New Delhi, May 31 -- The buzzing of mosquitoes may be annoying, but what would you do if the government itself wants it to get stronger? California in the United States may just be on the verge of seeing millions of insects taking flight in the air as Google has sought permission of federal regulators to release as many as 32 million mosquitoes in the state to shrink the disease-carrying population.

These 32 million mosquitoes will be engineered to target diseases carried by them. According to a report in Yahoo, the insects would be released in only a few zones that have witnessed disease transmission at a higher rate.

And it won't be done at one go. Google plans to release those engineered insects over a period of two years to monitor ...