Alok Gupta

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He is a journalist working with China Global Television Network

Bihar Jharkhand India Nepal Health Floods Farmers Health Effects Agriculture Forests

Jharkhand government fails to control spread of Japanese encephalitis

The disease which was confined only to one district till last year has now spread to 12 districts

Activist to stand in Bihar river for two days to protest government inaction

Cites change in course of river as reason behind dual problem of flood and drought

After gutkha, Bihar government bans smokeless tobacco

Plans to raise tax on cigarettes and bidis by up to 60 per cent

Bihar to delist solar and thermal projects worth Rs 2.25 lakh crore

Companies have drawn government’s ire after their failure to start nearly 50 approved projects

Bihar to launch 150-bed ‘Neglected Tropical Disease Centre’

The state accounts for 80 per cent of Kala-azar cases in India, a potentially fatal disease caused by the bite of sand flies

About 50 houses subside in underground coal fire in Jharkhand’s Jharia

Gas leak followed by house subsidence forces authorities to evacuate entire settlement

Jharkhand braves bullets to create polling record

Heavy turnout of voters in Naxalite-affected areas forces political parties to rethink campaign strategy which so far had ignored development …

Jharkhand polls: Naxalite-affected areas record high voter turnout in phase 2

Campaigning efforts of the Election Commission of India and political parties behind high voter turnout

Many prominent tribal leaders lose in Jharkhand assembly elections

Speculations are rife that the state might get its first non-tribal CM

Jharkhand gets first non-tribal chief minister

Tribal people protest swearing in of non-tribal chief minister; Raghubar Das announces sops for Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups

Bihar bans plastic packaged water bottles

Government departments have been prohibited from using or buying packaged water bottles

New research links encephalitis to disability in Bihar

Most researches till now focused on cause of AES; this is the first to study children who survived the disease

Bihar makes an attempt to boost gharial population

Population of the reptiles in India has declined by up to 94 per cent in past few years due to rampant hunting and killing for their skin

Bihar witnesses violent protests over fertiliser shortage

Farmers loot fertiliser trucks and block roads; state blames Union government

Check Jharkhand’s degrading environment

Unscientific mining has caused rampant environmental degradation in the state in the absence of proper monitoring

Bihar government, WHO deny any new polio case

The two cases reported are of acute flaccid paralysis which can be caused by factors other than polio virus, say health officials

Bihar hopes Union Budget will set right Finance Commission’s ‘wrong’

Finance Commission recommended curtailing funds under Backward Region Grant Fund

Bring Ganga back to original course, orders Patna High Court

Court directs Centre and state governments to stop illegal mining and dredging

Jharkhand orders probe into salt scam

State allegedly flouted tender norms to purchase iodised salt at more than double its price

Thunderstorm kills 32 in Bihar after state ignores IMD warning

Locals allege the death toll is expected to be much higher than the numbers reported by the government

At least 25 dead in Bihar in wake of Nepal earthquake

Districts in Kosi belt, closest to Nepal, bear the brunt of tremors arising from Himalayan nation

Protests at Bihar asbestos unit

Deaths, diseases, skin ailments are common, complain residents

Bihar faces shortage of HIV drug

Activists blame it on poor coordination between NACO and state; say 20,000 patients at risk

Glacier through drone's eye

Researchers use new technology to gather data in rugged, inaccessible Himalayan terrain

Fruit scare

Encephalitis is not only threatening lives in Bihar, but also the livelihood of litchi farmers as unconfirmed reports link the disease to the fruit

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