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BIHAR Youths from Bihar to be taught job skills by Yamaha The state labour resources department and India Yamaha Motor signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) under which the automotive giant will provide two-year training in mechanical and automotive sector to ITI and higher secondary-pass students. The training, Join Our Telegram Channel meant for students in … Read more
BIHAR Road accident deaths see steepest rise in state Bihar has recorded maximum increase in total number of road deaths among all states in the country. According to a data recently shared by various state governments with Supreme Court-appointed panel on road safety, Bihar registered an increase of 378 road deaths in January-September this … Read more
BIHAR Bihar sees substantial rise in new voters 74 lakh new electors in the age group of 18-19 years, as per the updated data released by the election commission recently. There are a total of 7.17 lakh young voters in the same age bracket. Overall voters in the state now stands at 6.98 … 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 ‘22% boys, 29% girls in Bihar have sex before 15 years of age’ Almost 22% boys and 29% girls had sexual encounters before attaining the age of 15 years whereas 30% boys, 5% unmarried and 27% married girls had multiple partners, a survey conducted on ‘understanding the lives of adolescents and young … Read more
UTTARAKHAND U’khand to be first state to have convocation attire Uttarakhand would be the first State in the country to have traditional attire for convocation ceremonies of its universities. If everything goes as per the plan, then from January 1, 2018, common attire for Join Our Telegram Channel the convocation would be … Read more
BIHAR Railway projects hanging fire in state The railways’ ambitious move to execute the pending projects on a cost-sharing basis with the states is yet to bear desired results in many states, including Bihar where certain projects are hanging fire because of resource crunch. According to a Railway Board official, Jharkhand and Karnataka have positively responded to the railways’ … Read more
BIHAR 53 crore children to get deworming tablets on February 19 Over 5.53 crore children in the age group of 1-19 years will be administered Albendazole – a chewable tablet – in all government, government-aided and private schools to mark National Deworming Day (NDD) on February 19. The state health department has drawn up a … Read more
BIHAR Nitish bats for EBC quota in central jobs, varsities Chief minister Nitish Kumar on pitched for separate reservation for the EBCs (extremely backward classes) in the central government’s appointments as well as admissions in central education institutions on the line of Bihar government’s Karpoori formula. The Centre currently provides 27% reservation to OBCs (other backward classes), which include … Read more
BIHAR Nitish Kumar launches excavation at Jayanagar hills in Lakhisarai Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday launched an excavation work at the Jayanagar hills, 125km from Patna, in Lakhisarai district. The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) recently approved the excavation for a year based on the recent discovery of a medieval period monastery (6-10th century AD) at Jayanagar. … Read more