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    India manufacturing PMI slips to 55 in Dec, marking weakest growth in two years

    Agencies
    2 Jan 2026 12:08 PM IST

    Slower rise in new orders and exports prompts firms to cut input buying and limit hiring, even as the sector ends 2025 on a stable note

    Given that even informal manufacturing is shedding jobs, it should alarm policy makers and planners to carry out a comprehensive study to identify the real issues. (Representative Photo: iStock)
    Business
    Throughout the daytime ceremony, Mamdani reiterated his election promises of using governmental power to uplift millions of New Yorkers who struggle with the city’s high cost of living
    India

    ‘We are all thinking of you’: NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani writes to Umar Khalid

    2 Jan 2026 11:28 AM IST
    Vodafone Idea, Vi, Airtel, Jio, business news, Opec, Hiremeth, Kalyani, EV buses,
    Business

    Vodafone Idea receives Rs 638 crore GST penalty order a day after AGR relief

    2 Jan 2026 10:49 AM IST
    How a film in a ‘nearly extinct’ tongue turns the focus on Kerala’s ‘vulnerable’ Cholanaikkan tribe
    The Eighth Column

    How a film in a ‘nearly extinct’ tongue turns the focus on Kerala’s ‘vulnerable’ Cholanaikkan tribe

    2 Jan 2026 10:43 AM IST
    Ballari violence: Janardhan Reddy alleges assassination bid during Valmiki banner clash

    Ballari violence: Janardhan Reddy alleges assassination bid during Valmiki banner clash

    2 Jan 2026 10:42 AM IST
    Justice for Anjel Chakma: North East groups protest against racism in Delhi

    Justice for Anjel Chakma: North East groups protest against racism in Delhi

    2 Jan 2026 9:50 AM IST
    US Sen. Bernie Sanders (left), administers the oath of office to Mayor Zohran Mamdani (right), right, as Rama Duwaji (centre), holds the Quran during Mamdani

    Zohran Mamdani becomes New York City mayor, revokes old orders on Day One

    2 Jan 2026 9:16 AM IST
    the floods also damaged infrastructure in the affected districts, killed livestock, and affected 1,800 families, worsening conditions in already vulnerable urban and rural communities.

    Heavy rains trigger deadly flash floods across Afghanistan, 17 killed

    2 Jan 2026 8:59 AM IST
    At least seven killed as protests over ailing economy spread across Iran

    At least seven killed as protests over ailing economy spread across Iran

    2 Jan 2026 8:34 AM IST
    Death toll reaches 40 after fire at Swiss Alpine bar during New Year’s celebration

    Death toll reaches 40 after fire at Swiss Alpine bar during New Year’s celebration

    2 Jan 2026 8:03 AM IST
    Hindu businessman hacked, set on fire in Bangladesh; fourth attack in two weeks

    Hindu businessman hacked, set on fire in Bangladesh; fourth attack in two weeks

    2 Jan 2026 7:14 AM IST
    The Sangh Parivar plan is to present a sanitised, RSS-compatible Gandhi

    'The Sangh Parivar plan is to present a sanitised, RSS-compatible Gandhi'

    2 Jan 2026 6:30 AM IST
    2026 Assembly polls: BJP’s long march meets its first major test

    2026 Assembly polls: BJP’s long march meets its first major test

    2 Jan 2026 6:20 AM IST
    Anjana Menon wins Asian Prize for Short Story 2025

    Anjana Menon wins Asian Prize for Short Story 2025

    1 Jan 2026 11:42 PM IST
    Kogilu demolitions, Yelahanka

    Kogilu eviction: Only 90 people eligible for compensatory houses, says Karnataka Minister

    Agencies
    1 Jan 2026 9:25 PM IST

    BJP says it will challenge the allotment in the court of law and also raise the issue before the Governor

    Indus water treaty

    Pakistan says India cannot misuse Indus Water Treaty allowance

    1 Jan 2026 7:48 PM IST
    Sabarimala

    Sabarimala gold case: SIT suspects more gold lost as probe intensifies

    1 Jan 2026 7:46 PM IST
    PM Modi

    First Vande Bharat sleeper train to run from Guwahati to Kolkata

    1 Jan 2026 6:57 PM IST
    NHAI to end mandatory KYV for new car FASTags from February 1

    NHAI to end mandatory KYV for new car FASTags from February 1

    1 Jan 2026 6:40 PM IST
    Former member of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly, Sangeet Som, argued that Khan buying a Bangladeshi player made him a “traitor”, as per media reports

    BJP leader calls SRK 'traitor' for buying Bangladeshi player for KKR

    1 Jan 2026 6:31 PM IST
    Mahakumbh 2025

    Mahakumbh 2025 sparks record religious tourism boom in Uttar Pradesh

    1 Jan 2026 5:55 PM IST
    EAM Jaishankar UNGA

    Bangladesh Foreign Advisor says Jaishankar’s Dhaka visit not linked to politics

    1 Jan 2026 5:53 PM IST
    SIR hearings underway in West Bengal

    TMC-EC standoff set to intensify over barring BLAs in Bengal SIR hearings

    1 Jan 2026 5:18 PM IST
    Rahul Gandhi

    Nana Patole compares Rahul Gandhi to Lord Ram, BJP says insult to 'Hindu faith'

    1 Jan 2026 5:00 PM IST
    Kanti Ganguly

    SIR in West Bengal to hit Hindus from Bangladesh the most: CPI(M)’s Kanti Ganguly

    1 Jan 2026 4:47 PM IST
    Mohan Yadav, Madhya Pradesh, religious sites, liquor ban

    Indore water contamination: Confusion persists over death toll

    1 Jan 2026 4:04 PM IST
    DK Shivakumar

    Cong govt to hold all local body elections in Karnataka in 2026: DK Shivakumar

    1 Jan 2026 4:00 PM IST
    Banking frauds in India on the rise

    Big bank frauds cost India dearly while small scams steal headlines: RBI

    1 Jan 2026 3:29 PM IST
    Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy

    CIA backs Ukraine, rejects Russia’s claim of drone attack on Putin’s home

    1 Jan 2026 3:26 PM IST
    Vijayvargiya said in his apology that he was in a state of deep sorrow and his words came out wrong in response to a media question

    Indore water contamination: Vijayvargiya apologises after 'insensitive' remark row

    1 Jan 2026 3:24 PM IST
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