Patna's new home delivery: pollution under control certificates
Bihar transport department moves in as car owners complain of few testing centres amid hefty fines
How climate change has increased flood events in India
Rise in temperatures would increase flood events in frequency during end of century (2071-2100), says a climate report
Two gharials spotted in Kosi river in Bihar after half a century
A team of scientists found in Saharsa district an adult and a juvenile gharial, which they believe belong to the endangered resident population …
Bihar failing to curb stunting among children due to inadequate fund, poor utilisation
Stunting, which causes irreversible damage, is highest among children in Bihar, where the share of state budget assigned for social welfare is on …
Over 1 million urban Indians are waiting for toilets
All states and UTs have applicants who are awaiting approval for over six months under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban
Littis with a twist of taste
Alok Gupta discovers a migrant labourer's innovation to Bihar's famous dish at a wedding reception
Beware of the developers
In its bid to get out of poverty, the Bihar government has finalised a plan to drain out lakes and convert them to farmlands. But it seems to be …
Quarry in quagmire
Caught in a death trap, Jharia residents await doomsday. While BCCL openly displays a let-them-die attitude and the government remains silent, …
The black fever
While the nation's attention is focused on the caste killings in Jehanabad, a silent but deadlier killer is striking terror in Bihar. Kala-azar, …
The revival of indigo
A school principal in Bihar revives the cultivation of the crop that symbolised the independence struggle
A tale of two diseases
India is the shining star in the global battle to eradicate smallpox. It is also a branded villain as far as polio is concerned. How is it that …
Medical waste incineration plant in Bihar’s Sone river bed faces public flak
The waste generated from 98 industrial units across Bihar will be transported to the proposed unit for burning, posing health risks to …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 17, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Two Gangetic dolphins found dead in Bihar in the last 3 days
Both Gangetic dolphins were killed due to the ongoing mechanised dredging to deepen the riverbed, say residents
India’s kala-azar cases declined 98.7% since 2007: Health ministry
Around 99.8% endemic blocks in India have achieved elimination status, says Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya
Deficient rainfall in Bihar, paddy farmers fear drought, crop loss
Most of Bihar’s 38 districts are facing rainfall deficit, according to IMD’s data
Why Bihar needs climate-smart agricultural practices
Bihar is highly vulnerable to hydro-meteorological natural disasters as it has both flood-prone and drought-prone areas
Heavy rains damage paddy crop in Bihar’s Seemanchal and Kosi regions
Standing crops have been damaged in about 663,776.28 hectares due to floods, excessive rains and waterlogging this year
Hospitals in Bihar run out of space as hundreds of children admitted with fever
Most health experts have said the hundreds of children admitted to hospitals in Bihar not COVID-19 positive or infected with Acute Encephalitis …
Proposed O2 plants in Bihar: 123; installed: 1
The state government had set an August-end deadline for setting up the oxygen generation plants
Royal Bengal tiger that stoked panic in Bihar villages caught
The tiger had strayed 130 km from Valmiki Tiger Reserve in villages of East Champaran district, Bihar
Few takers for Bihar’s revised COVID-19 death toll
Most experts say the government did not count deaths of people at homes, in ambulances, private hospitals and rural areas
Bihar forest dept officials on toes after tigress kills 3
The tiger is wounded and weak, hence hunting down human beings, say officials; no trace of it so far
‘WONDER app can make the difference in improving maternal care’
Down To Earth speaks to gynaecologist and obstetrician Narmadha Kuppuswami about the WONDER app that she has developed
Bihar may introduce licences for borewells
The state is planning to introduce several measures, including making prior permission mandatory to fetch groundwater from borewells