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BIHAR Bihar government to provide land, buildings for cellphone tower. The state government would allot its land and buildings to mobile phone service providers to install towers in order to solve the call drop and poor connectivity problems in the state. The service providers would not install mobile phone towers on government land or buildings within … Read more
Workers, Peasant and Tribal Movements in Bihar The peasant movements for agrarian reforms in India have always been centred on the issue of land ownership and land distribution. The term ‘peasant’ includes tenant, sharecropper, small farmer not regularly employed, hired labour, and landless labourers. Several peasant movements rose over economic questions all through the British … Read more
India has a long land frontier and coastline. It shares boundaries with Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, China, Bangladesh, Myanmar (Burma) and Sri Lanka. India has official political relations with most nations. India is considered as the world’s second most populous and democratic country. Foreign policy of India has always regarded the concept of neighbourhood as … Read more
BIHAR Bihar legislature’s budget session from February 26 The budget session of the bicameral state legislature in Bihar is likely to commence on February 26 and the state budget would be presented the next day, an official said. Other decisions taken at the cabinet meeting include state guarantee for a Rs 500 crore loan to be taken by … Read more
Laboratory method of preparing alcohol Hydrolysis of Alkyl Halides This is a nucleophilic substitution reaction. R-X + KOHaq → R-OH The method is not satisfactory as olefins are also formed as by-products. However better yields is obtained by using moist Ag2O or aqueous K2CO3. Tertiary butyl halides mainly gives alkene due to dehydrohalogenation. Hydration of Alkenes This … Read more
Drainage system and Rivers of Bihar: Bihar surface drainage except the districts of East Singhbum, West Singhbum and Most of Ranchi district goes to meet Ganga or its tributary ,Hooghly. The drainage of East Singhbum, West Singhbum and Most of Ranchi district is directly drained into Bay of Bengal through Sankh, South Koel and Suparnarekhariver. … Read more
The Cabinet Secretariat is responsible for the Union administration of the Government of India (Transaction of Business) Rules, 1961 and the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules 1961, facilitating smooth transaction of business in Ministries/ Departments of the Government by ensuring adherence to these rules. The Secretariat assists in decision-making in Government by ensuring … Read more
BIHAR Bihar wins Kalam award for grievance redressal The state has won Kalam Innovation in Governance Award (KIGA) for exemplary implementation and monitoring of the Bihar Right to Public Grievance Redressal Act (BRPGRA). The Act, first of its kind in the country, was introduced in 2015 to give legal right to citizens for time-bound hearing and redressal of their grievances. … Read more
BIHAR Stage set for Magadh University bifurcation The preparatory exercise for bifurcation of Magadh University (MU) is nearly complete and Patliputra University will soon start functioning. According to education minister Krishnanandan Prasad Verma, the process for appointment of Patliputra University VC has already begun and things will automatically be put on the fast track once … Read more
BIHAR Bihar board fined Rs 5 lakh for wrongly failing girl The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) was fined Rs 5 lakh by the Patna HC for flunking a meritorious girl in the Class X exam this year. A bench passed the order after it became evident during the trial that petitioner Priyanka Singh had answered … Read more