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Chabahar: A step towards connectivityIndia's operation of Chabahar port strengthens trade links with Central Asia, serving as a vital hub for humanitarian aid, trade agreements...
NSA Ajit Doval highlights cross-border terrorism concerns at SCO meeting, mentions LeT and JeMNational Security Advisor Ajit Doval led an Indian delegation at the 19th Meeting of Secretaries of the Security Council of the Shanghai Co...
India calls for preventing Afghan territory being used by LeT & JaishVikram Misri, Deputy National Security Adviser, emphasized the issue of cross-border terrorism and preventing the use of Afghan territory b...
India sends pesticides to Afghanistan to ensure food securityThe Indian assistance will ensure food security in Afghanistan and Central Asia, according to the Afghan ministry of agriculture and irriga...
India controlled spread of locusts using modern technologies: PM ModiIn his address after the virtual inauguration of college and administration buildings of Jhansi-based Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural...
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...
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...
Rahul Gandhi asks govt to grant compensation to farmers affected by locust attack"The Government Of India must provide support to the states and farmers who have suffered this menace," he said on Twitter.
Locust attack: Delhi environment minister calls emergency meetingEarlier in the day, the skies over many parts of Gurugram turned dark as swarms of locusts descended on the town. However, the migratory pe...
India-Pak technical-level meeting on locust issue proposed for June 18: MEAMEA Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said that last month India had taken an initiative to develop regional cooperation to control locusts an...
Government's locust control policy focuses on chemical spray alone, says farm expertThere 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...
As locust threatens north India, D-Street swarms to agro-chemicalsThe Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare has stepped in to control the menace.
Overnight operations in Jhansi to clear swarms of locustsA large number of locusts has been eliminated with spraying of chemicals all through the night but a smaller number of those who survived h...
India wilts under heatwave as temperature hits 50 degrees CelsiusIndia is wilting under a heatwave, with the temperature in places reaching 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) and the capital endu...
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...
Locust menace: Chhattisgarh farmers, agri department on alertThe Chhattisgarh agriculture department and farmers of districts bordering Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra have been alerted after swarms of...
China to send 'duck army' to help Pakistan fight locustsThe legion of lotus-eating waterfowl will be sent from the eastern province of Zhejiang following the earlier dispatch of a team of Chinese...
- Locust swarm threatens crop in northern states
An unprecedented locust invasion in secluded Zanskar valley of arid Ladakh desert has triggered panic in the northern states as the swarmin...