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 …
Around this time of the year, bright yellow flowers carpet the fields in scores of villages in Bihar's Vaishali district. They are not mustard crops waiting to burst into full bloom but cauliflower seeds that have ushered in a revolution of sorts
Lucknow: Mamata Bannerji, the saviour of Singur, could well be a closet capitalist to 30,000-odd farmers in Chandauli. The Maoist-ridden district 30 km off Varanasi, known as the ‘Rice bowl of UP’, is on the simmer against the alleged highhandedness of the Union railway minister who has ordered acquisition of …
Unexpected success from an experiment is changing the fortunes of Eveready The metal road leading up to village Rani Purva is the brighter side of the discordant showcase of its development. On the seamier side, this village
In this recent publication CPCB presents water quality of the Ganga for a decade spanning between 1999-2008. This will be useful for the agencies responsible for restoring and preserving water quality of Ganga and would serve as a model for conducting similar studies in other major rivers in India.
This report synthesises the main findings from five studies of local responses to climate-related water stress and floods. The case studies were carried out between June 2008 and September 2009 as part of the two projects
The Food Security Atlas of Rural Bihar is one of a series of eight Atlases produced by the Institute for Human Development (IHD) and the UN World Food Programme (WFP). The other states covered in this series are: Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh. The Atlases …
N. Gopal Raj A simple and strictly local power generation system has proved that rural Indian communities are willing and able to pay for reliable electricity. Some seven years ago, two young men, chums from their days at boarding school, chatted over the Internet about what they might do for …
Rural Bihar is being suffocated by the control exercised by the landed gentry who own a disproportionate share of cultivable land and yet have little interest in increasing agricultural production. Those who can and do
A technology that converts rice husk into electricity is gaining ground in Bihar. Some 100,000 households in the state already use electricity produced from biomass and their number is steadily growing. A rice husk power plant in Rupahi village in West Champaran district of Bihar. IANSAccording to an estimate, 44 …
Munia Devi and her son Bholua look forward to the world-famous cattle fair that takes place here every year. They can't afford to buy any animal, but they make a neat packet selling elephant dung. Elephant dung is known as the poor man's mosquito repellant. When burnt, it gives out …
Ignatius Pereira KOLLAM: Captive elephants bought at the ongoing Sonepur mela in Bihar will not be permitted to enter Kerala. The Kerala Forest Department has been put on alert following an intelligence report that 20 elephant owners from the State are visiting Sonepur. Kerala
After sparring with the Centre over maintenance and repair of Kosi barrage, needed more so after the 2008 floods caused by Kushaha breach, the Bihar government
Despite efforts by the government to arrest the alarming maternal mortality rate (MMR) in India, progress has been very slow in the past few years. Outlook has now learnt the government is considering taking a leaf out of Bangladesh
Assuming almost epidemic proportions in southern Bihar, cerebral malaria has caused the death of 34 children in Gaya district in a month while 115 children are undergoing treatment for the disease at a hospital there. The death of 34 children at the Anugraha Narayan Magadh Medical College and Hospital (ANMMCH) …
Shoumojit Banerjee A new road map: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar releasing a booklet in Patna on Friday while unveiling his plan for construction of 4,000 km of rural roads in the State. Patna: In a bid to improve the pathetic condition of village roads, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on …
