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Sunday, June 30, 2024
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Topic: Bihar

RJD shutdown over anti-citizenship law disrupts rail, road traffic in Bihar

Hundreds of RJD supporters stormed railway stations and bus stands in Patna carrying sticks and party flags but were chased away by police personnel.

DU friends remember a ‘happy-go-lucky’ Aishwarya Rai, before she married Lalu Prasad’s son

Aishwarya Rai's marriage to Lalu Prasad's son Tej Pratap made her a celebrity & the divorce case ensured more media attention. But her friends remember her differently.

Why a ‘liquor tour’ of Bihar is unlikely to help Rajasthan’s prohibition push

A team of Rajasthan excise officials has been touring Bihar to study its prohibition model. But there are key differences between the two states, chief being tourism.

Magic mushroom could help treat depression, passes first clinical safety trial

The active ingredient, psilocybin, in magic mushroom could be safely used to treat depression where traditional medications have failed.

Arsenic in their chapatis putting Bihar’s rural population at increased cancer risk

Study by scientists shows chapatis, which are a part of the staple diet in Bihar, can pose greater risk to the arsenic-exposed populations of Bihar.

What’s climate change got to do with Bihar politics — Nitish Kumar to explain on his yatra

2 months after Patna floods, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar is on a 4-day yatra to highlight issues of water, life and the environment in the context of climate change.

Urban India’s opposition to alcohol prohibition shows its ostrich-like & elitist attitude

When Andhra CM Jaganmohan Reddy announced liquor prohibition, India’s opinion shapers again called it an intrusion. But few know cost of liquor havoc.

Caste differences in govt bodies affect how lower castes get public services: Study

Harvard University scholar's study in Bihar shows SC representatives in municipal bodies deliver less when governing under upper caste members.

Bihar’s all-powerful IAS officers who Nitish Kumar depends on more than his ministers

Nitish Kumar, in his 14 year as Bihar CM, has always relied on civil servants loyal to him rather than career politicians, leading to a powerful lobby.

After ‘lavish’ mid-air birthday, Tejashwi plays caste card to fight backlash

Tejashwi celebrated his birthday on 9 November aboard a chartered aircraft and shared the photographs on his Twitter feed.

On Camera

T20 WC win is a turning point for Indian cricket—now begins the end of Rohit-Kohli era

Heartbreaks, anger, blame game, pressure, efforts, and sacrifices—that has been the story of Indian cricket over the past 13 years. Let's just hope any future interregnum doesn’t last this long.

‘Welfarism not a substitute for job creation’ — TeamLease vice-chairman on India’s fiscal planning

TeamLease’s Manish Sabharwal spoke to ThePrint about how political leaders, for the sake of winning elections, make big welfare-related promises without a proper plan to fund them.

General Upendra Dwivedi who helmed modernisation bid in Northern Command takes over as Army chief

Vice chief of the Army Staff since February this year, General Upendra Dwivedi was the natural contender for the top post.

Modi’s new universe: the normal irritants of democracy & awkward chai with Rahul Gandhi

Changed reality for Modi govt in its 3rd innings is by no means rise of a new phenomenon. It's a return to old normal where even majorities had to routinely wrestle with storied million mutinies.