Tag: Animals
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Study explores how fluctuation in oxygen levels could have accelerated evolution of life
Fossilised traces of early animals - known as Ediacaran biota, multi-celled organisms that required oxygen - have been found in sedimentary rocks that are 541 to 635 million years old.
October 15, 2022 -
ICMR-NIV warns of reverse zoonosis, advises care in handling animals
"Whenever an infection transmits from humans to animals is called reverse zoonosis. It's not only about SARS-CoV-2, but also includes other COVID like infections. Any infection that originally comes from animals to humans is called zoonosis," Dr Abraham said.
April 3, 2022 -
Aus researcher develops Covid vax for animals
Nikolai Petrovsky, a professor at Flinders University, and veterinarian Sam Kovac joined forces to adapt COVAX-19 for animals, reports Xinhua news agency.
March 4, 2022 -
Doctors urge NMC to stop animal use in PG Medical courses for teaching
The letter comes in response to the draft Postgraduate (PG) Medical Education Regulations 2021, released by the National Medical Commission (NMC), which mandates the use of animals in teaching and training of PG pharmacology and physiology courses.
December 10, 2021 -
Govt plans to slap higher penalty for cruelty against animals
At the event, Joint Secretary at the ministry and Chairman of Animal Welfare Board O P Choudhary said, "we have suggested an increase in penalty and even jail term under the draft amendment bill.
October 4, 2021 -
More animals in SL zoo suspected to have contracted Covid
A12-year-old lioness Sheena, also sheltered at the Dehiwala Zoo, tested positive for the virus who has recovered
July 20, 2021 -
Bollywood celebs who chose to adopt, not buy pets
Actor and philanthropist Sonu Sood and his son Ayaan adopted a stray dog in March and named it Naruto. He made the announcement on social media, along with a picture of his son holding the new member of the family.
March 13, 2021 -
Etawah’s lions shifted to Gorakhpur zoo
Zoos cannot buy or sell animals but only exchange them under the exchange program.
February 28, 2021 -
China dismisses Mike Pompeo’s COVID-19 lab-theory, says he has no evidence
Most scientists believe the new virus jumped from animals to humans, with suspicion around a market in Wuhan that sold wildlife for meat.
May 6, 2020 -
Coronavirus LIVE | India cases cross 9,000 mark, 208 COVID-19 hotspots identified in 40 UP districts
The global number of confirmed cases passed 1.8 million, reaching 1,848,503, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker. There have been 114,185 deaths globally.
April 13, 2020 -
US Lawmakers urge China to shut down wet markets immediately amid COVID-19 pandemic
A wet market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan is believed to be the source of the coronavirus pandemic that began in December last year, crossing from animals to humans.
April 10, 2020 -
Zoos in India put on alert, told to monitor animals 24/7 after New York zoo tiger tests positive for COVID-19
Chinese disease control officials had identified wild animals sold in a Wuhan market as the source of the Coronavirus pandemic that has infected well over 1.2 million people worldwide and killed nearly 70,000.
April 6, 2020 -
Australia PM urges WHO, UN to act against China wet markets amid reports of reopening
This comes as China’s dangerous wet markets selling bats, pangolins and dogs for human consumption have reportedly reopened with the easing of the lockdown after over three months.
April 3, 2020 -
#Animallove: Disha Patani says ‘best therapy has fur and four legs’
Disha on Friday took to Twitter, where she shared a photograph of her pet dog.
October 4, 2019 -
In pics | Dogs, horses join International Yoga Day celebrations, perform ‘asanas’ along with masters
In Jammu, the dog squad of the BSF was seen mimicking their trainers even as they performed the various positions in Yoga.
June 21, 2019 -
A cruel place
India was a country where people lived together with animals and respected their lives. All this has changed in the last 50 years. What can you say about a country whose government says, happily, that 52 per cent of our exports are meat, fish and leather?
February 24, 2019 -
Elephants: Good-natured giants
Other animals seeking to cross this Rubicon of parallel roads, such as chital or pig, just bolted across when they felt the coast was clear, but the elephants went about things very deliberately.
December 2, 2018