Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
Patna: A non-government organisation's drive on Monday revealed that city traffic police have high level of poisonous carbon monoxide in their lungs, which make them vulnerable to headache, dizziness, vomiting, chest pain, breathlessness, loss of consciousness and also impacts oxygen delivery to organs. Long-term exposure to the gas can even …
Rajahar, like villages in Bihar and Haryana, was selected as a “climate-smart village”, from amongst several other contenders in this drought-prone belt of the western development region in Nepal. The rats worry Nand Prasad Subedi. The large ones poke holes in the mud when the farmers sleep at night. He …
PATNA: Believe it or not, but Patna is the sixth most polluted city in the world. According to a recent World Health Organisation (WHO) report, Gwalior, Allahabad, Raipur and Patna from India are among the 10 worst cities in 67 countries in terms of air pollution, said Patna University (PU) …
Bihar's own power generation will reach up to 1990 MW by the end of 2018-19 from the current 720 MW of power generation, Energy Minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav said in the Assembly. Yadav also announced that two units of 250 MW each of Barauni Thermal Power Station will start commercial …
Health programmes that are using mobile phones to improve maternal health in rural India are examined. Presented by its promoters as a universal, accessible and “smart” empowering technology, how mobile devices transform gender inequalities on the ground is analysed. By using empirical data collected on a global mHealth programme deployed …
Patna: Patna could soon see CNG (compressed natural gas) filling stations to cater to people who want to opt for cleaner, environment-friendly fuel to run their automobiles. A high-level meeting chaired by the chief secretary on March 23 will decide on providing space at two locations to Gas Authority of …
PATNA: With the Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) virtually failing to curb breeding of mosquitoes in various localities of the city, people are at the receiving end here. Despite using all types of repellents, residents of the city are experiencing disturbed sleep due to mosquito bites even during the daytime. The …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Veterans Forum for Transparency in Public Life Vs. Department of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of Bihar & Others dated 12/03/2018 regarding collection and disposal of of bio-medical waste by a unit in Bihar. The Applicant (Veterans Forum for Transparency …
PATNA: A team of the Centre for Biological Sciences (CBS) at Central University of South Bihar (CUSB) has found two strains of bacteria that reduce the arsenic concentration in groundwater. The research titled ‘Possible bioremediation of arsenic toxicity by isolating indigenous bacteria from the middle Gangetic plain of Bihar-India’ was …
Data shocker on city's air quality last year Patna: The air quality in the state capital was "good" on just two days, "satisfactory" on 77 days and "medium" on 92 days last year, according to Bihar State Pollution Control Board data (BSPCB). It was "bad" on 53 days, "very bad" …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Re: T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 06/03/2018 regarding illegal mining in Rohtas region of Bihar. The Apex Court took note of the report submitted by the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) and that …
In middle Gangetic plain, high arsenic concentration is present in water, which causes a significant health risk. Total 48 morphologically distinct arsenite resistant bacteria were isolated from middle Gangetic plain. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values of arsenite varied widely in the range 1–15 mM of the isolates. On the …
NEW DELHI: The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) - key central body which takes decision on the government’s ambitious Ganga rejuvenation programme - has approved a number of projects worth nearly Rs 4,000 crore for various cities\towns of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal. The projects, approved in the …
Bhagalpur: The environment and pollution control board of the Bihar Assembly has focused on the NTPC Kahalgaon super thermal power project within a week of chief minister Nitish Kumar criticising the project for spreading pollution. Nitish had visited Kahalgaon, around 274km east of Patna, on February 15 to inaugurate the …
PATNA: After the inclusion of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine as a mode of specific prevention against cervical cancer in India's universal immunisation programme (UIP) as per a decision by the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI), the department of community medicine at Indira Gandhi Institute and Medical Sciences (IGIMS) …
GAYA: Drain effluents enter Falgu riverbed at no less than 24 points thereby aggravating subsurface water pollution. In several localities of the town, handpumps and submersible machines draw water with bad odour and higher mud content. For several years now, the proposal to channelize drain effluents and establish water treatment …
This brief describes the implementation of index-based flood insurance (IBFI) in countries with large smallhold farming communities to insure farmers against flood losses. The brief outlines the objectives of the IBFI scheme in Bihar, India and identifies key challenges and recommendations.
At least 47 million children under the age of five live in areas facing severe air pollution with dangerous effluent density, a report said on Monday. The report by Greenpeace-India, based on data from state and central pollution control boards, asserted that as many as 47 million children live in …
PATNA: The state government will launch measles rubella (MR) vaccination campaign in September this year. The central government had launched it in August last year. According to the national immunization goals, India has planned to eliminate measles and control congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) caused by the rubella virus by 2020. …
Patna: Construction work of the Virat Ramayan Mandir, coming up near Kesariya in East Champaran district around 130km north of Patna and billed as the world's largest Hindu temple, has not yet started for lack of clearance from the National Green Tribunal (NGT). Kishore Kunal, secretary of the Mahavir Mandir …
