-Hindustan Times The grim development comes just a month before India is set to witness a second migration period. Thousands of Birds have died due to different variants of bird flu in Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana, prompting the Centre to issue an alert to the states to monitor their health in forest areas and near water bodies. The Union ministry of fisheries, animal husbandry and dairying on Wednesday pointed...
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12 epicentres in four States report avian flu cases
-The Hindu Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal and Kerala directed to enforce culling in sick Birds Avian flu has been reported at 12 epicentres in four States — Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala. Directions have been given to enforce culling in sick Birds as per the government’s 2015 National Avian Influenza Plan, according to a press statement from the Ministry of Fisheries and Animal Husbandry on Wednesday. In these States, cases of...
More »Bird flu deaths on the rise, environment ministry issues guidelines -Ishan Kukreti
-Down to Earth As many as 250 crows in Rajasthan, 1,700 migratory Birds in Himachal Pradesh have died since December 2020 The Union Ministry of Environment, Science and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has ordered a strict vigil on the wintering habitats of migratory Birds for any sign of a flu outbreak in the backdrop of rising deaths of Birds. The ministry issued a set of guidelines January 3, 2021 in view of Himachal Pradesh...
More »Humanity must prevent the insect apocalypse -V Sundararaju
-Down to Earth Most insects are not harmful but beneficial to humans; without them, nature will lose its balance Any small creature with six jointed legs and a body divided into three parts namely head, thorax and abdomen is known as an ‘insect’. They have wings, two antennae and an exoskeleton. Ants, bees and flies are insects. ‘Entomology’ is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. There may be as many as...
More »Writing on the wall: Infrastructure projects are destroying Western Ghats -Veena Poonacha
-Down to Earth The time to put off the inevitable question about human relationship to nature is long past. Our assumption that we can control and modify nature without repercussions is a fallacy Lofty mountains that touch the azure skies, gentle hills clothed in dense tropical forests and evergreen valleys — the Western Ghats nurture a variety of ecosystems not found in any other part of the world. Spread over 164,280 square kilometres,...
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