Shahzadapur in Samastipur turns obstacles into advantage: through fish farming!   Shahzadapur, Samastipur: the moral of this story may be – next time you travel in Bihar, look out for marshy land, which is often seen as nature’s way of wastefulness. It’s nothing of the sort of course. This was proved recently by a group of fish farmers from the village – Kaushal Kishor Thakur, Vimal Kishor Thakur, Sunil Kumar and Chandrakant Thakur. Ever since 1987 when the 110 acre land failed to produce any paddy, the farmers simply gave up after renewed attempts during the next three years... 

Crorepati Sushil declared brand ambassador of MNREGA by Jairam Ramesh!   New Delhi: latest reports from Delhi mention that Sushil Kumar, who hit the Rs 5 crore Kaun Banega Crorepati jackpot, was declared by the Centre as the brand ambassador for its rural job guarantee scheme MNREGA. Making the announcement Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said Sushil Kumar is a ‘good example’ of young men who worked in the MNREGA programme and the Government intends to use his image to spread its message in Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh to focus on the gains made by... 

Indian millionaires are the youngest in Asia: latest figures!   New Delhi: according to latest figures made available by analysts, Indian millionaires are the youngest in Asia and the country also has one of the world’s fastest growing populations of high net worth individuals in the world. Asia-Pacific Wealth Report released on Thursday by Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management and Capgemini states that India’s elite have a net worth equivalent to more than a third of its total gross domestic product (GDP) and their numbers grew by a fifth in 2010. The total wealth held by India’s... 

 Steve Jobs’ life according to himself: speech at Stanford University in 2005   New York:  I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I’ve ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That’s it. No big deal. Just three stories. The first story is about connecting the dots. I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before... 

Banana fibre in Bihar: the remarkable story of an industry and an entrepreneur!   Patna: Bihar farmers plant banana in around 28,000 hectares of land every year. The banana plant is the largest herbaceous flowering plant. The plants are normally tall and fairly sturdy and are often mistaken for trees, but their main or upright stem is actually a pseudostem that grows 6 to 7.6 metres (20 to 24.9 ft) tall, growing from a corm. Each pseudostem can produce a single bunch of bananas. After fruiting, the pseudostem dies, but offshoots may develop from the base of the plant. Many varieties... 

Chhavi, youngest Indian sarpanch brings ERP to Sora: first e-enabled village of India!     Soda village, Rajasthan: recently, a number of reports in the national press brought to light how and why Chhavi Rajawat, the youngest sarpanchs of India was motivated and compelled to e-enable her village Soda in Rajasthan. While her story is hugely inspiring, the conduct of the local bureaucracy is certainly not. At 30, Chhavi is not just the youngest sarpanchs in the country but also the only one with an MBA degree. So, here is the story: When this sarpanch of Soda village in Rajasthan... 

C L Pandit’s Nidhi Knitwear pvt ltd: a Bihari entrepreneur’s success story from Ludhiana   Ludhiana: a report in the local press in Ludhiana has brought to light one more success story from Bihar. Chhote Lal Pandit, now 40 migrated to Ludhiana from Siwan district of Bihar in 1992. Two years after his arrival, Pandit started working for Rs 1,200 per month. Today Pandit is the owner of Rs 22 crore-turnover company Nidhi Knitwear Private Limited. Pandit’s beginnings are steeped in hardships. His father died when he was only 8 years old. A family of six, his mother, four brothers and a... 

Organically ripened mangoes from Bihar charm Bangalore: avoiding carbide brings big profit! Bangalore: according to a recent report from the Bangalore press, mangoes from Bihar have made their first systematic debut in Bangalore winning the consumer’s instant approval. The news report contains within it the story of a business model to be considered for several other food items. Reports mention that the sophisticated Bangalore customer will go a long way to avoid the toxic effects of carbides [a carcinogen], the commonly used ripening agent for a variety of fruits including mangoes. As... 

‘गया की गंजी पहाड़ियों को हरिहरा देना है‘: सिकंदर की तपस्या में हम भी कुछ कर सकते हैं क्या? brahmayoni hills gaya गया : पटना के एक अंग्रेजी दैनिक में छपी खबर के अनुसार गया के सिकंदर पिछले उनतीस वर्षों से वहां की ब्रह्मयोनि पहाड़ी पर पेड़ रोपने... 

Young Bihar: a 22-year-old engineering student elected as Mukhiya in Bihar!   Patna: according to latest reports, a 22-year-old engineering student has been elected as the head of a panchayat in Bihar, almost certainly the youngest person to be chosen for the post as the counting goes on for Bihar panchayat polls.   Ajay Kumar, a student of engineering at an institute in Jamshedpur, was elected mukhiya (village council head) of Haradaspur Diyara panchayat in Patna district. Ajay defeated his grandfather Vasudev Rai and outgoing mukhiya Jagdip Rai.   According to Ajay, ‘People...