Lateral Thoughts: Who moved my samosa?

Indians need to eat better food, rich in fruits and vegetables and high in proteins 

US wins poultry case against India at WTO

India has been given 12-18 months to implement steps to lift the ban; failing which it would be heavily penalised

Finally, stricter rules for transporting livestock in India

The amended rules specify the size of partitions for different categories of livestock and poultry inside transport vehicles

US non-profits introduce new industry standard for antibiotic use in poultry

The standard developed by these organisations and certified by the US Department of Agriculture advocates minimal antibiotic use in chickens

Red roving fowl

India, which gave the red jungle fowl, the mother of all poultry to the rest of the world, is now importing poultry from outside and destroying …

First comes chick

Kuroiler hens offer a poultry business model that can fight poverty, nutritional stress

Poultry trade down with bird flu

US move to curb antibiotic resistance not enough to address use of drugs in animals

EU tightens animal feed regulations further

A bird flu over the commie nest

Fishing in new waters

Fisherfolk in Odisha try their hand at dairy and poultry farming

Raising a stink

Air quality in poultry farms in Europe suffers badly due to ammonia from chicken droppings

Clucking in alarm

poultry farms across north India are facing a mysterious viral disease. As many as two million birds have fallen prey to the illness and the …

Foul delight

Chicken laced with arsenic

South Asia

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 7, 2022)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Health ministry sets timeframe for keeping animals treated with antibiotics out of food chain

Antibiotics used for therapeutic purposes in animals to carry details of withdrawal period

Bengal bird flu outbreak - authorities unprepared

Science and Technology - Briefs

Is intensive livestock production responsible for emerging infectious diseases

It is high time we recognise the connection between people, animals, plants and their shared environment

Beef cattle release more greenhouse gases than other livestock

Environmental footprint of beef is bigger than poultry or dairy

Chicken comes home to roost

Drugged by chicken

Antibiotics in meat make disease-causing bacteria resistant to cures

Science & Technology - Briefs

Science & Technology - Briefs

World Zoonoses Day: Changing our relationship with animals to avoid another pandemic

Growing severity of COVID-19 is compelling us to re-think ways to reduce transmission risk of emerging diseases from animals to humans