Let’s talk sex

Awareness campaign changes attitude towards sexual health and family planning in Bihar

Sham, sham

A recent survey finds the food for work progamme mired in corruption

Floods are becoming more complex

Spate of neglect

Witnessing a cycle of misery in Bihar's flood-prone villages

Monsoon 2022: Why a drought wasn’t declared in 4 states with drought-like conditions

A report shows drought-like situation in over 700 blocks of 91 districts of Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar & West Bengal

Fertility rate down in most states, NFHS-5 finds

Kerala only state to record increase in fertility rate, phase 1 of survey finds; urban women had lower fertility rate than women in rural areas …

Futile deadlines: Afforestation drive in 5 states along Ganga is over with just 22% of target being met

Experts have questioned as to whether the Ganga catchment area is really available for afforestation

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

Nursing home in Dhanbad operates on patient’s attendant

Relatives allege forced surgery was conducted to avail insurance money under Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana

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

42 kids die of brain fever in Bihar, Centre prepares action plan

Health ministry announces vaccination drive to curb AES; branch of National Institute of Virology to be established in Muzaffarpur district

Bihar cancels 7.25 million unused job cards under MGNREGS

The move is aimed at stopping various malpractices related to seeking jobs under the scheme

More bite, less to chew

The most controversial aspect of the food security law is the restructuring of the public distribution system to cover an unprecedented 67 per …

A bridge divides them

Highway authority runs into 30,000 people facing displacement

COVID-19: Bihar profiles returned migrant workers for skills

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

Bihar witnesses violent protests over fertiliser shortage

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

Antelope attack

Farmers and government are at wit’s end in Bihar as neelgais' rampage continues

Waste to wealth

Pomegranate peel can be used to make gold and silver nanoparticles

Bihar launches agriculture roadmap

Dedicated grid for agriculture to increase food grain production

Tough nut to crack

A sustainable engineering disaster

Graft claims in MGNREGA squeezing poor workers, millions unpaid for months

Zero funds to Bengal, Lakshadweep this year, Centre admits in Parliament; activists ask to use pre-existing mechanisms to handle graft

Peninsular India may get locusts after 46 years. Blame the wind

The pests are being carried into the region by the southern branch of winds entering India north of the Western Ghats

COVID-19: Bihar's standing rabi wheat, maize under lockdown

Delay in harvesting standing crops of wheat and maize on over 7 million ha in Bihar will be disastrous for farmers