Another sweet news: Indian Potash Ltd (IPL) investing Rs 300 crore on sugar plant/distillery in Muzaffarpur New Delhi: in a latest development, Managing Director P S Gahlaut of the Fertiliser company Indian Potash Ltd (IPL) announced that it will invest about Rs 300 crore to set up a sugar plant and distillery in Bihar. Currently, IPL has five sugar plants in Uttar Pradesh (UP) with a total crushing capacity of 12,000 tonnes of cane per day. ‘We will establish a sugar plant in Muzaffarpur district, in Bihar, along with a distillery to produce Indian-Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL), with an investment... 

Global scientists to assist Bihar with organic farming: international seminar on 22-24th June Patna: according to a news agency report, the Bihar government will host a seminar of agricultural scientists from a number of countries on the theme of organic farming. To be held on 22-24 June, this meet will focus on the specific climate/soil/socio-economic context of Bihar. According to Principal Secretary Agriculture A K Sinha ‘The government has decided to invite experts from France, England, Cuba and some European nations for international seminar in June at Patna’. It is expected that... 

Once again schoolchildren claim their rights: refuse to eat bad mid-day meal in Arwal Village Sakri Khurd, Kaler, Arwal, Bihar: according to a report in the Hindi press, a few days ago students of the middle school in Sakri Khurd refused to eat their mid-day meal in opposition to the quality of food and non-payment of money for their uniforms. In case Sakri Khurd sounds like a nowhere-village, for the past few years, children in rural Bihar have been waking up to their rights and rising against the school authorities against small and big injustices. The English press rarely deigns to report... 

Ipaidabribe.com – unique initiative against corruption Ask Raghu...he will help you out... Majourity of us have been paying or are forced to pay bribes to get our work done. Some of us want to share it, so that others dont suffer. And some of us just dont want to pay bribe at all but we face difficulties in getting our work done. Raghunandan Thoniparambil came up with unique idea of providing a platform for all the cases discussed above. The idea was very simple have a website and let people share their stories. The portal ipaidabribe.com, is his way of fighting endemic graft, which many... 

Chhavi Rajawat at the United Nations : the first MBA woman sarpanch of India! According to reports in the Indian and international press ministers and ambassadors from diverse nations reacted with disbelief when the chairperson of the 11th Info-Poverty World Conference held at the United Nations introduced the jeans-clad Chhavi Rajawat as head of a village in India. For, from a distance one could easily mistake Rajawat, an articulate, computer-savvy woman, for a frontline model or at least a Bollywood actress. But she is sarpanch of Soda village, 60km from Jaipur, in backward Rajasthan and... 

Rs 242 crore compensation to people affected by use of endosulfan pesticide Affected by endosulfan aerial spray Thiruvananthapuram: bihardays readers who read our earlier report ‘How we are killing ourselves while killing insects: Patna-based research on Endosulfan, the pesticide’ [http://wp.me/p14ArU-2ei] will not be surprised by this new move by the Kerala government. According to the latest reports in the press, the Kerala government has sought a financial package of Rs 242 crore from the Centre to pay compensation to people suffering from health problems reportedly caused by... 

Begusarai jail starts it own website: the second prison in India to do so! Begusarai: according to the latest reports in press, the district jail of Begusarai has now achieved the honour of being the second prison in the country after Tihar Jail, Delhi to have its own official website. Most of its pages however are still under construction. When functional, the site will provide comprehensive information on the prisoners. Those seeking information may now click – http://www.djbegusaraibih.com/ and get access to information required. According to Jail Superintendent Neeraj Kumar Jha,... 

Uud Bilaw Manus [UBiMa], a Bhojpuri comic-book superhero comes to the first Annual Indian Comic Convention in Dilli Hat New Delhi: according reports, Dilli Hat in Delhi recently saw the launch of a new comic book hero UbiMa, an otter cum human and a Bhojpuri speaking comic-book superhero. UbiMa is supposed to protect the fictional city of ‘Beehar’ from villains. The above launch took place at the Comic Con India on February 19, a two day event with the aim to project comic books, graphic novels, games and other items such as souvenirs and book delivery service etc. Over 50 publishers... 

Jharkhand: only state where magistrates take online tests to brush up legal expertise Ranchi: Jharkhand may be the only state in the country where around 500 of its magistrates have to take periodic online tests to brush up their legal expertise.  The Jharkhand Judicial Academy conducts an online test the software for which was developed at the suggestion of Jharkhand High Court Chief Justice Bhagwati Prasad.  The honourable judge wished that the magistrates go through regular training but realized that an online method has to be found for judges cannot be summoned to Ranchi very often. ‘We... 

MOU signed for power project in Bhagalpur In a major boost for Bihar power sector, Ganga Power and Natural Resources (GPNR) Ltd signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) for setting up a super critical thermal power project (2×660 MW) at Pirpainty in Bhagalpur district. According to MOU, the plant will start generating power from 2014. The MOU was signed by GPNR CMD and director in the presence of BSEB chairman P K Rai. The power project has qualified for long term coal linkage. The Central Electricity Authority ( CEA) has sent a recommendation...