February 2020

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   Bihar: ‘Threefold increase in crime against elderly people in 2018’   The NCRB data for 2018 paints a grim scenario for another section of the state’s vulnerable population — senior citizens. Crimes against the elderly population in the state grew by nearly three times compared to the previous year. In 2018, a total of 424 … 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: 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