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BRICS+ agriculture beyond borders: Trade and resilience for a food-secure worldWith India’s leadership and BRICS+ cooperation, agriculture can become not only a source of food, but a foundation for resilience, prosperi...
Faking death, tentacle traps, spider tails: Inside the minds of the world's most cunning snakesSnakes are not just scary, they are strategic. Some species use mind games and fake moves to survive. The King Cobra varies hunting tactics...
How Some Animals Thrive Without Oxygen: Nature’s Hidden Survival TricksRemarkable animals like naked mole rats, turtles, and fish have evolved astonishing biological adaptations to survive in environments with ...
US man gets infected with bird flu virus never before detected in humans: What is H5N5, its symptoms and how can you prevent it?A Washington man has contracted the H5N5 bird flu strain, a first for humans. He is the first person to be diagnosed as having avian flu in...
India faces severe river pollution, especially in Ganga and Yamuna, threatening public healthNGT summoned UP authorities after CPCB found coliform levels highly elevated in the Ganga and Yamuna, raising public health concerns. Yogi ...
Bird flu: 'Dangerous' virus enters new phase as experts raise alarmSince its detection in wild aquatic birds in January 2022, bird flu has impacted over 136 million birds in the US. While experts caution th...
UK on a vaccine buying spree. Are we staring at another pandemic?The UK government has bought five million doses of the H5 influenza vaccine from CSL Seqirus UK Limited to prepare for a potential bird flu...
Human case of bird flu detected in Odisha; Symptoms and precautions you need to knowA human case of bird flu has been reported in Puri district, Odisha. The health department is closely monitoring the area, with surveillanc...
Groundwater to get over 3 deg C warmer by century's end, threatening safety: studyGroundwater is projected to warm by 2-3.5 degrees Celsius before the turn of this century, potentially risking water quality and safety, ap...
Climate change is depleting fish & seafood at an alarming rateAn expansive growth of human populations globally puts immense pressure on the health of wild fish stocks
View: Covid-19 puts a question mark on the future of world’s mink farmsWhile some researchers downplay the risks, others say the chances of an emerging non-human Sars-CoV-2 reservoir and mutant strains endanger...
Global warming likely to raise disease risk for animals
PM Modi to launch several schemes for fisheries, animal husbandry on Thursday“In Bihar itself, the scheme envisages an investment of Rs1,390 crore with central share of Rs 535 crore and the additional fish production...
India to host key meet on conservation of migratory species of wild animalsThe thirteenth meeting of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP13) being hosted by India is the ...
India’s malaria crisis has a drone solutionWater-borne diseases appear to be a quintessential problem in the country. A simple solution lies in cleaning large water bodies, which are...
'Jumping gene' from plants is known to cause cancer and neurological disorders in humansCross-species transfers, even between plants and animals, have occurred frequently throughout evolution.
NGT to hear plea on recent oil spill off Tamil Nadu coastThe issue of a recent oil spill off the coast of Tamil Nadu that is posing a threat to environment and health of local residents has gone t...
- Pesticides may have killed birds in Sultanpur bird sanctuary
Bird flu may not have been the cause behind the deaths of 47 birds at Sultanpur sanctuary in Gurgaon recently.
- Workshop on aquatic animal diseases held
The two-day workshop on national surveillance programme for aquatic animal diseases concluded at National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources ...
- Sharad Pawar introduces Agricultural Biosecurity Bill in Lok Sabha
The bill assumes importance as it intends to put in place a better regime of quarantining, controlling pests and "exotic species" that are ...