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Thursday, March 12, 2026
TopicBihar floods

Topic: Bihar floods

A floating house has withstood floods in Bihar for 3 years. The engineer wants to scale up

Kumar Prashant's experimental floating village in Ara is offering a shift from relief-driven responses to long-term resilience. His low-cost amphibious houses rise with floodwaters.

Bihar floods in Eklavya Prasad’s photos—a legacy of neglect, man-made barriers wreaking havoc

For nearly two decades, Eklavya Prasad has wielded his camera like a storyteller’s pen, capturing untold tales of resilience and despair from the flood-ravaged lands of North Bihar.

When Modi remembered Sonu Sood, and a ‘bypass’ in the heart of India

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

It’s all about Sushant Singh Rajput on prime time, India TV focuses on Bihar floods

A quick take on what prime time TV news talked about.

In poll year, Nitish is already under fire for Covid handling, now he has to tackle floods

At least 38 lakh people have been affected by floods in 12 districts of Bihar. CM Nitish Kumar has now ordered that Covid factor be taken into account while providing relief.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra used old photos to highlight floods in Assam, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh

One image shared by Gandhi Vadra, of houses submerged in water due to floods, is from 2019 and the second, of a man carrying grains on a banana raft, is from 2017.

Political side effects of masks, and Nitish Kumar gets an ‘opportunity in adversity’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

A policy capping human density is what India needs for its flood-prone cities

Close to 1,700 people died in 14 states and more than 20 lakh were evacuated to shelter camps by September this year due to floods.

Don-turned-politician Pappu Yadav has a new avatar — drowning Patna’s saviour

Pappu Yadav and his team of volunteers helped flood-hit victims in Patna all through the crisis, earning a slew of admirers and embarrassing Nitish govt.

Faced with a do-or-die moment in politics, usually cool Nitish Kumar loses temper at media

With Bihar facing massive floods, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is receiving criticism from all corners, including ally BJP.

On Camera

Nehru and Modi’s dilemmas are similar. Secret documents on 1953 nuclear crisis show

As critics accuse PM Modi of surrendering national sovereignty and India’s moral compass over Iran crisis, declassified documents show the dilemmas he faces are not new.

India in talks with Iran to secure safe passage for over 20 tankers through Hormuz

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has spoken to Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi three times in recent days, the ministry has said.

India-Bangladesh relations on track—After military intel chief’s visit, envoy goes to Army War College

In a first during his tenure as High Commissioner to India, Riaz Hamidullah addressed JOCAP consisting of tri-forces officers, as New Delhi & Dhaka step up normalisation efforts.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.