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Fire engines spray insecticides to kill locusts in Jaipur
Updated : 5 years, 11 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, 12 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, 12 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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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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Goodknight unveils India's most powerful liquid vaporizer 'Goodknight Gold
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 13 (ANI/PRNewswire): Identifying the need to protect families and children from the mosquito menace in India, Goodknight unveiled its latest power-packed innovation - Goodknight Gold Flash.
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GCPL and HICA join hands for an initiative to promote plastic waste dispos
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 3 (ANI/PRNewswire): With plastic waste regarded as the severest environmental concern, Godrej Consumer Products Limited (GCPL), a leader in the household insecticide (HI) category in India, has joined hands with Home Insect Control Association (HICA), an ind
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2 pilots die in Pakistan plane crash
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Sadiqabad [Pakistan], Jan 12 (ANI): Two pilots belonging to the Federal Department's Plant Protection Unit were killed on Sunday after their plane crashed due to a 'technical fault' here while spraying insecticide in fields, according to Pakistan media.
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Malaria carrying mosquitoes are using their legs to fight off insecticides
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Liverpool [UK], Dec 26 (ANI): Mosquito varieties that are known vectors of malaria have started to come up with new ways to fend off the effects of insecticides that are commonly used against them.
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Andhra Pradesh: Man tries to commit suicide by consuming insecticide
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Anantapur (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Nov 12 (ANI): A person allegedly tried to commit suicide by consuming insecticide here at Gummagatta Tehsildar office on Monday.
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Common insecticides threaten survival of wild birds: Study
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 14 (ANI): Researchers believe that a few most widely used insecticides are responsible for the declining population of the songbirds.
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Cockroaches getting stronger, becoming immune to most insecticides: study
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 3 (ANI): All our efforts to wipe out those tiny cockroaches are going in vain! These insects have evolved and are only getting stronger by the day.
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Men, school-going children more vulnerable to malaria
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 12 (ANI): According to a recent study, in households that don't have an adequate number of insecticide-treated bed nets, pregnant women and children under the age of five are the most likely family members to sleep under the ones they have, leaving men and school-g
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