The deaths include one minor. The other eight have been identified as Ravi Kumar, Raja Kumar, Naveen Kumar, Amresh Kumar, Ashok, Chandan, Kalu and Ashish Kumar.
On July 16, the Bihar CMO received an email from an unidentified account claiming to be associated with Al-Qaeda. The sender of the email threatened that the CMO premises would be "blown up with a bomb," and stated that even the special police of Bihar could not prevent it.
In a major relief for the Indian start-up ecosystem, during the budget speech, the Finance Minister announced that “angel tax” for all classes of investors has been abolished.
The Minister of State for Finance pointed out that the Special Category Status for Bihar was previously considered in 2012 but it did not fulfill the criteria laid down by the National Development Council.