Bihar alert on avian influenza
February 26th, 2012 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Feb 26 (IANS) Bihar has sounded an alert against possible spread of avian influenza after a large number of crows died in the state from bird flu, officials said ... 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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Bird flu suspected in Meghalaya
February 10th, 2012 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Feb 10 (IANS) Fears of bird flu gripped Shillong Friday and Meghalaya state authorities sounded a general alert after a hundred pigeons were found dead in the state capital, ... 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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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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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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More birds die in Meghalaya, test reports awaited
January 10th, 2012 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 10 (IANS) Another 40 birds died Tuesday on a government-run farm in western Meghalaya, even as the state government awaited the test reports on earlier deaths to know ... Read more...
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2,000 dead birds set off flu fears in Meghalaya
January 9th, 2012 - 11:08 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 9 (IANS) Around 2,000 poultry birds have died in the past few weeks on a farm in Meghalaya's East Garo Hills district, fuelling fears of bird flu, even ... Read more...
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NASA’s satellite images show Icelandic volcanic ash moving into Germany
April 17th, 2010 - 2:02 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 17(ANI): Images taken by NASA's scientific research satellite have revealed that Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano ash clouds are now moving into Germany.NASA's Terra satellite flew over the volcano on ... Read more...
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1.5 lakh fowls culled in bird flu hit West Bengal
February 11th, 2010 - 10:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Over 1.5 lakh fowls have been culled in bird flu hit West Bengal since the authorities confirmed the outbreak of the contagion Jan 14.
According to officials here, ... Read more...
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Nepal reports outbreak of bird flu
February 4th, 2010 - 2:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Feb 4 (IANS) Nepal has reported an outbreak of bird flu in the country, a media report said Thursday.
Six samples collected from a poultry farm in the western district of ... Read more...
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400 people put on bird flu medication in West Bengal
January 28th, 2010 - 12:14 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) At least 409 people have been put on medication in bird flu-hit areas of West Bengal, health authorities said Monday.
In the last few years, the country ... Read more...
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Pomp and pageantry mark R-Day celebration in Bangalore
January 26th, 2010 - 12:24 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Jan 26 (IANS) Pomp and pageantry and bright sunshine marked the 61st Republic Day celebrations Tuesday in India's tech hub amid tight security.
Karnataka Governor H.R. Bhardwaj unfurled the tricolour at the ... Read more...
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Nearly 95,000 chickens culled in West Bengal
January 25th, 2010 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Nearly 95,000 chickens have been culled in bird-flu hit Murshidabad district of West Bengal, officials said here Monday.
"Culling of birds has started and so far 95,493 birds ... Read more...
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Tight security in Bangalore for safe R-Day
January 25th, 2010 - 5:28 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Jan 25 (IANS) Police stepped up vigilance and tightened security across this tech hub for a safe and smooth conduct of the 61st Republic Day celebrations Tuesday, a senior police official ... Read more...
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Nearly 70,000 chickens culled in West Bengal
January 23rd, 2010 - 11:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) Nearly 70,000 chickens have been culled in West Bengal's bird-flu hit Murshidabad district, officials said here Thursday.
"The situation is being monitored on a daily basis. So far ... Read more...
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Over 44,000 birds culled in bird-flu hit Murshidabad
January 21st, 2010 - 10:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Over 44,000 poultry birds were culled in West Bengal's bird-flu hit Murshidabad district, officials said Thursday.
"The situation is being monitored on a daily basis. So far 44,967 ... Read more...
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Over 26,000 poultry culled in bird flu-hit Murshidabad
January 20th, 2010 - 11:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) Over 26,000 poultry birds have been culled in West Bengal's bird-flu hit Murshidabad district, a health ministry official said here.
The Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, ... Read more...
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Over 3,200 poultry culled in bird flu-hit Murshidabad district
January 17th, 2010 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) Over 3,200 poultry have been culled in bird-flu hit Murshidabad district of West Bengal, a health ministry official said.
A three-member rapid response team from the ... Read more...
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Meningitis returns to Tripura, Meghalaya also affected
December 11th, 2009 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala/Shillong, Dec 11 (IANS) The deadly meningococcal meningitis viral disease, which killed more than 60 people earlier this year in Tripura, has returned to the northeastern state and led to more deaths, ... Read more...
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T-Mobile Outage Occurs On Tuesday
November 4th, 2009 - 7:26 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Nov. 4, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Tuesday evening saw a large number of T-Mobile users experiencing problems with the data and voice services. T-Mobile said that it was dealing with the problem ... Read more...
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Three test swine flu positive in Chhattisgarh (Lead)
August 17th, 2009 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Aug 17 (IANS) Three men, who returned from Maharashtra, have been home quarantined after they tested positive for swine flu Monday with the Chhattisgarh government stepping up measures to tackle any ... Read more...
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Suspected swine flu case reported in Chandigarh (Lead)
June 19th, 2009 - 11:17 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 19 (IANS) A 22-year-old woman with suspected symptoms of influenza A (H1N1) was admitted to a hospital here Friday evening, health officials said.
According to the officials of Post Graduate ... Read more...
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23 swine flu cases in India, health minister says don’t panic (Second Lead)
June 15th, 2009 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) Three more people were confirmed to be infected with influenza A(H1N1) Monday, taking the number of swine flu cases in the country to 23. However, Health Minister ... Read more...
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Bihar sets up rapid response team to tackle swine flu
June 15th, 2009 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 15 (IANS) Bihar is taking all measures to tackle swine flu, including setting up a three-member rapid response team and screening people entering the state from the border with ... Read more...
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Two fresh cases of swine flu in India, total 10
June 7th, 2009 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) India Sunday reported two fresh cases of swine flu taking the total number of confirmed people infected with the virus to 10 so far, health officials said. ... Read more...
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India confirms seventh case of swine flu
June 6th, 2009 - 9:12 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 6(ANI): A four-and-a-half year old girl has been tested positive for influenza A (H1N1), making it the seventh case of swine flu to be reported in India.According to reports, ... Read more...
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India confirms fresh case of swine flu, total seven now
June 6th, 2009 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) A 20-year-old man, who tested positive for influenza A (H1N1) earlier this week, has transmitted the virus to his brother and a four-and-a-half year old girl travelling ... Read more...
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Culling of birds continues in West Bengal’s Coochbehar district
February 4th, 2009 - 3:39 pm ICT by ANI
Coochbehar (WB), Feb 4 (ANI): Culling operations are continuing in two bird flu affected villages in West Bengal''s Coochbehar district.
Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries has notified avian influenza outbreak ... Read more...
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Culling operations over in South Sikkim District
January 30th, 2009 - 1:44 pm ICT by ANI
Ravongla, Jan 30 (ANI): In a bid to prevent a further outbreak of bird flu in the South Sikkim district of Ravongala Municipality, a total of 4129 birds have been culled. ... Read more...
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Over 4,000 poultry culled in bird-flu hit Sikkim
January 27th, 2009 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) Over 4,000 poultry birds have been culled in Sikkim in the past one week since a bird flu outbreak was reported in the northeastern state, health officials ... Read more...
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Over 1,000 birds culled in Sikkim
January 22nd, 2009 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Over 1,000 poultry birds have been culled in the bird-flu hit Sikkim as authorities have doubled their efforts to create mass awareness in the northeastern state.According to ... Read more...
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Health officials examining bird flu outbreak in Sikkim
January 21st, 2009 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Health officials were Wednesday examining the reported outbreak of bird flu in Sikkim that became the third state in India where poultry birds have been infected with ... Read more...
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Over 13 thousand birds culled in Nepal
January 21st, 2009 - 2:08 pm ICT by ANI
Kathmandu, Jan 21 (ANI): The rapid response team formed to slaughter birds and bird related items in Kakkarvitta in Jhapa district near Kathmandu, where the bird flu virus was detected, completed ... Read more...
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