Good monsoon pushes up Bihar groundwater level

All 38 districts in the state recorded an increase

Water-stressed in India: Will flood-prone Katihar slowly turn dry

Mismanagement of supply and cultivation of paddy and maize to cause change

Gaur back in Valmiki Reserve thanks to increase in grassland cover

At least 150 gaur in the reserve currently, according to information from camera traps

Blazing India: Bihar’s poor slog and suffer the most

Daily wage labourers, roadside vendors and farmers in the state take the heat

Bihar bans tree-felling

Government cites increasing pollution and heatwave in the state as reason for the ban

Rightful dues

Bihar's rural Nightingales

Healthcare receives a boost in starkly poor villages

Cooking made easy

Poison alarm

Indigenous clue

Teak smuggling rampant

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Building a green roof

10,000 trees in 66 years, an octogenarian revives greenery in a village in Bihar

Cut the floss

No more funds to Bihar legislators

Corruption provokes Nitish Kumar to scrap development fund

Seek truth at own peril

RTI applicants in Bihar land in jail

Women’s Day 2024: Why empowering half of humanity serves dividends

When we empower women, we tap into the full potential of humanity, paving the way for a more just, equitable and sustainable world for all

Dengue threat looms large in Bihar as state witnesses 371 fresh cases in 24 hours

Last month, Bihar officially reported a distressing tally of a dozen deaths attributed to dengue

Pesticide that killed Karnataka devotees has a sordid record in India

Monocrotophos has killed farmers in Maharashtra and school children in Bihar in this decade 

One out of every two Bihar households is multi-dimensionally poor: NITI Aayog

The share of multi-dimensional poor in Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh is also uncomfortably high, according to NITI Aayog

Bihar residents ‘getting COVID-19 second dose’ — months after their death

Residents of Bihar’s Muzaffarpur, Sheikhpura districts received text messages saying their kin — who died of COVID-19 months ago&…

Bihar to change Kosi’s course to save ancient site, says Nitish

Government hasn’t learnt any lessons about a river known to change course itself, say environmentalists

The Gharials of the Gandak: A conservation success story

Two recent surveys indicate that the Gandak, a trans-boundary river between Nepal and India, houses 210 gharials in the Indian section, the second-…

First-of-its kind turtle rehab centre comes up in Bihar

To be inaugurated this month, the centre will house injured and sick turtles rescued from smugglers

Watered down: Almost half of India’s rivers still remain polluted; here is why

India has mostly focussed on cleaning only major rivers; most states have recently started reviving their small rivers, but the progress remains …