) Authorities have begun mopping up and sanitisation operations in bird flu-hit Williamnagar in western Meghalaya as they continued culling domesticated fowls there, an official said Friday."We ... Read more...
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Poultry culling begins in Meghalaya
January 12th, 2012 - 11:59 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 12 (IANS) A 13-member rapid response team Thursday began culling poultry birds at a farm in East Garo Hills district of Meghalaya after the birds tested positive for ... Read more...
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Meghalaya on alert after test confirms bird flu
January 11th, 2012 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 11 (IANS) The Meghalaya government Wednesday alerted all district authorities after samples of dead birds at a farm in East Garo Hills district in the state tested positive ... Read more...
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Tripura on fresh bird flu alert, bans poultry imports
November 19th, 2011 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Nov 19 (IANS) Sounding a fresh bird flu alert, the Tripura government has imposed a ban on import of poultry birds, ducks and other poultry products from West Bengal ... Read more...
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Connectivity important for regional transit trade: Gilani
October 13th, 2011 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 13 (IANS) Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said connectivity through air, land and sea was necessary to promote regional transit trade.Gilani made the remark while talking ... Read more...
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India confirms bird flu in Bengal, PM concerned
September 20th, 2011 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday expressed concern over avian inluenza in West Bengal and directed authorities to prevent it from spreading, sources said.
The directive ... Read more...
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Culling of birds starts in Bengal
September 20th, 2011 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Kolkata, Sep 20 (IANS) The culling of birds began Tuesday in West Bengal's Nadia district after the union health ministry confirmed that samples had tested positive for bird flu, ... Read more...
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Kashmiris love their mutton, all 51,000 tonnes of it!
July 27th, 2011 - 11:54 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 27 (IANS) About 85 percent of Kashmiris eat non-vegetarian fare - but exactly how much? Official statistics say Jammu and Kashmir annually consumes a whopping 51,000 tonnes of ... Read more...
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Food inflation at 10-week high; Pranab terms it unacceptable (Lead)
June 23rd, 2011 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) India's food inflation soared to nearly 10-week high of 9.13 percent for the week ended June 11, prompting Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to term ... Read more...
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High inflation not acceptable: Pranab
June 23rd, 2011 - 6:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Thursday said high inflation levels were not acceptable and the government would make all efforts to bring them down.Latest official ... Read more...
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India, Bangladesh to discuss vehicle entry, border markets
May 10th, 2011 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, May 10 (IANS) India and Bangladesh are expected to finalise rules for entry of goods vehicles into either country and review re-opening of border "haats" (markets) at a meeting ... Read more...
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Food inflation rises marginally to 8.76 percent
April 28th, 2011 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) India's food inflation rose marginally to 8.76 percent for the week ended April 16 compared to 8.74 percent recorded in the previous week as fruits, ... Read more...
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Food inflation up; fruits, meat costlier
April 21st, 2011 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) India's food inflation nudged up after three successive weeks of decline to 8.74 percent for the week ended April 9 compared to 8.28 percent recorded ... Read more...
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Bird flu fears: China bans poultry from Netherlands
April 3rd, 2011 - 11:09 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 3 (IANS) China has banned the import of poultry products from the Netherlands where an outbreak of H7N1 bird flu virus has been reported, the country's quarantine watchdog ... Read more...
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Indian states bordering Bangladesh vulnerable to bird flu (Lead)
March 23rd, 2011 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, March 23 (IANS) Indian states bordering Bangladesh have become vulnerable to bird flu with Dhaka failing to check the contagious disease as well as the smuggling of poultry products ... Read more...
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Ready-to-eat meat contains few cancerous compounds
March 23rd, 2011 - 4:44 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 23 (ANI): Good news for meat lovers: Most ready-to-eat meat products contain very few cancerous compounds, according to Kansas State University research.J. Scott Smith, professor of food chemistry, and ... Read more...
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Indian states bordering Bangladesh vulnerable to bird flu
March 23rd, 2011 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, March 23 (IANS) Indian states bordering Bangladesh have become vulnerable to bird flu with Dhaka failing to check the contiguous disease as well as the smuggling of poultry products ... Read more...
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Bird flu: Culling begins in Tripura
March 8th, 2011 - 2:03 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, March 8 (IANS) With fresh cases of avian influenza or bird flu being detected at a government-run farm in western Tripura, the authorities Tuesday started culling more than 7,000 ... Read more...
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Fresh cases of bird flu in Tripura
March 6th, 2011 - 2:54 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, March 6 (IANS) Fresh cases of avian influenza or bird flu have been detected in another Tripura poultry farm, and culling of birds is expected to start Monday, an ... Read more...
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Tripura, Mizoram on bird flu alert
February 25th, 2011 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS
Aizawl/Agartala, Feb 25 (IANS) Mizoram Friday sounded a bird flu alert following the outbreak of the avian influenza in neighbouring Tripura and also in Myanmar and Bangladesh, which border the state.The ... Read more...
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Gorakhpur farmers turn to poultry business
December 15th, 2010 - 6:33 pm ICT by ANI
By Pawan ShahGorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Dec.15 (ANI): Farmers in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur district are taking to poultry business as the agriculture sector has suffered losses.Owing to increasing demand and the profit ... Read more...
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Govt. advocates stringent punishment to food adulterators: Sahay
November 3rd, 2010 - 10:30 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov.3 (ANI): The Government on Wednesday advocated stringent punishment for those responsible for food adulteration.It may be noted several cases of food adulteration are usually reported or come across ... Read more...
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India, Bangladesh to set up ‘Border Haats’
November 3rd, 2010 - 4:45 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Nov 3 (IANS) India and Bangladesh have agreed to set up 'Border Haats' (bazars) along their border in Meghalaya, Assam and Tripura to boost local trade and business, a Tripura minister ... Read more...
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One more youth dies in Kashmir, toll rises to 58
August 17th, 2010 - 1:05 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 17 (IANS) A 20-year-old man succumbed to his injury in this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital Tuesday, taking the toll in the ongoing unrest since June 11 to 58 even ... Read more...
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