Bihar govt to ban open sale of meat near educational institutes, religious places, crowded areas for 'social harmony, hygiene'. Rajasthan minister says cow milk makes kids intelligent.
Historian Upinder Singh broke down the myths and truths of Iranian influence in Bihar at a talk titled 'A Persian palace in Patna? Looking afresh at the Mauryas and Achaemenids'.
Between 2022-2025, the cultivation area for makhana fluctuated between 27-28 thousand hectares annually, with a production of around 58.8 metric tonnes.
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.
Shiv Kumar Mishra, co-convener of INTACH's Bihar chapter, said the Bihar govt should first maintain sites under its control before questioning the ASI.
Embarrassment for the BJP, both in Uttarakhand and Bihar, over misogynist comments by husband of a BJP minister. Condemnation not just from the Congress and RJD, but also from within the BJP.
The JD(U) may still have 12 members in the Lok Sabha and 85 in the state Assembly, but without Nitish Kumar as its face, the party is confronted with a big leadership vacuum.
Sinking of the ship has raised eyebrows in the Indian defence and security establishment. Lankan navy has recovered several bodies, believed to be of crew members.
The Pakistani political leadership is weak and devoid of any intellect. Its diplomacy is entirely India-China-US focused and suffers from a presumptive view of Afghanistan as a vassal.
One statistic is seared in my mind. Bihar has a per capita income of $ 800. That must make it one of the poorest places on the planet. And this average figure does not account for inequality. 2. In a way, it is good for Bihar that it is NOT the first republic of the world, that it is part of a nation state. It receives from the central tax pool seven rupees for each rupee that it contributes. 3. May whichever formation that comes to power on 14th November make Bihar more about economics than politics.
One statistic is seared in my mind. Bihar has a per capita income of $ 800. That must make it one of the poorest places on the planet. And this average figure does not account for inequality. 2. In a way, it is good for Bihar that it is NOT the first republic of the world, that it is part of a nation state. It receives from the central tax pool seven rupees for each rupee that it contributes. 3. May whichever formation that comes to power on 14th November make Bihar more about economics than politics.