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A rural jobs law without a guarantee

Kundan Pandey 9 Jan 2026
A pear farm. Image by Ashwini Kumar Shukla.

Local solution to farming woes? Grow a pear!

Ashwini Kumar Shukla 18 Dec 2025

What really happened to rural Bihar’s solar plans

Nisha Kumari, Puja Bhattacharjee 27 Nov 2025
A graffiti outside the Chief Electoral Officer’s office in Patna urges people to vote. Image by Srish Prakash.

Climate extremes in Bihar affect its people, but not politics

Srish Prakash 22 Oct 2025
A gig worker in Noida. Many gig workers in the National Capital Region were sceptical about the impact of the NDMA advisory. Image by Kundan Pandey.

Gig work heats up, disaster body steps in with advisory

Kundan Pandey 5 Aug 2025
The Euryale ferox plant photographed in Samastipur, Bihar. It is a type of water lily that grows in stagnant ponds and wetlands, whose edible seeds are referred to as makhana. While it is primarily cultivated in Bihar, it is also found in parts of East Asia. Image by Ramanesh Thakur.

A billion-dollar market rooted in muddy ponds and manual labour

Aditya Ansh 22 Apr 2025
A market in Mysuru, Karnataka. Several Indian cities are introducing amnesty schemes to encourage property owners to clear pending taxes. Image by Kundan Pandey for Mongabay.

Property tax revenue could help cities adapt to a hotter world

Kundan Pandey 28 Mar 2025

Silt, a major reason for Kosi river’s flooding

Rahul Singh 25 Nov 2024

Island villages between Kosi embankments neglected after Bihar floods

Rahul Singh 7 Nov 2024
A laborer at Shivam Bricks in Gaya, where zigzag technology was installed in 2018 to reduce pollution. Image by Manish Chandra Mishra/Mongabay

Brick kilns embrace zigzag design to cut pollution and boost efficiency

Manish Chandra Mishra 27 Aug 2024
Solar street light installed at Alipore village of Kurkuri gram panchayat, Patna district. Image by Mohd Imran Khan.

Slow progress hinders Bihar’s solar street light initiative

Mohd Imran Khan 1 Aug 2024

Population rise a bittersweet win for greater adjutant storks, as poison enters their diet

Mohd Imran Khan 24 May 2024
Migratory beekeepers from Bihar, at Barpeta in Assam.

Migratory beekeepers sweeten Assam’s honey production

Barasha Das 6 May 2024

[Video] Maize takes centre stage as Bihar ramps up biofuel production

Pranav Kumar 12 Apr 2024

Gharial conservation should extend to unprotected rivers

Arathi Menon 21 Feb 2024
Nilgai grazing in Keoladeo National Park

Domestication trials in Bihar aim to mitigate farmer-nilgai conflict

Alok Gupta 4 Jan 2024
Noorsarai in Bihar's Nalanda district has emerged as a thriving hub for engineering works. In this town, a mini-grid operated by Husk Power ensures a consistent and uninterrupted energy supply to numerous workshops and businesses. Photo by Manish Chandra Mishra/Mongabay

[Video] Rooftop solar, an emerging solution to Bihar’s land shortage that’s stalling renewable progress

Manish Chandra Mishra 8 Nov 2023

Bihar’s makhana and the wetlands they grow in

Pranav Kumar 12 Jul 2023

In the name of development, Bihar is slowly losing its dense forests 

Umesh Kumar Ray 4 Aug 2022

Converging heat action plans, climate goals and environmental health for healthier communities

Sahana Ghosh 8 Jul 2022