First bird flu death: What next? The “One Health” approach has proved to be effective in reducing zoonotic diseases by working together with infectious disease clinicians, veterinarians, public health and medical microbiologists On May 3, the Ministry of Health and Population... 31 May, 2019
First bird flu death reported in Nepal Kathmandu, May 2 A 21-year-old patient infected with Influenza A virus subtype H5N1, popularly known as bird flu, has died in Kathmandu, becoming the first case of bird flu death in Nepal. The Ministry of Health and Population organised a press... Travel 03 May, 2019
International Briefs Sudan peace deal DOHA: The Sudanese government is to sign a deal with a small Darfur rebel group, the Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM), this week as talks with the larger Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) falter, a minister said. “The... Women 18 Mar, 2010
Second bird flu death in China Beijing, January 19:A woman in eastern China has died from the H5N1 strain of bird flu, the Health Ministry said, the second death from the virus this year as the country’s biggest festive season approaches and contact with poultry increases.The... Women 19 Jan, 2009
Bird flu death in China Beijing, January 6:A 19-year-old woman died of bird flu here yesterday. It is the first reported death from the disease in China in nearly a year.The woman, Huang Yanqing, died at a hospital in the Chinese capital after falling ill on December 24, the... Women 06 Jan, 2009
Snippets Another bird flu deathJAKARTA: An Indonesian girl died of bird flu after coming into contact with an infected chicken, bringing the national death toll from the H5N1 virus to 79. The 15-year-old girl died on Tuesday after being hospitalised for two... Women 04 Jun, 2007
Snippets Gas renders 10 illRANCHI: At least 10 people were taken ill on Wednesday after inhaling methane gas leaking from a colliery in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad district, police said. Two of them are said to be in a critical condition. The gas leak was reported... Women 23 May, 2007
Snippets Prisoner diesBANGKOK: Thet Win Aung, who was sentenced to 59 years’ imprisonment after protesting for educational reform, has died in a Myanmar jail. London-based rights group Amnesty International called on authorities to launch an independent... Women 17 Oct, 2006
Snippets Execution order :NEW DELHI: An Indian court on Tuesday ordered the execution of Mohammed Afzal, convicted for masterminding a bloody attack on the Indian parliament in 2001, court officials said. Afzal will be hanged at 6:00 am on October 20 in the... Women 26 Sep, 2006
Snippets 19 Afghans killedKabul: Militants ambushed a bus carrying Afghan construction workers in the country’s volatile south, killing 19 of the labourers on Friday after attacking them with a roadside bomb and gunfire, the Interior Ministry said. The attack... Women 22 Sep, 2006
SNIPPETS Two killed in mishapDHAKA: A train smashed into a bus packed with passengers on Friday at a railroad crossing in northern Bangladesh, leaving at least two dead and 22 others injured, a police official said. The signalman was not at his post, local... Women 15 Jul, 2005
