Police and Animal Husbandry Department personnel at a check-post set up near Athani on the Karnataka-Maharashtra border to screen for bird flu. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The Belagavi district administration has initiated a series of measures to contain H5N1…
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Biriyani bucks the trend of falling demand for chicken dishes in Vijayawada
A shop selling a kg of chicken at ₹120 to clear the stocks, in Vijayawada on Thursday. Prices of chicken continue to fall owing to low demand. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. GIRI Vijayawada residents’ love for biriyani seems to have…

Poultry workers being screened for potential bird flu infections
RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM All workers in chicken shops and poultry farms within the 10-km surveillance zone of the three bird flu hotspots in East Godavari district are being sent for medical tests to check for possible human infections. The measure follows the…