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The Centre has taken various steps to control locust swarms, and carried out operations in over 1.5 lakh hectares area since April 11 to prevent crop losses. "As per the instructions of Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, continuous action is being taken to control locust swarms," an official statement said on Saturday. Starting from April 11 till July 9, control operations have been done in 1,51,269 hectares area in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana by Locust Circle Offices (LCOs), it added. The control operations have also been done in 1,32,660 hectares area in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Bihar by state governments. Elaborating on the actions, the Agriculture Ministry said that in the intervening night of July 9-10, control operations were carried out at 16 places in 8 districts - Barmer, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Churu, Jhunjhunu, Sikar, and Karauli of Rajasthan, 2 … [Read more...] about Locust swarms: Centre takes various measures to prevent crop losses

“However, Pakistan has always backtracked from its commitment because it has to export terrorists from terror factories operating on its soil. There are around 150 terrorists in 15 to 16 terror launch pads across the LoC waiting to infiltrate to this side of the border,” said the officer. … [Read more...] about Pak intensified ceasefire violations amid Indo-Chinese standoff, 2,542 violations recorded till June 30

Besides AK 47 assault rifles and hundreds of bullets, the terrorists killed on Saturday also had a pistol made in China and four grenades based on Austrian technology that had been made by Pakistan’s ordnance factory. The grenades are concrete evidence that links the terrorists to the Pakistan army and government, said a top J&K police officer. … [Read more...] about 2 Lashkar terrorists shot dead 100 metres from LoC, leave behind proof of Pak role

Former off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq was at the receiving end of two of India’s finest Test innings ever played against Pakistan – Sachin Tendulkar’s 136 in Chennai in 1999 and Virender Sehwag’s 309 in Multan 2004. As contrasting as the two innings may be in nature, both hold tremendous values in terms of individual performances in India-Pakistan Tests. … [Read more...] about I don’t rate Sehwag’s 309 at Multan, Sachin’s 136 in Chennai much better: Former Pak spinner Saqlain Mushtaq

New Delhi: Russia has proposed to organise a Russia-India-China (RIC) defence ministers’ meet this year, said people aware of the matter--a move that can act as a confidence building measure between New Delhi and Beijing amid their nearly two-month-long border standoff. The proposal has been put forward by Russia as it holds the current presidency of RIC. The meet is still being planned and no date has been firmed up yet, the persons cited earlier said. On Thursday, Russian envoy to India Nikolay Kudashev told a select audience that "the Russian presidency in BRICS and SCO in 2020 had to adjust formats of the events, shifting focus on video conferences. Just recently, we had conducted successful BRICS and SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation) virtual ministerial meetings. Also, on June 23, we had a very constructive RIC Foreign Ministers’ virtual conference, which demonstrated our common desire to further expand the trilateral agenda, including by involving defence … [Read more...] about Russia offers to organise RIC defence ministers’ meet