-The Hindu The avian flu virus was first detected in migratory birds in New Delhi Jaipur: After deaths of migratory birds due to avian flu were reported in Delhi, an alert was sounded in Rajasthan over the weekend, asking authorities and the public at large to keep a watch on the health of birds and take precautionary measures to check the likely outbreak of bird flu in the State. A communiqué received by...
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Delhi poultry traders brace for bird flu hit, say mutton prices may go up -Sweta Goswami
-Hindustan Times New Delhi: The poultry market in Delhi is bracing for major losses as demand for chicken has begun to fall after the government on Wednesday confirmed bird flu cases in the capital. As a consequence, mutton prices may spike. For poultry suppliers, the timing of the outbreak couldn’t have been worse as their sales had just started picking up after the lull during the Shravan period in July-August. “As soon as...
More »Eggs to go on the boil -Aarati Krishnan
-The Hindu Business Line Price increases in inputs may raise break-even for poultry farmers and keep egg prices up There’s a hue and cry about the soaring price of pulses, the primary source of protein for Indian vegetarians. But non-vegetarians, or more precisely eggitarians, too, don’t have it easy. Prices of their key protein source have been hitting record levels in recent months, with retail egg prices in some pockets of the...
More »Poultry sector cries foul as US chicken legs loom large -Gayathri G & KV Kurmanath
-The Hindu Business Line India has eased entry barriers after losing WTO case to the US Chennai/ Hyderabad: As dumping of chicken legs by the US becomes imminent after India lost the case at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the Rs. 50,000-crore domestic poultry industry proposes to approach the Centre seeking protection of its interests. “There is no level playing field. We are planning to ask the government to either ban import of...
More »In a global first, World Bank funds a zoo in India
-PTI NEW DELHI: The World Bank usually tames wild economies and helps countries stabilize their fluctuating finances, but in a global first, the banker for the world has gone to a zoo that too in India! This is a new addition in the portfolio of the bank as part of its ever-expanding work on urban regeneration. A zoo is nothing but a bank of captive animals. In a novel initiative, the World...
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