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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Western India is dealing with large locust swarms, due to heavy rain and above-seasonal warmth. India normally sees locusts in May and June, but this year's are the worst in 25 years, with the first ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

One plague was apparently not enough. A swarm of locusts descended upon northern India Saturday, threatening the capital of New Delhi, the BBC reported. The locusts put the government and residents on ...