While a Tej Pratap Yadav poster left out brother Tejashwi, the JD(U) poster war has highlighted fault-lines between party president Lalan Singh & Union minister RCP Singh.
The Centre's recent statement that a caste-based census would include only STs and SCs has triggered fresh demand for inclusion of OBCs, who dominate the political scenario in Bihar.
India underreported Covid cases by a factor of 33, which means that 9,265 lakh Indians were infected with coronavirus but only 282 lakh cases were diagnosed.
To rescue the language, the first step would be to honour the history of Bhojpuri literature and then to include it in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.
Tejashwi Yadav said Chirag Paswan can carry forward father Ram Vilas Paswan's legacy only by joining the 'existential fight' against RSS ideologue Golwalkar's 'bunch of thoughts'.
Bihar, UP, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu and Assam rank among the five worst-performers in terms of Covid vaccinations. In Ladakh & Sikkim, 50% of the population received the first dose.
Kumar's aide, Rajiv Ranjan Singh, dismissed speculations about his tour being linked with the cabinet reshuffle and said the CM was going to Delhi to get medical treatment.
Bihar is largest producer of litchi in India, with over 45,000 small and marginal farmers engaged in cultivating the fruit. State accounts for annual production of 3-4 lakh tonnes.
For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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