The government is using drones in Rajasthan, while the Air Force is conducting trials in anti-locust operations using an MI-17 helicopter.

The Centre has taken various steps to control locust swarms, and carried out operations in over 1.5 lakh hectares area since April 11 to pr...

With drones already being used for control of locusts, the ministry said a Bell helicopter has been deployed in Rajasthan for use in the sc...

In its latest update on Friday, the FAO said spring-bred locust swarms, which migrated to Indo-Pakistan border and travelled east to northe...

“Presently 60 control teams with spray vehicles are deployed in these states and more than 200 central government personnel are working tog...

The home ministry has included 'locust control activity' in the list of items eligible for State Disaster Relief Fund (SDRF) due to Covid-1...

As per FAO’s latest bulletin on status of locust, in India, spring-bred immature adult groups and swarms continued to move east and to the ...

The union government is coordinating with states governments to restrict locust attacks. 89 fire brigades for pesticide spray, 120 survey v...

A large number of locusts has been eliminated with spraying of chemicals all through the night but a smaller number of those who survived h...

Locusts -- the oldest migratory pest in the world -- entered India after travelling from Africa through Yemen, Iran and Pakistan. After mas...

“This is the worst locust attack we have seen since 1993,” said Falak Naz, director general of crop protection at Pakistan’s Ministry of Fo...

The Agriculture Minister has also appealed to the farmers to inspect their fields and immediately report the presence of any locust attack ...

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An unprecedented locust invasion in secluded Zanskar valley of arid Ladakh desert has triggered panic in the northern states as the swarmin...