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BIHAR Gul Hasan wins first gold medal for state in 25 years It was a golden moment for the Mounted Military Police (MMP) of Bihar after 25 years when its sub-inspector Mohammad Gul Hasad won gold medal at the 36th All India Police Equestrian Championship and Mounted Police Duty Meet, 2017. The SVPNPA team won 20 gold, five silver … Read more
BIHAR Bihar needs some serious thinking on secondary education: ASER For the first time, annual status of education report (ASER) – 2017 by Pratham, to be released in New Delhi, has gone beyond the basics to focus on students in the 14-18 age group, i.e. the secondary and higher secondary stage – the Achilles’ … Read more
BIHAR Drones to keep tab on Railways project The East Central Railway (ECR) has decided to use high-tech drone cameras to keep a close surveillance on the progress of ongoing railway projects worth several crores in the zone during 2017-2018 fiscal. Drones are being used by the railways for the first time for 11 … Read more
BIHAR 571 private hospitals fail to dispose of biomedical waste properly Total 571 private hospitals in Patna, Nalanda, Buxar, Bhojpur, Rohtas and Kaimur districts in Patna division don’t dispose their biomedical waste in the prescribed scientific manner set by Biomedical Waste(Management and Handling) Rules 2016. Around 100 of them are in Patna alone. According to law, … Read more
BIHAR Merger of CM’S rural electrification plan with Centre’s Saubhagya gets go-ahead The state-run ‘Mukhya Mantri vidyut sambandh nishchaya yojna’, aimed at reaching power in rural areas, will be merged with the Centre’s universal household electrification project – Saubhagya. However, the state government would continue to provide funds for installation of metres … Read more
Famous sports personalities of Bihar Saurabh Tiwary Saurabh Sunil Tiwary, who models himself on India’s Captain Cool MS Dhoni, is a Bihari by birth and was brought up in Jamshedpur. The left handed middle order batsman started taking cricket seriously at the age of 11. After making his debut for Jharkhand at the age of … Read more
BIHAR New airports to come up in Darbhanga, Purnia: Bihar CM Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today announced that new airports will be developed in Darbhanga and Purnia, two northern districts of the state. He said the state government has “committed” land to the Centre for this purpose. Kumar made the announcement … Read more
BIHAR Farmers from state urged to join November 20 rally Jai Kisan Andolan founder and social scientist Yogendra Yadav appealed to farmers of the state to participate in the mass rally of farmers to be held in New Delhi on November 20 over twin demands of All India Kisan Sangharsh Samanvay Samiti – loan waiver and … Read more
BIHAR · ASER 2017: Major challenges in way of Bihar’s secondary education ð The annual status of education report (ASER) – 2017 released on Tuesday has highlighted the growing challenge of living up to the aspirations of Bihar youth in terms of better post-elementary opportunities keeping in view rapid expansion at primary education level. ð … Read more
BIHAR All households to be electrified by May ’18 The state energy department has advanced the deadline for providing electricity connection to all households in Bihar under Har Ghar Bijli scheme to May 15, 2018 against earlier plan of December 2018. Chief minister Nitish Kumar is to announce it on Wednesday when he would declare all revenue … Read more