A king penguin in the sub-Antarctica region has reportedly died, suspected to be due to the bird flu virus (avian influenza).

The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed three cases of H3N8 avian flu in humans in the last year in China,

The world is going through its worst outbreak of bird flu. The highly infectious H5N1 strain of the disease is responsible for the deaths

Jammu and Kashmir is among 14 states and UTs where Avian Influenza among commercially reared and wild birds has been confirmed,

So far, outbreak of bird flu has been confirmed in 8 states. The Center's animal husbandry and dairy department on Sunday