COVID-19: Did IMA meet lead to hundreds of doctors in Bihar testing positive

Out Patient Department and other healthcare services affected in Bihar due to sheer number of infections among doctors, say reports

No diesel-run buses and auto rickshaws in Patna from April 1

State government in no mood to extend the deadline to ban diesel vehicles that had been extended for two years due to COVID-19

Illegal sand mining: 48 arrested in Bihar’s Bhojpur

Cops, however, have failed to arrest any of the chieftains of the region’s powerful sand mafia. 

After black fungus, white fungus cases reported in Bihar amid COVID-19

White fungus, also known as ‘candidiasis’ has been found in 4 patients in Patna; it is considered deadlier than black fungus

COVID-19: Essential commodities become costlier in Bihar

Night curfews have disrupted supply chain; it is during the night that goods are loaded on to trucks and transported to godowns

Nearly 3 years since campaign, only 5% public ponds free of encroachment in Bihar

State government was supposed to make 9,044 public ponds free of encroachment under its Jal Jeevan Hariyali Mission launched in 2018

Hospitals in Bihar run out of space as hundreds of children admitted with fever

Most health experts have said the hundreds of children admitted to hospitals in Bihar not COVID-19 positive or infected with Acute Encephalitis …

Proposed O2 plants in Bihar: 123; installed: 1

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

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 …

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  

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

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

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

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

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

Illegal sand mining: 20 arrested, 40 big boats seized in Bihar police operation on Sone river

Criminal syndicates have been unleashed terror in recent months by attacking & killing police officials who have cracked down upon them  

How climate vulnerability in South Bihar takes a toll on its groundwater

Higher unpredictability in monsoon rainfall is evident from the 1990s onwards

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

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

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