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Study reveals how mosquitoes possess bizarre sense of smell
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 21 (ANI): According to a recent study, the unconventional way mosquitoes analyse odours may help explain why they are so good at finding humans to bite.
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Study: Mosquitoes possess bizarre sense of smell
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 19 (ANI): The findings of a study suggest that the unconventional way mosquitoes process odours could help explain why they are so good at finding humans to bite.
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Songs, conversations and mosquitoes: Suspended Opposition MPs spend night
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 28 (ANI): Suspended Opposition MPs spent Wednesday night in the Parliament complex beneath an open sky in shifts to mark their strong protest against the central government which they claimed was not ready to hold discussion over key issues like price rise and increased GST r
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Unique feeder device and artificial diet for mosquitoes developed by ICMR-
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): ICMR-Vector Control Research Centre in Pondicherry have invented four types of artificial diets for feeding mosquitoes that will replace the 'blood diet' with a unique feeder device.
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Mandaviya exhorts states to launch campaigns with people's participation t
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday exhorted states to launch Jan Abhiyaans with log bhaagidari (people's participation) to enthuse and engage citizens and communities to ensure that their homes, premises and neighbourhoods are free of mosquitoe
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ICMR-VCRC develops special mosquitoes to control Dengue, Chikungunya
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Puducherry [India], July 7 (ANI): In order to control Dengue and Chikungunya, ICMR-Vector Control Research Centre (VCRC) developed special female mosquitoes that will mate with males and produce larvae that do not carry these viruses.
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ICMR- VCRC develops bacteria-infected mosquitoes to control dengue strains
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Pondicherry (Puducherry)[India], July 5 (ANI): With an aim to control dengue strains, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Vector Control Research Centre (VCRC) developed two mosquito colonies infected with bacteria for dengue control.
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Man succumbs to West Nile fever in Kerala's Thrissur, State Health Ministe
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], May 30 (ANI): Hours after Kerala on Sunday reported the death of a person due to West Nile fever, Kerala Health minister Veena George said that controlling the growth of mosquitoes and carrying out source destruction are essential to prevent this illness.
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Study details how mosquitoes ignore insect repellents
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 27 (ANI): Scientists from Johns Hopkins Medicine have found the process that makes mosquitoes able to ignore common insect repellents.
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Study finds how mosquitoes ignore insect repellents
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 23 (ANI): Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists have uncovered the process that makes mosquitoes able to ignore common insect repellents.
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Chennai Corporation uses drones to prevent mosquito breeding
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], March 14 (ANI): To prevent the breeding of mosquitoes in water bodies, Chennai Corporation is using drones to spray mosquito larvicide.
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PM Modi, UP CM Yogi Adityanath got people of UP rid of mosquitoes, mafias:
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Ballia (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 27 (ANI): With the launch of Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath got the people of Uttar Pradesh rid of mosquitoes and mafias, said Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday.
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