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Locust control: Insecticide sprayed on fields in Jaisalmer
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Jaisalmer (Rajasthan) [India], July 18 (ANI): Insecticides were sprayed on fields at Eka village in Jaisalmer district as part of the locust control operation on Saturday.
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Chicco offers Anti-mosquito Gel and spray for babies and children
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI/NewsVoir): Not only in the summer, but also in the mild months, rarely do we get any respite from being exposed to different mosquitoes and insects.
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Drones used to spray insecticides in Agra as locusts swarms arrive
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 30 (ANI): Drones are being used to spray insecticides as swarms of locusts arrived in Uttar Pradesh's Agra district following which 60 per cent of locusts have been killed, said SN Singh, Assistant Director, Agriculture Department.
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Aerial spraying of insecticides being done in Rajasthan for locust control
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): Aerial spraying of insecticides is being done by drones in Barmer, Jaisalmer, Bikaner, Nagore and Jodhpur districts of Rajasthan for locust control, said Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
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Farmer commits suicide in front of Tehsildar office in Telangana's Peddapa
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Peddapalli (Telangana) [India], June 21 (ANI): A farmer allegedly committed suicide in front of Kalva Srirampur Tehsildar office in Peddapalli district by drinking an insecticide.
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Odisha govt to use drones to spray insecticides to kill locusts
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 2 (ANI): Pawan Kumar Agarwal, Vice-Chancellor, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology on Monday said the government will use drones to spray insecticides in remote or difficult areas to kill locusts.
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Fire engines spray insecticides to kill locusts in Jaipur
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], June 1 (ANI): Fire engines on Sunday sprayed insecticides to kill locusts at Ghati Ghanshyampur village in Ramgarh area of Jaipur district.
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Swarms of locusts reach Rajasthan's Churu, authorities spray insecticides
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Churu (Rajasthan) [India], May 30 (ANI): Fresh swarms of locusts invaded villages in Churu district here on Thursday night.
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Palghar collector warns farmers of locusts damaging crops, suggests sprayi
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Palghar (Maharashtra) [India], May 29 (ANI): Palghar district collector Kailash Shinde on Friday warned farmers in the region about locusts posing a threat to their crops and suggested various measures, including spraying pesticides in the farms, to prevent such damage.
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Police sirens being used to scare away locust swarms in MP's Panna
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Panna (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 28 (ANI): Swarms of locusts are being scared away by the district administration in Panna, using police sirens on Wednesday. These insects were seen in Panna Tiger Reserve yesterday where they attacked wild plants and trees.
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India proposes coordinated response to tackle locust attack; Islamabad yet
Updated : 5 years, 9 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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Newly discovered insect named after Lady Gaga
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 11 (ANI): A new insect discovered by Urbana-Champaign graduation student at University of Illinois has been named after Lady Gaga.
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