scorecardresearch
Friday, May 3, 2024
TopicBihar

Topic: Bihar

Covid killed parents, 3 Bihar siblings now fight virus stigma — ‘no one even offered food’

The three siblings lost their parents in the space of a week. They have received Rs 4 lakh as compensation from the state, but fear for what the future holds for them.

It’s 2021, but floating bodies in UP and Bihar have sent us back to 1918

In Bihar’s Buxar, 71 corpses washed up at Mahadev Ghat of the Ganga river. In UP's Hamirpur, local residents fear the floating bodies will pose a new risk to their health.

How this Bihar IAS officer saved nearly 250 lives by solving acute oxygen crisis in 8 hours

Purnea averted a disaster on 12 May when the Bihar district's only oxygen plant broke down. An 8-hour operation led by DM Rahul Kumar managed to defuse the crisis.

Pappu Yadav’s arrest ‘undemocratic, insensitive’ say Nitish allies as cracks appear in NDA

Don-turned-politician & former MP Pappu Yadav was among the few politicians seen helping people on ground amid Covid surge. He was arrested Tuesday for violating lockdown rules.

In Arrah & Buxar, pharmacists and ‘jhola chaaps’ are treating Covid because doctors ‘refuse to’

Covid-19 patients in Bihar’s Arrah and Buxar districts are left to their fate as hospitals don’t have beds or staff, and private doctors have shut clinics.

When ‘hell’ came floating on Ganga — Bihar village in shock after 71 bodies wash ashore

Bihar’s Chausa borders UP’s Ghazipur district, and state government and also Buxar district administration believe the bodies came downstream from the neighbouring state.

In Bihar’s Bhojpur, quacks are ‘Gods who save lives’ as hospitals battle Covid burden

According to 2018 data, Bihar has the lowest ratio of doctors in terms of population in the country. So quacks, commonly known as 'jhola-chhaap doctors', command huge respect in rural areas

No drivers, says BJP’s Rajiv Pratap Rudy after Pappu Yadav targets him for idle ambulance fleet

Video on social media shows Jan Adhikar Party chief Pappu Yadav 'raiding' a community centre run by BJP MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy in Bihar's Saran district. 30 ambulances were found.

‘Worrying signs’: Covid hits rural India hard, it now has nearly half of all new cases

The total number of daily cases being reported across India is nearly 300 per cent higher as compared to last year, meaning they will exert pressure on rural health infrastructure.

Bihar govt imposes lockdown till 15 May amid rising Covid cases

Detailed guidelines regarding the lockdown will be decided by the Crisis Management Group, CM Nitish Kumar said.

On Camera

Stop targeting Galgotias University students. Focus on politicians instead

Going through their Instagrams and dissecting their ‘statements’ is not the astute political commentary you think it is—it is time for us to back off from targeting 20-year-olds.

High capacity usage, fresh borrowings & new orders — why FY25 could be a big year for pvt investment

Companies are borrowing more from banks and public. Economists say high capacity utilisation & growing new orders could set stage for renewed investment push by India Inc.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.