Amidst a wave of locust swarms sweeping across western and northwestern India, the Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare (DAC&FW) has stepped up locust control operations in the affected ...

New Delhi — India is scrambling drones, sending teams to spray insecticide and issuing alerts as swarms of locusts descend on its western states. The drones are helping track the voracious insects as ...

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, Feb 19 (Reuters) - India is buying drones and specialist equipment to monitor the movement of locusts and spray insecticides to ward off a new outbreak that could ravage crops, ...

India is incapable of starting a trade war with China, and a recent locust plague has made that point even clearer. According to media reports, the worst locust invasion in decades has hit India and ...

KARACHI: The Indian government is in some measure responsible for the current locust attack on West Pakistan on an unprecedented scale. Although Rajasthan desert is the main breeding ground of the ...

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. As the world attempts to contain the coronavirus pandemic, India, Pakistan and a number of countries in ...

NEW DELHI, Jan 21 (Reuters) - India has been able to bring swarms of desert locusts under control in two key oilseed producing states and authorities are now trying to assess crop damage, officials ...

Good news for farmers who are busy sowing their Rabi crops as India is currently free from the presence of swarms of locusts. During the routine survey conducted during the last fortnight of October ...

In 2020, India faced its worst locust invasion in 27 years, with swarms destroying over 50,000 hectares of cropland across Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, and Maharashtra. This occurred amid the ...

As India continues its battle with the coronavirus pandemic a new kind of invasion is threatening to destroy vital crops and vegetation – the worst locust swarm the country has seen in almost 30 years ...

NEW DELHI — As if the coronavirus wasn’t enough, India grappled with scorching temperatures and the worst locust invasion in decades as authorities prepared for the end of a monthslong lockdown ...

India has been hit by the worst locust storm the country has experienced in nearly 30 years, as the nation grapples with the ongoing coronavirus crisis that has overrun hospitals. Swarms of millions ...