Bihar

Dr Ananda Prasad from Bihar pioneered the study of zinc deficiency and published over 300 papers and 15 books.

Tilka Manjhi led India's first people’s revolt triggered by the East India Company’s (EIC) exploitative practices against Adivasi communities in conjunction with the oppressive local princely class, moneylenders and zamindars beholden to the British.

Raghvendra Kumar, who also goes by the sobriquet ‘Helmet Man of India’, sold his house and three bighas of land, distributing 50,000 helmets free of cost across 22 states.

Punam Rai from Varanasi is the true face of courage. Despite being left paralysed for 15 years, she is empowering thousands of girls today with her organisation Bindeshwar Rai Foundation, wherein she teaches girls taekwondo and painting.

Made with simple ingredients that are easily available at home, Thekua served at Chhath Puja have a crispy exterior and a soft, buttery texture inside.

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) recruitment 2021 is underway for 527 technical and non-technical apprenticeships from the states of West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, Jharkhand and Assam.

A sweet believed to have been loved by Mauryan emperors and served to Gautam Buddha, Bihar's famed Silao Khaja belongs to a small village near Nalanda. The GI-tagged sweet is also a must-try food in Odisha's Jagannath Puri.

Thanks to civil engineer Udyan Singh, big brands like Biba and FabIndia are buying Bihar's rare Banka silk directly from hundreds of weavers who were once struggling to make a living.

The Sukhet project is the brainchild of Dr Ramesh Chandra Srivastava, vice-chancellor RPAU, a vermicompost evangelist who is on a mission to popularise it in the state of Bihar.

In Patharkatti village in Bihar, artisans have been making decorative, household and prayer items from black granite for generations. There's an interesting folklore behind how this came to be, thanks to Maharani Ahilyabai.