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PharmEasy’s $300M booster shotIn today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch: Ant Group may face India curbs after IPOs of Zomato and Paytm, Twitter’s troubles in India continue, Co...28 Jun, 2021, 07.28 AM IST- How drones are expected to solve many of India's critical problemsDrones will help India leapfrog technological limitations to solve some of its pressing problems, like mapping the hinterland or spraying p...26 Jun, 2021, 11.30 PM IST
- Time for billionaires to loosen the purse strings & donate: World Food Programme seeks millions for foodWEF was awarded the Noble Peace Prize on Friday for combating world hunger.10 Oct, 2020, 02.04 PM IST
- Locust swarms: Centre takes various measures to prevent crop lossesThe 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...11 Jul, 2020, 05.29 PM IST
- Govt steps up aerial spray of pesticide to fight locust swarmsWith drones already being used for control of locusts, the ministry said a Bell helicopter has been deployed in Rajasthan for use in the sc...07 Jul, 2020, 10.46 PM IST
- Locust menace: FAO asks India to be on high alert for next 4 weeksIn its latest update on Friday, the FAO said spring-bred locust swarms, which migrated to Indo-Pakistan border and travelled east to northe...05 Jul, 2020, 06.36 PM IST
- Govt's locust operation covers 1.33 lakh hectares in North, West India“Presently 60 control teams with spray vehicles are deployed in these states and more than 200 central government personnel are working tog...03 Jul, 2020, 08.25 PM IST
- Rajasthan faces fresh locust attack, Haryana & Gujarat also at riskRajasthan has been put on high alert and there was a risk of swarms entering Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Gujarat. Ni...23 Jun, 2020, 10.33 AM IST
- Locust attack likely, this time from AfricaA fresh wave of locust swarms from Africa is likely to infest India in a few weeks when crop planting is in full swing. Monsoon winds can s...11 Jun, 2020, 08.17 AM IST
- Another locust attack likely in a few weeks: OfficialsIndia faced a locust attack last month and the swarms reached Jaipur for the first time. Swarms of locusts travelled through several areas ...09 Jun, 2020, 06.49 PM IST
- Government steps up measures to control locustThe union government is coordinating with states governments to restrict locust attacks. 89 fire brigades for pesticide spray, 120 survey v...29 May, 2020, 05.23 PM IST
- Rabi crops not impacted by locusts; efforts on to prevent spread before monsoon to save kharif cropsLocusts -- the oldest migratory pest in the world -- entered India after travelling from Africa through Yemen, Iran and Pakistan. After mas...27 May, 2020, 07.13 PM IST
- Cotton Association draws Agriculture Minister's attention to locust attack"We request the Agriculture Minister to take appropriate steps at the earliest for controlling these locusts attacks and also to advise the...27 May, 2020, 12.40 PM IST
- Locusts from Pakistan threaten standing crops on 2 lakh hectareLocust swarms from Pakistan have entered Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh threatening major damage to standing cotton crops an...22 May, 2020, 07.01 AM IST
- Centre coordinates with states to control locust attacksUnion agriculture minister Narendra Singh Toma said that the locust army has swarmed Indian territory earlier than scheduled. Locust Contro...12 May, 2020, 08.47 PM IST
- Lower rates not effective way to stimulate growth: Stephen A Schwarzman, Cofounder Blackstone GroupLower rates do not necessarily result in sustained economic growth and is not an effective way to stimulate economies or growth, says Schwa...23 Sep, 2019, 03.07 PM IST
- The missing phenomenon of locust attacksWhether in real life news or films it seems that earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, volcanoes, floods, blizzards, epidemics and nearly ever...03 Nov, 2017, 11.24 PM IST
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