Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
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. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, who visited Bihar on Wednesday, signed the agreement in the presence of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar …
Patna, May 2: The state government will submit a detailed report on the killing of four Gangetic dolphins within two weeks. The killing of four national aquatic animals by poachers on Thursday here prompted the Union environment and forests ministry to express its
Shoumojit Banerjee PATNA: More than 80,000 homes were destroyed by the tropical storm that ripped through five districts of Bihar, and the death toll rose to 82. According to the latest reports, five more bodies were recovered in the affected districts. A third of the victims were children, including 17 …
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 …
PATNA: Altogether 18 children were born blind in the arsenic affected blocks of Bhojpur district during the past three months, Bihar Health Minister Nand Kishore Yadav confirmed. The cause of the blindness was not yet known, but health department officials were in touch with ophthalmologists, he said. The arsenic affected …
The Ganges River Dolphin was declared the national aquatic animal last month, but is still in urgent need of being saved from extinction, experts on the subject said. There are only about 2,000 left, down from tens of thousands just a few decades ago. Participating in a two-day seminar here …
Two-year-old Khushi Kumari loves racing with her siblings and at the end of each run she gives out a hearty laugh. The only time she breaks into fits of inconsolable crying is when approached by a stranger. “She fears she would get injections again,” said her mother Dinapati Yadav of …
Alarmed by a steady decline in the number of dolphins, declared a national aquatic animal by the Prime Minister, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has ordered a strict enforcement of the ban on the hunting of the man's best friend. Official sources said Nitish has directed the district magistrates of …
The middle and upper Ganga plains covering the upstream part from Rajmahal Hills, were earlier considered to be free from arsenic groundwater contamination. Initially, the contamination (>0.05 mg/l) was reported in 2002 from two villages, Bariswan and Simaria Ojhapatti of Bhojpur district of Bihar. Studies by the Central Ground Water …
ANAND S.T. DAS A frightening spread of encephalitis and cerebral malaria in Bihar's northern and southern districts has killed at least 69 children since July first week, underlining what health experts and Opposition leaders have termed as insufficient medical facilities, poverty and lack of hygiene in the state's rural belts. …
Hazaribagh, July 29: As the survey for construction of a diversion on Ranchi-Patna Highway (NH-33) near Kujju came to an end today, another fire was reported at an abandoned mine near here. The survey team prepared a report and forwarded it to the state. In the report, the team identified …
Perchlorate (View the MathML source), which is used as an oxidizer in jet and rocket fuels, pyrotechnic devices and explosives, is a widespread contaminant in surface waters and groundwater of many countries. Perchlorate is known to affect thyroid function. Despite the compound
Patna: Fed up with official apathy, people of a Bihar village, suffering for decades due to high fluoride content in drinking water, have sent politicians the simple message: no safe drinking water, no votes. Villagers in Khaira in Jamui constituency have decided to boycott the April 16 polls and have …
Mohammad Akhil Akhtar, the secretary of the Makhdoom Kund, claims the spring originated when the 13th century Sufi saint, Makhdoom Saheb, threw rocks at a tiger who had disrupted his prayer. Others say that the kund was called Sringi Rishi Kund at one time. The Sufi saint whose disciples came …
The present work reports on the habitat characteristics of some weeds of pulses crop field. Reported weeds are more adapted in the Gangetic alluvium soil under certain climatic factors.
Patna, PTI: What would have been a dream come true for conservationists has turned out to be a nightmare for the authorities of Patna Zoo. The burgeoning population of gharials or "gavialis gangeticus" at the Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park is giving a headache to the authorities who are planning to …
