Bihar witnesses violent protests over fertiliser shortage

Farmers loot fertiliser trucks and block roads; state blames Union government  

Antelope attack

Farmers and government are at wit’s end in Bihar as neelgais' rampage continues

Waste to wealth

Pomegranate peel can be used to make gold and silver nanoparticles

Bihar launches agriculture roadmap

Dedicated grid for agriculture to increase food grain production

Tough nut to crack

A sustainable engineering disaster

Use of contraceptives in Bihar doubles in 5 years: NFHS-5

Female sterilisation was the most common method of contraception in the state

COVID-19: Social tension in Bihar over returning migrants

Villagers fear contagion, want to keep out workers heading back

Flood situation worsens in Bihar

Rivers flow above danger mark; fear of floods in Patna

Three children die of encephalitis in Bihar

Health department launches vaccination drive

Colouring plants

Mythila painting is an innovative media that contain powerful messages of conservation

Bad faith?

The state of regulation

Techno tracks

Emerging scenarios, new dilemmas

No Need

Requirement doesn't drive immunisation

Off Beat

Tinkering, not marking the great leap

Is rainfall linked to pollution? Depends on whether you live north or south of Vindhyas

DTE analyses PM10 spatial data for August 2022 and 2023 

India fails to curb tobacco use, report

Poor enforcement of laws and affordability of tobacco products are blamed

The swing

More women than men are voting in India. Majority of them are from rural areas

Bihar, UP move to check misuse of groundwater

Non-chemical use to contain kala-azar vector

Bihar procures most paddy in 6 yrs, But will that help

Nitish Kumar government already has hands full; mills may not want to lift more

Victim of its success

MGNREGA blamed for causing labour shortage; cut in budgetary support likely

Parties steal Congress show

BJP-ruled Chhattisgarh enacts its own food security law, non-Congress states to follow

Bhagalpur may commission a waste-to-energy plant

Activists say similar plants elsewhere in the country are lying defunct

The GM question

Are hybrid maize seeds being promoted to pave the way for GM maize?