COVID-19: Did IMA meet lead to hundreds of doctors in Bihar testing positive
Out Patient Department and other healthcare services affected in Bihar due to sheer number of infections among doctors, say reports
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
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: Delayed wheat harvest has Bihar worried over seeds
The delay due to lockdown can result in 25-30% fall in seed production, according to agricultural scientists
COVID-19 hits Bihar’s Buddhist tourist circuit
Steep drop in tourist footfalls from Asian Buddhist countries registered due to panic over virus
Bihar elections 2020: Who is talking about safai karmacharis?
The Bihar govt refuses to identify manual scavengers; the latter continue to face abuse and death threats
Verdict 2024: Ignoring farmers’ demands & police action over power plant land compensation cost BJP Buxar Lok Sabha seat
Protests over power plant land acquisition shifted voters’ favour to RJD candidate and farmers’ rights advocate Sudhakar Singh
Scorching days, sweltering nights: Bihar’s heatwave impact worsens due to hot nights
Little dip in temperatures after sunset, IMD issues alert
Heatwave and hot winds claim two lives in Bihar
IMD issues ‘yellow’ alert for heatwaves in over a dozen districts in the state
More than 40 rivers have dried so far in Bihar, even as summer is yet to peak
However, the issue of water crisis is missing in the ongoing Lok Sabha election campaign
Bihar government enforces ban on single-use plastic
The ban was notified 6 months ago and covers disposable thermocol products
Ganga riverfront construction work stopped in Bihar’s Bhagalpur for violating Wildlife Sanctuary Act
Construction site is close to sanctuary considered safe hub for endangered dolphins
Bihar’s food production has risen during the last 15 years due to agriculture roadmaps, say officials
State’s fourth agricultural roadmap launched on October 18 by President Murmu
Tigers in the Terai’s sugarcane fields are developing into an ecotype of their own: Rahul Shukla
Down To Earth speaks to conservationist who has documented and written about tigers growing up and surviving in the Terai landscape of northern India
Simply Put: AIIMS Darbhanga
Bihar farmers question government decision to end diesel subsidy for them
Power supply in villages still uncertain, they say
Water of Ganga, 21 other rivers in Bihar unfit to even bathe in, finds state pollution control board
Six sewage treatment plants in Patna not fully functional, direct discharge of effluents in Ganga
Severe cold kills five in 24 hours in Bihar, including two kids
Doctors report uptick in heart attack, brain stroke cases in three government hospitals
Not just climate change, Farakka also to blame for 2021 Bihar floods
Farakka construction has caused siltation in Bihar and eastern UP, leading to a rise in the Ganga riverbed’s height, which caused floods in …
A study in green: Coaching centre in Bihar gives free classes to poor in exchange for saplings
The institute has helped plant 110,000 saplings since it was founded in 2008
Illegal sand mining: 48 arrested in Bihar’s Bhojpur
Cops, however, have failed to arrest any of the chieftains of the region’s powerful sand mafia.
No diesel-run buses and auto rickshaws in Patna from April 1
State government in no mood to extend the deadline to ban diesel vehicles that had been extended for two years due to COVID-19
Acute urea shortage, black marketing upset farmers during ongoing rabi season in Bihar
Farmers blame powerful nexus of traders and government officials for fertiliser shortage
Neglected Tropical Diseases Day: India can beat them but that needs bold action
What we need to stress on this January 30: An integrated approach for better access to healthcare & WASH; Climate action, gender equity & …
Chilbil: A seed sprouts wings
The seeds of the Indian elm are nutritious and have multiple uses in traditional medicine