Let’s talk sex
Awareness campaign changes attitude towards sexual health and family planning in Bihar
City of waste
The ancient capital of India is unable to handle its garbage
Community-based review reveals shocking causes of maternal mortality in Bihar
Sex determination tests, lack of ambulance services major reasons for maternal deaths in Patna
Brush up law
As many tooth-care products contain harmful tobacco
Brick kilns major source of air pollution in South Asia
Contribute 10% to the total air pollution in south Delhi, 11% in Patna, 30% in Dhaka
Bihar to close open air schools to curb food poisoning incidents
Kitchens with storage facilities to be constructed on priority basis in all schools serving cooked meals, says education department
COVID-19: Bihar woman showing symptoms dies in hospital without being tested
75-year-old woman suffered from asthma, had high fever and cough
High court orders renewal of permit to Utkal asbestos plant in Bihar
Aggrieved residents likely to appeal against decision of single judge bench
Giraffe, 3 tigers die in Patna zoo
Authorities fail to provide treatment on time
CPCB panel appointed to inspect Utkal Asbestos plant site in Bihar
Patna High Court pulls up state pollution control board for submitting affidavits that contradict each other
Mystery disease claims 13 lives in Bihar
All of them suffered from sore throat and nausea; autopsy of deceased inconclusive
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 21, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
NTCA sounds alert for deadly virus stalking tigers
Tiger in Dudhwa park tested positive for canine distemper virus last month; four tigers died of it last year
COVID-19: Bihar's healthcare workers threaten to leave, ask to be quarantined in absence of PPEs
Doctors in some cases, used polythenes, raincoats to protect themselves
A year on, no lessons learnt from Bihar mid day meal tragedy
Civil society calls for pesticide-free, organic food under government programmes for children while Bihar focuses on building new kitchens in …
Bihar initiates PPP model cancer treatment
Modern oncology centre with all treatment and diagnosis facilities envisaged in Patna Medical College in first phase
Day after mid-day meal deaths, vitamin A dose kills child in Bihar
Another incident of poisoning caused by mid-day meal reported from Bihar's Madhubani district
Solar street lights scam: Patna HC seeks explanation from state government
Petition demands CBI probe into purchase of substandard lights at inflated cost
Midday meal tragedy still haunts them
Children who survived food poisoning develop side-effects; parents worry over lack of facilities in home town Chapra
Unsteady buildings
Frequency of building collapses a big concern. Authorities are trying to fix the mess by introducing newer complications
The unholy accrual
Pesticides pollution threatens the aquatic life of the Ganges, especially the Gangetic dolphins
Is chemical the culprit?
Scientists in Bihar find a plausible link between pesticides and breast cancer
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 …
Bihar hopes Union Budget will set right Finance Commission’s ‘wrong’
Finance Commission recommended curtailing funds under Backward Region Grant Fund