IANS-Matrize Survey: Unemployment and corruption biggest issues in Bihar elections

IANS | October 6, 2025 6:04 PM

New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) With the announcement of election dates in Bihar, the battlelines are also clearly drawn, and parties are vying to woo the electorate with lofty promises. However, the biggest issues weighing heavily on the minds of voters are unemployment and corruption and to some extent - the state’s poor education model.

In run up to COP30, Stockholm Paper blames China's expansion, resource extraction for Tibet's extreme ecological stress

IANS | October 6, 2025 5:32 PM

New Delhi/Stockholm, Oct 6 (IANS) A report by the Stockholm Centre for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs (SCSA‑IPA) at the Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP), has urged governments, research institutions, and civil society to place the Tibetan Plateau at the core of international climate policy and has come down heavily on China’s state‑centric model of infrastructure expansion, militarisation, and resource extraction, which it states has transformed one of the world’s most fragile environments into a zone of extreme ecological stress.

IANS-Matrize survey: NDA poised for big win with 150-160 seats in Bihar; INDIA Bloc struggles (Lead)

IANS | October 6, 2025 5:15 PM

New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) As the Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced the schedule for the Bihar Legislative Assembly elections, a recent opinion poll by IANS-Matrize News Communications has stirred the political landscape, projecting a commanding lead for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) with 49 per cent vote share and 150-160 seats in the 243-member assembly.

PM Modi to inaugurate India Mobile Congress 2025 on October 8

IANS | October 6, 2025 4:55 PM

New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2025, Asia’s premier telecom and technology event, on October 8 in the national capital, Ministry of Communications said on Monday.

SAIL fortifies Indian Navy fleet with special-grade indigenous steel

IANS | October 6, 2025 4:09 PM

New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Public sector giant Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has supplied the entire requirement of special grade steel for the INS Androth, commissioned into the Indian Navy on Monday, marking a proud milestone in the country’s journey to achieve self-reliance in the defence sector.