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Locust swarms persist, no significant crop loss reported so far, says governmentThe government is using drones in Rajasthan, while the Air Force is conducting trials in anti-locust operations using an MI-17 helicopter.- 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...
- IAF deploys 2 MI-17 choppers to contain locusts invasion near JodhpurThe Indian Air Force deployed its helicopters laden with pesticides early on Sunday on a request by the Jodhpur district administration and...
- 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...
- IAF choppers to fight locust swarmsThe helicopters will be equipped with imported aerial spray machines, agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar said while flagging off a h...
- 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...
- Swarms of desert locusts attack GurugramThe Gurugram administration had issued an advisory on Friday to keep windows, doors shut in the event of such an attack after a swarm was s...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- Jugaad yields low-cost locust repellantsIndia uses bottle planes and DJ vehicles; for Pakistan, they are chicken feed.
- Maharashtra to use drones to spray insecticides on locust swarms: Agriculture MinisterBhuse also said that 32 lakh farmers had applied under the 'Mahatma Jyotiba Phule' crop loan waiver scheme, and the amount of Rs 12,000 cro...
- Government conducts locust control operations in Rajasthan & MP, more attacks likely till JulyAs 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 ...
- Delhi government issues advisory in view of possible locust attackAgriculture Department Joint Director A P Saini in an advisory issued on Wednesday asked the authorities to organise awareness programmes f...
- 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...
- 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...
- Locust alert in UP after swarms move through Rajasthan, MPAt least 10 Uttar Pradesh districts were on alert Tuesday after swarms of locusts were spotted in Mahoba and Jhansi districts, moving into ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 'India, Pak may be swarmed by locusts'Desert locust swarms capable of destroying crops may reach India & Pakistan "in the next few days''.
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