Banka police say it is not clear if the blast killed the Imam or whether he was buried alive in the debris of the mosque, which had been shut due to Covid.
About 60% of India-Nepal trade passes through Raxaul. The price is paid by patients who die waiting for trains to pass at railway crossing on the way to Duncan Hospital, a Covid facility.
Lack of internet connectivity adds to challenge posed by vaccine hesitancy in Bihar’s remote Adhaura block. Authorities want vaccination drive to go offline.
Niti Aayog's Index for Sustainable Development Goals evaluates progress on social, economic & environmental parameters. Jharkhand & Assam were also the worst performing this year.
The petition has dubbed Ramdev's remark as 'fradulent' & sought invoking of IPC sections pertaining to sedition and cheating besides the Disaster Management Act.
In ‘1232 km’, National Award-winning filmmaker Vinod Kapri writes about accompanying 7 workers for 7 days and nights as they cycled back home during the 2020 lockdown.
Work in places outside Muzaffarpur has helped residents weather upheavals they experience almost every year in the flood-prone district, but Covid has stripped them of this hope.
TMC should worry about minority voters and how they view her ‘outside support’. Minorities are with the TMC but they have also watched Rahul Gandhi march across the country.
Latest report by UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs says global growth to be faster than estimated earlier & India’s 'robust performance' to boost South Asia’s growth.
The Spanish foreign minister says 'the Middle East does not need more weapons, it needs more peace'. Spain has been very critical of Israel’s offensive in Gaza.
Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.
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