No dukes No deluge

Floods are bad. But embarkments only make matters worse

Mango tree insurance

Orchards shelter Dharhara’s daughters from discrimination

Letters

Bihar’s advice to villagers — cook lunch early morning to avoid fire incidents

Spike in fire incidents coupled with losses due to COVID-19 lockdown has become cause of worry for farmers 

Bihar plans to sterilise, not cull, nilgais

State government plans to sterilise 5,000 nilgais in 2022, says Bihar forest minister 

Thriving Gangetic dolphin presence in Bihar, reveals census

Experts say it means the Ganga in the state is healthy as the dolphins can only survive in clean and fresh water

Patrolling ordered on the Ganga in Bihar to conserve its dolphins

The move came after reports emerged that fishermen in Vaishali and Saran were netting small fish, the main food of the dolphins

Loose cannons

When the army and the government team up to form an assault team against villagers protesting against a firing range, all hell can break loose

Spirited ruin of a village

Effluents from a liquor factory in Banka district spell doom for many villages around the unit and also pollute the Ganga.

Contemplating the tradition of protest

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Understanding Adivasis

Tapan Bose's Jharkhand, 10 years in the making, has a participative view of the timeless, unspoilt lives of Adivasis stripped of their land

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 …

Forest tales

The tribal world view that humans can regenerate forests, but not create them, may resolve problems and failures which stalk forest management …

They write the wrongs

Daughters of sex workers run a magazine to tell their mothers’ stories  

Do Bihar migrants have the choice to not go back to cities?

North Bihar’s unique geo-physical settings and hydro-meteorology make it one of the most vulnerable regions to environmental forces to&…

24,000 Bihar self help groups exist only on paper

State government initiates verification drive and revival of credible SHGs for implementing Centre's Ajeevika scheme

Healthy local menu for moms-to-be in Bihar

Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme starts new initiative to fight malnutrition

Alarm bells ring as groundwater levels dip in 10 districts in Bihar during monsoon

Nearly 48 per cent rainfall deficit till date in state

The heat is on: Reservoir, groundwater levels dip in Bihar amid high temperatures, poor pre-monsoon

Bihar has recieved 99% less than normal rains during the first week of June

Amid gloom of COVID-19, rhino breeding centre begins at Patna zoo

The first pair of one-horned rhinos named Ganesh and Lali have been released into the pen

Alarming dip in groundwater levels in 11 Bihar districts: Report

Groundwater level in Katihar, Begusarai at 25 & 24 ft respectively

Zika threat reaches Bihar

A 22-year-old man tests positive of the virus, but he could have got it in Rajasthan

Braindeath

Several farmers in Bihar still waiting for PM-Kisan payments

State government accepts many claims are still pending

Mapping the danger zone