Monday 16 May 2011

Now Fight Power Cuts using Twitter

Biharprabha News Inbox Edition

Good Morning,
We are here again with few interesting stories in Bihar.

  • Now Fight Power Cuts using Twitter
    NEW DELHI: A bunch of Twitter users have come together to gather information about power cuts in India and make an infographic that will map the geographical spread of power cuts across the country. It all started when Shefaly Yogendra, a London-based investment consultant, saw a discussion on power cuts on her Twitter timeline and suggested to her [...] Read it Online
  • 76 year old preparing girls for shooting in Bihar
    Nalanda (Bihar), May 14(ANI): With an aim to increase women’s participation in shooting, Chandro Tomar, a 76-year-old lady, is imparting training in shooting to girls from rural areas at Kalyan Bigha village in Bihar’s Nalanda district. Tomar, hailing from Baghpat region of Uttar Pradesh, was a national level shooter and had won numerous medals in international [...] Read it Online
  • Record Litchi output expected this time
    PATNA: Bihar is expecting a bumper litchi crop this year — 20 to 25% higher compared to last year, according to agriculture department sources. While this has cheered farmers, they are sure that there are no processing facilities for litchis in the state, which would have enabled them to reap better profits from the crop. Government [...] Read it Online
  • Bill and Melinda gates Foundation kick started its role in Bihar
    PATNA: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundationhas decided to start work in the health sector in 8 districts of Bihar. This was intimated by Foundation’s country director Ashok Alexander who met state health minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey here. “We will start work for integrated health, to reduce infant mortality and check diseases like tuberculosis, diarrhea and kala-azar,” [...] Read it Online
  • Minister assures that no farmer shall die
    Patna, May 14 (PTI) Asserting that no no farmer would be allowed to die because of drought persisting in Bihar for two successive years, state Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh said that Bihar government would reach all-possible help to farmers for increasing foodgrain production. While addressing a workshop on Kharif crop here, Singh said the state [...] Read it Online
Current Weather in Patna
Temperature: 32°C | 89°F, Current: Sunny, Wind: 18 kmph, Humidity: 58%
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The Biharprabha News Team
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