The Hyderpur Wetland adjoining the Madhya Ganga Barrage, about 10 km from Bijnor in western Uttar Pradesh, has been recognized under the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of 1971.
Kerala reported bird flu cases in the Alappuzha district and a total of 12,000 ducks were culled in Thakazhi gram panchayat, which has been declared as a containment zone.
Hong Kong has heeded China's pointer in adopting a "zero-Covid strategy" that led to the most stringent quarantine and testing measures worldwide and has kept infections low.
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