February 2020

BIHAR Bihar signs pact with NIMHANS to fight AES National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, will provide technical support to state health department for enhancing surveillance for acute encephalitis syndrome (AES), which had killed over 150 children in the state last year. NIMHANS will also strengthen the capacity of existing laboratories in … Read more

BIHAR New e-tendering process the government would introduce new e-tendering module from April this year for greater transparency in the processing of tenders submitted by contractors and executing agencies for their selection and allotment of work. documents submitted during the filing of tenders would be put on display on the official portal for seven days … Read more

BIHAR Childhood mental disorder high in Bihar: Study The prevalence of childhood mental disorder is more in Bihar compared to other states in the country. A recent report published in Lancet Psychiatry stated that Bihar and other states falling in the low Socio Demographic Index (SDI) reported more number of mental disorder cases related to children and adolescent. On … Read more

BIHAR   Bihar: ‘Textbooks to be digitized’ The education department had been working towards digitization of all textbooks. ‘Diksha’, an online portal of the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT), several mechanisms had been developed to provide quality education in government schools. With ‘Diksha’, government schoolteachers will now have access to better resources for … Read more

BIHAR new MD of the BSTDC Prabhakar, a 2007-batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre, has been made the new MD of the BSTDC. He has also been asked to hold the charge of additional secretary in the tourism department till further order.   Four hydro projects violate Ganga flow norms Since the government made it … Read more

BIHAR   Bihar: Cases of cybercrime up 5.5 times in seven years   Incidents of cybercrime increased 5.5 times in the state in 2019 compared to 2012. The official data compiled by the state economic offences unit (EOU) revealed that altogether 280 cases of cybercrime were transferred to the cyber cell at the police headquarters for technical assistance in … Read more

  BIHAR Nitish Kumar pushes for nationwide ban on alcohol Chief minister (CM) Nitish Kumar pitched for a nationwide ban on liquor, saying it is necessary from social, religious and scientific points of view. Nitish said Bihar emerged as role model for other states by enforcing total prohibition. The Bihar government had imposed complete ban … Read more

BIHAR Bihar to aid in branding and promotion of export items government would “actively intervene” to promote exports from Bihar, which currently languishes at a miniscule 0.05% of the total exports from the country. The state would help in branding of products from various districts to create demand for them in the international market one … Read more

BIHAR Bihar third in kidnapping cases across country in 2018   Bihar had the third highest kidnapping and abduction cases across the country in 2018, the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data revealed. A total of 9,935 cases of kidnapping were recorded in Bihar, which was 9.4% of such cases across the country. The maximum number … Read more

BIHAR The five-day ‘Destination Bihar Expo’ The five-day ‘Destination Bihar Expo’, was jointly organized by the Bihar Industries Association (BIA) and the state industries department at Gandhi Maidan The motive behind organizing the expo was to show that Bihar is as an industrially and economically developed state and has numerous resources as well as infrastructure … Read more