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While exploring Bihar's Madhubani town today, I came across this beautiful old temple. The Bihar government must step up efforts to preserve such priceless archaeological treasures.
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IMF Growth Projections for 2025:📈 🇯🇵 Japan: 1.1% 🇮🇳 India: 6.6% 🇨🇳 China: 4.8% 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: 4.0% 🇳🇬 Nigeria: 3.9% 🇪🇸 Spain: 2.9% 🇧🇷 Brazil: 2.4% 🇺🇸 US: 2.0% 🇬🇧 UK: 1.3% 🇫🇷 France: 0.7% 🇷🇺 Russia: 0.6% 🇩🇪 Germany: 0.2%
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Model 3 and Model Y battery packs retain 85% of their capacity on average after 200K miles of driving We also offer an 8 years or 120,000 miles battery warranty, whichever comes first
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It's fascinating that three of the most important developments in Indian science happened not in a laboratory or lecture hall, but in the most unlikely of places, on board a ship on an ocean voyage. The first was in 1893, on a voyage from Yokohama to Vancouver, when Swami
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It’s getting clearer by the day that Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) is all set to surprise political observers on November 14 — much like it did in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Beyond the CM himself, one man who truly deserves credit is the party’s working president, Sanjay Kumar Jha. He
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🌏 Major Drivers of India’s Exports (April–August, 2025–26):🇮🇳 📱 Electronic Goods — 40.7% ⚙️ Engineering Goods — 5.8% 💊 Drugs & Pharmaceuticals — 7.3% 🐟 Marine Products — 16.0% 👕 RMG of All Textiles — 5.8% (DGCI&S)
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SSK—the first U.S.-listed ETF that offers exposure to spot Solana and Solana staking rewards. SSK seeks to stake all (Solana) holdings on the Solana network. Any rewards earned may be distributed to shareholders, via monthly distributions. Distributions are not guaranteed.
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Apart from law and order and girls’ education, improved road infrastructure ranks among Nitish Kumar’s biggest achievements.
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A record 64.46% voter turnout in Bihar during Phase 1 — the highest ever! And it’s not over yet; the numbers could still rise. Well done, Bihar! 👏
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Which district in Bihar do you think deserves the next airport?
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Bihar can well be the future goldmine hub. 🪙🪙🪙🪙 Estimated reserves of the country’s primary gold ore: Bihar: 44% Rajasthan: 25% Karnataka: 21% West Bengal: 3% Andhra Pradesh: 3% Jharkhand: 2% (Indian Bureau of Mines)
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The debate isn't new. And the answer hasn't changed. Ronald Reagan on capitalism & socialism, 1984.
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Bihar Polls - A young man arrived to cast his vote riding on a buffalo. (Pic- Jagran)
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India's Top 10 in QS Asia rankings 2026:🏢🇮🇳 IIT Delhi -59th IISc - 64th IIT Madras - 70 IIT Bombay - 71 IIT Kanpur - 77 IIT Kharagpur - 77 Delhi University - 95 Chandigarh University - 109 IIT Roorkee - 114 IIT Guwahati - 115 (QS)
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Except for Bengal to some extent, can you name even one Indian state that doesn’t vote along caste lines? Why single out Bihar then? I personally don’t support this practice, though.
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State-wise GST Gross Domestic Collection (FY25): 🇮🇳 Maharashtra – ₹3,59,855 Cr Karnataka – ₹1,59,564 Cr Gujarat – ₹1,36,748 Cr Tamil Nadu – ₹1,31,115 Cr Haryana – ₹1,19,362 Cr Uttar Pradesh – ₹1,12,212 Cr Delhi – ₹77,002 Cr West Bengal – ₹66,892 Cr Telangana – ₹62,987
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We could have made Sage great together Sebastian. We needed to have headquarters in Hillsborough or Palo Alto not SF. I don’t care what Doreen wanted. You refused to listen to reason. We could have made it great together. Being disagreeable is the reason you fired me let’s be
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Share of payment instruments in total payment by volume (H1:2025):🇮🇳 (RBI)
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Bihar's rank in the production of:🇮🇳 Litchi: 1st Makhana: 1 Mushroom: 1 Chestnut (Singhara): 1 Bottlegourd: 1 Jute & Mesta: 2 Potato: 3 Lentil: 3 Chillies (Green): 3 Okra: 3 Cauliflower: 3 Mango: 4 Onion: 4 Radish: 4 Cabbage: 4 Carrot: 4 Brinjal: 4 Sunflower: 5 Sugarcane: 5
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Share in India's poultry meat production (%):🐔🇮🇳 Maharashtra - 15.06% West Bengal - 13.46% Haryana - 12.68% Tamil Nadu - 11.13% Telangana - 10.16% Andhra Pradesh - 7.61% Uttar Pradesh - 7.20% (NHB)
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ब्राजीलियन मॉडल के वीडियो कांग्रेस हेडक्वार्टर और उनके पत्रकारों ने खूब चलाया है। लेकिन जो बूथ पे वोट देते हैं, जरा उनको सुनो। जिन्हें मैथिली नहीं आती, वो भी इस माताजी की बात और उसमें छिपा दर्द समझ सकते हैं
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Major destination States for Bihari migrants (%): (Census 2011)
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In this election season, the two brothers facing each other but staying silent says it all — the political crack in the Lalu family isn’t just a rumour anymore.
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The ‘Silent’ Powerhouse of Nitish Kumar. Since 2005, Nitish Kumar has quietly transformed the lives of women across Bihar. Who can forget those young girls cycling to school — a sight that captured the nation’s heart? Many of them now serve proudly in the Bihar Police, where
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