feb 2023

  BIHAR Number of obese kids on rise in Bihar: Survey Junk foods and change in life-style have led to an increase in the number of obese children across the globe. Even in Bihar, the percentage of obese children has almost doubled. As per the data of national family health survey (NFHS-4), only 1.2% of children … Read more

BIHAR Bihar records 10.9% growth rate, third highest in country   Bihar recorded the third highest growth rate of 10.98% at constant price (2011-12) in its gross state domestic product (GSDP) during the 2021-22 FY among all the states in the country. It has marked the return of the state’s economy to the ‘pre-Covid-19 years’, … Read more

  BIHAR Bihar government’s focus on good governance, says Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar said that the government has been pursuing crime control and law and order management with utmost diligence, besides paying attention to constructing police buildings and establishing forensic science laboratory in all the police zones on a priority basis to strengthen the … Read more

BIHAR Varsities in Bihar to introduce disaster management courses   All the universities in Bihar will introduce courses in disaster management from the next academic session (2023-24). This was announced by the education department’s additional chief secretary Dipak Kumar Singh at a meeting convened by the Bihar State Disaster Management Authority (BSDMA) in collaboration with the National … Read more

BIHAR Bihar govt cancels 39.36 lakh MGNREGA job cards The rural development ministry of the state government has cancelled 39.36 lakh MGNREGA job cards of inactive labourers in the state. The affected labourers had not worked a single day in the last three years and were still earning money through this scheme. According to an … Read more

BIHAR   1.85 lakh Dial 112 for emergency help in 8 months in Bihar The emergency response support system (ERSS), which runs the Dial 112 service of Bihar Police, has so far provided assistance to 1.85 lakh people under different categories in the last eight months. According to the data provided by the Bihar police, about 55,000 … Read more

BIHAR Kala-azar ‘eliminated’ from all blocks of Bihar While Bihar has over 67% of kala-azar cases in the country, but all the blocks of state achieved the target of its elimination in 2022, for the first time ever. However, in order to be declared kala-azar free, the state has to maintain this target for three consecutive years. Bill & … Read more

  BIHAR   Greenfield airport must forgrowth of trade, industries’ The state government needs to strengthen its civil aviation sector for growth of domestic trade and industries, feel experts in the wake of the recent Patna High Court order asking the authorities to find a place as an alternative to Patna and Bihta airports to develop a greenfield … Read more

BIHAR Bihar CM Nitish Kumar inaugurates ‘B-Hub’ for startups   CM Nitish Kumar inaugurated ‘B-Hub’, the startup co-working space of industries department on the 5th floor of Maurya Lok Complex in the state capital. Nitish also spoke to entrepreneurs and enquired about the works being done by them. He also enquired about the services and … Read more

BIHAR 1200-year-old idols found in Bihar’s Nalanda Two stone idols believed to be about 1200 years old was found from a water body close to the ancient Nalanda University during desilting of a pond. A year ago a 1,300-year-old idol of Nag Devi of the Pala period was found in the same pond. It has been put … Read more