RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM All workers in chicken shops and poultry farms within the 10-km surveillance zone of the three bird flu hotspots in East Godavari district are being sent for medical tests to check for possible human infections. The measure follows the recent detection of avian influenza in the district’s poultry sector. The first bird flu case … Read more
Atreyapuram women making pootharekulu | Photo Credit: Vijaya Bhaskar CH When the pootharekhulu from Atreyapuram village received the coveted GI tag, under the Food category, it got the rest of the world curious about the dish. The name itself translates to ‘coated sheets’ whcih is a rather vague description of the traditional sweet prepared in … Read more
Andhra Pradesh on Monday reported another single-day high new Covid positive cases of 7,822 after recording over 10,000 cases a day for three consecutive days last week. This takes the total to 1,66,586 cases in AP. The state over the last 24 hours suffered 63 Covid deaths, which takes the total death toll to 1,537 … Read more