Dec 2019

BIHAR   Roads in state turn into death traps With temperature dipping, Bihar roads turn into death traps due to the fog and misty weather disrupting the visibility.. The fog has been wreaking havoc on commuters. For two years, Bihar has been witnessing second highest number of deaths in the country due to accidents caused … Read more

BIHAR   Patna to get 30 CNG buses by March next year The Bihar State Road Transport Corporation (BSRTC) has decided to introduce 30 new compressed natural gas (CNG) buses in the city from March 2020 and convert the 100 existing diesel-driven buses into CNG by the end of next year.   While diesel and petrol are sold at … Read more

BIHAR 1.15 lakh people with AIDS in Bihar   Over 1.15 lakh people have been found HIV positive in Bihar. Bihar State AIDS Control Society shared the figures of National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) on the eve of World AIDS Day.   National Family Health Survey-4 (2015-16) data stated that 26.2 % men in the … Read more

BIHAR   Bihar: 22 districts fail to utilise anti-tobacco funds At least 22 districts in the state failed to utilise even a single penny released to them in the first quarter of the current financial year for implementation of National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP), a centrally sponsored scheme. Ten other districts could manage to spend … Read more

BIHAR   Bihar: 213 high schools to get ‘Chhatraa’ clubs     With an aim to create awareness among students about social evils like child marriage, abnormal sex ratio, foeticide and dowry, the district administration and the education department will create ‘Chhatraa’ clubs (girls’ clubs) in different high schools.   The club members will be … Read more