Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: AP In a first, Varanasi Municipal Corporation has said that all fish and meat shops within its limits will remain closed during Navratri. A proposal regarding this was passed unanimously at an Executive Council meeting of the municipal corporation on Thursday. Announcing the decision on Friday … Read more
Rescue squads in action to save a fishing boat that caught fire near the Beypore harbour early on Sunday morning. Photo: Special Arrangement Two Lakshadweep fish workers were rescued from an anchored fishing boat that caught fire following fuel leakage near the Beypore harbour early this (November 10, 2024) morning. The two workers — Tajul … Read more
There could be something fishy about this chip shop’s menu if health bosses get their way Plans for a new chippy have come up against a health board’s demands for fruit and veg on the menu. Betsi Cadwaladr health board wants the proposed takeaway in Morfa Bychan, Gwynedd, to sell a “good selection” of fruit … Read more
Teachers of Simbargaon Higher Secondary School in Assam’s Kokrajhar district with the harvest. Photo: Special Arrangement Teacher “gone fishing” may mean absenteeism in many schools across Assam’s rural landscape, but at the Simbargaon Higher Secondary School, it’s a reality. About 15 km north of Kokrajhar, the headquarters of the Bodoland Territorial Region, the school, founded … Read more
Chef Ananda Solomon at Bharat Excellensea | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement One can only imagine what it must feel like to be in a hot kitchen at this time of the year. So, when Chef Ananda Solomon steps out after the lunch service, and proceeds to sit opposite us on a table, his first question … Read more
Farm workers arrive to prepare the field for pokkali farming at Kadamakudy near Kochi. The field used for shrimp farming switches to pokkali farming just ahead of the monsoon. | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT The move to extend the time period for fish and shrimp farming up to April 30, under the guise of climate … Read more
Small traders and hawkers will get new shops at the old fish market opposite to the fort complex in Vellore soon. | Photo Credit: C. Venkatachalapathy Small traders, including hawkers, will soon get permanent space to sell their products as the Vellore Corporation has decided to reduce the daily rent for new shops at the … Read more
Paresh Rawal. File | Photo Credit: PTI Veteran actor Paresh Rawal on December 2 apologised for his statement linking gas cylinders, Bengalis and fish during a campaign speech in Gujarat, saying his reference was to illegal Bangladeshis and Rohingyas. The apology came after a huge backlash from the Bengali community and some others on social … Read more
Dr Caroline Handford, acting head of incidents at the FSA, said: “People can also further reduce the risk by keeping chilled ready-to-eat smoked fish cold (5C or below), always using products by their use-by date, following the storage instructions on the label, and cooking it until it is piping hot right through.” Source link
Earlier this year, footage emerged of a hippo being tested for Covid at a wildlife park near Shanghai. Now, clips of fish and crabs getting PCR tests have been going viral on Chinese social media. Officials in the coastal Chinese city of Xiamen have ordered “both fishermen and their seafood” to be tested after some … Read more