December 2020

BIHAR Bihar government to raise Rs 6,000 crore from banks for paddy procurement   The state cabinet gave its nod to the food and consumer protection department to raise Rs 6,000 crore as working capital through loans from various commercial banks for the Bihar State Food Corporation Limited. The loans have been raised by the food … Read more

BIHAR Sun worship popular since Vedic period: Experts   Modern youth might wonder why is Chhath puja, the tradition of worshipping the setting and rising sun, so popular in Bihar and adjacent regions alone when sun worship happens to be an important part of mythology and folklore in every ancient civilization of the world. According to historians, every known … Read more