Migration crisis wasn’t handled well by Nitish government: Shaibal Gupta

Shaibal Gupta, social scientist at Asian Development Research Institute, spoke to DTE on Bihar polls and its national importance

COVID-19: Bihar fails to ramp up testing despite Nitish saying so

Efforts to ramp up testing seem to be losing steam; daily and monthly testing both decline 

Surplus rainfall a respite, but now Bihar wary of floods

The state received 305.9 mm rainfall in June — 82% more than normal rainfall in June 2019 

Lightning kills 83 people in Bihar

Many of the victims were farmers, who were sowing paddy in their fields

Bihar farmers upbeat after monsoon reaches state on time in a decade

Bihar’s farmers are heavily dependent on monsoon rain for kharif crops, mainly paddy, a water-intensive crop

Locust attack: Bihar conducts mock drills, launches awareness campaign

Locusts around 500 km away from districts. Experts say little possibility of them entering state

Litchi harvest in Bihar affected due to unusual weather, say scientists

Several of the state’s farmers and scientists said there was reportedly a loss in sweetness and fragrance in this year’s harvest.

Locust fears haunt Bihar’s farmers, experts downplay potential threat

There is a likely threat, but the possibility of locusts reaching the state are very less, say experts

India’s first dolphin observatory coming up in Bihar

Being built on a bridge on the Ganga, it will be completed by year end or early next year

COVID-19: Bihar profiles returned migrant workers for skills

The industry department has profiled skills of more than 80,000 migrant workers so far

COVID-19: Nitish Kumar orders more testing amid numerous challenges for Bihar

Kumar wants 10,000 tests for the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) per day against current 1,900-2,000 daily tests

COVID-19: Why Gujarat is a worry for Bihar

Workers claim not receiving salaries from employers, not given any food by state government

Bihar procures most paddy in 6 yrs, But will that help

Nitish Kumar government already has hands full; mills may not want to lift more

Bihar plans policy change to push urbanisation

The state government has prepared a draft seeking changes to ‘old criteria’ for notifying semi-urban or rural area as urban 

AES fear grips Bihar ahead of scorching summers

At least three children have reportedly died of the disease this year  

Untimely rains wreak havoc on rabi crops in Bihar

Total rainfall recorded in April was 110 mm against the normal of 15-25 mm, according to an official

Bihar starts geo-mapping exercise to trace, identify thousands of water bodies

Bihar Remote Sensing Application Centre is tasked with handling the exercise

Bihar's striking contractual teachers left to fend for themselves amid lockdown

More than 400,000 teachers suffer from financial crunch, 60 die so far

COVID-19: Bihar govt cancels licences of 36 PDS shops

Lodges FIRs against 144 shop dealers over alleged irregularities in food grain distribution and black marketing 

Groundwater levels increase 12 feet in Bihar

Drought-prone Gaya district, which faced the worst water crisis in 2019, recorded the highest spike 

COVID-19 lockdown a blessing for the endangered Gangetic dolphin in Bihar: Experts

The animals are being seen in parts where they were not seen earlier due to human activities

Amid gloom of COVID-19, rhino breeding centre begins at Patna zoo

The first pair of one-horned rhinos named Ganesh and Lali have been released into the pen

COVID-19: Bihar beekeepers find it tough to relocate bee boxes amid lockdown

Bees are relocated to orchards in Jharkhand for them to get easy access to food sources

COVID-19: Gaya is using drones to sanitise streets, buildings

Gaya municipal corporation staff are making their own sanitiser using neem leaves, aloe vera

COVID-19: Nearly 20 million students in Bihar government schools to be promoted

Parents praise the move, say the government saved the academic year of students