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TopicBihar

Topic: Bihar

Bihar panchayats can now collect tax from villagers. This is not Kerala, economists say

Bihar has more than 45,000 revenue villages across its 38 districts. The government is targeting a revenue of Rs 1,300 crore through the new exercise.

Army veteran & Bihar Guv Syed Ata Hasnain gives police officer impromptu lesson on guard of honour

In a short footage, the decorated Army veteran was seen correcting the police commander who was leading the guard of honour at Nalanda Open University.

Gajendra Shekhawat says Balirajgarh excavation can go on for 10 yrs. Depends on findings

Shekhawat was responding to JDU MP Sanjay Jha's letter, which asked for 10 sustained years of excavation at Balirajgarh in Bihar.

A loose weapon, surrender, and gunshots: Bharat Tiwari encounter has conflicting narratives

While cops allege Tiwari was 'mentally unfit' & attacked with illegal firearm, villagers claim it was a staged encounter. A day before his death, he had heated exchange with SHO.

700-year-old banyan in Bihar has been a silent chronicler of the climate

The findings were published by a team of researchers at the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, an autonomous institute under the Department of Science and Technology.

Ancient Madhubani mound collapses in Bihar rain. ASI continues excavation without sheds

INTACH’s Bihar chapter has written to the Director General of ASI regarding the immediate suspension of archaeological excavation work at Balirajgarh.

‘Brothers Gang’ that hunted cops: How Lalan Singh & his siblings terrorised Bihar and UP

Lalan Singh died of injuries following police encounter in Saharanpur this weekend, two of his brothers were killed in 2022 operation and one is lodged in jail.

Muzaffarpur’s Mango Man has made a variety heavier than football. He’s not telling how

One of the inventions, the Nagendra Bhog, is on track to be registered with the government under ‘farmer’s variety’.

Jharkhand sister-dancers’ ‘gangrape’ in Patna brings Bihar’s unregulated ‘orchestra’ industry under lens

They were hired ostensibly to perform at tilak ceremony 18 June. But, on their way, they were allegedly held captive & gangraped. Patna Police has arrested 1 person, & manhunt is on for others.

An accidental discovery can change the course of Bihar’s Rs 3,000 crore makhana industry

The discovery comes at a crucial moment for Bihar's Rs 3,000-crore makhana industry. Despite the crop's growing popularity and rising exports, expansion has stalled.

On Camera

The Sind woodpecker is abundant in Pakistan, rare in India. It’s also a reminder of Partition

In 2011, scientists from the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) gave India the first photographic record of the bird. They were evaluating a site near the Sind border in Jaisalmer.

The fading nation-State and the twilight of national investing

As nation-State's power to tax, regulate technology & oversee work erodes, its role as default provider of public goods—and case for home-biased investing—comes under growing pressure. 

Netra Mk2 to get 100-plus radars & sensors, aircraft to undergo modifications in Spain & India

Airbus will carry out major structural modifications on the six A321s before DRDO & its partners integrate the indigenous mission systems, with first aircraft expected by 2031-32.

Youth’s struggles won’t end with Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation. Govt must decentralise education

Our education system is a destroyer of all talent by enforcing learning by rote, pushing students to coaching classes to ‘crack’ competitive exams. And then, papers leak.