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Domestication Trials In Bihar Aim To Mitigate Farmer-Nilgai Conflict

Bihar is conducting trials to domesticate the nilgai, as a possible way to reduce conflict with humans and crop damage…

4 months ago
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Renewable Energy: Rooftop Solar In Bihar

An inverter bulb, capable of providing light for up to three to four hours during a power outage, stands out…

6 months ago
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South Asian Misogyny: A Bitter Pill To Swallow

What can you say about the state of affairs of a state where the highest legislative official takes great pleasure…

6 months ago
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Outrage Over Nitish Kumar’s Sexist, Misogynist Remarks In Assembly

On Wednesday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) insisted that Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar must hand in his resignation over…

6 months ago
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Bihar Heatwave Response Reveals Flaws In Our Heat Strategy

Irshad Ahmad, a shopkeeper in the city of Patna, was forced to close his store for several days in mid-April…

12 months ago
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Illegal Sand Mining Devastates Bihar’s Rivers

Deep inside the riverine belt of Koelwar in Bhojpur district of Bihar, around four to five kilometres from the main…

2 years ago
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BJP Finishes Off Its Regional Allies: Pawar

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of finishing off its regional allies gradually, and supported…

2 years ago
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High Uranium In Groundwater In Bihar Leaves Authorities Worried

The high concentration of uranium in groundwater in certain districts in Bihar has left the authorities worried and 100 water…

2 years ago
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Floods Disrupt Monsoon Weddings In Bihar

The monsoon rains had doused the brutal summer heatwave, and the season of fertility and hope had started in north…

2 years ago
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Bihar: Women, Floods And Increasing Violence

After devastating floods struck the northeastern Indian state of Bihar in August 2017, the country’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, conducted…

2 years ago
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Bihar Farmers Protest Flood Embankments To Save Livelihoods

Days before the monsoon hits the eastern Indian state of Bihar, farmers wait for rains and floods with trepidation. This…

3 years ago
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Millions Vote In India’s First Election In Shadow Of Covid-19

Health authorities in one of India’s most populous states faced a big test on Wednesday, with the country’s first state…

4 years ago
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“Everyone Could Be A Potential Covid-19 Carrier”

“Every person you meet is a potential carrier of the disease,” a doctor said to me when I visited the…

4 years ago
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Last Doctor Standing: Pandemic Pushes A Hospital To Brink

Guards armed with rifles escort Dr. Kumar Gaurav as he makes the rounds at his hospital on the banks of…

4 years ago
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CBI To Probe Sushant Singh Rajput’s Death

India’s federal investigative agency will probe the death of a Bollywood actor, its top prosecutor said on Wednesday, the latest…

4 years ago
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Floods, Covid-19 Hobble 2 Of India’s Poorest States

Floods caused by heavy monsoon rains in two of India’s poorest states have displaced or affected 8 million people and…

4 years ago
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Kanhaiya Kumar’s Anti-Modi Mantra Resonates At Protests

Standing on a stage in the centre of one of India’s most prestigious universities, the firebrand politician looked out at…

4 years ago
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More Than 1,600 Die In Heaviest Monsoon Season For 25 years

The heaviest monsoon rains to lash India in 25 years have killed more than 1,600 people since June, government data…

5 years ago
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Death Toll From Floods Reaches 147, Hundreds Of Thousands Evacuated

The death toll from floods in the states of Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra rose to 147, state authorities said on…

5 years ago

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