Ahmedabad: The recent population count of the Great Indian Bustard taken up after six years has raised serious questions on conservation efforts.

The Sahyadri Tiger Reserve is also home to the Long Billed Vulture (Vinit Arora)

Authorities in Gurgaon closed the Sultanpur National Park “until further notice”, as a “precautionary measure” a day after samples from five dead ducks found in Hisar tested positive for bird flu.

With the festival of lights becoming more about sound and smoke, people are fretting over the severely deteriorated air quality.

With avian influenza outbreak reported in some parts of the country, the Health Department has sounded all chief district medical officers (CDMOs) to prepare a contingency plan for surveillance.

Special teams will monitor poultry farms in Namakkal to prevent the spread of the avian influenza that has been reported in Alappuzha region in Kerala, and checkposts have been put up on Coimbatore

Humans will not contract virus, culling to begin tomorrow

"The Centre-appointed Committee to look into the bird flu situation at the zoo has also been apprised of the death," a zoo official said.