Factory growth hits 7-month high, PMI rises to 55.1 India’s manufacturing activity scaled up sharply in September, as stronger demand pushed up sales and production, while companies stepped up hiring and stock-building.The seasonally adjusted HSBC India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose to 55.1 in September, from 52.8 in August, marking the strongest improvement in…
AI generated image used for representative purpose NEW DELHI: A motorcycle owner who complained of recurring engine, pickup, braking and electrical problems despite more than seven service visits has won compensation from a district consumer commission. The commission directed the dealer and service centre to inspect and repair the bike and pay Rs 15,000 for…
India’s Jasprit Bumrah celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Sri Lanka’s Sineth Jayawardena. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India produced a dominant all-round performance to crush Sri Lanka by 124 runs in the second men’s cricket semifinal of the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya on Thursday, setting up a mouth-watering gold-medal clash against arch-rivals Pakistan…
The Pacific is becoming a major focus of Jeff Bezos’ environmental philanthropy, with the Bezos Earth Fund announcing more than $25 million in new grants for ocean conservation across five Pacific nations. The latest funding is intended to help governments protect large areas of marine territory while developing longer-term plans for managing their waters. According…
NEW DELHI: SpiceJet, the Gurugram-based budget carrier and former employer of Captain Smit Machchhar, on Thursday praised the pilot after he was stabbed by his co-pilot aboard an Israel-bound flight but managed to open the cockpit door, allowing passengers to enter and overpower the attacker.Chairman and Managing Director Ajay Singh said that “all of India…
After the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, scientists explored an unusual way of dealing with radioactive contamination by using plants to absorb radionuclides from the environment. Sunflowers emerged as a promising candidate because their roots can take up certain radioactive elements, including cesium and strontium, from contaminated water. Experiments near Chernobyl showed that sunflowers could remove…
Inside flydubai flight FZ1073: How Captain Machchhar’s quick thinking helped save 174 lives When Captain Smit Machchhar was stabbed inside the cockpit of a flydubai flight bound for Tel Aviv, he was left bleeding on the floor as the plane plunged thousands of feet.But even while seriously injured, the Mumbai-born pilot managed to open the…
Nisshin: India’s Ishan Kishan celebrates his half century (PTI Photo) Ishan Kishan produced a stunning rescue act in India’s Asian Games 2026 semifinal against Sri Lanka, smashing an unbeaten 80 to lift India to 169/7 and set a target of 170.Kishan walked in with India in trouble after Sri Lanka’s bowlers made regular inroads, but…
SC refuses TMC plea to operate four debit-frozen bank accounts NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a plea by the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC faction seeking permission to operate four debit-frozen bank accounts, declining to interfere with a Calcutta High Court order that had rejected the request.A bench of Justices MM Sundresh and PB…
Police sources said the woman lives with her elderly sister in a posh locality of the capital city. BHUBANESWAR: A 26-year-old woman on Thursday alleged that she was raped at gunpoint by an unidentified masked intruder who allegedly entered her house in Bhubaneswar late on Wednesday night.The city police have registered a case and launched…
