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Hong Kong: China's factory activity shrank for a sixth straight month in September, the longest slump since 2019, an official report said Tuesday. The official manufacturing purchasing managers index, or PMI, improved to 49.8 from 49.4 in August. But it remained below the 50-cutoff level...

Karur (Tamil Nadu): Actor-politician Vijay-led Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam's Karur West district secretary was arrested in connection with the stampede at the party president's rally, police said. Karur West district secretary V P Mathyiyalagan was among the three TVK office bearers named in the FIR into...

Kathmandu: Nepal has frozen the passports of deposed prime minister KP Sharma Oli, his home minister Ramesh Lekhak and three others in connection with the violent suppression of the Gen-Z protests early this month. One of the injured protesters died while undergoing treatment in a...

Washington: President Donald Trump was hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday for critical talks aimed at ending the war in Gaza and developing a US plan on post-war governance in the war-battered Palestinian territory. The White House talks come at a tenuous moment. Israel...

Lahore: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi faced a barrage of criticism and ridicule on social media after the national team's third straight defeat to India in the Asia Cup, with calls growing for his immediate sacking. Pakistan lost to India in Sunday's final,...

New York: The President of the United States, Donald Trump, Monday announced 100 per cent tariffs on movies made outside the country, in a move likely to impact the Indian film industry. “Our movie-making business has been stolen from the United States of America, by...

Karur (Tamil Nadu): Actor-politician Vijay, heading the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, remained inside his campaign vehicle at Velusamypuram, the venue, for an extended period, leading to overcrowding and restlessness among the crowd that had gathered to attend his rally September 27, according to an FIR into...

New Delhi: India Monday announced its joint plan with Bhutan to implement two cross-border rail links with the Bhutanese cities of Samtse and Gelephu at a cost of more than Rs 4,000 crore. The details of the initiative were made public by Railway Minister Ashwini...

New Delhi: Three members of a family were killed when their motorcycle was hit by an unidentified vehicle near Mukundpur flyover on the Outer Ring Road in northwest Delhi's Jahangirpuri area, police said Monday. A PCR call regarding the accident was received at the Jahangirpuri...

New Delhi: The government has appointed Shirish Chandra Murmu as Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India for a three-year term. Murmu would replace M Rajeshwar Rao, whose extended tenure is coming to an end October 8. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has...