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TopicBihar

Topic: Bihar

Why BJP can’t wait to replace Nitish Kumar with a BJP chief minister in Bihar

Even before the Bihar assembly elections, the JD(U) leadership had virtually controlled access to the 75-year-old CM whose health has been a concern.

BJP announces 9 candidates for Rajya Sabha polls, fields party chief Nitin Nabin from Bihar

Other prominent names to figure in BJP's list are former Bengal state chief Rahul Sinha, Karnal ex-MP Sanjay Bhatia, and Assam minister Jogen Mohan.

Bihar, Rajasthan ministers’ health tips for kids—buffalo milk makes you ‘bhrasht’, meat ‘violent’

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.

The hunt for Pataliputra—how the Mauryan capital connects Persia and Patna

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'.

Bihar’s superfood makhana industry isn’t growing. Where is the land?

Between 2022-2025, the cultivation area for makhana fluctuated between 27-28 thousand hectares annually, with a production of around 58.8 metric tonnes.

A floating house has withstood floods in Bihar for 3 years. The engineer wants to scale up

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.

Nitish vs ASI in Bihar—save Kumhrar Park or smaller state-protected sites?

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.

‘Can get girls in Bihar for Rs 20-25k’: Uttarakhand women & child minister under fire over husband’s remarks

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.

Bihar women are trapped in debt spiral. Microfinance companies are the new sahukars

Once saviours in Bihar, microfinance companies have become engines of debt, trapping families in the very loans meant to save them from poverty.

Nitish Kumar pulling down a doctor’s hijab is most shocking. He must go

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This oil shock hits differently for the US

While the 1970s and 2022 shocks supercharged US inflation, a sustained conflict with Iran would primarily hit the American economy through slower growth.

This oil shock hits differently for the US

While the 1970s and 2022 shocks supercharged US inflation, a sustained conflict with Iran would primarily hit the American economy through slower growth.

Versatile new US missile PrSM that packs twice the punch of older ATACMS debuts in Iran war theatre

US CENTCOM confirms use of Lockheed’s 500 km+ ballistic missile against Iranian missile sites in the high-intensity phase of joint US-Israel operation.

Pakistan is fighting a two-front war. I saw it coming 15 yrs ago

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.