Pakistan skips crucial meet with India to tackle locust menace

Jun 19, 2020

New Delhi [India], June 19 : Pakistan on Thursday skipped a crucial meeting with India to tackle recent locust attacks that led to extensive...

UN body in Afghanistan thanks India for assistance in combating locust threat

Jan 23, 2024

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations in Afghanistan thanked India for supplying 40,000 litres of Malathion, a pesticide used to...

Rajasthan Agriculture minister urges Centre to declare locust menace national disaster

Jul 10, 2020

Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], July 11 : Rajasthan Agriculture Minister Lalchand Kataria on Friday urged the Central government to declare the menace of locusts a...

Locust control operations stepped up: Union Agriculture Ministry

May 27, 2020

New Delhi [India], May 27 : The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on Wednesday informed that locust control operations have been stepped up...

Gehlot requests PM Modi to declare 'locust attack' national disaster

Aug 03, 2020

Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Aug 3 : Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to declare...

Locust operations conducted in 15 locations in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh

May 29, 2020

Rajasthan/Madhya Pradesh [India], May 30 : Several locust operations were conducted at 15 locations in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh on Friday by Locust Control...