A park in Patna said to be named after former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has now become the cause of controversy. The Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party has accused the Environment, Forest and Climate Change Department of the Bihar government, which revamped the ‘Coconut Park’ and inaugurated it on Monday, of removing the late leader’s … Read more
BJP National President JP Nadda. File | Photo Credit: PTI The BJP on Saturday asserted that the “state-sponsored and brutal” police action on its procession in the Bihar capital earlier this week warranted a judicial inquiry and intervention of the National Human Rights Commission. A four-member fact-finding team constituted by BJP national president J.P. Nadda … Read more
Patna: All India Institute of Medical Sciences – Patna (AIIMS-P) has adopted the latest technology of artificial intelligence (AI) for treatment of patients. Announcing it at a workshop on Wednesday, executive director of AIIMS-P Dr GK Pal said the e-health section, a leading provider of technological solutions of the ministry of health and family welfare, … Read more
Subramanian Swamy at Gyan Bhavan in Patna. Photo: Twitter/@Swamy39 Senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on April 22 described Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as an “old friend” whose efforts to unite the opposition against his own party he was averse to criticise. Mr. Swamy, who remains in news for his plain speaking as much as … Read more
An Indian Army mortar shell killed people in Bihar in a training misfire. Image for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: PTI Three villagers were killed in the Gaya district of Bihar when an Army mortar shell fell and exploded well outside the firing range in the early hours of March 8, a senior police … Read more
A G20 meeting in Patna which was earlier slated to take place early March has now been planned to be held in June, according to a senior official. Image for representational purposes only. Photo courtesy: g20.in A G20 meeting in Patna which was earlier slated to take place early March has now been planned to … Read more
Patna : The three-day workshop on ‘Artificial intelligence for healthcare technology and management’, organised by IIT-Patna under its continuing education programme concluded here on Sunday with a call to serve humanity with the application of advanced technology in the healthcare system. Highlighting the ever-increasing importance of artificial intelligence in day-to-day life, IIT-Patna director T N … Read more
Celebrations were back at the RJD state headquarters here on Thursday when news broke that the party’s de facto leader Tejashwi Yadav has tied the knot with a childhood friend. The eligible bachelor said ‘I-do’ at a farm house in Delhi, in the presence of his parents Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi, his eight … Read more
Though adhering to these WHO guidelines may not be feasible for a developing country like India, the government has been taking steps to combat the problem of air pollution. (Representational image: Reuters) By Anirban Banerjee and Priyavrat Bhati In line with strong emerging evidence on how air pollution affects human health, the World Health Organisation … Read more
As of now, the state of Bihar has more than 1 lakh active covid cases. As there is a sharp rise in Covid-19 numbers in Bihar, officials and health experts have flagged an increasing trend of novel coronavirus cases being reported from rural areas. As per official figures, in many predominantly rural districts, the number … Read more