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Bihar

JDU MLA reveals how the Nitish Kumar govt was completely unprepared to tackle the AES outbreak

OpIndia Staff - 24 June, 2019

As many as 181 children have died in the state until today. In the latest, the Supreme Court has given a 7-day deadline to Nitish Kumar government to get control over the disquieting situation in Bihar

News Reports

People in Encephalitis hit Bihar put up look-out posters for Ram Vilas Paswan and local MLAs, announce rewards for finder

OpIndia Staff - 23 June, 2019

The banners asked the Minister to come out of his AC room and see people's condition.

News Reports

Muzaffarpur: After encephalitis wreaks havoc, skeletal remains of several bodies found behind SKMC Hospital

OpIndia Staff - 22 June, 2019

Skeletal remains of several human bodies have been found behind the premises of the SKMCH in Muzaffarpur that is seeing an alarming number of deaths in children due to encephalitis.

Opinions

A sudden rise in cases of Encephalitis after years of decline in Bihar: Are Litchis to be blamed? Here is all you need to...

amitsurg - 22 June, 2019

Much has been reported in the media on the ongoing unfortunate deaths of children in the “litchi belt” of Bihar due to Encephalitis

Media

Doctors explain why Anjana Om Kashyap and Ajit Anjum heckling doctors to report on Encephalitis was insensitive and way off the mark

Nupur J Sharma - 21 June, 2019

The reportage of Aaj Tak journalist Anjana Om Kashyap and TV Bharatvarsh journalist Ajit Anjum raised concerns of how bullish and high-handed the media was being with unsuspecting doctors who were only doing their job.

News Reports

Acute Encephalitis Syndrome: Centre to set up a panel of experts to monitor situation in Bihar

OpIndia Staff - 19 June, 2019

After Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) claimed over 112 lives in Bihar, the centre has finally decided to intervene by setting up a panel to monitor the situation in Bihar

Politics

RJD’s gutter politics, brings out caste angle in doctors’ strike and encephalitis deaths in Bihar

OpIndia Staff - 18 June, 2019

In certain sections of media and social media, there were already attempts to brand the Bengal doctors' strike as a 'Savarna conspiracy'. RJD seems to be taking the exact same lines.

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Petition filed against Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey for failure to contain AES breakout

OpIndia Staff - 17 June, 2019

The petition has been filed by Social Activist Tamanna Hashmi in the court of Muzaffarpur Chief Judicial Magistrate, holding the Ministers responsible for failing to control the outbreak of the disease.

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