The district mining officers in Bihar are ignorant of the environmental effects of mining and have allowed brick kiln owners to mine without No-Objection Certificates (NOCs) from State Pollution Co

A study done by International Growth Centre (IGC) said that 71% of the budget for hot cooked meals at around 200 anganwadi centres (AWCs) in Bihar was lost in leakage.

Seven more children have succumbed to encephalitis in Bihar, taking the total deaths in the state since early May to 18, officials said Thursday.

An innovation needs support to survive. The same innovation can make a revolution, provided it gets the recognition and support from the government. The Bihar government has shown how an innovation when transformed into a revolution can influence food production.

The prevailing intense cold wave has claimed 11 more lives in Bihar, taking the total number of deaths in the state due to inclement weather to 18, an official said Thursday.

The Centre has sanctioned 2,389 projects under the Integrated Action Plan for construction of 9,070 km of roads at an estimated cost of Rs 3,387 crore in rural Bihar to mitigate the impact of Naxal

The Centre has sanctioned 2,389 projects under the Integrated Action Plan for the construction of 9,070 km of road at an estimated cost of Rs 3,387 crore in rural Bihar to mitigate the impact of na

Encephalitis toll in Bihar has risen to 221 since May this year following death of 12 more patients on Wednesday, official sources said.

Altogether 153 children have died due to symptoms of encephalitis in the Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital and Kejriwal Charitable Hospital in Muzaffarpur, while 52 children have died in the Patna Medical College and Hospital, Additional Secretary (Health) R. P. Ojha told reporters here.

The Bihar government confirmed on Tuesday that 100 children aged below 13 have died because of suspected encephalitis this season, mostly in Muzaffarpur, Gaya, Motihari, Sitamarhi and also in perip

Bird flu or avian influenza is threatening Bihar's poultry industry and an SOS has been sent to the central government on tackling the deadly H5N1 virus as the state lacks the resources to do so, a Bihar minister said.

The SOS was sent after the Bhopal-based High Security Animal Disease Laboratory (HSADL) attributed the deaths of a number of crows across the state to the H5N1 virus, Animal Husbandry Minister Giriraj Singh said.

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