Elementary failure
Since the Right To Education Act came into force on April 1, 2010, India has been witnessing an experiment that involves parents in enforcing a …
Diesel-run auto-rickshaws to go off Patna roads from January 31, 2021
Bihar government move comes after Patna recorded worst air quality of the season on November 5
6.9 temblor strikes Indo-Myanmar border, tremors felt across east and Northeast India
Second consecutive quake to strike South Asia in a week; 6.6 magnitude temblor had struck Afghanistan last weekend
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
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
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
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.
COVID-19: Essential commodities become costlier in Bihar
Night curfews have disrupted supply chain; it is during the night that goods are loaded on to trucks and transported to godowns
Nearly 3 years since campaign, only 5% public ponds free of encroachment in Bihar
State government was supposed to make 9,044 public ponds free of encroachment under its Jal Jeevan Hariyali Mission launched in 2018
Fish from Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal banned in Patna
Bihar heath department Monday imposed a 15-day ban after samples were found to be contaminated with formalin
After black fungus, white fungus cases reported in Bihar amid COVID-19
White fungus, also known as ‘candidiasis’ has been found in 4 patients in Patna; it is considered deadlier than black fungus
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
The Ganga is leaving Patna’s ghats
As an ambitious Ganga renovation plan is underway, and ghats in Patna are being beautified, there is little attention being paid to the fact that …
Projects worth Rs 1,050 crore commissioned under Namami Gange in Patna
Union Minister Uma Bharti had pledged to speed-up the programme after recent criticism by the National Green Tribunal
Work on India’s first dolphin research centre to start in Patna post-monsoon
The National Dolphin Research Centre would boost conservation efforts for river dolphins and would provide an opportunity for in-depth research …
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
COVID-19 toll : Are the government figures about Bihar COVID-19 deaths correct
Down To Earth visits one of Patna’s oldest cremation grounds to unearth a discrepancy in figures
Left to quacks
Unauthorized medical practitioners find business where Bihar’s health machinery deserts polio victims
Supermarket on a cart
IIM alumnus’ mantra for vegetable retailing—involve vendors, families
West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar experience most polluted winter in three years: CSE report
Problem shifting to smaller cities & towns of the region, analysts note
Bihar man dies of swine flu in Patna hospital
Bihar has been grappling with COVID-19 and viral fever; On September 10, a 58-year-old man died of swine flu in Patna
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
Free ambulance service can reduce maternal deaths
Study by non-profit in two blocks in Bihar's Patna district says delay in decision-making and reaching healthcare centres caused maximum maternal …
Reports of COVID-19 antigen tests sent to non-patients in Bihar districts
Other irregularities include details such as mobile numbers and age missing from the record, names entered wrongly and others