For a change

Bihar announces Rs 43 crore subsidy for sugar mills

Public taken for a ride

Sowing wheat early in eastern India can increase yield by 69%, finds study

Moving paddy transplantation forward by two weeks can lead to 36% greater wheat yield  

Elephant tusks seized, four arrested in Bihar

The prime accused repeatedly claimed that he was the proud owner of two captive elephants that died four years ago and that their tusks were kept …

COVID-19 Update: SARS-CoV-2 is predominantly airborne, says new Lancet study

Karanataka Chief Minister hospitalized after being diagnosed with COVID-19 for second time  

A monsoon without rains in week since official declaration

It has been 11 days since the official onset of the monsoon but the rains have not yet arrived as expected

Bihar’s only litchi treatment plant defunct for 3 years

Farmers blame official apathy; National Research Centre for Litchi cite acute shortage of scientists

Border, forest officials seize live pangolins, deer horns on Bihar-Nepal border

The pangolins were seized from the Valmiki Tiger Reserve in West Champaran district; the deer horns were found in Araria district

COVID-19 Update: Bihar elections to be the first in pandemic

Nearly 70 million tests have been conducted for COVID-19 so far in India, the MoHFW said September 25

Bumper kharif amid excess stock? Is India staring at hard agri decisions

Restrict procurement from Punjab and Haryana; stop procuring from states offering bonus on MSP; divert excessive stock for ethanol and cattle feed

Heavy rains in Bihar, starting from June, waterlogged litchi orchards, killing trees

Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district along with its neighbours, accounts for nearly 40% of India’s litchi production

COVID-19 vaccination begins in Bihar; 30,000 health workers to be inoculated today

The vaccination will be staggered over three phases with health and frontline workers and people of 50 to get the shot first

Bihar man-eater shot: ‘We need to put down problem animals for wildlife conservation’

Shafath Ali Khan, who was engaged by the Maharashtra government in the operation to eliminate Avni in 2018, released a book this year to narrate …

Bihar faces drought-like situation again, farmers prepare to migrate for work

11 districts in state were pronounced drought-hit in 2022; Kharif paddy sowing hit this year too 

`Irresponsible reportage can harm business'

Vishal Nath, director, National Research Centre for Litchi (NRCL), says there is no scientific evidence to prove that acute encephalitis syndrome (…

Bitten by the betel

Paan is the delicacy among all communities in India. Its cultivation and propagation will serve to strengthen not just the various rituals …

Can goats secure livelihood for small and marginal farmers?

The Centre's discussions on boosting the goat sector to double farmers’ incomes may be futile if fodder and grazing lands, both …

Why 275,000 National Health Mission workers have been protesting for 3 years

National Health Mission workers are up in arms, demanding salary and perks at par with the government's regular staff

To cull or not to cull: protests over animal killing orders

The Centre has declared nilgais (blue bulls), wild boars and Rhesus macaques vermins after receiving requests from Bihar, Uttarakhand and …

Bihar government, WHO deny any new polio case

The two cases reported are of acute flaccid paralysis which can be caused by factors other than polio virus, say health officials

Bihar fast-tracks nuclear power plant

Project back on track after state water resources department assures water availability from Phulwaria dam reservoir

Tata Steel lease creates a furore

Allegations by Bihar minister Sonadhari Singh of illegal mining in Chotanagpur has stirred up a hornets' nest.

Delhi's new public health concern—Japanese encephalitis

Did pigs bring it?

Utkal Asbestos sues Bihar government over Nitish remark

Case filed after chief minister takes a stand against asbestos companies