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 helicopters will be equipped with imported aerial spray machines, agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar said while flagging off a h...

The broad specification comes a little over one month after India’s civil aviation regulator granted the agriculture ministry conditional e...

MEA Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said that last month India had taken an initiative to develop regional cooperation to control locusts an...

India has brought the locusts under control at 399 locations in five states and has placed an order to buy 60 new insecticide spraying mach...

There is no doubt that the locust attack is a menace that cannot be ignored, but along with locust control, it must also be ensured that th...

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

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

At least 10 Uttar Pradesh districts were on alert Tuesday after swarms of locusts were spotted in Mahoba and Jhansi districts, moving into ...

Locust swarms from Pakistan have entered Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh threatening major damage to standing cotton crops an...

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reports indicate that the Desert Locust population is expected to move from s...

Union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Toma said that the locust army has swarmed Indian territory earlier than scheduled. Locust Contro...

Whether in real life news or films it seems that earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, volcanoes, floods, blizzards, epidemics and nearly ever...

Desert locust swarms capable of destroying crops may reach India & Pakistan "in the next few days''.

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