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India free from presence of locust swarms
Updated : 3 years, 4 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 medical assistance to Iran as part of ongoing humanitarian
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 12 (ANI): India supplied medical assistance consisting of anti-Tuberculosis medicines, as part of its ongoing humanitarian assistance to Iran on February 12.
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Researchers determine nutritional properties of protein in cricket, locust
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
West Virginia [US], January 19 (ANI): As the human population grows to a predicted 10 billion by 2050 and overall land mass remains constant, traditional animal farming may become a less viable method for food production. Animal farming has traditionally fulfilled human nutritional requireme
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Pakistan's Balochistan province faces food emergency for 500,000 people: U
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], July 28 (ANI): Pakistan's Balochistan province, battered by a harsh winter, a locust invasion, COVID-19, and drought-like conditions, faces a food emergency for about 500,000 people, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.
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SC dismisses PIL seeking to form committee to check locust invasion of cro
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Supreme Court dismissed a PIL seeking direction for the constitution of a committee to look into the locusts' invasion of farm crops as well as giving directions to the Ministry of Agriculture to deal with the same.
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India supplies 20,000 litres of pesticides to Iran to fight desert locusts
Updated : 4 years, 12 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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India controlled spread of locust swarms using modern technologies: PM Mod
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 28 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the country has controlled the spread of locust swarms using modern technologies like drones.
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Locust control operations done in six states from April 11 to August 18
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 19 (ANI): Locust control operations have been done in 2,76,267 hectares area of six states from April 11 to August 18 by Locust Circle Offices (LCOs), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare said on Thursday.
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Gehlot requests PM Modi to declare 'locust attack' national disaster
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Aug 3 (ANI): Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to declare the locust attack a national disaster which will strengthen the capability of states to fight this menace.
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Locust control operations carried out at 37 places in 11 districts of Raja
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 31 (ANI): Locust control operations have been carried out at 37 places in 11 districts of Rajasthan, Gujarat and Haryana during the night of July 30, and have so far covered over 4.56 hectares in 10 states, a statement from the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer Welfa
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Haryana: Locust attack thwarted in Pilani village after timely interventio
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Pilani (Haryana) [India], July 29 (ANI): The locals of the Pillani village of Haryana controlled locust attacks last night with timely help from the administration.
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Locust control operations carried out at 37 places in districts of Rajasth
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): Locust Circle Offices (LCOs) carried out locust control operations at 36 places in nine districts--Jaisalmer, Barmer, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Churu, Nagaur, Jhunjhunu, Hanumangarh and Sriganganagar of Rajasthan and one place in Kutch district of Gujarat against sw
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