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New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) In the wake of the bird flu scare in the national capital, Delhi government on Saturday banned the import of live birds into the city, while assuring the citizens that all necessary measures are being taken to tackle the disease.Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal made the announcement through a digital press conference and made it clear that "there is not a single confirmed bird flu case in Delhi so far".As a precautionary measure, the Chief Minister said the government has decided to implement complete ban on import of live birds into the city with immediate effect. Kejriwal also announced the closure of the Ghazipur chicken mandi for the next 10 days."Delhi government is taking all necessary measures to stop the spread of bird flu in the national capital. There is nothing to worry. We are keeping track of the disease," he said.The announcement came amid reports of 24 crows being found dead at a park in Jasola area in south Delhi in the past three days. A total of 10 ducks were also found dead at the famous Sanjay Lake in Mayur Vihar area in east Delhi. The samples of the ducks have been sent to the concerned lab to ascertain if they died from bird flu.The forest department of the Delhi government has been informed about the death of the ducks and employees of the Delhi Development Authority, which owns a large number of parks in the city, are monitoring the situation.In the past few days, at least 35 crows have died in Delhi. Their samples have also been sent for testing.On Friday, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia had instructed the officials to maintain a strict vigil on birds at the major bird sites, especially poultry markets, water bodies, zoos and other potential hotspots.--IANSrak/arm

Chandigarh- The Punjab government on Friday declared the whole state as a "controlled area" in view of the outbreak of avian influenza affecting birds, including poultry, in the neighboring states. Punjab also imposed a complete ban on the import of live birds, including poultry and unprocessed poultry meat for any purpose into the state with immediate effect till January 15. The decision will be reviewed based on the evolving situation, an official statement said. Additional Chief Secretary, Animal Husbandry, V.K. Janjua has said that both the decisions were taken to prevent and control the spread of avian influenza, a scheduled disease in the state. (IANS)

New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) The Delhi Traffic Police on Thursday played an instrumental role in providing green corridor to a human heart after it received an emergent request from AIIMS in which it was informed that a human heart under VAD (Ventricular Assist Device) is being flown from Vadodara to Delhi for a heart transplant surgery by a flight at 2:30 pm at Terminal 2 of IGI airpot for which a fast moving green corridor is required from T-2 to AIIMS to avoid wastage of time.The traffic police swung into action and immediately deputed officers and a green corridor for the passage of ambulance carrying the 'live heart' was planned. The traffic inspectors piloted the ambulance through out the route of 18.5 km from T-2 to AIIMS. It took 12 minutes for the heart to reach the destination, which would have otherwise taken anything between 35 and 40 minutes."This is the least anyone can do to save a precious life," said Joint CP, Traffic, Manish Kumar Agrawal.--IANSzaz/arm

Join NirogStreet app live session on 'Complication of Diabetes & its Management through Ayurveda by Prof. K.R. Kohli on 26.09.2020 at 11AM. Click on this link to download & join the live Nirogstreet session: https://bit.ly/33mwpr8 Prof. K.R. Kohli : Introduction Prof. Kuldip Raj Kohli is currently the Director of Ayurveda for Maharashtra state. Also practicing at Kohli's Ayurveda & Panchakarma Centre in Lower Parel, Mumbai and has an experience of 38 years in this field. He has been the Dean, R.A. Podar Medical College (Ay), Mumbai where he had earlier served as an Associate Professor and Professor since 1990. He has also served as Consultant WHO for Traditional Medicine for South-East Asia. He also had an exposure to Ayurvedic Pharmaceutical Industry and worked as Director of Dabur Research Foundation for around 5 years. He has been the Postgraduate Guide and has supervised several students for M.D (Ay). He is also the Ph.D Guide in MUHS. He has widely travelled across several countries either in the delegations of Govt of India or for presenting his research papers. His research has mostly been concentrated in the field of Diabetic Complications and more so in Diabetic Retinopathy. Value of Vasant Kusmakar Ras in Diabetic Retinopathy and Neuropathy has been first highlighted after his studies only. He has several publications in indexed journals. He has in all around 30 years of experience which primarily surrounds teaching, research and health administration along with international propagation of AYUSH systems.