Daily Analysis of 'The Hindu' - 2nd June, 2020 | Additional Study Material for UPSC PDF Download

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The locust attack is a wake-up call 
[HT] 
Workforce habits 
Ominous signals 
A new architecture in quake-prone 
areas 
India, China and fortifying the 
Africa outreach 
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The locust attack is a wake-up call 
[HT] 
Workforce habits 
Ominous signals 
A new architecture in quake-prone 
areas 
India, China and fortifying the 
Africa outreach 
The locust attack is a wake-up call 
?Last week, swarms of desert locusts entered 
western India from Pakistan and destroyed crops in 
Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Madhya Pradesh. 
?On Sunday, reports said that the swarms have moved 
deeper into UP. 
?The three states have sent out drones, tractors and 
cars to kill them with pesticides. 
?India has not witnessed full-blown locust cycles after 
1993.  
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The locust attack is a wake-up call 
[HT] 
Workforce habits 
Ominous signals 
A new architecture in quake-prone 
areas 
India, China and fortifying the 
Africa outreach 
The locust attack is a wake-up call 
?Last week, swarms of desert locusts entered 
western India from Pakistan and destroyed crops in 
Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Madhya Pradesh. 
?On Sunday, reports said that the swarms have moved 
deeper into UP. 
?The three states have sent out drones, tractors and 
cars to kill them with pesticides. 
?India has not witnessed full-blown locust cycles after 
1993.  
 
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The locust attack is a wake-up call 
[HT] 
Workforce habits 
Ominous signals 
A new architecture in quake-prone 
areas 
India, China and fortifying the 
Africa outreach 
The locust attack is a wake-up call 
?Last week, swarms of desert locusts entered 
western India from Pakistan and destroyed crops in 
Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Madhya Pradesh. 
?On Sunday, reports said that the swarms have moved 
deeper into UP. 
?The three states have sent out drones, tractors and 
cars to kill them with pesticides. 
?India has not witnessed full-blown locust cycles after 
1993.  
 
?Heavy rains and increasing number of cyclones, 
both effects of the climate crisis, enabled 
unprecedented breeding and the rapid growth of 
locust populations on the Arabian Peninsula early 
last year, according to the United Nations.  
?The long gap between the last and the present 
locust attack in India has had a consequence. 
?Director-general of Indian Council of Agricultural 
Research admitted that there hasn’t been much 
“systematic research” on desert locusts 
since the 1990s and the current invasion is a 
wake-up call to revive the programme.  
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The locust attack is a wake-up call 
[HT] 
Workforce habits 
Ominous signals 
A new architecture in quake-prone 
areas 
India, China and fortifying the 
Africa outreach 
The locust attack is a wake-up call 
?Last week, swarms of desert locusts entered 
western India from Pakistan and destroyed crops in 
Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Madhya Pradesh. 
?On Sunday, reports said that the swarms have moved 
deeper into UP. 
?The three states have sent out drones, tractors and 
cars to kill them with pesticides. 
?India has not witnessed full-blown locust cycles after 
1993.  
 
?Heavy rains and increasing number of cyclones, 
both effects of the climate crisis, enabled 
unprecedented breeding and the rapid growth of 
locust populations on the Arabian Peninsula early 
last year, according to the United Nations.  
?The long gap between the last and the present 
locust attack in India has had a consequence. 
?Director-general of Indian Council of Agricultural 
Research admitted that there hasn’t been much 
“systematic research” on desert locusts 
since the 1990s and the current invasion is a 
wake-up call to revive the programme.