Proposed O2 plants in Bihar: 123; installed: 1

The state government had set an August-end deadline for setting up the oxygen generation plants 

The Ganga is leaving Patna’s ghats

As an ambitious Ganga renovation plan is underway, and ghats in Patna are being beautified, there is little attention being paid to the fact that …

Picking on pigs

Herbal cures to fight kala azar

Untimely rains wreak havoc on rabi crops in Bihar

Total rainfall recorded in April was 110 mm against the normal of 15-25 mm, according to an official

Work on India’s first dolphin research centre to start in Patna post-monsoon

The National Dolphin Research Centre would boost conservation efforts for river dolphins and would provide an opportunity for in-depth research …

Projects worth Rs 1,050 crore commissioned under Namami Gange in Patna

Union Minister Uma Bharti had pledged to speed-up the programme after recent criticism by the National Green Tribunal

COVID-19: Bihar’s only genome-sequencing facility stops in only a month

Just 67 omicron cases have been detected in Bihar till date, according to official data

COVID-19 toll : Are the government figures about Bihar COVID-19 deaths correct

Down To Earth visits one of Patna’s oldest cremation grounds to unearth a discrepancy in figures  

Left to quacks

Unauthorized medical practitioners find business where Bihar’s health machinery deserts polio victims

Supermarket on a cart

IIM alumnus’ mantra for vegetable retailing—involve vendors, families  

Waterhunt

Going thirsty in the Kerala backwaters

In Court

West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar experience most polluted winter in three years: CSE report

Problem shifting to smaller cities & towns of the region, analysts note  

Bihar man dies of swine flu in Patna hospital

Bihar has been grappling with COVID-19 and viral fever; On September 10, a 58-year-old man died of swine flu in Patna

Cleaning Patna’s air: Municipal corporation to replace diesel-run vehicles with CNG and electricity

Patna’s air quality index has become ‘very poor’ in recent years

India’s first dolphin observatory coming up in Bihar

Being built on a bridge on the Ganga, it will be completed by year end or early next year

Bihar pollution agency to check water quality of Ganga river, others to identify violation of idol immersion norms

Water checks before and after Durga Puja festivities in Patna, Bhagalpur, Gaya, Purnia, Muzaffarpur and Darbhanga

Bring Ganga back to original course, orders Patna High Court

Court directs Centre and state governments to stop illegal mining and dredging

India’s first National Dolphin Research Centre finally a reality

Plan in works for a decade but faced several delays; institute in Patna to research the endangered freshwater mammals

Reports of COVID-19 antigen tests sent to non-patients in Bihar districts

Other irregularities include details such as mobile numbers and age missing from the record, names entered wrongly and others

Free ambulance service can reduce maternal deaths

Study by non-profit in two blocks in Bihar's Patna district says delay in decision-making and reaching healthcare centres caused maximum maternal …

Official contamination

Farmers on hunger protest against land acquisition for IIT-Patna

Accuse government of cheating them of adequate compensation

Should a drought in Bihar be declared? Experts say yes, govt says wait

Following central guidelines on declaring drought, good rainfall on Aug 4-5 predicted, say govt officials