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Survey finds India free of locusts ahead of Kharif crop season
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
During the routine survey conducted by the Locust Warning Organisation-Jodhpur, which is under the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, the country was found free from desert locust activities during the first fortnight of April.
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India free from presence of locust swarms
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
During the routine survey conducted during the last fortnight of October by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, the country was found free from gregarious as well as solitary desert locust activities. Breeding of locusts too was not reported.
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India supplies 20,000 litres of pesticides to Iran to fight desert locusts
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 18 (ANI): India on Thursday supplied the second batch of 20,000 litres of environment-friendly pesticide Malathion to Iran to fight the desert locusts menace.
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Locust attack: Delhi govt issues advisory; puts South, West districts on h
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): Delhi government on Saturday put South and West districts on high alert after swarms of desert locusts entered Delhi border.
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'Pakistan, India cooperating to fight desert locust under FAO-administrate
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 5 (ANI): Pakistan and India are cooperating with each other to tackle the issue of desert locust under a forum administered by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Pakistan Foreign Office said.
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Himachal issues high alert in some districts against probable locust attac
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], May 29 (ANI): A high alert has been issued in Kangra, Una, Bilaspur and Solan districts after massive swarms of desert locust have been reported destroying crops in adjoining states and that may spread to Himachal Pradesh, Director of Agriculture Dr RK Koun
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India proposes coordinated response to tackle locust attack; Islamabad yet
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI): To deal with a common enemy, India has proposed a coordinated response to tackle Desert Locust along the border to Pakistan and also offered to facilitate the supply of insecticide Malathion to Islamabad for the same.
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Amid COVID-19 outbreak, Pak govt prepares to tackle locust crisis
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 4 (ANI): Amid the measures taken to curb the surging infection rates related to COVID-19, the Pakistan government has started preparing to tackle the issue of desert locust which, if not controlled, will endanger food security in the country.
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Pak declares national emergency to combat locusts
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb 3 (ANI): The Pakistan government has declared a national emergency to combat swarms of desert locusts destroying crops on a large scale in the eastern province of Punjab, local media reported.
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