April 2021

BIHAR Bihar to suffer Rs 6,222-crore financial loss due to Covid’ Rajya Sabha member and former deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi on Saturday said Bihar would have to suffer financial losses worth Rs 6,222 crore due to disruptions in economic activities caused by the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. He said the combined losses … Read more

BIHAR Bihar may need 300 MT of oxygen per day soon: Govt Health department principal secretary Pratyaya Amrit said based on projections that there would around two lakh Covid positive cases in the state over the next 10 days, the Bihar government has requisitioned 300 metric tonnes of oxygen per day from the Centre. He … Read more

BIHAR Bihar shuts all educational institutions   In the light of the surge in the COVID-19 cases in the state, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Sunday announced night curfew from 9 pm to 5 am, besides authorising all district and block headquarters to impose Section 144 to restrict crowd movement. The government also decided to … Read more

BIHAR INTERNATIONAL World Book and Copyright Day is Designated on 23rd April   Each and Every year on April 23, UNESCO celebrates World Book and Copyright Day. This year, to celebrate World Book and Copyright Day, UNESCO launched the “Bookface Challenge”. In the year 1995 is the first World Book and Copyright Day was observed. … Read more

BIHAR Bihar awaits new action plan on climate change   The state government may have allocated huge amount for ‘Jal Jivan Haryali’ scheme, however, it is going too slow to frame a comprehensive action plan to deal with the issues of climate change and its devastating impact on natural resources.   Chief minister (CM) Nitish … Read more

BIHAR Bihar awaits new action plan on climate change   The state government may have allocated huge amount for ‘Jal Jivan Haryali’ scheme, however, it is going too slow to frame a comprehensive action plan to deal with the issues of climate change and its devastating impact on natural resources.   Chief minister (CM) Nitish … Read more

BIHAR Number of incoming flyers up by 36%, outgoing down by 63% at Patna airport     With the sharp rise in Covid-19 cases in Bihar, the number of flyers to other cities from Patna has dipped by 63% in the last two weeks. But the number of passengers flying to Patna has increased by … Read more

BIHAR Bihar: Rs 216 crore incentive for 3 firms gets cabinet nod The state cabinet on Wednesday gave clearance to the payment of financial incentives to three companies on their combined private capital investment worth Rs 216.90 crore in three separate units for ethanol production, food processing, and a rice mill. Messers Magadh Sugar and … Read more

BIHAR Bihar CM launches BHY scheme for children with heart ailments Chief minister Nitish Kumar Friday launched the Bal Hriday Yojana (BHY), which will provide free treatment to children suffering from the medical condition of a hole in the heart or ventricular septal defect. The CM flagged off a bus carrying 21 children with this … Read more

BIHAR Wheat procurement target increased to 7 lakh MT: CM Nitish Kumar Chief minister (CM) Nitish Kumar on Thursday increased the wheat procurement target for the 2020-21 rabi marketing season to 7 lakh metric tonnes (MT) and also directed the food and consumer protection department (FCPD) and cooperative department to maximise procurement over the next … Read more