PATNA: Emission of greenhouse gases that lead to global warming and climate change would be reduced by 20-25% in India by 2020 and 33-35% by 2030, Union minister for environment, forest and climate

PATNA: People in city can now buy carbide-free mangoes and litchis from three Jeevika outlets here.

PATNA: The Bihar health department plans to write to the Union health ministry, requesting it to include ‘khaini’ as a food product under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.

PATNA: The state cabinet on Tuesday gave its nod to the Bihar State Crop Assistance Scheme which will replace the existing system of crop insurance with effect from kharif (monsoon) season this yea

PATNA: Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi on Sunday said he would press for the inclusion of three Bihar cities – Patna, Muzaffarpur and Gaya – under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) of the Centre

PATNA: The food safety wing of state health department has extended the ban on the manufacture, sales and distribution of products containing tobacco and nicotine for one more year with effect from

PATNA: All school buses, vans, traveller buses and trucks in Patna will have to undergo fitness and pollution test from May 23.

PATNA: The state government on Tuesday handed over three of its power generation plants to National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Ltd on 30-year lease.

PATNA: The Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB) will soon install permanent sound level meters in nine cities across the state to monitor noise pollution.

PATNA: The air quality near Maurya Lok Complex, Bihar Veterinary College and Walmi has been found to be “very poor”, as per ‘An Assessment Report of Air Quality of Patna City at Different Micro-Env