Bihar mukhiyas to get smartphones, Internet-savvy assistants to improve work efficiency
Move will cut frequent travel to government offices to get schemes sanctioned and will improve monitoring, says Panchayati Raj minister
Bihar’s only tiger reserve using green energy to provide water to wildlife during summer
Solar-powered pumps are being used to fill waterholes in the grasslands of VTR to provide water to tigers and other wildlife
Water-stressed in India: Gaya raises several questions over JSA claims
Most structures claimed to be built under campaign don't reflect reality
Simply put: No doctors in 70% PHCs in Bihar
AES in Bihar: A case of rural healthcare in crisis
More than 70 per cent of Bihar's PHCs function without any medical officer or nurse
Illegal sand mining: 20 arrested, 40 big boats seized in Bihar police operation on Sone river
Criminal syndicates have been unleashed terror in recent months by attacking & killing police officials who have cracked down upon them
Bihar staring at water crisis in summer months with groundwater levels declining
A new report has put 11 districts in the ‘water-stressed’ category
The embankment war
Herbal healing
Roots of death
Tragedy isn't comical
Intensive agriculture gets a boost
How does elementary literacy impact Adivasi livelihoods? SAL 2021 report sheds light
Family heads had no school education in 53% of Adivasi households in Jharkhand and 58.6% in Odisha
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 hits Bihar’s Buddhist tourist circuit
Steep drop in tourist footfalls from Asian Buddhist countries registered due to panic over virus
Over 260 Bihar farmers won’t get government benefits as they burnt stubble
The farmers are spread over districts such as Kaimur, Rohtas, Bhojpur, Buxar, Nalanda, Patna and Gaya
Green action: Four arrested in Bihar for cutting down dozens of trees near major hospital
Trees were being felled and sold to timber traders for many months near Muzaffarpur’s SKMCH hospital, according to reports
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 afforestation drive in villages along Ganga river
100 open defecation free villages located along the river have been selected for the drive
Uttarayan shows the way to address urban water scarcity
Rainfall deficit can be a challenge as well as an opportunity. By constructing rainwater harvesting structures, Uttarayan not only showed the way …
Bihar plans another tiger reserve in Kaimur
The forests of Kaimur district, which include the Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary, have been earmarked as a second reserve for tigers since the Valmiki …
Brain disease plaguing Muzaffarpur children is not encephalitis
Encephalopathy is a biochemical disease, while encephalitis results from a viral infection
Gangetic dolphins found in Bihar’s Mahananda river
Seven adults and seven calves found in the survey conducted in March and April this year
Bihar health minister admits 57 children have died due to AES outbreak
Mangal Pandey, who had earlier denied AES as the cause of deaths, now admits it is responsible