Madan Kumar
The stink bug crisis eating into Bihar’s litchi economy
A pest outbreak and erratic weather have devastated Bihar’s famed Shahi litchi crop, with losses reaching 70% in some orchards and threatening the livelihoods of farmers, labourers, packers and transporters who depend on the short summer harvest
- Madan Kumar
- TNN
‘Pure milk’, ‘protein shakes’: How dry Bihar gets its high
A decade of prohibition in the state has pushed drinking underground, creating coded doorstep liquor deliveries, a booming black market, rising drug abuse, and repeated hooch tragedies
- Madan Kumar
- TNN
Will these two kingmakers make Modi king again?
NDA partners Chandrababu Naidu and Nitish Kumar hold all the aces as the BJP, with a vastly reduced mandate, prepares the ground for Modi 3.0