27.5 lakh affected in Bihar floods
Several rivers in spate; Toll stands at 26; Crops damaged in 3.39 lakh hectares of land The flood situation remained grim in 12 districts of Bihar where an estimated 27.50 lakh people were affected
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DDT-based indoor residual spraying suboptimal for visceral leishmaniasis elimination in India
<p>Indoor residual spraying (IRS) is used to control visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in India, but it is poorly quality assured. Quality assurance was performed in eight VL endemic districts in Bihar State,
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Detailed report to inter-link Bihar rivers ready
An ambitious project to mitigate flood damage in Bihar has taken a major step forward with a central agency finalising the detailed project report for linking four intra-state rivers which would help protect
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Bihar floods leave 170 dead
With 20 districts in Bihar reeling under weeklong floods and the death toll reaching 170 amid reports that an estimated 55 lakh people have been affected statewide, protests against insufficient rescue
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Over five million people hit by Bihar floods
There was no let up in the fury of floods in over a dozen Bihar districts Sunday with major swollen rivers, including the Ganga, affecting more than five million people, officials said. According to
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Flood situation grim in 6 districts of Bihar
Dozens of blocks in the six districts have been reeling under flood as the level of the swelling waters of the Ganga has been refusing to fall along its downstream. This resulted in the death of one person
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Million-dollar quest: Why cant Khagaria beat polio?
Bill Gates Visits Flood Plains Of Kosi For A First-Hand Look
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Polio eradication in Bihar: Help pours in as Gates open
What happens when one of the world
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Bill Gates signs agreement with Bihar to boost health standards
Shoumojit Banerjee PATNA: In a move to bolster Bihar's public health standards, the State government on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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18 born blind in arsenic-hit Bihar district
Alto gether 18 children were born blind in the arsenic affected blocks of Bhojpur district during the past three months, Bihar health minis- ter Nand Kishore Yadav confirmed on Wednesday. The cause of the blindness was not yet known, but health department officials were in touch with ophthal- mologists, he said.