Randomness... Randomness by Nimita Pandey Bihar Connects…INDIA Amidst the Foggy clog, the cab drove me out of the Indira Gandhi Domestic Airport Terminal towards the whims and fancies of Karol Bagh, a settlement in Delhi. While the cold winds oozed through the windows, I broke the minutes-long silence and asked: “Haan to Bhaiya, kahan ke hain aap?” The cab driver, with great hesitation uttered: “Madam, hum Bihar se hain, Vaishali district!” I was glad; there was no sense of amazement, as it has not happened for the first time. During many trips to New Delhi, I have encountered lot... 

Manish Kumar- The Invisible hand The Invisible Hand by Manish Kumar Higher Education reforms: Challenges and Prospects There is an urgent need to carry out reforms in the higher education sector. India’s gross enrollment ratio at 12.4 percent is well below the world average of 23.2 percent and the developed countries average of 54 percent. There are 370 districts in the country with GER less than the national average! We never fail to mention that we had only twenty universities and five hundred colleges at the time of independence and now we have around 378 universities and 18000 colleges.... 

A boat capsized carrieng 35 people mostly women and children, were killed in Ganga river in Bihar’s Buxar district, police said Monday. There were around 80 people in the boat when the accident took place late Sunday near Dallupur bank, about 125 km from Patna. At least 15 people were still missing, a police official said. The passengers, all of them poor labourers, were returning after plucking maize. “Prima-facie it appears the accident took place because of over-loading,” the police official said. A district official said: “The boat could ferry 35 people, but at the...