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Locust attack: Delhi govt puts all districts on high alert

 The Delhi government on Saturday put all districts on high alert and asked the district magistrates to coordinate with the fire department for spraying of pesticides and insecticides to prevent a......

Another locust attack likely in a few weeks: Officials

 Centre's Locust Warning Organization will press into service 25 drones and buy 60 more vehicle-mounted insecticide spraying machines to counter the attack of locust swarms in the near future, an......

'Locusts don't attack people'

 'They attack standing crops and vegetables.''They don't attack people.''People are just panicking.' IMAGE: A huge swarm of locusts attack trees in a village in Jaipur. Photograph: Ashok Sharma/ANI......

What are locusts? And why are they such a big menace?

 Swarms of immature pink locusts and adult yellow locusts are currrently active. Not only are fresh locusts swarms expected to arrive in the coming weeks, but even those already present in India......

Locust invasion puts summer crop in many states at risk

 The locusts initially entered Rajasthan from Pakistan and from there the swarms moved towards Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, and Punjab over the last few weeks and are now threatening to enter Uttar......

Locust attack looms large over India, Pak

 A locust warning issued by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations Organisation has asked India and Pakistan to take immediate steps to safeguard their crops. Two swarms of......

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