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After Kerala, authorities in Chandigarh began steps for culling of birds in and around the city’s famous Sukhna lake. The decision was taken after the confirmation of H5N1 (avian influenza) in a dead goose on Thursday. Three weeks ago, Kerala was hit by bird flu, where mass culling of ducks and hens took place. More than 3 lakh poultry birds ...

Twelve states/UTs have shown decrease in the forest cover to the extent of 867sqkm while AP’s decline of 281 sqkm is mainly attributed to harvesting of mature plantation of Eucalyptus and other species and in the norhte-east, it was mainly due to prevailing practice of shifting cultivation, said the India State of Forest Report 2011, released on Tuesday. Published biannually ...