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Bangladesh slaughters 117,000 birds over avian fluDhaka (AFP) March 14, 2010 At least 117,000 chickens were destroyed in northern Bangladesh Sunday after avian flu outbreak on one of the country's largest poultry farms, a local official said. The deadly H5N1 strain of flu was detected on Saturday when 400 chickens died suddenly at the Kazi Farms complex in Thakurgaon town, district livestock chief Mosaddekur Rahman told AFP. "Tests confirmed presence of the H5N1 bird flu in 15 sheds of the farm and we ordered destruction of all 117,600 layer chickens," he said. Kazi ... read more |
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Kanpur, India (AFP) March 5, 2010On the banks of the Ganges in northern India, tanneries that have poured effluent into the holy river for decades are closing. For environmentalists, it's a victory over filthy companies with no regard for nature and a rare example of pollution legislation being enforced. They say the closures point to a willingness to tackle serial polluters even at the expense of jobs. But the most ... more  
Bangalore, India (AFP) March 7, 2010Indian software engineer Prithvi Sen has a spring in his step after getting re-hired by the country's flagship outsourcing industry, which is shaking off the effects of the global recession. "I was unemployed and it was tough, but I've got work again," said the 26-year-old Sen, who landed a job recently with a small outsourcing company in India's high-tech hub of Bangalore. Sen is benefi ... more  
Bangalore, March 4 (IANS) Mar 05, 2010India successfully conducted the flight test of a new rocket that will drastically reduce the cost of its launch vehicles by using oxygen in the atmosphere to propel the spacecraft, a senior space official said Thursday. "The flight test of the advanced sounding rocket Wednesday demonstrated our capability to reduce the cost of launch vehicles by using oxygen to propel a spacecraft at high ... more |
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63 dead in Indian temple stampedeLucknow (AFP) March 4, 2010 Sixty-three people, all of them women and children, were crushed to death in a stampede on Thursday at a temple in northern India where a crowd had gathered for a religious festival. The stampede was triggered when an under-construction gate collapsed on the crowd as people surged forward to collect free food and clothes from a local holy man in northern Uttar Pradesh state, police said "We have now counted all the bodies and they include 37 children and 26 women who had come to collect free gif ... read more |
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