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  • Indigenous clue

    Indigenous clue

    a plant powder reportedly used by the adivasis of Bihar as oral contraceptive, has been confirmed by scientists to have anti-pregnancy effects. A recent report said that the claims of tribal

  • India

    • According to a recent study by the Pune-based National AIDS Research Institute, measures to control the malady have proved futile in India. The report states 10.2 per cent of those who tested

  • Blinding concerns

    The Visthapit Mukti Vahini (VMV) had its origins in protests against the adverse environmental and social impact of the Ichha and Chandil dams in Bihar, in 1978. The latest attack mounted on its

  • Cooking made easy

    Improved chulhas (stoves) named Anganbandhu and Anganmitra, with power ratings of 1.0 and 1.4 kw and a thermal efficiency of 40 per cent have been designed by the Central Fuel Research

  • Herbal healing

    millions of children crippled by polio may be able to walk without crutches. A herbal medication developed by a resident from Haripur Dak - a remote village in Purnea district of Bihar - holds

  • Mad hatter`s tea party

    Mad hatter's tea party

    Some US based environmental wisemen started out to debate Bihar's problems, sans field knowledge, and went back home foot in mouth

  • Shooting tradition

    Shooting tradition

    Among various art forms, from the state of Bihar that India is proud of, the already famous Mithila painting has now beckoned the Star TV. This intricate art form will be used as

  • Forest tales

    Forest tales

    The tribal world view that humans can regenerate forests, but not create them, may resolve problems and failures which stalk forest management policies of the government

  • By the, people

    Local initiatives in regenerating forests

  • Save them!

    The dying art of the Santhal craftsman miniature Chadar Badar wooden puppets, tucked into their thatched roof in Dumka, Bihar, caught the eye of photojournalist and filmmaker Ravi Kant Dwivedi. In

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