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Topic: Bihar

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.

Shahabuddin, ‘terror of Bihar’ who boasted of ‘making Siwan safe for women’, dies of Covid

Shahabuddin, 53, died of Covid-19 in a Delhi hospital Saturday. He was transferred to a Delhi jail on the orders of the Supreme Court in 2017.

Alarm as infection rate in Bihar & UP, most populous states, 1.5 times above national average

India's overall R value was a reassuring 1.31, compared to 1.30 last week. But it is the two poorest and most crowded states where infection rates have gone up alarmingly.

Indian states taking ownership of land records digitisation, up to govt to expand it now: Study

The government of India can profitably look at the N-LRSI experience as an instrument to secure improvement in the domain of land records and services.

How a wife’s last-minute doubt exposed goof-up by Patna hospital that called a living man dead

Senior official suspended. Patna DM Chandrashekhar Singh has ordered the hospital to conduct an investigation and identify those responsible for the goof-up.

Patna hospital declares alive Covid patient dead, hands over another man’s body to family

Following the incident, Patna District Magistrate Chandrasekhar Singh asked the hospital authorities to investigate the matter and take action against the person responsible.

‘Bulldozing heritage’: Bihar plan to partly raze 130-yr-old Khuda Bakhsh library sparks outrage

Khuda Bakhsh library is an ‘Institution of National Importance’ according to Parliament. Now, Nitish govt's plan for elevated road suggests knocking down its historic Curzon Reading Hall.

On Camera

Bangladesh needs change, not old executioners

The leaders of the new establishment, including Mohammad Yunus, should realize by now the danger of their single-minded focus on eradicating Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League.

India has a low inflation problem. What can it do?

It will be tough for Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra to get right. Rupee is the worst-performing Asian currency this year against the dollar.

India and France to jointly manufacture HAMMER air-to-surface missile

Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

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.