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As Europe battles price rise and energy crisis, European Commission approves locusts, crickets and worms as ‘food’
The European Commission which provides the approval had stated then that these insects can be sold, and marketed as snacks or food ingredients either in dried or frozen form with legs removed or in a powder form.
Zaira Wasim, who had left acting for Islam, now quotes the Quran to insinuate that locust infestation in Rajasthan is ‘Allah’s wrath’
Several areas in Eastern Africa, Pakistan, and India have seen attacks by massive swarms of locusts recently. However, it is not understood why the former actress is insinuating these locust attacks as some sort of Islamic curse upon a specific group of people whom she refers to as 'arrogant'.
Locusts attack crops in North Indian states, governments issue alert
The swarms of locust, which entered the country from Pakistan have now become a headache to farmers as the pests are spreading like wildfire in states of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh.
BJP MLA comes to Rajasthan Assembly with basket full of locusts to protest government inaction against locust attack on crops
BJP MLA Bihari Lal Nokha entered the Rajasthan assembly with a basket full of locusts on Friday
Massive locust invasion from Pakistan ruins crops in Gujarat, Centre rushes 11 teams to help
Farmers in Gujarat are now worried as they are facing massive locust attack from Pakistan, the neighbouring country the state shares its border with.
Karachi faces locust attack, Pakistani minister urges people to eat them in Biriyani
Pakistan had last experienced a locust attack on a similar scale last in 1961. Government officials claim that the locust species will not harm food crops.
