[ad_1] Kerala Leader of the Opposition Leader V D Satheesan | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT Kerala’s Leader of the Opposition V. D. Satheesan on Friday (January 2, 2026) accused Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan of “using somebody else as his mouthpiece to create communal divide” in the State. “The Chief Minister is behind such remarks aimed […]
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[ad_1] Image used for representational purpose. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Canada’s transport regulator has asked Air India to investigate an incident of a pilot reporting for duty under the influence of alcohol and failing two breathalyzer tests, a person familiar with the matter said. The tests were conducted by Canadian police at Vancouver International […]
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[ad_1] File photo shows customers queuing up in front of a Kerala State Beverages Corporation (Bevco) outlet in Kochi | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT As Kerala celebrated the New Year, Kerala State Beverages Corporation (Bevco) witnessed record liquor sales on New Year’s Eve, with the State-run corporation netting its highest-ever single-day turnover on December 31. […]
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[ad_1] Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters Shares of cigarette and tobacco product makers ITC, Godfrey Phillips and VST Industries dropped on Friday (January 2, 2026) morning, extending their previous day’s decline, after the government imposed an additional excise duty on such products effective February 1. ITC’s stock tumbled 5.11% to […]
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[ad_1] The seasonally adjusted HSBC India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index fell from 56.6 in November to 55.0 in December. | Photo Credit: Reuters Expansion in India’s manufacturing performance slowed to a two-year low in December 2025, with the rate of new business orders, production, and employment growth all slowing, according to a private sector survey. […]
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[ad_1] Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan | Photo Credit: PTI The Navakeralam Citizens Response Programme, a State government initiative to collect feedback from the public to plan the future development of the State, kicked off on Thursday (January 1, 2026). Volunteers began their house visits across the districts by calling on prominent personalities, the government […]
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[ad_1] Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty began Friday’s (January 2, 2026) trading session on an optimistic note as steady buying by domestic institutional investors and a rally in blue-chip Reliance Industries drove the stock markets higher in early trade. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed […]
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[ad_1] Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The rupee witnessed range-bound trade in the morning session on Friday (January 2, 2026), appreciating by 6 paise to ₹89.92 against the US dollar as thin liquidity conditions accentuated everyday demand-supply imbalances, keeping the rupee tilted toward weakness. Forex traders said the USD/INR […]
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[ad_1] Shares of Chinese AI chip designer Shanghai Biren Technology more than doubled on their Hong Kong debut on Friday, kicking off the financial hub’s first listing of 2026 with a bang. Biren shares opened at HK$35.70 each, above the offer price of HK$19.60, and rose as much as 119% to HK$42.88. The strong debut […]
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[ad_1] In July, Samsung Electronics signed a $16.5 billion deal with Tesla [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS Samsung Electronics customers have praised the differentiated competitiveness of its next-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, or HBM4, saying “Samsung is back”, co-CEO and chip chief Jun Young-hyun said in a New Year address. Shares of Samsung Electronics rose […]
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