The Kerala health department has identified 251 persons who have come in contact with the 12-year-old boy, who succumbed to Nipah virus infection, out of which 38 are in isolation at the Kozhikode......
For the first time in Tamil Nadu, a lion has died of coronavirus while nine others in the pride have tested positive for the infection at a zoo near Chennai, an official said on......
Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's customary address to the joining sitting of Parliament on the first day of the budget session. Honourable Members, This joint sitting of......
More bird deaths were reported from some parts of the country on Friday amid cases of avian influenza, with the Haryana government planning to cull over 1.60 lakh birds in Panchkula district after......
Several states on Tuesday sounded an alert to contain the H5N8 strain of bird flu and sent samples for testing while Kerala began culling of chickens and ducks. Karnataka and Tamil Nadu stepped up......
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research has begun mass production of the indigenous bird flu vaccine to pile up a stock of at least three to four lakh doses.ICAR Director-General Mangala Rai......
Scientists of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research have succeeded in developing an indigenous vaccine against the dreaded bird flu disease which had surfaced in February last in Navapur and......
Bhopal-based High Security Animal Disease Laboratory has developed indigenous diagnostic reagent, group specific antigens, for testing bird flu virus. This is being perceived as a major scientific......
Even while ascertaining that India is so far free of the dreaded bird flu, the agriculture ministry has issued red alert to all states to be vigilant against the disease that has played havoc in......