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BIHAR 3 hydroelectric projects closed, eight transferred to Jharkhand The state cabinet approved the closure of three hydroelectric power projects due to technical and financial unviability. It also cancelled the two proposed hydroelectric projects due to unavailability of land and decided to hand over its eight hydroelectric units in Jharkhand to the Jharkhand government. All these … Read more
Gopalganj Gopalganj is a town, municipality and headquarters of Gopalganj district in the Indian state of Bihar. Modern District of Gopalganj was established on October 2, 1973. Gopalganj district covers 2,033 square kilometres (785 sq mi) in area and ranks as the 26th largest district in the state of Bihar. The district is mostly plains and fertile land. In the district’s western part, the Gandak river flows southwards. It … Read more
Q1. About Climate Profile of the Bihar State The state has a tropical monsoon climate with three distinct seasons-winters, summer and rainy. The winter season exists from December to February, January being the coldest month when temperature falls below 0°C. The summer season covers the period from April to June, May is the hottest month … Read more
Lord Buddha Buddha, (Sanskrit: “Awakened One”)clan name (Sanskrit) Gautama or (Pali) Gotama, personal name (Sanskrit) Siddhartha or (Pali) Siddhatta, (born c. 6th–4th century BCE, Lumbini, near Kapilavastu, Shakya republic, Kosala kingdom [now in Nepal]—died, Kusinara, Malla republic, Magadha kingdom [now Kasia, India]), the founder of Buddhism, one of the major religions and philosophical systems of southern and eastern Asia and of the world. Buddha is one of the many … Read more
Nawada Nawada district is one of the thirty-seven districts of Bihar state, India, and Nawada town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Nawada district occupies an area of 2492 km² and has a population of 1,809,425 (as of 2001). Headquarters: Nawadah Area: 2,494 km Population: Total: 1359694 Rural: 1265138 Urban: 94556 Sub Divisions: Nawadah, Rajauli Blocks: Kauakol,Varsaliganj, Nawadah, … Read more
BIHAR Opt for e-rickshaw, carpool to reduce pollution: BSPCB Alarming rise in pollution level and worsening air quality index of the state capital, Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB) has appealed to the people to take initiative for making the atmosphere cleaner and healthier. In a press release, the BSPCB appealed to … Read more
Q1. Under Bihar Shatabdi Unorganised Sector Workers and Artisans Social Security Scheme 2011, Bihar State Labour Welfare Society has been formed with the objective _______. to provide social security to the Organized workers and artisans of the state to provide social security to the unorganized workers and non- artisans of the state to provide social … Read more
Feudatory States in Bihar The Eastern States Agency was a grouping of princely states in eastern India, during the latter years of Britain′s Indian Empire. It was created in 1933, by the unification of the former Chhattisgarh States Agency and the Orissa States Agency; the agencies remained intact within the grouping. In 1936, the Bengal … Read more
BIHAR Patna air pollution worse than that of Delhi Air pollution in Patna on Wednesday deteriorated further to ‘very severe’ category as the air quality index (AQI) released by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) was recorded at 404, worse than Delhi’s 308. This is the first time this year that the AQI level crossed the 400 mark. Patna … Read more
Census of Bihar:- On 1st March, 2001, the state of Bihar, with an area of 94,163 sq kms approximately, had a population of 8,28,78,796 persons. Till 1991 Census, the composite state of Bihar was the second most populous state in the country (containing slightly more than 10% of the country’s population), next only to Uttar … Read more